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DIY : Door Desk
Here are the supplies I used and about how much I spent.
(2) 24"x80" interior doors - $20/each = $40
(2) 29" table legs - $12/each = $24
White interior latex paint = $10
Wipe-on polyurethane (clear gloss) = $10
29" high bookshelf = free
(Make sure the bookshelf is the same height as your table legs.)
(4) "L" brackets and (1) flat bracket = about $4
Piece of lumber sized 1"x2"x96" = $8
(The wood board needs to be about the same length as long side of a door + short side of door, which for me was 80" + 24" = 104", but 96" was plenty long enough to support it.)
TOTAL for entire desk = about $96
The first step is mounting the wood board to the wall. This is going to support one side of the desk, like this:
My bookshelf and table legs were all 29" tall, so we obviously mounted the board so that the top of it was at a height of 29".
Before you start to put together the rest of the components, paint everything white.
Next attach the two table legs to one side of a door. I didn't take a picture but it looked like this, thanks Google.
Then it's simply a matter of setting the doors onto their various supporting elements. One door is supported by the bookshelf on one end, and the wood board on the other.
The other door is supported by the two legs on one side, and the board on the other.
We used a little wood glue on top of the wall board and on top of the bookshelf to keep the doors from sliding. Then connect everything together with the brackets and drill a hole where you want your computer cord. Finally I wiped on two coats of clear polyurethane after it was all put together.
Done and done my friends.
Now you're all very sick of my office. I'll talk about something else tomorrow I prom prom promise.
26 comments:
I love it! This is such a great idea!ReplyDelete
k shut up you are amazing. i absolutely love this. your whole office is perfect.ReplyDelete
this door desk is super duper. wish i had a spot in my house to do this project, but alas, the kids have taken over every square inch! MUST GET BIGGER HOUSE!ReplyDelete
I feel inspired.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Is that G-ma's crappy bookshelf you painted and used at the end? You crafty clever girl.ReplyDelete
Wow, that is such a creative way to design a desk. Love your new blog!ReplyDelete
Do you ever work in your office? Or does it always look like this....ReplyDelete
- LindsayJune 9, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Thank you for sending this link--I didn't even look at the date I was so excited to see exactly what I needed for my home office! These instructions are great--it doesn't seem too complicated. I might actually be able to do this. All I need is a free/cheapy bookshelf--time to hit up some yard sales! Thanks again.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM
I was looking for a craft table design that's very similar to your desk design but yours being easier than what I was working out in my head.ReplyDelete
Thanks, you saved me a lot of extra work,
Hey Erica! You have inspired me to build a similar desk!! My question for you is what finish of white paint did you use? In your picture above, it says gloss, but I was concerned about the poly sticking to the gloss. Also, is the poly in the pic above the exact one you used? Sorry for all the questions! I want to make sure to get it right the first time! Thanks :)ReplyDelete
Love the desk! I have been designing something similar in my head for a while and it is great to see your example looking so nice and easily done!ReplyDelete
My question is did you use the bookshelf for design and function or for extra stability? Do you think that the desk would be as sturdy by using the thin board along both walls and 3 legs instead of the shelf?
I have been checking out a few of your article stories and I must say pretty clever stuff. I will definitely bookmark your blog. Thank you very much.ReplyDelete
I just book marked your blog on Digg and StumbleUpon.I enjoy reading your posting. thank you very much.ReplyDelete
Great researched articles and blog site, keep up the work!ReplyDelete
Love it! One question, how is the polyurethane holding up over the paint?ReplyDelete
great idea , but having that leg there would annoy me. What i may do is instead of the leg. i would get a few wooden dowels and drillholes into the points where the two door pieces touch each other then insert the dowels into the left piece and slide them togetherReplyDelete
great idea , but having that leg there would annoy me. What i may do is instead of the leg. i would get a few wooden dowels and drillholes into the points where the two door pieces touch each other then insert the dowels into the left piece and slide them togetherReplyDelete
great idea , but having that leg there would annoy me. What i may do is instead of the leg. i would get a few wooden dowels and drillholes into the points where the two door pieces touch each other then insert the dowels into the left piece and slide them togetherReplyDelete
Looks great! I wanted to do this and found your on google images. It looks fab!!ReplyDelete
My husband and I are in the process of making this right now! Our project totalled $196 bc we had to buy some extra wood to build a bookshelf and we are staining it instead of paint so we had to buy the wood conditioner. But I still consider that SUPER affordable to redo our entire office space. I'll keep you posted. Things are looking great so far.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2013 at 7:56 AM
THIS DIY L DESK IS AMAZING! VERY CREATIVE!So happy I found this! We have been trying to save for an L desk for a couple months. But they are so expensive and we keep finding others things as first time home buyers, that we need more than to spend $250. OR MORE on an L desk.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Thank you!
I'm wanting to turn my attic into an office/workroom for my photography: going pro. This would be fabulous for a place to work on photos; matting, etc. Thank you so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
You guys present there are performing an excellent job.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 4, 2014 at 9:42 AM
When you mounted the board to the wall, how did you do it? I would love to do this but plan on using this room as a second bedroom (or nursery) when I need it.... Will it leave marks on the wall?ReplyDelete
it's a great idea. I was really amazed with your L shaped deskReplyDelete


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Here we are again taking a look at our favorite donut shops from all around the globe. Check out the Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken in Washington DC and then read more posts about donuts here.
Say what's up to Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken in Washington DC!
Our first stop in DC last summer was to Astro Doughnuts. Fried chicken and donuts is a combo that should excite even the pickiest eaters. Seriously, what's not to like?
I kept it simple and went with the "award-winning" creme brulee and the seasonal passion fruit donut.
While I enjoyed the creme brulee, I thought the passion fruit was miles better. Maybe it was just hitting my taste buds in a special way that day or maybe I'm just enjoying fruity flavored donuts more and more. If they have it in stock I highly recommend it. Next time, I'd like to try out their PBJ option.
Of course, I also had to try out the fried chicken. What kind of person would I be if I didn't? It paired up great with the sweet treats.
When Jason scanned the menu, one item immediately caught his eye. The old bay fried chicken sandwich.
Yes, that is a donut-bun but don't get too excited, it tastes a bit more like a biscuit.
Astro Doughnuts produces attractive, tasty treats. You can try them out at their small shop downtown, secondary location in Falls Church, VA or catch them on the streets via food truck.

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Panavision's Millennium DXL2 8K camera was on display at Cine Gear last week featuring a new post-centric firmware upgrade, along with four new large-format lens sets, a DXL-inspired accessories kit for Red DSMC2 cameras and a preview of custom advancements in filter technology.
DXL2 incorporates technology advancements based on input from cinematographers, camera assistants and post production groups. The camera offers 16 stops of dynamic range with improved shadow detail, a native ISO setting of 1600 and 12-bit ProRes XQ up to 120fps. New to the DXL2 is version 1.0 of a directly editable (D2E) workflow. D2E gives DITs wireless LUT and CDL look control and records all color metadata into camera-generated proxy files for instant and render-free dailies.
DXL2, which is available to rent worldwide, also incorporates an updated color profile: Light Iron Color 2 (LiColor2). This latest color science provides cinematographers and DITs with a film-inspired tonal look that makes the DXL2 feel more cinematic and less digital.
Panavision also showcased their large-format spherical and anamorphic lenses. Four new large-format lens sets were on display:
• Primo X is a cinema lens designed for use on drones and gimbals. It's fully sealed, weatherproof and counterbalanced to be aerodynamic and it's able to easily maintain a proper center of gravity. Primo X lenses come in two primes – 14mm (T3.1) and 24mm (T1.6) – and one 24-70mm zoom (T2.8) and will be available in 2019.
• H Series is a traditionally designed spherical lens set with a rounded, soft roll-off, giving what the company calls a "pleasing tonal quality to the skin." Created with vintage glass and coating, these lenses offer slightly elevated blacks for softer contrast. High speeds separate subject and background with a smooth edge transition, allowing the subject to appear naturally placed within the depth of the image. These lenses are available now.
• Ultra Vista is a series of large-format anamorphic optics. Using a custom 1.6x squeeze, Ultra Vista covers the full height of the 8K sensor in the DXL and presents an ultra-widescreen 2.76:1 aspect ratio along with a classic elliptical bokeh and Panavision horizontal flare. Ultra Vista lenses will be available in 2019.
• PanaSpeed is a large-format update of the classic Primo look. At T1.4, PanaSpeed is a fast large-format lens. It will be available in Q3 of 2018.
Panavision also showed an adjustable liquid crystal neutral density (LCND) filter. LCND adjusts up to six individual stops with a single click or ramp — a departure from traditional approaches to front-of-lens filters, which require carrying a set and manually swapping individual NDs based on changing light. LCND starts at 0.3 and goes through 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, to 1.8. It will be available in 2019.
Following up on the DXL1 and DXL2, Panavision launched the latest in its cinema line-up with the newly created DXL-M accessory kit. Designed to work with Red DSMC2 cameras, DXL-M marries the quality and performance of DXL with the smaller size and weight of the DSMC2. DXL-M brings popular features of DXL to Red Monstro, Gemini and Helium sensors, such as the DXL menu system (via an app for the iPhone), LiColor2, motorized lenses, wireless timecode (ACN) and the Primo HDR viewfinder. It will be available in Q4 of 2018.


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A half thickness replacement Outlet Filter for our Cold Pro™ Commercial Brewing System. These five micron filters offer the same level of filtration with a shorter drain time.
Filters come in a pack of 10.
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Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island
Today the chefs had an early wake-up to begin cooking pancakes while everybody else slept in. After pulling up the anchors, we motored over to Salt Island. Once we dropped our primary anchor, we dinghied over to the island where we learned about the history of the island. It was about the RMS Rhone sinking and the inhabitants of the island taking in survivors, and because of this the Queen of England took away the taxes and they only have to send one bag of salt to her a year. This is a tradition they continue to this day. We then hiked to the peak of the island. We then returned to the boat and had lunch. Following which we had, in my opinion, the best dive of the session, the wreck of the RMS Rhone. After the dive, we came back to the boat and sang happy birthday to our skipper Gordo. We then had some cake and free time to swim. We are now heading back to Peter Island for another night in paradise.


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New lineage of prehistoric, plankton-eating sharks discovered
- Date:
- September 21, 2015
- Source:
- DePaul University
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- A new lineage of extinct plankton-feeding sharks, Pseudomegachasma, has been discovered by an international team of scientists. The sharks lived in warm oceans during the age of the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. The fossil sharks had tiny teeth very similar to a modern-day, plankton-eating megamouth shark.
An international team of scientists has discovered a new lineage of extinct plankton-feeding sharks, Pseudomegachasma, that lived in warm oceans during the age of the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. The fossil sharks had tiny teeth very similar to a modern-day, plankton-eating megamouth shark.
The study, "A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States," is published in the September issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Lead author, Kenshu Shimada, professor of paleobiology at DePaul University, said the findings are based on newly collected tiny fossil teeth, as well as a reinterpretation of previously reported specimens from Cretaceous rocks in the U.S. and Russia.
"The study is significant because Pseudomegachasma would represent the oldest known plankton-feeding shark in the fossil record," said Shimada. He added that these sharks would have evolved independent of the four known lineages of modern-day planktivorous cartilaginous fishes: the megamouth sharks, basking sharks, whale sharks, and manta rays.
Pseudomegachasma means "false megamouth shark" due to its dental features superficially nearly identical to the modern-day plankton-eating megamouth shark or Megachasma that evolved much later in time. The new genus is represented by two extinct species, Pseudomegachasma casei from Russia and Pseudomegachasma comanchensis from the U.S. that evolved from a group of extinct sandtiger sharks that likely had a fish-eating diet.
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Journal Reference:
- Kenshu Shimada, Evgeny V. Popov, Mikael Siversson, Bruce J. Welton, Douglas J. Long. A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015; 35 (5): e981335 DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.981335
Africa's earliest known coelacanth found in Eastern Cape
More than 30 complete specimens of the new fossil species, Serenichthys kowiensis, were collected
- Date:
- September 21, 2015
- Source:
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Summary:
- Various specimens of Africa's earliest coelacanth have been found in a 360-million-year-old fossil estuary near Grahamstown, in South Africa's Eastern Cape. More than 30 complete specimens of the new fossil species, Serenichthys kowiensis, were collected from the famous Late Devonian aged Waterloo Farm locality.
Various specimens of Africa's earliest coelacanth have been found in a 360 million year-old fossil estuary near Grahamstown, in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
More than 30 complete specimens of the new fossil species, Serenichthys kowiensis, were collected from the famous Late Devonian aged Waterloo Farm locality, by palaeontologist Dr Robert Gess and described by him in collaboration with Professor Michael Coates of the University of Chicago.
Gess did the research whilst he was completing his PhD at the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand. An article describing the new species will be published in the in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London in August.
"Remarkably, all of the delicate whole fish impressions represent juveniles. This suggests that Serenichthys was using a shallow, waterweed-filled embayment of the estuary as a nursery, as many fish do today," says Gess.
The fossils come from black shales originally disturbed by road works at Waterloo Farm. These shales are the petrified compacted remains of mud, which was deposited in the quiet reaches of an estuary not unlike some of those along the Eastern Cape coast today.
"This earliest known record of a coelacanth nursery foreshadows a much younger counterpart, known from the 300 million year old Mazon Creek beds of Illinois in the United States," says Gess.
"This glimpse into the early life history of ancient coelacanths raises further questions about the life history of the modern coelacanth, Latimeria, which is known to bear live young, but whether they, too, are clustered in nurseries remains unknown," explains Coates.
360 million years ago, Africa was part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana, made up of Africa, India, Australia, Antarctica and South America. At that time, the rocks of Waterloo Farm were forming along the shores of the semi-enclosed Agulhas Sea, not far from the South Pole.
Gess originally identified coelacanth remains from the locality whilst carrying out excavations at Waterloo Farm in the mid-1990s under the supervision of Dr Norton Hiller, of the Rhodes University Geology Department. These fossils were not, however, well enough preserved to be reconstructed and described. His painstaking excavation of tons of shale salvaged during subsequent roadworks has now shed light on dozens more specimens, a few of which are preserved in exquisite detail.
These were prepared under a microscope and have allowed the species to be reconstructed in minute detail. They prove to be a new genus and species.
Coelacanths are believed to have arisen during the Devonian Period (about 419.2 ± 3.2 million years ago), however only five species of reconstructable Devonian coelacanths have previously been described, in addition to a number of very fragmentary remains. None of these came from Africa, but rather from North America, Europe, China and Australia. The new species gives important additional information on the early evolution of coelacanths.
"According to our evolutionary analysis (conducted by Gess and Coates), it is the Devonian species that most closely resembles the line leading to modern coelacanths," says Gess.
The new species was discovered a mere 100km from the mouth of the Chalumna River, off which the type specimen of Latimeria chalumnae (the first discovered modern coelacanth) was caught in 1938.
Furthermore, the Geology Department at Rhodes, where Gess was based when he found his first fossil coelacanth, is on the site of the former Chemistry Department where Latimeria was first described. In keeping with the naming of its living relative (after an Eastern Cape river), the species name of the new fossil form, kowiensis, is after the Kowie River which rises among the hills where it was found, and the genus name, Serenichthys, honours Serena Gess, who provided land for the storage of more than 70 tons of black shale rescued from roadworks for ongoing research -- in which all the new material was found.
All specimens have been deposited in the palaeontological collection of the Albany Natural History Museum, in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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How Do Fossils Form?
| Skeleton of the bird-like specimen (Aurornis xui) found in Yizhou Fossil & Geology Park, China.
Credit: Thierry Hubin/IRSNB
When animals, plants and other organisms die, they typically decay completely. But sometimes, when the conditions are just right, they're preserved as fossils.
Several different physical and chemical processes create fossils, according to the New York State Geological Survey.
Freezing, drying and encasement, such as in tar or resin, can create whole-body fossils that preserve bodily tissues. These fossils represent the organisms as they were when living, but these types of fossils are very rare.
Most organisms become fossils when they're changed through various other means.
The heat and pressure from being buried in sediment can sometimes cause the tissues of organisms — including plant leaves and the soft body parts of fish, reptiles and marine invertebrates — to release hydrogen and oxygen, leaving behind a residue of carbon.
This process — which is called carbonization, or distillation — yields a detailed carbon impression of the dead organism in sedimentary rock.
The most common method of fossilization is called permineralization, or petrification. After an organism's soft tissues decay in sediment, the hard parts — particularly the bones — are left behind.
Water seeps into the remains, and minerals dissolved in the water seep into the spaces within the remains, where they form crystals. These crystallized minerals cause the remains to harden along with the encasing sedimentary rock.
In another fossilization process, called replacement, the minerals in groundwater replace the minerals that make up the bodily remains after the water completely dissolves the original hard parts of the organism.
Fossils also form from molds and casts. If an organism completely dissolves in sedimentary rock, it can leave an impression of its exterior in the rock, called an external mold. If that mold gets filled with other minerals, it becomes a cast.
An internal mold forms when sediments or minerals fill the internal cavity, such as a shell or skull, of an organism, and the remains dissolve.
Organic remnants
In recent years, researchers have discovered that some fossils aren't just made of minerals. Fossil analyses have shown, for instance, that some retain organic material dated to the Cretaceous, a period that lasted from 65.5 million to 145.5 million years ago, and the Jurassic period, which lasted from 145.5 million to 199.6 million years ago
Tests suggest that these organic materials belong to dinosaurs because they match certain proteins from birds, which evolved from dinosaurs.
"It used to be that no one thought it was possible for any endogenous material — material that comes from the animal — could be left behind after the fossilization process," said Ken Lacovara, the dean of the School of Earth and Environment at Rowan University in New Jersey. "[But] that's not really the case."
It's unclear how the organic material is preserved, but iron might help the proteins become cross-linked and unrecognizable, or unavailable to the bacteria that would otherwise consume them, Lacovara said. (Formaldehyde works in a similar way, cross-linking the amino acids that make up proteins, making them more resistant to decay, Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University, told Live Science.)
Another idea is "microbial masonry," Lacovara said. "It's possible that the bacteria that initially chomped through the tissue are secreting minerals as a waste product that then hermetically [airtight] seal a little bit of what remains behind," almost like a stone mason sealing off a structure, he told Live Science.
Moreover, sandstone — rock made of sand-size grains of minerals, sediments or inorganic material — seems to be the best type of environment for preserving organic material in fossils.
"Sandstone is like a bunch of volleyballs sitting on top of each other with big interstitial [spaced] areas between them," Lacovara said. "So it seems like rapid decay might promote the preservation process. Maybe we need the bacteria to get through fast and to chomp through the sediment so that they can sequester some of [the surviving organic material] in the process."
Additional reporting by Staff Writer Laura Geggel.


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The state will pay $175,000 to the leader who will manage the state's IT strategy and policymaking.
What might be the highest-profile job in state government IT remains unfilled, as California continues to seek a state CIO.
The Secretary of California Technology is slated to be paid $175,000 plus full benefits (presumably minus salary cut because of built-in furlough days incurred in recent years by the state government).
The position will be a member of Gov. Jerry Brown's cabinet, according to a job announcement from the California Technology Agency — formerly known as the Office of the State Chief Information Officer. The position is open until filled.
The state's next CIO will be tasked with directing technology strategy for all government agencies, departments and offices across the state. The state government employs at least 8,000 workers in IT, including about 130 agency CIOs.
With the backing of legislation signed by ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former state CIO Teri Takai revamped the state's IT structure during the past three years to consolidate data centers that are scattered across the state, and to centralize policy and decision-making on large IT projects and big-dollar procurements.
State legislation mandates that the state's mission-critical data and applications be moved into Tier III data centers, and that the state's IT contribute to a statewide goal to reduce energy consumption by 50 percent by this summer. The state also faces a summer deadline to move agencies onto consolidated e-mail and the state network.
In an interview this winter with Government Technology, Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, said that states were moving more slowly than expected in appointing their technology boss. Robinson said states could be facing a recruitment challenge as states like California face tough choices and budget cutbacks, leaving uncertainty about the parameters of the CIO's role.
As of Feb. 1, only 10 governors had permanently filled their administration's top technology job, among more than two dozen openings nationwide.
The projected $175,000 salary for California's CIO appears to be in line with similar public-sector jobs across the country. For example, New York state CIO Melodie Mayberry-Stewart is paid $169,000, according to public records. John Nixon, Michigan's director of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget has the highest salary in Gov. Rick Snyder's administration, at $250,000.
Takai's salary as California CIO in 2009 (her last full year on the job before becoming CIO of the U.S. Defense Department) was $158,000.
California is seeking a candidate with "experience equivalent to the CIO level with a large span of control/influence." Knowledge of the state's IT challenges is highly desired, according to the job announcement.


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Online Engineering Master's Degree Launched
Program will start with bioengineering specialization and expand to other areas
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — The Bourns College of Engineering at University of California, Riverside is launching an online master of science in engineering (MSOL) in the fall of 2013.
The degree, aimed at professional engineers looking to advance their education and enhance their value to employers, will be delivered completely online. Visits to campus are not required.
The first cohort of students will be admitted for studies in the bioengineering specialization. The college plans to add one or two concentrations per year over the next five years. Two additional specializations will be added in fall 2014 from materials at nanoscale and either water quality control systems, integrated circuits, or signal processing.
Bioengineering is one of the fastest-growing job fields in the nation according to a recent study by CNN Money and Payscale.com. The study rated biomedical engineering the best job in America based on personal satisfaction, low stress, benefit to society, and flexibility. The report said the average salary was $79,500 and that there was 61.7 percent job growth predicted through 2020.
Online master's students are required to take nine courses, for a total of 36 units. Four classes focus on engineering management, four in an engineering concentration area (initially bioengineering) and one design project class, which includes a literature review and report.
"These type of degree programs are really becoming highly pertinent in our educational system," said Kambiz Vafai, the director of the program and a professor of mechanical engineering. "And our program is unique in that it combines engineering management courses with specialized engineering courses."
The course material for the online master's program is equivalent to the traditional master's program but there is a greater emphasis on technical skills rather than research. Courses are offered on campus to traditional graduate students and are recorded on video for online students to view at a convenient time.
The same University of California quality is maintained in online courses as traditional courses. Online students also take the same exams, but at off-campus locations.
Online master's students receive course materials, including lectures, notes, assignments, and announcements online. Proctors at regional locations administer the exams.
Applications are accepted based on work experience, college coursework completed, GPA, professional certifications, reference letters and GRE scores.
The cost of the program is $3,333 per course, or $30,000 for the nine-course, two-year program.
For more information about the program visit: http://www.msol.ucr.edu/ or send an e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com or call 951-827-5196. Applications are now being accepted at http://www.msol.ucr.edu/criteria.html.
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Setting up a dual screen display to show off middle school work. I'm attaching two monitors to one computer that has dual monitor out.
I need to run flash or WMP on both screens to display two grade levels simultaneously. How can I run the same program simultaneously? No, I cannot run flash and WMP it has to be the same program.


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Donna and I have seen a lot of Newton County and environs in the past few weeks.
We're looking for a home to buy, and we've been looking at properties all around the county.
The good news for us: There's a lot to see, and a lot of bargains out there.
The bad news for us all: There are way too many homes that have been turned over to the bank or are in foreclosure.
Too many people have lost their job and home.
Folks like the Oxford couple who had lived in their ranch home since the 1970s but were now moving to a manufactured home on acreage in south Georgia.
They were packing up memories and selling what they could in a yard sale to get ready for their move and yet they graciously agreed to show us their property. They had roots here, and they'll be missed.
Mostly, though, the homes are already vacant, a simple window sticker a testimony to a foreclosure and its status as a HUD property.
These properties are usually sold as is, with little or no information available to the buyer.
But step inside and there are sad mysteries to unravel.
Did some artistically-inclined teen paint her bedroom in swirling nocturnal patterns in homage to Van Gogh's Starry Night?
Who on earth thought bright orange textured paint was a great choice for a bedroom?
Why does the basement of one home look and smell like some dank kennel, and what was the purpose of the bedroom upstairs that apparently was used as an office with a sink?
Most of the homes have been ravaged by vandals, thieves, or by former owners taking out their frustrations.
Light fixtures are broken or missing. Dishwashers are frequently missing, and stoves are damaged or dirty.
Carpet is either pet soiled, water damaged or ripped out. Walls have fist-sized holes in them and windows are shot out or broken by stone-throwing kids.
In one home a ceiling fan was left in the living room, but the blades were gone. In way too many of the homes, the air conditioners have either been placed in steel cages or locked into the garage to deter thieves.
One home looked and felt right after a twilight visit, but a check of the sex offender registry had us again looking elsewhere.
Several times we've entered houses that had become home to squatters.
One home in southern Newton County had a lived-in looking bedroom with an adult and a child's clothes on the floor, and in a country home near Social Circle we found a sleeping bag and a tall boy beer can in an upstairs room.
Most of the homes we've looked at are in need of some love and a lot of work. Every room needs paint, counters need attention, fixtures and fans need to be fixed or replaced.
We're up to the task when it comes to minor renovations and painting, but one beautiful historic home in Social Circle was way beyond our skill sets to bring up to date. It would have been nice to have a turn-of-the-previous century player piano in the parlor, but I know nothing of repairing plaster walls and updating wiring.
My dreams of owning a classic Southern manor come crashing violently down upon encountering the reality of my un-handyness around the home.
We've been at this for months, now. Our real estate professional, Carol, has been incredibly patient as we've seemingly changed our house-hunting parameters by whim.
We try to keep this in perspective. It's a business deal after all, and emotions should play little part in the decision.
And yet they do.
We want something that's bright, light, and airy, a property that makes you feel good about being there in a community that you want to be a part of.
We want a house that's a home.
Tharon Giddens is editor of The Covington News. Reach him at (678) 750-5011 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Book: "Forest of Caves: The Darkest Garden" is now available on Kindle [The Distorted Poet]
The whole shit house went up in flames. And during that portion of my life, the Darkest Garden can now be purchased in digital format. Inside, there are many written works that were selected from the years 2001 – 2007 and later published originally in 2009. The Darkest Garden, the poem itself was written in the span of three months straight. Day and night. Thought after endles thought to create the many tens of thousand words you will find yourself reading in a state of many thoughts; from a romance to many trials of horror and hidden demons within the piece.
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The Bible says that the whispered prayers of God's children are effective to bring about change. Prayer is a discipline and a pleasure. It is a true and enduring service, and its impact is far-reaching. Prayer is a very real way to intervene on behalf of the vulnerable and marginalized, to help uphold those serving and to align our hearts with God's heart.
We want to equip you to pray strategically for our partners in Lebanon.
Throughout the summer months, pray strategically for:
- Camps for refugee children, orphans, and other Lebanese kids, created by Baptist Children and Youth Ministry (BCYM) and staffed by volunteer teams from Western churches
- The Middle East Consultation at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) gathering church leaders from the Arab World and the global Church each June
- The needed resources for MERATH (Middle East Revive and Thrive) to continue its distribution of much-needed aid to refugee families in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq
Each fall, we encourage you to pray for the educational expressions of ministry in Lebanon:
- For students, faculty, and administration at Beirut Baptist School (BBS)
- For the SKILD (Smart Kids with Individual Learning Differences) team and its presence in local public and private schools
- For the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), as classes resume and new students seek visas that are often difficult to obtain
- For educational projects designed to serve refugee and stateless children throughout Lebanon
In the winter, intercede on behalf of:
- Refugees and other families who are vulnerable to flooding, snow, freezing temperatures, and increased illnesses
- The publishing team at Dar Manhal al-Hayat (DMAH) as they decide what resources to translate and publish for the Arabic world in the coming year
- Christmas outreach programs across Lebanon with Baptist Children and Youth Ministry (BCYM)
As spring arrives, pray about the needs of:
- ABTS students as they plan and prepare for summer ministry or post-graduation transitions to service around the Arab world
- The advocacy efforts of SKILD, especially through the ground-breaking National Day for Students with Learning Difficulties in Lebanon
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The Road charts the journey of a nameless man and a nameless boy south through a post-apocalyptic America. They have nothing but each other and a cart of supplies. There is little food available. Nothing grows any more. The trees are leafless and ash covers the ground. The story is set years after some devastating event that turned the country into a charred ruin, presumably a nuclear war. The two protagonists are journeying south to escape the cold of the approaching winter, doing their best to avoid encounters with any "bad guys" (as the man calls them when speaking to the boy). In a world with nothing but canned food in ever diminishing supply, it's not surprising that some might turn to cannibalism. The names of characters are never mentioned, I would guess, because in a world with so few people, names become meaningless. Likewise the names of the roads on which they travel have ceased to have meaning; there is only The Road.
You could be forgiven for skipping this novel on account of the bleak storyline. But nothing could be further from the truth. The novel shows the reader a world where on the surface of things there is nothing to live for – where you would either kill yourself or long for death. But the man's entire life is transformed by the simple fact that he must take care of the boy. This is a story about where true meaning in life resides, when you strip away all the comforts and distractions of our lives: in the love one person has for another human being. It's such a simple story: a long journey interspersed with occasional dramatic encounters. But it's an absolute page-turner, because it's meaningful, realistic, uncompromising.
The fact that it's hard to put down may also have something to do with the strange style in which the book is written. There are no chapter divisions at all, but a great many scene divisions throughout the book. Many scenes consists of only two or three paragraphs. Rarely do they exceed two pages. This brevity, oddly enough, works quite well, and has the effect of making the reader think "Just a bit more before a put it down." Then, before you know it, you've read another twenty pages.
The author has decided to rewrite the rules of English grammar and punctuation for himself. If McCarthy were a self-published author, I would be balking at such arrogance. But since he's an accomplished author, and since I enjoyed the novel so much, I'm forced to pause and examine the matter closely. I always read with a critical eye, so here's a list of all the things I saw McCarthy doing a little differently:
- There are no quotation marks. Speech is rendered indistinguishable from narration, like this: Let's go, he said. All things considered, it was fairly easy to distinguish the two.
- Commas are in short supply. This decision did cause me a bit of grief. Occasionally I got mixed up in the meaning of a sentence and had to re-read it.
- Several clauses in a sentence are often joined with multiple "and"s, in a manner that seems quite childlike, which is bizarre because McCarthy demonstrates a rich vocabulary that puts me to shame.
- There are no italics. Fair enough; not exactly a necessity.
- Apostrophes are removed from words like "can't," but are retained for words like "he'd." McCarthy seems to have decided that when two words are joined together ("he had"), you keep the apostrophe, but when one one ("not") is concatenated ("nt), you remove it. Struck me as an unnecessary amendment to the English language.
- Hyphenated words are usually rendered without the hyphen.
- "He" does not usually refer to the last mentioned subject, but to the man, as opposed to the boy, regardless of whether the boy was last mentioned.
Taking all of the above into consideration, I get the feeling that perhaps the author is attempting to convey a style similar to oral storytelling; you can't speak a quotation mark, so why write one? The idea has some merit, and I'm actually curious about attempting to write something in a similar style. I appreciated some of McCarthy's changes, but others irritated me and made the prose awkward to read. There was also a limited degree of sloppy inconsistency going on. More than once, I spotted a sentence like Come on he said, where McCarthy left out a comma in a circumstance where he always used one. Also, about halfway through the story, in a the middle of a paragraph, I encountered a nonsensical sentence that began with a small letter. It was as if someone had accidentally highlighted the first half of a sentence and deleted it by accident. Don't publishers proof-read their books before publication? Shame on you, Picador.
Enough criticism. I'm overlooking McCarthy's oddball English, because this is an excellent novel. Thoroughly recommended.


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Sleep your way to the top in Bollywood
The Independent reports that an Indian actor outs celebrities who were made famous by having sex. As if this only happens in India - has anyone tried this type of investigative reporting in LA? I bet some of our fabulous Oscar winners may have even gotten their start the old fashioned way.


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Example of a quick Exit Exam
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Published by University of New Mexico Press
The Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas is the capstone of the first comprehensive statewide survey of Arizona's breeding birds. More than 700 surveyors, mainly volunteers, reported a total of 376 bird species during the 1993-2000 field seasons. Of those species, 283 were confirmed as breeding and 18 additional species were suspected of potentially nesting in the state during the atlas survey period. ;This atlas provides a breeding distribution snapshot for each of Arizona's nesting bird species at the end of the twentieth century. Bird populations change constantly due to environmental factors and human activities. The data compiled in this book will serve as a baseline against which to judge future changes. It also provides a wealth of natural history information. ;Each of the 270 two-page species accounts contains a color photo of the species and a range map summarizing the breeding distribution records collected during the atlas survey period. The accompanying descriptive text and graphs provide nesting habitat information and a timeline chronicling each bird's breeding phenology and migratory status in Arizona. Another 47 species are briefly discussed. Additional chapters describe atlas methods, results, and Arizona ornithological history, as well as topography, climate, and habitat diversity, which ultimately govern bird species distribution in the state. Useful to land managers and biologists, the atlas will also be a resource for birders and educators and will increase public awareness of Arizona's vast avian life.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
Grunt sculpins are found in the Aquarium's Northern Pacific Gallery.
Geographic Distribution
North Pacific from western coast of Alaska to Santa Monica Bay in southern California; east coast of northern and central Honshu, Japan.
They are generally found along rocky bottoms and areas of sand mixed with rubble in intertidal zones, below the low tide level, and to depths of 165 m (540 ft). These fish prefer the empty shells of barnacles, especially the giant barnacle, (Balanus nubilis), as a hiding place and a nesting site in which to lay and brood eggs. In addition to barnacle shells, grunt sculpin also seek shelter in bottles, cans, and other ocean floor debris.
Physical Characteristics
Grunt sculpin have short stocky bodies with large, bulbous heads and long, sharp, tapered snouts. Instead of scales, they have plates that have minute spines on them. Adults have small, flaplike cirri on the upper lip. These sculpin are mottled and streaked in shades of cream to orange-brown to dark brown. They have a bright orange bar on the base of the tail and all their fins except the pelvic fin are an orange-red color.
These small fish reach a length of about 5-7.6 cm (2-3 in).
The grunt sculpin diet consists of crustaceans, zooplankton, and fish larvae.
When ready to mate, a female grunt sculpin is a very determined fish. She aggressively chases males until she corners one in a cave, crevice, or, an empty barnacle shell. She lays up to 150 eggs while closely guarding her captive male until he fertilizes the eggs. Then she departs the nest, leaving the male behind as the primary nest guarder. She may return to the nest occasionally to take over guard duties.
An awkward swimmer, grunt sculpin move along the bottom or crawl over rocks on the tips of their finger-like pectoral fins. Their movements are short twitchy hops, jerks, and jumps.
The coloration of these fish camouflages them in their preferred habitats. Hiding in an empty barnacle shell with only their snouts protruding, they resemble a closed barnacle.
They are believed to live about four years.
Currently grunt sculpin are not listed as threatened or endangered. They are preyed on by Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba).
Special Notes
These fish make a wheezing-grunting sound when removed from the water, hence the name, grunt sculpin. SCUBA divers say the grunts can be heard underwater.


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Web Design and Marketing Sacramento
One way to ensure that you are performing well online is to have a functional and stylish website. Business of all trades and sizes can get a suitable website. You must invest in your website if you want it to help you achieve your objectives easily. This is in the web design stage as well as marketing stage. While creating a website is one time takes, you have to keep on improving the website with additional and useful features. With the dynamism in technology growth, there are limitless options for features to add to the website. If you have hired the right web design agency, you will be able to enjoy the benefits of technology.It includes configuring your website with online applications that serve your clients and stake holders.
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While a website can be made using the best technologies, it can't go out on its own way to bring results. Someone has to use it to bring the desired results. A reliable web design company would be glad to assist you to do online marketing tasks. This is an effective strategy for ensuring that your website is serving its purpose. They assist you to do the search engine marketing. With the fierce competition for the organic search ranking, companies have realized a need to do more than SEO. Their second option is doing the search engine marketing. Even if it seems a better alternative for organic ranking, it does not come easy. The online marketing agency has the tools to do keyword search. If you have the right keywords, you can reach a wider audience. There is however high completion of the best keywords. Long tail keywords often compensates for this competition.
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Asanda Madyibi
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Asanda Madyibi Clothing is a clothing retail and manufacturing company that was established in 2007. We specialise in quality handcrafted bespoke ladies wear, inspired by traditional African tribal fashions and contemporary trends. While striving to create cultural pride, we experiment with traditional crafts (mainly beading, fabric manipulation and leather work) to create embellished garments that are contemporary African. This fusion results in garments that are deemed "hot" by satisfied clients, i.e. sexy Minnie Dlamini at the PSL awards. Asanda Madyibi Clothing has dressed Unathi Msengana (Idol SA judge) for 3 seasons, 2011 to 2013. In October 2012 we showcased a collection in Washington D.C. for the Launch of the Kora Music Awards.
The company founder and designer, Asanda Madyibi, obtained a Fashion Design Diploma from PE Technikon, which is now called Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Her early career began with designer, Sonwabile Ndamase, creating a broad range of Afrocentric traditional regalia - from corporate uniforms to occasional wear for politicians. As a creative and dynamic designer, Asanda Madyibi's three-year tenure as head designer at Sun Goddess helped the brand evolve - from their traditional A-line skirts and bustier to a luxury brand with a more diverse woman's wear. In recognition of her innovative work she was nominated in the 2008 Stars of Mzansi Awards. Her innovative take on contemporary African wear lead her to open Asanda Madyibi Clothing to create garments that are truly African, modern and luxurious.
The company strives to create sustainable employment and currently employs 5 fulltime employees, 3 tailors, 1 beader and 1 admin assistant.
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Checking Voicemail in Outlook
Do you know that if voice mail is enabled on your account, you will be able to listen to your voice mail from your mobile phone and read it in your Inbox? Yes, that's true. It's not just only that; also you'll receive a text message on your phone to alert you that you have new voice mail and show you part of the voice message. You can also hear your e-mail and calendar information over the phone and manage them using your voice. I got this video shows you (click 'n' download it) all of the new and exciting features that are found within Outlook voice mail.
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one of these days i'm going to come up with something interesting to post about
Until then, here is a funny picture and two links to recent guest posts on other blogs:
At Big Other, eight things I discovered for the first time in 2009 with commentary: Frank Lima, Lewis Nordan, Billy Joe Shaver, Jim Ford, Melanie Joy, pasta with beans, Scrooged, and Catallus. Thanks to John Madera for asking me to contribute.
An interview with Jason Behrends of the terrific blog What To Wear During An Orange Alert. I talk about what's coming next year for Magic Helicopter Press, other things, blah blah, maybe someone should put a dental drill in my eye, etc.
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SparkleWash of Essex County is a power washing company that uses light water pressure and detergents to clean homes, decks, pool areas, trucks, buildings, sidewalks, roofs, and boats. The company was established and incorporated in Massachusetts in 2002. The company is part of a franchise out of Bedford Heights, OH. The company employs one person. Mr. Daniel Martin is the Owner of the company. Any questions or problems may be directed to the attention of Mr. Martin.
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Idéalia Eyes
Anti fatigue eye care
Enriched with licorice root extract, caffeine and Vichy Mineralizing Thermal Water, to fight signs of fatigue and first signs of aging.
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Nowadays sending money from one country to another is not a big task. What is crucial is to find the right service provider. In this article, I will take you through some features of few money transfer services through which you can send money from the U.K to Poland. Based on this you can choose the right option suiting your need. In this article, we will be discussing various aspects of three popular money transfer services that can be used to send money to Poland from U.K. The three services are: TransferWise, EasySend, and CurrencyFair. Here we will be going through their important features and various other services provided to the customers.
Tranferwise is one of the leading service providers for sending money online and is probably the most trusted one. It is known for its fast, secure and transparent money transfer services across the world. It offers true mid-market exchange rates to its customers which very a few companies can offer. The money is received within 1-3 working days. The customer experience for TransferWise is also very good which is quite evident in its online reviews. The transfer fee varies from one currency to another. For transferring 1000 GBP you will be charged 6.27 GBP and rest 993.73 GBP is converted into Polish Zlotys on the mid-market exchange rate. It has a feature called Guaranteed Rate that can fix the exchange rate for you for next 24 hours, so you don't have to face the fluctuations in exchange rates. The process of sign up and money transfer is online, so it's not a big hassle for anyone to open an account or to perform a transaction.
EasySend operates in few countries only but a majority of its transfers are between Poland and U.K. It charges £2 and £5 for its Fast and Superfast services respectively. In Fast services, the money is transferred within 24 hours and in Superfast services, the transfer is done within 10 minutes. There are no transfer fees for the first transfer and after that on every 10th transaction. It will transfer your money within 24 hours and in few minutes if you opt for superfast services. However, the exchange rate of EasySend is a little below than the mid-market rate but still better than many other companies. Started in 2006, EasySend has sent millions of pounds across countries.
It has an exclusive peer-to-peer currency exchange system, where you have an option to get your desired exchange rate which may be better that mid-market rate. In CurrencyFair instead of exchanging money with the service provider, you can exchange it directly with another customer if he accepts the proposed exchange rate. In fact, almost 10% of its customers actually get better rates than mid-market rate. Along with this they also offer good exchange rates very close to mid-market rates. The transfer fee also varies from one currency to another which is anywhere between 0.2% to 0.6%. The services of CurrencyFair are fast and reliable and with its growing customer base, it is one of the best service providers available on the market today.
Now let's do a comparison of the three companies we discussed here. For sending 1000 GBP one needs to pay more transfer fee in TransferWise as compared to the rest two. But due to the better exchange rate, the received amount is more than the rest two. Although CurrencyFair is very close to TransferWise in terms of final amount, there is also a possibility of peer-to-peer exchange in which you can get better output.
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Even though we mostly concentrate on the final received amount while transferring money to other countries, we should also focus on the reliability of the company and ease in the transaction along with the time taken in the process. By considering all of the above factors you can make a fair decision on the suitable service provider you wish to select to send money to Poland.


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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Ripley's March 21
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Draw Power Girl!
mooncalfe is starting a Draw Power Girl meme, taking i took a cue from [info]dryponder's impressive Draw Supergirl meme. i reposted the Power Girl i posted last entry, but with some edits and slightly altered colors. anyway, when you draw her, send me the link and i'll put it on the master list. so draw Power Girl and make her awesome!
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It's almost 4:30 in the morning. I've been up since 3:15 when I first heard a little someone who sleeps right beside me in a mosquito-netted travel cot tossing his head from side to side and smacking his lips. Then I heard questing chirps and fingernails clawing at nylon (I'm pretty sure he lives in hope that if he just scrabbles around frantically enough he's going to find a boob in bed with him one of these days, either that or he'll manage to dig his way to one). After a couple of minutes of this I got up and gave him what he wanted.
He went right back to sleep afterwards – it's the only time of day he will reliably go down without a fuss at the moment. I, however, didn't find it so easy.
Some of the roosters are also awake, neighborhood dogs are having brief and vocal tussles and I can hear rain falling – such an odd sound at this dry time of year. My bad foot aches. I'm hungry for banana bread or brownies or something. (Not fruit, though, or anything else we actually have in the house. No, not that). My mind is busy hopscotching around between blog posts and book tasks and what exactly I might say to Mike when I wake him up with my restlessness and he rolls over and tells me that I should be asleep. I'm cooking up a line perfectly calibrated to convey that I don't lie here awake just for fun – a line that's a bit sharp without straying into unreasonably bitchy territory.
They are such useful conversations to have, these imaginary ones.
I don't often get up in the wee dark hours and write but I knew how this would play out if I didn't – the same way it has played out half a dozen times during the last two weeks.
I would put Dominic back to bed at 4 and lie there awake until 5. Then, right as I was tumbling off the exhausted cliff and falling into sleepy, Dominic would start to doze more lightly. He would lose his dummy and want it back again. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then he would wake properly around 6 looking for his own version of banana bread and brownies.
And I would be shot for the entire day as far as any good writing goes.
Decent sleep is such a creative basic for me, something I just can't do without. I don't have many other real needs. Relative quiet is on that list. A decent chair and a cup of coffee first thing in the morning come close, but I'm not sure even they qualify as needs. Maybe my laptop does. I can barely remember how to write longhand anymore – I think in type.
Wants are another story; I have plenty of writing wants. I want blank notebooks, and pens that spill just enough ink smooth and clean onto the page when you use them, and something to find me the perfect quotation at a moment's notice. I want beautiful bookshelves and music that articulates the emotional tone of what I'm writing. I want a soft-serve ice cream machine in my own office.
I've always wanted my own office. Well, to be honest what I really want is an entire cabin in the woods (or one set in a lush and well-manicured garden – I can never decide which). I want to fill this cabin with books and buy a huge wooden desk made of gorgeous timber – timber that earned its beauty during decades of struggling up toward sunshine in a rainforest – the sort of timber that I should be too responsible and too ashamed to own. And when I grew tired of sitting at this magical desk, I imagine that I would relax on a beautiful Turkish carpet in front of a fireplace.
Somehow my imagination never has me cleaning the ashes out of this fireplace in the cold hard light of day; I only ever sit there during twilight and watch the mystic dance of flames.
Isn't that the way with wants?
I might want an office, but I certainly don't need one. As long as it's quiet enough I can write anywhere. Sometimes I can even write when it's not at all quiet (does anyone else get some of their best ideas in church?). I can make do without the ice cream machine. Sleep, however, is a different story.
Trying to write without enough sleep in the bank is like trying to drive through fog or swim wearing shoes or bang your head against the wall without putting your bike helmet on first.
See what happens? You come up with sentences like the one above. And then you're too dopey to edit them out. When I write tired I feel easily overwhelmed. I second-guess myself constantly and nothing I come up with seems good enough (possibly because nothing I come up with is good enough). It's no fun at all.
Nope, if I had to choose between my cabin in the woods and getting enough sleep it's not even a close call. Sleep I need. Cabins I just want.
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Christine Essel, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA), was the featured speaker at a recent JMBM "Business Issues Forum" hosted by Ben Reznik. Ms. Essel has taken command of an agency whose governing board she chaired in the 1990s. She brings with her 30 years experience in planning and development as senior vice president at Paramount Studios where she also served as the senior vice president of Government and Community Affairs. The following is a brief summary of Ms. Essel's remarks:
As I see it, the challenge in this new assignment is to root out dysfunctionality in an agency which is viewed as being unfriendly. It appears to be a good time to undertake this process, because we're seeing limited development in our spheres of influence which provides an opportunity to evaluate our role. We are dealing with a "good news/ bad news" scenario. The good news is CRA/LA still has $700 million in the bank! The bad news is that with most development on hold, our revenue stream — which relies on tax increment financing — has been significantly curtailed. Additionally, the State is taking $85 million from our budget this year. We are also in the process of reducing our 261 member staff through early retirement. We expect 40 senior staff to be leaving by January 1, 2011.
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Selecting a Fuzzy Logic Operation from the DNF-CNF Interval: How Practical are the Resulting Operations?
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Published in the Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society NAFIPS'2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 27-29, 2002, pp. 28-33.
In classical (two-valued) logic, CNF and DNF forms of each propositional formula are equivalent to each other. In fuzzy logic, CNF and DNF forms are not equivalent, they form an interval that contains the fuzzy values of all classically equivalent propositional formulas. If we want to select a single value from this interval, then it is natural to select a linear combination of the interval's endpoints. In particular, we can do that for CNF and DNF forms of "and" and "or", thus designing natural fuzzy analogues of classical "and" and "or" operations. The problem with thus selected "and" and "or" operations is that, contrary to common sense expectations, they are not associative. In this paper, we show the largest possible value of the corresponding non-associativity is reasonably small and thus, this non-associativity does not made these operations impractical.


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Dear Diary...
The following are just some of my informal "diary" notes on the opening week for Fiddler on the Roof, from my own "Music Director" perspective. These are not intended to be rants or raves nor do I disclose specific names, etc. - I just want to try to capture some of the simple facts and observations from this experience. Often, when doing a show, it's hard for me to recall all the thousands of things that happen - emotions are high, stress is somewhat high and things are constantly evolving. Most will be lost, but here are a few highlights:
Monday May 3 - the highlights from this included my many, many mistakes, notably my disastrous cueing of the chorus in the opening number, "Tradition." This was mostly a communications thing as we weren't all on the same page as far as the first entrance went - but my eye jumping over a few staves and cueing everyone in early on the "dai, dai, dai, dais" certainly didn't help! How strange it was that the entire chorus could be so off - opps, it was ME! Other layers were still evolving too - lights, scene transitions that weren't always timely, tight, etc. It still wasn't entirely clear, musically, what underscoring was working and what was actually taking away. I mentioned that these Monday (first or second time in the pit) were usually the most challenging - this one did not fail to live up to that. I felt a little discouraged, primarily with my own performance.
Tuesday, May 4 - woke up early and wrote out detailed notes (big stuff) to the orchestra. So many great players the problems were primarily just simple communication things (when to come in, etc.) and the context of some of the things we were playing. Although I don't like those types of "Monday" runs, Tuesday was near stellar! Things came together in a big way. We nailed Tradition! And other numbers followed successfully. Trying to get a sense of the overall balance (we only have three pit covers open) - many said the orchestra was too soft - others said too loud? Which was it? Well, as it turns out, probably a little of both, depending on the action on the stage. Oh, one recollection: the Fiddler tripped on one entrance to the stage and that bugged him! But he did an amazing little ad lib when Tevye appeared to be late on his entrance. Speaking of Tevye - Bob is absolutely amazing. I can't imagine a better Tevye in all the history of this show, and that includes Broadway and Movie renditions. (Okay, getting caught up in the fever. I'll keep the raves in check!)
Wednesday, May 5 - (Preview Night), about 150 folks in attendance. A real audience. After the stellar Tuesday night rehearsal I was wary, but things went well. The applauses provided new challenges - still many scene changes and musical transitions a bit rough but getting better. Since we have an orchestra of about 50 (but only 25 or so in the pit at any given time), many musicians are getting the chance to see the show. This helps greatly, as being in the pit can serve to disconnect one from the overall emotion on the stage - even though the music being performed is certainly a key part of that emotional "thing" that makes it all work. So getting their reactions on balance, blend and feel were very valuable. Also got to chat with folks in the audience about the show - very exciting. Director's note: orchestra too loud! Yikes!
Thursday, May 6 - Opening Night! A very good opening night. A couple rough starts ("Miracle of Miracles") and some places were I would swear we were a beat away from total disaster, but otherwise we held it together with grit and brute force. We pulled down our volume in many key places and that seemed to work well.
Friday, May 7 - the day after opening night. This was an "exciting" show! Orchestra did great adjusting to the various unexpected events on stage (very minor line issues, some rushing of songs - I would have to blame fatigue more than anything). Our wonderful Tevye was feeling ill but delivered a fine performance - a dropped series of lines at the top of "To Life" ("to our agreement...err......but most important..") prompted us in the pit to simply go with the flow. It worked too. A bit of trouble in the dream sequence, but a nice recovery by Grandma. It's a long week - only two more shows until week #1 is over. I'm in no hurry to see this production end - enjoying it all. Audiences seem to like it too. We seem to end about 11 pm every night (we start at 8 pm).
Saturday, May 8 - as I recall this was a good show. As of this writing I have let the entire second week go by without detailing anything in this blog! That just means that for the most part the show, by this time, assumed a rhythm that was fairly stable.
Sunday, May 9 - this show was on Mothers' Day. In our family we've actually postponed Mothers' Day until Fathers' Day since things are simply so busy. The one notable event was that we lost a cast member to a broken ankle! Very sad for him, but he will hopefully have a speedy recovery.
Week #2
Since I didn't take notes, I'll just summarize this week with various streams of thought...flashes:
Two days rest - what rest?! Hard to sleep on Monday since we were all coming down from the rigorous week (a seemingly 15 day week!). Tuesday's lecture "An evening with Sholom Aleichem" given by Mike Aronson was inspiring! Learned a great deal about his life and writings. Wednesday - the show resumes its week 2. As I recall, this audience was very perky, laughing everywhere! Were we thin on strings? Yes, but it worked out great anyway. The orchestra and cast performed great - not loose at all; very tight for being off two days. Thursday - another good show as I recall. Friday -another a good show, but some rough spots in various solo lines. Saturday - I captured some photos/video/audio clips from the pit - a good call too because we were on FIRE! S.C.'s clarinet solo on stage was a knock-out! He's truly a pro and it showed! I was having so much fun - didn't feel like I was expending an ounce of energy. The orchestra executed so well - adjusting to the subtle changes on the stage and vocal delivery almost instinctively. This night was indeed a highlight. Sunday - yikes! Very tired. Arms feel heavy - a matinee show to boot! Feeling a bit sick too (cold/sinus stuff but no fever). Just hanging in. By the middle of act I no major mistakes so feeling a bit better. The show overall was excellent and we met at China Delight for food, friends and laughs. I had to leave early though to attend a VB rehearsal. Yikes! My chops? Where art thou? (Monday morning - lots of long tones, Arbans, et al. Gigs coming up soon!)
Week #3 - Closing Week of Fiddler on the Roof
Had a fairly restless two days off - was a bit drained after the second week - I'm certain I wasn't alone as many of the actors/musicians were grinding on.
Wednesday, May 19 - the third week began with this performance that was quite exceptional! The pre-sold hospital audience was very different from "normal" audiences; one of the rare occasions where there were some empty seats - for subsequent years we must tell folks wanting tickets to hang out on this night! Of note: the first bottle to find its way into the pit. Fortunately it pretty much rolled my way - I just snatched it up! Then, as if one wasn't enough, another actor dropped his as the last moment of the dance causing glass to shatter - small pieces of glass landed on at least one string player! From this point forward we switched to plastic bottles for safety!
Thursday, May 20: this show was also quite good - Tevye's hat went missing during the break after Act 1. There was a stuffed toy turkey on his chair. He was inflamed. His hat was found. The turkey was a coincidental joke by Lazar (presumably a reference to the inside joke of "5 chickens for the first five sabbaths of their wedded lives...") - no harm done. Tevye cried like a baby on Little Chavala - a nice way to vent! Orchestra is wonderful. Everyone hanging in there; we're all still adjusting. No two nights are the same, but there's solid consistancy throughout, even with the diversity of the pool of 50 players. I can't see doing a community show with an orchestra that is not "overbooked" like this. The payoff is twofold: rehearsing with a large group provides the power and support that younger/less experienced players can feed from; and second, when it comes to performances, allowing players to trade off/share eliminated a bit of the burn-out that can dampen the old spirits. With only three shows remaining, everyone seems in fine spirits. Oh, I'm aware of the toll on some folks, especially in the orchestra - but overall, I think the memories of the long nights will be smoothed into a feeling of accomplishment and job well done.
One final memory - vocal warm-ups: we did a 4-way round of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" with a fun twist: one time through all together, then break into the round. Once all the way through each respective part, modulate up a half-step (with a gracious and respectful nod to the great Barry Manilow's pop 70's arranging style) - the rub is that for a moment there's some amazing dissonance, but things worked out great. This proved to be a nice way to center in on ones key/tonality and trusting that it will somehow come together and it did.
Friday, May 21: A great show as I recall!
Saturday, May 22: Another great show. Perchik (T.C.) makes his infamous Cool Shoes performance run, misses Tradition. Apologies in the morning though!
Sunday, May 23: Show closes with a very tight performance! It was a great run and everyone seems to be in fine spirits despite the long run. One ghost in the mics somewhere (boom!). An emotional cast, which is to be expected (those new to shows don't realize that they never really end!) - I try to remind myself that the so-called close of one show merely marks the beginning of a new one. Shows come and go - its the folks we get to meet and work with along the way that matter. Friendships and great memories are made. Cast/Crew/Orchestra party at Papas Pizza: funny skits ("Dream Sequence") - got some video clips of this! MJR's words to entire cast. I spoke a bit to ensemble, specifically about the orch. players in attendence, though most weren't there. Never can say enough (certainly wasn't prepared to speak!) - forgot to say some really important things but hopefully the important stuff was conveyed even if not said directly.
I have a memory CD (orchestra oriented) with lots of photos, short video clips and various audio clips that give an idea of what we sounded like. It's quite amazing really and something I think will be special to have. Looking forward to sharing this with orchestra folks and others involved in the show.
Fiddler on the Roof - what an amazing show. A showcase for such extra-ordinary local talent, great music. I was amazed night after night with the craft that went into the script and score. It's truly a giant of shows. I felt our Corvallis Community Theatre rendition was done right - 14 shows, every single one totally sold out, standing ovations for every performance. It brought many members of the community together in a big way (folks who might never have met forged friendships) and provided an outlet for so many to practice their art/craft.
Well, on to the next show!
Break a leg!
Rob Birdwell (May 2004)


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- CherryPie said...
You took some amazing portraits in 2011.
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"sort out my shit and my head"...
Ah... troubled heads do think alike. Good luck to us both.
As for the portraits, you have set yourself a very high standard. I am sure you can at least equal it though.
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- jams o donnell said...
Why thank you.
Andrew, here's hoping on all counts!
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- Syncopated Eyeball said...
As Andrew said: You've set the standard high, Shaun. That first picture and its companion (same subject from slightly further away) are two of my favourites of your work.
Somehow I think you will achieve your goal. Your images have been getting better and better for some time now.
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"Want to know how a 21st Century learner learns? Ask them. You will be amazed at what you hear and if you are smart- you'll act upon it. Sylvia Martinez says we are trying to solve this 21st C PD issue in schools with 6% of the population (teachers) when 94% of the population (kids) are better positioned to help us learn what we need to know to be successful. Turn your classrooms into learning ecologies- learn with and from your students. Get rid of top down, expert driven instruction methods and nurture self-directed discovery- both your own and theirs. Turn your passions into classroom curriculum. Get excited and mentor your kids integrating your passions with core content and foundational knowledge. Help them develop a love and understanding for culture and our rich heritage. Advocate hard to get the metrics we are using to measure classroom effectiveness changed- for we teach what we measure. Leverage NCLB to push for personalization of curriculum in an effort to meet AYP and all the various needs of your subgroup populations."
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Thursday's Child: Ihlara Gorge, Turkey
18 comments:
- Velva said...
Beautiful. These are the beautiful places around the world. Awesome that you were able to experience it.
- November 29, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
Beautiful! I love hearing about all of your travels. I was looking at a map of Afghanistan the other day and forgot how close Turkey is to it. Its interesting because some of your pics look like they could be in North America and some definitely look like they are in a place near the gray rocky landscape of Afghanistan.
- November 29, 2012 at 8:11 PM
- Belinda said...
What a stunning walk!! Those tress are particularly lovely.
- November 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
You have been to so many incredibly beautiful places - this world of ours is spectacular! :)
- November 29, 2012 at 9:05 PM
What fantastic views on your walk!
- November 29, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- Valerie Gamine said...
Beautiful photos and descriptions! Turkey's Ihlara Gorge is completely new to me, so it was fascinating read. And ah, spring...it seems to far away right now.
- November 29, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Rita said...
Spectacular Beth; that road, the gorge, your memories; I can only imagine how majestic it must be.
- November 30, 2012 at 4:52 AM
- Barbara said...
Lovely, Beth. How fortunate we are to have such a well traveled blogger as a friend! I learn so much when I visit you!
- November 30, 2012 at 7:22 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Beautiful photos, Beth.
- November 30, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Andrea_TheKitchenLioness said...
Fabulous picture of the frescoes and your trip sounds like it was a terrific experience!
- November 30, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Is there a country you haven't been to, Beth????? :D
Soon, I'm going to be expecting recipes on your blog from all the places you've visited. ;)
- November 30, 2012 at 6:05 PM
- shaz said...
I love taking these "trips" with you Beth. Thanks for sharing :)
- December 1, 2012 at 1:23 AM
- Elaine said...
How fascinating. It does look gorgeous and I bet it was interesting exploring.
- December 1, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- Lawyer Loves Lunch said...
Hi Beth! Thanks for visiting my blog so I could discover yours. It's so great to read about other people's fantastic international travels because it allows me to live vicariously while sitting at my desk :) I look forward to reading more about your baking and trips.
- December 1, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- lisa is cooking said...
Tea and cookies after a nice walk sounds lovely! It must have been so pretty to see the cherry blossoms. Another great walk!
- December 1, 2012 at 5:31 PM
- Kathy said...
Beth, Your photos are lovely! A place I always wanted to visit!
- December 3, 2012 at 8:29 PM
- Unknown said...
We've had so much rain this week, your walk looks so good to me!
I wish we could have done more exploring in central Turkey- hopefully next time;-) Your photos are lovely and always inspiring;-)
- December 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- Sue said...
I love your tea party set up with the tree trunk table and stools! :) One of my uncles was born in Turkey...my grandparents were en route from Armenia on their trek to the U.S.
- December 7, 2012 at 11:54 AM