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A nearly 70-foot-long dock that floated ashore on an Oregon beach was torn loose from a fishing port in northern Japan by last year's tsunami and drifted across thousands of miles of Pacific Ocean, a Japanese Consulate official said Wednesday.
A commemorative plaque on the dock showed it was one of four owned by Aomori Prefecture that broke loose from the port of Misawa on the northern tip of the main island, Deputy Consul Hirofumi Murabayashi said from Portland, Ore.
"We were able to confirm from Aomori Prefecture that they don't wish to have it returned," he said. "About the other three, of course, we have no idea where they are floating, or if they are sunk somewhere."
The dock was first spotted floating offshore Monday, and mistaken by several people for a barge, said Chris Havel, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. It washed ashore early Tuesday on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport on the central Oregon Coast. It's made of concrete with a metal pontoon and measures 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high.
A starfish native to Japan was among the marine life still clinging to the structure after the long voyage, Havel said.
"This is tsunami debris, not just from Japan, but from the tsunami itself," he said.
Tom Cleveland, a housekeeping supervisor at some nearby beachfront condominiums, said the dock washed ashore in a storm, and people curious to see it have been jamming up traffic at a beach parking lot.
"Everybody and their brother has been here looking at it and checking it out," he said.
Cleveland said he walks the beach occasionally and has seen small pieces of debris with Japanese writing. "Obviously, we knew things would be coming our way, but I didn't expect anything this size," he said of the dock.
A radiation check of the dock came up negative, which was to be expected if the dock broke loose before the nuclear power plant accident triggered by the waves, Havel said. The parks department was overseeing efforts to identify and remove the dock.
State police were posted to keep people from climbing on the dock, said Mitch Vance, shellfish program manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Vance took samples of the mussels, barnacles and other shellfish clinging to the dock Wednesday morning. There also was green algae and brown kelp, he said.
There was no answer at the Tokyo-listed phone number for Zeniya Ocean Service Engineering Ltd., the company named on the placard, after business hours in Japan. The placard was dated June 2008.
The bulk of the debris from the March 2011 tsunami is not expected until winter, but fast-moving examples have been arriving on North America's shores. They include a soccer ball that washed up in Alaska and a shipping container holding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with Japanese license plates that turned up in British Columbia earlier this year.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to redouble its efforts to track the debris, saying something as big as the dock could pose a danger to ships at sea.
Havel said the department would be responsible for removing the dock, which remained on the beach Wednesday morning. The plaque has been put in storage. It was not yet determined whether the dock would be towed off the beach and floated somewhere for disposal, or cut up on the beach for removal.
In the meantime, small crowds of people have been showing up on the beach to see the dock.
"I think that's going to change to large crowds," Havel said.
Associated Press writer Ryan Nakashima in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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Often, people with LGMD first notice a problem when they begin to walk with a "waddling" gait because of weakness of the hip and leg muscles. They may have trouble getting out of chairs, rising from a toilet seat or climbing stairs.
Weakness in the shoulder area may make reaching over the head, holding the arms outstretched or carrying heavy objects difficult. It may become increasingly hard to keep the arms above the head for such activities as combing your hair or arranging things on a high shelf. Some people find it harder to type on a computer or other keyboard and may even have trouble feeding themselves.
Assistive devices, such as a cane or a long-handled reacher, can make things easier as weakness progresses.
A power wheelchair or scooter becomes convenient when weakness in the pelvic girdle and upper legs causes frequent falls. People whose LGMD has reached this stage often find that a great deal of their independence returns, and they're much less fatigued, when they begin using this type of vehicle.
The heart can be affected in LGMD, but this doesn't occur as often as it does in some other forms of muscular dystrophy. Heart problems can take two forms — weakness of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy) and abnormal transmission of signals that regulate the heartbeat (conduction abnormalities or arrhythmias). The heart should be monitored for these complications. When necessary, medications or devices (such as pacemakers) can be used to treat them.
Respiratory (breathing) function can decline over time, and this, too, should be monitored regularly. There are devices that can help sustain respiratory function.
LGMD, like other muscular dystrophies, is primarily a disorder of voluntary muscles. These are the muscles you use to move the limbs, neck, trunk and other parts of the body that are under voluntary control.
The involuntary muscles, except for the heart (which is a special type of involuntary muscle), aren't affected in LGMD. Digestion, bowel and bladder functions and sexual function, which are carried out by involuntary muscles, remain normal.
Pain isn't a major part of LGMD, although limited mobility sometimes leads to muscle soreness and aching joints.
Exercises to keep joints limber, moving around as much as possible, warm baths and, if needed, medication can keep this kind of discomfort to a minimum.
The brain, the intellect and the senses are unaffected in LGMD. People with LGMD can think, see, hear and feel sensations as well as those without muscular dystrophy.
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Only a few more precious weeks until San Diego Comic-Con! And even though Batman and Superman are skipping out this year, there's still plenty to be excited about.
Including Game of Thrones, Spider-Man, Venture Bros., and Locke & Key. Here's our list of what we're most excited about.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Rumor has it Spider-Man will be like Scott Pilgrim was last year. Expect every single hallway, archway, bathroom building and street sign to be draped in Spider-Man ads. While that's still not 100% confirmed, the general consensus is that Spider-Man will definitely rule Hall H this year. Fingers crossed director Marc Webb brings the new Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and screens some special footage. Also, this would be a pretty perfect location to announce the villain officially.
Cowboys And Aliens
Director Jon Favreau must be tired of screening clips and sizzle reels for his band of loyal comic-con fans. This year he's treating 2,000 fans to the world premiere of his latest film Cowboys & Aliens at San Diego Civic Theatre Saturday night, 7/23. For more information, stay glued to Fav's tweets.
Fright Night
We've been hyped about this reboot since we saw the trailer, and it was actually scary! While we're not sure if David Tennant will be at SDCC, we will still wait in line to watch any new footage of this man writhing around in leather pants (as he's prone to do, playing a d-bag Vegas magician). And according to Dreamworks, Fright Night will also be throwing a "fan appreciation party as well as a screening in advance." Color us interested. The panel will be on Friday, July 22 in Hall H.
Rise Of The Planet of the Apes
No official word on whether or not this film will have a panel, but Fox must be dying to show off the gorgeous Weta work on their ape attackers. We've yet to see a clip from this movie, and we suspect it's because they're saving the good stuff for Comic-Con.
Other films we're excited about that may (or may not) be coming to Comic-Con: Immortals (confirmed), Underworld 4 (confirmed), Shark Night 3D (confirmed), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark(not confirmed), and fingers crossed for a surprise Avengers assembly. Sure, there won't be an official Avengers panel, but I do know that I have never been to a Joss Whedon-less Comic-Con.
Game Of Thrones
On Thursday, July 21st David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Jason Momoa, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will all sit on a panel MODERATED by Game of Thrones author Author George R.R. Martin. Where can we line up now? Also we expect Martin's latest work Dance With Dragons to get a mighty push at this years Comic-Con. Image via the Wertzone.
Locke & Key
Pissed off that the live action Locke & Key TV series wasn't picked up by Fox? Well, now's your chance to watch the pilot, which will be screened on Friday July 22nd at SDCC. Amazing. Then attend the panel because Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, Josh Friedman, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will all be on hand.
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The Venture Bros. will screen their hotly anticipated behind-the-music special "From the Ladle to the Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy" on Thursday, July 21st.
Doctor Who
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will make their first ever Comic-Con appearance this year on July 24th, in Hall H! And they're bringing some brand new Doctor Who footage!
The River
All we know is that there will be a panel for this show on Friday, but the details are scarce. You should definitely show up and support this show, which we titled The Best Pilot We've Seen In Years. This show is the sleeper hit of 2011 and you'll want to be there, because if it comes back in 2012, the lines will be too long.
True Blood
This rowdy True Blood panel is always a favorite. Mostly for the screaming. THR is reporting that the panel is going to be loaded with stars including: Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Kevin Alejandro, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello and Deborah Ann Woll. Top that shit, Twilight.
The Walking Dead
There are very little details, but we do know that The Walking Dead has been filming recently. Let's hope they screen some new footage, because the trailer for the premiere season was the highlight the con last year. Wherever is it, get there early.
Other TV shows we're excited about at Comic-Con: Person Of Interest (confirmed), Supernatural (confirmed) Archer (confirmed and will have a screening), Alcatraz (confirmed), Once Upon a Time (confirmed) and Futurama (confirmed).
DC's Big Relaunch
What's spinning out from the big DC Relaunch? Fans will want to know, and DC will have a lot of explaining to do, at least to the band of protesters who are arranging a march on comic con.
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|A classic ham and pasta salad that begins with your favorite pasta, ham, shredded or cubed cheese, celery, onion, and a Ranch dressing. From there you should make it your own!
Ham Pasta SaladThis pasta salad made with ham is a southern classic for sure and great for a potluck or church supper any time of year. Very simple, but a true favorite of mine.
If you don't have leftover ham or ham that you've previously frozen, just pick up a ham steak from the meat department, or ask the deli to slice you a 1/4 to 1/2 inch slice of ham. As far as pasta, while elbow macaroni is the most traditional for this one, vary the type of pasta that you use according to what you have on hand. I used farfalle (bow tie) because I had an open box in the pantry, but pretty much any medium cut pasta you favor for pasta salads is fine.
As always with pasta salads, lots of add-ins work well here too of course, so use your favorites. Things like chopped, boiled eggs, sweet or sour chopped pickles or pickle relish, chopped red, orange, green or yellow sweet bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, black or green olives, frozen, thawed peas, or peeled and chopped cucumber, are a few good choices you may enjoy. Here's how to make it.
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Recipe: Ham Pasta Salad©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 20 min |Inactive time: 2 hours | Yield: About 8 servings
- 1 pound of your favorite medium cut pasta (bowties, medium shells, elbow macaroni, rotini), cooked
- Drizzle of olive oil
- 2 cups of chopped ham
- 1/2 cup of chopped celery
- 1/2 cup of chopped Vidalia or other sweet onion
- 1 green onion, sliced
- 1 cup of shredded or cubed cheddar cheese
- 1 cup of grape or cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 2 tablespoons of pickle juice, optional
- 1 cup of mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 1 packet of dry ranch dressing mix
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Optional Add-ins: Chopped boiled eggs, sweet or sour chopped pickles, or pickle relish, chopped red, green or yellow sweet bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, black or green olives, frozen peas, peeled and chopped cucumber.
Cook macaroni noodles according to package directions; rinse and drain. Drizzle lightly with the olive oil. To the pasta add the ham, celery, Vidalia onion, green onion, cheese and sliced tomatoes, along with any additional add-ins; toss and set aside.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the pickle juice, mayonnaise, milk, ranch seasoning mix, and salt and pepper. Pour over the macaroni and toss to coat thoroughly; taste and adjust seasonings. Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Toss before serving, adding additional milk up to 1/4 cup, if needed to moisten.
Cook's Notes: I usually wait to add my tomato just before serving, as the juices tend to water down the salad. May substitute 1 cup of homemade or commercial Ranch dressing. May also use 2 cups of chopped or shredded cooked chicken, or other proteins such as crab, imitation crab and shrimp, in place of the ham.
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Woodman of the World-Globe, Arizona
Woodman of the World (W.O.W) is one of many fraternal organizations that have designated areas of a graveyard as sections to, "bury their own". Usually, a member of this organization will have a headstone in the shape of tree stumps. Not in this case, though. The Higdon's gravestone appears to be a huge stone with the headstone marker carved into the rock where they rest in Globe, Arizona. The insignia of the W.O.W includes the maul, wedge, axe, dove of peace and their motto in Latin, dum tacet clamat, "though silent, he speaks".
Joseph Cullen Root founded W.O.W. in Omaha, NB in 1890. It's a non-profit financial organization that provides insurance services to it's members....members being the operative word. In addition to insurance, various programs are available to it's senior citizens, a youth program, and a disaster relief program, among others. They made a controversial but profitible decision to invest in radio stations and have built some of the tallest buildings in Omaha. A significant benefit to it's membership was the distinctive tree stump gravestone. This benefit deemed too costly was abandoned in the 1920's, but hundreds of them can be seen in cemeteries across the country.
If you would like to view some excellent examples of the tree stump monument, visit this website where there are over 2300 shown: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/woodmen.htmlpages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/woodmen.html.
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Paul G. Yarbrough
Paul G. Yarbrough, age 77, of Malvern passed away Thursday, February 14 at Mercy Hospital/Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs.
He was born January 15, 1936, in Ashdown, AR to Sarah Elizabeth and Marvin J. Yarbrough. Other than his parents, he is preceded in death by his baby sister, Jo Marlin Yarbrough; brother, John W. Cockrell; and his first wife, Shirley Ann Yarbrough.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Carole Yarbrough; daughters, Belinda (Kevin) Jensen of Amity and Nanette (Don) Grigsby of Malvern; son, Toby (Stacey) Yarbrough of Newport News, VA; step-daughter, Kim (Barry) Jackson of Glasgow, KY; brother, Walter (Sharon) Yarbrough of Hot Springs; sister, Betty (Murl) Norton of Sheridan; sister-in-law, Barbara Cockrell of Hot Springs; grandchildren, Jeffery (Jennifer) Brown, Wonesday (Dean) Porter, Ann (Johnny) Fagan, John (Heather) Grigsby, Brandi (JR) Shepherd; step-grandsons, Jon (Tara) Barnes and Tyler Barnes; great-grandchildren, Trace And Rylee Jackson, Khylee and Bradley Fagan, Jayden Brown, Adylyn and Brooklyn Grigsby, Brayden Barnes and Baby Shepherd, due soon. Missing Paul very much are his beloved Hammer, Honey-Bun, Princess, and baby Barney. All four played a special part in his life. Although he fussed occasionally about his animals, he loved them unconditionally, as they loved him.
Paul was a Christian, having given his life to Jesus at an early age. He was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church. A wise chaplain told the family that we don't lose someone if we know where he is. We know that our Paul is in heaven with the angels, praising our Lord. Although we will miss Paul, he isn't lost to us. We have comfort in knowing that we will meet again. Paul was a graduate of Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, CA. He was employed as a civilian at Edwards Air Force Base. Upon returning to Arkansas, he worked as a crew chief for the Arkansas Highway Department. He retired as maintenance supervisor for the Malvern Housing Authority. He met his wife Carole at a gathering in Hot Springs. They quickly became friends, and eventually fell in love. Paul was very happy in his new life with his new wife. They had almost 20 blissful years together.
Visitation will be Monday, February 18 from 6:00-8:00pm at Regency Funeral Home in Malvern.
Funeral Service will be Tuesday, February 19 at 2:00pm at Regency Funeral Home with Brother John Horton officiating. Interment will be at Ouachita Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Barnes, J.R. Shepherd, Dean Porter, Johnny Fagan, John Grigsby, Jeffery Brown and Trace Jackson. Memorials can be made to the Gospel of Light Building Fund, 1585 Tanner Street, Malvern AR 72104.
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Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed two bills that update and upgrade Michigan's licensure law. The law now will regulate the practice of landscape architecture rather than merely the right to use the title 'landscape architect.' Michigan becomes the 43rd state to regulate the practice of landscape architecture.
The Michigan Chapter achieved victory through a well-organized and persistent core group of advocates. This success was many decades in the making and would not have been possible had it not been for learning the lessons of the efforts of past legislative sessions. Most recently, the chapter faced an unexpected obstacle when the governor eliminated the state licensing board by executive order in July 2007. She took this action because the board, which only had the authority to regulate the title 'landscape architect,' had been inactive for a long period. This prompted a re-write of the licensing bill to accommodate the changes while preserving the functions needed for effective regulation of the profession.
The chapter had strong legislative support in the bills' primary sponsor, Senator Wayne Kuipers and the House sponsor, Representative Marie Donigan. They battled back several last-minute attempts to amend the legislation to include other issues that would have killed the effort completely. Overall, support for the bill was strong in both houses, making the bill acceptable to both parties – important in a state where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats control the House.
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Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the ninth Women's Soccer report for the 2009 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Freshman forward Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week for women's soccer. Merrill helped Farmingdale State clinch the top seed in the Skyline Conference tournament after a 3-0 week. She scored the game-winning goal en route to Farmingdale's 2-0 win at Sage. Merrill assisted both goals in the 2-0 win at Mount Saint Mary and added two more assists in the home win over Mount Saint Vincent.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The FBI paid mob informants more than $500,000 and overlooked their crimes to try to bolster a racketeering case that's "been on life support" for years, a defense lawyer argued Monday.
The FBI has little to show for its 13-year investigation into La Cosa Nostra under reputed boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, veteran mob lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jr. told a jury in closing arguments. Federal prosecutors believe the 73-year-old Ligambi has quietly run the Philadelphia mob since his flashy, younger predecessor, Joseph "Joey" Merlino, went to prison in 1999.
"Things changed in 1999. They just don't want to admit it. This indictment ... has no guns, no knives, no explosives, no beatings, no killings," Jacobs said. "You got nothing but some gambling talk and a couple of angry conversations."
Prosecutors accuse Ligambi of running a cash enterprise centered on loansharking, sports betting and illegal video poker machines – all controlled through threats about "cracking heads" or hiring "gorillas" to chop people up.
"The defense wants you to believe everyone in South Philadelphia talks like that every day of the week. That's an insult to your intelligence," Assistant U.S. Attorney John Han told jurors Monday, as he replayed tapes on which the defendants brag about beatings and make profanity-laced threats. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Tuesday after three months of testimony.
Authorities also charge that Ligambi had a no-show job, with Teamsters benefits, at a trash disposal company.
But the defense said thousands of wiretaps offer no proof that Ligambi, nephew George Borgesi and five other co-defendants did anything more than make private loans and rent poker machines to bars and social clubs.
By comparison, the government witnesses include aging mobster Peter "Pete the Crumb" Caprio, who admits killing several people but spent just five years in prison. The FBI has also paid him nearly $400,000 and set him up with a new identity. In exchange, the FBI rolls Caprio out every few years to testify at mob trials, Jacobs said.
"Pete Caprio is out there somewhere, in the federal witness protection program, and he is somebody's next-door neighbor. That's how the system works," Jacobs said. "These criminals have been playing the FBI."
Another government witness, former loanshark and gym owner Louis "Bent Finger Lou" Monacello, appeared eager to turn his testimony into a Hollywood audition. Jacobs said his "venom" for the Ligambi and Borgesi families was clear, given that he even took shots at their women.
"This case has been on life support for a long time," Jacobs argued.
A few dozen of the defendants' friends and relatives come to court each day, sometimes chuckling at the testimony and cheering on their loved ones during breaks. One woman in court Monday clutched rosary beads.
Although there hadn't been a mob hit in Philadelphia in nearly a decade, police last month charged a gambling figure in a brazen daytime shooting that occurred hours after the government rested its case.
Anthony Nicodemo is charged with killing convicted drug dealer Gino DiPietro in broad daylight. DiPietro's name had come up in wiretaps played in court during the Ligambi trial. But the motive for the slaying remains unclear.
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|Hello everyone! I'm back again, this time to dive into more details on the collection of playable home-consoles on display at the 2012 Houston Expo. (Part #1 of my coverage is here. Part #2 is here.) For Part #3, I shall also recap the 1-hour presentation given by Joe Crookham of Classic Arcade Works on how to replace your battered and failing arcade cabinet with a faithful reproduction. Additionally, I'll give you an overview of the delightful conversations I had with Joe, about his business, how it's going for him, and his plans for future expansion. So with no further delay, onwards...
Initially, I want to finish the pictorial of the show. Here is a sampling of what may have been my absolute favorite part of the show: The RETRO CONSOLES. I spent a solid several hours going up and down these tables, trying each machine, and every game I could for the systems. It took a while, much longer than I expected. Not only did I find myself spending a long time on some of the games, but at different times these machines were absolutely PACKED with people lined up to play a favorite.
In no particular order, here we go:
I was rather impressed with the 3D0 system which was there, and which had a goodly number of game CD's available to play. It was my first opportunity to get my mitts on the system, ever, and I rather liked the thing. This is one console which I wouldn't mind having for myself.
The SEGA Dreamcast got a serious workout from all the younger folks. Even now, this 13+ year old system can put out some seriously cool arcade graphics. Sadly, I snapped this picture about 1/30th of a second after the teaser gameplay stopped. So you get to admire the amazing text...
There was one working Odyssey console at the show, and although I never thought much of them at the time they came out, quite a few of my friends had them. Apparently there is a real soft-spot for this machine in a lot of folk's hearts, as the unit was being played quite often at the show.
I was genuinely surprised by the number of Atari 2600 consoles available for play. I was even more surprised as just how much the things got played during the show.
Of particular interest to me as a programmer, Atari Age had a display set up with stacks of home-brew 2600 games available for play. It was all structured via an interesting kiosk system rescued from the 1980's and repurposed. These were attached to a couple of the machines, allowing you to select and play any of the retro-cartridges installed!
The golden age of Atari was also well represented by a pair of 5200 machines, which had a great selection of game cartridges:
Naturally, there were the seemingly ubiquitous NES and SNES consoles at the show too, along with an N64.
To be quite honest, I didn't play any of the Nintendo home games at the show--I'm not a huge fan of the systems. This isn't to denigrate them as game platforms; there are some amazingly fun games which are available for those consoles. (Though I think the actual number of "great" games is far less than a lot of people would try to argue.) In my distant, dusty past, I did play Zelda all the way through on a friend's SNES while in the military, and most of Castlevania and Super Mario Bros. as well.
But the truth is, about four years before the original NES came out, I had gotten thoroughly sucked into my life-long obsession with programming. This meant that I basically lost interest in anything which didn't have a keyboard attached. It didn't help that when everyone else was going "OOOH and AAAH" over their NES + latest-game Christmas presents in 1986/1987, I was snorting with derision and contempt.
Why the hate? One word: AMIGA.
I'd bought a second-hand Amiga 1000 shortly after I got to college. There was nothing, and I mean NOTHING which could touch the Amiga for performance at that time. (I know, I know. I just ticked off a bunch of Atari ST folks... heh-heh.) Arguably, nothing could touch it in the "home computer space" for nearly 10 years, though some of the dedicated home gaming consoles of the early 1990's could match it's graphics and sound. The games available for the Amiga made the NES seem sickly by comparison. Even the SNES had problems competing--only those "super chip" cartridges could come close. (In essence, you had to have a really expensive cart with an extra CPU and specialty bit-slinging chips included, to allow the SNES to really show off some "OOOMPH!")
Not to mention, I also was playing with advanced UNIX graphical workstations by that point. Home gaming consoles were "puny toys" in my mind. (Yeah, even amongst geeks there are machismo rituals involving grunting and beating one's chest in a manly fashion, while attempting to seem cool... Which is a very hard thing to do when wearing a Star Trek t-shirt and thick glasses. But we tried.)
Having said all that, here is one piece of crude, 8-bit nostalgia which I can never pass up. Nestled amongst the various consoles was a lovely little cream-colored keyboard with a 2600 joystick attached: The Commodore VIC-20.
I've mentioned my beloved VIC-20 in earlier articles, and I'm planning both a video and blog entry here on the repair of it in the very near future. This machine was in extremely good condition, and had a terrific bonus attached; I got to try out the MEGA-CART. I absolutely MUST order one of these things for my own machine for Christmas! I spent well over an hour just trying out the various game ROMs offered on the cartridge, and I don't think I got to them all.
And that, I think, is enough of my grainy, fuzzy, amateur photo-journalism coverage of the 2012 Houston Arcade Expo.
Ok, maybe one more:
The show also offered these terrific "Mini-Cades" for free-play, all of which saw a heck of a lot of use during the show. While meant for younger kids, that clearly didn't stop the older ones (including ME) from enjoying them:
One of the real highlights of my weekend experience at the Expo was getting a chance to talk at length with a gentleman by the name of Joe Crookham. As I mentioned above, Joe is the founder and owner of Classic Arcade Works, a small company here in Houston, which makes a variety of custom arcade cabinets, as well as reproductions and kits of some classic arcade machines. His booth at the show featured some custom CNC-carved arcade signs, which are very well made and fit for any "man cave".
What follows next are my recollection of Mr. Crookham's hour-long presentation at the Expo, and of the three conversations I had with him outside of that. If I get any of this incorrect, I apologize up-front. I hadn't planned on doing any interviews while there, and had treated myself to a couple of Guinness beers at the time. Soooo, things are a might fuzzy in spots....
Joe started the company in his garage, which still houses the CNC milling machine he uses to precision-cut the various side-panels, top pieces, inner braces, control panels, and support pieces. He stated that his biggest seller is the "custom cocktail" which I featured in an earlier pictorial:
In addition to the custom cabinets, which all offer multi-game electronics boards installed, Joe also produces reproductions of a series of classic arcade cabinets. His website has the details on which machines, and which "kit level" options, he offers.
The cabinet build options come in three stages; two of which are kits of varying levels of pre-assembly, the third being a fully assembled cab. During the Q&A session after his hour-long talk, Joe mentioned that he doesn't offer the fully-assembled option for a number of cabs, simply because he's trying to keep the costs in a reasonable range for collectors. Some of the older cab designs are very iconic, but they also require a boatload of manual-labor for assembly.
It's worth highlighting the care and craftsmanship which Mr. Crookham puts into his cabinets. He had a reproduction of an Atari Star Wars upright cab at the show, which was simply stunning to behold. Joe kindly invited me to come behind his vendor table, and I had a chance to poke around inside the cabinet. I spent several minutes admiring the careful details of the interior bracing and monitor mounting, as well as the loving care he put into all of the motherboard mounting and cabling. (Many machines are a veritable rat's nest of shoddy wiring.) And don't take my word for it, he won "BEST OF SHOW" at the Expo for his custom arcade cabinets.
Of note is the use of melamine-laminated particle-board in the Classic Arcade Works cabinets and reproductions. Joe uses this instead of the MDF or plywood or OSD typical of most old-school cabinets. This board type is structurally stronger, not prone to warping, takes screws and staples better without tear-out, and it has a very slick surface which takes new/reproduction vinyl artwork smoothly. Best of all, the melamine surface doesn't mark up or ding easily like painted wood. (How many old arcade cabinets have you seen with some idiot's initial's scratched into the side, or places where the paint is worn off where 10,000 grubby hands had gripped the machine in a sweaty, beer-soaked gameplay panic?)
Joe's hour-long talk on cabinet restoration and recreations was quite good, and revealed some of the problems you encounter when trying to restore old cabinets.
As an example, he provided pictures of the Star Wars upright cabinet which he'd gotten as part of a bulk-sale; he used it as the template for creating the reproduction cabinet which he'd brought to the show. His original thought had been to restore the cab, but after opening it that plan went sailing out the window. A whole clan of rodents had apparently used the thing as an apartment complex for a number of years, and it was filled with all kinds of unhealthy dirt, dust, and unimaginable filth. He had to wash the thing out with a garden hose just to be able to bring it into his garage.
Joe stated that he was rather leery of spraying the cabinet down with water, but there was no way he wanted to risk a life-threatening airborne respiratory illness by blowing out the horrid filth with an air-compressor. He also said that some other folks on the various arcade repair forums have reported decent success with the "light washing" technique.
(Joe's reticence to bathe the thing is well founded. One of the greatest challenges with restoring or repairing old cabinets is water-damage; you get nasty de-laminating plywood, or swollen and crumbly MDF as a result. Another restorer at the show mentioned in his talk that out of all the cabinets which he's worked on, he can instantly tell which ones were installed in laundromats for any length of time; when you open them, they smell llike soap. Why? Laundromats are always flooding when machines malfunction.)
Apparently the impromptu shower helped the Star Wars cabinet in some respects, since Joe said that he was no longer completely afraid to touch the cabinet, though he stressed that he still wore rubber gloves to work on it. However while the nasty, disease-ridden dust was gone, the water drenching had a bad side-effect. It re-activated all the lovely smells which had seeped into the unpainted wood. Remember the mice? In his words, the thing "...absolutely reeked of mouse pee after that."
At that point, because of the smell and because of the crumbling bits on the cabinet, Joe simply used it for getting measurments. His reproduction cabinet solves a lot of the problems presented by the original cab, again because of his wise choice of material. The melamine/plastic-coated particle board he uses for his reproductions, while not waterproof, certainly holds up far better against accidental spills and floods, and the slick inner and outer cabinet surfaces can easily be cleaned with a wet rag and some disinfectant.
I stress this bit about the cabinet construction, since nearly all of the old arcade cabinets were made from bottom-of-the-barrel-quality materials. The machines were made as cheaply as possible, and not expected to last more than a couple years. For example; one long-standing story states that a great many Defender machines were manufactured from discarded banana-crates, which Williams got for next to nothing from the nearby shipping docks in Chicago. Talk to any restorer if you doubt me, and they can tell you horror stories similar to Joe's--the things just weren't designed or built to last the 32+ years they've been running.
Later on Saturday evening, after admiring his Star Wars upright cabinet and complementing him the fine quality of his work, I got to ask Joe some more questions about which cabinets he provides and what might be upcoming. He stated that he has partial plans for a goodly number more cabinets, but doesn't offer them on the website because of difficulty making a precise reproduction without an original from which to take direct measurements. He also explained that some of the cabs have metal brackets and other metal trim parts which are difficult to source reliably, so he doesn't offer the cabinet reproductions until he's certain he can obtain all the matching pieces. This dedication to providing a quality product is admirable.
When I asked Joe about the possibility of maybe providing a Star Wars Cockpit Cab, his face lit up in a big grin; "My original intention had been to offer a cockpit Star Wars, but I couldn't get my hands on one to take proper measurements from." I was a little disappointed at this news, explaining that if I take the plunge and buy a dedicated machine, I want to go whole-hog and get a cockpit version. Joe assured me that "something is in the works", as a friend of his had located a cockpit cab for him very recently.
As for the future, Joe said he does plan to offer more cabinet designs and reproductions, and is hoping to hire someone to do the assembly work sometime next year so that he can expand his business. I wish him well, and very much look forward to seeing what stunning cabinet reproductions he will be bringing to next year's show. If you have questions about cabinet reproduction availability, or wish to purchase one of his cabinets, please contact Joe at his website.
All right everybody, that's it for now. Another long post this time, but I hope everyone found it interesting. I have one more small article on the Expo to finish, this one on a "local" independent game studio which had a table at the Expo. I'll be posting my commentary on that, as well as my take on the new game-funding methods, in the next few days. For now, keep your trigger-fingers ready, and your favorite game-brew handy.
And all those 1701s, damn I want one of these. Excellent articles Shawn.


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DDJ: I'd like to go over some of the common complaints about Scala and get your feedback about them. The first thing that I see complaints about is the lack of binary compability between releases. Is that problem going away or, if it's going to continue, tell me why.
MO: We are working hard to address that problem right now. The problem with binary compatibility is mainly due to the fact that Scala permits libraries to evolve much better than Java. Essentially, the fundamental problem is that, with Java interfaces, you will never be able to add anything to the interface because you don't have control over who implemented it. When you change the Java interface, you have to rewrite all the implementations. Scala makes it much better and more flexible because you can add methods to a trait the analogue of an interface and you don't need to rewrite the clients because essentially the whole thing will continue to work. But you have to recompile the implementations of the interface. As a consequence, people in the Scala community take much more liberty in doing that because the barrier is not very high.
DDJ: So what are you doing to remedy it?
MO: We are working on a tool-based solution because we don't want to restrict the community from using this feature. The tool is based on binary class file rewriting. The compiler would do that automatically by going from an old version of the class to a new one, rewriting [the necessary parts.] And we plan to make that available as part of the TypeSafe stack.
DDJ: So, really, this binary compatibility problem is one of recompiling code that's been extended from previous versions?
MO: Yes.
DDJ: Scala uses a lot of characters with special meanings like Perl does and like Ruby is getting rid of. Do you see them as a problem you're going to get rid of or will they be part of the syntax going forward?
MO: That is all in the libraries because Scala does not really have operators. But as the libraries have evolved, there's been a strong consensus that we should be very careful with these things. There have been some very good usages for these characters and I believe, over time, people will get used to them. But certainly over time, we do not want to get further into that.
DDJ: In a recent post, David Pollak of the Lift framework complains that the multiparadigm design of Scala doesn't encourage a specific kind of style. And so there are people using Scala as syntactic sugar for Java, other people doing functional programming. Because of this, it's hard to know if you're using the right idioms and to read other people's code. How do you solve that when you have a language that's specifically designed to be multi-paradigm?
MO: I think David raises a very good point there. On the other hand, in that same blog post, he says that Haskell and other languages like that will have problems because they're too opinionated. So, whether you're opinionated or not, you lose [Laughing]. What we are going to do is a style-checking tool. I got some feedback the other day from someone who wants not only a style checker, but to know "where are we in the codebase? Are we functional, are we imperative? At what level of the Scala usage are we?" We can answer that with tooling, so we plan to integrate that in one of the next releases of the IDE. We'll include things you can customize and that give feedback for organizations that want to use Scala a certain way.
DDJ: So, enforcing a kind of Scala style.
MO: Yes. And we have a coding standard. It's important that we disseminate that as well. So we plan to have tools that are opinionated that tell you, "you should write this code this way."
DDJ: Will that coding standard be available soon?
MO: There is a Scala coding standard. That's our point of departure. I agree with almost everything in there.
DDJ: Another complaint is the slow compilation and interpreter.
MO: There are two factors in that. The first is start-up cost. Currently, the Scala REPL and the compiler take 3 or 4 seconds to come up. That's too long. We have recently cut that by more than half. It's not released yet, but we take this problem very seriously and we will get it done. There are some solutions now, such as the fsc compiler (Fast Scala Compiler), which essentially stays resident in memory.
DDJ: Is that part of the general distribution?
MO: Yes. We're also working on throughput to make big builds faster. It's hard. Inherently, we can't be as fast in terms of number of lines compiled as Java because typically Scala programs are a lot more compact than Java programs.
DDJ: Let's talk about tooling. It seems as though the Eclipse, IntelliJ, and NetBeans plugins are pretty much the top three IDEs out there. Are you going to be working on tooling?
MO: We've already put more than 1.5 person years into the new Eclipse IDE, which is currently in beta. I personally switched to the Eclipse plugin after 20 years of emacs. Certainly before then, I tried the plugin; but for the complex projects I do, it didn't live up to what I needed. Now, I would now never go back to emacs.
DDJ: I think that most people, once they leave emacs, do so permanently.
MO: Yes. But there will be some people who will not be happy with you for saying that.
DDJ: You just launched a new company, TypeSafe. What are you planning to do with it?
MO: We see a lot of demand for Scala and for highly parallel middleware on top of Scala from enterprises. This has convinced us that these things need reliable, long-term commercial support. So, we got together with the people behind the Akka framework, which is the most widely used parallel computation framework on top of Java, and we formed Typesafe to provide the developer tools, which will be open source and free, and the Akka/Scala stack, which is also open source. We'll provide support around these things.
DDJ: So, you'll be doing training, services, and tool development. Is that right?
MO: Tool development, training, and lots of support. We want to do subscription-based support, similar to the Red Hat model it's no accident that people we work with [are] at Greylock (the venture capital firm behind TypeSafe. Ed.). The lead investor is also on the board of Red Hat.
DDJ: I was just going to ask you if you're VC-backed. So does this mean you'll be leaving your teaching position?
MO: I took a leave from the EPFL in Switzerland to form the company. But I'll be back teaching in the fall if all goes well.
Future Versions of Scala
DDJ: Is there a .NET version of Scala planned?
MO: Yes. We announced it in July. We have a project, which is actually funded by Microsoft, to build a .NET version of Scala. And we have the first bootstrap version of the compiler compiling itself on .NET. There is still work to do, especially on Visual Studio integration.
DDJ: How about a compiler to native code. Is that on your radar?
MO: Well, that's interesting, I was attending a talk on this that I left to come meet with you. They're compiling to LLVM. It's being done by a company in association with the University of New Mexico. We'll have to see how that goes. The problem is one of resourcing. We can't do all the back ends at the same time.
DDJ: Understood.
MO: One of the things coming up is Scala for JavaScript.
DDJ: Very cool. So, what's going to be new in the next release?
MO: The next release will be v. 2.10, because v. 3.0, by our numbering scheme, would be backwards-incompatible and we don't want to do that at the present time. We'll have better support for dynamic languages, better reflection, and generally, we want to go into better support for parallelism. And also, we'll be working very hard on the next release of the Akka framework.
DDJ: Any idea of when that release will come out?
MO: We just released v. 2.9 and we generally have a year between point releases. So, in a year, but some of the features might appear in a minor release, such as v. 2.9.1.
DDJ: I noticed to my disappointment that the most recent release of Scala has four digits. You're going corporate!
MO: [Laughing] That was a hot fix. We shipped v. 2.9 with some problems that we discovered the day after we shipped and we had to do a quick fix.
DDJ: Well, good luck with all these projects. We'll be watching from Dr. Dobb's to see how these multiple endeavors work out.
MO: Thank you.


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There'll be a Halo Tournament on the Saturday morning with a Modern Warfare 2 tournament in the afternoon. On the Saturday there'll also be free pizza to all attendees. For the keen roboteers, we'll be doing the Lego robot Design-Build-Code all day Saturday and you can drop in and out of the DBC to go gaming if you like – it's up to you!
On Saturday night they'll be heading to Squareyes for some LAN gaming and afterwards hitting the town and having a good old fashioned Galway night out.
The next morning there'll be the warmups for the main event, BOT WARS. Alongside that, there'll be tournaments in Xbox games made by two CompSoc members. Then there will be battling of KILLER ROBOTS!
Both days there'll be movies for those who want to chill out.
The event is open to the public and it's only €5 for a whole weekend pass and just €2 if you're attending AkumaKon.
Below is a link to the schedule for the whole weekend:
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Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up is a book by John Allen Paulos published in 2008. As the subtitle indicates, Paulos presents various arguments that have been proferred as evidence for God and briefly explains why they are lacking. Along the way, he occasionally digresses onto different topics.
Four Classical Arguments[edit]
- Argument from first cause
- The Argument from design (and Some Creationist Calculations)
- A Personally Crafted Pseudoscience
- The Argument from the Anthropic principle (and a Probabilistic Doomsday)
- The Ontological argument (and Logical Abracadabra)
- Self-Reference, Recursion, and Creation
In the A Personally Crafted Pseudoscience chapter, Paulos shows how easy it is to come up with numerical coincidences that appear meaningful. For instance, the ratio between your hair length and shoe size might be the same as the ratio of the heights of the tallest and second-tallest building in the United States.
Four Subjective Arguments[edit]
- The Argument from coincidence (and 9/11 Oddities)
- The Argument from Prophecy (and the Bible Codes)
- An Anecdote on Emotional Need
- The Argument from Subjectivity (and Faith, Emptiness, and Self)
- The Argument from Interventions (and Miracles, Prayers, and Witnesses)
- Remarks on Jesus and Other Figures
The argument from interventions is, briefly, that some event is claimed to be a miracle or other divine intervention, which implies that God caused it, and therefore God exists.
Four Psycho-Mathematical Arguments[edit]
- The Argument from Redefinition (and Incomprehensible Complexity)
- The Argument from Cognitive Tendency (and Some Simple Programs)
- My Dreamy Instant Message Exchange with God
- The Universality Argument (and the Relevance of Morality and Arguments)
- The Gambling Argument (and Emotions from Prudence to Fear)
- Atheists, Agnostics, and "Brights"
The argument from cognitive tendency is, briefly, that since most humans, regardless of culture, historical era, etc., believe in God, that such belief is a universal natural phenomenon. Therefore, this belief is warranted, and God exists.
In the same chapter, Paulos talks about the notion that "like causes like": good people do good deeds, diseased trees produce diseased fruit, and so forth. If like does indeed cause like, then complex systems like living beings require a complex cause. This leads naturally to the watchmaker argument.
The universality argument starts by noting that people across a wide range of cultures have roughly similar moral codes, and that the most plausible source for this universal morality is God. (See also Moral argument.)


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IRONMAN Louisville
August 25th 2013 Louisville, KY
Centered around the historic Ohio River, Louisville is one of the most vibrant IRONMAN venues on the circuit.
Since it was first held in Louisville, Kentucky in 2007, this race quickly became a signature event for the charm-filled city. This quintessential North American race provides athletes and spectators with endless entertainment, dining and recreational opportunities—and, with its 50 slots, is the last qualifying event for the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, HI.
Steeped in American history and part of the country's historic Bluegrass region, Louisville is home to stately Victorian mansions and a vibrant urban parks system. In recent years, it's attracted a thriving indie music scene, and families vacationing to the city will find plenty of free summer concerts and festivals along the famous Waterfront Park.
Athletes begin their day with a rolling swim start, a unique feature for a full-distance IRONMAN and a welcome one for anyone nervous about the typical mass start. After lining up along the banks of the Ohio River on a first come, first served basis, competitors jump in one at a time to start the first leg of their 140.6-mile race. Upon exiting the water, you'll head into transition located on the Great Lawn, the centerpiece of Waterfront Park, before heading off for 112 miles of scenic biking.
A mixture of rolling hills and flat pastures characterizes the Louisville bike course, and riders can expect to be challenged as they traverse the Louisville Metro area and Oldham County. As part of the two-loop portion of the course, La Grange gives athletes a boost of energy: They can expect to be greeted here by thousands of cheering spectators and volunteers.
After finishing the bike, athletes only have one thing separating them from their memorable finish: 26.2 miles of flat running. Passing Churchill Downs, home of the famous Kentucky Derby, and the University of Louisville, there's no shortage of distractions. The two-loop run course comes to a close with Fourth Street Live's energetic welcome. Spectators and volunteers bring each athlete in to realize their dream of becoming an IRONMAN.
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Recently I have been using my Xbox 360 gamer profile a lot at my office to stream music using Zune. While I do have an Xbox 360 at my office and at my house it can be a pain because I have to lug the hard drive with my Microsoft Xbox 360 Gamer Profile on it back and forth between the two locations. Last week I ordered a 16GB USB flash drive to move my account onto so I would only have to take a USB stick with me when streaming music at locations that already had a Xbox 360 in place.


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People are arrivng early at Abel's on the lake to welcome Gov. Rick Perry back from his first week on the presidential campaign trail. As they get cold drinks, they can't miss a sign on the bar that asks for short-term campaign volunteers.
A group that works for the rights of people with disabilities, ADAPT, is offering a welcome of a different kind, saying that community services are being cut significantly as Perry travels around the country. The group says that means thousands of personal attendants will have their hours cut back or will lose their jobs.
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The upside to Bali in the rainy season
It's pouring. My waterproof jacket may as well be cotton wool. My money belt, worn underneath my underwear, is sodden. I don't care that $50 worth of Indonesian rupiah is disintegrating. It's worth it.
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Ubud, the heartland of Balinese culture, is a great place to watch an ancient form of art: the Wayang Kulit, a shadow-puppet show.
Bali is a valuable lesson in mindfulness
Every morning, the guesthouse owner's daughter walks around the grounds, placing meticulously-made flower arrangements by each temple, no matter how tiny. Silently, peacefully, slowly. It's the ultimate Balinese ritual.
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Rice – be it sticky, rice, coconut or sweet – comes with everything in Indonesia, but it's not just a food staple. It represents life, prosperity and family fortunes, and the rice goddess Dewi Sri, or Shridevi, is worshipped on the islands of Java and Bali.
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Teresita Naranjo, Santa Clara, Black jar carved with an avanyu design
Pueblo: Santa Clara
Dimensions: 4 3/4 in H by 8 3/4 in Dia
Item Number: xxscl6379
Price: $ 4200
Description: Black jar carved with an avanyu design
Condition: Very good
Signature: Teresita Naranjo Santa Clara Pueblo
Teresita NaranjoSanta Clara
Teresita Naranjo was born to Christina and Victor Naranjo of Santa Clara Pueblo in 1919. Her grandmother was Sarafina Tafoya, her aunt Margaret Tafoya. Teresita grew up learning the traditional way to make pottery from the relatives around her, some of the finest Pueblo potters on Earth. She married Joe Naranjo at an early age and they had four children. When the oldest was 12 her husband died and she was able to raise her family on her own, based on her ability to make money as a potter.
Teresita truly enjoyed making her pottery and she excelled in creating carved red ware and black ware bowls, wedding vases, jars and miniatures. Her favorite design to carve was the avanyu (water serpent). She passed her skills and techniques on to her daughter Stella Chavarria, who passed that learning on to her children in turn.
Teresita participated in shows at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in 1974, the Popovi Da Studio of Indian Arts Gallery in 1976, the "One Space/Three Visions" exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum in 1979, the big Sid Duesch Gallery show in New York City in 1985 and the Harris Collection show at Blue Rain Gallery in Taos, New Mexico in 1998. The Heard Museum in Phoenix also has a collection of her works on display.
Teresita passed in 1999.
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Santa Clara Pueblo
Ruins at Puye Cliffs, Santa Clara Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo straddles the Rio Grande about 25 miles north of Santa Fe. Of all the pueblos, Santa Clara has the largest number of potters.
The ancestral roots of the Santa Clara people have been traced to the pueblos in the Mesa Verde region in southwestern Colorado. When that area began to get dry between about 1100 and 1300, some of the people migrated to the Chama River Valley and constructed Poshuouinge (about 3 miles south of what is now Abiquiu on the edge of the mesa above the Chama River). Eventually reaching two and three stories high with up to 700 rooms on the ground floor, Poshuouinge was inhabited from about 1375 to about 1475. Drought then again forced the people to move, some of them going to the area of Puye (on the eastern slopes of the Pajarito Plateau of the Jemez Mountains) and others to Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo, along the Rio Grande). Beginning around 1580, drought forced the residents of the Puye area to relocate closer to the Rio Grande and they founded what we now know as Santa Clara Pueblo on the west bank of the river, between San Juan and San Ildefonso Pueblos.
In 1598 Spanish colonists from nearby Yunque (the seat of Spanish government near San Juan Pueblo) brought the first missionaries to Santa Clara. That led to the first mission church being built around 1622. However, the Santa Clarans chafed under the weight of Spanish rule like the other pueblos did and were in the forefront of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. One pueblo resident, a mixed black and Tewa man named Domingo Naranjo, was one of the rebellion's ringleaders. When Don Diego de Vargas came back to the area in 1694, he found most of the Santa Clarans on top of nearby Black Mesa (with the people of San Ildefonso). An extended siege didn't subdue them so eventually, the two sides negotiated a treaty and the people returned to their pueblo. However, successive invasions and occupations by northern Europeans took their toll on the tribe over the next 250 years. The Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 almost wiped them out.
Today, Santa Clara Pueblo is home to as many as 2,600 people and they comprise probably the largest per capita number of artists of any North American tribe (estimates of the number of potters run as high as 1-in-4 residents).
Today's pottery from Santa Clara is typically either black or red. It is usually highly polished and designs might be deeply carved or etched ("sgraffito") into the pot's surface. The water serpent, ("avanyu"), is a traditional design motif of Santa Clara pottery. Another motif comes from the legend that a bear helped the people find water during a drought. The bear paw has appeared on their pottery ever since.
One of the reasons for the distinction this pueblo has received is because of the evolving artistry the potters have brought to the craft. Not only did this pueblo produce excellent black and redware, several notable innovations helped move pottery from the realm of utilitarian vessels into the domain of art. Different styles of polychrome redware emerged in the 1920's-1930's. In the early 1960's experiments with stone inlay, incising and double firing began. Modern potters have also extended the tradition with unusual shapes, slips and designs, illustrating what one Santa Clara potter said: "At Santa Clara, being non-traditional is the tradition." (This refers strictly to artistic expression; the method of creating pottery remains traditional).
Santa Clara Pueblo is home to a number of famous pottery families: Tafoya, Baca, Gutierrez, Naranjo, Suazo, Chavarria, Garcia, Vigil, Tapia - to name a few.
Santa Clara Pueblo at Wikipedia
Pueblos of the Rio Grande, Daniel Gibson, ISBN-13:978-1-887896-26-9, Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2001
Upper photo courtesy of Einar Kvaran, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
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Pottery Care & Consideration
- The most obvious tip: Yes, the pots will break if you drop them!
- Do not expose pottery to water (Inside or outside). Do not wipe with a damp cloth.
- Dust pottery only with a soft, smooth cloth (no terry cloth or textured fabric). A very soft paintbrush (sable or camel) can be used.
- Always use two hands to carry your pot: one on top and one on the bottom, or one hand on each side. Be careful with handles, they can be fragile. Do not grip or lift pots by the rim. Take care when wearing jewelry, rings can scratch the finish.
- Place a piece of felt or cloth between the pot and the shelf to protect the signature.
- Avoid exposing pottery to extreme temperature changes.
For those who live in "earthquake country" (also good for mischievous pets):
- Weigh pots down with a small zip lock bag containing sand, glass marbles, rice, etc. Do not fill the pot more than one third full as you want them bottom heavy. Remember to remove the weight before moving.
- Secure your shelves; make sure they are well attached to the walls. Shelf brackets should be of sufficient length and strength to support the weight of your pottery.
- Prevent pots from sliding. Consider attaching a small wooden molding to the front of shelves. Line shelves with non-slip material (a thin sheet of rubber foam, Styrofoam sheeting, etc.)
- If you need assistance with special problems, major cleaning (your grandchild spills ice cream on your pot), restoration or repair (the cat breaks a pot), or replacement (irreparable damage), please feel free to call us.
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Departure from Piazza Esquilino (Bus Terminal) - Republic Square with the Fountain of the nymphs, a work of Mario Rutelli - Via Veneto - Spanish Steps, the most famous square in Rome with its 138 steps and the fountain of the Barcaccia (work of Bernini) (Visit) - Trevi Fountain a work of Nicola Salvi (Visit) - The Pantheon, a real architectonical wonder of the Ancient Rome, also admired and studied by Michelangelo, today it's the burial place of Raffaello and of some italian Kings (Visit) - Navona Square, a typical baroque square, was a stadium built by Caesar Domiziano in 92 A.C. Today it is known as the square of the artists and the "Four Rivers Fountain" (work of Bernini in 17th century) that dominates the square hosts on the top an original Egyptian obelisk (Visit). Tour ends at the beautiful St. Peter's Square.
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The Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY, is hosting a fabric arts exhibit, Maya Textiles and Identity in Guatemala, Sept. 1 through Oct. 14, 2018. The exhibition will contain more than one hundred hand woven garments and other textiles, and is curated by Carol Ann Lorenz, of Colgate University.
The exhibition will highlight the textiles of different Guatemalan pueblos and how they illustrate indigenous identity on various cultural and social levels.
Sections of the exhibition will have specific themes. For example, one gallery includes three generations of the same family, showing how designs created by a master weaver are passed down to her descendants as cultural property. Other galleries will explore regional preferences in color and design; continuity and change over time in specific pueblos; and a single textile type – the su't or tzute – which is a utility cloth with various everyday or ceremonial purposes depending on size and degree of elaboration.
The main hall of the museum will display a traditional Maya backstrap loom, as well as an array of huipiles, women's hand woven blouses, that demonstrate the variety of shapes, colors, and patterns that have been created among the various Maya pueblos. The textiles in this exhibition date from the late 19th century to the early 21st century.
The cost to tour the exhibit is $7 per person, with Schweinfurth members and children 12 and under free. The art center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
The opening reception will be 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7, and Lorenz will give a guided tour of the exhibit at 2 p.m. Oct. 13. Also on Oct. 13, Guatemalan native Marines Perez Santos will demonstrate Maya backstrap weaving at 1 and 3 p.m. The reception, tour, and demonstrations are free an open to the public.


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Rangers overflowing with competition for 'pen roles
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Rangers went into camp expecting their bullpen would include one pitcher acquired from the Phillies for Michael Young. That still could be the case, but it may Lisalverto Bonilla rather than Josh Lindblom.
That development was unforeseen a month ago, but the Rangers -- at a time when teams start making cuts -- added Bonilla and right-hander Ben Rowen to their Major League Spring Training roster and overflowing bullpen competition on Tuesday.View Full Game Coverage
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Rangers went into camp expecting their bullpen would include one pitcher acquired from the Phillies for Michael Young. That still could be the case, but it may Lisalverto Bonilla rather than Josh Lindblom.
That development was unforeseen a month ago, but the Rangers -- at a time when teams start making cuts -- added Bonilla and right-hander Ben Rowen to their Major League Spring Training roster and overflowing bullpen competition on Tuesday.View Full Game Coverage
Both have already appeared in Cactus League games as extra pitchers brought over from Minor League camp. The Rangers do that regularly to make sure they have enough pitching, but Bonilla and Rowen impressed enough to officially be added to the Major League roster.
"Both guys were discussed before we came to camp," general manager Jon Daniels said. "They have come over and thrown a few innings and everybody wants to see more of them. We want them in this environment. Both guys have been impressive. They deserve to be over here."
The moves reinforce the club's position that it is still trying to figure out the makeup of its pitching staff. The Rangers have been in camp for a month and the only pitcher who has won a job in that time is left-handed reliever Michael Kirkman.
He has assured himself of a spot in a bullpen that will include right-handers Joe Nathan and Jason Frasor. That leaves four spots up for grabs, along with the fifth starter spot, and the competition has only grown with the addition of Rowen, Bonilla and Derek Lowe, who agreed to a Minor League contract last week.
"We've got a number of guys who have thrown the ball well and put themselves in a good position," Daniels said. "The bullpen is always something you're looking to improve, but we like a lot of the candidates and there is a lot of opportunity."
Daniels said the Rangers are always looking outside the organization for relief help, but expects to be able to find seven relievers here in camp.
"There are enough pitchers here we like where we should be able to put a bullpen together," Daniels said. "It just may not be a brand-name bullpen on Day 1."
Lindblom, who has appeared in 101 games with the Dodgers and Phillies over the past two years, is still a strong candidate. But he is not a lock and the Rangers want to see better from him in the last three weeks. Lindblom has a 7.11 ERA and opponents are hitting .370 off him, but he did throw a scoreless inning against the Giants on Monday.
"He executed some pitches and had a clean inning, that's something he's been fighting to do," manager Ron Washington said. "It's a step in the right direction. Hopefully he can build off that and continue to move forward."
Evan Meek is another pitcher who is off to a slow start. But he was an All-Star for the Pirates in 2010, so the Rangers are going to take a hard look at him. Tanner Scheppers started off slow because of a strained left hamstring, but he looked sharp in his last outing against the Padres on Saturday and could push his way back to the forefront again. Lowe officially enters the competition when he makes his first appearance in the Cactus League on Friday against the Giants.
The Rangers still have to make a decision on Rule 5 Draft pick Coty Woods, who has a 1.69 ERA, while right-handers Cory Burns, Wilmer Font, Justin Grimm and Colin Balester remain in the mix. Of that group, Burns has made the most favorable impression.
The mystery guy is right-hander Kyle McClellan, who spent the past five years in the Cardinals bullpen and is coming off shoulder surgery. He was set back by muscle soreness in the back of his right shoulder, but was slated to make his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against the Brewers. McClellan has a career 3.47 ERA as a reliever, but the Rangers are still entertaining the idea of using him in the rotation.
"We're going to continue to try to get him stretched out," Daniels said. "A lot depends on how he throws and feels. He's capable of filling a variety of roles."
The other mystery is when Joakim Soria will be ready. Soria, a two-time All-Star for the Royals, had a second Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery on April 3, 2012, and is still in rehabilitation. Normally recovery takes 12 months, but the Rangers are giving him an extra month of rehabilitation. He is still throwing in the bullpen, but isn't expected to begin throwing live batting practice until the beginning of April. Once he reaches that stage, it would be a four- to six-week buildup before he's ready to join Texas' bullpen.
"We're being intentionally deliberate," Daniels said.
The fifth starter spot will impact the bullpen. If Robbie Ross makes the rotation, it could mean a spot for a second left-hander in the bullpen: Neal Cotts, Nate Robertson, Joe Ortiz or Jeff Beliveau. If Ross does not make the rotation, he would join Kirkman on the left side of the bullpen. Washington continues to rave about Robertson, the former Tigers starter who has reinvented himself as a sidearming reliever. Others are still wary and want to see more from all the left-handers.
Ross right now still has much of a chance as anybody to win the fifth starter spot. But there are still concerns about his durability in the role. The Rangers are still looking at veteran Randy Wells and rookie Nick Tepesch, who will start Saturday against the Cubs in Las Vegas.
Tepesch is threatening to be the biggest surprise in camp, like Ross was last season. Wells is in the running for the rotation, but the Rangers could keep him as a long reliever instead.
The club is looking at every possible combination and new ones seem to come up almost every day. Two more candidates joining the group Tuesday adds to the intrigue.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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At the City Council meeting on Oct. 16, Mayor Jane Egly stated that she wanted to support the South Laguna Community Garden, but that she needed to know about the soil contamination and to see an appraisal.
Specifically, she said, "If that is what you all choose, we can go. But I need to have the answers to those two questions before I can say yeah. But then I'll say yeah!"
Naïve us in south Laguna, we took her at her word. We spent $1,500 to get an appraisal. We spent a huge number of hours chasing down the 12-year-old soil reports. But we did get both of these documents and we shared them with the city.
Then at the Nov. 13 City Council meeting, Egly voted to deny the request for funding for the purchase of the community garden parcel.
Some legacy for the mayor.
At least Councilwoman Elizabeth Pearson and Councilman Kelly Boyd had the integrity to be consistent in their opposition to allocating any money for the Community Garden.
Bill Rihn
Laguna Beach
Be safe, warm and energy efficient this winter
As temperatures cool down, home heating use goes up. It's important for homeowners and renters to inspect their home-heating appliances and perform any maintenance necessary to avoid any health or safety hazards.
Early cold fronts are prompting people to turn on their heaters/furnaces for the first time in months. At this time of year, fire departments respond increasingly to calls of "odor of gas inside" and gas leaks.
Heating appliances should be serviced annually to keep them operating safely and efficiently. A licensed heating contractor or Southern California Gas Co. representative can provide this service for you.
Not having an annual maintenance inspection on gas appliances could result in exposure to carbon monoxide, which can cause nausea, drowsiness, flu-like symptoms and even death. Does your residence have a carbon monoxide detector installed? Check with your local fire department for advice on installing one.
Here are a few tips for a safe, warm, and energy-efficient winter:
•Vacuum and clean regularly in and around the furnace, particularly around the burner compartment, to prevent a build-up of dust and lint.
Never store items in, on or around the appliance that can obstruct airflow.
•Most forced-air units have a filter that cleans the air before heating and circulating it throughout the home. Check furnace filters every month during the heating season and clean or replace the filter when necessary.
•When installing a new or cleaned furnace filter, be sure to re-install the front-panel door of the furnace properly so it fits snugly; never operate the furnace without the front-panel door properly in place because doing so may create the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
•Check the appearance of the flame. If the flame is yellow, large and unsteady, the furnace needs to be inspected immediately by a licensed heating contractor or Southern California Gas Co. rep to have the condition corrected.
•Using an unvented gas heater in your home is dangerous and a violation of the California Health and Safety Code.
•Never use your oven, range or outdoor barbecue to heat your home because these appliances are not designed for this purpose.
Sam DiGiovanna
Aliso Viejo
The writer is training chief of Glendale's Verdugo Fire Academy.