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Full disclosure: I didn't pay for the bottle (and I don't think it's released yet), but JP Brun happened to be visiting Finland while I was off in Turkey visiting archaeological sites and he kindly left a bottle for me to try.
Domaine Terres Dorées Morgon 2011
12% abv. Tight and reductive on day one, so I only had half a glass and left the rest for the next evening. And goodness how gorgeous it was then! Typical Brun in being well structured and very pure; atypical Brun in having flesh around the bones and actual sweetness of fruit. But it is Brun, so don't expect a soft, fruity, candied mess: this is a refreshing and moreish wine. But I suspect that those who usually find Brun too thin and astringent will also enjoy this. And it's not so ripe/hot year style that those of us who usually like Brun will find it too much. It's not as ethereal and pretty as his 2008s were but it is a wonderful Morgon. I can't wait to try his Côte du Py!


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McHENRY – Fran Glosson of Johnsburg encouraged members of the McHenry chamber's Women's Interactive Networking Group to become "servant leaders."
She was honored Wednesday as the chamber's 2013 Woman of Accomplishment at 31 North Banquets.
Glosson began her career with Centegra Health System 37 years ago as a nurse. She is currently director of Community Learning Strategies at Centegra.
Glosson displayed a green hat which she passed around that featured pins she has received for her accomplishments.
"As far as accomplishments, I've accomplished getting all these pins, and I'm really proud of each and every one," she said.
One pin was for critical care nursing. "I got a doctorate when I was older but nothing was as hard as going to Loyola and taking the test for certified critical care nurses," she said.
She said her career has moved "from the field of critical care nursing into the field of organization behavior and organizational development. I eventually received a doctorate in that, focusing on leadership learning, research and service – meaning servant leadership."
She encouraged those in attendance to "get on board. When somebody asks you to do something, the answer to 'how' is 'yes.' Say yes, then you'll figure it out."
"I encourage you all to step up to your citizenship, run for office if you have the capacity," said Glosson, a former McHenry County College trustee.
"Find your personal voice."
She said she has overcome obstacles through her anchors of faith, family, friends, focus and finish.
In attendance were members of her family, including her husband, Dean. They will celebrate 43 years of marriage in June.
"My ultimate inspirational person is my little sister, Judy," Glosson said. "Ten years ago her husband went on a fishing trip up in Canada. The plane went down, and John died. Judy raised her four children by herself."
She told the 100 people at the luncheon, "You are everyday heroes. I encourage you to know your stories, embrace your stories, be who you are and where you are. Serve, Serve serve.
"Stay open to possibilities, continue to be a loyal servant and a leader, and just have a grateful heart.
"I'm not going to be Mother Teresa, but maybe I can make a difference in your life," she said.
In attendance was Mary Margaret Maule of Johnsburg, an instructor at McHenry County College.
"I know Fran both professionally and personally and she is the embodiment of servant leadership," Maule said.


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The midweek traffic along the 101 Freeway is sluggish this afternoon, but that's nothing compared to two cars along this route that have been stalled for years.
The vehicles, bright pink and yellow, are part of artist Frank Romero's mural, "Going to the Olympics," which he painted on the freeway wall in 1984. It was one of 10 murals commissioned that year for the Olympic Arts Festival to commemorate L.A.'s hosting the Games.
After years of being heavily tagged with graffiti, however, most of the murals were painted over by CalTrans starting in 2007 to protect them, leaving them in hibernation until funds were available for restoration.
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At the time, Romero sued CalTrans for covering his work. But today, artist Willie Herrón III — whose own mural, "Luchas del Mundo" (Struggles of the World), is part of the Olympic series — is perched atop scaffolding in a hard hat and yellow safety vest, carefully removing the last swath of gray paint that will set Romero's mural free. Herrón's efforts are part of a project, now 15 months in, overseen by the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles. The goal is to restore the murals that are salvageable in time for the 30-year anniversary of the L.A. Olympics in 2014.


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Press release from Cowley County College
Following a nine-spot jump in the latest NJCAA Baseball poll, the No. 6-ranked Cowley College baseball team backed up its ranking by blasting Butler Community College 14-4 Wednesday in El Dorado.
Cowley led just 5-4 heading into the ninth inning before erupting for nine runs in its final at bat. Mike Parker's three-run homer highlighted the nine-run uprising.
Dylan Delso got the scoring started for the Tigers with a three-run homer in the top of the first inning. However, Butler came back to tie the game at 4-4 by scoring four runs, two of which were earned, against Tiger reliever Alex Graham, of Broken Arrow, Okla., in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Cowley regained the lead on a RBI single by Delso in the top of the fifth inning. Delso finished the game 4-for-5 with four RBIs and was only a double away from hitting for the cycle.
Nine of Cowley's 17 hits came in the nine-run ninth inning.
"That ninth inning was very impressive. We had a good approach at the plate and hit a lot of balls hard," Cowley assistant coach Darren Burroughs said.
Parker and leadoff batter AJ Shaw, of Wichita, Kan., added three hits apiece, while Shaw drove in three runs and scored three times.
Graham shook off the bumpy fourth inning to retire the final seven batters he faced. Graham would earn the win by striking out four and walking none in three innings of relief.
Graham, Tyler Day, of Kansas City, Kan., and Seth Holman, of Wichita, Kan., combined to shut Butler out over the game's final five innings of play. Ryan Jenkins, of Wellington, started on the mound for Cowley and pitched a scoreless first inning. Garret Hoover then followed with two hitless innings of relief before handing the ball over to Graham.
Jackson Rolfs started on the mound for Butler and allowed three runs in one inning. The Grizzlies' Greg Houser took the loss by allowing the go-ahead run in the fifth inning.
Cowley is now 22-4 overall, while Butler drops to 10-10. The Tigers have won eight games in a row and 18 of its past 19 as they lead the Jayhawk Conference in runs per game (8.3) and runs allowed per game (3.4).
"It's always good to get a win midweek against a quality opponent like Butler," Burroughs said.
The Tigers will host Kansas City in a four-game series Friday and Saturday in Arkansas City. The games on Friday and Saturday will begin at 2 p.m. The Blue Devils are currently 12-7 overall and are in third place in the Jayhawk East with a conference record of 8-4.
"?I feel we are ready for Kansas City, but they have a good club and are well coached," Burroughs said. "We look forward to the challenge."
Score by inning: R H E
Cowley 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 14 17 2
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Copper Prices Climb to New Heights, But...
Copper prices settled near six-week highs Wednesday but pulled back from earlier peaks as worries over the Fed and China dampened spirits. Tatyana Shumsky joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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Tickets for the acclaimed play Venus in Fur on Broadway in New York can be booked here!. Do not miss Venus in Fur while you are in New York!
Vanda (Tony Award® nominee Nina Arianda) is a preternaturally talented young actress determined to land the lead in Thomas' (Emmy® Award nominee Hugh Dancy) new play based on the classic erotic novel, Venus in Fur. Her emotionally charged audition for the gifted but demanding playwright/director becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex.
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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for LOC in web page design - custom.
We currently have a site and are adding new features and a want an updated look for our launch. We specifically have 6 pages which need to be redesigned plus an intro tour.
Definitely looking for a long term relationship with the winning designers as we have a lot of design work pending.
We have run 3 previous contests and awarded and paid the winner in all 3, so we are looking to select a winning design from the submissions.
Live on Campus http://www.liveoncampus.com
To see the current site, go to http://www.liveoncampus.com. You have the option to: Learn more about LOC or enter the world of live on campus - You want to pick 'Enter the World of Live on Campus'.... those are the pages we need done: http://you.liveoncampus.com/index.phpYou will see our site, which allows for any campus to create their own campus newspaper. Here is an overview of the design requirements for each page - please email us with any questions (we've done a number of these contests successfully in the past and have quick response times):
- Home Page
The aim of this page is to be very visually oriented for users to go deeper within the site. It functions like the first level of search, whereby the user can determine what section they want and drill down from there. The goal is also to keep the page clean and easy to understand - Web 2.0 Styling with an apple like interface to keep things focused on the key elements. It's focused on youth so the look needs to reflect a global college audience. The overall goal is to spotlight the student contributors and keep our own identity (the eye logo) relatively subdued.
The primary elements of this page are: The Masthead (The Masthead is meant to be customized to each campus and reflect the feel of that particular campus), contribution, the user login panel, the main content search section, the latest content sliders (campuses , contributers, contributions - all one section rather than two as it is now), polls, events, top contributors, LOCstars, and social media tools. Lastly there needs to be space for a page peel ad in the upper right and 2 regular ads (one skyscraper and one wide banner) in the overall page design.
- Personalization Page
This is the page where a user personalizes their LOC account. On this page, the user would see select and see personalized content based on their favorite campus(es), contributors, and content. The user could add and delete favorite campuses, contributors, and content words here (tags) so they are served up exactly the content they want to see through a daily email 'paper' - This page would most likely be very similar to the home page but the difference being the results are customized to the user and would have the option to select their preferences.
- Article Page
The article page is where we actually display an article written by a student. Right now, this is pretty bland so we'd like to dress this up with design which would focus on highlighting three main parts: the article itself, the contributor, and then the comments. Additionally, the article page needs to have SM tools so users can add this to various sites via an Add This button. The article should also have a section which has room for a photo (with the option to view multiple photos) as well a small section which displays related links to this article.
The rest of the page would have navigation to the latest material, polls, events, and other sections of the paper.
- User Profile Page
This page is meant to spotlight the user - Like most profiles, it would have room for a photo, the person's name, their campus, interests, and then links to their Social Media Profiles. There would also be a list of the articles they have written as well as other content they have created. Lastly, there would be two buttons - one to subscribe to the users RSS feed and the second to add the contributor to a reader's favorite contributor section of their page.
- LOC Stars Page
This page would display the top users on the site in a way which makes them seem like rockstars - It's meant to be fun, visual, and a way to draw viewers into seeing their in-depth profile.
- Our Campus Page
This page is meant to positively spotlight the actual campus of the individual paper - it would focus on a photo gallery, an overview of the campus, key links to campus resources (main site, additional links, etc.), as well as the founding team of that campus who started the paper. It would also show the top 5 contributors from that campus.
- Intro Tour
Pretty straight forward - Imagine you are a new user to the site and have no idea what we do. This would be a clean easy introduction with three options to get started: The Tour for new users would have a What Do We Do, What Can You Do, How To Start. After a Person has Registered, they would see the following options: Find Your Campus, Start Reading, Start Contributing, Personalize My Account.
We'd like to use big, clean, easy to understand visuals for the tour that minimize the reading and resistance so the user interacts further with the site. Again, playful, colorful, and inviting would be key themes for the design.
Very clean, visually oriented design in modern styling similar to Apple or other well thought out UX design models. It is targeting a global audience of youth, so it's important to be bright and appealing without being garish.
We are great at providing feedback so put up some rough comps and we'll let you know if you're heading in the right direction.
Please make sure to label each design with the page you are redesigning as per the 6 we've described + the tour. You can submit for an individual page, all of them, or any combination in between - We will payout based on each winning design.
Boring, corporate, text heavy, generic fonts, or templated designs. Pretty straightforward... We're looking for designs that would make you excited to interact with our site.Ask us if you have questions.


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Cinnamon Rolls (Cinnamon Buns)
4 cups flour
1/2 oz yeast
1/2 cup hot water
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup milk, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, creamed
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve 2 packages of yeast in 1/2 cup of very warm (not more than about 100F) water and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Let sit. In a small saucepan, warm butter and milk to about 100F. Using an electric mixer with a dough hook combine dissolved yeast and the butter mixture on low. Slowly add 1/2 cup of sugar, then the egg. Add salt and 2 cups of flour on low, mix until smooth. Slowly mix in the remaining 2 cups of flour. The mixture should become a sticky dough at this time. Scrape out the dough onto floured counter top. Knead dough until it doesn't stick to your hands, adding small amounts of flour (up to 1/2 cup) as needed.
Place in a greased bowl. Cover with damp cloth and let rise for about 45 minutes or until it doubles in size. Preheat oven to 350. Remove dough from bowl and place on a floured counter. Roll out in a 12 by 24 inch rectangle. The dough should be about an inch thick. Using your fingers or a spatula, spread 1/2 cup of the very soft, creamed butter over dough. In small bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon for the filling. Sprinkle evenly over the buttered dough. Roll dough into a tight log. Cut into 1 inch thick slices. Place in 2 ungreased, 9 inch round cake pans, forming a circle with one roll in the middle. Allow to rise about 1/2 hour until they are about level to the top of the cake pan. Bake for about 15 minutes, then test for doneness. Pay careful attention to the creases where the rolls touch each other. Return to oven 5-10 additional minutes as needed. Remove to a wire rack or invert on a plate and ice.
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A homemade version of my favorite Amish market treat. I have been trying hard to develop a recipe that comes close and I think this one does. My sweet husband made them for me as a special holiday treat.
December 26, 2005
Cinnamon Rolls
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i'm making these for father's day--these are the only cinnamon rolls that i've gotten to turn out and they are delicious! it's all we make now. thanks for the terrific recipes.ReplyDelete
Can you make these without an electric mixer?ReplyDelete
You can just do it all by hand.
Made these over Christmas and they were AWESOME!ReplyDelete
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The List Of Sites Challenging Domain Seizures
from the did-erik-barnett-lie? dept
"The notice says that you can challenge the seizure, but no one has yet."Now, as we stated via our own investigations, we knew this was untrue, and that multiple sites had been trying to challenge the seizures, but had found the process to be incredibly difficult. I had thought that perhaps Barnett was being misleading, but technically truthful, in that perhaps none of the official challenges had been filed yet.
However, a confidential source with knowledge of these things suggested that Barnett is either uninformed or lying in his comments that no one has challenged the seizures. That source has passed along a list that was put together within ICE of the sites that are, in fact, trying to get their domains back. The list is as follows:
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The Lehman College Latin Jazz Ensemble co-directed by Victor Rendón and Armando Rodríguez, was formed in the fall of 2003, performing Latin music of many different styles, arranged especially for this group by the directors and/ or members. This ensemble, consisting of students, alumni, faculty, and community members, gives two formal concerts during the school year, and also performs for college events such as the college's Holiday Party, and the post-Commencement celebration.
Course credit is available by registering for MSP 203: Band; Latin. For more information, please contact Armando Rodríguez at (718) 960-8249.
2013-2014 Details
Tue, 4:30-7pm (beginning Tuesday, September 3, 2013)
Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 2:00pm. Bongo Bash Bonanza: an exciting performance of Latin American classics by Machito, Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and others.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 4:30pm. Salsa Brava Pa' Gozar: the music of Perez Prado, Augustin Lara, Eddie Palmieri, and others.
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Thief & BANDIT Braided Fabric Necklace
Added Dec 17, 2010
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
We at BurdaStyle are thrilled to have teamed up with the talented lady behind Thief & Bandit's fun accessories line, and are so pleased to share with you this beautiful fabric necklace tutorial!
Amie Cunningham hales from Canada and currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. She's a woodcarver, designer and artist. She creates an extensive line of t-shirts, scarves, bracelets, necklaces— and her line's fabrics are actually hand-printed! Be sure to check out her Etsy shop for a complete body of work for sale!
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Baby jersey, an old t-shirt, suede— whichever type of fabric suits your fancy. Check out the tools you'll need in the Instructions section.
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Nov 2, 2011, 09.39 PMby roxyl
I love her shop and all the braided jewellery.
Dec 22, 2010, 12.56 PMby carluchi
Love it, this is a great idea for a gift.
Dec 22, 2010, 12.15 PMby lav108
You know how sometimes you see something super cool and all of a sudden these new creative branches start sprouting in your mind……..
Props for Amie!!
Dec 21, 2010, 08.34 PMby dannygirl101
Great job. You pulled this off well. It would be easy for it to appear tacky.
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February 7, 2011 at 11:33 am
What does this Comradde Physioproffe do for a living?.
Is h/she a cook, an artist, a linguistics scholar,a physiologist,…? Has anyone ever seen him or ever talked to him?…..
I think he is god…. I love this god
February 7, 2011 at 1:30 pm
And then there was one.
February 7, 2011 at 5:01 pm
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February 7, 2011 at 7:59 pm
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February 7, 2011 at 10:53 pm
The packers are publicly owned, so I wanted them to win. I guess they are the only team that is like that. I probably won't have to give a shit about sports again for a long time, eh?
February 10, 2011 at 10:26 am
And in unrelated football news, Jim Johnson has apparently been reincarnated…in the body of an offensive line coach.
How's that sit with the Comrade?
February 17, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Nice sockpuppet. Cute, CPP. Also nice lies you are spewing over at your friend tenured radical's blog. Why is it so important to you to harrass me and aggressively mis-represent my position when you run in to me on others' blogs ala Nails. Why can't you just mind your own business?
February 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Isa-hell!!! We missed you!
February 17, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Seriously, I demand an answer. Why chase me all over the blogosphere trying to poison people's opinion of my ideas? It's totally rude and intrusive. Why does a millionaire, who was brought up with all the privileges, need to harass me and the others (like JackDanielsBlack) every time we speak to class prejudice in an online conversation?
BikeMonkey, it's hopeless. We will never start a class war with hench-oligarchs like Physioprof and TR throwing a monkey wrench into the works every time we try to get things going.
Meanwhile, the wonderful People of Color want nothing to do with us low class white folks – sorry Zuska, I see little hope for the solidarity approach – at least not until we've raised ourselves up to the enlightened upper classes and publicly repudiated everything and everyone from our pasts. Which would sort of defeat the purpose, one would think.
February 18, 2011 at 6:11 pm
It's funny to see Isabel accuse people of chasing her around the blogosphere.
Isabel, if your goal is to start a class war, might I suggest starting your own blog? I'd totally read it!
February 18, 2011 at 8:14 pm
I guess you would know about chasing people all over the blogosphere. Do you do anything else?
"I'd totally read it!"
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The Gospel of Luke : Chapter 2 Verses 29-32
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:17 pm
Post subject: 40 mile solo trip
I finished a 40-mile solo trip from Lafayette to Covington, on the 17th and 18th of June.
The river was in flood (over 11 feet at the Lafayette gage) and I was moving between 3 and 4 mph. All I really needed to do was keep a paddle in the water to hold the canoe straight with the current and I made good progress with little effort. I went about 20 miles the first day, then a similar distance in a similar time the second.
The only hazard n the river was a bridge near Attica, which is congested with driftwood so that only about a third of the width of the river is open. I must admit that going solo on a river moving that fast leaves little room for error. The river will sweep you downstream relentlessly, so you have to watch well ahead to recognize snags or hazards or, most importantly, spots where you want to get off the river.
I saw bunches of eagles (say 15-16). Most of them were juveniles. I saw more herons than I could count.
(Which doesn't say much for my math skills, I guess, since the number was probably in the 35-50 range and anybody ought to be able to count that high!)
There was no other wildlife, but I think that is because the river is so far outside its banks right now that a deer or fox coming to drink would be getting that drink at the edge of the water, which was far from where I could see it. What surprised me was the number of fish that were leaping out of the water near my canoe. And I'm talking about BIG fish. Is there some reason why they want to leap out of the water near a canoe? Do they recognize the hull or the shadow of it as a predator or something?
The bummer of this trip was not finding any sort of a decent campsite. Any nice sandbars on the islands in the river were all under water, so I had to settle for a merely damp spot on the north bank at what are known as the Fulton Islands.
One last thing: I saw only one piece of trash in the water the whole two days. That was just an empty water bottle, which I cleared. There was the usual sorts of junk along the banks up to the highwater mark. But the water was clean.
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The Louisianian confidently voted last week for the Democratic budget with its $1 trillion in tax hikes. She was one of only 20 Democrats who favored keeping the medical device tax, an element of Obamacare that some Democrats have worked to abolish. Along with other Democrats, she backed a handful of amendments opposed by senators from conservative states restricting health care for immigrants and politically charged language to curb a cellphone assistance program.
"I do not scare easily," Landrieu told POLITICO. "I think it's in my DNA. I come from a family that feels very passionately and very strongly about public service and about trying to always find a balance and keep our eyes focused on representing the people and not getting too caught up in the politics of the day."
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"I'm not saying I'm fearless, and I certainly try not to be reckless," she added. "I can be very forward when I feel strongly about it, and I think the [Paul] Ryan budget and the [Gov. Bobby] Jindal type rhetoric is very damaging to the future economic growth of our country and the middle-class families."
Red-state Democratic senators up for reelection in 2014 — including Landrieu and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and freshmen Mark Begich of Alaska and Kay Hagan of North Carolina — face particularly difficult challenges. From conservative states where President Barack Obama is often unpopular, they must balance their support for their party and the Senate Democratic leadership, with the often more right-of-center politics of their constituents.
But Landrieu — who is serving her third term after being reelected in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote, the same percentage as in 2002 — is confident she's figured out the right formula. Landrieu says voting on principle is more important than changing her positions to avoid campaign attack ads.
In a move that could produce such ads, Landrieu hasn't ruled out supporting some gun-control measures. And she hasn't closed the door on backing gay marriage should it come to a vote in the Senate.
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"I am proud of my support for the Affordable Care Act, whether my opponents want to call it ACA or Obamacare, I voted for it. I'm glad I voted for it," Landrieu said.
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Republicans in the state call Landrieu arrogant for her enthusiastic embrace of Democratic principles. They have a slate of respected candidates gearing up to challenge the incumbent.
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- How many BlackBerry devices have each of you had in total? Could you list them all out for us?
For me, I first fell in love with BlackBerry when it still had the Chicken game (any chance you're bringing that back?). As for my devices I've had the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the original BlackBerry Bold 9000 and then the BlackBerry Torch 9800, which combines the touch screen and QWERTY keyboard in one – and my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet! Andrew has had the BlackBerry Bold 9900, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and the BlackBerry Torch 9810, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and then this really old one he cannot remember and his BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that he takes everywhere!
- How many BBM contacts do you two have collectively?
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- Which one of you sent the first BBM to the other? What did it say? What response did you receive in return?
The first BBM?! Truthfully, we wracked our brains and don't remember exactly, but I think it was probably me and said "Look who's got BBM! xx" (before then I had been texting from another phone I later got rid of) and I am 90% sure there was a emoticon kiss as a response!
- Julie, tell us about the best BBM you've ever received from Andrew. Your turn Andrew, tell us about the best BBM you've ever received from Julie.
I think I have two that are tied. The first was when he sort of said he loved me via BBM; I believe it went something like "I love it, and you"; not the most romantic way to say it for the first time, but most certainly memorable. The second was the BBM I received when we had been apart for so long. I think it simply said: "Hello. I miss you, can I call you?" But it meant the world to me at the time.
Andrew says that "all" of my BBMs to him are the best (aww, how cute).
- Julie, if you could BBM your BlackBerry, what would you say? And what about you, Andrew?
I would say "A thousand times, thank you for being my life line, my knowledgeable companion and my reminder of all things important. Thank you for capturing amazing life moments and lighting my way in the dark. I'm sorry if I don't tell you enough – You are Ah-mazing!" I hope my BlackBerry would respond with a Happy Face! (Maybe the new BlackBerry Z10 could actually say "you're welcome" with Voice Control!)
Andrew: "Thanks mate."
- Julie, we also know that you're an actress. Any upcoming debuts we should be looking out for?
Actually, I'll be in a commercial coming up this spring!
- What did you two think about the launch of BlackBerry 10? Did any announcement in particular stand out?
I was so excited about the launch! I have been WAITING for this. As an avid Team BlackBerry member, I did not wish to stray from my trustworthy BlackBerry, though my current one (well-loved and used!) is slowly aging and becoming less reliable (due to overuse, I am sure). The new features of BlackBerry 10 encompass all the things I want in a new phone and more – the camera feature means no more eyes closed!! I have been talking about it to Andrew for months – to the point where I was most certainly telling him things he already knew!
- And finally, we just have to ask: Are you two prepared to handle the fame that comes with being our Fans of the Month?
Oh I think we can handle it! We are just happy to be a part of the Team and for the opportunity express our thanks to BlackBerry for creating their products. We both use it as a lifeline to each other and our families. Without it, we would not be together now.
*Name has been changed to respect privacy requests.
Be sure to check out the other awesome members of the BlackBerry Fan of the Month (FOTM) club:
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February – Ivan (@IvanSHarris)
March – Jane (@photosfromabb)
April – Josh (@BBbrodyBB)
May – Mark (@AllAboutMyBB)
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August – Mike (@flash0p)
September – Jon (@nerdologist_jon)
October – Guido (@FuriousGuido)
November – Ange (@Afl2277)
December – Zalman (@Zalman5K)
January 2013 – Arisham (@arisham2003)
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Bill Condon has sent this out for all the fans. It's the Swan home decorated Christmas style. You can find a larger, high resolution shot here. Photo credit goes to Andrew Cooper.
Christmas Present From Bill Condon: Photo of the Swan Home
This was great of you to let us see this. I can't wait to see Breaking Dawn. When will the 1st part be released? Is it November 14th 2011? I think you all are doing wonderful jobs. Stephenie Myers is a wonderful writer. I look forward to reading more of her books. Have a Merry Christmas to all of Twilight Family
Loved it! Set it as my background as a holiday treat! Thank you Bill and ty Lexi for sharing it with us. P.S. I love the snow you have falling.. it makes me smile.
Hi, Yanina from Argentina and wanted to say I loved the photo. I'm super fan of Twilight and I hope someday to travel to feel this passion closer. Congratulations to all these parties and pass it to all the people who love them! Besos!
Ahh! That is my stocking! I have the middle one! What a great picture!
Awwww….this is awesome!! Puts me even more in the holiday spirit now 🙂
And I also love the snow you have falling on the Lexicon today! Sooooooooooo cute!!!! <3
Happy Holiday's to you all!
What a lovely Christmas present:)))
Merry Christmas everyone!!:)
Awww, Bill. You are so good to us!
Awww! Love it, thanks so much Bill!
Thought…who are all the stockings for? Would Charlie actually put up a stocking for Edward? There are four-Charlie, Bella, Edward, Renesmee??
Any thoughts? 🙂
good point! maybe edward and nessie like you said or maybe sue?
Edward, Bella, Reneesme and Jacob is my guess. Charlie and Sue probably don't need stockings and he knows at this point that Jacob is part of their family.
jacob i dont think so
could be. i can totally see charlie including jake.
I love the little Christmas stocking for Renesmee!
What a lovely present Bill Condon has given us Twihards. Thank you! And Merry Christmas to everyone at Lexicon. You feed my Twilight addiction. You guys are my own personal brand of Heroin, need the daily fix.
Oh, and just realized the Christmas scene is in the scond half of the movie. Good grief, what a huge tease. Can't see that until the BD 2 comes out. UGH!
Great pic!! Gets me really looking forward to all the new things coming up. Thank you Lexicon for the snow falling and the stockings on Edward and Bella!!
Bill, you never cease to amaze me. Thank you.
Oh my gosh!! Love it. Breaking Dawn Christmas scenes. 🙂 And look there's 4 stockings- and a baby one for Renesmee. 🙂
Merry Christmas everyone!!
I love it! It's so beautiful!
Thank you for sharing, Lexicon and Mr. Condon!
I love the four stockings; the smallest one is adorable.
This looks so pretty! Thank you Bill C.
Wow, I'm so excited to see this. I am beyond excited to see breaking dawn and I am counting down till next November, it can't get here fast enough!!!
This truly makes me feel that Bill Condon gets how important these films are to the fans, and that he might have actually read all the books. Thanks for this special Holiday gift….this is so exciting!
I agree..
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Everyone around the Islanders has their story about the time they first thought something wasn't kosher about John Spano, the "Dallas" "businessman" who was "friends with Mario Lemieux" and faked out enough people to take over the New York Islanders in 1996.
Notice the lack of quotation marks around taking over the team. The question comes up all the time about this fascinating lunatic: "How did he think he could get away with it"? The answer: he did get away with it.
In the few months he was around the franchise, Spano made real business decisions that affected real people. On the hockey side, his "ownership" was established enough that he could order Mike Milbury to step down as coach so he could focus on his role as general manager. Now, before you declare that was a reasonable decision by a savvy executive, understand Spano's true motivation – he just wanted more time to hang around with Milbury.
While everyone had their "ah-HA!" moment when they realized Spano couldn't be what he said he was, the genius of this psychopath was knowing people like me wouldn't be reckless enough to risk our careers by saying something about it. Our image of con men is usually charismatic characters, like Newman and Redford in The Sting, or any number of politicians. Spano used his awkward and shy persona – or maybe it was an act, who the hell knows? – to his advantage. You'd run into him getting coffee in the office, say hi. He'd always look down at your shoes and mutter something. You'd come away from the encounter wondering what this mad genius must be thinking, and whether it's time to start sending out that resume.
It worked like a charm, and on businesspeople with major reputations. Some lost their jobs over it.
Here's my Spano story. It's February 15, 1997 and the Islanders are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the franchise. The team sucks that season, but this is a memorable night. The all-time Islanders team is announced, Boss and Trots and Denis and Smitty are in the barn, the new owner – our savior! – is walking around and to top it off Lappy Lapointe breaks a zip-zip tie with an overtime goal for the victory over John Vanbiesbrouck and the Florida Panthers.
After the game, the atmosphere in the locker room hallway is glorious mayhem. The Islanders legends are hugging it out in the hallway with Ziggy, Smoke, a Calder contender named Bryan Berard, Caber, Bert and the rest of the boys. It's been a depressing season, but for one night everyone is reminded why the hockey life is beautiful. In the middle of the celebration stands a solitary man who doesn't approach anyone, so no one approaches him.
He is focused, clearly on a vital mission. It's John Spano, the "mega-millionaire" owner of the Islanders. He is standing in the hallway, completely oblivious, his back to the celebration. He is holding a puck, not from the game but the kind you can buy on the Coliseum concourse for 5 bucks. In his other hand is a Sharpie, as black as the suits he always wore.
"John, is there something we can do for you? I asked.
"Nah, I'm good. Just told a friend I'd get something signed for his kid by Vanbiesbrouck."
Hmm. Picture this: owner of major professional sports team, after a big win, alone in the hallway because he wants to make sure the goaltender of the visiting team signs his puck. This is Fred Wilpon waiting outside the Dodgers locker room until Manny signs his bat. This is Jerry Jones hanging outside the Giants Stadium lot to meet Eli.
This is not how the owner of a sports team operates. They have people for that. People like I used to be.
sleep 5Spano didn't budge. With so much joy around him and his new toy, he instead chose to wait for The Beezer to do his interviews, shower, dress and make his way down the hall. VBK signed Johnny's puck and the owner of the New York Islanders left the arena, all by himself.
This is what it took for me and my two best colleague-pals to give each other the look that's something not quite right in the Country.
No, it wasn't the night Spano invited the team for what we figured would be an elegant evening at the Garden City Hotel celebrating his takeover. Our wives got all dressed up and we nervously anticipated a classy night of wine and conversation with the new boss in a plush penthouse suite. When we arrived we were escorted to the meat market/dance club where nobody could hear themselves think over the pulsating "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C + C Music Factory. I recall paying for my own drinks and don't recall ever seeing Spano. It was one crazy friggin' evening.
No, it wasn't the road trip when the Islanders had a game in Dallas and the team was invited to dinner the night before at the "Spano home" (really, to paraphrase Talking Heads – why should we believe it was his beautiful wife or it was his beautiful house?). I asked Ziggy Palffy how amazing the mansion was. "It's okay," said Ziggy, "but Kaspar's house in Northport is better."
From time to time a segment of Islanders fans will actually bemoan what could have been with Spano. They acknowledge that he was, you know, bonkers and felonious, but they also feel that he was a true fan who could have done some great things.
What a sad, sad notion. Consider this: besides the minor detail of him not having any money, John Spano lied about everything. Just because he could drop names like Trottier and Lemieux like the guy in Rain Man, how can we be certain he actually liked hockey?
Comments on this story here. Talk about the current Islanders, the draft and everything else in next thread. Guidelines.


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Pan-Orthodox Town Hall Meeting at St. Elijah, Oklahoma City, OK
The evening of August 12th, 2010 will go down in history as another leap forward in the journey towards Orthodox unity in North America. Over a hundred clergy and lay people from seven Orthodox Churches in the greater Oklahoma City area came together to pray the Paraklesis service to the Mother of God, which was chanted by the teens of St. Elijah Church, followed by a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the future of Orthodoxy unity in America. This was the first such Town Hall Meeting to take place since the historic Episcopal Assembly.
The first part of the Town Hall Meeting was dedicated to watching the video of His Grace, Bishop BASIL's address at the 2010 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference, hosted by St. Elijah, Oklahoma City. His Grace, who was elected at the Episcopal Assembly as Secretary, explained to all of the clergy and laity some of the progress that the fifty-five Hierarchs who met had accomplished, and the next steps in preparing North America to be united administratively.
The Priest's panel then took questions and concerns from the mixed congregations, concerning this unity. Fr. Constantine Nasr commended the congregations in the area for having a Pan-Orthodox spirit, as they have had for many years.
The Oklahoma City Churches for years have been holding Pan-Orthodox "Family Nights", liturgical services, mission and evangelism outreach, Vacation Bible School, Annual Parish Council dinner, State Fair and "Come Receive the Light" radio station, as well as genuine love and support for each other's parish families.
The Churches that are a part of these events are St. Elijah (Antiochian – Fr. Constantine Nasr & Fr. Jeremy Davis), St. George (Greek – Fr. John Tsaras), St. Andrew (Western Rite Antiochian –Fr. Mark Wallace), St. James (Antiochian – Fr. Basil McMurry), St. Mary (Ukranian – Fr. Raphael Moore), St. Benedict (ROCOR – Fr. Anthony Nelson), and Holy Ascension (Antiochian – Fr. Justin McFeeters).


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The next time you admire a weed-free field of Roundup Ready soybeans treated with Roundup, bear in mind that the herbicide does more than just kill weeds.
University of Missouri (MU) researchers discovered that glyphosate (Roundup's active ingredient) herbicide applications changed the microbial composition of soil in the field. Pat Donald, MU plant pathologist, and Robert Kremer, an MU soil scientist and USDA-ARS microbiologist, conducted experiments from 1997 through 2000 at two Missouri locations, which revealed that Roundup Ready soybeans treated with glyphosate at recommended rates had more Fusarium on roots within one week of application than did soybeans that did not receive glyphosate.
So what? Fusarium fungi are almost always present in soybean fields. But at elevated levels, they can clip yields through such diseases as sudden death syndrome (SDS) and other root rots, Donald says.
"Although soil Fusarium populations varied among locations, glyphosate significantly increased numbers at each location," Kremer says. "There is a natural ebb and flow, but with Roundup Ready beans treated with glyphosate, there was always a spike in the levels of the fungi studied."
The study coincided with findings by Missouri farmers regarding disease in Roundup Ready varieties. "There were several complaints that surfaced about sudden death syndrome that they had not seen with conventional varieties," Kremer says.
However, Donald and Kremer emphasize that glyphosate did not reduce soybean yields in their studies. Yet, they add that the potential yield impact of high soil Fusarium levels from continuous glyphosate use requires more study.
"We need to look at it more and see whether there's a buildup of the organism from year to year," Kremer says.
In contrast, Harvey Glick, head of biotechnology stewardship for Monsanto, says numerous studies show that Roundup does not seriously impact soil microbe populations around roots.
"I know that Fusarium is an important component of sudden death syndrome, which is a real problem in beans," Glick says. "But just because you have Fusarium doesn't mean you'll have an expression of the disease. Fusarium is always present in the soil. When you spray Roundup on weeds, scientists speculate that the Fusarium species from the roots of dead weeds may become available to colonize the roots of living soybean plants. However, this does not mean you will have the disease present."
Farmers also have been using the Roundup Ready production system for five years over 60 million hectares, Glick says. "Any concerns with populations of soil microbes or disease would have manifested itself by now," he adds.
More study needed. The Missouri researchers claim that little study of the relationship between soil microbes and transgenic plants has been done.
"The tests are often limited to small soil insects and earthworms," Kremer says. "We think there's been an oversight."
Though the increased Fusarium levels did not reduce yields, the MU researchers express concern about continuous glyphosate use in Roundup Ready soybeans.
Seasonal Fusarium increases result when farmers apply glyphosate on Roundup Ready soybeans. Normally, these levels do not carry over into the next year. However, repeated glyphosate applications in consecutive growing seasons could cause Fusarium levels to snowball.
"It may be a good idea to rotate out of Roundup Ready soybeans periodically," Kremer says. "Otherwise, there may be a future ecological consequence if Fusarium builds up."


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CONCORD — Before U.S. District Court, John Allen Wright was sentenced to 160 years imprisonment, the highest maximum sentence ever imposed in the state of New Hampshire.
Following the sentencing hearing, which went on for over an hour, U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said he was "grateful" his request for sentencing was accepted, though he could not take any amount of joy in the day.
"There is no justice in a case like this," he said.
Wright, 47, of Milton, was arrested in September 2011 for sexually assaulting and molesting three young autistic boys he cared for as a bus driver with Provider Bus services . Kacavas informed the court Friday afternoon the boys are 4, 4 and � and 8 years old.
"Rather than be their custodian, he was their predator, their pornographer and their tormenter," Kacavas told the courtroom.
By the end of the hearing Friday, Wright was sentenced to 1,920 months, or 160 years, for six counts of sexual exploitation.
Wright's attorney, Harry Starbranch, requested his client only be sentenced to 25 years. He said Wright suffers from severe psychosis, not specified, and schizophrenia. Kacavas argued rather Wright's claimed diagnosis of schizophrenia was never produced in trial proceedings, and he didn't feel the man's mental state should have an impact on his sentencing. He also said investigators believed Wright "grossly exaggerated" his mental condition upon his arrest.
Judge Stephen McAuliffe told both attorneys he didn't want to set what some have called an "absurd" precedent, sentencing a man to incarceration for longer than his natural life, but Kacavas told Foster's he is aware of at least one other state where an extended sentence was imposed.
Kacavas told McAuliffe he wished to "make a statement," to warn other likeminded individuals their crimes will be taken, and punished, seriously.
"Should you do that, you should expect to be treated in the most severe way authorized by law and our justice system," Kacavas said outside the courtroom doors.
Wright, who was 46 at the time of his assault on the children, did not speak during his hearing and opted to not make a statement before the court. After the sentence was declared, he turned around to two crying women seated behind him and cracked a small smile.
Other modifications on Wright's sentence say he must pay $600 to the government and if he is released from prison, he must be supervised for the remainder of his lifetime. He is not to have unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18 and is barred from using the Internet without prior permission.
CONCORD — John Allen Wright, 46, of Milton, appeared in United States District Court Friday and was sentenced to 160 years in prison, the maximum penalty allowed, after pleading guilty to five counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
In February, 2011, a member of New Hampshire's Internet Crimes Against Children (NHICAC) Task Force initiated an undercover investigation to locate and identify individuals possessing and trading images of child pornography through file sharing networks. Information obtained as a result of the investigation led to the issuance of a search warrant for Wright's residence in Milton. In the course of the search, computers and peripherals were seized and forensic examination revealed several videos depicting Wright sexually assaulting minor children who were passengers aboard his school bus. The children, some of whom were completely
non-verbal, suffered from a variety of disabilities.
The initial search of Wright's computer also revealed thousands of child sexual assault images that had been downloaded from the internet. A subsequent federal search warrant yielded more evidence linking Wright to the production of his own videos. The defendant has been in custody since his indictment in October, 2011. He entered guilty pleas to all counts in the indictment in September of last year.
Kacavas observed that "this case represents yet another example of our resolve to eradicate the threat to our children posed by predators like the Defendant. While a sentence of this duration is beyond man's capacity to serve, justice for the young victims and a just punishment for this Defendant are beyond our capacity to achieve. Therefore, only the maximum possible punishment authorized by law is appropriate and like-minded individuals who seek to prey on our children be warned."
Kacavas would like to thank the NH ICAC Task Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Rochester Police Department, the New London Police Department, the Strafford County Attorney's Office, the Dover Police Department, and the Kittery (ME) Police
Department, all of whom contributed valuable time and effort to this investigation and prosecution.
This case was prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
QQmlEngine: Illegal attempt to connect to ListModel(0x14231e8) that is in a different thread than the QML engine
QOpenGLFramebufferObject: Framebuffer incomplete attachment.
Coley,whatever suits you best. I personally would probably create two tickets. 4.8->5.0 and one for rPi. But I am hopelessly anal about these kind of things.
golgoj4 do your .pro file changes work for you switching between Qt targets?what steps do you run?I cannot get it to successfully compile when I rely on the .pro file to switch.Do you need to do a make clean and re-run qmake after a switch?thanks,-Coley.


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Could Patent Reform Actually Pass This Year?
from the doubtful,-but... dept
The latest is that the Senate Judiciary committee has approved some amendments to try to make everyone happy -- including Senator Schumer's surprise amendment that would allow for a pilot program to look at eliminating business method patents. It's nice to see that at least has a chance of moving forward, but the entire bill just seems to have so many bad or just watered-down ideas in it, that it's unlikely to matter much one way or the other. It's certainly not patent reform that fixes any of the real problems with the patent system.


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I discovered that the images/paintings I like most have some good Idea underlying. My favourite example is this famous painting from Bobby Chiu:
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This painting would work perfectly even with a not so good execution, the Idea is so strong that the nice rendering is just the icing on the cake.
Another example I love is the Newborn Contest entry from ca.org Member Veajoun:
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Gosh i could go on but now to my point:
I find that the idea-finding part of art isn't being discussed as much on c.a. as the technical aspect.
So my question: What are your exercises for practising getting good ideas? There are lots of methods, like brainstorming in advertising, but they all require some kind of given question, message or problem. Do you stare at your paper until your forehead bleeds (like doug adams) or does it strike you out of thin air? Do you have a method that works for you?
Thanks for reading and eventually answering!


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With New Mexico chile harvest just a couple of weeks away, early indications are the 2012 crop will be smaller than expected. Growers and Extension specialists say water shortages and foreign competition are the major pitfalls to what they hoped would be a bumper year.
Overall, chile acres have increased across the state in recent years, from 8,500 acres in 2010 to 10,000 in 2011. While the total number of chile acres this year is yet unknown, Jaye Hawkins, New Mexico Chile Association (NMCA) administrator, reported earlier this year that less water from the Rio Grande and pressure from foreign chile growers is hurting this year's prospects. But she says so far she remains cautiously optimistic that once harvest is complete, chile numbers but will be close to last year's yield.
In spite of that optimism, no one argues that this year has been a challenge for growers. The semi-arid chile growing areas of Southern New Mexico particularly were heavily affected by an International Boundary & Water Commission's (IBWC) decision to release water from the Rio Grande River to Mexico in April, a move that limited the amount of water allotted to irrigation districts in the southern part of the state. Under terms of that plan, millions of gallons of water were released to Mexico from Elephant Butte Reservoir, forcing irrigation districts to ration water to New Mexico and Texas agriculture users.
Chile growers were forced to rely on ground water to irrigate, increasing production costs and affecting the total number of acres planted.
According to Jeff Anderson, Doña Ana County horticulture Extension agent, a drive across his district seems to indicate fewer planted acres compared to last year.
"We won't know the final number until USDA releases that information early next year, but I am not seeing as many acres of chiles as I did last year. I think our chile production is going to be down as a result," Anderson reports.
The bigger problem, however, appears to be the impact of foreign chile production, especially across the border in Mexico. Hawkins and Anderson agree that since the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, foreign-grown chile has presented a challenge to New Mexico's chile industry because their product can be sold for less.
Labor problems
"New Mexico growers have a hard time finding the labor to hand pick the green chile the state is known for. Labor in Mexico is readily available and cheap, so their production costs are extremely low, and this gives them an advantage in the market," says Hawkins. "Many New Mexico growers are giving up their chile acres in favor of other, more profitable crops, like cotton, and the decline has been steady since NAFTA was approved."
She says foreign imports now account for 80 percent of all chile consumed domestically, creating a radically different market than in pre-NAFTA days. In addition, younger New Mexico growers are giving up a long-held tradition of growing chile because of foreign competition.
"The number of acres produced each year is driven by contract production, meaning the crop is sold before it is ever planted. No one is really willing or able to farm chile on speculation anymore. There is just too much competition from foreign imports," she added.
Red chile growers in New Mexico remain price competitive because red chile can be harvested by machine, while green chile still relies on manpower.
"A great deal of research and testing is taking place in an attempt to mechanize green chile farming and eventually we hope this will even up the odds to the competition of cheaper chile grown in Mexico and South America. But being able to survive the wait may be more than New Mexico growers can handle. Production costs are going up and then drought conditions and the lack of water makes it nearly impossible to produce a profitable crop," Hawkins said.
For a few green chile growers, a healthy local market has helped sustain them through the difficult years of NAFTA. Hawkins says when it comes to flavor, New Mexicans insist on locally grown chile, and that has helped to keep the state's chile industry alive.
In addition to foreign competition and lack of available water for irrigation, Anderson said hail storms earlier this year damaged a number of chile fields around Las Cruces.
"Some fields were wiped out, some had damage and others were completely missed by the hail storms," he said. "In addition, chile growers have pumped so much ground water for irrigation that the water table has dropped some 40 feet and the only water they can pump in some areas is high in salt content. We really need substantial rain and good snow melt next year if we hope to recover from the current drought."
A new New Mexico Chile Association campaign launched earlier this year promoting state-grown chile is expected to have a positive impact. But even so, Hawkins fears that unless mechanized green chile farming can be adapted and water issues can be resolved, the road ahead for New Mexico chile growers could be a difficult one.


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Liljevalchs vase. Hand-modelled in stoneware clay. Fired to 1280 degrees Celcius with a blue glaze.
One of the last unique exhibition pieces left from the Liljevalchs "True feelings" collection.
In 2007 at Liljevalchs Konsthall in Stockholm, we exhibit the service called "True feelings" which is produced with the fingers – and the fingers only! In order to avoid influence from other things than the feelings in our fingers we have made the objects observing a set of rules (Dogma07) which for instance commit us to work blindfolded. The reason for this working method is the wish to find a new idiom eliminating taste and aesthetic sense when developing the objects. In this way the design is merely an expression of the choice of our fingers and our emotional intellect.
Read the dogma rules below.
Ceramic Manifesto – Dogma07
This is an experiment.
The production of the ceramic objects will take place from January 2007.
We swear to comply with the following set of rules (Dogma07).
1. Each object must be made out of clay. Only one sort of clay is allowed.
2. Each object must be shaped with the hands or body only. No aid or tool what so ever is allowed.
3. While creating the objects the ceramic artist must be blindfolded. The blindfold may not be removed until each item is declared finished.
4. No adaptation of objects still unfired is allowed.
5. While designing the ceramic artist is not allowed to discuss her work with others.
6. All articles must be functional for everyday use in a manageable size.
7. After firing all articles must be fully glazed – if at all possible.
8. Only blue glaze is acceptable.
9. No decoration is allowed.
10. Each object must be inscribed Dogma07 (True feelings):
As ceramic artists we furthermore swear not to let us influence by fashion or taste. We promise to respect all the Dogma-rules with no consideration for our personal ambitions or our artistic vanity.
Making these objects we are no longer reflecting designers – merely working hands.