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THIS WEEK'S NEWS: MercyMe, Randy Travis & Much More
- 2004 15 Oct
Zzzzzz … oh, hey there. Just finished polishing off a nutrition-deficient lunch of 22-cent Ramen noodles. But don't let my cheap, food-induced coma fool you. There's lots to report on what's happened this week in Christian music.
Let's start with photo ops. … Out the California way where nuts are growing and the fruits keep flourishing, INO Records band MercyMe put on an energetic 40-minute set for radio industry big-wigs at the recent Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB) Reception in San Diego, held in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show.
Members of what is deemed "one of the fastest-selling new artists in Christian music history" (thanks to the success of "Almost There" in 2000) chatted with attendees about their mainstream crossover success during a q&a time hosted by Heather Lloyd (KPRZ San Diego).
Up the Hollywood way, country music legend and relatively new face in Christian music Randy Travis got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. How cool is that!
Surrounded by family and friends – including actor Jon Voight, father of actress-of-the-moment Angelina Jolie – Randy thanked his wife, band and fans for making his success possible. More greatness is sure to follow next month when the crooner releases the 16th album of his career, an all-country project ("Passing Through") on Word Records featuring first single, "Four Walls," which hits country radio on Monday, October 18, 2004. Be sure to tune in.
And while you're flipping that dial … there are several other acts in Christian music who are making some waves in radio. Cute-as-a- button sister act Everlife (Tovah/SHELTERecords) has taken over Radio Disney.com. Or so it seems. Just last weekend their "I'm Over It" single was added and already it has claimed some of the highest votes for "Pick It." So it's all good in the House of Mouse. Over on the CHR chart, Everlife's "Evidence" single is climbing and currently at No. 26, which is probably no surprise since they actually write music, play their own instruments and carry a tune.
Speaking of talent, the men of Salvador (Word Records) are watching their debut single "Heaven" – from upcoming third studio project "So Natural" – be the most added this week with six adds at R&R AC. Label mates Mute Math (pictured left) are holding on to the No. 17 spot on the R&R rock radio chart with "Control," the debut single from their debut EP, "Reset." Besides having major talent, they also have great hair.
Someone who generally leaves hair-care to a well-placed chapeau is none other than tobyMac who is burning brite with newest single, "Gone," which has simultaneously hit No. 1 on both R&R's CHR and ROCK charts this week. Meanwhile, on the retail side of the world, tobyMac's second solo effort, "Welcome to Diverse City" (Forefront), has already taken over the No. 1 spot on the Christian Soundscan charts, selling 20,987 units in its first week. The tobyMac attack continues. …
Other noteworthy bits for this week include … Amy Grant releasing her next greatest hits collection, "Greatest Hits 1986-2004," complete with new radio single, "The Water," where you can detect a slight bluegrass vibe which no doubt is smack under the influence of hubby and country great Vince Gill. Thank you, V.
Label mates and fellow female mainstays of Christian music, Point of Grace, also saw their newest album released this past Tuesday. "I Choose You" is not only the album title, but is what seems to be the theme of a new movement begun by the ladies times four. Check out their new site, www.ichooseyou.com, for more info. There's also a free, limited-edition bracelet packaged with the CD, and POG is encouraging recipients to wear them and share their faith publicly.
That's the wrap-up for this week. More next week, if I don't eat too much good Tex-Mex from Ernesto's restaurante this weekend. …


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Cherry colour with a hint of intense ruby. In the nose mature fruit, raspberries, blueberries, spices, hints of balsamic and notes of flowers. Tasty in the mouth, balanced and full-bodied. Long finish. Food Pairing: Recommended with red meat, game, roast meat, rice, cured cheeses, blue cheeses.
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Evel Douro RedThe Evel Tinto is produced from vines planted at Quinta das Carvalhas, Quinta dos Aciprestes and Quinta de Cidrô, located in Pinhão, Vale do Tua and São João da Pesqueira. The first two locations benefit from a warm climate where wines are structured and elegante while Quinta de Cidrô benefits from a cool climate that permits the slow maturation of grapes and the production of aromatic wines with smooth tanins. The Evel Red is considered a typical Douro reference, with aromas of red fruit and green notes, typical for the region. It reveals itself very balanced, flavourful and round with a good structure and a fruity, persistent finish.
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Bodegas La Cana AlbariñoThe Valley of Salnés is Albariño's original area of cultivation, and as a result, has the oldest clones and most authentic flavors of any region. The resulting profile of the wine is dominated by a saline, maritime, seaweedy quality that is balanced by rich flavors of ripe citrus. The saltiness is the result of the vineyards' proximity to the ocean.
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Kudos Pinot NoirThis vintage is composed of a blend from premium vineyard sites selected throughout the Willamette Valley. The vineyards include: Roserock, Gibson, Kalita, Zena Crown, Elvenglade, and our estate Hyland Vineyard. This combination of grapes from a variety of appellations creates a wine that is broad and complex with many layers.
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Selvapiana Chianti RufinaThis Chianti Rùfina is the pillar of Selvapiana's production, using primarily Sangiovese with small contributions from traditional blending partners Canaiolo, Colorino, and Malvasia Nera. This wine is an excellent example of the finesse and crispness the Rùfina subzone of Chianti delivers.
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Quilt Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5LDeep, dark brick red to blood plum color. On the nose, a seamless blend of crème de cassis, hazelnut, cocoa, blackberry preserves, a charry meat toastiness, dark fruits and blackberry pie along with suggestions of dark licorice, stewed rhubarb, strawberry, spice and vanillin. On the palate, rich and satisfying with chocolate brownie, yogurt, molasses, brown sugar and rhubarb notes presented in perfect balance with higher-toned fruit emphasis. The wine's weight is first felt on the front of the palate but then coats the entire mouth with placating tannin and a light, pleasing grittiness. This weight, ideally counterpoised alongside the acid, leaves the mouth watering. Great persistence on the finish.
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Quinta das Carvalhas Douro TintoQuinta das Carvalhas is an emblematic and spectacular property in the Douro Valley. Written references regarding this magnificent vineyard can be traced back to 1759. Enjoying a prominent position on the left bank of the Douro river, in Pinhão, the Quinta covers the entire hillside facing the Douro river and occupies part of the slopes of the right bank of the tributary Torto river. Quinta das Carvalhas is the company's oldest and most symbolic Quinta. Its significantly large Historic Heritage and the rational and intense recovery of its environment over the years, represent today the best that we are capable of producing.
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Quinta das Carvalhas Douro TintoQuinta das Carvalhas is an emblematic and spectacular property in the Douro Valley. Written references regarding this magnificent vineyard can be traced back to 1759. Enjoying a prominent position on the left bank of the Douro river, in Pinhão, the Quinta covers the entire hillside facing the Douro river and occupies part of the slopes of the right bank of the tributary Torto river. Quinta das Carvalhas is the company's oldest and most symbolic Quinta. Its significantly large Historic Heritage and the rational and intense recovery of its environment over the years, represent today the best that we are capable of producing.
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Mascota Vineyards UnanimeAppearance: An intense cherry-red colour. Aroma: Elegant aromas of chocolate and tobacco, along with a touch of black pepper and some fleshy notes. Flavor: Well structured, with round tannins that blend nicely with its fresh, juicy acidity. Pairings: Ideal with grilled meat, stews and casseroles.
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The Fifth Empire Abstracto Malbec
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Manos Negras Atrevida Malbec
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Bellini Chianti ClassicoAppearance: It's a limpid wine that has a medium intensity ruby color with some garnet highlights and a good consistency. Aroma: The fragrance is characterized by a floral bouquet of dried flowers, with notes of red rose and violet followed by mixed berries jam. Flavor: It could be discerned a sweet spicy of white chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon. The wine is dry, warm, soft and rounded, characterized by a good freshness and mineral salts. It is intense, persistent in mouth and with elegant tannins. Pairings: It's a wine good for all kinds of meals that present a medium complexity and fatness, like lasagna, red grilled meat or wild game.
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Bulgariana Cabernet SauvignonThis well-balanced wine has a smooth finish and will appeal to a variety of palates. It is a vivid dark purple color with violet nuances, and an elegant and fruity nose that hints of black cherry, blackberry and a spicy earthy character. This wine is fresh and juicy on the palate with pleasant accents of cherry, nuts and pepper, and traces of fine tannins. This wine pairs well with tomato sauce, and a wide variety of meats and steak-like fish (think grilled salmon or tuna) as well as with full-flavored cheeses.
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Cais da Ribeira Douro Red
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Fuego Blanco Malbec Syrah
Mascota Vineyards La Mascota MalbecAppearance: Intense purple red color with ruby hues. Aroma: Black fruits, jam and vanilla, with a subtle licorice touch. Mouth Feel: Sweet attack and full bodied tannins. Long and pleasant finish. Food Pairing: Ideal to match with grilled meats or strong cheeses.
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Porta Gran Reserva Cabernet SauvignonAppearance: Deep ruby red wine color. Aroma: Very complex nose, where aromas of black fruits and spices such as mint overlook. Mouth Feel: Very balanced on the palate, with round tannins, flavors stand out like leather and fresh fruit. Food Pairing: Red meats and pastas.
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"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head." – 1 Corinthians 11:3, 4
"Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering." – 1 Corinthians 11:13-15
According to verse 15, the "covering" referred to is long hair. Therefore, according to this passage, it is a shame and dishonor to Christ for a man to have long hair. There is no place in the Bible that even insinuates that Jesus had long hair. Sodomite homosexuals such as Michelangelo painted Jesus to look effeminate and to have long hair in order to make him fit their own queer image.
These same type of paintings have also given people the idea that "Jesus did not wear pants." Some have even made utterly ridiculous and bizarre statements such as, "pants had not been invented yet," or "they didn't have pants back then." According to these "scholars," the men of the past who built the pyramids and Stonehenge just hadn't thought of pants yet!
What I believe is based upon the Bible, not "historical evidence," but the historical record also proves that men in the ancient Middle East wore pants. For example, at the famous battle of Thermopylae (480BC), every historian reports that the Persian (Iranian) soldiers were wearing pants down to their ankles, while the homosexual, perverted Spartans were wearing short skirts or even less!
The Bible uses the word "breeches" to refer to pants. Our modern day spelling of this word is "britches", such as in the expression, "he is a little too big for his britches." Here are several mentions from the Bible of men wearing britches (pants):"And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:" – Exodus 28:42
According to this verse, the priests needed to wear pants in order to cover their nakedness (their loins and their thighs). The coats or robes that they wore in addition were outer garments worn on the upper body. They did not cover their loins and their thighs completely which is why pants were needed. The pants in Exodus 28:42 went down to the knees.
"And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen," – Exodus 39:27,28
"And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar." – Leviticus 6:10
The "linen garment" mentioned above is again referring to the high priest's outer wear (i.e. his coat). This was worn in addition to his pants, not instead of his pants!
"He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on." – Leviticus 16:4
Many centuries later, the priests were still wearing pants:
"They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat." – Ezekiel 44:18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are also specifically mentioned as having worn pants:
"Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace." – Daniel 3:21
The word "hosen" is an old Germanic word used in both German and Modern English to mean "pants," although we do not use the word "hosen" in Contemporary English.
Job was told in Job 38 and Job 40 to gird up his loins "like a man." This is because a man could gird up his other garments and still be decent because he was wearing pants underneath. A woman, on the other hand, could not gird up her loins "like a man" since she was not wearing pants underneath.
"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." - Job 38:3
In summary, the Old Testament contains 6 verses directly stating, and in some verses even commanding, that men wear pants. The Old Testament references "coats" 39 times, "robes" 37 times, and "mantles" 14 times, but these are all words referring to the outer garment worn on the upper body. Think about the definition of the word "coat." Would it make sense for an man to wear nothing but a coat?! Can you imagine going to work in nothing but a robe?! The Old Testament also uses the words
"clothing," "garment," "raiment," and "vesture" to refer to clothing in general.
The Bible makes it clear that a man who wears a woman's garment is an abomination:
"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." – Deuteronomy 22:5
The universal symbols for a man and for a woman say it all. Have you looked at a bathroom door lately?
Anyone who has not had their mind warped by a so-called theologian or historian knows that a dress is a woman's garment. The only men I have seen wearing dresses in 2010 are homosexuals, Catholic priests (sorry to be redundant), Islamic clerics, and Buddhist monks. These men are an abomination according to the Bible.
Also, consider the following verses about the second coming of Jesus Christ:
"And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." – Revelation 19:13, 14
"And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." – Revelation 19:16
The "vesture dipped in blood" is referring to his coat. This is symbolized in Genesis 37:31 by Joseph who was an Old Testament forerunner of Jesus Christ:
"And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;" – Genesis 37:31
But notice that Jesus' name is written not only on his vesture (coat), but also on his thigh:
"And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." – Revelation 19:16
Obviously John was not referring to a tattoo he was seeing on Jesus' naked thigh since Jesus was clothed from head to foot according to Revelation 1:13. He had his name written upon the clothing on his thigh, just as he had his name written upon his coat. When wearing a dress or a "tunic" the thigh is not delineated. Clothing that is worn on each "thigh" is referred to as a pair of pants. Therefore it is apparent that Jesus was wearing pants as he rode in on a white horse to defeat
the antichrist. Apparently "scholars" would have us believe that Jesus was riding to battle on a horse in a dress.
Or maybe they believe he wore a dress back in Bible times, but in Revelation 19 was just taking advantage of the "modern invention" of pants. Wow…


text: It's been a while since we brought you some news from Ultimate Ears (the cat eating through the cable to my UE Super.Fi's doesn't count, sadly). But now UE has released its newest offering, and it's for the kids: the Loud Enough earphones. "They've gone barking mad!" you might say, citing expense and the potential damage that might be done to young ears by a max-volume burst of Noddy. Well, you'd be wrong: these earbud 'phones have special volume-limiting tech built in. Plus they're US$40. They've got silicon buds down to extra-small size... so I guess the only danger is what inventive kids will get up to with those. [Crave via Gizmodiva]


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Topic: iOS 6.1
Apple reportedly rejecting 'cookie tracking' apps in push for its Ad Identifier
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Apple is reportedly denying apps that use "cookie tracking" methods from entering the iOS App Store, suggesting that the company may be making a more aggressive move to have developers use its first-party Advertising Identifier technology.
Latest iOS 6.1.3 beta fixes exploit used in Evasi0n jailbreak
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The most popular jailbreak in iOS history will come to an end when Apple releases the forthcoming iOS 6.1.3 update, as the new operating system reportedly patches at least one of the exploits used by the untethered liberation tool.
Another lockscreen passcode flaw found in Apple's iOS 6.1
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Another vulnerability has been discovered in iOS 6.1 that could give malicious users access to data on an iPhone with a lockscreen passcode enabled.
Apple to release iOS 6.1.2 to address passcode vulnerability by February 20 -report
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Apple is already working on an update to iOS 6 to address a dangerous passcode vulnerability discovered earlier in the week, with one report claiming that the company anticipated issuing the update as early as next week.
Evasi0n 'jailbreaks' 7M iOS devices, update already available for iOS 6.1.1
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The Evad3rs team on Tuesday rolled out an update for the Evasi0n untethered jailbreak tool, fixing bugs found in the initial software while adding support for the Apple's iOS 6.1.1 mobile operating system just one day after its release.
Apple releases iOS 6.1.1 for iPhone 4S owners to address battery, 3G issues
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Apple on Monday released iOS 6.1.1 to address a number of bugs for iPhone 4S owners who recently ran into a handful of issues following the release of iOS 6.1 for all of Apple's mobile devices.
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Files found within Apple's newly released iOS 6.1 refer to an Internet radio service the company is believed to be working on.
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Hackers on Monday released a long-awaited untethered software "jailbreak" of Apple's iOS 6. Separately, a newly discovered bug causes most Mountain Lion applications to crash by typing in just 8 characters.
iOS 6.1 sees 22% adoption in less than two days, could be fastest ever
01/30/2013, 08:01 pm
After launching on Monday, iOS 6.1 is already being used by nearly 22 percent of users monitored by one Web content firm, setting up Apple's newest mobile OS update to be the most quickly adopted to date.
01/28/2013, 07:01 pm
With the release of iOS 6.1 on Monday, Apple addressed a potentially serious bug introduced in iOS 6 that would override a user's Mobile Safari JavaScript settings after visiting a webpage with a so-called "Smart App Banner."
Users experiencing issues updating 5th-gen iPod touch to iOS 6.1
01/28/2013, 03:01 pm
Owners of Apple's latest iPod touch are experiencing issues updating to the newly released iOS 6.1 software update.
Apple releases iOS 6.1 with iTunes Match improvements, Siri movie ticket sales
01/28/2013, 01:01 pm
Apple on Monday released iOS 6.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, packing a number of bug fixes and software enhancements, including the ability to purchase movie tickets through Siri.
Apple seeds fifth iOS 6.1 beta version to developers
01/26/2013, 12:01 am
Apple on Saturday released a fifth iOS 6.1 beta to developers, continuing the testing phase of the company's mobile OS that will bring users a number of features, including enhanced mapping options and Siri-integration, when it launches later this year.
Final iOS 6.1 beta being prepped for developers - report
01/11/2013, 12:01 pm
Apple is said to be internally testing a new beta of iOS 6.1 that is expected to be the golden master build, suggesting the software is nearly ready to be released to the public.
Apple seeds iOS 6.1 beta 4, plus new Apple TV and Xcode betas to developers
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Apple on Monday supplied its developer community with fresh betas of iOS 6.1, Xcode 4.6, and Apple TV software.
Apple supplies third beta of iOS 6.1 to developers
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Developers on Monday were provided with the third pre-release beta of iOS 6.1, Apple's forthcoming software update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Apple supplies second beta of iOS 6.1, new Xcode 4.6 preview to developers
11/12/2012, 01:11 pm
A new build of iOS 6.1 was provided to developers on Monday, less than two weeks after the first beta was issued, along with a new preview of Xcode 4.6, and new beta software for the Apple TV.
Siri serves Fandango movie ticket purchases in iOS 6.1
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The first developer beta of iOS 6.1 includes links to purchase movie tickets through Fandango when searching for showtimes with Siri.
Apple begins testing iOS 6.1 with new Map Kit framework for third-party apps
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The Nissan Juke is the latest mini-crossover to be released, and with it's unique look, turbocharged and direct-injected 1.6L engine with solid performance numbers (not to mention available in AWD!), it's no wonder this car is making waves and creating buzz.
UPDATE 3/2011: We have made a change to the stainless steel tip – Improving the flow with the Juke body, and going with a dual wall slash cut tip. See below for images installed on the Juke!
The calls were almost immediate from Nissan dealerships across the country inquiring what our plans were, and when STILLEN would have upgrades available for the Juke. We at STILLEN are happy to announce that day is here, beginning with the STILLEN Nissan Juke Exhaust. [Video Below]
The STILLEN Rear Section Exhaust System bolts up quickly, replacing the OEM section, and utilizing the factory hanger locations, making this an easy upgrade for any enthusiast. No welding, fabrication or cutting is required to install. Performance is fantastic, with the rear section exhaust generating 13HP and 14Lb/Ft at the wheels on the dyno!
The muffler and tips are of polished 304 Stainless Steel for protection against the elements, and offer a stylish appearance. The double-wall polished stainless tip makes cleaning a breeze, and features the STILLEN logo laser etched into the side.
The STILLEN Exhaust brings an aggressive tone to the otherwise noticibly quiet exhaust note of the Juke, but under normal cruising there is no exhaust drone and no audible presence of the exhaust. When the throttle is pushed, the true growl of the Turbo 1.6L MR16DDT engine comes alive.
More information and pricing can be found on the STILLEN Product Page:
Also available for the 2011 Nissan Juke, the STILLEN License Plate Bracket, allowing the use of a front license plate without having to drill into the front fascia, like the factory Nissan bracket does. More information here: 2011 Nissan Juke No Drilling Front License Plate Bracket Released!


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My fun fur afghan is done. I had to add 5 rounds of pink because I ran out of the dollar store fun fur. I had bought 14 skeins. I crocheted this afghan with 1 strand fun fur and 1 strand baby acrylic yarn.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Family room afghan
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Plastic bag holders
I've made a couple of plastic bag holders - a blue one for me and a black, white and pink one for Erica. The blue one is made with 2 strands of yarn (1 blue & 1 white) with an L hook and Erica's is made with 1 strand black, grey & white variegated yarn with an I hook.
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We've noticed that some people are still accessing our site via our Dreamhost mirror. That was something that we set up when we were building the site on Dreamhost prior to cutting off services with our old webhoster, and it appears that some of you bookmarked pages with the mirror's address rather than the regular site address. We're planning on discontinuing the mirror in the near future, so in a few weeks those addresses won't work anymore.
Take a moment to check and see if you're coming in via rhiana-griffith.com, or rhiana-griffith.dreamhosters.com — if you're using a bookmark or link with the second version, now's the time to change it to the first. Our webmistress plans to delete the mirror on September 1, so you have a month and a half to make any changes you need to. Thanks!


text: I brewed this a couple years ago and loved it. If I made it again I'd switch to WLP002, but the S-04 tasted great at the time. Come to think of it...I may make this again soon!London Calling1.043-1.01130 ibus5.5 gallon batch7# British Pale (MO)1# Simpson's British Crystal 75L1/2# Demerara (or any light brown sugar)1/2oz Target for 60 min3/4oz Northdown for the last 10 minutesS-04 dry yeast fermented in low sixties for 2 weeksFuller's has such a unique style of brewing that I think it's very hard to emulate their products truly, but maybe I just think that because the ESB always eludes me. This LP is pretty close, tho.Good Luck!


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Miao Zhang, the senior toxic campaigner at Greenpeace East Asia, answers questions during a press conference, in Beijing, on toxic residues in kids wear. According to a new investigation released by Greenpeace East Asia and part of our Detox campaign, many hazardous chemicals were found in children's clothes and shoes made by major brands including Burberry, Adidas and Disney.
Tests carried out by Greenpeace on items sold by leading clothing brands revealed the presence of hazardous and potentially hormone disrupting chemicals in children's clothing.
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The Great Eastern Cutlery Northfield #56 Bird Dog (Dog Leg Jack) pocket knife is kicking off Great Eastern Cutlery's 2018 production. It is a medium-sized pocket knife that features two blades on the same end. It features a serpentine styled frame adding to its great eye appeal. It is well built so you can depend on it for years of use and its great looks will give you a sense of satisfaction every time you use it. With two different blades, you will find it quite useful for a variety of cutting needs. The #56 Bird Dog is large enough for some serious work yet, so easy to carry. This quality made pocket knife has a price making it a great value for your hard earned dollar. Made with pride in Titusville, PA. We are an authorized Great Eastern Cutlery Dealer and purchased this new knife direct from them.
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This #56 Bird Dog (Dog Leg Jack) pocket knife has a larger Spear Point blade and a smaller pen blade. Both blades are 1095 steel and have a polished finish. The larger blade has a cutting edge of 2.31" with the Pen blade being 1.5". The "NORTHFIELD UN-X-LD" trade mark logo is etched on the large blade. The larger blade features a swedge grind and a "long pull" nail nick with decorative serrations on the bottom side of the groove. The blades do not have a half stop position.
The Handle Construction:
The handle length is 3.5" and provides a solid four finger hold for most people. A "Pinched" and grooved nickel silver bolster and end cap adorn each end of the handle frame. The handle scales are Sambar Stag and the liners and pins are brass. The handle scale edges are rounded and flush with the outside perimeter making the knife more comfortable to hold.
Since the handle scales are made from Sambar Stag, the handle thickness and knife weight will vary from knife to knife.


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Flames win showdown against Hokies in DII playoff preview
February 3, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Rivalries often bring out the best and worst in players, as was the case in Sunday's rubber match between Liberty University's and Virginia Tech's Division II men's hockey teams. In the end, the Flames came away with a heated 5-3 triumph to continue their torrid play of late, sweeping three games in the weekend DII showcase at the LaHaye Ice Center to end their regular-season on an 8-1 surge.
Virginia Tech took a 2-1 lead after the first period, with its two goals involving a bit of luck and treachery. The Hokies' ended a scoreless tie with 6:13 to play when senior defender Philip Beethoven-Wilson's shot from the left blue line squirted through the pads of Liberty goalie Nick Devine and trickled across the goal line.
The Flames tied it up less than a minute and a half later when Peter Kazmierczak's shot from the top of the right circle was blocked by Virginia Tech goalie Walker Detweiler, who lost control of the puck with his stick. Jeff Boschman controlled the rebound with his skates, kicking the puck into position to stick it past Detweiler into the right side of the cage.
Then, with 1:55 left in the first period, the Hokies reclaimed the lead after defenseman Alec Burgman got away with yanking Liberty goalie Nick Devine down on a run through the crease, leaving him on his back like a turtle on its shell. Junior forward Greg Kubrak nearly sneaked the puck in on one of two putbacks from the left side of the net before it bounced out to Chris Vu, who ripped a slap shot from the top of the right circle into the empty upper netting over Devine, still flat on his back with his skates in the net.
"I saw the replay and (Burgman's) stick got tied up and he kind of clotheslined him," Liberty head coach Chris Lowes said. "We argued that it's still his responsibility to stay clear of our goalie and I would have thought they would have erred on the side of protecting our goalie, but it happens. It's a quick play and the refs like everyone else, they only get a quick flash. They're not privy to replays."
It didn't take long for the emotionally charged Flames to even the score, just 1:40 into the second period, when John Cotton finished a feed from DJ Dinnison behind the left side of the net with a point-blank shot into the right side of the net.
"The boys bounced back," Lowes said. "It's easy to get a little rattled when something like that happens. We get a bad break but we came back out in the second and just battled hard.
"We're real strong deep in their corners, we've got a lot of ability playing in the goal line and that was what happened on that play," he added of Cotton's tying goal assisted by Dinnison. "It was just a great give-and-go."
With the game tied at 2-2 midway through the second period, Virginia Tech killed a five-minute power play, keeping the game in the balance.
"Power play was probably the only thing that we really were disappointed in tonight," Lowes said. "We struggled to get shots through and make things happen, but give Virginia Tech credit for their penalty kill."
The extended man advantage occurred after a dangerous roughing penalty was called on Tech freshman Jake Hubert for checking Liberty's Nate Arbour into the boards, briefly knocking the freshman forward unconscious. The hit appeared to be payback for Kyle Davis checking Vu from behind into the boards on the other end, which went un-penalized.
"It was just a physical game all around," Lowes said. "The goalie's getting banged, bodies were flying and it always is when we play Virginia Tech."
Caleb Allison put the Flames ahead to stay less than two minutes into third period on a goal set up by Boschman and Seth Reed. He skated in from the right corner and threaded a shot through the legs of Detweiler that barely skidded across the goal line for a 3-2 edge. Then, less than three minutes later, Liberty extended its lead to 4-2 when Kazmierczak pocketed a left-handed slap shot from the center of the left circle into the net, finishing the rebound of shots by Bobby Cervone and Brad Docksteader.
"That was a nice finish," Lowes said. "Kaz has been hot lately, playing well."
But the Hokies showed they had plenty of competitive fight left in them, slashing the deficit to 4-3 with just under 5:00 left in regulation. Douglas McDonald skated through Flames defenders and had his initial shot saved by Devine before senior defender Joel Samuels put away a follow by Burgman seconds later.
Liberty capitalized with its only power-play goal of the day for a bit of breathing room with 3:24 to go when Dinnison received a cross-ice assist from Neal Henderson, skated in from the left wing, drew a defender out of position and finished a shot past Detweiler.
"I just tried to get by the defender and then bury the puck," Dinnison said. "(Henderson) was on the wing, he passed it across to me with a lot of speed (and) I kind of just took it in wide, saw the defenseman bite a little bit, deked him to the right and then got by him one-on-one with the goalie and scored."
"That's just DJ being dangerous on the rush," Lowes added. "They were battling and they had a little momentum there and were spending some time in our end, so we got the benefit of the power play and DJ did his thing."
Virginia Tech, ranked fifth in the latest ACHA DII poll, outshot sixth-ranked Liberty, 36-35, but the Flames (20-7-1) won the regular-season series against the Hokies (14-11-2) two games to one, setting up a fourth meeting in the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Conference tournament, Feb. 15 in Abingdon, Md.
"It felt good to get that one, just for the seniors (since) it was their last game here," said Dinnison, Liberty's second-leading scorer behind Docksteader. "It was huge to get a W against our rivals (and) I was glad to help.
"We had a really good weekend," he added. "Three big Ws, should get a good ranking spot (for the DII Southeast Regional playoffs Feb. 22-24). It's all about momentum in hockey. We're playing really confident right now and we're hoping to just take that into the playoffs and do really well."


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Article in the Adult Fiction and Horror categories.
"Where there is no imagination, there is no horror." -- Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet (1887)
"you want to know if i believe in ghosts, of course i do not believe in them. if you had known as many of them as i have you would not believe in them either." -- Don Marquis, Ghosts in Archy and Mehitabel (1927)
The fear of monsters, vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, haunted houses, demonic possession, medical and psychological evil, the occult and supernatural is the stuff of horror stories. The reader wants to discover how the protagonist overcomes the demons that beset him.
H.P. Lovecraft(1890-1937) is often consdiered the father of modern horror fiction. In his Cthulhu Mythos, an expelled race wants to take possession of earth again. He states, "All my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large.
Stephen King (1947 - ) His stores define the horror genre. He has been described as one of the best storytellers of our time, depicting the nightmare of our idealistic civilization. He received an honorary National Book Award in 2003.
Pseydonym: Richard Bachman
The Shining, The Dead Zone, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, Carrie, Firestarter, Cujo, Pet Sematary and more
Awards in Horror Fiction
Bram Stoker Awards presented annually by the Horror Writers of America.
Classic Authors
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray


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Staple-less stapler, oh my!
First, I have to say, I've been trying to post this for the past couple days, but have been having trouble with Blogger. I think the internet is broken. But finally, it's working! So.... here goes.
This is the most awesome stapler EVER. At least from my point of view, as an actor. I always want to make it easy for the receiver to recycle my headshot and resume (if they don't need it), but staples are a hassle to pull out, so I'm sure they end up in the trash bin instead. Plus, I know that staples can catch on things, or make a pile of headshots a little lob-sided. Little things, I know. But anyway, this stapler is awesome. I will never have to worry about running out of staples in the middle of attaching headshots to resumes. Anything I staple can be put through a shredder, or recycled... I'm having so much fun with this thing! Granted, it can only do a fewsheets at a time, so you'll still need a regular stapler for your 10-page report, but this thing... is definitely one of the coolest little inventions I've seen. There seem to be a few versions. This is the one I got:
From www.uncommongoods.com. It comes in a set of two, a blue one and a green one, for $12, plus shipping . Looks like you can get the same ones in different colours at www.thinkgeek.com as well, for $5.99 each.
Now that I decided to make a post about these things, I'm seeing all these other staple-less staplers that I like, too! Check these out. Little doggie and kitty staplers:
You can find them at www.thinkgeek.com, for $7.99 each. I think these are great for kids! You don't have to worry about them stapling themselves, or eating staples or stepping on staples... Brilliant, I say.
I like the look of this one. It looks a lot like a normal little stapler. I'm kind of wishing this is the one I got.
You can find this one at www.naturalcollection.com for £5.82 . Yes, it's in pounds, and therefore a bit more expensive than the other ones for us Americans. But it's so cute!!
If you want something that looks sleeker, and maybe looks a little better on an office desk, check out this one:
That photo doesn't look right, for some reason, but that's the way it downloaded. Oh well. You can see it here: www.jbox.com. This is a more expensive one, at $36, but it is pretty cool looking... Seems to be a Japanese model, and can stitch together 7 pieces of paper. The others only claim to do about 4 sheets.
You can also find a couple different styles and colours at Amazon.com (which I normally check first for things I want to buy, but for some reason didn't, and now I'm afraid I might end up buying more staplers, cause they're all so coooool!).
I'm just crazy about mine. I'm "stapling" everything I can get my hands on. I do have to say, there are two downsides that might make you keep your regular stapler on hand. One, it doesn't do many sheets, and two, if you goof up, and say, staple things together upside-down, it's a little more obvious than if you had stapled them and redone it. But I still recommend them!
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At CES, the giant gadget conference taking place in Las Vegas, musical celebrities are taking over what's normally a geekfest -- where the crowd's definition of "rock star" in past years has been Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
For reporters like me, it's not a bad a day at work when the calendar reads "Follow Dr. Dre and Lady Gaga around the show floor."
My personal musical tastes run more towards the former than the latter, but the attention the talented newcomer, known more for her dystopian music videos and outrageous costumes than her technical expertise, is impressive.
If yesterday's CES was all about getting a first glimpse of the gadgets, today is all about the sizzle. Superstars are hitting the CES floor to talk up Polaroid -- Gaga's new gig -- and "Beats," a new set of headphones bestowed upon us music lovers by Dr. Dre himself.
The star power will be a welcome sight for tech-industry watchers looking for signs of a needed spark in the business.
The gadgets are holding up their end of the deal: We've seen cool tablet computers, clearly the next wave of how we download our data and take it with us. Silicon Valley veteran Nvidia boasting its newest chips inside many a tablet, HP out with a Microsoft-powered model, and we're still waiting on Apple. Meanwhile, a company called Flo TV, a subsidiary of wireless giant Qualcomm in San Diego, made a big splash on the show floor with its smartphone-sized device that lets you take a crystal-clear live television signal with you wherever you go.
And, speaking of smartphones, the company that got the most double-takes was likely Pong, an outfit making sleeves for your iPhone and BlackBerries. Not just any sleeves: These claim to lower radiation, while actually improving the cell-phone signal. That's one I can't wait to try out back home.
But today belongs to the superstars. Keep it here, and we'll show you what they do when they hit the city of good ol' Las Vegas.
Scott will keep ya head ringin' with updates on Twitter: @scottbudman


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Can sidewalk salt be used to melt the ice off my pond?
Wayne – Independence, OH
Sidewalk salt is made for one simple purpose: to melt ice on your sidewalk. And while it theoretically could be used to melt pond ice, it's most definitely not the right product for the job. While some sidewalk salt products are made up of pure rock salt, others contain additives like chloride – and neither substance is particularly fish- or plant-friendly. Because of the harm they can do to your aquatic environment, we strongly discourage the use of sidewalk melt products on your pond.
Fortunately, there are several good, chemical-free alternatives. The first – and arguably most effective – is the year-round use of a Airmax® PondAir™ Aeration System. Through the constant flow of air through the water, and the consequent movement of the water, ice can't form, and a steady supply of life-sustaining oxygen is assured.
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OCEAN CITY – Nearly two
years after offering a reward and asking the public's help in identifying the
suspect in a brutal rape case, Ocean City police detectives last week solved
the case with the help of a national DNA database, which identified a suspect
now serving time in a Florida prison.
The brutal attack and
rape occurred on Memorial Day weekend, more specifically May 24, 2008, around
2:30 a.m. in the area of 49th Street. The unidentified suspect was
seen by witnesses in the 49th Street area just prior to the attack
and rape and fled toward the beach after several citizens attempted to detain
him. The attack touched off a massive manhunt including helicopters and police dogs,
but the suspect eluded capture and remained at large for nearly two years until
the case was allegedly solved last week.
After continuously
pursuing leads to no avail, OCPD detectives learned last week the FBI
Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) had positively matched DNA
recovered from the Ocean City rape victim in 2008 to a man convicted of
burglary in Fort Lauderdale. Soon thereafter, OCPD detectives traveled to
Florida to interview the suspect, identified as Lorenzo Ivan Garcia-Moreno, 23,
who is currently being held in a Florida state prison.
Last Wednesday, Ocean
City police formally charged Garcia-Moreno for the Memorial Day 2008 rape in
Ocean City. In addition to first- and second-degree rape, Garcia-Moreno is also
being charged with attempted first- and second-degree rape, first- and
second-degree assault, multiple sex offenses, kidnapping and reckless
Garcia-Moreno is
currently being held in Florida. Anyone with further information regarding the
attack is urged to contact the OCPD Criminal Investigation Division at
410-723-6604, or Det. Corp. Shawn Jones at 410-723-6661.


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The series shapes up as a mismatch, with eighth-ranked New Zealand hit by injuries and the withdrawal of former captain and star batsman Ross Taylor, but coach Gary Kirsten said the South Africans would not take victory for granted.
Kirsten said South Africa wanted to start a busy year of Test cricket on a strong note after capturing and then retaining the number one spot with successive away series wins against England and Australia.
"We had a good meeting around the year ahead," said Kirsten. "We're likely to have ten Test matches in 2013, and what we do as a team is set our goals about what we want to achieve for the year. The New Zealand series will be an important stepping stone to that.
"The success of our team in 2012 was the fact that we remained humble in our play, we never took any situation or any team for granted. We made sure that our preparation was spot on and that, when we got into Test match time, we set up solid foundations to give ourselves the best chance of success. We will treat this series no differently."
Nothing less than a 2-0 series win will be necessary for South Africa to improve their ranking points - and even then they will only gain one point. If they win the series 1-0 they will lose a point, while if they lose the series 1-0 they will shed seven points and lose their top spot to England.
New Zealand are likely to rely on a handful of top players, with captain Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson their key batsmen.
Guptill made a century in a Twenty20 international against South Africa, while all three made half-centuries in their side's three-day warm-up match against a South African Invitation XI in Paarl.
Williamson made New Zealand's only century when the teams met in three Tests in New Zealand earlier this year. South Africa won the series 1-0.
Left-arm opening bowler Trent Boult and the experienced Chris Martin will be New Zealand's bowling spearheads in the absence of the injured Tim Southee and Daniel Vettori.
South Africa have an injury concern over new ball bowler Vernon Philander, who is recovering from a hamstring strain but can call on two of the world's leading fast bowlers in Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, while their batting bulges with proven world-class performers such as captain Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers.
South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wkt), Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Jacques Rudolph, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Rory Kleinveldt
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Daniel Flynn, Dean Brownlie, BJ Watling (wkt), James Franklin, Colin Munro, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult, Jeetan Patel, Bruce Martin, Chris Martin, Mitchell McClenaghan
Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG), Rod Tucker (AUS)
TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI). Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
Jan 2-6, First Test, Cape Town
Jan 11-15, Second Test, Port Elizabeth


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(And the tiny crowd goes wild.)
In my capacity as a Bibliophilistine, I was reading the Guardian Books blog this morning, and I came across a line so throwaway I'm not even going to link to it or take the author to task for it specifically. But I'll tell you what it said, so you know what triggered my ire:
"Now, with creative writing courses churning out novelists by the hundred…"
Half a sentence, containing no explicit judgments whatsoever. Pretty incendiary stuff, I know. But it got to me because I am so fucking sick of this meme that's sunk its teeth into the cultural conversation (such as it is) about books and writing over the last few years: that creative writing programs are somehow creating hordes of writers who have no business calling themselves writers. (See also: Creative Writing Programs Foster Mediocrity; Real Writers Don't Need No Skool; Shakespeare Didn't Have a Goddamned MFA; and No One Wants to Talk about the Real Epidemic Threatening Our Children Today–Bad Writing!)
If you didn't know and haven't guessed, I have an MFA.
But my point here is not to defend the credibility of my degree, mostly because it's already too late for that. Newly minted MFAs are routinely cautioned not to mention that credential in query letters, because agents and editors will merely roll their eyes and say, "Great. Another one." Another product of the mediocrity factory, another dupe of some university selling false hope to the profoundly untalented at $30K a year. Seriously, the only people impressed by an MFA in writing are those who don't write and never worked in publishing. Restoring the degree's reputation as a literary credential would take a lot more effort than I'm willing to put out.
But there are still plenty of reasons why MFA programs aren't utterly pointless and certainly shouldn't be blamed for the scourge of crap writing. I can at least make the effort to draw your attention to those.
1. Bad writers were in the beginning, are now, and ever shall be, world without end. What's more, bad writers have never understood that they're bad writers and never will. They have always been out there, submitting unsolicited manuscripts to publishers with cover letters saying, "All of my friends have told me this is really good, so I know you won't want to miss this opportunity to make millions!" Writing programs did not create these people and cannot stop them.
2. They also didn't create mediocre writers, and this notion that they encourage those is bushwa.
Here's what people on the outside see: a bunch of mediocre writers get accepted into a program and walk away two or three years later, still mediocre, with a piece of paper saying they've learned something. Here's what people on the inside see: during those intervening two or three years, the mediocre writers get eviscerated in workshops, snubbed by professors, schooled in the harsh realities of the publishing industry, reminded constantly that the likelihood of even the most talented students having successful writing careers is practically nil, confronted with the fact that their relatively successful writer-professors can barely afford shoes, and told again and again and again that the only good reason to be a writer is because you love it. No, it's more than that, even–the only good reason to be a writer is because you can't stop. If you have it in you to stop, then lord god, do anything else!
The universities may not, as Flannery O'Connor observed, be stifling enough writers, but they're doing their best, I promise. For my money, one of the most important functions of MFA programs is disabusing novice writers, talented and untalented, of the notion that their writing is so goddamned special they'll never be subject to the professional requirements of the industry or the indifference of the public. I didn't need to learn that lesson at Vermont College because I'd already worked in publishing before I started, but I can't tell you how many people I met there (some mediocre writers, some staggeringly brilliant) were first introduced to the realities of the business–i.e., you will probably never make a living solely as a writer of fiction or poetry even if you're doing it better than everyone else, and p.s., you aren't–during our MFA program.
3. The reason mediocre writers get accepted into MFA programs is that sometimes, they're not really mediocre. Sometimes they're just green. Sometimes, two or three years in an MFA program is exactly what they need to stop being mediocre.
These people are not, of course, the majority–but their applications can look very much like those of the majority. How does an admissions committee determine who's really got the spark and who's never gonna get any better? There's no reliable metric for it; they have to go with their guts, and often enough, they get it wrong. So mediocre writers eventually walk away with MFAs, because they got in and did the required work just like the talented ones, however much they also disappointed the committees that chose to gamble on their potential. That's how it happens; it's no big mystery. It's also not a phenomenon exclusive to MFA programs by any fucking stretch.
4. MFA programs are not just gathering spots for novice writers, most of whom suck. They're also the workplaces of hundreds of extremely talented writers who, like most, cannot make a living from writing alone. MFA programs offer those writers a schedule that allows for writing and an employer that encourages (nay, demands) it. This is a good, rare thing.
Put it this way, even if I don't personally get shit out of having an MFA, career-wise, I invested my $30K a year in the careers of Nance Van Winckel, Christopher Noel, Pamela Painter, David Jauss, Douglas Glover, Laurie Alberts, Bret Lott, Xu Xi, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Ellen Lesser and Diane Lefer. (Most of whom worked a hell of a lot harder than they needed to for their meager portions of my $30K a year, I might add.)
There's only one person on that list I don't feel perfectly delighted to have supported. That person is also the only one you've ever heard of before, or are ever likely to hear of again. Get what I'm saying?
And hey, sneering, non-MFAed midlist fiction writers and poets: do y'all especially get what I'm saying? Mediocre writers in some MFA program are putting food on the table of the contest judge who might award you some prize no one's ever heard of and thus allow you to publish a book no commercial publisher would touch, since the unfortunate truth is no one gives a rat's ass about the work you love except other writers. Including, fortunately for you, mediocre ones with disposable income. So shut it.
5. Having brought up economic considerations, let me now put paid (ha!) to the myth that all MFA programs are merely cash cows, and all MFA students are spoiled brats seeking to purchase formal approval for their shitty writing.
First I must acknowledge that I, personally, was one of those spoiled brats (though I was primarily interested in purchasing a babysitter who would demand that I write consistently), but that doesn't change the fact that most MFA students, like most writers in general, are broke as a joke. And most MFA programs, like any other graduate programs, cough up a whole lot of scholarships and fellowships and assistantships to support promising students; several only accept as many students as they can offer full rides and stipends to. For some people, their MFA funding will probably be the most money they ever make for writing. Not a bad reason to do it, right there.
Unfortunately, this is less true of low-residency programs. For starters, the lack of residency means a lack of slave labor teaching assistant opportunities. It's also a model that certainly does make some cynical university administrators go, "Hmm… we can pay the teachers less and not give them offices, we only have to find physical space to support the program every six months, and yet we can charge students the same tuition as other programs and have a good excuse to fund fewer, if any, of them. What's not to love?" I attended a low-res panel at AWP a few years ago, at which a representative of the University of Chicago hijacked the discussion to ask a million questions about how to start a low-residency program, how much you can get away with charging, etc. (I daresay this attitude is especially prevalent at better universities–see also: "Master of Liberal Arts" programs–because they know people will pay top dollar just to say they graduated from wherever.) Those of us who were there because we really knew and loved the low-res model all wanted to kick her in the shins.
And that shit is especially unfortunate because low-res programs are far and away the leaders in providing what I believe is the single best reason for MFA programs to exist:
6. MFA programs offer promising but green writers access to the patient, detailed advice of seasoned writer/editors–an opportunity that simply doesn't exist anywhere else these days. Maxwell Perkins died 60 damn years ago, and today's young Fitzgeralds and Hemingways and Wolfes simply won't get the benefit of the doubt from his successors, no matter if they've got potential leaking from every pore. They have to figure out all by themselves how to get the thing written, how to cut what's not working and do more of what is, how to detach emotionally and view their own work critically, how to keep to a schedule, how to control their finances, how to lay off the sauce as necessary–in short, how to behave like grown-up professionals. That shit doesn't come naturally to writers. A lot of us need help with it.
But today, we're not going to get it from an editor at Scribner who sees promise in a manuscript that's about 80 percent hot mess. That editor doesn't even know the name of the 22-year-old intern who already rejected said manuscript (and rightly so) after reading three pages. If the manuscript's only, say, 10 percent hot mess, then we might get some patient editorial advice from an agent. But that was never supposed to be an agent's job, and it only is now because editors don't (can't) do that anymore.
That free support system from encouraging editors is gone–for some good reasons and some bad, but gone either way. Maybe it was never quite enough to only have talent, but now, having talent is barely a start. Being a professional writer is a very, very different thing from being merely good at writing. (Someone more bitter than I might even say the two are hardly related these days.) So people who are good at writing and wish to be professional writers can A) try to figure it all out intuitively–which is possible but might take decades–B) hope they chance to meet an experienced writer or editor who sees their promise and offers a hand pro bono (good luck with that), C) assume talent will carry them and charge forward like arrogant jackasses, only to be rejected over and over and over, or D) seek out an institution whose express purpose is helping good writers learn to be professional writers. (Or less unprofessional, anyway.)
A and B work for a handful of writers. Most go with C. The rest of us are stuck getting MFAs.
We don't do it because we think the letters after our names will make us sound smarter. We don't do it because we think it's a direct route to publishing contracts and teaching jobs. We do it because we want the space and time to practice our craft, the advice of people who've been around the block, the community of people who don't dismiss us as artsy-fartsy weirdos, the thrill of getting to call ourselves writers without immediately having to say, "No, I haven't published a book and I don't work for a newspaper, and yeah, there have been a couple stories, but no, you haven't heard of the magazines, and no, I wasn't paid, unless you count contributor copies… Did I say I was a writer? I meant I'm an administrative assistant/teacher/copy editor/communications officer/cocktail waitress. Sorry for the confusion."
And after graduation, all of us–mediocre MFAs and gifted MFAs and all the MFAs in between–are writers just like any others, just like those who rail against MFA programs as if they exist solely to make the world collectively dumber. We hope for the best, but we only write because we love it. We write because we don't have it in us to stop.


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Some dirt for those of us stuck in mostly restricted areas
Love this route through the parks. Great to ride with other bikers
Great brief section of 2-lane highway that goes over the mountain, fun curves and nice scenery also.
Tahoe turnaround
The superslap portions of the route are what they are, but the mountain roads portion of this route is fantastic.
Two major sections of mountains and twisties.
Beautiful scenery in the mountains.
NOT good to go any later in the winter season than about November as roads up at 5000 feet elevation will ice up and snow, but other times of the year, it's a long but great ride to a desert resort area.
The road condition is like Trinity rd. But it it does get a lot better about 3/4 of mile in. It's definitely worth doing especially if you came up Trinity rd. this far.
Great mix of terrain. Tight twisties with straights on Hwy One. Watch out for bark, branches, and fallen rock from the hill side.
This is the local Route to Nacimiento Fergusson Rd. About 20 miles. This is what we take when Highway 1 is blocked in both directions. This path is rocky and completely unpaved. There are slow speed sections where there are several "neighborhoods" where locals live they are very friendly just don't speed through their area. Kids live and play up here. There are two sections where you need to watch your speed. no worry's though signs are posted letting you know you're in a "residential area." The Road head starts at Treebones Resort driveway. Go left onto Will Creek Rd. just keep trucking until you come to a fork in the road about 8-miles up. Follow the sign that says Naci-Fergusson/south coast ridge road. Things to be aware of: This road is used by locals. They drive really fast! This road is only passable with high clearance vehicles. Small/large trucks motorcycles ATV's. Can be done in a small car but definitely not recommended.
Alice's thru Big Basin, Bonny Doon, Swanton & Pescadero
Going to be a great ride on a beautiful day
Great trip through Angeles National Park. Watch the corners. Gets tight and saw a few bikes that had hit the walls!
Great climb, corners and scenery.
General ride.
Vegas from palm desert
Pfeiffer canyon bridge was still closed (5days to go) but this detour was totally worth it! Bunch of sections with narrow curvy roads with some surface damages, but almost noone on the road. Make sure to have enough gas to get through, as there are no stations for a good 30-40 miles
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Long day in the saddle but well worth the trip. Wife and I do this trip in the fall every yr on 2 up. Lots of great wine stops to pick up a few bottles and then enjoy Ojai that night.
Great day ride out of Ojai. Some great food stops along the way. Try "The Place" in venacopa and Pine Mt Bar in Fish Camp.
French creek to S Shingle
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Great short day ride with fun curves, great views, and little towns
Rural Scenic
This fun out-and-back route is the road to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - a twisty, steeply-climbing mountain road, with a drop-off on one side. Scenery is amazing, but keep your eyes on the road! Corners sneak up on you, but a very fun, entertaining route. You may end up behind a slow-moving tourist car, but it is still worth the views on the way up. Take a short hike when you get to the top, around the Bristlecone Pines. Very nice route.


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It's one of the biggest debates going on among early childhood development experts: Is it more important for kindergartners to focus on academics and learn their ABC's and numbers? Or spend more time on social and emotional issues, like how to play nice and pay attention?
Recent research by a UC Irvine education professor shows that math skills among kindergartners turn out to be a key predictor for future academic success.
Professor Greg Duncan and his colleagues analyzed studies conducted with close to 20,000 kindergartners, assessing their knowledge of math, literacy and other skills, including their ability to stay on task and make friends. The studies followed the kindergartners for several years through elementary school, testing them in reading and math.
Even after accounting for differences in IQ and family income, Duncan found that those who learned the most math in kindergarten tended to have the highest math and reading scores years later.
"It was very surprising," said Duncan, whose research appears in a new book. "Everyone says reading is most important, and if a child can read by third grade, the chance of dropping out of school is so much lower. But it was math that stood out as serving the kids best in promoting later achievement. Reading was next most important, and then attention skills were third most important."
Social skills, including the ability to self-regulate and control one's temper, also are important. But Duncan found that they weren't as closely linked to future academic success as math and reading. Students who exhibit antisocial behavior through elementary and middle school tend to drop out of high school at higher rates, Duncan found, but again, those with persistently low math scores also dropped out at higher rates.
He said his research shows that kindergarten teachers ought to devote more time to math instruction. It can be simple things, he said, like learning shapes and numbers and the concept of smaller and bigger numbers along a number line.
"If you show kindergartners a line with zero at one end and 10 at the other, and ask them, 'Where's the 8?', they tend to put the 8 in the middle," Duncan said. "They don't know that there's this cardinal pattern. And unless you show them a number line and they understand where numbers are in relation to each other, it'll be hard for them to get addition and subtraction later on."
But some question whether children are ready for certain math concepts in kindergarten. As kindergarten has grown more academically oriented in the past decade, there's been an increasing emphasis on teaching more advanced material to younger children.
"Kindergartners are learning what used to be learned in the first grade," said Jill Cannon, a researcher who has written about kindergarten for the Public Policy Institute of California. "Some people even argue that preschool is becoming too academic."
Some childhood advocates warn that instructional time is edging out playtime and putting unnecessary pressure and stress on kids. In its report [PDF] "Crisis in the Kindergarten," the nonprofit Alliance for Childhood argues that children were being taught to master material beyond their developmental level while being deprived of playtime to help them cope with the stress.
"Some kindergartners are being taught to count to 100 by 1's and by 10's," said Edward Miller, a senior researcher for the Alliance for Childhood. "But it's very clear from the research that 5-year-olds are not capable of really understanding that kind of large number. So they're being taught to repeat something that's meaningless. And if they don't, they get labeled as failures."
Duncan said kindergartners are ready for a variety of math concepts that can be taught in fun and playful ways.
"I'm not implying that there needs to be flashcards and drill-and-kill exercises," Duncan said. He suggests teachers use math lessons that let kids explore and manipulate numbers. For parents, he recommends they point out shapes to their kids and play cards and board games to help them get comfortable with counting.


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FLOWERY BRANCH -- We are powering through the list of 330 players invited to the NFL scouting combine.
As we find the locals with Georgia connections, we will post them until we have the list completed.
Here's our latest find:
Jalen Myrick, Minnesota, 5-10, 205, DB, Savannah Christian Prep, Bloomingdale. He
started all 13 games and recorded 41 tackles, 11 pass breakups and one interception. He also returned 13 kickoffs for 287 yards and nine punts for 44 yards. He played in 46 career games for Minnesota and made 90 tackles, including seven tackles for losses. He also broke up 19 career passes and has returned two of his five interceptions for touchdowns. He has also returned 43 kickoffs for 1,052 yards and returned a kick 100 yards for a touchdown against Northwestern in 2014. Myrick is in line to be selected in the 2017 NFL Draft. Minnesota has a strong recent history in having defensive backs drafted. Eric Murray was taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016, while Cedric Thompson was selected by the Miami Dolphins in 2015 and Brock Vereen by the Chicago Bears in 2014. NFLDraftScout.com has him ranked as the 24th best cornerback in the draft and projects that he'll be drafted in the fifth or sixth round.
Here are players with Georgia connections, who have been invited to the combine:
Montravius Adams: Auburn defensive lineman from Vienna (Dooly County High School) was a 2012 AJC Super 11 selection.
Erik Austell, Charleston Southern, 6-4, 285, OL, Central Fellowship Christian Academy in Macon. Was born Warner Robins. Graduated with a Criminal Justice Degree in May of 2016. Currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Organizational Management. He started 10 games and graded out at 91.4% in the 2016 season. He led the Bucs with 84 knockdown blocks. He was a part of an offensive line that powered the nation's sixth-best rushing attack and amassed 500-plus yards of offense in four games. NFLDraftScout.com has Russell ranked as the 25th best guard in the draft.
Harrison Butker: Georgia Tech's kicker from Decatur played at Westminster. His longest kick made in college was 53 yards. He finished his college career with a 71.7% field-goal percentage.
Chris Carson, Oklahoma State, 6-1, 215, RB, Parkview, Lilburn. Originally signed with Georgia out of high school, but ended up at Butler (Kan.) Community College. Carson earned a reputation as a powerful runner during his two seasons on the OSU roster, leading the team in yards and carries as a junior then playing a prominent role as a punishing runner in last season's offense. Despite missing some time due to injury, Carson finished his senior season with a team-best nine rushing touchdowns, gaining 559 yards on 82 carries for an average of 6.8 yards per carry.
Jarrad Davis, Florida, 6-2, 238, LB, Camden County, Kingsland. He started 22 of 35 games over his career for the Gators. He had 145 tackles, 14 tackles for losses and two forced fumbles over his career. He played in college for legendary coach Jeff Herron, who recently left Grayson to take a college job at South Carolina. NFLDraftScout.com has Davis rated as the third highest inside linebacker and projects that he'll be selected in the second round.
Robert Davis: Georgia State wide receiver (three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection) is from Warner Robins and played high school football at Northside-Warner Robins.
Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee, 6-3, 210, QB, Alpharetta. Could he be this year's Dak Prescott? Over 37 games, Dobbs completed 614 of 999 passes for 7,138 yards. He also rushed for 2,160 yards and 32 touchdowns as he led a Rocky Top revival. Finished Tennessee career with a 23-12 record (including 3-0 in bowls) as starting quarterback, tying Condredge Holloway (1972-74) for the fifth-most wins by starting quarterback. Set school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback (2,160), career rushing touchdowns by a QB (32), single-season rushing yards by a quarterback (831 in 2016) and single-season rushing touchdowns by a QB (12 in 2016). NFLDraftScout has Dobbs rated as the 10th best quarterback in the draft and are projected that he'll be drafted in the seventh round.
Dylan Donahue, DE, West Georgia, 6-3, 240. He finished third on the team in total tackles with 67. He also had 20 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks, which was a single season Gulf South Conference sack record.
Evan Engram: Mississippi wide receiver is from Powder Springs. He played at Hillgrove High School.
Amba Etta-Tawo, Syracuse, 6-2, 202, WR, McEachern High. Played one year for the Orange as a graduate transfer from Maryland, where he spent four seasons including one as a redshirt. He set 10 Syracuse receiving records and was named to four All-American teams. Etta-Tawo had 94 catches, while his 1,482 yards and 123.5 yards per game were both second in the ACC single-season history to Torry Holt's marks of 1,604 yards and 145.8 yards per game for N.C. State in 1998. NFLDraftScout.com has Etta-Tawo rated as the 26th best wide receiver in the draft and projects him to be drafted in the sixth round.
Gerald Everett, South Alabama, 6-4, 227, TE, Columbia High. He caught 49 passes for 717 yards and four touchdowns last season. He did not play football at Columbia until his senior year, but was a three-year varsity basketball player in high school and also was member of track and field team. NFLDraftScout.com has Everett rated as the fifth best tight end in the draft and projects that he'll be selected in the second or third round.
Wayne Gallman, Clemson, 6-0, 210, RB, Grayson High, Loganville. Left Clemson after three seasons as one of the school's most decorated and productive running backs in history.. He rushed for 3,429 rushing yards on 676 carries, with 34 touchdowns over 42 games (37 starts). He added 65 career receptions for 473 yards and two touchdowns. He rushed for 100 yards or more in 17 games and the Tigers were 17-0 in those games. He finished his career third in Clemson history in rushing touchdowns and fifth in rushing yards. NFLDraftScout.com has Gallman rated as the eight best running back in the draft and projects that he'll be selected in the third or fourth round.
Antonio Garcia, Troy, 6-7, 302, OL, Charles Drew High, Atlanta. Started 12 of 13 games last season. Played 44 games over his career, mostly at left tackle. A first team All-Sun Belt selection, Garcia did not allow a sack in over 900 offensive snaps. He also recorded over 70 knockdown blocks and allowed pressures on just 1.8 percent of pass plays. Garcia was particularly strong against CFP National Champion Clemson where he graded out at 90 percent with six knockdowns as the Trojans came within six points, 30-24, of knocking off the Tigers in September. NFLDraftScout.com rates Garcia as the sixth best tackle in the draft and projects that he'll be selected in the second or third round of the draft.
Josh Harvey-Clemons, Louisville, 6-5, 228, S, Lowndes High, Valdosta. The former 5-starrecruit started his career at Georgia. He started 11 games as a sophomore and played in 14 games as a freshman. He was dismissed from the program while in the midst of a four-game suspension for a second violation of UGA's marijuana-use policy. A third offense called for "permanent suspension and scholarship termination," according to the athletic association's student-athlete handbook. He was all-ACC honorable mention as a junior at Louisville after sitting out a season due to his transfer. He played in 10 games as a senior and had 61 tackles and two pass breakups. He was named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11. NFLDraftScout.com has him ranked as the eighth best safety in the draft and projects that he'll be drafted in the fifth or sixth round.
Johnathan "Bug" Howard, North Carolina, 6-5, 210, WR, Wilcox County, Rochelle. Howard had his best season in 2016 with 53 receptions for 827 yards and a team-best eight touchdown catches. He was an honorable-mention All-ACC pick and had a stretch of three 100-yard receiving games in wins over Miami, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. He was a Class A all-state selection by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was named the AJC's Offensive Class A Player of the Year. NFLDraftScout.com had him rated as the 52nd best wide receiver in the draft and projects that he'll be an undrafted free agent.
Alvin Kamara: Tennessee running back from Norcross also played at Alabama and Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College.
Brandan Langley, Lamar, 6-2, 193, CB, Kell High, Marietta. He was an first-team All-Southland Conference defensive back and punt return specialist. Played in 33 games during his career and made 14 starts for Lamar. He made 43 tackles, including 28 unassisted, and forced a fumble. He led the Southland Conference and finished tied for fifth nationally with is six interceptions (0.5 interceptions per game. After starting four games as a freshman at Georgia, he feel out of favor and was moved to offense before deciding to transfer.
Carl Lawson: Auburn defensive line man from Alpharetta (Milton High School) was among the Tigers' career sack leaders with 14.0 in 33 games.
Jeremiah Ledbetter: Arkansas defensive lineman played at Gainesville High School. He is the son of former Oklahoma wishbone fullback Weldon Ledbetter (1979-1982) (FULL DISCLOSURE: Cousin of D. Orlando Ledbetter.)
Corey Levin, Tennessee-Chattanooga, 6-5, 3-5, OL, Dacula High. Three-time All-American and two-time winner of the Southern Conference's Jacobs Blocking Award. He played both guard and tackle and started 51 games over his career, including the final 45 in a row. NFLDraftScout.com has Levin rated as the 17th best guard in the draft and projects that he will be selected in the seventh round or go undrafted.
Isaiah McKenzie: Georgia wide receiver and kick return specialist Isaiah McKenzie spent three seasons in Athens. He played high school football in Miami.
Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State, 6-2, 243, LB, Liberty County, Hinesville, Ga. He was first-team All-Big Ten and second-team All-America by the Associated Press, Walter Camp, USA Today, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports. He led the Buckeyes with 87 tackles and tied a career-high with 16 tackles in the regular-season finale vs. Michigan. NFLDraftScout.com has him ranked as the second best inside linebacker in the draft and projects that he'll be drafted in the second round.
Stanley "Boom" Williams: Kentucky running back from Monroe (George Walton Academy) compiled 2,025 yards over his final two seasons with the Wildcats.
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