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I don't like to take chances. I obsessively research even minor purchases, and the belt-and-suspenders approach to life seems pretty reasonable to me. Which makes it a bit odd that I'm in Las Vegas, where the cacophonous casinos and omnipresent video-poker machines—not to mention the sheer hubristic madness of building a major city in the middle of the Mojave Desert—all contribute to one inarguable truism: This place is all about the gamble. But as I wander the city from the Strip to Fremont Street, taking in everything from the tatty Triple Double Diamond slots at the airport to the high-stakes baccarat tables at the Bellagio, one risk-related question remains paramount in my mind:
What are the chances of getting a decent drink around here?
Until recently, my odds would have been slim to none. While Las Vegas's official symbol could well be a cocktail waitress, and the massive 30-billion-lumen spotlight atop the Luxor could likely be fuelled entirely by the vodka poured in casino bars each day, for much of the city's recent history, well-made cocktails have been a rarity. "It was really an afterthought," says Tony Abou-Ganim, a celebrated bartender and cocktail consultant who lives in Las Vegas.
After working at prominent bars and restaurants in San Francisco and New York for much of the 1990s, Abou-Ganim moved to Las Vegas in 1998 when he was hired by Steve Wynn to create an ambitious cocktail program for bars at the Bellagio. He was dismayed by what he found. "There wasn't a lot of attention focused on the cocktail, other than how fast they could be served and how inexpensively they could be made," he says. "Everything was off the guns"—the automatic devices behind the bar that spurt cola, club soda or a sickly green sour mix at the press of a button—"so the bartenders had become button-pushers more than craftsmen of great cocktails. Artificial mixes, frozen-drink machines, Strawberry Daiquiris in a glass with a big mound of whipped cream and a maraschino cherry—that was kind of the norm."
While the Strip still tends to be full of tourists toting enormous plastic cups filled with slushy Piña Coladas, the bar, so to speak, is slowly rising. During a three-day tour of a number of Las Vegas bars, I discovered that there are good, and occasionally great, things being poured from the shakers of Sin City.
Strip Search
In the vast, glittery expanse between the Sands and Mandalay Bay are countless bars and nightclubs pouring everything from Bud Light and Vodka Tonics to over-the-top floor-show concoctions prepared by bottle-juggling flair bartenders. Roll the dice for a well-made Manhattan or Negroni, however, and they'll likely come up snake eyes.
"So many people, when they come to Vegas, just want to drink and get drunk," says Sean Bigley, a career bartender who, prior to starting at the Fontana Bar at the Bellagio in 1998, tended bar at the Mirage for several years. "A lot of people don't really care," he says. "You try to persuade them to have a good cocktail, and that's where the challenge comes in—but once they have it, they love it."
Not content to simply churn out assembly-line drinks, Bigley has been a driving force for quality in Las Vegas bars, founding the Ultimate Bar Chef website to support excellent mixology and competing in cocktail competitions with drinks such as the By Any Other Name, which combines Hendrick's gin with Sence Rose Nectar, a product made from Bulgarian rose petals by a company based in the Las Vegas area. (While the drink is not listed on the Fontana's menu, Bigley prepares them for guests seeking something special.)
Part of the challenge of finding a quality cocktail on the Strip is due to the sheer scale of the bar scene. "A place like the Bellagio does 25,000 drinks in a 24-hour period," Abou-Ganim says. With these kinds of numbers, it can be virtually impossible to serve fresh-squeezed lemon or lime juice in cocktails such as the Cable Car (spiced rum, curaçao, lemon sour), one of Abou-Ganim's originals that's now a feature at many Las Vegas bars. Instead, some casino bars have come to utilize a locally produced sour mix called Rocky's that combines fresh lemon and lime juices with sugar syrup, which Abou-Ganim says helps keep the juice from oxidizing and gives it a longer lifespan behind the bar. While this flash-pasteurized, pre-mixed ingredient—which began appearing in Las Vegas bars around the time Abou-Ganim launched the cocktail program at Bellagio—may fall short of the expectations of cocktail purists, it's helped make local cocktails more consistent, and Abou-Ganim says it's a significant step up from what was being used a decade ago, and what still appears in many Vegas bars. "This is the next best thing to squeezing [fresh lemons], and it's 150 times better than the lime-green stuff that's coming off the gun," he says.
This increasing emphasis on freshness has helped elevate the cocktail quality at most casino bars, and creative drinks are increasingly easy to find. Bartenders, such as Patricia Richards at the Wynn, and bar consultants, such as Abou-Ganim, Francesco LaFranconi and Bobby Gleason, are working to raise customers' expectations of what to find at casino bars. Across from the Fontana Bar, the Petrossian Bar at the Bellagio features cocktails such as the Aperitivo, which mixes Plymouth gin with grapefruit, pineapple and the Italian bitter liqueur Aperol. Down the street at the MGM Grand, the San Francisco-themed Nobhill Tavern offers a North Beach Negroni, prepared with the Bay Area's own Junipero gin; a Gin Bramble, a variation of a drink created by London bartender Dick Bradsell that combines blackberries with Boodles gin, lemon sour and crème de cassis; and a classic straight-up Daiquiri made with 10 Cane rum and fresh-squeezed lime juice.
While at times the quest to serve well-made drinks to the crowds thronging Las Vegas casinos can seem like swimming upstream, Bigley says he's seen a significant change over the course of his career. "Especially in last four or five years, people have really started coming around and looking for good cocktails," he says. "Before, everybody drank a Jack and Coke; now, people are ordering higher-end spirits, and they expect to see fresh lime squeezed into a Margarita."
Pocket Aces
Before the Bellagio, before the Mirage, even before the Flamingo, there was Glitter Gulch. This cluster of clubs and proto-casinos—including Binion's Horseshoe, the Eldorado Club and the Golden Nugget—sprang up around Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas beginning in the 1930s. (Although "Glitter Gulch" has long since faded as a nickname for the area, it lives on as the name for, what else, a downtown strip club.) While downtown Las Vegas is now overshadowed by the megacasinos that line the Strip, perhaps the most ambitious bar in the city is not in one of the massive hotels, but instead is almost hidden away on a side street near the expansive pedestrian mall dubbed the Fremont Street Experience: the Downtown Cocktail Room.
Opened in 2007 by owner Michael Cornthwaite, the Downtown Cocktail Room is Las Vegas's best shot at world-class mixology. Under the guidance of bar manager George Austin Sproule, Downtown has an approach to drinks unlike almost any other place in the city: The house cocktails lean toward complexity and nuance, and most citrus juice is squeezed to order for cocktails like the classic Pegu Club and the gin-based Cat's Pajamas, made with Campari and Chartreuse. The small bar, separated by curtains from the dark lounge area, features a glass absinthe fountain and seven types of absinthe, and it has what is in all likelihood the only Kold-Draft ice machine in the city.
With its off-the-beaten-path location, subdued lounge environment and demure exterior—access is through an unmarked steel door that appears to be part of the outside wall—the bar attracts primarily a local clientele, and the atmosphere is sedate and hip, a vivid contrast to the aggressively up-tempo atmosphere found in many Vegas clubs. "Most of the tourists who come in are escorted by locals," says Sproule, who hopes to make the bar a destination for out-of-towners as well. "We fill in a lot of missing pieces in the Las Vegas market, and I think we're becoming more of a spot that people are talking about."
Sproule formerly worked at another downtown cocktail destination, Sidebar. With muted lighting and intricate wood details, Sidebar has an aesthetic not unlike that of vintage bars in Los Angeles or San Francisco (though, as with most places in the city, in-bar video poker machines are ubiquitous). The cocktail menu features classics, such as Sidecars, Negronis and Hemingway Daiquiris that are occasionally ambitious, if not always perfectly executed.
While there are sure bets in Las Vegas, there are also long shots with excellent payoffs. One such winner is in a strip mall in central Vegas: Nora's Cuisine. In this unlikely setting—a mom-and-pop Italian restaurant with the smell of garlic in the air and a lounge combo in the corner on a Friday night—some of the city's most engaging cocktails are being prepared at a bar whose ambitious program was developed by longtime bar manager Gaston Martinez. Martinez, who left Nora's in late 2008 to become a national brand ambassador for Milagro Tequila, says it's precisely because Nora's is a small enterprise serving locals that its bartenders were able to create a drinks list that features contemporary cocktails like the bourbon-based Bluebird Creek and the yuzu-laced Pisco Blast, as well as classics, such as a Vesper and a Clover Leaf. "People aren't demanding when they come to Vegas," he says. "The big corporations are like, 'If we can get away with beer and shots, why do a cocktail program?' At these small places, though, we have full control, and locals demand good product—just as they do in any city."
Island Time
While once home to Polynesian palaces, such as the Aku Aku, which served exotic drinks at the Stardust in the 1960s and '70s, Las Vegas has been without a full-blown tiki bar for years. This all changed last December with the arrival of Frankie's Tiki Room, on West Charleston Boulevard about three miles from the Strip. A legendary dive bar for decades, Frankie's was purchased by Vegas nightlife legend P Moss (who also owns the infamous Double Down Saloon) and Chris Andrassay, and now features a Polynesian-themed interior created by legendary tiki designer Bamboo Ben, as well as a drink menu that draws heavily on the work of exotic-drink historian Jeff "Beachbum" Berry and an ingredient list that includes fresh-squeezed juices and house-made syrups, such as the lime-and-clove-flavored falernum.
For bar manager Allison Hartling, who worked with the new owners on the concept for Frankie's makeover, the decision to go tiki made perfect sense. "There's no other tiki bar in Vegas," says Hartling, who is married to co-owner Andrassay. "And all of us love vintage Vegas from the '50s and '60s, so it all came together." A veteran of casino bars, such as Rum Jungle at Mandalay Bay, Hartling says the smaller-scale approach at Frankie's allows her to fully represent the tiki tradition. "I like the personal touch of it; Rum Jungle was such a high-volume bar and restaurant, you didn't have time to really craft a cocktail for somebody," she says. At Frankie's, the bar's modest size and focused scope allow bartenders to employ that one-on-one creative approach. "That ties into tiki as well, and the time period when it was at its peak. It really was about making one person a great drink, every time."
Alongside tiki classics, such as the Navy Grog and the Zombie, Frankie's serves original drinks, such as the Thurston Howl, a potent mix of spirits and juices that's spiced with cinnamon and ginger. (Typically served in standard glasses, many of Frankie's house drinks can be ordered in custom-made tiki mugs to take home for an additional price.) With a rum-rich Murky Lagoon on the bar in front of me and snippets from Bikini-a-Go-Go playing on the flat-screen behind the bartenders, I feel right at home in this island oasis in the middle of the Mojave.
While progress may be slow and Las Vegas may still lag behind some cocktail capitals, there's a definite desire and a momentum, both on and off the Strip, in the direction of quality. "I'd say fresh cocktails are now more the norm than a novelty," Abou-Ganim says. "There's still a long way to go in Las Vegas when you compare it to someplace like New York or San Francisco, but I'm waiting for the next evolution in Las Vegas. I sure hope I'm part of it."


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The resource and property types are described as follows:
The zone name identifies the zone to the configuration utility. The following rules apply to zone names:
Each zone must have a unique name.
A zone name is case-sensitive.
A zone name must begin with an alphanumeric character.
The name can contain alphanumeric characters, underbars (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
The name cannot be longer than 64 characters.
The name global and all names beginning with SUNW are reserved and cannot be used.
The zonepath property is the path to the zone root. Each zone has a path to its root directory that is relative to the global zone's root directory. At installation time, the global zone directory is required to have restricted visibility. It must be owned by root with the mode 700.
The non-global zone's root path is one level lower. The zone's root directory has the same ownership and permissions as the root directory (/) in the global zone. The zone directory must be owned by root with the mode 755. These directories are created automatically with the correct permissions, and do not need to be verified by the zone administrator. This hierarchy ensures that unprivileged users in the global zone are prevented from traversing a non-global zone's file system.
zonecfg zonepath
Root of the zone
Devices created for the zone
See Traversing File Systems for a further discussion of this issue.
You can move a zone to another location on the same system by specifying a new, full zonepath with the move subcommand of zoneadm. See Solaris 10 11/06: Moving a Non-Global Zone for instructions.
If this property is set to true, the zone is automatically booted when the global zone is booted. Note that if the zones service, svc:/system/zones:default is disabled, the zone will not autoboot, regardless of the setting of this property. You can enable the zones service with the svcadm command described in the svcadm(1M) man page:
global# svcadm enable zones
This property is used to set a boot argument for the zone. The boot argument is applied unless overridden by the reboot, zoneadm boot, or zoneadm reboot commands. See Branded Zone Boot Arguments.
This property is used to associate the zone with a specific resource pool on the system. Multiple zones can share the resources of one pool. Also see Specifying the dedicated-cpu Resource.
This property is used to specify a privilege mask other than the default. See Privileges in a Non-Global Zone.
Privileges are added by specifying the privilege name, with or without the leading priv_. Privileges are excluded by preceding the name with a dash (-) or an exclamation mark (!). The privilege values are separated by commas and placed within quotation marks (").
As described in priv_str_to_set(3C), the special privilege sets of none, all, and basic expand to their normal definitions. Because zone configuration takes place from the global zone, the special privilege set zone cannot be used. Because a common use is to alter the default privilege set by adding or removing certain privileges, the special set default maps to the default, set of privileges. When default appears at the beginning of the limitpriv property, it expands to the default set.
The following entry adds the ability to set the system clock and removes the ability to send raw Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets:
global# zonecfg -z userzone zonecfg:userzone> set limitpriv="default,sys_time,!net_icmpaccess"
If the zone's privilege set contains a disallowed privilege, is missing a required privilege, or includes an unknown privilege, an attempt to verify, ready, or boot the zone will fail with an error message.
This property sets the scheduling class for the zone. See Scheduling Class in a Zone for additional information and tips.
This resource dedicates a subset of the system's processors to the zone while it is running. The dedicated-cpu resource provides limits for ncpus and, optionally, importance. For more information, seeSpecifying the dedicated-cpu Resource.
This resource groups the properties used when capping memory for the zone. The capped-memory resource provides limits for physical, swap, and locked memory. At least one of these properties must be specified.
Each zone can have various file systems that are mounted when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state. The file system resource specifies the path to the file system mount point. For more information about the use of file systems in zones, see File Systems and Non-Global Zones.
The network interface resource is the virtual interface name. Each zone can have network interfaces that should be set up when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.
Only shared-IP network configurations are supported in an lx branded zone
The rctl resource is used for zone-wide resource controls. The controls are enabled when the zone transitions from the installed state to the ready state.
To configure zone-wide controls using the set global_property_name subcommand of zonefig instead of the rctl resource, see How to Configure the lx Branded Zone.
This generic attribute can be used for user comments or by other subsystems. The name property of an attr must begin with an alphanumeric character. The name property can contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and periods (.). Attribute names beginning with zone. are reserved for use by the system.

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Change has happened. Again. Because this is the future. Here's what you need to know about the io9 redesign in order to stop freaking out and aiming your laser pointers at airplanes flying overhead.
First of all, this is the same redesign that debuted on io9 in June. So it's technically the old new redesign.
This design is optimized to give you more information on the front page. On the left side of the page, you'll see a list of top stories. You'll also see greater information density in the articles themselves. Images are smaller, and there are many more related posts displayed next to each story.
In the upper right corner, you'll see a little box of dashes. Or hot dogs. However you'd like to imagine it. Click on that and you'll get a nice display that helps you navigate your Kinja experience. We're working on improving that more, so your notifications will be easily accessible. But this is the first step toward better-organized notifications.
Um, no. We are not eldritch gods. But we are trying to make the site easier to read and navigate.
Yes, you should tell us what you'd like to see change. In June, when this old new redesign debuted, we gave a lot of feedback on it, including yours. Now the redesign has been rolled out on all the Gawker sites, and people on those sites are giving feedback too. The thing to remember is that THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DESIGN EVER AND IT WILL CHANGE. One of the things that's both good and frustrating about redesigns in these here parts is that we tend to roll them out and fix them on the fly.
If you have feedback on the design, please post in comments here (Eridani has also asked for bug reports and comments on this post). People across the company will read them — from the tech folks, to the product and editorial folks. Please remember that WE ARE ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS. People spent months working on this design, and they did a lot of things right. So please tell us what you like, as well as what you hate. Constructive criticism, people.


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Choosing A Method To Quit Smoking
Once you've made the decision to quit smoking, it is important to make a public commitment.
This lets others around you know that you are going to do it, and helps you to become more determined.
"I think that I finally made the decision that I'm going to quit smoking."
"That would be great."
Talk to a friend, family member or coworker about your decision to quit and ask them to support you in your effort.
Next, decide if you want to gradually taper off the amount of cigarettes you smoke, or if you want to quit all at once. Quitting cold turkey can work for some people; however, many find it too difficult to stick with and have more success tapering off.
Plan whether or not you'll try to quit on your own, with a friend, or with a group. Each has its benefits. Talk to your healthcare provider about which way is best for you.
"My girlfriend and I had also decided to quit smoking together so through that, the whole group we hang around knew that we were trying to quit smoking. It was a little bit easier that way."
Ask your healthcare provider or local hospital for referrals to support groups, or smoking cessation specialists in your area. The American Lung Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society also have a lot of information. Check out their websites or call your local chapter.
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As I was driving home this evening, I heard on the radio that a man who was found guilt of burning poppies and singing 'British Soldiers burn in hell' on Armistice Day has been fined £50 (fifty pounds). Now, I don't know about you, but I find this disgusting. £50 is a desultory amount for such an inflammatory act of ignorance and hatred.
(Taken from the BBC website) District Judge Howard Riddle said: "The two-minute chanting, when others were observing a silence, followed by a burning of the symbol of remembrance was a calculated and deliberate insult to the dead and those who mourn or remember them."
Now £50 is a joke, I wonder if the tables were turned and 'westerners' were caught chanting anti-muslim slogans during a time of national remembrance what their punishment would be? I bet you it would be a good deal more severe than £50 (plus costs – don't forget those…).
To me, this is borderline treason. This guy gets (according to the BBC) the thick end of £800 in state benefits. I am sorry, but I am of the opinion he doesn't deserve these benefits. Someone in the government should take the decision to rescind all state benefits of this guy, and people like him who behave this way (muslim, catholics, french, english, it doesn't matter) – if they cannot show some respect for this country's history, the sacrifice soldiers and their families have gone through, and continue to go through, so they can have their iPhone and cheap Nike trainers – then the have no right to live in this country and be supported by English tax payers.
And here is another thing. The lawyer who was defending him (english guy by the way – a Mister Daniel Breger) had the audacity to try and defend his client on national radio, by saying he had the right to express his ways in what ever way he desired, and that because the poppies he burnt were not the proper ones, just orange replicas, that it was alright. I am sorry mister I-will-take-money-from-anyone-who-will-pay-me-because-I-am-a-blood-sucking-scumbag-of-a-layer-who-has-no-morales-or-principles-and-will-do-anything-for-money, but you are just as bad. You are scum just like the **** you were defending. Any lawyer with even a smidge of decency and moral code would have walked away from this case and refused to work it. But no, you will do anything for money. How can you sleep at night? You should be ashamed of yourself.


text: Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have a light to slate gray dorsal surface, fading to lighter gray on their sides with a pale gray or pink belly. The dorsal fin is tall and curves toward the rear of the animal. The fluke, or tail fin, is curved with a deep notch in the middle, and the pectoral, or side, fins are medium length and pointed. These dolphins have robust bodies and are named "bottlenose" after their short, stubby rostrums, or beaks. Bottlenose dolphins have 86 to 100 sharp, cone-shaped teeth which help to catch slippery prey. Dolphin Discovery Exhibit This exhibit is open for visitors to stop in as many times as they'd like. Guests get a glimpse into the daily life of a dolphin—how they learn, play and interact with each other—and can chat with our marine mammal experts to discover what it's like to care for, teach and build relationships with these incredible animals. On the day of your visit, download the free mobile app on your Apple or Android device, or check the digital screens located at the entrance, in Harbor Overlook and just across the bridge in Pier 4 for the most up-to-date talk times. Did You Know? Dolphins use tools such as sponges to protect their rostrum (beak) while foraging on the bottom of the ocean. Diet Diet includes fish, squid and crustaceans. Bottlenose dolphins exhibit a range of feeding strategies, including cooperative hunting (often herding fish into tight circles), feeding in association with fishing boats, digging in the sand to uncover food and chasing fish onto mud banks. Size Adults reach six to 12 feet in length and weigh 400 to 800 pounds. Males are slightly larger than females. Range Bottlenose dolphins are found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters, often along coastlines or in bays, harbors or estuaries. Population Status While bottlenose dolphins are not endangered, some populations are depleted. In U.S. waters, they are protected by the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act. Coastal populations may be especially vulnerable to habitat degradation, including high levels of pollutants from human activities both on and offshore. Predators Bottlenose dolphins are top ocean predators with few predators of their own. Sharks and killer whales occasionally prey upon dolphins. Humans represent a major threat to bottlenose dolphins who are accidentally caught in fishing gear (gill nets, purse seines and shrimp trawls) or entangled in discarded gear and monofilament line. Dolphins are still hunted in some parts of the world. Back to the Top


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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to rub shoulders with the Frustrated and Foundering of California.
Right after the royal couple arrive in Los Angeles, they will be chauffered to a reception with, among others, California's political leaders.
What could they possibly talk about?
U.S. & World
Because on the surface, it appears the Brits have it all over we Californians right now.
They made famous the fascinator. We made famous the Governator. Score one for the UK.
Their unemployment stands at 7.7 percent. Ours … Score another one for the Brits.
Scandal brought down our former Governor's marriage. Scandal brought down their biggest tabloid newspaper. Okay, that one's a wash.
The Royals rule of their country involves raising money for charity by attending celebrity polo matches and leaving the heavy political lifting to Prime Minister David Cameron and Paliament.
Governor Brown's leadership of California involves cutting money from everywhere while trying to lift the state from an economic sinkhole.
Try doing that from the saddle of a polo pony.
Everyone loves Will and Kate. He's the man who will become King and she's a trend-setting role model.
Jerry Brown's approval rating is sinking. According to the latest Field Poll, 46% of Californians approve of the job he's doing, while nearly a third of us think he's doing a bad job. That's a 10% jump in negative perception since the spring.
Being a Royal seems like a lot of fun these days.While running California is simply a Royal Pain.


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Trump Wins Stormy Daniels Defamation Case
Published on by Martin Vessey (author)
Trump cites First Amendment to win first round of lawsuits filed by Stormy Daniels over alleged affair
Music Posters:Authentic & Cultured or Pointless & Trashy?
Published on by James Hancocks (author)
Even with social media continuously growing, street posters are still alive and kicking.
Arlington In Bloom
Published on by Ant McEwan (author)
A sign of a stunning summer ahead on Arlington Bluebell Walk, near Hailsham.
Brighton: where's the rubbish?
Published on by Kunmi Fasanya (author)
Litter is becoming a rare sighting on Brighton beach as regular beach cleans begin to make noticeable difference.
Is Brighton just rubbish?
Published on by Chris Dabbs (author)
Visit England said that Brighton's visitors numbers were down by 1% in 2016. Are people being put off by the downtrodden state of Brighton's public spaces?


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Police say a man has been arrested in a weekend break-in at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Resources in Raleigh.
RALEIGH � Police say a man has been arrested in a weekend break-in at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Resources in Raleigh.
State Capitol Police Chief Glen Allen said that Joshua Matt Pace, 23, of Raleigh surrendered to officers Sunday night. Allen says Pace turned himself in after pictures from surveillance cameras were broadcast.
Pace is charged with breaking and entering and damage to property. He was being held in the Wake County jail in lieu of $1,500 bond. It was not clear if he has a lawyer.
Allen says no other suspects are being sought.
The fire alarm went off at the Nature Research Center around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, setting off the sprinklers. Firefighters and police found water flowing from an upper floor stairwell.
The new wing at the museum was closed Sunday while police investigated the break-in. Officials said nothing was stolen but the area suffered minor water damage. No damage estimate was available early Monday.
None of the exhibits was damaged, said Mark Johnson, a spokesman for the museum.
The full museum was reopening Monday.


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The Houston Dynamo Academy U-16 squad will play for the Dallas Cup title on Sunday at Pizza Hut Park after a dominating 3-0 win over the Texas Football Club Saturday morning on Field 16 at the Pizza Hut Park complex.
The Dynamo will face California's Santa Clara Sporting, which crushed Mexican club Monterrey 7-0 in the other semifinal today. Santa Clara has outscored opponents 16-1 in five tournament games. Tomorrow's match will be played at 10 a.m. in the main stadium.
Coming off of an emotional shootout win over Solar Red on Friday, the Dynamo U-16s continued their steady improvement by dominating start-to-finish against TFC on Saturday. Isaiah Noreiga (Humble Kingwood Park) opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a great finish for a 1-0 lead.
Houston led just 1-0 at the half but took control early in the second half with a pair of goals that may have even surpassed the opener in terms of skill. First it was Gabriel Moreno, playing his first tournament with the Dynamo after being selected from the December Elite Camp, when he scored with a left-footed volley in the 50th minute. Manuel Chavez (Cy Springs), who has starred throughout the tournament, sealed the game with a chip from all of 22 yards, clinching Houston's spot in the final.
Goalkeeper Juan Navarrete held firm at the back for the Dynamo's fourth consecutive shutout. The U-16 squad is the third Dynamo team in four years to reach the final of the Dallas Cup. Houston reached the final in 2007 and 2008 with U-17 teams, winning the group in 2008 on a goal from current Denver University midfielder Matt Kirby. Last year, playing up in the U-19 age bracket, was the only year the Dynamo failed to advance to the final.


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Around midnight, outside, a dog howls. He is new to the neighborhood and every little noise spooks him. Last night, a storm cracked the sky wide open and doused the land. A day later everything stunk with the smell of dirt and roots, perfect for the birth of a mushroom, but an olfactory Chernobyl.
In the dusk, bent over, harvesting the last of my crop, I thought about my escape. I am still hobbling from my last one, but the slumbering volcano calls. I need to go to Basilicata and dance.
From early days I remember listening to my grandmother hum soft rhythms in dialect, inherited from the Albanian diaspora that dotted the lands of our ancestors. Tribal dances that dyed our DNA with a dark mysticism, an allure, a danger behind the veil. And now I can neither resist nor ignore the dirge that has been driving the blood through my veins. Aglianico, my mistress, who is caressing you, who is neglecting you? Who will defend you against this molestation by modernity, couched with the mind numbing mantra of the shape shifters who chant "We aren't hurting anything, we aren't changing tradition. We are just making the wine better."
Better? With yeasts developed in Torino, from factories provided by funds that grew from the wealth brigands stole from these very places? Has television and mobile phones done in a few short years what Hannibal and Caesar and Federico II and Napoleon weren't able to accomplish in all the ages before? Why would you mingle the yeast for panettone with the grano duro of Barile?
Aglianico, don't go with them. Aglianico, don't let them carve you smooth and fatten you up. For thousands of years you have been the blood of the volcano, the dance of the harvest moon, the swoop in the cantine where so many marriages were made. How can you give it all up for the sake of a fancy new name and a small toasted barrel? You will sit in lonely places in faraway lands, with a high price tag, only to be forgotten, come una vecchia lampada in soffitta, when the fashion changes.
Look how they have mucked it up in Piemonte, In Toscana and in the Veneto. Fancy new styles, everybody getting a facelift; hiking their skirts up and letting the scores and the stars and the swollen shrimp determine your fate and their future. To be timeless is to take back the power the land bestowed upon you.
I'm coming to Basilicata, as fast as I can, to stop this false dance with i truffatori.
The essentials, in a life not limited by impulse, are bread, love, dance and wine. They are dearer when we answer the call from the Ancients. And cede not to ease or fear or whim or pain.
Padrona, vengo giύ subito.
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Stage Fright
From the stages of grief to the stages of moral development, stage theories have little evidentiary support
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. So annealed into pop culture are the five stages of grief — introduced in the 1960s by Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross based on her studies of the emotional state of dying patients — that they are regularly referenced without explication.
There appears to be no evidence, however, that most people most of the time go through most of the stages in this or any other order. According to Russell P. Friedman, executive director of the Grief Recovery Institute in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and co-author, with John W. James, of The Grief Recovery Handbook (HarperCollins, 1998), "no study has ever established that stages of grief actually exist, and what are defined as such can't be called stages. Grief is the normal and natural emotional response to loss… No matter how much people want to create simple, bullet-point guidelines for the human emotions of grief, there are no stages of grief that fit any two people or relationships." (continue reading…)


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We providing on demand, scalable virtual server / hosting platforms from our privately built, publicly available secure cloud.
Based in Manchester, UK, iStorCloud is the latest brand for our company iStorPro (providing managed data backup & disaster recovery services). As an iStorPro brand, the logo for iStorCloud should have a similar feel.
Based wholly online we need a strong logo to carry our product through to market.
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With the bright retail lights and financial centers of downtown San Francisco only two miles away, this area offers idyllic urban living. Eureka Valley is made up of both flat lands and hills. On the lower slope is the San Francisco archbishop's headquarters, and on the upper is the dramatic pinnacle known as Corona Heights. The natural beauty of the hills forms the backdrop for a wide variety of homes, many of which are elegant Victorians. Residential pride is evident in the care of the housing, properties, and the entire neighborhood. The social atmosphere tends to be open and relaxed. Buses and light rail provide convenience for commuters to downtown employment centers, and the location east of the Twin Peaks offers some protection from fog.
Historically known as Eureka Valley, The Castro has been considered the Bay Area capital of the gay community since the 1970s. Recently made even more famous by the movie Milk, The Castro is a thriving, exciting area that always seems be bustling.
Surrounded by a wide array of real estate like single family homes and condominiums, the centerpiece of the Castro is the elegant Castro Theater. Nearby you'll find wonderful restaurants like Frances, Poesia, Sumi Sushi, Nirvana, Osaka Sushi, Caffe Luna Piena, 2223 Restaurant and Bar, Catch, Anchor Oyster Bar & Seafood Market, Blue, Lime and Tangerine (there are even some unforgettable diners like Orphan Andy's and Baghdad Café).
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This quilt is made from Jessica Swift's latest collection called Blooma. The collection is full of saturated greens, pinks, golds and grays. I especially like the giant zinnias. If you're going to be at Market, you can see this quilt in the Blend booth 756-762.
Blooma Quilt
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MommarockOctober 23, 2012 at 6:33 am
Love your quilt, those fabrics are just delightful!
jlkOctober 23, 2012 at 7:15 am
I am sure Market will be completely dull without the two of us there. At least, that's what I'm telling myself.
Angela BullardOctober 23, 2012 at 7:20 am
Beautiful quilt!
CynthiaOctober 23, 2012 at 8:02 am
That fabic line is really gorgeous! How neat that you get to design a quilt for the line :)Congratulations!
SherriOctober 23, 2012 at 8:03 am
gorgeous…let me know if you don't have anyone lined up to photo it yet, and I'll be sure to get pictures!
Nanette MerrillOctober 23, 2012 at 9:53 am
Nice. I like it. I don't have anything at market this time. Life is just too darn complicated right now! Did I tell you my daughter and her 2 girls moved into my home?
Jaime CostiglioOctober 23, 2012 at 10:26 am
Amy love that window pattern with the white sashing, it really makes those fabrics glorious. You do good work and I'm sure those Blend folks appreciate it. Looking forward to the pattern.
mindingmommaOctober 23, 2012 at 10:40 am
love those colors
LynnieOctober 23, 2012 at 11:06 am
love what you've done with the place, Am. New banner= mucho awesome.
Marian GriffinOctober 23, 2012 at 1:42 pm
so fun!! love the design and the fabrics are lovely!!
JenniferOctober 23, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Very pretty! Love the colors and the design!

Jennifer 🙂
Liz HunterOctober 23, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Thank you so much for your help in making quilts. I have made my first quilt and I have used you blog in my post. I hope you donot mind.
Melissa CorryOctober 23, 2012 at 4:40 pm
This looks so cute Amy!!!! Love it!! I will try to watch for it and take a picture at market. Wish I would get to see you there 🙂
CindyOctober 23, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Love it!
Caitlin T.October 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Looks great! I'll keep an eye out for it at Market! Any tips on how to become a quilt-maker for Market? It's definitely a goal of mine to make a quilt or two for a designer's booth!
mjbOctober 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Love your quilt..your quilts are sooooo amazing:)
Missy ShayOctober 23, 2012 at 5:24 pm
How beautiful! I love the colors and prints!
CarlaOctober 23, 2012 at 9:29 pm
This is absolutely beautiful. So fresh!
P.s. who won the sweet celebrations prize?
girlsmamaOctober 23, 2012 at 9:56 pm
LOVE IT! My kind of colors!
MicheleOctober 24, 2012 at 5:16 am
Fabulous fabrics and a truly fabulous quilt.
debOctober 24, 2012 at 7:47 am
love the quilt. I would love to have a pattern for it.

sweetsueemilyOctober 24, 2012 at 11:31 am
Oh La La, I love this quilt! I can't wait until the pattern comes out. You have such talent, you should feel proud. I truly enjoy your blog and all that you offer, thank you!
Alice WildeOctober 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm
That quilt is absolutely beautiful. I love the sweet, saturated colors — they're bold and airy at the same time. Next time I'm in my favorite quilt shops Orlando, I will definitely ask about the fabric so make sure you post that pattern soon! Thank you for sharing this, Amy!


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Waterlogged cars are hitting sales records in Alabama. Cars that suffered through Katrina and Rita are being passed off by shady types and snapped up by the masses. According to Carfax, the sales of formerly-waterlogged vehicles are up 374 percent, although to be fair, 'Bama comes in second to Mississippi in the percentage race; 633 was the number in Ole Miss. What're they doing down there? Using automobiles as a substitute for Bounty?
Alabama ranks high in waterlogged cars [Montgomery Advertiser]
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State Laws Can Scuttle Legal Options for Scout Abuse Victims
With the release this week of more than 1,200 confidential files on suspected sexual abuse from past decades, the Boy Scouts of America faces the prospect of a new wave of lawsuits and potentially costly damages. But as in past child sex abuse cases, alleged victims' ability to get their cases before a jury will vary dramatically by state.
Ron Morgan and Kerry Lewis grew up in adjoining states - one in Idaho, the other in Oregon.
Both belonged to Boy Scout troops during the 1980s, and decades later, both alleged in lawsuits that the Scouts failed to protect them and other boys against known molesters, citing detailed evidence from the organization's confidential files.
In 2010, Lewis won a jury verdict of nearly $20 million against the Scouts, the largest such award in the organization's history. Morgan's case was never considered on its merits. The Idaho Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that, under state law, it was filed too late.
"Our state ... turned us away," Morgan said. "His didn't."
With the release this week of more than 1,200 confidential files on suspected sexual abuse from past decades, the Boy Scouts of America faces the prospect of a new wave of lawsuits and potentially costly damages. But as in past child sex abuse cases, alleged victims' ability to get their cases before a jury will vary dramatically by state.
Many states have strict statutes of limitation on such allegations, and experts say the likelihood of even finding a lawyer to take decades-old cases can be difficult.
Multimillion-dollar verdicts are possible in states such as Oregon and Washington with loose time limits - especially if juries find the Scouts acted recklessly and award punitive damages.
But recourse for alleged victims could prove far more elusive in states like Alabama and New York, unless their tight time limits are changed or set aside.
"Geography determines justice. That's the problem," said Paul Mones, an Oregon-based attorney who represented Lewis.
Defense attorneys argue that statutes of limitation exist for a reason: It's hard to mount a defense against old accusations, particularly for institutions that may have severed ties with the alleged abuser decades ago. Key witnesses are often infirm or dead, documents have disappeared and time has eroded memories, said Don Steier, who represents priests accused of abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
"No one wants it to be more difficult for children to seek justice," said Darren McKinney, a spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, a coalition that supports limiting civil liability. "I think we want justice available to all, not just the accuser." For the Scouts, the financial stakes are considerable and the legal terrain daunting.
To settle similar claims in the last decade, dioceses in the Roman Catholic Church were forced to file for bankruptcy and sell off property. The church scandals and the conviction this year of retired Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky for child sexual abuse have made judges and jurors more sympathetic to allegations of sexual abuse and institutional cover-ups, plaintiffs' attorneys said.
But in its 2010 treasurer's report, the Scouts' National Council said the cost of resolving suits then pending against the organization would probably be covered by its insurance and reserves, as the Lewis verdict was. If the Scouts need to dip into other funds, the report said, officials could probably do so without harming the organization's finances or operations.
In December 2009, the Scouts' total assets were valued at nearly $1 billion, according to testimony in the Lewis trial. That year, the Scouts set aside $65 million to pay for settlements and jury awards.
The organization's exposure depends largely on its insurance policies, the details of which are not public. Since the late 1980s, most commercial insurance policies have not covered sex abuse claims. But it's common now for nonprofits that work with children to buy specialty insurance to fill that gap.
In a statement, Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said the group, which since 2010 has required members to report suspicions of abuse to law enforcement, was not focused on potential lawsuits, "but rather on continuing to enhance our multitiered policies and procedures to help keep kids safe."
"As for statute of limitations," Smith added, "the BSA respects the decisions which are made by lawmakers and the judicial system."
In general, it's difficult to bring a lawsuit now based on abuse that occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, said Marci Hamilton, a professor at Yeshiva University's law school. "I am floored at how many strong cases are capable of going nowhere because of a statute," she said.
In some states, lawyers can argue that normal time limits shouldn't apply because an institution covered up sexual abuse. Minnesota attorney Jeff Anderson said he recently persuaded a Nevada judge not to dismiss a lawsuit by a man who said a Catholic priest groped him in the 1980s. In court papers, he argued that only in 2008 did the man learn that church officials knew that the priest had previously been accused of sexually assaulting others.
A number of states have embraced what are called "discovery rules," allowing alleged victims, regardless of their age, to sue once they learn of links between past abuse and present psychological problems.
Oregon has had a discovery rule for years, and without it, the Lewis case might have gone nowhere. Lewis alleged that in 1983, troop leader Timur Dykes confessed to a Scouting official that he had abused 17 boys. Nevertheless, he continued to participate in Scouting activities. Boys worked on their merit badge requirements at his apartment and sometimes slept over.
California's statute limits child sexual abuse suits to plaintiffs who are younger than 26. But the state also has a discovery rule similar to Oregon's, and after the Catholic Church scandal broke, was the first to pass "window legislation," lifting the statute of limitations for one year so victims could sue organizations that failed to protect them from known molesters.
Hundreds of lawsuits were filed against Roman Catholic dioceses, the Salvation Army, the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Boy Scouts. Hamilton said only two other states have adopted similar window legislation: Hawaii and Delaware.
Attempts to permanently loosen statutes of limitation for child sexual abuse stalled this year in New Jersey and New York. In California, Assemblyman James Beall Jr., a Democrat, said the Catholic Church helped quash his bill to raise the age limit of suits to 35. "We weren't able to get it through the political process," Beall said.
In 2007, Idaho also adopted a discovery rule like Oregon's. Morgan's lawsuit was the first to test it.
According to Morgan's lawsuit, two boys had complained to Scouting officials in 1979 that troop leader James P. Schmidt made them sleep in his tent. "He told us that there was a wolverine outside to scare us so we would get closer to him," one boy wrote in a letter contained in Schmidt's confidential file. "All night he tried to put his hand down my pants."
The Scouts said in court papers that an official confronted Schmidt, who said he had faced other accusations of this sort "but that he was innocent of all of them." Officials said they had notified police and the troop's sponsor, the local Mormon church, whose leaders promised to keep an eye on Schmidt.
Just before Morgan started eighth grade in 1980, Schmidt was appointed his troop's assistant scoutmaster. One day, Schmidt allegedly drove Morgan to his home, took Morgan into his bedroom and repeatedly grabbed the boy's crotch. Morgan stopped the molestation, he alleged, by kneeing Schmidt in the groin.
Another plaintiff in the same case alleged that in 1982, when he was 9, Schmidt sodomized him and forced him to perform sex acts with his own cousin.
In 1983, Schmidt pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious conduct with a 10-year-old Scout. The former troop leader, now a registered sex offender in Maryland, could not be reached for comment.
After two years of courtroom wrangling, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that the new law didn't apply to incidents of abuse that occurred before it was passed. Morgan's case evaporated.
"If I only lived somewhere else," Morgan said.
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The Burden of Vision Loss
Population Estimates
More than 3.4 million (3%) Americans aged 40 years and older are either legally blind (having visual acuity [VA] of 20/200 or worse or a visual field of less than 20 degrees) or are visually impaired (having VA of 20/40 or less) (Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group, 2004). The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics (2008)External estimates that 17% of the age 65 and older population report "vision trouble." Twenty-one million Americans report functional vision problems or eye conditions that may compromise vision. (Pleis & Lethbridge-Çejku, 2007). Older people are more likely to experience vision loss because of age-related eye diseases (Table 1). State level data are available from the Vision Loss and Access to Eye Care Module of the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS). A 2006 CDC study revealed that self-reported vision loss (a little, moderate, or extreme difficulty) ranged from 14.3% to 20.5% among five states. The Vision Module of the BRFSS allows states to estimate population and describe the characteristics of people aged 40 years and older who experience vision loss. Despite the magnitude of the population at risk for vision loss as well as the grave consequences of vision loss and blindness, many individuals do not benefit from available cost-effective early detection, timely treatments, and interventions to promote health.
Table 1. Estimated specific prevalence rates for blindness among Americans aged 40 years and older, by age group and race/ethnicity.
Vision Loss among Top Ten Disabilities
An analysis of the 1999 Survey of Income and Program Participation (CDC, 2001) revealed blindness or vision problems to be among the top 10 disabilities among adults aged 18 years and older. Vision loss has serious consequences for the individual as well as those who care for and about people who have compromised vision because it impedes the ability to read, drive, prepare meals, watch television, and attend to personal affairs. Reduced vision among mature adults has been shown to result in social isolation, family stress, and ultimately a greater tendency to experience other health conditions or die prematurely (Ellwein, Friedlin, McBean, & Lee, 1996).
Estimated Growth in Population
During the next three decades, the population of adults with vision impairment and age-related eye diseases is estimated to double because the rapidly aging U.S. population. In addition, the epidemic of diabetes as well as other chronic diseases will contribute to an increasing population of people who experience vision loss.
A recent CDC investigation (Saaddine, Honeycutt, Narayan, Zhang, Klein, & Boyle, 2008) revealed that eye diseases associated with diabetes are likely to surge during the next four decades reflecting overall changes in the population as well as improved treatment of diabetes and survival among those who experience diabetes. The number of people who experience diabetic retinopathy is expected to triple between 2005 to 2050 from 5.5 million to 16 million people.
Bailey RN, Indian RW, Zhang X, Geiss LS, Duenas MR, & Saaddine JB. Visual impairment and eye care among older adults—five states, 2005. MMWR 2006;55(49):1321–1325.
Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. Causes and prevalence of visual impairment among adults in the United States. Archives of Ophthalmology 2004;122: 477–485.
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Wellbeing. Cdc-pdf[PDF–3.34MB]External Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2008.
Pleis JR, Lethbridge-Çejku M. Summary health statistics for U.S. adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 2007;10(235).
Ellwein LB, Friedlin V, McBean AM, Lee PP. Use of eye care services among the 1991 Medicare population. Ophthalmology 1996;103:1732–1743.
Saaddine JB, Honeycutt AA, Venkat Narayan KM, Zhang X, Klein R, & Boyle, JP. (2008). Projection of diabetic retinopathy and other major eye diseases among people with diabetes mellitus. Archives of Ophthalmology 2008;126(12): 1740–1747.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Knotty Knitters
Joe has been very eager to get shots of knitting as B Roll for the bumper. Even though I had a very long day bouncing between jobs, I headed over to the Hill Country Weavers on South Congress with John's Canon 60D to shoot. I got there and was blown away by the atmosphere. I'll admit, I expected to see a bunch of grandmas making doilies. Instead, I was amazed by all the different women there, young and old, making different projects. Everyone seemed to be at a different level or had a specific strength. Some people were working on their tree sweaters, for the Knitted Wonderland project, some were just doing their own thing. Heather was crocheting a yarned arrow for the event. We would be carrying on a conversation about whatever (men, current events, movies etc) and once and a while someone would ask a how to question and everyone would be excited to give their input.
I grabbed some close up shots of fingers knitting and crocheting. I didn't give everyone enough notice to film their faces. They were a little bashful even though I can tell you they all looked beautiful. I used the 50mm and and got right up in there with the shallow focus. I didn't have a rig which worked against me. I tried to use my natural tripod (me crouched in a chair with the camera propped on my knees) which worked. I have to admit that I got distracted by these wonderful women and their stimulating conversation. I really wanted to be in there, knitting with the pros. I stayed for about an hour and a half, shooting and conversing before my hunger got the best of me.
I'm not sure how Joe will use this footage but I think I got some great cutaways. I really want to explore the idea of modern-day knitting circles. Making mental note...
Saturday, January 15, 2011
To knit or not to knit, that is the question
I've been reading quite a bit about knitting culture and history. I love how the government was pressuring women to knit for men during WWI as if it were their patriotic duty. What a great idea. "Well, you're sitting at home without your husband, you might as well be helping him over seas stay warm." I'm wrestling with the question of whether or not this is super sexist. Did this propaganda condemn knitting to always be synonymous with matronly women? Is there something wrong with that? If my boyfriend was fighting in WWII I know, propaganda or not, I would be knitting, mostly because know that it would brighten up his hard times.
Let's face it, knitting and crocheting is dominated by women. But why? Men are creative, why don't they want to knit themselves a nice sweater? I know I have the impulse to do wood work and jump at the opportunity to work with power tools but why doesn't my boyfriend want to learn to knit?
I rejected the idea of learning to knit for a long time because I did not want to become Suzy Q homemaker or June Cleaver. I already like cooking, gardening, and having a clean house, I didn't want to add knitting to this. I might as well start wearing white pearls and heals! But I saw how much fun people, like Julia were having with it. Julia got commissioned by someone to knit male and female genitalia, which turned out bad ass. Once I learned that people were using knitting and crocheting for street art and not just knitting socks for their boyfriends overseas, I figured why not. I don't have to be this stereotypical picture of "The Perfect Wife", I can still be me and like what I like. I'm still a feminist. I'm still the type of girl that likes doing things that are stereotypically associated with male interests and that's okay.
Magda Sayeg once told me that "We knit out of love, we don't knit out of hate." and this phrase keeps circling in my head. When I make something, there is usually someone in mind. I knit a scarf for my sister's boyfriend because he lives in freezing Cold Boston and I want him to feel like he's welcome in our family. I need to keep telling myself I knit for me; I knit for love. I don't knit for my country and I don't knit to embody some role that society thinks I should be.
FYI Wikipedia's Knitting History...
The word is derived from knot, thought to originate from the Dutch verb knutten, which is similar to the Old English cnyttan, to knot.[13]
One of the earliest known examples of knitting was cotton socks with stranded knit color patterns, found in Egypt from the end of the first millennium AD.[14] Originally a male-only occupation, the first knitting trade guild was started in Paris in 1527.[15] With the invention of the knitting machine, however, knitting "by hand" became a useful but non-essential craft. Similar to quilting, spinning, and needlepoint, knitting became a social activity.
Hand-knitting has gone into and out of fashion many times in the last two centuries, and at the turn of the 21st century it is enjoying a revival. According to the industry group Craft Yarn Council of America, the number of women knitters in the United States age 25–35 increased 150% in the two years between 2002 and 2004.[16] The latest incarnation is less about the "make-do and mend" attitude of the 1940s and early 50s and more about making a statement about individuality as well as developing an innate sense of community.
Within the 1940s, English knitting rose in popularity while Continental knitting fell. This is due to the fact that continental knitting originated within Germany and was spread by immigrants. During World War II, continental knitting fell out of style due to its relationship with Germany. It wasn't until Elizabeth Zimmermann publicized continental knitting in the 1980s that it again was popularized.[17]
Additionally, many contemporary knitters have an interest in blogging about their knitting, patterns, and techniques,[18] or joining a virtual community focused on knitting,[19] such as Ravelry, affectionately known as Rav to fiber-lovers around the world. There are also a number of popular knitting podcasts, such as the Manic Purl Podcast and the Savvy Girls Podcast. Contemporary knitting groups may be referred to in the U.S. as a "Stitch 'N Bitch" where a group of knitters get together to work on projects, discuss patterns, troubleshoot their work and just socialize.[20] In the UK, the term has been "knitting circle" since the early 20th century.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
knitted wonderland
"On March 5, The Blanton plaza will be turned into a knitted wonderland! All 99 trees between the Michener and Smith buildings will be yarn-bombed by internationally recognized textile artist Magda Sayeg, in celebration of Explore UT, the University's annual open house. To make this vision a reality, we need your help!" They thought they would get a 100 people, basically a person per tree and they got a little over double that.
Joe wanted to come help film this event in hopes that it will benefit the bumper. He also wanted to listen and make notes on what to shoot later. Plus he hadn't met Magda yet.
My friend, Evan Ho, came out to help Joe and I film the preliminary meeting at the Blanton. We had the Panasonic HVX, Canon 7D (Joe's) and the Canon 60D (John's). We kept the HVX static and ran the audio through it as well. We put Lavs on Magda and had a shotgun mic pointed at the speakers. Joe and I were on the sides, grabbing B Roll of the audience in the auditorium. I mostly cared about the audio because Magda explained the project. Joe and I share lenses and shot things here and there. The Blanton was really helpful and supportive of us filming. They even made a blanket release form that everyone who came signed. We got some good stuff.
I'm really excited to be following this project. The energy in the room was amazing. I think it will be more fun filming the knitters putting up their work and all the eager eyes watching.


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Munich, 29 August 2012 – Technology company The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply Vietnamese steel company POSCO SS-Vina (PSSV) with industrial gases. PSSV and local Group member Linde Gas Vietnam (LGV) recently signed an agreement to this effect. The deal will see Linde construct the country's largest air separation unit at the Phu My industrial park in Ba Ria (Vung Tau province). The Group will be investing a total of around EUR 40 million in the project.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with POSCO again through this project," said Sanjiv Lamba, Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG responsible for the Group's business in the Asia Pacific. "Our decision to invest and build what will be Vietnam's largest air separation plant, and also Linde's largest investment in the country to date, demonstrates our steadfast commitment to support our valuable customer POSCO in its regional growth plans and meet future market opportunities in Vietnam."
The new state-of-the-art air separation unit will be able to produce 35,000 normal cubic metres of air gases per hour (Nm3/h) and is set to go on stream in 2014. It will supply the new steelworks that PSSV is currently building in Phu My with gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and argon, and also manufacture products for the regional market in southern Vietnam.
Towards the end of 2007, Linde Gas Vietnam was the first industrial gases company to start supplying customers at the Phu My industrial park. LGV currently supports several customers in the cluster with air gases from an existing air separation unit. It also manufactures hydrogen from a steam methane reformer, which – with a capacity of 1,000 Nm3/h – is the largest plant of its type in Vietnam.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 51,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, it generated revenue of EUR 13.787 bn. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The Group is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com.
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At first glance, these portraits (part of a series called "Constellation") by New York-based artist Kumi Yamashita might appear to be black and white photographs, or pen-and-ink drawings, but they are in fact made of materials far less germane to the fine art of portraiture.
Using thousands of small galvanize nails studded into a wooden panel painted solid white, Yamashita works with one single unbroken piece of common sewing thread, winding it around and around nails, like a spider's web, to achieve an incredible shaded greyscale affect.
In much the same way that shading is achieved with an ink pen by cross-hatching, the thread doubles back on itself to create denser and darker shades.
The result: facial features and locks of hair shaded so intricately, they take on a incredible true-to-life look, if you squint your eyes. [KumiYamashita via DesignTaxi — Images courtesy Kumi Yamashita]


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I just downloaded and purchased myinfotogo, not received a code yet though, after i had been trying out barca and have had a slight problem.
I have 2 password protected folders 1 is called people and is a sub-folder of the "in" folder and the other is the sent folder. these were bothe set up in barca a few weeks ago.
Now when i sync between barca and myinfo it produces lots of duplicates but different in each version..
in the barca version it creats multiple copies but with no date and a size off 1
in the myinfo version it creates 5 copies of each email with dates and a size of 573 and 1 copy with no date and a size 1
does anyone have any idea why it would be doing this?
Ps is there automatic sync available or at least a history of the last sync made


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I really hope someone here can help me resolve a GPS issue with my Alltel Tour. I have posted on Crackberry but haven't been able to get an answer that would get my GPS working. This all started when I tried to do an update along with a hybrid install.
I have an in issue with my Alltel 9630 Tour. After reading about upgrading to the leaked .419 OS I decided to give it a try. This was my first attempt at an update of any kind. One of the reasons I updated was having read that I would be able to get a GPS lock using Google Maps which I have never been able to do with my Tour. I tried to load Driphter's DV4 hybrid while I was doing the .419 update. I downloaded the .419 update and the DV4 java folder twice. Both times I loaded .419 on my laptop then deleted the java folder in loader files and replaced it with the DV4 java folder. Each time I tried to update my Tour I got an error message.
Invalid Configuration
The application "English UK" cannot be loaded,because it requires the following applications that are not available:
I then replaced the original Java folder and the update went through perfectly. Any idea why I was not able to load DV4 with the update?
The problem I have now is that not only can I not get a GPS lock with Google Maps I can't get it with BlackBerry Maps either. My Tour has never had an issue getting a lock with BB Maps. Now it gives an "Unable To Acquire" error after only about six seconds, which seems a little quick to me. It would search longer than that before. And of course Google Maps still shows GPS as unavailable.
I would go back to my original OS but I made a mistake in thinking that a backup would save my OS. I now know that was not the case nor can I find a link to the official Alltel version.
If anyone can give my any advice on getting my GPS functional again with either BB or Google maps I would really appreciate it. Be it with .419 or the official Alltel version really doesn't matter at this point. Thanks.


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Apnay – Episode-57 (Full HD)-SEE TV
Apnay – Episode-57 (Full HD)-SEE TV
Apnay is a drama of a See TV, See Tv is well known about its Quality in Dramas,shows and cartoons. Specially See TV is famous in Dramas Quality which is 1080i (HDTV), which is highest quility in Video.
Officially See Tv didn't update the drama story and casts but here we little bit gives you a short discription about the drama.
The drama based on Family story which are lives in a happy mode.
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Starred Review, School Library Journal, March 2011:
"Thompson has crafted an exquisite, thought-provoking story of grief and healing that will resonate with teen readers and give them much to discuss."
Review, Publishers Weekly, January 3, 2011:
"Eloquently captures a teenager's anger, guilt, and sorrow after a classmate takes her own life. . . . Understated yet potent verse."
Review, Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2011:
"A fast-paced page-turner that explores the rippling effects of suicide."
Review, Booklist, January 1, 2011:
"Readers will want to talk about the big issues, especially the guilt of doing nothing."
Review, VOYA,
"Compelling. . . . Teens who enjoy learning about other cultures will relish Thompson's ability to evoke the sights, smells, and tastes of Japan, while poetry fans will enjoy the novel's unique format."
Review, The Winston-Salem Journal, March 20, 2011:
"This lyrical look at bullying and the afterschocks of suicide may be gut-wrenching, but Orchards is crafted with a sensitive beauty."


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I've consistently argued that the Tea Party "platform" serves as a dog whistle for racists. Well now Tea Party racists (not all TPers,I'm sure), your dog whistle can be heard loud and clear by everybody, as your beloved candidate Rand Paul has declared he's all for the "right" of a racist restaurant owner to choose not to serve black people. In his ignorant way he misunderstands the 1964 Civil Rghts Act, one of the great achievments of American democracy.
Okay TPers, what are you going to do? Align yourself with the Klan on that issue, or forthrightly repudiate Rand? The clock is ticking before you–and your enablers on certain blogsites I could name–are cast into the dustbin of history for your shame.


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Year of foundation: 1966
Tobacco Country: Cuba
Tobacco Procedence: Vuelta Arriba
Factory: Jose Marti
This brand was introduced in 1966 as essentially a second value line of the Montecristo brand, primarily aimed at the French market. One of the few Havana brands which is exclusively devoted to handmade cigars, the sizes and names essentially mirror the Montecristo nomenclature and the Diplimaticos line is produced at the Jose Marti factory, as is most of the Montecristo range. They are generally considered to be medium to full bodied.
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Sean Connery (1930 - )Actor Producer Soundtrack
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- 8-25,1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia McBain (Maclean), was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also has a brother named Neil Connery, who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Before going into … »


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Bay Bridge opening a missed opportunity to shine
We should have had a party. We should have popped the Champagne corks. We should have had special T-shirts, and souvenir coffee cups, lapel pins, silly baseball caps, commemorative hard hats. We should have had fireworks. We should have celebrated.
Why? We just opened the new Bay Bridge, a beautiful structure that will last until our grandchildren are old and gray.
Instead, we marked the opening of this landmark with a ceremony featuring the lieutenant governor, California's official backup quarterback, who showed up half an hour late and forgot to wear a tie. Then we had a parade of old cars across the new bridge, featuring politicians waving. How lame is that? It was a cut below the Grand Opening of a pizza joint in Brisbane.
It could have been unforgettable. As long as the whole Bay Bridge was closed, we could have allowed people to walk from San Francisco to Oakland and back again. How cool would that have been? Too late now. We had our chance and blew it.
Sour tinge to opening
The whole opening event on Labor Day had a sour tinge to it. The event was broadcast live on television and the reporters were quick to note with a concerned scowl that the bridge cost $6.4 billion and was 24 years late.
Not only that, the nuts that make sure the whatchamacallit is bolted to the whooziz bar are cracked. So the bridge may fall down in the next big earthquake or heavy rainstorm, or looming climate change, whichever comes first.
It reminded me of a nasty old man who lived across the street when I was a kid. He had a view about everything our family did no matter what it was. "You're doing it wrong," he'd say.
Six billion dollars for half a bridge! So what? We'll probably spend that much bombing the hell out of Syria next month. The International Monetary Fund lent $6.7 billion to those ingrates in Pakistan just last week. Didn't even make the evening news.
In the year 2113, when our descendants celebrate the bridge's centennial, $6.4 billion might be enough to buy a nice house in Noe Valley.
And about those bolts. People forget that when the Golden Gate Bridge was only 15 years old, a strong wind moved the deck so much the bridge had to be closed for three hours. Very scary. Changes had to be made to make the bridge stiffer and eventually a new, lighter deck was installed.
They forget that when the Bay Bridge was brand new, it took nearly five extra years to finish a bridge railway so that electric trains could cross the bay. As it turned out, the bridge trains were an expensive mistake and the tracks were taken out after only 17 years of service.
The bridge had to be reconfigured at a cost of millions of dollars. Millions! Who remembers that now?
I'm a great one for nostalgia. I miss Playland at the Beach and the Washington Square Bar and Grill. But I don't miss the old cantilever section of the old Bay Bridge, all girders and shadows. "It looked prehistoric," my esteemed colleague Michael Taylor wrote in a blog on SFGate.com.
He also blogged about driving out of the Yerba Buena Tunnel toward Oakland and seeing the new white tower with its lacy cables up ahead for the first time. "Breathtaking," he wrote.
Wednesday night, I had an appointment in Sausalito and took the last ferry of the evening back to San Francisco. A beautiful ride, the day fading into night, and the lights just coming on on the new bridge. As we approached San Francisco the new bridge disappeared behind Yerba Buena Island. But then the lights flickered and lit up the suspension cables of the older part of the Bay Bridge like a curtain of moving light.
Tourists have right idea
Two tourists stood on deck near the stern and watched, amazed. Two halves of one bridge, glittering against the dark September sky. First the new one, then the older bridge.
"What is this?" they asked. "Is all this new?"
Yes, I said. Only 2 days old. "You had a big party to open, no?" one of them asked. The answer, of course, was no.
It was embarrassing, like forgetting your wife's birthday.
Carl Nolte is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. His column appears every Sunday. E-mail: email@example.com


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Richard Luck necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 122 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
HeyPublisher.com is an online community-driven support service dedicated to helping writers better manage their literary lives.
Some of the services we offer include:
* Submission management and tracking
* Publishing contract negotiations
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* Archiving and versioning services
* MFA-style peer review and community feedback on works.
Authors, screenwriters, poets, and other 'literary artists'. This user base will use the online service to manage their submissions to publishers, manage the rights they negotiate away with those publishers, and will be the primary mechanism through which all of the author/publisher communications will take place.
The logo should contain the text " Hey Publisher " somewhere in it. This text need not be the main focus of the logo, however.
We like designs that emphasis the "Hey" part of our name, and less the "Publisher" part. Get creative : someone shouting, something that seems familiar (like RSS or Wifi logos), something that screams "Hey!!"
The logo will eventually be used on mailing labels and letterhead as well. Something to keep in mind...
To keep it simple I'll list things we like and don't:
- Clean
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In short - we're looking for a logo that will convey what the business is about and be memorable when seen.
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Alamosa Ranch
Alamosa Ranch
The Alamosa Ranch is 1,300 acres of open space, woods, and wildlife habitat bordering the Rio Grande River on the north side of Alamosa. The City of Alamosa purchased this property in 1996 from a local rancher, who wanted to see the land protected from development. Local citizens, with support from SLVEC, formed CFAR (Citizens for the Alamosa Ranch) to address management of the property, and to insure that development of the site is limited, at best.
CFAR wrote a Draft Management Plan for the property in February 2009. This plan supported the preservation of the ranch as open space, with a focus on activities such as walking, jogging, bicycle riding, wildlife and bird watching, and other appropriate open-space activities. There are currently eight miles of trails on the ranch, and this proposal uses a phased-in approach to providing additional trails as needed. The plan further calls for the continued historic use of flood irrigation on the ranch for livestock grazing, which supports the wetlands and associated wildlife.
Educational opportunities for nearby school groups, and seasonal activities such as fishing, ice-skating, and cross-country skiing are also proposed. Primitive camping is also proposed.
CFAR completed an updated Management Plan in June of 2010 and submitted it to the Alamosa City Council and the Alamosa Ranch Advisory Board. No immediate action was taken and soon a project was proposed for the ranch that has since changed the integrity of the wildlife preservation areas. The proposal was to create a disc golf course on public land and after many candidates for this marginal sport's location a prime wildlife habitat area of the Alamosa Ranch was targeted.
CFAR was in the forefront to find other areas that would be more appropriate for a developed sport such as disc golf. The Alamosa Ranch Board and City Council however chose to insert this golf course into an area that had been under management to regenerate cottonwood and nurture the supported wildlife. Currently the course has fragmented the former wildlife habitat by developing the central portion of a 100 acre section. Plans are now in place to further impact this once wild area by constructing professional-grade cross country tracks. This proposal is a collaborative effort with the city of Alamosa and Adams State Iniversity. As of March 2013, this cross- country course project has been suspended awaiting grant funding.
The management for the Alamosa Ranch is trending, perhaps irreversibly, towards human developed recreation in detriment to former wildlife habitats. The Alamosa City Council recently disbanded the Ranch Advisory Board which could further dilute public involvement in management decisions.
December 2013-
A private developer has recently proposed a land exchange for portions of the Alamosa Ranch that include a remnant riverbend slough and a portion of pasture that hosts waterfowl activity unique to the rest of the ranch. Here is a short video that illustrates what is at stake.
Alamosa Ranch Endangered Wildlife Habitat Video
May 2014-
The RV Park proposal has been put on hold as a result of legal actions that has offered a competing project, proposed before the RV Park, to buy out the current owners and create a multi- faceted park environment. For more information on this proposal please link to the following address:
The Rio Grande Healthy Living Park
The Rio Grande Healthy Living Park does not propose acquisition of any Alamosa Ranch land.
This page will be updated as new situations occur, or you can contact SLVEC for up to the minute changes- 719-589-1518.
Click below to view the Citizens for the Alamosa Ranch 2011 Management Plan
2011 Ranch Management plan.pdf


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And a vintage sign removed...
|This photo was taken in 2006.
Mr. Crawford's parents had operated a little country store in our neighborhood at one time, and Mr. Crawford inherited the property. One day, he quit his bank job in town and moved into the store building. He lived a very simple life there, without running water or electricity. In the yard around the old store, he had lots of little gardening spots where he grew grapes and flowers and heirloom tomatoes.
During those years, I worked part-time in another little country store in the neighborhood (also now closed), and Mr. Crawford came to the store every now and then to eat a sandwich and visit with anyone who was there. I passed along to him a big stack of old Organic Gardening magazines that my brother-in-law had given me, and he read (studied!) them cover-to-cover and loved to discuss the gardening ideas in them.
Then Mr. Crawford moved away. He said that he couldn't take the stench of the big new chicken barn across the creek any longer. About that same time, I started working in town. So our paths didn't cross anymore, and I don't believe I ever saw Mr. Crawford again. He passed away last Christmas. I read about it in the newspaper.
Not long after his death, someone removed the Pepsi-Cola sign from the old store building. Maybe the sign was kept by a family member -- I hope so. Or maybe someone took it for their private collection, or maybe, since it was a metal sign, it ended up at a salvage yard. Whatever the case, I doubt it will be seen again by the general public.
I still see the little store building as I drive down the road to and from my home, and it always makes me think of Mr. Crawford. He was kindly and intelligent, and I'm sorry that he's gone on.