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Posted: Mon 10 Oct 2005, 22:22
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Should Barry patent?
First let me say I'm no expert on patents, in the U.S. or any other country.
I have read a bit about them, here and there, over the years. Recently there is a lot being written about "software patents" in the E.U..
I've read that in the U.S., a patent is awarded to the person who can prove he was the first to think of an idea, while some other countries award the patent to the first person who files the paperwork for it, regardless of who first thought of the idea.
It occurs to me that at least some parts of Puppy Linux may be unique and innovative enough to be patentable in some countries. Multisession DVD for instance.
Could somebody patent some part of Puppy, in, say, China, even though he obviously stole the idea? If so, what might that mean to Barry? (I only use China for the purpose of discussion. I know nothing about the patent laws in China.)
Is this something the Puppy foundation should look into?
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Posted: Mon 10 Oct 2005, 22:36
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Software patents in the form you are referring to are mostly a US problem ...
Patenting also tends to be a faily costly endeavour contrary to the software foundation and principles that puppy is built upon ...
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Posted: Mon 10 Oct 2005, 23:07
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I think you have some valid concerns, but I HATE software patents. I believe that software should be copy protected (if the author desires) but not patented. IMHO Barry's best defense is the GPL license that he already falls under. JM is correct that patents take quite a bit of time and money, at least here in the US. In the companies that I have worked for, the patent lawyers were always some of the highest payed individuals.
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Posted: Tue 11 Oct 2005, 09:50
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"The Case Against Patents"
Now, this is about patents in general, not just software.
Patents only give you the right to defend the idea is yours, in court. Court is expensive. Also (in the US) patents are awarded to those who invented first. So anyone just has to prove prior invention, and your patent gets taken away.
In short, patents are worthless. Unless you can afford a team of laywers. The rule of thumb is "don't patent unless your idea is worth at least X dollars." This amount goes up with time, right now it's around (US) $20 million.
Patents are good for bulking up your resume. Just don't try to take your patent to court.
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 01:24
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Whether you think software patents are a good idea or the root of all evil, the fact is, they exist. My question stands: could someone steal Barry's idea and patent it? If so, how much trouble could that cause him?
A patent is just a special protection issued by a government that gives the holder the upper hand if he sues anyone for stealing his idea. As keenerd noted, it is up to the patent holder to enforce the patent. The government won't prosecute for the patentholder. As keenerd also noted, lawsuits are expensive. For both sides. Which is why the simple threat of a lawsuit is often enough to affect the plans of even large corporations.
Here's a story about how patents can be misused, that I happen to know something about:
Sometime in the late '70s, Honeywell patented an autofocus IC, for use in cameras. The patent application was so broad that in effect it covered any possible way to make an autofocus IC, but the government issued the patent anyway. Honeywell apparently never intended to manufacture a camera, or even an AF IC for sale to camera manufacturers. As it turned out, their strategy seems to have been to sit on their patent and wait for someone to market a camera which used an AF IC, then sue for patent infringement.
They didnt' have long to wait. In the early '80s, Minolta developed and marketed the first practical AF camera. It was a huge success. Honeywell immediately sued Minolta for patent infringement. Since the U.S. was the largest single market for cameras in the world, Minolta chose to fight. Minolta claimed they developed their AF IC completely independent of Honeywell. The lawsuit went on for nearly 10 years, with many appeals. In the end, Honeywell won. The total award to Honeywell, with penalties and extra fees tacked on, amounted to nearly a billion dollars. It eventually put Minolta out of business. After winning that lawsuit, Honeywell then turned to all the other camera manufacturers who were selling AF cameras in the U.S. and said, in effect, "pay up, or we'll do the same to you." AFAIK, they all paid whatever figure Honeywell named. And all without Honeywell manufacturing, or even developing, anything.
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 01:45
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Very interesting story makes SCO (whatever happened to them - tee hee) look like girl guides.
I do not think patents apply to Puppy. If they do and if we need to look at this then The Foundation will protect Puppy in whatever way Barry and our Puppys desire.
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 03:40
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That's a completely disgusting idea....You use FREE software then come up with an alternative idea of how to package and use it, then you want to keep it for yourself.
The whole idea stinks, man I just can't articulate how disgusting I feel this idea is........
How could you even bring this idea up ?
Actually after the "Puppy Foundation's" ideas it doesn't surprise me, I dare say someone somewhere (just not an individual maybe a group) would dearly love to hijack Barry's creation in some way to make money.
I'm totally disgusted.
Just a thought...I really feel the forum moderators should be the types that have a better depth knowledge of Linux than what I've seen here.
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BH having a look wrote:
That's a completely disgusting idea....You use FREE software then come up with an alternative idea of how to package and use it, then you want to keep it for yourself.
Dear Totally disgusted,
Flash is quite right to bring it up.
Some of us live in the real world (not me of course) as such there are disgusting people in that world. Those like SCO who want to own Linux, or MS who want to own the Internet or those who want to own what ideas are permissable.
Flash is making the totally valid point that someone could attempt to patent Puppy, then deny us the right to use what Barry and others have worked so hard to give away.
That is why The Foundation is in your interests. If you look at the Founders and Trustees of The Foundation you will see it contains widespread support.
Sometimes we have to protect the freedom that Puppy provides from those who would attempt to deny it. Puppy is also free to commercial organisation eg the PuppyPC people and we are quite happy to encourage, support and allow more people to have hardware based Puppys. DSL provide their OS on a plug in board (or did I miss something) and Barry has contemplated providing Puppy on USB keydrives, something the foundation may do. Other Puppy users are putting Puppy on laptops and selling them - they are free to do so. Some are donating a percentage of sales to Barry. That is not essential it is just nice.
Though it is true that I am probably about as disgusting as one cructacean can be, most of the Foundation members are Puppy developers and advocates and users who I respect and trust. There are components of Puppy that may be patentable. There are people who would attempt this; disgusting as that may be. It also may be that we have to be aware of that. That is not disgusting. It is reality.
What is your alternative? Red Hat (not my favourite Linux people) put up $100 000 to fight the SCO nonsense (and nonsense it is) so good on them.
Maybe I have misunderstood your point? What are you positive recommendations?
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 05:14
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SCO did not want to own Linux.......their beef was that part of the kernel code was an infringement on some code they had the rights to (or did they), in a nutshell.
MS and The Web........hmmmmm The grounding of the web was there well before MS was a twinkling in Bill & Co's eyes........
From what I've seen alot of ppl seem more interested in making Puppy cute and pretty rather than making it better "under the hood". Eventually prettiness goes away and can leave a sour taste in ones mouth. No matter how pretty the boot screen is or the initial splash screen is if buggy releases come out no one will want to use this particular distro.
Another thing the that I just can't understand is that the amount of people who rave about how fast Puppy Linux is but have a HD install.......hmmm
The theory and initial implementation has been fantastic but I think more time spent in between releases on debugging and implementing core features, hotplug springs to mind, would be more beneficial.
I like it but my observation is that the development lately has taken it away from what it really would become.
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 14:12
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BH having a look wrote:
...Just a thought...I really feel the forum moderators should be the types that have a better depth knowledge of Linux than what I've seen here.
Why don't you PM JohnM your qualifications and ask him to make you a moderator? The forum could always use another moderator, especially one who knows his stuff.
In case you've never been a forum moderator, it takes a lot of time. Anyone with your obvious depth of knowledge of Linux would be more useful helping Barry with the development of Puppy. I'm amazed Barry finds the time to read and answer questions in the forum.
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Posted: Wed 12 Oct 2005, 15:42
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Hey Flash,
John already knows him and has him in great esteem. If you read at the quasi obituary post, most of us respect what he's done.
Now, after reading my previous post and the actual comments from bhhavingalook, have you guessed who is he? Clue, the bh is shorthand for his nick.
He has valid points, although in my own opinion, he misinterpreted your well meant comments.
Let's not battle between people that want to see puppy more stable, more functional, and nicer looking. Those are orthogonal goals not incompatible with each other.
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Let's have it simple: imagine Minolta as Barry and the future detractor as Honeywell...
It's just about the use of multisession DVD, is it not? Flash did not even cover the use of live CD in general.
We have to admit that software patent is the Achilles heel of free software. So the movement has to be forward-thinking and protect itself.
IMHO, if we have a lawyer in this group, the Foundation would have been registered by now. We have to admit this weakness, something which the unsympathetic might just exploit. So we have to deal with it squarely.
BH, thanks for dropping by
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I'm against patenting it, and as for the foundation backing Barry up, I have access to a pretty nasty bulldog.
George shall fight for freedom once again! (George is the dog, not me)
could not be patented by someone else, but the
could. But don't patents only apply where money is gained? Barry isn't asking for a fee to use Puppy, so even if someone tried to patent it, he wouldn't be benifiting for "their" patent. Patents aren't copyrights, after all.
Also, which aspects of Puppy could even be patented successfully? The idea of a live cd is used by
people, so patenting it would mean fighting the world. Most of the scripts are fairly widespread also, so that would be a loosing battle. About the most unique aspects are the multi-session and the ramdisk. I don't know much about patents, but I can't see them being innovative enough to be patented.
So in short, Puppy is in no threat.
EDIT: Just a thought- Even if it would help to patent Puppy, It would be very expensive ($1000+ US). Also, patenting could actually attract trouble, not repel it.
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I'm against any sort of patenting of sotware and of puppy too. First of all before you consider this bear a few things in mind. Number one is that there are lots of large companies who have lots of broad patents already so it is very likely everything you might think you could consider patenting already has been. To start off, you need to find which patents might be relevent (to see if they even exist). I am no patent expert but in the US I think that's hundreds of thousands of patents to look through. Also remember that many of these and to do with software are extremely broad, so even if you did get one patent some other big company might have 9 others which cover lots of other areas of your work. Effectively then I don't think anyone should fall for the patent trap, it's a bad move . Linux should be about software freedoms and not about forcing your software on people as microsoft does.
If puppy gets patented I do not think I would want to use it.
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Another grotesque and senseless school massacre took place on Dec. 14, 2012 when Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn. and opened fire. He left 20 first-graders and six adults of Sandy Hook school dead.
The first school massacre took place in 1994 when Tate Langdon murdered 15 students at Westfield High School. That incident caused the mass hysteria that rushed in the "Gun Free School Act of 1994." The act was signed Oct. 20, 1994. I remember is quite well and a repeat is going on now following the Sandy Hook killing spree.
There were no mass school killings in the U.S. before 1994 and during the 28 years since there have been numerous killings, all in "Gun Free School Zones." The cry is to ban guns. My suggestion is to repeal the Gun Free School Act. I blame the federal government for these senseless killings and accuse the news media as complicit by their handling of the news, reinforcing sick people to become copy cats.
I have been in all of the high schools in Leavenworth County and not one of them I would consider secure and are prime for a shooting incident. Leavenworth High School is probably the most secure as it does have an officer on duty. The officer appears unarmed but I am sure the service weapon is secured close at hand. Why not on the officer in full view? Are we so afraid that our students would be so scared of the sight of a firearm that they would freak out and pee in their pants just from the sight of a firearm?
Everyone from an early age should be made aware of firearms and what they can do for good as well as bad. Guns exist and are not going away.
Each school has the typical gun-free zone and instructions to report to the office. Supposedly all doors are locked during school hours and only one entrance. Much can take place between the entrance door and the office, if the person intent on mayhem even goes to the office.
With the publicity 24 hours a day round the clock after Sandy Hook there are already sick people planning attacks that would create more casualties than any one before. In their minds it would make them a hero even if suicide ended the tragedy.
Take a scenario of the Leavenworth High School for an example. During the rush period at noon or while other heavy traffic is in the hallways a gunman can enter the one open door, stroll down the hallway to the check-in desk and take out the officer before he can secure his weapon. At that point the school becomes a free fire zone with no interference with his intent until 15-20 minutes later the police arrive.
Wayne LaPiere of the NRA made solid recommendations to assist the school with security but there is NO way the schools can ever be made totally secure. Someone will find a way. There isn't enough money available to provide that security.
During Sandy Hook teachers stepped forward and were willing to die for their kids; are these same teachers ready to kill to protect the kids? Volunteer airline pilots are now voluntarily trained and armed to protect their plane load of passengers. Wouldn't it be great if our teachers were also willing to train to kill to protect our children? This would make more sense than piling more funds into creating a false sense of security that will only lead to more massacres.
Arming members of the staff with a handgun won't be 100 percent effective against a determined criminal shooter. But not having a weapon during a shooting situation will be totally ineffective against a shooter that has no regard for human life.


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I want to thank all of you who replied, and those of you who didn't, but posted and helped me make my decision. Thank you for sharing your lives and experiences. You can read my symptoms if you search "tapgirl". I was diagnosed with CM-1 with an 8mm herniation in 2007. Headaches, memory, balance issues, depression...those were the main symptoms and even getting out of bed was painful and would cause headaches.
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The wailing continues: "We are ill-served here in Illinois."
The squawking by the Democrats to create more jobs here, etc., is a dud in Chicago, with an alderman, Joe Moreno, who goes to quickly appease gays, thus denying jobs to his area.
The head lackey in Washington, D.C., Sen. Dick Durbin, continues his outstanding work of doing nothing. House Republican Leader Tom Cross pretends to serve us, but in reality remains dormant.
Gov. Pat Quinn, a Chicago Democrat, lacks in all status. Are we to enjoy all this taxation? Springfield is now known as "Madiganville" (nepotism rules).
Our U.S. Senate is loaded with do-nothings, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, et. al., who are so leftist.Nancy Pelosi is the chief female whose rhetoric is stale.
Our local congressman, Randy Hultgren, is still treading water. He never returns calls or responds to correspondence, and has a rude staff.
We are ill-served in Illinois.
Joe Priola
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The economic future may be uncertain, but Indiana is on the right track.
That was the gist of comments made by Grow Indiana Media Ventures LLC President and Managing Editor Gerry Dick at Thursday's Wake-Up, Goshen! event put on by the Goshen, Ind., Chamber of Commerce, The Goshen News reported. Dick is also the creator and host of the Inside INdiana Business TV show, featuring business news from across the state. The show has earned him four Emmy nominations.
During his presentation, Dick said recovery in Indiana has been uneven. He gave the example of Navistar International Inc., which announced this week it will be relocating its headquarters from Fort Wayne to Lisle, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. The move will affect more than 1,000 jobs. He also said there has been some concerns about a so-called "jobless" recovery, in which employers who were forced to lay off employees became more efficient, so when they began calling back workers, they only needed half the amount they laid off.
"If you look beyond the headlines, though, there has been some positive news," he said.
Dick pointed out a large amount of investment has been made in the state by a surprising source — the auto industry. Chrysler is investing $300 million for a new transmission line at a Kokomo plant, and GM is also investing hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts in the state, he said. And despite its uncertainty and plethora of skeptics, the hybrid/all-electric auto industry is also building steam.
"(Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob) is of the opinion that it will happen and it's going to happen in Indiana," he said.
Among the businesses driving the industry in Indiana, he said, are Navistar International Corp. — building electric delivery vans in Wakarusa for Fed Ex, EnerDel — manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for hybrid/all-electric vehicles and Remy Electric Motors, LLC — building a new electric drive system to be available by the second quarter of 2011. He also mentioned several other similar companies.
Another major investment referenced by Dick was made by Dow AgroSciences, which spent $340 million on a project in Indianapolis that led to the creation of 550 jobs. He also made note of an increasing number of green energy businesses in the fields of wind energy (Indiana is the second-fastest growing wind production state in the country), wind farm components and the solar energy industry.
Dick gave one specific example of something Indiana is doing right, referencing a pharmaceutical company that was incubated at Indiana University. Its creators are from San Diego, he said, and they planned to move the company there, but eventually decided to put it in the Indianapolis area. He said they made the decision after determining they had a better chance for success in Indiana than in California.
"Ten years ago, or even five years ago, I don't think that would have happened," Dick said.
That new collaboration between public, private and academic entities, he said, has been a major boost to the state. Technology parks and business incubators have been popping up all over Indiana. Dick said the most successful is probably Purdue University's research park. Purdue also has technology centers in several other locations across the state. He also pointed out the University of Notre Dame's Innovation Park and sister Ignition Park.
"Colleges and universities big and small around the state are getting in the game," he said.
Dick identified four areas he said should be the focus of business in general in the state moving forward — life sciences, information technology, distribution of logistics and advanced manufacturing.
"Manufacturing is and will continue to be an absolutely critical part of the economy in Indiana," he said.
He added that the biggest challenges facing progress in the state are the work force and K-12 education, noting that approximately 1 million Hoosiers lack basic work force literacy skills.
"Leadership is what's going to save the day as we come out of the recession," Dick said.
At each of the Wake-Up, Goshen! events, an "insta-poll" question is asked, the results of which are shared after the speaker concludes. Thursday's poll question asked whether or not northern Indiana's congressional delegation should support the $50 billion economic stimulus legislation aimed at putting Americans back to work through more infrastructure projects. The result came back as an even 50-50 split.


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Courier-Post columnist Danny Henley has adopted a new philosophy. Find out what it is.
My next pair of sneakers will likely feature the Nike brand. It won't be because I want to run faster or jump higher, but to remind me of my new philosophy.
I've adopted the shoe company's trademark slogan "Just Do It" as my motto, at least as far as my photography is concerned after my "stay-inside-the-lines" approach cost me dearly last month.
The trip from Hannibal to Stoughton, Wis., where my son, Jacob, and his wife, Whitney, live takes right at six hours, provided you have a good tailwind and take few bathroom breaks.
Much of the trek is through the flat farmland of central and northern Illinois. Sprinkled across the prairie is the occasional old barn, which I always find appealing. The trip also passes through three wind farms, which are also intriguing with their tall, white towers and three blades.
As we rolled north that afternoon, I couldn't help but notice the broken clouds in the western sky. And while I'll confess I've been burnt more than once chasing drab sunsets I thought would be colorful, I at least recognize the ingredients necessary for an awesome sunset. And on this particular day I was seeing them.
Sure enough, about a half hour or so later, as the sun started to slip below the horizon, its rays lit up the underside of the clouds with a wide assortment of reds. And as luck would have it, the colors were most vibrant just as we reached one of the wind farms.
It was a photographic setting I'd dreamed of since the first time I saw a wind farm. The only problem was, I had nowhere to shoot.
I was tempted to pull off on the interstate highway's shoulder, but I kept hearing the words of an Illinois state trooper I encountered years earlier, "The highway's shoulder is for emergencies only." And while I considered taking advantage of this rare opportunity an emergency, I doubted any trooper I might encounter would share my sentiment.
"Surely I'll find an exit ramp," I told myself.
And while I passed beneath a handful of overpasses, not one of them featured an exit ramp.
My wife, Nancy, asked if I wanted our daughter, Anna, to break out one of my cameras and take photos for me. While Nancy meant well, her suggestion was akin to having someone else take your girl friend to the prom. I have no doubt Anna would have done a good job, but I wanted to take the photos.
Finally we came upon an exit ramp near the community of Paw Paw. Although the sunset was past its peak, I was confident I could still line up a wind turbine or two with the remaining color and come away with something good.
However, the turbines appeared far closer than they actually were. And by the time I got one at an angle where its blades were visible, the color was gone.
I was not a happy camper. My annoyance at having missed this opportunity hung over me like a cloud the remainder of the trip to Wisconsin.
Somewhere between Paw Paw and Stoughton it hit me that my luck wasn't bad, it had been my attitude. And that's when Nike's slogan "Just Do It" came to mind. Instead of fretting about consequences, I should have stopped, broken out a camera and taken advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
On the trip home I utilized my new "Just Do It" philosophy. Spotting an old barn with wind turbines behind it, I took a nearby exit ramp, broke out a couple of cameras and had fun.
Not everyone applauded my initiative. Anna, who was missing her boyfriend and wanting to get home as fast as possible, apparently fumed all the time I was out shooting the barn. And had it not been for Nancy grabbing the car keys, Anna might have followed her "Just Do It" urge and left me to hitchhike my way back to Hannibal.


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JEFFERSON - Rebecca Knight Smith, 48, passed away Monday, November 26, 2012.
She was the daughter of Louise Knight of Hoschton and the late Grady Lee Knight. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Danny Jackson. Rebecca loved life, her family, animals and nature. She was a member of White Plains Baptist Church.
Survivors in addition to her mother include her husband Sandy Smith; daughters, Doria Gantt and Pete, Jefferson, and Sandi Smith and Barrera, Statham; brothers, Ronny Knight and Diane, Commerce, Melvin Knight and Debbie, Lawrenceville, and John Knight and Fiona, Daytona Beach, Fla.; sisters, Connie Knight Beers and Terry, Loganville, Judy Adams and Mark, Toccoa, and Sharon Jackson, Hoschton; grandchildren, Rayane Gantt, Carlin Smith and Khloe Barrera; seven nieces; eight nephews, four great-nieces; and three great-nephews.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 28, at White Plains Baptist Church. Pastor Corey Pittman officiated.
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The New York office of Perkins Eastman has announced that the New York Wheel, located on the north shore of Staten Island's St. George neighborhood, was approved by City Council on October 30 and construction is scheduled to begin in 2014. The approval process has been over a year in the making since the project was first announced by the office of Mayor Bloomberg last September. Perkins Eastman is serving as design architect for the on-site 100,000 square-foot Terminal building.
Perkins Eastman will work closely with Richard Marin, CEO of New York Wheel LLC, and landscape architecture firm M. Paul Friedberg and Partners. The development will comprise retail, entertainment, dining and open space amenities amidst a compelling, integrated waterfront site that will attract millions of tourists and residents year round. Scheduled to open to the public in 2016, this currently underused shore land adjacent to the ferry terminal will become a dynamic mixed-use district. In addition to the 630-foot observation wheel, engineered by the designers of the London Eye, key components to the site will include the Terminal building, a 950-car parking garage, a bus storage facility, and an extensive landscape and sustainability program designed to provide a variety of open spaces. The Perkins Eastman design team is led by Principals Stanton Eckstut FAIA, Navid Maqami AIA, LEED AP, and Associate Principal Jonathan Cohn AIA, LEED AP.
The Terminal and its landscaped roof deck will link the water's edge with the existing fabric of the site, offering expanses of public space for recreation, picnicking, promenade walks, cultural activities and more. "The design is intended to blur distinctions between architecture and landscape," says Maqami, who is serving as Design Principal on the project. "The Terminal and its surrounding area will frame the iconic structure of the Wheel while providing great places that connect Richmond Terrace to the waterfront."
While situated above grade level, the building was inspired by and designed to be part of the landscape itself, while meeting the highest standards for sustainable design and resilient waterfront development. The building's generous interior will offer visitors clear sight lines to the Wheel, New York Harbor and beyond. Program spaces include ticketing, exhibition space, food and beverage areas, and retail opportunities. Given its proximity to the shoreline and the sustainable energy the site will draw from wind, water and sun, the Terminal building will continually devote space to educational exhibitions on alternative energy, green and resilient design, and the history of New York City, among other topics.
About Perkins Eastman
Perkins Eastman is among the top design and architecture firms in the world. With 700 employees in 13 locations around the globe, Perkins Eastman practices at every scale of the built environment. From niche buildings to complex projects that enrich whole communities, the firm's portfolio reflects a dedication to progressive and inventive design that enhances the quality of the human experience. The firm's portfolio includes high-end residential, commercial, hotels, retail, office buildings, and corporate interiors, to schools, hospitals, museums, senior living, and public sector facilities. Perkins Eastman provides award-winning design through its offices in North America (New York, NY; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA; San Francisco, CA; Stamford, CT; Toronto, Canada; and Washington, DC); South America (Guayaquil, Ecuador); North Africa and Middle East (Dubai, UAE); and Asia (Mumbai, India, and Shanghai, China).
About The New York Wheel LLC
The New York Wheel, located on the North Shore of Staten Island, will be the tallest observation wheel in the world and the only attraction of its kind in New York City. The 630-foot (roughly 60-story) Wheel will feature thirty-six capsules, each carrying up to 40 passengers, that will offer incomparable views of Lower and Midtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, and beyond both the Verrazano and the George Washington Bridges, for the duration of each 38-minute revolution. The attraction will accommodate as many as 1,440 people per trip, and will welcome as many as 30,000 visitors each day and an anticipated 4 million visitors per year.
The New York Wheel project was originally proposed in response to the New York City Economic Development Corporation's Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) released in 2011 for projects that would increase economic growth, boost tourism, and create jobs on Staten Island. Meir Laufer is the founder of New York Wheel. The New York Wheel has been designed by a team from Starneth B.V., Perkins Eastman Architects and M. Paul Friedberg & Partners. It is expected to begin construction in 2014 with a grand opening scheduled for 2016. For more information about the New York Wheel visitwww.newyorkwheel.com
About M. Paul Friedberg and Partners
MPFP, LLC / M. Paul Friedberg and Partners, established in 1958, is one of the most well known and highly regarded interdisciplinary landscape architecture, urban design and planning firms in the country. Lead by Rick Parisi, FASLA, the firm provides a full range of services including planning, programming, designing, engineering and construction supervision of mixed use, commercial-institutional facilities, and new residential communities, with an emphasis on the creation of parks, play environments, and plazas. MPFP provides the experience and the capability to direct complex projects from concept to implementation, with a sense of continuity and a detailed understanding of site and audience. The firm is also proficient in a variety of environmental analysis, product design and development, graphics, civic and promotional programming, research, and community participation activities. MPFP is highly successful in working with municipalities, arts groups, architects, and artists. From their office in New York, the firm has completed projects in numerous international locations including Israel, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, India, Hong Kong and Japan. The quality of their work has been recognized with over 100 professional honors and awards from organizations such as the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Architects, the Building Stone Institute, and the Municipal Arts Society. For more information visit www.mpfp.com


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We are now living on Coromandel in Angra do Heroismo in the Azores, where I have been using plants collected locally to dye cotton. I've also been exploring shibori techniques, and investigating the use of lichen as a dye.
I have written for both sailing and quilting magazines and have self-published two books, one about our circumnavigation on our 35 foot sailing boat, Coromandel, entitled Fair Winds and Safe Passage and a book about the Journal Quilts I made during that time entitled Trip Around The World. Both are available from Amazon as paperbacks, and Fair Winds and Safe Passage is also available on Kindle.
I am interested in many aspects of quilting, but as I live on a small sailing boat I am limited to making journal quilts. I seldom meet other quilters, so rely on the internet to keep in touch with quilting friends in the north east of England, and am still a member of Region 15E. I have seen many different forms of textile in my travels; lace in Camarinas, embroidery in Madeira, the mola of the Kuna Indians, weavings in Ecuador and Peru, tivaevae in French Polynesia and the Cook Islands, the reverse applique of the Hmong in northern Thailand, ikat and songkat in Indonesia, the unusual weavings of Sao Jorge in the Azores and many others.


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Star-Spangled Spectacular
Oregon Ridge
We are not currently accepting reservations for this event. The event may be sold out, not yet on sale or only available with a subscription. For more information about availability, please contact the BSO Ticket Office at 1.877.BSO.1444.
To purchase a 2018-19 season subscription, visit BSOmusic.org/subscribe. 2018-19 single tickets will be available on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.


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Hot on the heels of the release of the BlackBerry® 10 WebWorks™ SDK, we have posted a new Ripple Emulator with support for BlackBerry® 10. All the power of Ripple can now be put to use developing and testing your BlackBerry 10 applications over the summer to get into the BlackBerry App World™ storefront right out of the gates!
Inside Ripple, you can now select the BlackBerry 10 Platform and target the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device for emulation. The tool will configure the API emulation interface to reflect the current available APIs delivered in the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK Beta. And once you install and configure the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK with Ripple, you can build you application, sign it, and even deploy it to the simulator or, if you were a lucky attendee of BlackBerry 10 Jam, to your shiny new BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha developer device.
With this release, you will find two different versions of the Ripple Emulator on our developer site. The reason for this is that Ripple is moving back to the future. Starting with this release, Ripple is returning to its roots as a Chrome Browser Extension. While we believe this gives us the best path forward, there are still a few things to clean up, coming in new beta refreshes through the summer. Until that time, the current version of Ripple will remain the primary tool for supporting all platforms.
For this first beta release, after you complete the install process, you will need to manually install the extension .crx file into Google Chrome by dragging and dropping it onto the browser. After that you just need to click on the Ripple icon to the right of the URL bar and enable Ripple, and you are good to go.
If you would like to leverage the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK build/sign/deploy functionality within Ripple, you will also need to manually start the Build and Deploy Node.js-based services. Closing the command prompt window will stop the services. For more information on this and the install process, please review our Getting Started guide.
An additional feature that we have added in this release is the addition of dynamic mapping for the emulation of geolocation features. You can now click-drag, and zoom in and out of the map in the geolocation panel and the latitude/longitude information will dynamically update. Give it a try for testing your location based service applications.
No need to fret though – we are hard at work abstracting the manual setup so that this is all seamless as soon as possible. We are aiming to deliver Beta refreshes to both Ripple and the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK on a monthly basis, in order to get the latest and greatest into our community's hands as frequently as possible.
Check our BlackBerry WebWorks development site frequently through the summer in order to ensure you always have the latest tools to develop the best BlackBerry 10 WebWorks applications.


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Since Performance Bicycle was founded in 1982, we thought that today was a perfect time to look back at the Tour de France in 1982. With 6 time trials on the schedule, Bernard Hinault was the odds-on favorite to take his 4th Tour de France title (he had won in 1978, 1979 and 1981), as he had already won the 1982 Giro d'Italia. Other cyclists of note in the race were Gerrie Knetemann, Joop Zoetemelk, Johan van der Velde, Sean Kelly, and a very young Phil Anderson.
The race began, as expected, with an Hinault victory in the opening time trial in Basel, Switzerland. But after 2 road stages, Australian Phil Anderson sprinted to victory and the yellow jersey in Stage 2 and wore the leader's jersey for the next 9 days (only the second time that the yellow jersey was not worn by a European).
Just to keep things interesting early in the race, the organizers through in a stage that passed over the cobblestones in northern France, documented in this short movie from French television:
As expected, Hinault took back the lead after the first time trial, even though he didn't win the stage. After marking his opponents in the Pyrenees, Hinault won the short individual time trial of Stage 14 to expand his lead. In the Alps, Hinault again kept an eye on his closest competitors, after a short delay due to a farmers's strike on Stage 16:
The final time trial win by Hinault made his coronation as Tour winner a formality, but Hinault wasn't called the Badger for no reason. He responded to criticism that the 1982 Tour was "boring" by attacking the entire peloton for victory on the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, while in the yellow jersey!


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What's the future of L.A.'s economy? That's a question that should be at the center of this year's mayoral campaign. Key to that discussion should be recognition that Los Angeles, despite all its economic problems, is an increasingly prominent home to the next generation of technology companies that will drive the digital revolution in the 21st century.
Los Angeles' tech awakening is unfolding in a slice of territory — dubbed "Silicon Beach," which initially referred to Venice and Santa Monica and then expanded to Hollywood and downtown — where established giants such as Google and Apple have opened offices and where some 500 newcomer ventures have taken root. Silicon Beach culture, unlike Silicon Valley's, is more consumer-oriented, drawing on art, entertainment and commerce to explore the intersections between technology and gaming, fashion, advertising and video.
The Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry released a report in December on how to grow Silicon Beach. The council's recommendations — tax breaks and investment incentives, among others — were a good starting point, but more aggressive action is needed to make Los Angeles the global technology center that it could become.
L.A. has extraordinary resources to sustain and build upon its tech boom. Perhaps most surprising is its strong technology talent pool. UCLA, USC and Caltech collectively graduate more engineers annually than Stanford and Berkeley, major feeders of Silicon Valley. And L.A. tech staffers tend to possess more interdisciplinary skills than their northern counterparts, having developed expertise in cinema, communications, music, design and entrepreneurialism while pursuing engineering degrees.


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to estimate or judge the value, character, etc., of; evaluate
Synonyms include: reevaluate, reexamine, rework, revise
Last night, I had a dream that I was on vacation somewhere in Italy. There were no recognizable monuments for me to determine exactly where I was, but the Mediterranean was in full view as I rode a bicycle down a strada so I guess I was somewhere near the coast. It was just past dawn when I left, so the streets were still quiet. On my way back from wherever I rode, I passed by the train station and sat at a nearby cafe to rest, watching passengers hop on and hop off the platform. As I waited there, I ran into an old high school friend.
As I usually do when I have vivid dreams, I looked up the meanings of the most prominent objects: Bicycle
To dream that you are riding a bicycle signifies your desires to attain a balance in your life. You need to balance work and pleasure in order to succeed in your current undertakings. If you have difficulties riding the bicycle, then it suggests that you are experiencing anxieties about making it on your own. To see a bicycle in your dream indicates that you need to devote time to leisurely pursuits and recreation. Train
To see a train in your dream represents conformity. You are just going along with what everyone else is doing. Alternatively, a train means that you are very methodical. You need to lay things out specifically and do things in an orderly and sequential manner. If you see a passenger train, then it relates to mental work.
To dream that you are at a station represents a transitional period in your life. You need to take a short break to reassess your situation and determine your path and goals.
To dream that you are on vacation indicates that you need a break to recharge your energies and revitalize yourself. You need to break out of your daily routine and do something different. Alternatively, dreaming of a vacation represents your achievements. You are giving yourself a pat on the back and are deserving of a reward for your hard work.
To see friends from your past in your dream points to your desire to reconnect with a part of yourself that you have lost touch with. Perhaps it is time to pick up that old hobby or put a long hidden talent to use.
I've always believed in the communication of our dreams. They're not just abstract manifestations of our (unfulfilled) hopes and desires. They're also, often times, beacons - shining their lighthouse-caliber glow, trying to catch our attention.
"Hey! You there! Remember when you used to write for fun? Remember when you used to write about those, what are they called? Oh yeah...FEELINGS? Remember when you had plans to attend grad school? Remember when you had the energy to do everything?"
As of this sentence that I'm typing out right now, it is 3:05 am. I went to bed around midnight and, since I couldn't sleep, watched a small indie film called, Like Crazy. For whatever reason, I had the sudden desire to write, so here I am, blogging for the first time since this year began and I feel really badly about it because...
...I miss this. I miss just writing...about anything and everything. I miss writing about what I did over the weekend, instead how many shots Kobe attempted, how many free throws Dwight Howard missed and how bad the Laker defense was (it was really bad). I miss writing really awful poetry, because as corny as all of it was, it was still an outlet. For a long time now, I've settled for outlets that required less work, like eating out with friends, shopping, reading the hottest new series (I've read most of them - Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight, Hunger Games, 50 Shades of Grey, etc.) or just working more.
I love photography. I love how much I've learned and how much I've helped people relive really great times in their lives, and I don't regret riding that wave when the opportunity came. But I know my writing was a casualty, because I was just serving too many masters.
It's a good thing it's Labor Day Weekend. Otherwise I don't know if I could wake up two hours from now and get ready for work. I hope I have more bouts like this though. I hope they come more often...like everyday.


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BETHEL TOWNSHIP � A Bronson area woman died�Thursday�when her SUV collided with a semi truck hauling lumber at Cranson and Block roads.
Barbara Musick, 49, �had no pulse when a Bronson volunteer firefighter who was nearby arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred.
Michigan State Police are investigating the accident. It appeared the Chevrolet Trail Blazer Musick was driving was turning north on Block Road from Cranson Road when she was unable to stop on the very icy roadway. Cranson Road dead ends at that intersection.
The driver of the�semi attempted to stop but was unable to do so, hitting�Musick's vehicle�broadside and crushing the driver�s side and back doors into the vehicle.
The semi continued south on Block Road then slid off, dumping the load of lumber along the road. The truck driver was not injured.
Bronson Fire Department personnel arrived to assist in removal of the body from the SUV. LifeCare Ambulance personnel�stood by and Branch County Road Commission personnel set up barricades for the accident investigation.
Road Commission trucks also plowed Block Road and spread sand along the roadway for safety.
This is the first traffic fatality for Branch County�in 2013.
Bronson woman dies in crash


text: Wheat Drops as Plains Snow May Ease Drought February 25, 2013 03:19 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat dropped to an eight-month low in Chicago on speculation a snowstorm in the U.S. Great Plains will help ease drought conditions before crops emerge from winter dormancy. Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were under a blizzard warning today, with some areas expected to get more than a foot (30 centimeters) of snow, according to the National Weather Service. While much of the central to northern Great Plains was under moderate to exceptional drought as of Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, central Oklahoma northward already has snow cover from recent storms, Weather Service data show. "A snowstorm in the U.S. Midwest has significantly increased the snow cover in the winter-wheat growing areas, which should considerably improve moisture levels in the soil when the snow melts," Carsten Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt, wrote in an e-mailed report. "Winter wheat plants are in very poor condition due to the prolonged period of drought." Wheat for delivery in May fell 0.7 percent to $7.135 a bushel by 7:37 a.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade. The grain reached $7.1275, the lowest price for a most-active contract since June 25. In Paris, milling wheat for delivery in May declined 0.9 percent to 235.25 euros ($312.76) a metric ton on NYSE Liffe. U.S. wheat production may drop 7.4 percent this year to 2.1 billion bushels as yields fall to 45.2 bushels an acre from 46.3 bushels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected on Feb. 22. Kansas and Oklahoma were last year's biggest U.S. growers of winter wheat, usually planted in the Plains beginning in September. The crops will emerge from dormancy in the coming month before harvesting starts in June. Soybeans for delivery in May slipped less than 0.1 percent in Chicago to $14.43 a bushel. Corn for delivery in May declined 0.4 percent to $6.815 a bushel. --With assistance from Jeff Wilson in Chicago and Rudy Ruitenberg in Paris. Editors: Dan Weeks, John Deane To contact the reporters on this story: Whitney McFerron in London at email@example.com; Luzi Ann Javier in Singapore at email@example.com Back to news


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History and Tradition…
Visit the historic town of Kalavryta, one of the most exciting winter destination of Peloponnese, built on the slopes of Mt. Helmos!
A dreamy setting with picturesque squares, stone-paved streets and cute little houses welcomes the romantic souls! The trademark of Kalavryta is its small train, the "Odontotos" (a rare example of a fully functional cog railway). Its 22 km journey from Kalavryta to Diakofto is one of the most spectacular rack & pinion rail trips! The narrow gauge tracks follow the Vouraikos River through tunnels, over water-falls, along cliffs and through forests of pine and oleander.
The tragic history of Kalavryta reminds us the darkest side of human nature; in 1943 German occupying troops murdered all male population over the age of 14 and burned the town…Visit the memorial built to honour the dead, a large white cross on the top of the hill where the villagers had been executed, as well as the Municipal Museum of the Holocaust of Kalavryta where you can see exhibits related to the history and the traditions of the town.
Kalavryta is associated with another glorious era of Greek History; nearby is situated the famous Monastery of Agia Lavra, where the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire was launched in 1821. It's here that Germanos, archbishop of Patras, raised the standard of revolt.
Don't miss the awe-inspiring Monastery of Mega Spileon (Monastery of the Great Cavern) built in a giant cave and admire its wonderful frescoes and mosaic floors; explore the Cave of the Lakes, a true wonder of nature whose walls are ornamented with colourful stalagmite and stalactite formations.
Winter sport enthusiasts should definitely go to the Kalavryta Ski Center, one of the most renowned in Greece thanks to its modern facilities: 7 lifts, 12 slaloms, a snowboard park, a special slalom mogul and a snow tubing park! On its premises there are fancy cafeterias and restaurants where occasionally fun parties take place!
Need more adrenaline rush? In the vicinity of Kalavryta you can follow hiking trails, hike down the Vouraikos gorge, go mountaineering, climbing, off-road driving, mountain biking and parachuting!
Visitgreece.gr is the official tourism web site for Greece, run by the Greek National Tourism Organisation, where you'll find information on the main tourist destinations, such as cities, beaches, as well as activities, events and much more!
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Refresh Prime Refresh Prime LVR >85% up to 90% (Owner Occupied)
4.75%p.a Standard Variable
4.82%p.a Comparison**
$862Upfront fees
$120Annual fees
90%Max LVR
$2,005Per Month*
About Australian First Mortgage
Standard Variable
Repayments calculated to take into account ongoing monthly and anual fees.
- Monthly repayment*
- $2,005
- rate per annum
- 4.75%
Loan to Value Ratio
Borrow up to the maxium of 90% of the value of the property.
Lenders Mortgage Insurance, or LMI, will be payable on most loans where the borrowings are greater than 80% of the value of the property.
However, you may be able to capitalise LMI into your loan, increasing the overall loan amount by about 2% (in order to cover the cost of the insurance). Contact a loan market broker to find out how LVR and LMI might impact the cost of your loan repayments.
- Lvr
- 90%
- Capitalise LMI
- No
For Equity, Owner Occupied, and Vacant Land in NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA, VIC, TAS, and ACT.
- Term
- 10 - 30 years
- Min
- $100,000
- Max
- $750,000
The level of financial documentaion and credit history required to apply for the loan.
- Financials
- Full Doc
- Credit History
- Conforming
- Genuine Saving
- Not Required
Offset Account
Save on interest repayments by holding spare cash in an offset account.
- Offset account
Redraw Facility
Get quick access to cash by drawing on the loan to pay for renovations or other purchases.
- Redraw Facility
- Min Redraw
- $50.0
- Redraw fee
- $0
Banking Features
Given the wide range of loans on offer – with different interest rates, product features and fees – it pays to shop around to find the loan that fits your needs and circumstances. Some loans offer features that may be appropriate for your situation and result in savings over the life of the loan.
Some features you may wish to consider include:
- an offset account;
- ability to make extra repayments;
- a redraw facility; and
- linked credit card and savings accounts;
- ability to split your loan between fixed and variable interest rates
- Offset Account
- Redraw Available
- Internet Banking
- Telephone Banking
- Credit Card
- BPay Option
- Portability of Loan
- Professional Pack
- Check Account
- Direct Salary Credit
- Free Transactions
- Minimum Redraw
- Redraw Fee
You can make your repayments Fortnightly, Monthly, and Weekly.
- Interest Only Option
- Max Interest Only
- 0 years
Upfront Fees
Upfront fess associated with estabilishing the loan. Other loan set-up fees, such as valuation fees and lender's mortgage insurance, and Government charges, such as registration fees and stamp duty on property transfer, have not been included. These will be determined after application.
- Total
- $862
- Establishment
- $499
- Legal/Solicitor
- $363
Ongoing Fees
Monthly and annual fees and charges during the loan period.
- Total
- $120
- Ongoing Monthly
- $10
Exit Fees
Fees associated with prematurely ending the loan.
- Total
- $250
- Exit
- $250
- Early Repayment
- $0
- Switch To Fixed
- $0
A basic home loan range with low variable interest rates and flexible repayment options. Maximum Land Size: 25 acres Vacant land max 2.5 acres Lending Areas: - Categories 1-4 - Vacant land (residential only in categories 1-2) Loan Purpose: - Purchase of owner occupied properties only - Refinance of owner occupied properties only - Debt Consolidation (max 4) - Cash Out up to 90% (No business use) Repayment Method: - Direct Debit (w, f, m) - Direct Credit Unlimited free redraws via Loan Service Net. Minimum manual redraw amount is $1,000 and minimum online redraw is $50. Income Documentation (PAYG): - Last 2 pay slips plus one of the following: Letter of employment, tax assessment notice, 3 months bank statements or latest group certificate Income Documentation (Self-Employed): - Last 2 years tax returns - Last 2 years tax assessment notices Maximum borrower exposure for Sydney and Melbourne metro is $2.5M
LVR Notes
Maximum LVR 80%. Mortgage Risk Fee (MRF) not required for Prime products. Lender protection Fee may be payable. Refer to website for calculator.
Fee Notes
$499 Establishment excludes valuation. Disbursements to be paid on top of quoted legal fee. Valuation fee of $275 applies to properties up to $1M and above $1M to be referred to BDM. Other fees and charges may be payable. A copy of all fees and charges are available upon request.


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Be at the Bluff Community Center at 7 a.m. to watch each morning as the beautiful, colorful, huge, fascinating, hot air balloons inflate and ascend into the crisp winter sunshine.
Then join friends, neighbors and visitors from around the country for days of entertaining events and fund-raising festivities.
Friday evening at 5 p.m., Bluff Elementary School presents the Navajo Taco Supper featuring fabulous fry bread tacos and Native Dance performances by the students. This is a delicious, inexpensive way to support the kids of Bluff.
After the balloon lift-off on Saturday morning, spend the day at the Community Center (on 3rd East Street) shopping the Balloon Festival Art Show.
Featuring artists from around the Four Corners area and around the town, visitors will find jewelry, photographs, paintings, books and more to tempt you.
Next, be tempted by the tastes of southwest treats at the Southwest Cook-off at the Community Center from 3 to 5 p.m. Sample a bite of every chef's creation (or bring one of your own) and then vote with your cash for your favorites. The winners get a prize and the money goes to the Bluff Community Fund to support activities and projects in Bluff.
Saturday evening is capped off with one of the festival's most anticipated moments. The sunset sky is brightened by the firelight of tethered balloons at the Glow-in at 5:30 p.m. Get up close with the balloons and their crews and enjoy the warmth and beauty of the glow.
The festival closes with the magnificence of the balloons soaring across Valley of the Gods on Sunday morning. Meet at the Community Center at 6:30 a.m. and caravan down to watch the splendor of the balloons sailing above the red rock beauty of the valley.
The Business Owners of Bluff are pleased to bring this event each year and grateful to their sponsors, San Juan Economic Development, Rocky Mountain Power and all of the friends and businesses that contribute to their success every year. Please join them.
For more information call Marcia at 435-672-2290.
The Bluff Community Center is located on 3rd East Street in the heart of Bluff.
Friday, January 14
7 a.m. Bluff Community Center Weather check
7:30 a.m. Inflate and lift-off over Bluff
5 p.m. Navajo Taco Fundraiser at Bluff Elementary School
Saturday, January 15
7 a.m. Bluff Community Center Weather check
7:30 a.m. Inflate and lift-off over Bluff
9 a.m. to 3p.m. Art Show - 25 booths of artists creations for sale
3 p.m. Southwest Cook-off - culinary treats to taste and then vote for your favorites with cash donations.
5:30 p.m. Glow-In
Sunday, January 16
6:30 a.m. Bluff Community Center Weather Check
7 a.m. Caravan to Valley of the Gods for lift-off.


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The Bishop Hendricken basketball team is partnering with the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches to host a Coaches vs. Cancer event at Friday's home game against St. Raphael. The Hawks started a fundraising effort earlier this year, which will culminate with Friday's 7 p.m. game against the Saints.
Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. It empowers coaches, teams and their communities at every level of basketball to make a difference in the fight against cancer.
The organization evolved from a fundraising effort started by former University of Missouri head coach Norm Stewart, a cancer survivor, who challenged fans to pledge a dollar amount for every three points made by his team during the season.
In 1993, the American Cancer Society and the NABC adopted that idea, and since then, it has blossomed into a nationwide effort, and has recently reached into high-school basketball. Since its inception, Coaches vs. Cancer has raised nearly $50 million to support the American Cancer Society's mission.
Friday's game will wrap up Hendricken's own efforts, and it'll also be a big game on the court. The Hawks have won nine consecutive league games, including one against second-place Central. The match-up with the Saints, who have an 11-2 record and are the defending state champions, offers the Hawks another chance at a marquee victory.