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The sky is a pale wash of yellow ochre.
"The painting is on your palette first and foremost".
Tuesday night David had his annual 'Dessert Party'
It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it! : )
While the rest of us can only dream!
Ooooh--some beautiful paintings coming out of that workshop! And Graffam's! I went there--their lobster rolls were to die for!ReplyDelete
You are all so talented..I have envy..
And what a fun place to get away and experience these hands on lessons..
That is all a touch of sweetness in life..
Hello Carol from very hot NYC.
You all have got such a fine collection of watercolor painters up there! Everyone definitely has an individual style.
Have you done some thumbnails of those sandwiches yet? And the strawberries? All looks fresh, delicious and very reasonably priced, too.
It's fun to see you taking your painting to the beautiful waterside.
Am loving every minute!ReplyDelete
I am drooling over everything here. I am vicariously there with you enjoying the sun and sea, food and paintings. Some very wonderful paintings coming out of that workshop. Love what you are doing too. I dont know how one goes about leaving something out of a painting since its all so interesting to see. Great idea working from your camera.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a fabulous way and place to paint Carol.....xvReplyDelete
I love how you approach everything with such spirit and relish!ReplyDelete
What absolute heaven! I did a workshop like this in Italy, and it was dreamy. I think I'd like to do Maine next ;) ...in a few years, when I might have time again!ReplyDelete
looks like sooo much fun! Hello to my friend Shirley Cook!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you're enjoying your time in Maine. What a talented group of painters, including you of course.
Looking forward to seeing more!
What an idylllic setting and love the lunches and dindins breaks with all that gorgeous seafood. What a feast for the eyes, seeing such stunning watercolours together. Such different views and creativity from all of you! Looks like you're having a super time. Loved the paint on ze leg, too. :-)ReplyDelete
after a stressful week, your blog has lifted my spirits with these great shots of your painting classes.
I love the paint on David's legs. I used to paint in watercolor and I used the backs of my hands to empty the excess paint or to check a color. Funny.
Thank you so much.


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Gosselin: Cowboys at 8-6 are playoff contender, but they're still 'mediocre'
Catch SportsDay On Air twice per week on Fox Sports Southwest, when Dallas Morning News experts discuss hot sports topics from the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Rangers and colleges (check our TV listings for air times). Here are a few highlights from Monday's episode featuring Corbett Smith and Rick Gosselin:
On if the Cowboys are contenders:
Gosselin: "They are certainly a contender. They're 8-6 and if they win out, they win the division. They are certainly a contender, but the bottom line is they're a mediocre team. This is NFL parity. Everybody is allowed to compete for as long as you possibly can, and the Cowboys have done a marvelous job coaching wise of overcoming a lot of injuries. The point is if you have a franchise quarterback, you're always going to be in it, and the Cowboys have a franchise quarterback in (Tony) Romo."
Smith: "Are they a contender for what? Are they a contender for the NFC East? Yeah, they're certainly in the mix for that. Win out, and they're in. Are they a contender for the Super Bowl? I don't think anybody except for your most optimistic Cowboy fan is looking at this team as it's currently constructed and saying yeah, that is a team that can make a late run. Rob Ryan has done a great job overcoming the loss of six starters but right now, they are not poised for a long run in the playoffs."

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MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Students at Western Illinois University have been helping with tornado recovery in the central Illinois city of Washington.
WIU emergency management students are working on an economic-recovery data-gathering project. Emergency Management Assistant Professor Jack Rozdilsky and his students are looking at factors that may influence long-term economic recovery in Tazewell County.
The students hope to offer recommendations to Washington officials by the end of the semester in early May.
More than 1,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed when a tornado struck Washington last fall.


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No miracle for C's in Miami this timeBy WALTER VILLA
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January 22. 2014 2:33AM
MIAMI — Playing a third consecutive game without guard Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics, 93-86, Tuesday night in Miami.
The Heat scored the last nine points of the game to earn the win.
Forward LeBron James led the Heat with a game-high 29 points as Miami improved to 30-12, good for second place in the Eastern Conference.
Still, it was a much needed win for the Heat, who entered Tuesday having won just two of their previous six games.
It was also payback for the Heat, who lost to the Celtics 111-110 in Miami on Nov. 9, the teams' most recent meeting before Tuesday.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens called that win "a miracle", but there was no such help from the heavens Tuesday, even though Boston put up a good fight.
The Celtics (14-29) lost their 10th straight road game and also suffered two injuries. Starting guard Avery Bradley hurt an ankle early in the second quarter and did not return. Forward Brandon Bass left the game in the fourth quarter with an unspecified injury.
Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, in just his third game back after he missed one year due to a knee injury, finished with one point and five assists in 25 minutes. He went 0-for-8 from the floor and 1-for-4 from the foul line.
Among the positives for Boston were the play of big men Jared Sullinger and Kris Humphries, who each recorded double-doubles. Sullinger had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Humphries had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Wade, who is dealing with knee soreness, missed his fourth game in the past six. Wade sat out for the 12th time this season, but the "maintenance plan" regarding his knees appears to be working. He is shooting career highs from the floor (.540) and on 3-pointers (.421).
The Heat came out hot, shooting 63 percent and holding Boston to 29 percent en route to a 29-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Heat forward Michael Beasley closed out the quarter with a half-court, buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Miami stretched the lead to 18 points in the second quarter before Boston went on a 13-2 run. The Celtics outscored Miami 25-22 in the second quarter, when the Heat shot just 42 percent.
The second quarter featured the Celtics debut of backup center Joel Anthony, traded by the Heat last week. The Heat played a video tribute to Anthony on the scoreboard.
A Heat highlight came from oft-injured backup center Greg Oden, who made his Miami debut last week. In Tuesday's second quarter, he had an impressive block on Rondo and also a put-back dunk.
Heat forward Chris Bosh closed the half with a 3-pointer just before the buzzer.
The Celtics also outscored the Heat 27-20 in the third quarter and trailed just 71-67 entering the final period.Notes: Guard Toney Douglas, still waiting to make his debut with the Heat after being acquired in a recent trade, has joined the team but was inactive Tuesday. ... Celtics point guard Jerryd Bayless (toe) is expected to be out seven to 10 days. The injury to Bayless, who was averaging 7.1 points in 20 minutes, means Avery Bradley and Phil Pressey are backing up starting point guard Rajon Rondo. ... Power forward Kris Humphries, averaging 9.7 points and 9.1 rebounds since becoming a starter in Boston, is expected to traded by the Feb. 20 deadline because of his expiring $12 million contract. Rondo is also considered potential trade bait. ... Up next, the Heat host the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday in the second game of a four-game homestand. ... The Celtics play the Wizards in Washington today before returning home to face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday.


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Yesterday, I said it will be interesting to compare the degree to which the MSM reports on Scott McClellan's new book, including its discussion of the Iraq war, with the negligible extent to which it has reported on Douglas Feith's inside look at the same war, as well as the overall war on terrorism. The early returns are now in, and they come as no surprise.
As this report by Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post shows, McClellan's book is a topic of intense discussion not just at the Post but at USA Today and the New York Times. The latter two organs have refused to report on Feith's book (the Times turned down three separate stories by star reporter James Risen), and the Post has refused to review it. Yet, for reasons discussed below, there can be little question as to which book is more valuable when it comes to understanding why we went to war in Iraq and whether it made sense to do so.
Kurtz refers to McClellan's book as an example of the "tell-all" genre. Now, it may be true that McClellan is revealing all of his current opinions about, say, the war in Iraq, along with whatever he happens to know about the decision-making relating to that war and the evidence supporting the ultimate decision. But whether this amounts to a "tell-all" depends on how much McClellan actually knows, and this is the subject of considerable doubt. Though I haven't read his book, I do know that it is devoid of footnotes, endnotes, and supporting documentation. Nor, as John has pointed out, do McClellan's media appearances suggest that he's knowledgeable enough to have written a tell-all, at least on this subject.
Feith's book stands in sharp contrast. First, unlike McClellan, Feith was at the center of the policy-making at issue. Second, his book provides detailed accounts of key meetings based on contemporaneous notes. And it includes more than 30 pages of original source material plus almost 90 pages of endnotes. Readers can thus determine for themselves whether the author is providing a reliable account or merely settling scores and/or trying to make a buck (Feith, by the way, is donating all proceeds from his book to help Iraq war veterans). Yet the MSM is breathless over McClellan's book, while it continues studiously to ignore Feith's.
For Kurtz and the rest of the MSM, then, the concept of "tell-all" has little to do with the amount of actual information revealed, or its quality. The key, instead, is the amount of vitriol directed at (in this case) a president the MSM dislikes.
Though newspapers were once thought to be in the information business, politics, not information, seems to be the touchstone when it comes to dealing with books by public figures. I can think of no other explanation for the disparity in the treatment of the recent works of McClellan and Feith.
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Engineers worked gingerly Saturday to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground.
It could be days before officials decide whether they will attempt to recover Jeff Bush's body, and they were still trying Saturday to determine the extent of the sinkhole network and what kind of work might be safe. As the sinkhole grows, it may pose further risk to the subdivision and its homes.
Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night in Seffner — a suburb of 8,000 people 15 miles east of downtown Tampa — when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. Five others in the house escape unharmed.
Because of Florida's unique geography, experts say sinkholes are common across the state, with thousands erupting each year. Most are small, though, and deaths rarely occur.
"There's hardly a place in Florida that's immune to sinkholes," said Sandy Nettles, a geologist. "There's no way of ever predicting where a sinkhole is going to occur."
Florida is prone because it sits on limestone, a porous rock that easily dissolves in water. A layer of clay is on top of the limestone. The clay is thicker in some locations — including the area where Bush became a victim — making them even more prone to sinkholes.
Most are small, like one that was found Saturday morning in Largo, some 35 miles away from where the Seffner sinkhole. The Largo sinkhole, about 10 feet long and several feet wide, was discovered in a mall parking lot. Such discoveries are common throughout the year in Florida, though some factors — such as drought and development — can exacerbate the development, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Still, it's unclear what, if anything, caused the Seffner sinkhole.
"The condition that caused that sinkhole could have started a million years ago," Nettles said.
On Saturday, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ronnie Rivera said one of the homes next door to the Bush house also was compromised by the sinkhole, as determined through testing. The family, which had evacuated Friday, was allowed to go inside for about a half-hour to gathering belongings, Rivera said. The family was outside, crying and organizing boxes.
Engineers had been testing since 7 a.m. Saturday. By 10 a.m., officials moved media crews farther away from the Bush house so experts could perform tests on the home across the street.
Experts spent the previous day on the property, taking soil samples and running tests — while acknowledging that the entire lot where Bush lay entombed was dangerous. On Saturday, officials were still not allowing anyone in the Bush home.
Jeremy Bush, who tried to rescue his brother when the earth opened, lay flowers and a stuffed lamb near the house Saturday morning and wept.
He said someone came to his home in the Tampa suburb of about 8,000 people a couple of months ago to check for sinkholes and other issues, apparently for insurance purposes, but found nothing wrong. State law requires home insurers to provide coverage against sinkholes.
"And a couple of months later, my brother dies. In a sinkhole," Bush said Friday.
The sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet across and 20 feet deep, caused the home's concrete floor to cave in around 11 p.m. Thursday as everyone in the Tampa-area house was turning in for the night. It gave way with a loud crash that sounded like a car hitting the house and brought Jeremy Bush running.
Engineers said they may have to demolish the small house, even though from the outside there appeared to be nothing wrong with the four-bedroom, concrete-wall structure, built in 1974.


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PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors on Monday were shown graphic pictures said to be taken moments before an Arizona man was killed in his home, allegedly by his girlfriend.
Jodi Arias, 32, could become the fourth female on Arizona's death row if she's convicted in the June 2008 killing of 30-year-old Travis Alexander.
As the high-profile trial entered its third week, prosecutors showed the jury several photos of Alexander in his shower. Some were sexually graphic and one showed what appeared to be a bloody body on the shower floor.
Arias covered her face when the photos were projected on a screen in the crowded Phoenix courtroom.
Prosecutors believe Arias shot Alexander in the face, stabbed him 27 times and slit his throat, then left him in a shower in his Mesa home.
Arias claims the killing was in self-defense. Prosecutors argue the actions were those of a jealous woman who brutally attacked Alexander after he tried to end their relationship.
Prosecutors said the shower photos were found on Alexander's camera. They are trying to prove Arias and Alexander had sex and took photos of each other on the fatal day, all the way up to the time Alexander was killed.
Mesa police said Arias deleted the photos then put the camera in a washing machine. Investigators restored the pictures via a memory card in the camera.
The jury on Monday also saw a videotape of police questioning Arias about a gun reported stolen from her grandparents' California home before Alexander's death. Prosecutors said it was the same caliber as the gun used to kill Alexander.
On the video, Arias told police she "didn't even know that there were guns until my grandparents reported it stolen the day their house was broken into."
When a detective asks Arias what she did with the weapon, she replied: "I don't have a gun."
The trial is expected to last until April.


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Chittorgarh is located in the southern part of Rajasthan, lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgharh District and a former capital of the Sisodia clans of Rajputs of Mewar. It is 112kms from Udaipur and 182kms from Ajmer is a famous tourist destination for its massive fortress claimed to be the largest amoung all the Rajput fort and has witnessed the legendary tale of Queen Padmini's act of 'jauhar' that fascinates most historians and travellers.
Historically, the Chittorgarh fort was built by the Maurayans in 7th century A.D. The fort is surrounded by a circular wall which has seven huge gates before one can enter inside the main fort area. Some accounts say that the Mori dynasty was in possession of the fort when Bappa Rawal the founder of the kingdom of Mewar seized Chittorgarh (Chittor fort) and made it his capital in 734 AD. While some other accounts say Bappa Rawal received it as a part of the dowry after marriage with the last Solanki princess.
The first attack was by Alauddin Khilji in 1303 A.D., who was enamoured by the beauty of Padmini of which he had only heard. Rani Padmini preferred death to abduction and dishonour and committed jauhar (an act of self immolation by leaping into a large fire) along with all the other ladies of the fort. All the men left the fort in saffron robes to fight the enemy unto death. Chittorgarh was captured in 1303 A.D. by Alauddin Khilji, Sultan of Delhi who led a huge army. Elderly people then had the responsibility to raise the children. It was recaptured in 1326 A.D. by the young Hammir Singh, a scion of the same Gehlot clan. The dynasty (and clan) fathered by him came to be known by the name Sisodia after the village where he was born.
By the 16th century, Mewar had become the leading Rajput state. Rana Sanga of Mewar led the combined Rajput forces against the Mughal emperor Babur in 1527 A.D., but was defeated at the Battle of Khanua. Later in 1535 A.D., Bahadur Shah, the Sultan of Gujarat besieged the fort causing immense carnage. It is said that again just like in the case of Jauhar led by Padmini in 1303 A.D., all 32,000 men then living in the fort donned the saffron robes of martyrdom and rode out to face certain death in the war, and their women folk committed Jauhar led by Rani Karnawati. The ultimate sacrifice for freedom, Jauhar was again performed for the third time after the Mughal Emperor Akbar captured Chittorgarh in 1568 A.D.
Chittorgarh is also famous for its association with two very widely known historical figures of India. The first is, Meera Bai the most famous female Hindu spiritual poetess whose compositions are still popular throughout North India. Her poems follow the Bhakti tradition and she is considered to be most passionate worshipper of lord Krishna.
Chittorgarh remains replete with historic associations and holds a very special place in the hearts of Rajputs, as it was a bastion of the clan at a time when every other stronghold had succumbed to invasion. The fort and the city of Chittorgarh also hosts the biggest Rajput festival "Jauhar Mela". It takes place annually on the anniversary of one of the jauhars, not the one by Padmini which is most famous. This festival is to commemorate the bravery of Rajput ancestors and all three Jauhars which happened at Chittorgarh. A huge number of Rajputs which include the descendants of most of the princely families do a procession to celebrate the Jauhar.
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The completed Golden Quadrilateral highway system will pass through Chittorgarh, connecting it to much of the rest of India. Also crossing the East West Corridor (Express Highway). The Chittorgarh is situated at National Highway No. 76 & 79, both the Highways are crossing at Chittorgarh It is well connected with Jaipur, Jodhpur, Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Ajmer and Fatehabad by many metre gauge trains. The town still lacks connectivity to Ahemdabad, Bhopal, Gwalior, Ajmer, Jabalpur and Nagpur, so in order to catch trains for further cities one has to reach either Kota, Nagda, or Ratlam.
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The prime tourist attraction in Chittorgarh is the fort of Chittogarh, which is located on a steep hill beside the main township. The chhatris or memorials of Jaimal and Kalla which mark the spots where they fell while bravely defending the fort during a siege in 1586 speaks for the valor of Rajputs. Rana Kumbha Palace is an important spot and it is believed that Queen Padmini had performed jauhar in one of its cellars. The Archeological Museum, the Singa Chowri Temple, and the Fateh Prakash Palace and Museum adjacent to Rana Kumbha Palace are worth visiting. The Victory Tower or Vijay Stambh is one of the main tourist attractions of the fort. The Tower of Fame or Kirti Stambh is another important monument. built in 12th century and is dedicated to Adinath, the first Jain Tirthankara (spiritual leader).
Chittorgarh Fort
The fort, plainly known as Chittor, was the capital of Mewar and is today situated several kilometres by road south of Bhilwara. It sprawls majestically over a hill 180 m (590.6 ft) in height spread over an area of 280 ha (691.9 acres) above the plains of the valley drained by the Berach River. A winding hill road of more than 1 km (0.6 mi) length from the new town leads to the west end main gate, called Ram Pol, of the fort. Within the fort, a circular road provides access to all the gates and monuments located within the fort walls. The fort that once boasted of 84 water bodies has only 22 of them now. These water bodies are fed by natural catchment and rainfall, and have a combined storage of 4 billion litres that could meet the water needs of an army of 50,000. The supply could last for four years. These water bodies are in the form of ponds, wells and step wells. The fort has seven gates (in local language, gate is called "Pol"), namely the Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Jodla Pol, Laxman Pol and the main entry gate of Ram Pol (Lord Rama's Gate). All the gateways to the fort have been built as massive stone structures with secure fortifications for military defense. The doors of the gates with pointed arches are reinforced to fend off elephants and cannon shots. The top of the gates have notched parapets for archers to shoot at the enemy army. A circular road within the fort links all the gates and provides access to the numerous monuments (ruined palaces and 130 temples) in the fort.
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NAGRI (20Km-Tehsil-Chittorgarh)
One of the most important townships of the Mauryan era in Rajasthan, situated on the banks of river Bairach. It was formerly known as Madhyamika, which flourished from the Maurya to Gupta era. The excavations overhere have unearthed many interesting facts and have showed signs of strong Hindu and Buddhist influence. BAROLO (140 Km-Tehsil-Rawatbhata)
The ruins of the famous temples of babaroli, near Rawatbhata. This town is worth visiting, because of the group of ancient temples situated here.
BASSI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY(25Km-Tehsil-Chittorgarh)
The wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 50 Sq.Km. near Bassi village. The key fauna of the sanctuary are panther, wild boar, antelopes and mongoose. Migratory birds also visit the sanctuary. For entry into the sanctuary, prior permision is to be obtained from the District Forst Officer, Chittaurgarh. SANWARIYA JI TEMPLE (40 Km-Tehsil-Bhadesar)
The temple is dedicated to Lord Krishn, situated on the Chittaurgarh - Udaipur highway. This is not a very old structure and is an important Hindu pilgrimage centre. MATRI KUNDIYA TEMPLE (45 Km-Tehsil-Rashmi)
Also famous as the "Haridwar of Mewar", the shrine is dedicated to Lord Shiva. BHAINSORGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
The sanctuary lies in the lush green environs of Bhainsrogarh, invaluable archaeological remains can also be seen here. BIJAIPUR
The 350 year old castle built by Rao Shakti Singh, the youngest brother of Maharaja Pratap, is the major attraction. it has now been covered into a hotel. SITAMATA SANCTUARY
The sanctuary is dpread over the Aravali and Vindhyachal ranges and is the only forest where teak trees of building value are found. The thickly vegetated sanctuary has about 50% teak trees besided salar, tendu, amla, bamboo and bel etc. three rivers flow through the forest Jakham and Karmoi are the major ones. A huge dam has been constructed over the Jakham river for irrigation, and wild animals in the sanctuary.
The key fauna of the sanctuary are leopard, hyena, jackal, fox, jungle cat, porcupine, spotted dear, wild bear, four horned antelope and nilgai etc.
The most important and conspicuous animal of the sanctuary is the flying squirrel, which can be observed gliding between the trees during night, this nocturnal creatures hides in the daylight, the best time to watch the squirrel is in the months of February and March at Arampura Guest House, when most trees shed their leaves making it easier to spot the squirrel.
The sanctuary is also associated with mythological events it is believed that sita wife of Lord Ram stayed here during the period of her exile in the ashram of Saint Valmiki.
DEOGARH (125 Km) The 16th century fort near Pratapgarh, is famous for the palaces, their murals and Jain temple.
MENAL (90 Km) This is also known as the "mini khajauraho", blessed with natures beauty, this picnic spot is situated on the Chittaur - Bundi raod, and is famous for the ancient temples, waterfalls and beautiful forests.
GOTMESHWAR (130 Km) The place is famous for the ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
JOGNIYA MATA JI This temple of Goddess Yogini is said to be 300 years old


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Medvedeva earned 150.10 points Saturday to break Yuna Kim's record from the 2010 Olympics. She moved up from third after the short program to first to add to her Grand Prix Final and European titles.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Primetime Emmy nominations for best actress in a television drama series have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The nominees announced Thursday morning are: Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex"; Claire Danes, "Homeland"; Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"; Julianne Margulies, "The Good Wife"; Kerry Washington, "Scandal"; Robin Wright, "House of Cards".
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News broke recently that the NBA was seriously considering festooning team jerseys with advertisements, just like Major League Soccer, NASCAR and many other sports. What's next?
It wouldn't be a surprise to take this possibility to the illogical extreme and consider the next step: sponsorship on high school team uniforms.
Lets call it a bad idea whose time has come.
Its easy to lament the commercialization of sports, but with the fractured state of high school athletic department budgets in mind, lets not go there just yet.
In fact, lets keep reflexive emotion out of it and play on the field of reason, at least for a moment.
Financial trouble has caused cutbacks in sports offerings all over Westchester and Connecticut. Smaller teams like swimming have been eliminated or forced to raise their own funds, while modified programs have been cut to ribbons. Even vaunted football programs in places like Yonkers have been put on notice. At root: Isn't it worth keeping the football team for the price of a few sewn on corporate logo?
The sacred nature of gyms and ball fields has already been spoiled by corporate generosity most commonly on scoreboards. Liberal Hastings-on-Hudson even had BP, the environmental ogre, give money for a Little League scoreboard.
And guess what? The world kept spinning on its axis and everyone lived to tell the tale.
Two public school athletic directors, who asked for anonymity because the knew advocating for jersey sponsorship would unsettle parents and put them in the hot seat, said it was an imperfect but eminently workable solution to a nearly intractable problem: finding enough money in an age of fading public funding for enough high school sports.
Budget cuts have eliminated or imperiled many sports teams. As community members, should we wring our hands about professional leagues making a crass grab for the advertising dollar or simply get in on the action while we can?
Mar ek Fuchs is the author of "A Cold-Blooded Business," the true story of a murderer, from Westchester, who almost got away with it. He wrote The New York Times' "County Lines" column about life in Westchester for six years and teaches nonfiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College, in Bronxville. Follow him on Twitter: @MarekFuchs.
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Eyes around the world were focused on the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on March 13, as white smoke billowed from the chapel's chimney, indicating that the College of Cardinals had selected a new pope.
Many of those eyes were right here in East Meadow. The Herald surveyed the reaction of the local community, and learned that the choice of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, now known as Pope Francis, came as a surprise.
The Rev. Ralph Sommer, of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church in Westbury, admitted that he was unfamiliar with the new pontiff, but said he grew increasingly fascinated as he learned his life story. "So far, I'm touched by some of his humble gestures," Sommer said this week.
He said he was particularly impressed, when, before delivering the traditional pope's blessing to Rome, Francis bowed before the massive crowd in St. Peter's Square, asking them to bless him. "That is a very humble and a very open act," Sommer said. "He really wants to engage in the community. And that's really what a church is, isn't it? A family community."
Joann Heaney-Hunter, a pastoral associate at St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church in East Meadow, has taught theology at St. John's University for 26 years. She said she was in a faculty meeting with her colleagues when she first heard the news. "Somebody said 'White smoke,' and we all just stopped," she recounted.
The Mineola native said that Bergoglio was a top candidate for the papacy in 2005, but was not the subject of much attention this year because of his age. But Heaney-Hunter said she is pleased with the selection. "My immediate thought was that he was an absolutely beautiful, humble man who had the spirit of God in him," she said. "I believed that he stood there in humility, and he asked the people of the crowd to pray for him before he blessed them."
Pope Benedict XVI's stunning resignation last month drew mixed reviews from Catholics, according to Heaney-Hunter. "There are some people who believe that the pope should stay as pope until he dies," she said. "But many more believe that what Pope Benedict did took an enormous amount of courage and humility."
Another hot topic of conversation after the news broke, Heaney-Hunter said, was exactly which Francis the new pope, a member of the Jesuit order, had in mind when he chose his papal name — Saint Francis of Assisi or Francis Xavier, who was a Jesuit missionary.
Heaney-Hunter said that Francis of Assisi was the appropriate choice, because "when he was in prayer, he heard God saying, 'Rebuild my church.' He was somebody that was charged with the task of building up God's people."
Sommer also said that parishioners were pleased with the new name and the reasons the new pope chose it. "That struck a lot of us that he may have picked that name because the church does need some rebuilding," Sommer said. "And that's very encouraging."
Heaney-Hunter acknowledged that the Catholic Church's problems have discouraged many of the faithful in recent years. "I think all we have to do is read the newspapers, and what you will see is that the polls, the statistics, are showing that fewer Catholics are participating in the Church," she said. "But what we hope to do in this diocese, and dioceses all over the U.S., is invite people to be a part of all the good things that are happening in the Catholic Church."
Other local residents expressed their optimism in Pope Francis. "Hopefully, with all the scandals and less people joining the Church, it can bring more unity as opposed to the many independent movements breaking away from the Catholic Church," said Timmy Brennan, an East Meadow resident and a St. Raphael's parishioner.
Carol Gyss Gravely, who has taught religious education at St. Raphael's for 11 years, said, "Pope Francis is very humble in the means of which he has led his life as the archbishop. He resided in a small apartment, cooked his own meals and used public transportation. He has a devout nature to assist the poor."
East Meadow resident Elena Sanchez emailed the Herald from Italy just hours after the new pope was chosen. "I am currently on vacation in Italy and was thrilled to be here at the very moment of the announcement," wrote Sanchez, who has worked at the Diocese of Rockville Centre for 10 years and as a self-described "faith formation educator" for 35 years. "As a Latino, he represents the largest growing population in Catholicism and can speak to the diversity the Church … is experiencing."


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I do have a (stupid) newbie question, though... I totally understand the typical use cases for rendering 3D images/artwork within the browser. What I'm curious about, though, is whether WebGL will allow me to, for example, create a rectangular polygon, and include a snippet of InnerHTML to display within it.
A picture's worth a thousand words -- even this crappy, quickly-thrown-together mock-up of Yahoo!'s homepage:
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As always, bliss... :)
What a lovely spot to have a cup of tea or to read a book and enjoy the view!
You have so many beautiful spots to sit on your property, I wonder how you decide which one to go for? :D
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I just started following your blogs; I am enjoying them very much!!! It's a highlight of my day. Thank you for sharing the beauty that you have created!! Please keep inspiring!!
I love the blue and yellow combination!
Do you have a favorite hydrangea variety? I am going to add a few to my own garden soon. I'm sure whatever you have planted is super beautiful!
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2007: Earned Charles Loftus Award as Yale's top freshman... Special teams standout who returned kickoff 47 yards and punt for 87 yards (TD) against Harvard... Led team in punt return average (18.7), kickoff return average (30.4) and return yardage (325)... Yale's special teams player of the week against Harvard and Penn... Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week against Harvard... Downed punt on the one-yard line against Penn... Had two returns for TDs in three JV games.
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December 17. 2013 12:42PM
Snow began falling heavily at times in southern New Hampshire Tuesday afternoon, leading to a slow homebound rush hour.
Traffic moved slowly on all major arteries in the state during an afternoon commute that began earlier than usual as people who apparently left work to try to get ahead of the storm found themselves in the thick of it.
Commuters on the F. E. Everett Turnpike had the worst of it. A rollover accident backed up traffic in the northbound lanes south of the Bedford tolls. The accident added to the already-backed-up traffic in both northbound lanes.
The snow began to fall by noon Tuesday and dropped "a quick 3 to 6 inches" over southeastern New Hampshire, said National Weather Service Meteorologist John Cannon.
Manchester and Portsmouth declared a snow emergencies Tuesday night, and Manchester government meetings and evening school activities were canceled.
The storm followed a morning in which temperatures were below zero in much of the state and stayed below 20 degrees. Wednesday and Thursday, though, should have sunny skies with temperatures climbing into the 30s and low 40s, according to weather service forecasts.
"The forecast for the rest of the week is pretty good news," Cannon said.
In Manchester, the snow emergency means no parking on city streets from 10 p.m.Tuesday until 6 a.m.on Wednesday.
Anticipating slick roads, the city school district postponed all after-school events scheduled for Tuesday, including the much-anticipated boys' basketball season-opener between Manchester Central High School and host Trinity High. No make-up date has been announced for the game. Government meetings in the Queen City were also canceled
In Portsmouth, a parking ban was effective at 9 p.m. Tuesday with the exception of the downtown geographical area where the parking ban was to begin at 1 a.m. Wednesday. The downtown geographical area is bounded by Deer Street on the north; Market, Bow and Marcy Streets on the east; Court Street on the South; and Middle, Maplewood and Bridge Streets on the West.
The storm comes less than 72 hours after the first significant snowfall of the season. The double-barreled winter punch was a welcome pre-Christmas boost to the ski industry.
"We're definitely very happy,"said Karl Stone, marketing director for Ski New Hampshire. "At this point, getting natural snowfalls is really exciting."
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I got a Palm TX and installed ScummVM last week after a Hard Reset, I was able to start Monkey Island 2 once in a while but as I didn't figure the way to exit the virtual machine I didn't play much.
Now after a few days of not playing when I try to load the game the Palm resets it self when there is a mesagge saying Loading DataBase. I have noted the Palm resets iself if I start ScummVM and then without loading any game try to go back to the Applications menu through the Home button.
I'm out of ideas of what could cause this, I've installed some software to the Palm and one of those might be the problem, but don't know where to start, maybe someone can help.
Here's a list of some programs installed:
IBM Java
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Hi, RiGun.
If that "Loading Database" msgbox pops up and then your Palm resets, it could be too low on juice to push all those electrons. Have you checked your battery level? Anytime my TX is doing anything remotely intensive, I never start it without a fresh charge, as it would habitually --and automatically-- soft-reset in cases as mild as making an internet connection. (I've since replaced the battery and have had much more success.)
This is just a guess/hunch. Try it while it's attached to a power source and see if that helps.


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With 6 games left Marshawn is trailing AP by 123 yards. Foster is 133 yards back of Marshawn. The Vikings have 5 of their last 6 games against top 10 defenses. The Hawks have 4 games against top 10 defenses but also one game against the worst defense. The Titans* have no games against a top 10 defense but they do have 4 against top 16 defenses. I think it comes down to Lynch and Foster. Unfortunately Foster may be in the catbird seat.
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Editor's Note: The following keynote address was delivered April 15, 2002, at the 5th International Conference on Healthcare Resource Allocation for HIV/AIDS, which was sponsored by the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC), in association with the Brazilian National STD/AIDS Program, European Commission, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and World Health Organization (WHO).
Honorable Minister, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, it is a tremendous honor and privilege to be here to discuss how to translate the current momentum into concrete progress in the expansion of HIV/AIDS care in resource-limited settings.
Let me first of all express my deep felt gratitude to the organizers of this conference for inviting me to give the keynote address. This conference could not have been held in a better place. Brazil is one of the first few countries that dared to use its national budget to provide comprehensive care to those infected by the HIV virus. I am glad to be here and salute you, the people and government of Brazil, for your leadership.
During the first decade of this epidemic, with a few notable exceptions, both developing and developed countries failed to address the epidemic strategically. Few would speak openly about AIDS, and even fewer elevated it to a broader developmental issue. At about the same time, international support began to fade. In donor countries, stabilizing HIV incidence, promising new therapies, and disbelief of the worsening epidemiological projections blunted the sense of urgency that had motivated rapid action in the late 1980s. This persistent denial and lack of concrete successes in the hardest hit countries, mainly in Africa, also sowed seeds of doubt among donors that more money could, or would, be effective in blunting the epidemic.
The international response was also starved for funds. Annual global resources for AIDS had nearly quadrupled in the first years of the global strategy, from US$44 million in 1986 to US$165 million in 1990. Then growth in funding began to stagnate. By 1996, total global resources had leveled off at about US$300 million per year, two-thirds of which came from only three donor countries. This was, by any measure, insufficient.
By the mid-1990s there was a scientific breakthrough in the development of highly active anti-retroviral drugs. This brought hope to many and indeed for those who had access, AIDS became a treatable chronic condition. Despite rhetoric that it could not be done, countries such as Brazil, Thailand, and Costa Rica took bold steps to provide [antiretroviral drugs] to their people. The per capita income of these countries is about 10 times more than the per capita income of the poorest countries in the world and the HIV prevalence rate is also lower.
Despite the lack of good feasibility studies, however, access to care for resource limited settings was escalated to the highest level by activist groups and the international AIDS community. There are a number of issues that prevented the care agenda from moving ahead to reach millions. Let me mention the two that paralyzed the debate and prevented forward movement. The first one was the prohibitive cost of the drugs and the infrastructure required for proper administration of the drugs; the second one was lack of capacity and long-term sustainability.
Until very recently, the issue of access to care for resource-limited settings was not even considered by several bi- and multilateral donors, including the World Bank. While drug prices have come down substantially, the thinking behind access to drugs has not. The argument has been that for most developing countries the per capita health expenditure is US$12, and providing comprehensive care, which costs more than many countries could afford, was viewed as impossible and irresponsible. One has also to remember in many of these countries neither the basics of prevention such as condom distribution and cleaning the blood supply system nor basic care such as treating opportunistic infections and palliative care were implemented in large scale.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic also brought to the forefront the long neglected problem of health infrastructure in many of these countries. Many argued, even if the drug was available for free there is no way to ensure proper use, distribution and administration. These arguments made it look impossible for developing countries to benefit from this hope for life.
The issue of access to care emulates the history of capacity building and technical cooperation for the last fifty years of development. Let me quote a presentation by Evelyn Herfkens, the Dutch Minister for Development: "We can deliver our four-wheel drives, our procedures, and our policy documents. And we can deliver foreign experts but we have not really been transferring knowledge ... we should know the underlying causes when capacity constraints are being felt."
Sustainability and cost effectiveness concerns have paralyzed access for many years. While it is easy to dismiss these questions as hard-hearted, that does not make them any less real. A dollar spent on one thing cannot be spent on something else. Until recently, these therapies were so expensive, and resources for AIDS were so scarce, that countries faced heartbreaking choices between treating a fortunate few or giving far cheaper life-saving services (such as vaccines or tuberculosis treatment) to many others.
Today, however, the calculus is rapidly changing, for four reasons:
First, the cost of these drugs is plummeting. Activism and competition have worked together to make these therapies 70, 80, 90 percent more affordable. While countries must still face hard choices, what is affordable grows with each passing day. Moreover, the more these drugs are used, the more these prices will eventually drop as more suppliers join the market. So what we do today will affect how much we can do tomorrow. And what we learn by starting today will help us be more effective tomorrow.
Second, the amount of resources for AIDS is growing rapidly. Donors have realized that if countries hit by AIDS deplete their other development investments to respond to AIDS, it will be like trying to fill a leaky bucket. HIV preys on under-development, on lack of education, on inequality. If we lay down our gloves in those fights today, we will be hit back by HIV even harder tomorrow. What we need is more resources for both AIDS and development, and that is what donors committed to in Mexico last month.
Third, the benefits of preventing AIDS deaths are becoming quantifiable. Brazil, again, serves as a good example. Some of the impacts of comprehensive care are reduced mortality, reduced morbidity, reduced hospitalization, and tremendous cost saving. And these are only the savings to the health system. To [perform] a proper cost-effectiveness calculation, one needs also to add in the value of the extra productive years of those affected, the reduced years of orphanhood for their children, the averted strain on families and communities, and the preservation of educated manpower for the public and private sector alike.
Finally, there will be a great indirect benefit to expanding care -- the strengthening of health systems around the world. Let us be blunt. Far too many developing countries have neglected their health systems over the past generation, for reasons you know better than I. AIDS is a wake-up call, and it will not be the last. The fact that so few health systems now have the foundation in place to administer widespread therapy gives these countries the strongest possible motivation for giving these systems the attention they deserve. If we do not seize this chance to show what we can do, it may take another generation and another pandemic before another opportunity arises.
First and most important, governments of both developed and developing countries are increasingly showing the necessary leadership. Inadequate political commitment had long been the missing link in many of the responses.
Second, this rejuvenated international response is more strategic, comprehensive, and collaborative than were its predecessors. Governments, agencies, and other entities now share a broad consensus that the global response must:
In designing their programs, nearly all donors and agencies are now working through national authorities in prevention, care, and treatment and coordinating with one another in a cluster of common efforts, including UNAIDS, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and the Global Fund.
Third, the new commitment is being matched by new funding. For example, between September 2000 and February 2002 the World Bank launched the Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for Africa and the Caribbean, which set aside US$1 billion and US$155 million, respectively, in concessional funds to support national programs. Unlike previous programs these funds will be used for the full spectrum of prevention, care, and treatment. Within a year, 16 African and six Caribbean governments had reached agreements. Nearly US$570 million of the money has been committed. That represents more than four times as much as total external support for AIDS in Africa in 1998. Under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries initiative, donor and recipient governments have agreed to channel savings from debt relief to fund HIV/AIDS programs.
Fourth, efforts of the past two years have been driven by a far broader understanding of the pandemic, both in the professional AIDS community and in the general public. In the professional sphere, experience has proven the effectiveness of many replicable means of preventing HIV and caring for those living with AIDS.
Perhaps even more important has been the growth in public awareness. Over the past three years, AIDS has commanded ever-widening public attention in Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
First, governments of these countries, their people, and the international community must ensure that they have the capacity to carry out and sustain their own response. In the past, too little capacity was built, sustained, or retained. Capacity means more than trained personnel. It means strong systems supporting health, education, nutrition, social welfare, and community development, among other things. HIV has preyed on weaknesses in these core systems and on the poverty, inequality, and social exclusion. If these contributory causes are not addressed, many of the developing countries will remain ever vulnerable to HIV as well as to [a] panoply of long standing endemic ills. If they are addressed, the effort against AIDS could also produce beneficial spin-offs in a wide range of related areas.
However, fixing the problems mentioned above takes time. The way forward will be finding short cuts to reach those who need help now while working to solve the long-term concerns. These two must go hand in hand. For example, the [World] Bank programs for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean can be used to cover 60 to 80 percent of the needs within the spectrum of comprehensive care. As most of us know, antiretroviral therapy is only at the end of this spectrum. Additional resources from the Global Fund can supplement these resources and be used to buy antiretroviral drugs. These resources could be used to quickly build capacity for the short term and at the same time lay the foundation for sustainable capacity.
There are several examples of these short cuts worth mentioning. AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International (AIDSETI), an organization of people living with HIV/AIDS, has managed to reach thousands with left over drugs from rich countries in only a very short time. This organization has established a system where each patient's data is computerized, and they know where each pill has gone and how many people live with a better quality of life.
Second, the global response must remain vigilant to keep the current momentum. Same countries that are unlikely to reach the millennium development goals (MDGs) are also the ones that are hit hardest by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It looks very similar to the health goals as well. These are the kinds of evidence we should use ... upon those who are in charge of the development agenda to show that without dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic effectively, it will be difficult to reach any of the MDGs.
The struggle against HIV/AIDS will likely be long. Setbacks are inevitable. The virus may take turns for the worse, as may whole societies in the countries most affected. It is vital for the developing world and its global partners to prepare themselves and their constituents for a protracted effort. A retreat to denial or complacency would amount to a reprise of the retreat of the 1990s, with catastrophic consequences.
Third, we need to address comprehensive care in terms of "how" and "when" not "if" and "perhaps." While the global community needs to make clear that no magic bullet is likely for years, if ever, people in resource-limited settings should no longer be denied from benefiting from these therapies. While it is true that universal treatment is not yet within reach, we cannot bring it in reach without starting wherever we can. Indeed, the sooner we begin trying, the sooner prices will fall and the sooner we will learn the "locally specific" knowledge that will help make treatment feasible and accessible for millions.
We have been working in prevention for more than two decades now. We know that prevention works. We also know that prevention has never been given a chance. Many countries hit hardest by the epidemic never had the means to scale up prevention to cover whole nations. Prevention remains important and cheaper than treatment. However, with over 40 million people living with the virus, we need to realize that to care for those already infected is to give prevention a huge incentive. Knowing one's sero-status becomes meaningful only if there is hope for treatment. Care should never be seen as taking away resources from prevention; at this stage of the epidemic we cannot do prevention without care.
Let me go back and use the rationale by the Dutch Minister of Development. Let us provide menus of care with several choices and empower the governments and the people living in resource-limited settings so that they can choose what is feasible and what works for them. Remember they also observe the miracles that have happened and are happening in people living with HIV/AIDS in the North who can afford these drugs and lead a better quality of life.
Let us pledge to ourselves today that when we leave Rio [de Janeiro] we will not waste any time despairing of the obstacles we need to overcome to expand care to people in resource-poor settings. Instead, let us pledge to accelerate action to overcome obstacles. [Let us]:
Finally, Honorable Minister and distinguished colleagues, there are 40 million people living with HIV, who given proper care and treatment could lead normal lives, otherwise they are sentenced to premature death. Let us imagine that these 40 million people are citizens of one country. Let me compare this nation of people living with HIV to countries with populations of similar size: Colombia (41.5 million), Myanmar (45 million), and South Africa (42.1 million). Who among us is prepared to write off the future of Colombia, Myanmar, and South Africa? We need to remember that, "everyone has the right to be cared for and to die with dignity."
It is in our hands to leverage this time of great momentum and promise. If we use it appropriately and effectively we will indeed make sure that millions and not hundreds are cared for.
Let us liberate ourselves; change our mindset from it cannot be done to each of us pledging "I will contribute to make it happen!" AIDS, which has been a global tragedy for so long could yet become a testament to global solidarity.
Charge forward we must! We dare not fail!
Debrework Zewdie is the Coordinator of the Global AIDS Campaign at the World Bank in Washington, DC.
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Welcome back. I'm bisexual myself, but I haven't outed myself except to a few close friends and my mom.
And now everyone on the forum? ;P
I was only counting real-life stuff. In my second intro thread[1], I already revealed my sexuality, as well as a thread asking the users here for advice on telling my mom. 1. For those of you who remember its title: as it turns out, I had already written another.
Ahh, i did not know of that thread...
Id rather not search an old intro thread, sorry.
Welcome back, and kudos for the courage to come out about your sexuality. I hope you haven't taken flack from those close to you because of that.
Good to see you, OAA.
Are you still in school?
Depending on where you live, it might be a good idea to attend a GSA meeting, or equivalent.
Quote from: wright on October 13, 2013, 03:07:41 PMWelcome back, and kudos for the courage to come out about your sexuality. I hope you haven't taken flack from those close to you because of that.I've been doing pretty well. The family's okay with it, school's been alright for the most part. Joined the school GSA and I'm having a good time. Thanks for the Darwin--it's like a rechristening of sorts.
Gay Straight Alliance maybe?
Quote from: Traveler on October 13, 2013, 04:30:40 PMGay Straight Alliance maybe?Bingo.
OAA may be able to talk to people in similar situations and get advice and support.
You know I support you, OAA.
Still don't know what that is. Mind giving me a short explanation?
Doubtful. Bisexuals are not thought of in good ways, even by other LGBTQ members. That said, I don't need help. If I feel coming out to everyone is the right choice, I will come out. However, I do appreciate your concern.
A GSA is basically a student-run support group for gender/sexual minorities and their allies. It's a safe space, and most high schools and colleges in the US have them. If yours doesn't, maybe you would want to start one. It may help you and people like you.
Absolutely right--bisexual erasure is a big problem.
<snip>Nothing to lose, right?
Except being outed prematurely. As I said, I don't need help.
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Moving to the Northeast in the winter has it's challenges. Now that we've moved to Vermont from the sunny South we're doing research into heating appliances. We have been talking to folks in the area about what they use and we're pondering between four options.
Electric: Probably the easiest, cheapest option right now and fairly efficient in terms of heating a space our size. We could get through the rest of the Vermont winter comfortably with our current electric heater but it's certainly not attractive. We would like a heating unit that is easy on the eyes as well as efficient. This would only be a temporary situation seeing as we will be hooking up our solar panels this summer and investing in a small wind generator later in the year. We're also contemplating micro-hydro electric but that's for another post!
Cost: None upfront, just payment of the electric bill.
Wood: Carbon neutral, abundant in Vermont and high-heat producing this is our favorite option as of now. We met a tiny house dweller on a farm nearby who uses a wood fired stove. She loves it because she enjoys the processing of the wood and the look of the stove. She's also able to heat water on top for tea making or dish washing. When electricity has gone out during the winter she has had no problems keeping warm and heating food. There is a homey feeling to a wood stove that you just can't quite achieve with gas fueled units. However, a wood stove is messier, with ash falling through and wood chips and bark trailing in from the wood. Jotul is a popular wood and gas stove company here in Vermont and folks tell us they are the best. We're not sure they make one small enough for our space so we're going to check out their showroom this week. We've also been looking at marine wood stoves as well as Woodstock soapstone stoves made regionally over in New Hampshire.
Cost: $600-$1000 depending on the make/model we choose.
Kerosene: Several people have told us that kerosene is worth the set-up and cost of fuel. It burns really hot and it is 90% efficient according to a local gas supplier. In terms of BTU output kerosene beats out propane but it's not as clean burning and is more polluting to the environment although they make filters now that reduce emissions. Kerosene is the cheaper option when compared to propane but it's not as easy to find. I'm also most concerned about carbon monoxide so a vented heater would be essential in such a small space. The Toyotomi Laser heaters are an option but I've read a lot of mixed reviews. Overall, kerosene seems like a good option for back-up to electric heating but after more online research we are considering this option less and less.
Cost: $100-$600 including fuel.
Propane: Clean burning, efficient, relatively inexpensive and easy to find we've seriously considered the propane option. Our stove currently helps heat our house and it's run off propane so hooking up a heating element wouldn't be too difficult. The Dickinson heater, popular with Tumbleweed designs, is attractive and efficient and definitely a contender to the wood stove option in our deliberations.
Cost: About $1000 including fuel.
Ultimately our main criteria for heating units include efficiency, safety, cost and environmental impact. We are deliberate in every choice we make with the house and want to make the best choice for our space, the environment and our wallets. It's not an easy choice but a very necessary one now that we live in a state with actual winter. It's definitely going to be easier to heat the tiny house than it was to cool it in the hot, humid Southern summers!
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All of these purchases will be the envy of their fellow schoolmates, all at bargain prices. We have great purchases available with great savings on Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue!
Especially on Saturday, August 25, when your WBID will sponsor "Back to School" Sales Days with live music, face painters, and free giveaways, including American flags, all along our Woodhaven's Jamaica Avenue. All courtesy of your store and business owners that care enough to contribute to the WBID and make these activities possible.
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Three years ago at this time, we were asking you to email and write letters to our New York Secretary of State regarding the reinstatement of the Cease and Desist Order protecting Woodhaven residents from unwanted real estate solicitations. Well, it was reinstated! So, please fill out a form today. You can have one mailed to you by calling the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation at (718) 805-0202 or registering electronically by going to the website at http:/www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/cdform.asp.
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Last year our J Line elevated train was named the best train in New York City. This year it still has an excellent rating, but now is in second place with the 7 train now number one.
Sadly, during this past week there was a deadly shooting at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin. In this shooting, six innocent religious people lost their lives. Thankfully, the police (two who were badly injured) saved lives by responding and killing the suspect. Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to our Sikh friends and neighbors in this, their time of grief.
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The US as a pioneer for ecological home building? For many Germans this seems unbelievable in the face of the ongoing debate on global warming and the resistance to the Kyoto Protocol. But latest studies reveal that not only do US citizens believe in climate change, there is also a growing ecological awareness in the US as well as a readiness to invest in energy efficiency.
Many American home buyers are consciously seeking energy-efficient properties. In Austin, for example, a promising and pioneering pilot project is underway. The Texan metropolis with its dynamic flair and countless start-ups and hi-tech companies not only attracts many students, but also the wealthy. Thus it is not surprising that this is also the location ofWhisper Valley, a district consisting exclusively of climate-neutral houses.
There is enormous interest among potential buyers in this ecological building project. A house in Whisper Valley costs between 160,000 and 300,000 US dollars and represents a capital investment that is both climate-friendly and future-oriented. "Zero-energy houses are experiencing an unparalleled increase in value", explains Lorenz Reibling, Head of Taurus Investment Holding in Boston. Pioneers of this trend benefit not only from an innovation premium, but also from Austin's tax incentives for home owners. A solar energy system costing 10,000 dollars is subsidised to the extent that it only costs the owner around 2,000 dollars. Other technologies, too, are being promoted in energy-efficient homes.
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"Not only is the US real estate market backed by a stable economy, it also offers significant development potential for property investments due to the shift in ecological thinking", Reibling elaborates. For many Americans energy efficiency has become a decisive factor when buying a home. According to a study among 10,000 households by the market research institute The Demand Institute, 71 % of households stated that energy efficiency is very important to them. 90 % stated that they had already taken measures to reduce energy costs. In combination with strong laws on energy standards, this explains the undimmed prospects for zero-energy homes.
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A perspective that was clearly recognised by the project manager of Whisper Valley, Axel Lerche. The German founded the company Ecosmart, which joined forces with real estate financing company Taurus to implement the 2 billion dollar building project. Finding investors did not pose a problem. The company works together with a few very wealthy families, who finance the project.
German technology, too, is in high demand. Bosch is supplying the geothermal heat pumps, while Rehau is developing the geothermal grid and BASF is insulating the houses with the new HP+ wall system. Fine prospects, especially if one considers that ecological home building is slowly but surely becoming the standard. "Whisper Valley will be the blueprint for at least ten other projects of this kind in the US", estimates Lerche. A green "thumbs-up"!
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SUNBURY, Pa., Feb. 16 (UPI) —
A teen satanist charged in one murder along with her husband alleges she's a serial killer and police in Pennsylvania say they are taking her claims seriously.
The (Sunbury) Daily Item reported Saturday Miranda Barbour, 19, admitted her guilt in the Nov. 11 stabbing death of Troy LaFerrara of Port Trevorton and went on to confess she has killed many others in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California in the past six years.
"When I hit 22, I stopped counting,"Barbour told the newspaper through a phone at Northumberland County Prison Friday night. "I can pinpoint on a map where you can find them."
She said she is ready to plead guilty to the murder of LaFerrara, who she said she killed after agreeing to have sex with for $100 after meeting him through a Craiglist ad, and is willing to talk to police about the other alleged killings.
Court documents allege she stabbed LaFerrara 20 times while her 22-year-old husband Elytte Barbour of Selinsgrove had a cord wrapped around his neck.
Miranda Barbour told the Daily Item she was confessing to being a serial killer because she wanted to stop living a lie, though she added she felt no remorse because she only killed "bad people."
"I feel it is time to get all of this out," she said. "I don't care if people believe me. I just want to get it out."
She also said she was sexually molested by a relative when she was 4, joined a satanic cult in Alaska at 13 and became involved murder soon after.
She said she became pregnant twice, had a least one abortion.
Sunbury police Chief Steve Mazzeo said authorities were taking her claims seriously.
"We are reviewing the recording of the Daily Item interview and I will not confirm or deny anything at this point," he said.
"I will however say that through investigations by lead officer Travis Bremigen he has been in contact with several other states and is working with law enforcement from various cities and towns.
"From information we gathered and from information gathered from her interview we are seriously concerned and have been in contact with the proper authorities."