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To undertake a 4,500-mile cross-country drive is not a decision one makes without careful consideration and planning.
But when the 20-year-old son of my photography partner, Barb Gonzalez, asked his mother in February if she could make arrangements to have his 2006 Toyota Camry delivered to his new home in Orlando, Fla., she was quick to assure him that we could deliver it ourselves.
Then she looked at me. "Right?" she asked.
As much as I love a road trip, I was dubious. If we were going to do this, I didn't want it to be a race against time. We needed to make it professionally viable and it was essential that it remain affordable, not a luxury getaway.
We would be flying home from Florida, so we had to be careful that we didn't pack more than we could carry aboard the plane, including some cold-weather clothing for the trip down. We had to be sure the Toyota was serviced and physically ready for such a journey.
The planning process
We jointly decided that we could each afford to budget $100 per day for the entire month of April. That had to include all auto expenses (mainly gas), lodging, meals, and such peripheral costs as admissions and entertainment. We estimated that gas alone would run about $600 (at about $3.75 per gallon, 30 miles per gallon). That allowed us $180 per day, all inclusive, after fuel.
The sum sounded ample, so long as we chose modest accommodations and kept our fine-dining expenses to a minimum. We made our meals last longer by packaging up leftovers from our dinners, keeping them in a room refrigerator or ice chest, and enjoying them chilled for lunch the next day.
Next question: What would be our route? We both knew that we wanted to spend a few days in New Orleans. I proposed a southerly trip, through the red-rock country of Utah and the pueblo lands of New Mexico, but Barb expressed a special interest in seeing Mount Rushmore. We considered traveling east as far as Chicago before heading south, but in the end decided to angle across the Midwest to save on time and mileage.
Even on the first of April, there remained the likelihood of snow or inclement weather across the northern United States. We had no choice but to carry winter clothing. But we limited our wardrobe options and planned to do laundry at least twice on our route. We carried mostly casual wear — three changes and something a little more upscale for possible jacket-and-tie occasions.
We had the car lubed, the tires rotated and pressure checked, and confirmed with our auto-insurance company that we would be covered in the event of any need for roadside assistance.
As a home-technology expert, Barb added some new touches to trip planning with state-of-the-art iPhone apps. Our favorites were Road Ninja, which kept us apprised of upcoming restaurants, tourist attractions and even rest stops; and Hipmunk, which collected information from various other hotel rating sites — Trip Advisor, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Priceline and others — to recommend inexpensive lodging along our route. We also referred to I-Exit, which told us what was ahead when we were traveling on interstate highways.
Across Idaho
We set out, perhaps appropriately, on April Fool's Day. We had considered that we might encounter a little spring snow in the high country of Wyoming, but we were challenged the moment we left our house: A couple of inches of fresh snow had fallen overnight in Bend. The Toyota wasn't equipped with snow tires but our plans to tackle U.S. Highway 20 to Burns without traction devices lasted only as far as the Brothers rest stop. Seeing three tractor-trailer rigs off the side of the road was all the convincing we needed. The chains went on.
For better or worse, the weather was fickle. No sooner would we pass through blizzard conditions than we'd hit a stretch of clear, dry road, tough on aging chains. Then we would reencounter another snow-and-ice-packed piece of highway. By the time we had eluded the worst of the storm, near Riley junction, the chains had succumbed to an asphalt beating and were whipping our vehicle's fenders. At our next opportunity, in Burns, we disposed of them in favor of new chains for later in the journey. (As luck would have it, they were never needed.)
Exhausted, we overnighted in Boise at a favorite hotel, the Riverside, and dined at a favorite restaurant, Shige Japanese Cuisine. Then we were off early the next morning, hoping to drive through Craters of the Moon National Monument before continuing into Wyoming.
The main access road into Craters of the Moon, however, remained closed by winter weather. So we stayed on the interstate highway that follows the Snake River and stopped instead at the Idaho Potato Museum in the small town of Blackfoot, in Bingham County northeast of Pocatello.
A giant artificial potato, topped with whipped cream and butter, welcomes arrivals to the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot. Idaho produces more potatoes than any other state, a fact that is well documented in this offbeat museum located in a 1912 railroad depot.
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One cannot travel through rural Idaho without seeing fields of spuds. About 30 percent of all potatoes grown in the United States come from Idaho, and Bingham County alone harvests more than 2 billion (with a "b") pounds of Russet Burbanks each year, earning it the nickname, "potato capital of the world."
The museum occupies the 1912 Oregon Short Line Railroad Depot. It's hard to miss the giant fabricated potato that sits in front of it, topped with facsimile sour cream and butter. Inside are plenty of educational exhibits, but many visitors are more impressed by collections of Mr. Potato Heads and 100 potato mashers; by the world's largest potato chip (Guinness-approved); and by a famous poster that features a young Marilyn Monroe dressed in a burlap potato sack.
Wyoming wanderings
No sooner had we crossed the state line into Wyoming than our wildlife sightings began. As we girdled the Snake River Range, a herd of two dozen Rocky Mountain goats descended into the river valley near the hamlet of Alpine. We pulled off the road beside a state trooper who was surveying travelers' reactions to the long-haired crowd favorites. Wearing their spring coats, the goats looked especially healthy, having not yet shed large chunks of wool, as they do later in the summer season.
An inquisitive Rocky Mountain goat, its thick fur full in the early spring, greets a traveler beside the highway just northeast of Alpine, Wyo. A herd of two dozen goats descended from the Snake River Range was a roadside attraction south of Jackson.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
Jackson, one of my favorite mountain towns in any season, was 20 miles ahead. Although the major ski area here, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, was building up to its final weekend of the winter, and we had clearly arrived at a transitional time in the community, the cowboy flavor persisted. The Silver Dollar Saloon remained open, and restaurants like The Kitchen still did a bustling business in regional game dishes.
Moose wandered through the grounds of the Snow King Resort — we watched them through the windows of Hayden's Post restaurant as we ate — and massive herds of elk patrolled the National Elk Refuge at the edge of town. Grand Teton National Park was still snowed in, even though major highways edging the expanse had been cleared. But the Teton Range itself was as spectacular as ever, its icy crags rising high above fields of snow untouched by ski or snowshoe tracks.
The craggy Grand Teton, crowning Wyomings Teton Range at an elevation of 13,776 feet, pierces a layer of broken clouds in its namesake national park north of Jackson. In early April, only a few roads in Grand Teton National Park had been cleared of snow.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
With Yellowstone National Park's south entrance still closed, we headed east from Jackson across 9,548-foot Togwatee Pass. We made a lunch stop in Lander, a charming town at the foot of the Wind River Mountains and home to the National Outdoor Leadership School. The infusion of active young outdoors lovers into a traditional ranching culture has given Lander a more spirited flavor than many other towns this close to the Continental Divide.
The next 100 miles were bleak, as we followed long-abandoned pioneer trails across arid prairie. Finally we approached Casper, a veritable metropolis of 50,000 people and the heart of a region rich in fossil fuels. For the next 120 miles, the landscape boasted a wealth of oil derricks — and, closer to Gillette, several large, open-pit coal mines.
Our overnight stop in the latter working-class town left us, as non-smokers, yearning for the ban in Pacific Coast states against smoking in public places. Even the restaurant at our motel placed the "smoking section" immediately next to the "non-smoking" section, allowing fumes to drift freely through the dining room. It was a problem we encountered several times during our trip, but rarely worse than here.
Across South Dakota
The story of our passage through the Black Hills of western South Dakota was told in these pages on April 21. Basing ourselves in Rapid City, a community slightly smaller than Bend, we spent three days exploring a concentration of national parks and monuments. (My annual national parks pass allows us admission to all.) Mount Rushmore National Memorial is the best known of a group that includes Devils Tower and Jewel Cave national monuments, Wind Cave and Badlands national parks, and the Deadwood national historic district. But a couple of highlights don't appear on that list.
The Crazy Horse Memorial was one. Already 65 years in the making, the homage to a 19th-century Lakota Sioux chieftain will be the world's largest sculpture when it is completed — perhaps another three decades from now. The work begun by artist Korczak Ziolkowski has been continued by his family, and it is slowly taking shape; the 87-foot-tall face of Crazy Horse, who defeated General George Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, is nearly half again larger than the Rushmore presidents.
Ultimately, the Ziolkowski family hopes, the complex will be home to a university and museum dedicated to the native cultures of North America.
Not far away is Custer State Park, the region's best destination for wildlife lovers. The 71,000-acre park has herds with hundreds of bison (buffalo) as well as pronghorn, elk, deer, bighorn sheep and wild burros, plus large colonies of crowd-pleasing prairie dogs. Several scenic driving routes sweep through its rolling prairie and pine-studded mountains.
Two bighorn rams face off in Badlands National Park, an hours drive east of Rapid City, S.D. The South Dakota city is the gateway to the Black Hills, home to other national parks and monuments including Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower, and Jewel and Wind caves.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
Rapid City, meanwhile, is known as the "City of Presidents." Indeed, it features statues of every American president standing on 12 downtown street corners, in keeping with the Mount Rushmore theme. And the city has an active arts community and the excellent Journey Museum, which traces regional history from the age of the dinosaurs.
Brews and bandits
A day's drive southeast of Rapid City, I insisted upon visiting the Nebraska farm town of Columbus — home to the Gottberg Brew Pub. The pub's namesake was likely not a relative, though given the relative obscurity of the surname, it is quite possible that some ancestral connection exists. I discovered the pub several years ago during an internet name search.
My name opened no doors after the front one. But I was intrigued by the handsomely restored red-brick building, which the Gottberg Brew Pub shares with the moderately priced Dusters Restaurant. (The steaks, premium Nebraska beef, were excellent.)
Built in 1920, the striking design of the brewpub building incorporates terra-cotta shapes of Model T Fords in the white-stone cornice work.
The terra-cotta replica of a Model T Ford tire protrudes from cornice work atop the Gottberg Brew Pub building in Columbus, Neb. The red-brick structure was built in 1920 as an auto assembly plant and repair shop; it now serves fine beers along with premium Nebraska steaks.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
It turns out that Max Gottberg (1860-1944) owned the town's first auto and farm-machinery dealership and garage, and this building was his assembly plant and repair shop.
Living in Bend, I have an appreciation for good beer, and these German-style ales weren't bad at all. The brewmaster, Adam Daake, had nine ales on top, ranging from the Tin Lizzie Hefeweizen to Oatmeal Stout. I especially liked Gottberg's Dark Star Lager and its Smokestack Porter. Barb preferred the Apricot Wheat Ale.
We stopped twice more en route to Kansas City — once in the Old Market area of Omaha, a charming historic district where horse-drawn carriages ply cobbled streets; and once in St. Joseph, Mo., the eastern terminus of the pre-railroad Pony Express mail service, and the home of the notorious 19th-century outlaw, Jesse James.
James' small home stands next to the elegant Patee House, a hotel that served as Pony Express headquarters. Relocated here from a nearby hill and refurbished as a small museum, its highlight — if one can call it that — was the room where James took a bullet to the head in 1882.
An artists rendering of the killing of notorious outlaw Jesse James, and the gun said to have done the deed, hang beside a stray bullet hole in the Jesse James House in St. Joseph, Mo. The small house was relocated from a nearby hill and refurbished as a small museum.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
After that, it was time to find something more upbeat.
Kansas City
We found it in Kansas City, whose metropolitan population of 2.3 million made it the first true urban center we had visited since leaving Bend, about 2,000 miles ago.
The downtown skyline of Kansas City, Mo., is a mere backdrop for the magnificently restored Union Station in this view from the top of Liberty Memorial Tower. The observation post rises above the National World War I Museum, one of the top attractions in this modern city.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
"I??m going to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come." The words from that rhythm-and-blues standard of the 1950s kept running through our heads as we sought out the corner of 12th Street and Vine, where more than 300 recording artists found their "Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine." We found a commemorative marker in a quiet park.
Beginning in the Prohibition era and extending through the mid-20th century, this was the northern edge of a flourishing African American neighborhood. It was seminal to the emergence of three cultural icons — the bebop jazz scene, a unique style of barbecue and Negro Leagues baseball.
We found all three alive and well in the 18th and Vine District, just around the corner from a monument to jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker.
A monument to pioneering jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker is a prominent sight in Kansas Cityís 18th and Vine District. A native son of the Midwestern city, Parker is one of several musicians featured in exhibits at the American Jazz Museum.
Sharing opposite ends of a central building are the American Jazz Museum, its interactive exhibits flowing into the Blue Room jazz club, and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which tells the story of "America's game" as it was played in the era before the major leagues were integrated.
A bronze sculpture of famed manager Buck O'Neill keeps a close eye on sandlot action in the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Kansas City was the hub of African American baseball in the decades before the major leagues were integrated.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
Nearby is the Mutual Musicians Foundation, a weekend jam club for musicians who gather after hours when other jazz venues around the city close. (The public is welcome.) And east and west, especially along Brooklyn Street, are cafes like Arthur Bryant's and Gates & Sons, where diners slather meaty pork ribs with spicy sauces and wash them down with local beer.
The current darling of the KC barbecue scene is Fiorella's Jack Stack. Its four locations include one at the renovated Freight House in the emerging Crossroads Arts District. Our meal there, despite having to wait nearly an hour for a table, wrapped up a day of nonstop sightseeing that included visits to the National World War I Museum and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, both of them absolute "must-see" stops.
Nelson-Atkins is immediately recognizable by the giant shuttlecocks on its broad lawn, the work of famed Swedish-American artist Claes Oldenburg.
A set of giant shuttlecocks stand on the broad lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the work of Swedish-American artist Claes Oldenburg. The Beaux Arts-style museum, opened in 1933, has renowned collections of Asian art and European painting.
Barb Gonzalez / For The Bulletin
Within the giant Beaux Arts-style building, completed in 1933, are renowned collections of Asian art, especially imperial China, and European painting (Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh).
There's no finer view of greater Kansas City than from the top of the Liberty Memorial Tower, rising 217 feet above the hilltop war museum. The newly renovated and stunningly curated exhibit space recalls the origins of the First World War (1914-18), describing its origins in Europe and the American role in the conflict beginning in 1917.
Kansas City appropriately marked the end of the western half of our trip. Adjacent Independence, Mo., now a KC suburb, was the jumping-off point for the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Oregon Trail, and a hub for westward expansion of the United States. From here, we'd be continuing south and east — to Memphis, New Orleans and on to Florida.
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Warren Buffett Speaks
- Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 07-03-08
- Language: English
- Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC
"What I am is a realist. I always knew I'd like what I'm doing. Oh, perhaps it would have been nice to be a major-league baseball player, but that's where the realism comes in."
"If a graduating MBA were to ask me 'How do I get rich in a hurry?' I would not respond with quotations from Ben Franklin or Horatio Alger, but would instead hold my nose with one hand and point with the other toward Wall Street."
"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to work in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."
Over the years, as Warren Buffett's influence and affluence have grown, one thing has remained the same - his unpretentious, honest, and optimistic approach toward business and life. Now you can discover life's little secrets of success as revealed by the world's greatest investor. In this wise and winning collection of quotes, writings, and favorite sayings, Warren Buffett speaks on diverse subjects such as investing, the Internet economy, family and friends, running a business, honesty, teaching, paying taxes, and much, much more. It also examines the thinking that prompted the second richest man in the world to give 85 percent of his wealth to the first richest couple (Bill and Melinda Gates) to distribute to charity.
Assembled by best-selling author Janet Lowe - and updated to reflect Buffett's life over the past decade - this audiobook includes a wealth of previously unpublished material. This unprecedented peak into the financial genius' wildly profitable philosophy is often surprising, always intriguing, and sparked throughout by Buffett's unique combination of savvy business smarts and wry wit.
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- Andy
- 21-10-08
NOT worth it
nothing here that anybody interested in Buffett can't see in better books. just a bunch of published quotes. even so, manages to be annoyingly redundant and to get specific facts wrong when talking between the quotes.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful
- morton
- 16-03-08
A Great Listen!
This collection of Warren Buffett's thoughts and philosophy is a must for anyone who wants to succeed in business and investing. His secrets to success in life and his down to earth humor make this a fascinating, most enjoyable audio book.
35 of 37 people found this review helpful
- Ry Jones
- 18-01-09
Nice way to pass some time
My major problem with this audiobook is structural. I want to hear Warren Buffet and his bon mots; this book spends far too much time on the words of his critics, family, shareholders, and others. The nuggets of wisdom from Buffet dominate the first half; you can pretty much stop halfway through and not miss any interesting content.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Jason
- 01-12-08
no useful information
this book is primarily a bunch of hype about how great of a person Warren Buffett is. i don't disagree that he's an impressive person, but there is very little substance to this book. there's also a lot of information about his personal life. i guess if you like hearing details about famous people's lives you might enjoy this, but i didn't learn anything useful.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Eric
- 16-03-08
A Great Listen!
This collection of Warren Buffett's thoughts and philosophy is a must for anyone who wants to succeed in business and investing. His secrets to success in life and his down to earth humor make this a fascinating, most enjoyable audio book.
47 of 53 people found this review helpful
- Portlandian
- 28-04-08
Random and repeating
Although Warren is a genious and the author does quote him, the author does so without a plan and repeats herself over and over. This is disjointed and not recommended.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
- William
- 21-05-12
Not for someone that is familiar with Buffett
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No... I have read and/or listened to all that I can on Warren Buffett. This book was ultra-basic, provided nothing new, and was not well organized at all. The narrator was particularly disappointing... while his voice was pleasant and he would make a good narrator for a lot of books, his vocal delivery lacked an understanding of Warren Buffett's quotes. For example, there are times when Buffett makes a point with an irony or sarcasm in his voice... the narrator would read the quote like it was meant as profound wisdom. The narrator lacked a read on Buffett's tone in the quotes, and on some (certainly not all) gave a false read on Buffett's thinking.
What could Janet Lowe have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Organized the material into a more coherent manner... it is broken into sections, but there is no clear reasoning for why the ordering of the quotes was used, or why this selection of quotes were used. There was also too much time spent on topics that really are not about Buffett, weren't quotes from him, or about business.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Sean Pratt?
Mr. Pratt has a pleasant voice, but the reading REALLY should have been done by someone familiar with Warren Buffett. The fellow that narrated the unabridged biography on Buffett (Snowball) would be a good choice for this.
Who do you think would benefit most from listening to Warren Buffett Speaks?
Someone just interested in a basic introduction, that will focus on the words and not the reading...? This book would not be my recommendation tho... Snowball, the interviews with Mr. Buffett available from Charlie Rose here on Audible would be better, etc.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Dustin
- 28-04-08
Entertaining peek into Buffett's mind
Great audio book. Buffett is a genius, this book provides a humorous and entertaining peek inside his disciplined system of becoming a billionaire. Absolutely worthwhile.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Encino Man
- 20-03-09
I could write this book
Go to Google. Type Warren Buffet quotes. Cut & paste what you find. Have someone record them. Let idiots like me download it thinking I was going to get something interesting and relevant. In short, don't bother.
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- Robert W. Sherrill
- 21-04-08
Didn't expect any secrets. Author keeps alluding to how he is outling the book and then goes off on a tangent. If you are interested in Buffett quotations, there are plenty. Lots of big financial figures thrown around if you are interested. Guess I didn't know what my expectations were so I can't complain about that.
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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.1 /3.0 Mageia 6, PCLinuxOS 2017.03, Fedora Workstation 27 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.
domingo, 3 de octubre de 2010
A challenge for a Mandriva user: SimplyMepis!
I mean, I have seen it work before and I even gave a SimplyMepis Live CD it to a colleague who trashed his XP system in a way I would have never imagined possible. Thanks to Mepis, we could back up his files...and resurrect his computer! I even used Mepis myself to achieve the same purpose when I was learning about Mandriva 2009 and my experiments went seriously wrong.
It is not that I am letting Mandriva go. As a Desktop Linux, I am extremely satisfied with Mandriva 2010 Spring. However, as a rescue distro, Mandriva is not a good choice: you neither have software for burning, nor access to other partitions in Live mode, which is not convenient if something happens to your Windows system.
What happens if you, like me, experiment with your Linux and break it? To be able to rescue my files sitting on the Mandriva partition, I had Linux Mint Gloria as a second boot choice in my netbook. I kept this Ubuntu-based distribution in another partition of my Dell Inspiron Mini10 and I used it from time to time, attracted mainly by its green freshness. Nevertheless, to be honest, despite Mint's elegance, I decided that it was time for me to share the house with Mepis, the poor prince, one of the least known Linux distributions that actually does its work well.
Megatotoro was kind enough to remove Gloria and install Mepis for me, after which, as in the Sioux hanblecchia, I was left alone on the hilltop...or, more accurately, inside the Mepis pyramids. This is the beginning of my challenge: For the next week, I will only use Mepis on my netbook to feel the differences. Remember, since I am not a computer guru, all I have is my limited empiric access to this fascinating world.
What do I think I might find problems with?
Well, the lack of the Mandriva Control Center will probably bother me a little, I can anticipate. The slow Kwin effects might also be an issue. In spite of that, I am willing to learn; I want to openly experience Mepis and I will log my observations later.
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Hey, interesting experiment! Why didn't I think of it before? :P I guess I will do it with Small Damn Linux or something like that, hehe!ResponderEliminar
But to be honest, I think you should change the title. Seriously speaking, I doubt Mepis would represent any challenge for a Mandriva user! Some frustration, yes...due to the lack of eye candy and latest software! :P
Oops! It is Damn Small Linux!ResponderEliminar
Good article, thanks for sharing experiences.ResponderEliminar
But about srlinuxx, I think is
Susan R. Linton ... http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/19412
I may be wrong
@ Guillermo Garron,ResponderEliminar
You are right. It seems I got confused by reading the comments. I'll correct that. :-P
Let us know how it goes with wifi. This was an issue when I first tried SimplyMepis in early 2009 on my netbook. I managed to get my wifi working but I dumped SimplyMepis soon after I discovered Mandriva with its great hardware support and great looks.ResponderEliminar
So, how's your SimplyMepis experience so far? Not SimplyPainful, I hope. From my humble point of view, Mepis 8.5 is well done. I'm also test driving it...just training for Mepis 11. But honestly...I'll miss "the Spaghetti" of Mepis 8.0...and the fish!ResponderEliminar


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Media Initiative holding its first meeting April 14
After a few weeks of introductory planning and gauging interest, the Arenac County Media Initiative Committee (ACMI) will hold its inaugural meeting on April 14 to thoroughly elaborate on its purpose in Arenac County.
According to ACMI member Joseph Sancimino, the meeting will be in the commissioner's chambers of the county building at 7 p.m. He says the meeting is to discuss ideas to promote Arenac County as a site for media related functions and also to hear ideas on how the ACMI can become more visible in the county.
One idea Sancimino will discuss is the Commercial Project for "1 Big Fish."
"The county is given a 5-minute window to promote the county," Sancimino said. "Instead of just having somebody stand there and talk about the county, we want to have somebody actually show the county. So we're going to have a contest in hopes of getting a good commercial.
"We (county) want to recite the virtues of Arenac County in a more impactful way."
He says another project that'll be discussed is a scholarship program in which students can make a documentary about their Community Service Project required for graduation.
"We've (ACMI) already talked to a few students who are interested," Sancimino said.
Two ways the ACMI is hoping to become more visible within the community is through community activities such as Relay 4 Life and the Arenac County Fair, says Sancimino.
"We're putting a team together for Relay and we're also setting up a table at the fair to show the county our purpose and provide exposure," he said.
He added the ACMI is looking for anybody with ideas or interest in becoming involved with the group should attend the meeting. The Initiative also invited members of the West Branch Film Authority, which has been operating for approximately one year, to attend the first meeting. For more information, call 989-718-2030 or 989-240-0283.
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Pension Crisis Drives Cities Into Wall Street Casino, Walter Russell Mead.
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This is a desperate gamble that few cities would make if there were better options. Unfortunately, the pension crisis in many cities is so deep that mayors think there's no better choice. Oakland, Fort Lauderdale, and the entire state of Illinois have all pursued this strategy, and many more cities are likely to follow. A few may get lucky, but more will fail, dragging their credit rating down with them.
But hey, at least Wall Street is making money.
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What's up all. Recently after some major back pain and a trip to the doctor's, I was diagnosed with arthritis in my lower back. I've had back pain off and on for the last 20 years (will be 40 soon), but this time it felt somewhat different.
Should I just stick with Hammer Strength machines for working out my lower back? I'm just trying to get to a point where I don't make the condition worse, and build up strength back there. I've been working out solidly for about 12 years now (but only really began to know what I was doing within the last four), and have focused on my lower back with deadlifting, bent over rows, etc. But now the doc says these are probably out of the question now.
Any advice or direction as to what to do would be greatly appreciated.
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What's up Octobermajik
I'd like to know more about what you think caused the pain:
- how long have you had pain, how bad is it now?
- whether there was some injury or traumatic event, or if you felt something one time while working out?
- can it be occupational? what kind of work do you do?
- do you have any pain going down your but or leg?
I'm also wondering about your form when doing deadlift and bent over row. 12 years of working out is great, but we all develop our habits in the gym. Some of them good, some of them bad. Always keep a natural curve in your lower back, so as not to allow it to hunch over.
Core strenthening/endurance exercise should be included in your training, because, like your abs, your back erector muscles are not big motion muscles, they're paid to hold you still and be strong and reliable when you need it the most... which is why I don't even look at the Machines when i want to do lower back.
so much attention is paid to what muscle looks like on the body that people tend to forget about making it functional. Check the power lifters and how they lift.. maybe they don't look like they have a six pack, but their core strength kicks any body builder's any day.
Aside from this, have you had x-rays taken of your Lumbar spine? Have you been to see your chiropractor?
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Hey Eho, how are you?
Well, the pain tends to come an go. In the beginning, it'll be debilitating, and over a course of the first week, it will subside somewhat. Then after a couple of weeks, all will be well. This happens about every six to ten months, for about fifteen to twenty years, and anything can pretty much trigger it. Sometimes I have pain going down the legs and in the behind, sometimes I don't.
I've done deadlifts, back extensions, et all religiously, in an effort to strengthen the back. If I don't use good form, I'll get hurt back there, so I can't go too heavy (I'm not a beast as it is). Recently I've had X Rays, which brought about the prognosis. I haven't been recommended to see a chiropractor yet, but I do have an upcoming physical therapy session.
Right now there's no pain per se, but the lower back feels as if it has no strength whatsoever.
I've been told to stick with HS in order to better target the lower back as far as strengthening it. I've pretty much eliminated deadlifts and squats from my agenda because I can trigger the pain if I do something wrong on those exercises, or twist a certain way. It doesn't and wouldn't happen a lot, but it's not worth taking the chance for me. And I can't even do seated cable rows; or if I do, I'll hurt my back if I go too heavy. It's a bitch, but it is what it is. However, I can do the seated HS rows, and hit my lower back, and go heavier.
What can I say?
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At this point, what you want to find are exercises that work the back without causing any bad pain. Find the exercises that do that and use those with high reps. Machines, rack pulls, hyperextensions whatever works with high reps and no pain is the priority, not rigidly sticking to certain exercises that do cause problems, because those problems will only get worse.
Besides high reps also ensure good warmups first.
If hypothetically you can't find anything that works without causing pain (unlikely) just do other basic exercises that indirectly hit the lower back, like various forms of squats.
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Driver arrested for hanging out car window, 'giving the finger'
Driver arrested for hanging out car window, 'giving the finger'
BRUNSWICK, Maine —
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office in Maine says a man was arrested for erratically driving and almost causing multiple accidents while driving on a highway Monday night.
They say 29-year-old Daniel Harris of Brunswick was giving the middle finger to traffic while hanging out of the car window and sitting on the door frame while he was driving.
At one point, it looked like he was going to jump from the vehicle.
He eventually pulled over after being followed by the deputy for 5 miles.
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Austin City Limits "Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes/tUnE-yArDs" The opening group brings experimental alternative pop to the stage. Then, the tUnE-yArDs support their album Here.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Paris: Embracing Life and Art" Rick rides a unicorn into the Middle Ages at the Cluny Museum, takes a midnight Paris joyride in a classic car, and gets an extreme close-up look at heavenly stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle. He goes on a Tombstone pilgrimage at P?re Lachaise Cemetery, and then savors the Parisian caf? scene.G
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Rudy Maxa's World "Korea" Rudy samples cosmopolitan Seoul and the tranquility of temples tucked into lush mountains.G
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The Desert Speaks "Mending Australia's Ancient Forest" Near Albany, in Southwestern Australia, Australians are trying to piece together the remains of fractured habitats that were destroyed beginning right after World War II. From the woodlands of the drier interior to the tall wet forests in the far south-west corner, host David Yetman gets a first hand look at this ambitious project called Gondwana Link. The evolutionary process moves quickly in this environment, and new hybrids and species are discovered almost every week. D
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Bluegrass Underground "Vince Gill" A Country Music Hall of Famer and 20-time Grammy winner, Gill has recently been sharing the stage with Eric Clapton, Sting and James Taylor. Known for his razor-sharp instrumental skills, his expressive tenor voice, his richly varied songwriting and his superb choice of backup musicians, Gill delivers everything from heartfelt honky tonk ballads to hot bluegrass to full-throttle country rock, all leavened with an easygoing sense of humor that makes a Vince Gill show feel like you're just hanging out with on old friend. This is as good as country music gets. D
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CRESTVIEW � The Orlando Sentinel's drama critic wasn't overly impressed with the University of Central Florida's recent production of Steve Martin's comedy, "The Underpants," except for the performance of a Crestview High aumnus.
CRESTVIEW � The Orlando Sentinel's drama critic wasn't overly impressed with the University of Central Florida's recent production of Steve Martin's comedy, "The Underpants."
Except for one performance, by a Crestview High School alumnus who is pursuing is bachelor's in fine arts in theater at the university.
See photo gallery of Hinton's UCF performances>>
"Only Jesse Hinton, who gave a solid dramatic performance in last season's 'Good Boys and True,' gets a chance to shine," Matt Palm wrote.
"It's the type of flamboyant farcical role ... that requires an actor to dive in without fear. Hinton does just that and deservedly scores the night's biggest laughs."
Leading man
The 2011 CHS grad, who had previously stamped his talent for character acting on his hometown audiences, started snaring lead roles almost upon arrival on the Theatre UCF stage.
This accomplishment peeved his roommate, said Jesse's dad, Paul Hinton, First United Methodist Church�s contemporary worship director.
"Many of the students wait long periods of time to get a part in one of the plays but Jesse has had a major or lead role every semester and even a summer session," Paul Hinton said.
"His roommate had a hard time with Jesse's progress because he would try out for the same stuff and get nothing. He finally started getting parts this past year, thank God."
Jesse's success doesn't surprise Annette Gebhardt, Crestview High's drama teacher and Thespian Society adviser, of which Jesse was president.
"Some of it is a natural gift, but some of it is something you can't teach," she said. "You either have it or you don't � and he has it. He not only has natural talent, but he works hard at it to continually improve himself."
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UCF faculty members also have noticed Jesse's talent. His performance in last semester�s "Good Boys and True� was nominated for the Irene Ryan Award for Acting, earning him a spot in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. There, he won Best Comedic Actor.
"He is easily one of the best and most talented students I have had the pleasure of working with after teaching theatre for over 25 years," UCF associate theater professor Mark Brotherton said. "As an actor, he is courageous, committed and gifted."
Brotherton named Jesse his assistant director for the school's November production, "Shipwrecked! An Entertainment."
"I believe he has an imagination that is endless and will help establish the optimal environment for creative work," Brotherton said.
"Jesse has done his hometown proud!" Palm said in an email.
Contact News Bulletin Arts & Entertainment Editor Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Distance from Plainfield, IN to North Judson, IN
Driving distance between Plainfield, IN and North Judson, IN is 127.46 miles (or 205.13 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Plainfield, IN you would reach North Judson, IN in about 2 hours 30 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Feast your eyes on Póstumo, aka "The Deck of the Dead." This grisly twist on your traditional 52-card deck is the damn-fine work of Obsidian Abnormal and Darren J. Gendron (the same duo that brings you Hello With Cheese), and it is nothing if not inspired.
We remixed the suits into spades, clubs, hearts and brains, taking literal representations of each. Spades are now actual shovels, while clubs are shown as bats and other blunt objects. Hearts take on a fleshy connotation. Diamonds are replaced by the most valuable thing to a zombie - BRAINS.
The font is specially designed for Póstumo by Obsidian, creating a distressed and fleshed interpretation of Garamond. The final versions of each card have up to 10 different illustrations of brains, clubs, spades or hearts.
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Quick shuts out Sharks again, and LA Kings surge ahead in series with gritty 3-0 win in Game 5NHL.com @NHLdotcom
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in his seventh career playoff shutout, and the Los Angeles Kings moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals with a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 5 on Thursday night.
Anze Kopitar and Slava Voynov scored, and Jeff Carter added an empty-net goal as the defending Stanley Cup champions won their 13th consecutive home game in dominant fashion and lead the series 3-2.
Antti Niemi stopped 26 shots for the Sharks, who have played more than 96 minutes without a goal since they appeared to be taking control of the series midway through Game 4.
Game 6 is Sunday night at the Shark Tank.
The home team has won every game in the series, and the Kings remained unbeaten at Staples Center since March 23.
After losing the past two games in San Jose and struggling through much of the past three games overall, the Kings rebounded with another stretch of dominant play from their Conn Smythe Trophy-winning goalie, who also shut out San Jose in the series opener.
Quick won his 27th post-season game, taking sole possession of the franchise record from Kelly Hrudey.
After getting soundly outplayed at the start of the past three games, the Kings met the Sharks' tempo and urgency from the beginning in Game 5. The Kings sharpened their physical game, outmuscling and outhitting the Sharks to take a 3-2 series lead.
Kopitar opened the scoring late in the second period, tapping in a loose puck after a sustained stretch of pressure on Niemi. Voynov then scored 3 seconds after a penalty expired early in the third, firing home his fourth goal in nine games.
Quick finished up from there, making a spectacular point-blank save on Joe Pavelski a few seconds before Carter wrapped it up with an empty-netter.
Los Angeles, 25-4-1 at home this season, has won seven straight home playoff games dating to last season's Stanley Cup clincher against New Jersey.
San Jose substantially outplayed the Kings in the first period of the past three games, and Los Angeles cited a strong start as its key priority for Game 5.
The Kings got it, albeit in a scoreless first period, outshooting the Sharks 9-6 while playing a punishing physical game that slowed down Joe Thornton and hampered San Jose's relentless speed.
The Sharks played roughly 17 minutes without a shot into the second period, but the Kings couldn't cash in several scoring chances in front of Niemi, including golden opportunities for Mike Richards and Justin Williams.
San Jose got several chances of its own, notably with a 2-on-1 break for Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture, but Quick kept everything out of his net.
Niemi made a spectacular save on Carter's wraparound chance late in the second period, but that play led to a long stretch of uninterrupted pressure by the Kings.
Kopitar's tap-in included assists for Williams and Kyle Clifford, who replaced Dustin Brown on the Kopitar-Williams line for Game 5.
The goal was just the second of the post-season for Kopitar, who didn't score a goal in the Kings' final 16 regular-season games. The Slovenian centre has led Los Angeles in scoring in each of the past six seasons, and he was the post-season's co-scoring leader last summer with 20 points in 20 games.
The Kings scored again when Trevor Lewis won a faceoff against Thornton, who has dominated the circle in the series.
Lewis, who scored the winning power-play goal late in Game 2, got the puck to Voynov for a long shot through traffic immediately after a power play ended, and the Siberian defenceman matched Carter for the team lead with his fourth goal of the playoffs.
The power play resulted from a goalie interference penalty against TJ Galiardi, who drew the Kings' ire Wednesday by claiming Quick embellishes contact with opponents to draw undeserved penalties.
NOTES: After sitting out earlier in the post-season with an injured left ankle, Jason Demers got his first action of the post-season for San Jose, which sat LW Tim Kennedy to make room. Demers, normally a defenceman, usually played forward. The Sharks are playing without injured forwards Marty Havlat and Adam Burish. ... Los Angeles dressed the same lineup as in Game 4, although coach Darryl Sutter shuffled his lines. ... Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer watched the game from seats on the glass.


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I didn't re-introduce the Bomford document. I was specifically asked by several here what the source was.
Forget about the Bomford document. Here's the first "prototype" I did just to get an idea of how things would look and how to do the seal and "aging" before making the final version.


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VANCOUVER, Wash. – Vancouver officials are mulling a controversial ban or additional regulations for pit bull owners after a 9-year-old boy was mauled recently.
The incident took place last Thursday on East Evergreen near Harney Elementary School. Animal control officials said three pit bulls ran out of a house and dragged down the boy, who was bitten several times. He is expected to recover.
The dogs' owner, Ethan Garret, reportedly pulled the dogs off the child but was also attacked by his own dog. Two more pit bulls were found inside his home. None of the dogs were licensed and the three dogs who attacked were all unspayed females. Police said the owners cooperated with investigators after the attack.
Garret and a woman living with him were ticketed and may have to pay hefty fines related to the incident. All three dogs will be euthanized.
According to the Columbian newspaper, at least two Vancouver City Council members are interested in putting the ban discussion on the table.
However, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt told the Columbian that he is not in favor of an outright ban on the breed but would consider ordinances putting more responsibility for the animals' behavior on the dog's owners.
Bans on pit bulls are not unheard of. Three other Washington cities do ban the dogs outright.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jun/ ... s-attacke/
An unprovoked attack by three pit bulls on a 9-year-old boy near Harney Elementary School last week has the Vancouver City Council ready to debate a ban on the breed within city limits.
Last Thursday, the boy arrived at a friend's home on East Evergreen Boulevard, when three pit bulls rushed out the front door, chased him across the street and took him down, according to a report by Clark County Animal Control.
He was bit in several places, including his ear, before one of the dogs' owners ran out, picked up the boy and carried him away from the pack. One of the dogs attacked its owner as he tried to rescue the boy.
The boy, whose identity was not available, is expected to make a full recovery, Animal Control Manager Paul Scarpelli said. The owners, Amy Spring and Ethan Garrett, were cooperative, and were ticketed for keeping unlicensed dogs and could face hefty misdemeanor fines for allowing the three dogs to run at large.
The three dogs, all unspayed females, have been surrendered to the county, Scarpelli said. Two other pit bulls were also in the house at the time of the mauling but did not participate in the attack. It wasn't clear Wednesday where those dogs are.
Word of the mauling appalled neighbor Christopher Ramsay, who knows the boy. The day after the attack, he sent an email to city council members asking them to forbid pit bulls in city homes.
"Is it going to take some kid getting killed before something gets done?" Ramsay, a local defense attorney, asked Wednesday. "The kid's lucky to be alive in my opinion. For a fourth-grader, he's tiny. He's a tough little guy, but he's tiny."
A former resident of Denver, where there has been a ban on pit bulls since 1989, Ramsay said the dogs seem to have a pack mentality that makes them more vicious.
It's not clear how many people have been attacked by pit bulls in Clark County; animal control doesn't track bites by breed, Scarpelli said.
At least two city councilors have taken up Ramsey's cause, and in emails seemed to be supportive of placing a discussion of a ban on the city council's docket.
The move puts Vancouver at the center of a nationwide debate over pit bulls — a term that includes American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers, or dogs that have those characteristics. Several large cities, including Miami and Denver, and the province of Ontario, Canada, have banned them. In Washington, Yakima, Enumclaw and tiny Royal City also prohibit the breed within city limits.
Language for a law in Vancouver would be crafted by the city council with the aide of the city attorney, so details of what may happen are murky. However, Denver's law allowed resident pit bulls to remain if owners registered and got extra licensing and insurance. Any new pit bulls are destroyed, unless an owner can give sufficient evidence that the dog is being placed in a new home outside city limits.
Proponents point to pit bulls' history as fighting dogs, and to tragic attacks that appear frequently in the news. But breed supporters and others call for greater owner responsibility and regulation rather than a blanket ban on what they say can be a very loving dog.
Councilor Pat Campbell said that since the attack, he's heard numerous horror stories about pit bulls. While he acknowledged other dogs can be vicious as well, Campbell said pit bulls have the size and inbred tendencies to go after people.
"I've gotten so many stories that are really graphic here," Campbell said. "I think this might be one thing that we can do for the community that won't cost a lot of money."
Councilor Jeanne Harris said she's witnessed two pit bulls tearing a cat from limb to limb. She's not sold on a total ban, but said she's willing to have a policy discussion on ways to better regulate dangerous dogs.
"It concerns me. I'm not saying this is something I want to do, but it is something we need to seriously look at," Harris said. "There is no dog's life worth more than a child's life."
Picking on one canine family isn't a job for policymakers, Mayor Tim Leavitt said.
"I think we're traveling toward a slippery slope, with us politicians determining what breeds of dogs are most dangerous or should be banned from city limits," he said.
While pit bulls seem to "have that switch that flips quicker than any other breed," he suggested more stringent licensing requirements or other regulations instead. "There's a bigger conversation about responsibility for ownership of pets, and holding owners accountable if they choose to have a breed of dog that is generally recognized as being dangerous," Leavitt said.
The Humane Society for Southwest Washington is also opposed to breed-specific bans, Executive Director Chuck Tourtillott said. He questioned where a mixed-breed dog would fall under the law, and who would be determining which dog has enough pit bull in it to be banned.
"Are we going to have DNA tests?" he asked.
He said pit bulls were part of a larger category known as "bully breeds," including Rottweilers, German shepherds and Doberman pinschers. And the humane society adopts out bully breeds only "under very strict conditions" that include stringent temperament tests and the right home conditions, he said.
Still, while what happened last week was tragic, it was due to poor pet ownership, Tourtillott said. "That situation could have happened with a German shepherd or a Chihuahua," he said.
"We don't really want to euthanize an animal just because it is a specific breed," he said. "It's better off to look at each dog individually, to give animals the benefit of the doubt as much as possible before we make that ultimate decision."
County animal control has no official stance on ridding the city of pit bulls, but "will gladly assist the city if its elected officials go forward with discussions about limiting or restricting certain dogs as pets," Scarpelli said.
He said spaying or neutering dogs to minimize aggressive behavior and vaccinating, training and socializing dogs will help prevent harmful incidents and accidents.
Spring and Garrett, owners of the pit bulls who attacked the young boy, surrendered their dogs because of their fears of future potential violence, Scarpelli said. It was unclear, however, if two other pit bulls in the house that did not participate in the attack were still in the home. Neither Spring nor Garrett could be reached for comment Wednesday.
Ramsay, the neighbor who proposed the ban, said that if he had a vote to get rid of the dogs, he'd do it. But more than anything, he's glad the city's finally having a conversation about pit bulls in the community.
"I don't know what's going to happen here — I just thought I'd throw the idea out there," he said. "At least now no one can say we didn't know. If something happens, we can't sit back and say we didn't really think about this before."
Andrea Damewood: 360-735-4542, andrea.damewood//twitter.com/col_cityhall.
Talk about scary! Not just the proposed ban but being attacking by three loose dogs!


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The dancers were in their places and the film was rolling Friday in the CarolinaEast Medical Center parking lot.
The dancers were in their places and the film was rolling Friday in the CarolinaEast Medical Center parking lot.
Employees of the hospital, along with members of Havelock Fire and Rescue, were gyrating their hips and swaying to the music to put together a video raising awareness of breast cancer and � hopefully � to win some prize money for the Susan G. Komen organization.
Among those taking part, according to Janice Desmaries, manager of the hospital�s operating room and outpatient services and one of the directors of the project, were eight breast cancer survivors.
She and Kelsey Atkins, another hospital employee, designed the choreography for the video, which was shot and edited by Ron England, director of the hospital�s Crossroads department.
A videography enthusiast, England shot the video last year, a four-and-a-half minute production primarily filmed inside the hospital. You can watch the video yourself by going to YouTube and searching for �CarolinaEast Pink Glove Dance 2012.�
Hospital public relations director Megan McGarvey noted the music video contest is held annually by Medline, a medical supply company. Some rules have changed, she noted, including a new requirement that hospitals work in conjunction with another organization � hence the inclusion of the Havelock fire company.
�They got some pink smoke bombs,� McGarvey said of a shoot done at the fire department for the project. �They closed all the doors and set them off, so when they opened them it looked like the trucks were coming out through pink smoke. It was really great.�
Desmaries noted that another new rule is that those shooting the video must also raise a minimum of $2,000 for a local charity. CarolinaEast chose Susan G. Komen�s Triangle to the Coast affiliate.
Desmaries is setting up a breast cancer awareness fundraiser in the hospital�s cafeteria on Sept. 18.
Once the video is put together, it will be sent � along with a short essay and receipts to prove the $2,000 was raised � to the Medline company. Voting for the best video will begin on Oct. 25.
�This is done through Facebook,� Desmaries pointed out, meaning that viewers choose the winner. �Our team�s name is �To the Rescue.��
Asked how an entry from an area like Craven County can compete with videos from larger urban centers � say, Philadelphia � Desmaries said, �The key is to get some social media exposure out there through newspapers, television, Twitter and Facebook.�
The main prizes are cash awards of $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000 that the winners turn over to their chosen charities.


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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Syria's battered Mi-17s have been on the forefront on the Syrian Arab Air Force's aerial campaign against the rebels for pretty much the entire duration of the now almost four-year long Civil War. Together with the Mi-8s, these versatile platforms perform every task from supplying besieged Syrian Arab Army garrisons, dropping barrel bombs over towns and even flying attack sorties against rebel positions. This while under threat of MANPADS, heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and even your occasional TOW ATGM targeting helicopters while landing.
It now appears several Mi-17s have been upgraded with armour plates and even a forward looking infrared (FLIR) camera, allowing for even greater flexibility while flying attack sorties. The Mi-17 seen in the header, armed with a UPK-23 gun pod, is one of examples to have been upgraded in this fashion. The image, taken at the 20th of May 2013 at Mezze, likely features a Mi-17 from the resident 909 Squadron.
Although one would expect more examples are slated to be upgraded in this way, just a couple of Mi-17s were seen equipped with armour plates and FLIR.
It is unclear if this Mi-17 was upgraded by 'The Factory', the SyAAF's overhaul and maintenance center at Neyrab/Aleppo IAP. 'The Factory' is responsible for maintaining and upgrading most of the SyAAF's inventory of aircraft and helicopters, including its Mi-8s and Mi-17s. If the armour plates and FLIR were installed before the Civil War, this would have taken place at 'The Factory', and their logo would definitely be present on the cockpit of the Mi-17. A puzzle impossible to solve without a clear view of the other side of the cockpit.
To add to the confusion: a large part of the Mi-17 fleet also underwent periodic maintenance at 'The Factory', so the logo could instead refer to just a regular overhaul.
Alternatively, a limited amount of Mi-17s were upgraded early in the Civil War by Russian or Iranian experts based here. The Mezze-based examples are generally in a better condition than the rest of the Mi-17 fleet, so it makes sense they were chosen to be upgraded.
The armour plates (designed and produced by Russia) aligned around the cockpit were thus likely provided by Russia to the SyAAF in the past years. The same armour plates but on a Serbian operated Mi-17 can be seen here.
The origin of the FLIR remains unknown, but could have been acquired via Russia or Iran, or on the civilian market via several front companies. Its unusual placement to the back of the fuselage clearly distinguishes it of many production variants with FLIR cameras usually mounted to the front.
The Mi-17 has not been upgraded with new flare and chaff dispensers to counter the threat of MANPADS. This might indicate the SyAAF is still satisfied with the current dispensers already in use on the Mi-17 fleet, and does not deem the rebels' anti-air capabilities to be significant enough to spend valuable resources on. These indigenously designed dispensers were installed on the Mi-17s well before the start of the Civil War, and can be seen on the tail boom of every SyAAF operated Mi-17.
The addition of armour plates and a FLIR camera to the already present flare and chaff dispensers turns the Mi-17 into an even more proficient attack platform, with the means to continue operations at night with largely undiminished capabilities. One could argue their new outfit makes them better suited for a range of combat roles in this conflict than other rotorcraft like the Mi-25.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Thanks, Judy, for "One Lovely Blog Award"
This morning, I began my blogging day by reading Judy Schubert's Tennessee Memories, a weblog where she posts information about her husband's family. If you have not read Judy's blog, I recommend that you do so. Not only does it contain some beautiful photographs of Tennessee scenery, all taken by Judy, her blog is well-researched and written and is informative and entertaining. I personally think Judy's blog is truly one lovely blog. And her post today says that is just the award that she has received from Becky Jamison who writes Grace and Glory.
I am proud to announce here today that Judy has bestowed this same award on Mississippi Memories. Thank you, Judy, for deeming Mississippi Memories worthy of the "One Lovely Blog Award." And I feel very honored to have received it.
Now one of the requirements of receiving the award is that it must be passed on to seven other bloggers whose sites are worthy of the award. My selections appear below, and I encourage you my readers to take a few minutes to visit each of these "lovely" blogs.
BeNotForgot by Vickie Everhart
Magnolia Mornings by Rita Thompson
Maggie Reads by Maggie
Janinealogy by Janine
Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi by Terry Thornton
Mississippi Garden by Jon
Little Bytes of Life by Elizabeth
Posted by Janice Tracy at Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Thanks for the award Janice. And thanks for the links to all these new-to-me blogs I've got to go read.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for thinking of me, Janice. :) I created an appreciation gift for you -- it's posted on my blog. V.E. aka benotforgotReplyDelete
Thank you, Vickie. Your appreciation gift is beautiful, and I have posted it on my blog today!ReplyDelete
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It's not the return of MVP Baseball, the long lost and lamented Major League Baseball title that went into exile after 2005, but EA Sports has gotten back on the field with MLB in World Series Superstars, a Facebook game rumored to be in development that launched by surprise today.
World Series Superstars plays the same as EA Sports' two earlier card-collecting entries on Facebook, last year's FIFA Superstars and Madden NFL Superstars. Acquire in-game currency, use it to buy packs of cards, use the players and boosts from those packs to upgrade your team.
It's free-to-play, pay-to-upgrade; the app has a short tutorial, and anyone who played FIFA or Madden will understand how it works immediately.
Given how baseball is the original card-collecting sport, it was a natural for this sort of thing and really only a matter of time until we saw it.
2K Sports' exclusive third-party developer's licence with MLB, which established MLB 2K as the only game available on all platforms other than the PS3, does not cover browser-based games, which were nowhere near the revenue stream in 2005 that they are now. That's how Sega's MLB Manager Online, a more fully featured freemium managment sim, was able to launch earlier this month.
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