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"There is no escape from the cycle." – Richard Ravish, With Love from Salem
Like another recent documentary involving modern Pagans that I enjoyed, Alex Mar's "American Mystic," Karagan Griffith's "With Love from Salem" is not an introduction or history lesson, but is instead a portrait of a belief system, a culture, in action. It follows Richard and Amy Ravish, Wiccan clergy who led rituals on Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts for more than 20 years. While ostensibly about their Samhain ritual and procession on its 20th anniversary, what emerged to me on my viewing was surprisingly personal, an intimate look at the lives of two elders whose duty to Salem has become deeply intertwined with their faith, their friendships, and how they interact with community.
The mere mention of Salem, Massachusetts can be divisive within modern Pagan circles, with some Witches and Wiccans decrying the tourist-drawing Mardi Gras-like atmosphere around Halloween, and the Witches who have embraced that spirit of spooky fun as well. Yet, purposefully flamboyant Salem Witches like Laurie Cabot were instrumental in advancing tolerance and rights for Wicca and religious forms of modern Witchcraft. It was Cabot who founded the Temple of Nine Wells, "as a focus for worship and to facilitate a multi-traditional practice of the religion of Witchcraft in order to best serve the spiritual needs of the growing Wiccan community in Salem, Massachusetts." A mission that was taken up by Amy and Richard as administrators of the temple. According to Amy "Gypsy" Ravish in the film, the ritual and procession at Samhain not only reminds people of the differences between Salem's Halloween festivities and the religious observance of Samhain, it also gives an opportunity to those Pagan tourists who "can't walk down the streets of their town, and say that they are Witches." The tourism acts as a normalizing element, protective coloring for individuals across the country who see Salem as a pilgrimage.
"The commitment , passion and love for the Craft was and still is what moved Gypsy and Richard all these years." – Karagan Griffith, director of "With Love from Salem"
"With Love from Salem" subtly shows you how Salem has woven its way into the modern Wiccan mind, but it's as much a meditation on aging in the Craft as it is about honoring those killed on Gallows Hill. Richard Ravish passed away in 2012, and as such much of the talk about aging, ancestors, and the spirit of Samhain take on a deeper resonance. It shows Wicca as a faith that endures through the Winter of their lives, and one that continues to resonate for new generations of Witches. The handheld camera work by Griffith gives an impression of home movies, which actually adds to the intimacy, rather than detracts. It's like watching footage of the elders in your own group or community, talking about their work, their devotion. It gives us outsiders a chance to be a fly on the wall as these two elders plan a community ritual.
Ultimately, "With Love from Salem" is a time capsule, a document of a couple who quietly served a community since the 1970s, a fixed point where seekers and the curious could experience Witchcraft in a "land of ghosts." It is about mortality and remembrance, not just for the victims of the Salem Witch Trials, but for our own elders as they age and pass on. As Richard Ravish says towards the end of the film, "there is no escape from the cycle," there is only our acceptance, and our honoring of its gifts. Director Karagan Griffith has done an admirable job of documenting one couple's journey within that cycle.
For updates on this film, see their official Facebook page. You may also want to read my interview with director Karagan Griffith.

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Operators at Byron Generating Station declared an Unusual Event at 10:18 a.m. CT, due to the loss of offsite power and Unit 2 coming offline.
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BYRON, Ill. (January 30, 2012) - Operators at Byron Generating Station declared an Unusual Event at 10:18 a.m. CT, due to the loss of offsite power and Unit 2 coming offline.
The nuclear facility's diesel generators activated as designed to provide power to the facility when there is a loss of offsite power to the facility. The facility remains in a safe condition. Station engineering experts are looking into the cause of the loss of offsite power.
Byron Station is designed to depressurize to reduce steam pressure as part of the many redundant safety systems built into the facility. Steam from the unit is released through safety relief valves that are specifically designed for this purpose. The steam, which will evaporate quickly, contained expected levels of tritium. Local residents may see or hear the steam release in progress, which will continue throughout the day until the unit cools down. These types of station releases are regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Tom Buffenbarger president of the machinists' union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) was the the latest in a string of Clinton junkyard dogs unleashed upon Obama. Prior to Hillary Clinton's speech last night in Youngstown, Ohio, Buffenbarger delivered nothing short of an Obama diatribe.
While campaign introductions typically sing the praises of the upcoming candidate, Buffenbarger's speech barely mentioned Clinton until the conclusion. It was all about Obama, and it was laced with venom and ad hominems.
VIDEO: Clinton supporter Tom Buffenbarger attacks Sen. Barack Obama during a campaign event in Youngstown, Ohio.
Buffenbarger called Obama a "thespian," and he sarcastically referred to the junior senator from Illinois as a "wunderkind." He compared Obama to "Janus, the two-faced Roman god of ancient times." And he pleaded with the crowd to boo Obama's labor record.
Early in his speech, Buffenbarger asked, "So now we have a decision to make. Will we rely on the Harvard Law Review editor? The silver-tongued orator from Kansas, Hawaii and Illinois? The man in love with the microphone?"
Taking off the gloves, he said, "Barack Obama is no Muhammad Ali. He took a walk every time there was a tough vote in the Illinois State Senate. He took a walk more than a 130 times. That's what a shadow boxer does. All the right moves. All the right combinations. All the right footwork. But he never steps into the ring."
But it was Obama supporters for whom Buffenbarger saved his most vitriolic contempt, and he proved that the Democratic Party's coalition is nothing if not fragile. Channeling Howard Beale from the movie "Network," he yelled into the microphone, "Give me a break! I've got news for all the latte-drinking, Prius- driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies crowding in to hear him speak! This guy won't last a round against the Republican attack machine. He's a poet, not a fighter."
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You think you're clicking on a dancing Santa, but, in reality, you could be clicking on a concealed link that might perform actions such as making your Facebook profile information public or giving scammers access to information stored on your computer. So don't click on those dancing Santas (or any other game that pops up on your computer or gets passed around on Facebook). Advertisement 2. Drive-by downloads. This is a term that refers to downloading something that you didn't realize was a malicious program or a download that occurs without your knowledge. This might happen as you are browsing the Web during the holidays and and visit unfamiliar sites with ads that promise deep discounts on items. If the site isn't legitimate, the ads probably aren't, either. Also avoid sites that require you to download a "codec" to view a video because this is malicious software. 3. Infections from legitimate sites. Now is prime time for hackers to infect sites that get more traffic during the holidays with pop-up ads that have viruses. Aitel recommends installing an ad blocker on your browser, such as the free Adblock Plus, or to use Chrome as your browser because it's harder for hackers to infiltrate. 4. E-mail phishing. Your inbox might fill up with donation requests or holiday deals over the coming weeks. If these e-mails come from people or groups you're not familiar with, delete them because they're likely attempts to steal your personal information or con you out of big bucks. Also watch out for e-mails claiming to come from your credit-card issuer. You might assume that they're legitimate if you've been using your card frequently to make holiday purchases. But don't respond to any e-mails saying that there's a problem with your card. Instead, call your company directly using the number printed on the back of your card. 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URBANA, Ill. - A former University of Illinois student convicted of computer fraud is believed to also have downloaded up to 3,000 Social Security numbers belonging to residents of a campus dormitory, but the numbers don't appear to have been used, and no new charges are expected, university police said.
Daniel Beckwitt, a 22-year-old former engineering student, downloaded information that included the Social Security numbers of students who lived in the Hendrick House residence hall when a break-in occurred during the 2011-12 school year, police Capt. Roy Acree said.
"He ended up in an office where a computer was located and used a thumb drive to download information, which included Social Security numbers of some of the residents of Hendrick House," Acree said.
Detective James Carter said police believe the numbers recently found on the drive were not used, and no new charges are expected.
Beckwitt was sentenced this month to three days in jail and 24 months of probation after he pleaded guilty to computer fraud for tampering with campus email accounts. As part of his plea deal, a second count of computer fraud and charges of criminal damage to government property, forgery, possession of a firearm without a state FOID card, identity theft and eavesdropping were dropped.
Beckwitt in the past listed addresses in Urbana and Maryland but on Friday could not be located for comment.
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The Science Of Better Valvetrain Control
Finding Power Gains By Considering The Valvetrain As A Whole - The Science Of Better Valvetrain Control
For years, the standard operating procedure for testing new components or ideas has been to eliminate every variable possible, make one small change, and evaluate how that affects performance. It's the scientific method, and it has been preached for years. But what happens when you are testing one component in a complex system of parts?
Take, for example, a race engine's valvetrain. Engine builders have made hundreds of dyno pulls while optimizing their given system. But if an engine builder has found the best cam profile that works with a mildly flexible 51/416-inch pushrod, engine power should be even better when a stiffer 31/48-inch pushrod is swapped in, right?
Not always. Bill Godbold, a cam designer with Competition Cams, has done a great deal of research on the valvetrain and concludes that it must be considered as a complete system: from the size of the cam bores to the shape of the valve seat. And he recently made a very interesting presentation at the Advanced Engineering Technology Conference (AETC), which is a yearly gathering of some of the best and brightest engine builders in the country. The information Godbold presented can be helpful to stock car racers and engine builders across the country, so with his blessing Circle Track is presenting much of it here. Godbold works with all forms of motorsports, and many of his examples and charts reference drag racing engines. But the information still holds true for stock car racing. Everything is for cam-in-block, two-valve engine designs.
The Spring's the Thing Godbold's first example is a case study using two different valvesprings on a test mule motor. The engine is a 406 Chevrolet small-block with what Godbold describes as a very good set of heads, a Comp Xtreme Energy hydraulic roller cam, and other typical components.
The first spring was Comp's nested double spring (PN 954). It is what you might consider the more conventional choice for racing and was installed with 210 pounds on the seat (installed height is 1.900 inches) and 523 pounds over the nose at 1.250-inch valve lift. The second spring was Comp's newer beehive single spring (PN 26918) with 130 pounds on the seat when installed at 1.800 inches and 318 pounds over the nose, which is 1.200-inch valve lift in this case.
The first noticeable disparity between the springs is the nearly 200-pound difference in the open pressures. The high pressure of the double spring is typical of many engine packages in which a strong spring is used to control the valve at higher rpm levels. But this can also have an interesting-and unintended-consequence at the lower rpm ranges.
Godbold provided a dyno graph for the engine with both sets of springs. The double spring (PN 954) is Spring A (blue) while the newer beehive spring (PN 26918) is Spring B (red). The biggest difference is how much better the beehive spring holds power after 6,400 rpm-exactly where the stronger spring is supposed to work best. The beehive spring works better in the higher rpm range because it is significantly lighter. Godbold calculated the difference in the spring's effective mass (since the bottom coil of the spring doesn't move, the total mass of a valvespring isn't relevant). The beehive spring used a smaller retainer, so it was 52 grams lighter than the nested double spring. The weight pulled from the valvetrain allows it to operate more efficiently and maintain good valve control at higher rpm levels. Remember, the valvespring has to overcome not only the inertia of the moving valve, but also its own weight and inertia.
But that's not the only interesting thing to be found in this dyno graph. Godbold also points out that the bigger spring produces better torque, and to a lesser degree horsepower, until approximately 4,200 rpm. The cause of this is a flaw in the valvetrain package. When the cam begins the process of opening the valve at speed, the extreme spring pressure resists it so strongly that it flexes the pushrod and possibly the rocker arm. This, in turn, delays the opening of the valve as the pushrod flexes. The inertia working against the pushrod decreases once the valve starts moving, allowing the pushrod to spring back to its original shape. This extra "push" from the pushrod slings the valve open, causing it to loft at max lift. If you graphed the designed valve lift versus the at-race speed, the line for the actual lift would begin later than the designed-lift line, but the valve would also open more quickly and taller. Overall, it allows more "area under the curve," or more airflow.
So this is good, right? Godbold says not really. Remember, the torque increase for the stiffer double spring only occurs at lower rpm levels. At that point, the valve lofts at max valve lift but settles back down on the backside of the cam lobe before being gently returned to the valve seat. At higher rpm levels, the amount of loft is greater and the cam is spinning faster, so the valvetrain never comes back under control before the valve slams onto the seat. When this happens, valve bounce and a loss of power occurs. That's why the smaller spring maintains valve control better at higher rpm levels. Even though it isn't as strong and should theoretically allow lofting from valve inertia sooner, the fact that it isn't flexing the pushrod actually helps maintain control longer.
The Evolution of Bigger Cams Another example along these lines is the growth in the size of cam cores that has happened in the last several years. This trend began in the drag racing ranks and has caught on among stock car racing engine builders.
"In the late '90s, most NHRA Pro Stock engine builders thought that the Ford block's larger 2.124-inch journals gave an advantage over the Chevy's 1.948 stock journals," he says. "The first step was increasing to 2.124 babbit, then 2.165 roller, and later to 2.362 roller journals. These larger journals increased the core barrel size. [To go with this change,] engine builders found they needed to tweak their lobe selection to take advantage of the larger cores. Typically, they would decrease the 0.050 duration by about 2 degrees while selecting a profile with a similar 0.200 duration."
What engine builders had not realized was how much deflection they were getting in the smaller cams. By moving to the larger cams they were creating a stiffer valvetrain. As with the smaller valvespring that created less pushrod flex, the stiffer cam core created a valve movement that was closer to the lobe design.
The flexing camshaft produced a later valve opening but compensated by raising the valve more quickly. Unwittingly, camshaft designers and engine builders had optimized their cams around this design weakness by using lobes with more duration and a gentler opening ramp.
Godbold says that when engine builders began using the larger cam cores, they noticed that power was jeopardized even though they were able to get more rpm out of their engines. While some builders ditched the idea at that point, the smarter ones realized they needed to re-optimize the system because of this change and began tweaking the cam lobes. By using a lobe with less overall duration, a more radical opening ramp, and a higher overall lift they not only reproduced the previous power levels, but also exceeded them while keeping the ability to spin the engine faster. This re-optimization was necessary every time a change was made to a larger camshaft core and was an evolution that Godbold says took approximately five years.
Pushrod Flex The final example Godbold provides concerns pushrod flex. "Over the past few years, 71/416-inch pushrods have become commonplace in applications such as NHRA Super Stock," he says. "However, several engine builders noted a decrease in low-rpm torque and less peak power when making the switch. They also noted that the power held on much better past peak and that overall durability improved. To take advantage of the newer components, many engine builders swapped from the Hi-Torque -8 cam lobe profiles to the newer HXL designs. The newer designs' higher lift appeared to fix most of those issues, but often the duration was slightly reduced."
Stiffening the pushrod has the same effect as using a larger camshaft core or switching to lighter springs. The valve follows the cam lobe more accurately once the deflection is removed from the system. This is also true in the case of stock car engine builders switching from 51/416- to 31/48-inch pushrods, or using pushrods with a thicker wall.
If the cam lobes had already been optimized for the more flexible valvetrain, the effect of the bigger pushrods would have opened the valve sooner and raised it more slowly with less lift. (Remember, with a smaller, more flexible pushrod, the effect is much like a pole vault. Movement is slow as the pole bends, but once that energy is released it flings the vaulter up at a very high rate of speed.) Power is reduced because the ideal cam lobe has a very short duration to maximize valve seat time. It opens the valve as quickly as possible and then holds it at max lift until the very last minute. To compensate for this, the cam lobes had to be re-optimized with less duration, a faster opening ramp, and more overall lift.
So What Does It Mean? One of the most interesting points of these tests is learning how much valvetrain flex can affect duration. "If you asked a bunch of stock car racers if they ran a variable-duration cam, nobody would raise their hand," Godbold says. "But they all do when you look at the results of some of the SpinTron and dyno tests we've done. And the amount of change can be staggering. We've seen a 7-degree change in valve seat duration just by making a spring change. We've also seen duration change 4 degrees inside of 3,000 rpm on the same engine."
This amount of change in duration is a direct result of valvetrain flexibility. For years we've tried to increase rpm levels in an engine by lightening everything possible, especially the valvetrain. But now it appears the secret to reaching new rpm levels in race engines may be to ignore weights and take a long, hard look at component stiffness.
It can be tempting to say, "Well, if I've already got a system optimized around the flexible components in my valvetrain, why change it?" Godbold says the answer is that while you may be able to optimize the system around a specific rpm level, it is impossible to get the most out of a flexible system over a wide rpm range. Plus, flexibility almost always limits maximum rpm levels.
Finally, while many of these discoveries were made with extensive use of Comp Cams' SpinTron, Godbold says that engine builders with no access to a SpinTron aren't necessarily going to be left behind. You just have to remember that single part changes aren't always going to reveal the entire picture. If you are dyno testing an engine with a new component that should be better-a stiffer rocker arm, for instance-and the results aren't what you expect, it may be necessary to consider the entire system. If you were running a more flexible rocker arm before, a stiffer arm will change the effective duration of the cam. Maybe that should be changed, too. The key is to consider the valvetrain as a whole, not as a collection of individual parts.


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Thank you brother for the advice I do love them and will continue to do so. Unfortunately we not from Sydney but from Adelaide.. but thanks for the invite. God Bless
engaging them in the Serb Orthodox culture. without sounding racist the more they "hang" out with Serbs the more they will feel that way. that is what i have noticed anyway
I'm sure more mature Orthodox Brothers and Sisters will address you question I felt I would let you know that I came to realize Holy Orthodoxy as the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church through attending the Divine Liturgy and the wonderful Hymnography of the Ancient Church. As a Pentecostal she should respond to the Hymnography but if her faith is largely 'emotional' it might be a challenge. How 'deep' is her faith? That will tell us what is it about Pentecostalism that attracts her.
An orthodox person who goes outside the church and recieves another Sacrament is very serious act which must be rectified within the holy orthodox church. Until then the 'marriage' (for you) is non-existant as far as the orthodox church is concerned. Thus the women you have now is not your wife until the two of you are married and consumated in the holy church by and orthodox priest or bishop.
Huge Quote Brother !!! I will see my priest and try to sort this out. I have fasted and repented for this matter and I know God has forgiven me... I also cant just walk out on my wife and 3 young children ?? But I will follow it up with my priest, thanks for your concern and your prayers God Bless.
I'm not aware that the Church actually recognizes as "not a marriage" a state-honored marriage performed outside the Church, such that the woman to whom you're married is not your wife, PERIOD. .
The Orthodox Church does not recognise state-marriages. These marriages are contrary to the teaching and our fervent love for and faith in Christ since they are NOT performed nor consumated in His Holy name by a true bishop or priest.
Ctebah ,I think you would be correct in discussing this issue with your priest. That is always our advice on issues like this. You must remember that Father Deacon Amdetsion, is not a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church in communion with the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Moscow, Alexandria, or Antioch but a member of the Oriental Orthodox Churches that include our brethren in Ethiopia. His responses may not always be in agreement with the Eastern Orthodox Churches as defined by Chalcedon that you are a member of. ThomasConvert Issues Forum Moderator
I hope you don't mind my stepping in a changing the subject a bit, but this is exactly the reason why I wish OCnet would require people to state which church/jurisdiction/tradition they belong to. I find it rather confusing to watch a discussion and not know who is Orthodox, who is Protestant and who's Catholic, etc. etc... and all of them telling me what EO believe. You may go back to your regularly scheduled programming.
And yet, iirc, marriage was originally not one of the sacramental mysteries of the Church. What happened then? Did the Church simply grant her blessing to what started as a state-licensed relationship?
Here I am at the GOARCH website, and in this long disquisition they specifically say that they not only recognize but even DO marriages between their members and Trinitarian Christians who are members of unOrthodox bodies. You of course can condemn them (anathematization being the Orthodox church sport) and I'm sure the true/genuine bodies don't agree with them, but there it is.Activating my theological powers, it is clear to me that the claim of the church over marriage is completely bogus. Yes, marriage is sacramental; yes, marriage across religions and often sects is inadvisable, at least in the abstract. But scripture clearly teaches that marriage issues from the natural order of humanity; in reality, people marry with or without the consent of the church. Marriages may be rendered illegal, and marriage against the rules of the hierarchy might be taken as a sin of disobedience; nevertheless, the marriages thus entered into are real.
It should be noted that Father Deacon Amde Tsion has always been open as to his jurisdiction, I presented my information to CTEBAH because many Convert Issues members are new enough not to know that there may a difference in canons and practice between the Eastern Orthodox Churches (Chalcedon) and the Oriental Orthodox Churches (Non-Chalcedon),Thomas corrected for spelling
Deacon Amde,I don't think it was Thomas' intention to marginalize our OO Traditions, or us as OO's. Rather he was pointing out that the OO Tradition may be different from the EO in this case, and for that reason it may to good for the original poster to talk to his priest. I personally always consider it good advice to tell people to talk to their priests about the various matters we discuss here. There is often a difference in how things are done, not just between OO and EO, but sometimes even between the various jurisdictions within those communions. I know Thomas, and I feel that is what he meant.
As a Serb i am the first to point out Serbian faults (and we have many as a community) but i can't imagine that all the people at the club are like what you described (i think your comments were a little harsh).
JHP17 & LPK .. Firstly God Bless you and your families... thank you for your concern ,efforts and prayers.I am sorry to say though but our Church organizations are becoming more social / political gatherings rather than religious and I am finding it hard to accept it as I am now looking at a larger holier picture. Just a simple example that I use often...Here in Adelaide we have 2 Serbian Orthodox Churches .... each Church on any given Sunday might have 20-25 parishioners (except Christmas or Easter off course!). On Friday Nights their is 200-300 people at the Church hall for folklore practice, bocce bowls, 8-ball, chess and the "bar" etc.... Now it is a fact that the 200-300 that come Friday nights "pay the bills" and the 20-25 that attend Sunday services pay pittance in comparison. The two Serbian Communities here have always been at arms length and relationships were strained for whatever reasons. (this is a similar situation with the other communities ie. Russian, Ukranian, Greek, Bulgarian etc...)What I can't accept NOW that I am a father and have a family to take care of both financially and spiritually is this lack of unity, compassion and acceptance in our proud nation(s) and peoples. We have strayed from God and our Faith and accepted a capitalist view of the world.. which I think is perhaps even more dangerous because it slowly "reels you in" to believing that a nice Church Hall and LCD TV's and cable and a "great bar" are more important than the Church itself and our necessity to attend services regularly. Ohh I was at Church on Friday night ?? Getting drunk on a Friday night and singing Serbian patriotic songs at the bar does not make you a good Serbian Orthodox Christian, quit the opposite I think. (I know because I was one of these fools previously )So when you ask the leaders in our Church community what have you done for the "Church" their answer will be...(if not the same but similar) we put a new roof on the hall, we bought a picnic ground (which is used once a year), we have a new LCD and Plasmas, cable, Fox etc.... new pool tables. NOT ONE OF THEM WILL GIVE YOU THE CORRECT ANSWER... AND THE ONLY CORRECT ANSWER IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDRENS FAITH. OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE DOES NOT LIE IN THE FOUR WALLS THAT WE BUILT BUT IN THEIR SOUL, IN THEIR FAITH, THEIR HERITAGE - TRUE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY.Because if our children loose their faith and the true values of the Holy Orthodox Church and accept the western worlds values regarding materialism/capitalism/liberalism and all the other "isms" that are satans view of the world as many of us have unknowingly, then our community is not going to exist in 50-100 years time.All the Serbian (and Russian, Ukranian, Greek etc...) Orthodox Churches and the Church Halls will be empty because we will have lost them to the "West". FORGIVE ME IF I AM COMING ACROSS AS PERHAPS NEGATIVE, I ASSURE YOU I AM NOT. WE HAVE TO ACT ON THIS, AS THIS IS THE PATH THAT WE ARE HEADING AT THE MOMENT.We need ORTHODOX UNITY FIRSTLY and our Patriarchs must act on this as we are scattered around the world and heading in all different directions. Don't you agree ?Enter by the narrow gate as the wide gate and path that everyone follows will lead to destruction. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. PRAISE JESUS
WOW!!!Val'me dobro, Val'me dobro moj brat!I agree 100%I would like to hear more of your thoughts my brother.I have been praying that my posts earlier were not too strong for you.From what you write here you seem to be a man who is tired of drinking milk and want to eat meat.I pray you are doing well with the goals for your family.
I can assure you that the behaviour described by Stevan can also be found at Russian and Greek clubs. Sad, but true. Only yesterday, I was at a church gathering where several drunken lads at lunch were spouting idiotic nationalistic nonsense regarding the current conflict in Georgia ... I have heard similar sentiments among Greeks with regards to the Cyprus partition, the bombing of Belgrade in 1999, etc. These folks may be nominally Orthodox, but true Orthodoxy is beyond and above nationalism and politics.
Hey, have you by any chance seen our own Politics forum? It's exactly THAT... ethnocentrism, Panslavic or Panhellenic chauvinism, xenophobia, conspiracy theories, hatred to the West, revenge to the evil US, and occasionally a bit of Realpolitik. All that from those who claim to be Orthodox...
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Mayden, Bauer Earn All-America Honors at NCAASenior Samantha Mayden and sophomore Tyler Bauer earned All-America honors at the NCAA Track & Field Championships.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:57 AM
It was a great ending to the 2012-13 athletic year, a great ending to an outstanding career, and perhaps the start of something big.
Both Muhlenberg athletes at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships at La Crosse, Wis., earned All-America honors. Senior Samantha Mayden finished seventh in the 5,000 meters, and sophomore Tyler Bauer came in fifth in the javelin.
It's the first time in program history that the men's and women's teams have produced All-Americans in the same year.
Mayden is the first All-American in a running event for the women's team (the previous two were in the javelin and pole vault). She earned the All-America honor in her fifth and final trip to an NCAA meet.
"I never thought it would be realistic to be an All-American," said Mayden. "It's a great way to end it."
Appropriately, Mayden's great ending came with a great ending. She called the 5K "the weirdest race I've ever run."
Mayden, seen here in a screen cap from the NCAA.com webcast of the meet, finished one place ahead of the Johns Hopkins runner who kept her from gold medals at the Centennial Conference Championships in the 5,000 (outdoors) and 3,000 (indoors).
"We were all on top of each other for the whole race," she explained. "I've never been in a race where we were tightly bunched like that. We were tripping all over each other. Someone would go to make a move, and they would wind up back where they started."
The runners finally started to separate with about a mile left. A group of six runners moved ahead of the pack, and Mayden was in another group of three just behind them. She was eighth with four laps to go and remained there until the final lap, when she kicked it in with her best 400 of the race (1:16.2) to finish seventh by a comfortable three seconds.
"I didn't want someone to beat me for All-American on the last straightaway!" she said.
Mayden finished with a time of 16:51.06, not far off her personal record of 16:47.15. A workout she did this week in which she ran ten 400s at a desired pace put her in a good position for success at the NCAA meet – and a scoreboard that showed every runner's split after every lap helped greatly too.
"When I looked up at the scoreboard and saw my splits, that's how I knew I was in the right place," she said.
Bauer was in a good place at the start of the javelin competition.As the first thrower in the first flight, he had an opportunity to start with a big throw and put pressure on those who came after him.
It didn't quite work out like that. Bauer threw "only" 59.15 meters, well below his qualifying mark of 63.78, and was in fifth place in the flight at the end of the first round.
"It wasn't a good throw, it wasn't a bad throw. It was just an okay throw," said Bauer. "That's how most of my throws are. Then you have the one good one."
Bauer raised the school record in the javelin by almost 18 feet during his sophomore season.
That came on his next try.
In the first throw of the second round, Bauer jumped into first place with a heave of 65.36 (214-5). The lead didn't last long, as national champion Tim VanLiew of Rutgers-Camden followed with a Division III-record 75.55 (247-10), but no one else came close to Bauer's mark for the rest of the flight.
"Everything fell into place," said Bauer of the throw that broke his previous school record by more than five feet. "The acceleration was great. I kept my arm back, which was great. I forgot about the injuries I had. On that throw in particular, I did everything right."
Three throwers, including the defending national champion, moved ahead of Bauer in the second flight, and he went into the finals in fifth place. None of the finalists improved their best marks in the final three rounds, and Bauer finished in fifth.
Bauer is the third Muhlenberg male to earn All-America honors outdoors and the first to do it on his first trip to NCAAs.
"I couldn't have done any better," he said. "I PRed. You can't ask for much more than that."
Maybe not this year, but Bauer has set his sights higher for the rest of his career. Of the eight placewinners, five were seniors, two were juniors, and Bauer was the only sophomore.
"It was a very encouraging experience," said Bauer of his first national meet. "I'm going to remember this moment but this isn't where I want to be. I'm going to work as hard as I can to get there."
Click here for women's 5,000 results.
Click here for men's javelin results.


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Republicans don't enjoy the same bargaining position they did in 2011.
In the negotiations to avoid a year-end fiscal crisis, Republicans may be playing with fire.
The GOP's biggest piece of leverage -- whether to increase the limit on how much money the nation can borrow -- is also one fraught with political and economic risk, experts and analysts say. If they don't tread carefully, Republicans risk alienating allies on Wall Street or, worse, hurting the nation's credit rating and economy.
"This is potentially the neutron bomb in the whole picture," said Joe Minarik, senior vice president and director of research for the Committee for Economic Development and the former chief economist of the Office of Management and Budget during the Clinton administration. "In the end, it's going to hurt everybody."
But Republicans have few bargaining chips in the talks to prevent the $500 billion in year-end tax hikes and spending cuts that constitute the fiscal cliff, experts said.
The country is expected to reach its borrowing limit by the end of the month. The Treasury Department has tools at its disposal to stave off a default until sometime in mid-February or early March, according to a recent report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. If lawmakers don't raise the ceiling by then, economists expect the recovery will be derailed and the country will endure its first major default since the Great Depression. It "would be a bigger shock than going over the cliff," the co-head of Global Economics Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch wrote in a recent analyst note.
For a number of reasons, the GOP doesn't enjoy the same negotiating position it held during the last debt-ceiling fight in the summer of 2011, says Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime congressional expert. The business community is more involved this time around and adamant that the ceiling be raised, the president doesn't have a reelection to worry about, and House Republicans are more divided.
"You're going to have a lot of people saying 'Come on, let's just cut some deal, take our losses and move on to fight other battles,' " Ornstein said. "Those who said that in 2011 were intimidated pretty much out of the conversation, and that's not what's happening now."
Even if Republicans in the House were unified, the composition of the Senate has changed, too, said Stan Collender, a national director of financial communications at public-relations agency Qorvis and a former Democratic aide to the House and Senate Budget committees. "They're going to be dealing with a Senate that's going to be more Democratic and more liberal," Collender said.
To avert a debt-ceiling crisis, the Obama administration wants to see an extension of what it calls the "McConnell provision," a temporary proposal offered by Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., during the 2011 debt-ceiling fight. Such a plan would invert the typical process, allowing the president to raise the debt limit, subject only to congressional disapproval. McConnell himself filibustered a vote on such a proposal on Thursday.
And if the fiscal-cliff talks lead nowhere? The GOP has what ABC News' Jon Karl called a "doomsday plan": agree only to extend current tax cuts for the middle class. But that would leave much of the cliff — such as the sequester's blunt, automatic spending cuts and the expiration of emergency unemployment assistance — intact and only spook already-jittery markets. It would also leave the debt-limit issue unresolved.
"This would avoid the largest single source of fiscal restraint scheduled for 2013, but it would lead to more fiscal restraint than we expect," economists at Goldman Sachs wrote in a recent research note. "Moreover, failure to increase the debt limit would create a second source of uncertainty in early 2013."
And if they were to to go through with the so-called doomsday plan and try to use the debt limit as leverage to pressure the White House to make spending cuts, GOP lawmakers could face a public backlash. President Obama has said he has no intention of allowing the debt ceiling to be used as a bargaining chip as it was in 2011 and will use the bully puplpit to make his case.
"The lesson we learned is that Republicans in Congress are not going to make these decisions because they are suddenly persuaded by the president. They are going to make these decisions because they've decided it's in their political interests to do so," a White House aide said. "That's why you reach out to the public and put pressure on Congress."
Despite the cards being stacked against Republicans on the debt ceiling, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, isn't necessarily going to cave. In fact, he may not be able to, said Qorvis's Collender. If Boehner gives in both on tax increases for the wealthy -- a hard-line administration demand -- and on the debt limit, "that may be more than the right wing can take," Collender said. "It's not the kind of thing you can give in on easily."
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BOSTON — Since 2002, certifying agencies have been meeting about a way to beef up the weight of valid certifying bodies while weeding out fly-by-night organizations. The meetings, hosted by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), are open to all certifying agencies. However, few of the certifying groups knew about the meetings in the beginning, and even now, some agencies are oblivious to their existence.
The groups who are meeting are divided about whether just one accrediting group should be recognized and about whether standardized testing should also be brought into the mix.
Based on discussions at past meetings, IHRSA has recommended that by December 31, 2005 health club owners only hire personal trainers who are certified by an agency that has been accredited by third-party accrediting agency National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), which has already accredited the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Some certifying groups are upset that IHRSA has limited the accepted accreditation companies to NCCA when two other national accrediting groups exist.
All of which has led to talk among some of the certifying groups about filing an anti-trust lawsuit against IHRSA.
Even though IHRSA made a recommendation, it ends up being seen as a requirement, said Sara Kooperman, a lawyer and CEO at SCW Fitness Education (formerly Sara City Workout). One of SCW's divisions offers certifications. While Kooperman said that she thinks IHRSA's intentions in making the recommendation were good, she said that a trade association making recommendations is a basic anti-trust issue.
Some certifying groups have reported that some health club owners already are not recognizing certifications offered by certifying agencies that have yet to be accredited by NCCA. Kooperman is concerned that exclusive support of NCCA accreditation could drive for-profit companies out of business, which would restrict competition in the marketplace and then decrease the number of certified personal trainers in the market. That in turn might drive up the price for personal training services to the consumer.
The process to get approved by NCCA can be expensive once a group hires a lawyer. Kooperman estimated that her cost to apply to NCCA would run from $30,000 to $50,000.
Part of the concern about NCCA is that it only recently began accepting applications for accreditation from for-profit companies. And since it began doing so in 2003, it has yet to accredit a for-profit group.
However, Vital Research, one of the other two accrediting groups in the country, has accredited for-profits as well as not-for-profits. In fact, it has accredited the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), which is a for-profit certifying agency.
Kooperman sent a written proposal to IHRSA asking the board to consider including Vital Research in its accrediting recommendation. She said that Vital Research meets the three criteria set by IHRSA for an acceptable third-party accreditation company: independence, national recognition and experience.
"The regrettable effect of IHRSA's stance is to penalize and discriminate against for-profit fitness certification organizations and pressure them into reorganizing themselves," said Kooperman's proposal to IHRSA. "The certification organizations will be influenced to change their methods of doing business, in effect forcing them into not-for-profit status."
The certifying organizations are meeting on Oct. 13 in Chicago prior to the Club Industry show. The groups will discuss third-party accreditation and criteria to determine what is an appropriate accrediting body from an industry perspective, said Bill Howland, spokesperson for IHRSA. A change in IHRSA's recommendation would require a vote by IHRSA's board of directors, which will meet at the October show.
Linda Pfeffer, president of AFAA, supports a two-pronged approach that includes third-party accreditation and standardized testing. The standardized testing could come from the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE), which in collaboration with some of the certifying organizations is developing a set of standardized tests. Trainers who pass the standardized tests would be entered on a national registry that would confirm their status as a national board-registered fitness trainer.
"Accreditation and standardized testing are different and distinct approaches to maintaining high standards in the fitness industry," Pfeffer said. "The current proposal for accreditation will allow each certification organization to be accredited on the basis of its own certification policies and procedures. Standardized testing, by contrast, offers the prospect of uniform testing of knowledge and skills throughout the fitness industry. If standardized tests are recommended by certification organizations upon completion of their own certification programs, then all fitness trainers will ultimately be tested on the same knowledge and skills, and all certifications will be based on the same level of competence."
Howland said it was unclear to what degree certifying groups support the idea of NBFE.
"IHRSA would want to hear from certification groups whether they think it is a good idea. But first thing is first. We are addressing the idea of third-party accreditation," he said.


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I love seeing SEEDS through someone else's lens.
Happy to see he's still doing well up there.
I haven't had a chance to go back up and check in on him (and to see his competition).
Thanks, Jennifer, for the heads up! And for snapping a photo of my scarecrow.
The Mare's Tales blog.
Gypsy Mare Studios main site.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Mare's Tales
I love seeing SEEDS through someone else's lens.
Posted by Rot at 11:20 AM
Labels: gypsy mare studios, Scarecrows, seeds, the mare's tale
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
When will the results be announced?
- September 14, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Rot said...
I think the end of Sept or first week of October.
- September 14, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Jennifer MacNeill said...
Hope you win!
- September 17, 2010 at 8:11 AM
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In this case I'm going to use an LS-4000 scanner, but I use exactly this technique with Epson flatbed scanners too.
To make this 'tutorial' as generic as possible I'll skip the detailed bits on the scanner operation, but I've covered those aspects in other posts on this blog here and here.
No matter what the driver, leave the system believing that it is scanning a positive, not a negative. Then, carefully tweak the red green and blue channels by bringing the sliders (particularly on the light end) closer to the main humps of the datain the histogram ... but don't set the level too close to the data ... you'll clip details if you're not careful. If in doubt test and inspect for high light clipping.
Ok ... now you've scanned it into your editor ... I use photoshop, so I'm sorry you'll have to 'translate' this to what ever makes the right stuff for your editor.
start - its now in your editormy scanner is set to produce its data in a colour profile of Bruce RGB, so your next step is to assign that profile (unless your scanner is set in its configuration to produce data of another profile check your scanner configuration). Now if your editor does not handle colour management then I guess you'll have to find a way to have your scanner put data out in sRGB ... but I'd really advise you to get a better editor.
You'll see an immediate change on the way stuff looks straight away ...
so now we do the next step, which is invert
starting to look right now isn't it ... so much for all that "orange mask" stuff ...
So now we need to sort out the levels more carefully. I deliberately left 'breathing room' before so that we can see more carefully where our levels are in a system which is more amenable to it.
notice how I've moved the levels closer to the humps of the histogram. If you can, hold down the Ctl key which will let you know where clipping is occurring visually. When you get to clipping, back off a little ... because we'll get it closer in the next step with curves.
here I apply a little curve adjustment ... I normally need to pull up the light and pull down the dark areas ... this helps a little to reduce noise, as this represents the indistinct areas near the film base and the areas where the film is approaching saturation (totally black).
So now we have the image within ball park. From here you can "go wild and do your worst"
I've also done a little local area contrast fix here too
Anyway, assuming this was helpful, you might find these quick notes interesting too:
- another Nikon example
- a more detailed examination of scanning Neg as Positive here
- using the Epson for bulk scanning of 35mm colour neg (and getting your desired settings applied across all evenly)
- registration problems on Epson scanners and why you shouldn't go too far in trying to adjust this or that because when you improve focus you may disturb registration
- using your scanner to understand film density.
- driving your scanner software differently to effect some changes in scanner side exposure on Epsons (meaning better noise characteristics in the dense areas of your negs).
- don't forget colour management on your Epson (its not where you might think it is)
- Black and White neg scanning
sorry its not compiled into a single resource, that's my next project
Hope that helps
PS ... to answer the question below (if I've understood it right) I need to cater for the fact that unlike slide the R G and B levels of density recorded in Negative film is not even ... below is a sample of the 'curve' for a typical negative film.
please have a further read on my other page here.
to answer the question below in more detail I thought I would try this. Consider a point on the graph (not a range) the values for this colour below are 808040 in RGB values This is of course a pure tone and has not "variation" or range.
Now if you were to represent this on negative film the values would not simply be negative, they would also be scaled according to that graph above.
Similarly if I was to take a plain grey tone and photograph it with negative film I will not be able to read values 808080 or even simply inverted values as the response of the film to the light will give different density readings for each of R G and B ... this is unlike positive film (slide film) which does give such (eventually)


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There's nothing more that I am looking forward right now than spring. We decided to be there in Punxsutawney to see what Phil had to say on Groundhog Day.
We got up at 4AM, and after a shower and packing lunches, made it to Punxsutawney by 6AM. It is a small town about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Every year on February 2nd, a groundhog, known as Phil, emerges from his slumber and prognosticates the weather. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, there will be an early spring. This was the 125th Groundhog day, and the weather wasn't cooperating. We faced freezing rain on the drive there.
The first thing we did upon arriving was park at WalMart and buy shuttle tickets to Gobbler's Knob.
There's no parking there, so the only way to get there are on buses – unless you want to walk 1.5 miles.
Upon our arrival at Gobbler's Knob,
we were greeted by pre-dawn fireworks from Zambelli. They were decent. The grand finale was pretty nice, but of course I didn't record it. Here's a brief video of what I got:
Yeah, not the greatest video. I was dealing with freezing rain, mud, and ice everywhere. It was pretty messy. We made our way over to a fire for where we stood and warmed up for a few minutes, before heading over to the hill where a large crowd had gathered.
Unfortunately, my camera's batteries died, and I didn't have any backups, so the rest of the pictures had to be taken on my mini video recorder.
Here's picture of the festivities:
and the crowd.
I would estimate four or five thousand, a far cry from the ten to fifteen that they've had in previous years. But, the weather was pretty bad.
Video 1:
Video 2:
The man with the goatee in the top hat was rather entertaining to watch. He was doing his best to be cool. Anyway, after 7AM, dawn was just around the corner, and it was time for the National Anthem:
Afterwards, members of the exclusive inner circle made their way through the crowd with a police escort and onto the stage.
The president of the inner circle then explained to the crowd what was about to happen.
Two handlers knocked on the stump, and pulled Phil out, holding him in the air for all to see. They then placed him on top of the stump platform and gathered around. After some tension filled seconds, a verdict was reached.
You can watch the video here:
Phil did not see his shadow, which meant spring is just around the corner! It was the 16th time in the past 125 years that he didn't see his shadow.
I was happy.
Afterwards, there was an opportunity to go down to the stage and have pictures taken with Phil and the inner circle, but it was freezing. So we left.
And got into large lines to board a bus to take us back into town.
It was pretty muddy and cold,
so we were looking forward to hopping back on the bus and doing some exploring in town.
but religious activists who were seemingly on every street corner passing out pamphlets.
There's not much to downtown Punxsutawney,
but there are Groundhogs everywhere. Literally everywhere. There are thirty of them hidden around the town. We posed with some of them.
Summer Groundhog:
High Five!
Holding a Lantern:
Flowery Groundhog:
McDonald's Groundhog:
We also put out faces in groundhog cutouts. There were groundhogs everywhere.
Up until this time, the weather had cooperated. There was some freezing rain early this morning, but other than that, it had just been cold and damp. Until the skies opened up with a hail storm:
Luckily, we found shelter underneath a store awning until it passed.
We visited my dad in the hospital on the way back.
He had some invasive surgery that will knock him out of action for Spring Training, but it went smoothly and he's recovering there. He's gone with me the last four years.


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GCP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 157 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
GCP Industrial Products, http://www.gcpindustrial.com
GCP Industrial Products is an International Sourcing Company. We source rubber and other specialty industrial products for distribution within the US, Canada and Europe. We have become the number one offshore supplier in the Industrial Rubber category in North America. Our strength is our customer service capabilities with both our customers and our factories. We have 3 core competencies - sourcing, relationships and communication.
Our vision is to set the industry standard for excellence in service to our customers with our accuracy, on-line systems, communication and product management with our suppliers. We will achieve this by living a culture dedicated to integrity in all our relationships and always striving for the highest consistency standards in all we do.
Our mission is to establish long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with our customer through outstanding industrial products and a personalized approach to our customer support programs.
The GCP goal will be to be the vendor of choice in off-shore industrial product sourcing for our key product categories
The majority of our audience are independent privately owned industrial distributors/wholesalers in North America. The Target audience 40+ yrs old male, college educated. They are busy and appreciate clarity in the communication. They appreciate that you do what you say you will do.
We are looking for an icon that reflects our commitment to follow up and do what we say we are going to do in the communication side of our business.
This icon needs to reflect closing the loop and bridging the gaps in communication.
Positive, simple elegance, not overwhelming.
Our intention is to use this in brochures as well as on our website. Also it will be used in communication with our customers.
Attached is our latest Marketing Brochure that our company uses to communicate our Value Creation Proposition with new and existing clients.


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40 Years Ago: Alice Cooper Launches 'Welcome to My Nightmare' Tour
When Kiss revealed the set for their 2013 tour that featured an enormous, fireball-spewing spider, it wasn't anything new. David Bowie's 1987 Glass Spider tour also had a huge spider set, and more than a decade before that, Alice Cooper used an oversized arachnid as part of his 1975 tour.
In 1975, Alice Cooper went from being rock's most dangerous band to being a sanitized, vaudeville-meets-horror-films icon with the release of Welcome to My Nightmare, the first solo album singer Vincent Furnier issued under the name Alice Cooper after taking the name of his former group.
He supported the new album with an ambitious tour that was specifically designed to introduce a more mainstream-friendly Alice Cooper persona to the masses, forgoing some of the gorier, edgier aspects of past live productions for a slick, almost cartoonish show that was produced, directed and choreographed by David Winters, who had previously choreographed films starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret.
Framed as a nightmare experienced by a boy named Steven, the show included Alice Cooper classics like "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out" along with songs from the new album, staged in a slick multi-media production that featured filmed projections, four dancers, and elaborate sets and costumes. In the course of the nightmare Cooper encountered dancing skeletons, a faceless demon, a nine-foot cyclops and yes, enormous spiders (Take that, Kiss! Don't think so, David Bowie!) during "Black Widow."
And while Cooper's spiders may not have been as high-tech as Bowie's extravaganza, or Kiss' elaborate stage -- in fact, they looked kinda like weird Muppets -- it can still be rightfully said that he got there first in the classic rock world.
The Welcome to My Nightmare tour launched Cooper as a solo superstar, though he soon faltered with subsequent albums like Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and went on to embarrass himself with an ill-advised '80s foray into New Wave titled Zipper Catches Skin. The tour was also documented in a 1976 concert film of the same name, which failed at the box office but has since become a cult classic.
See Alice Cooper and Other Rockers in the Top 100 Albums of the '70s
25 Interesting Rock Movie Facts


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As I mentioned yesterday, my son and my husband's birthdays were last weekend. Every year I make one cake - one they both like. This is sometimes not an easy task, as my son's tastes seem to change every year and my husband is a creature of habit (meaning he likes certain things cooked a certain way ALWAYS).
This year I got lucky. I threw out the possibility of making a German chocolate cake, and they both got excited - SCORE! That was much easier than in previous years! So, I went to my recipe box to find my grandfather's recipe for German chocolate cake. My grandfather is 100% German and he loves to cook. He's been making his own wine and jams since as far back as I can remember. I am sure he didn't invent this recipe, but I don't care....it's special because it's the one he uses and because he gave it to me. He lives in Pennsylvania so I don't see him often, but I was lucky enough to have lunch with him the other day.....GEEZ, I should have brought him some cake but I didn't even think of it! Anyway, he's visiting my aunt in Maine and we all met up because my son is spending a couple of weeks with her also. It was a lovely lunch and I realized as I sat across from him, listening to some of his stories from when he was a kid, how it means so much more at this point/age to spend time with him than it ever did before.
This cake is moist and dense, and the frosting is thick and full of caramel, coco-nutty goodness.....it's just so delicious. Definitely a favorite in our house. Thanks for the recipe Gramps! Love & miss you tons ♥
German Chocolate Cake
1/4 salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup water
1, 4 oz package of Baker's German Sweet Chocolate
2 sticks butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350, and butter & flour your cake pan/pans (for some reason when I make this cake I always use a bunt cake pan) and set aside. In a medium saucepan add the chocolate and water. Heat on low, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat and set aside. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the chocolate and vanilla until combined. Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beating after each addition until smooth.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into batter until combined. Pour batter into your cake pans, and bake for 30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Run a spatula between cakes and side of pan, and set aside to cool. It doesn't have to cool completely before removing from the pan, but I'd wait at least a half hour. After removing from pans, place on wire rack until cooled completely. Frost with coconut-pecan frosting (see below for recipe).
Coconut-Pecan Frosting: 1 1/2 sticks butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk, 4 egg yolks slightly beaten, 2 tsp vanilla, 1 (7oz) package shredded coconut (about 2 2/3 cups) and 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans. Add everything except the coconut & pecans to a medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 12 minutes or until thickened and golden brown. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut & pecans. Cool to room temp before using.


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Shirley Heinze Land Trust has acquired 38 acres of land along the Little Calumet River in Chesterton. The property, which boasts a half-mile frontage on the north bank of the river, includes old oxbow wetlands, extensive floodplain, and an upland forest community. It will be managed as a nature preserve and a resource for outdoor recreation.
A trust, jointly managed by Chicagoans David N. Rosner, Harvey Walner, and Jack Rosner, donated the land to Shirley Heinze in December 2012. The donors acquired the property in 1968 and developed the Deer Run apartment complex on a portion of it. The family sold the apartment building in 1994.
The owners decided to donate to Shirley Heinze because of its reputation as a respected land conservation organization in Porter County, according to a family spokesperson. "It seemed like a perfect fit to donate this park-like property along the river to this land trust," she says.
The property will be named the Keith Richard Walner Nature Preserve in memory of the late son of Harvey and Barbara Walner. Keith Walner was a California attorney who died in 2012.
The parcel's isolated location between the river and Interstate 94 has provided it with a degree of protection from human encroachment and invasive plant species. "The land is remarkably clean, and it has a nice mix of natural communities," notes stewardship director Paul Quinlan. "We are anxious to explore it further during the growing season to get a better idea of its diversity."
The acquisition also fits in with continuing efforts by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC), local non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies to preserve the east arm of the Little Calumet and promote the river's potential for outdoor recreation. Shirley Heinze owns another 42 acres of riparian habitat two miles upstream near Brummitt Road.
"The preservation of this land is terrific news," says Dan Plath, President of the Northwest Indiana Paddling Association. "We're delighted that the property is in the reliable hands of Shirley Heinze. It greatly adds to resources available to paddlers and other outdoor enthusiasts."
Mitch Barloga, NIRPC's non-motorized transportation and greenways planner, is also enthusiastic about the acquisition. "A two-mile section of the Little Calumet River has recently opened for paddlers in Porter. The new Shirley Heinze property will allow for further expansion of this route east into Chesterton," he says.
"The donation of this great piece of land came as a pleasant surprise at the end of last year," says SHLT Executive Director Kris Krouse. "We're extremely grateful to the Rosner and Walner Families for entrusting the care of this property to us. It's a wonderful addition to the protected natural areas of Northwest Indiana and a great gift to the greater community."
Shirley Heinze Land Trust has been protecting natural land in the southern Lake Michigan watershed since 1981. It manages and provides permanent protection to more than1,300 acres. Five of its properties – Cressmoor Prairie, Seidner Dune & Swale, John Merle Coulter Preserve, Barker Woods, and Ambler Flatwoods – have been dedicated to the people of Indiana as state nature preserves. Included in the Heinze Trust's holdings are examples of the entire spectrum of natural communities in this area: tallgrass prairie, high dune, oak savanna, boreal flatwoods, dune-and-swale, woodlands, marshes, swamps, ponds, fens, and riparian habitat. The Heinze Trust has also made contributions toward the purchase of natural areas owned by other entities, including the Indiana DNR, The Nature Conservancy, LaPorte County Parks, Lake County Parks, and the Portage Parks Department.
For more information on the work and programs of Shirley Heinze Land Trust, visit www.heinzetrust.org.


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Black cars throb past pavements blue with rain.
Soot black air under candlestick-like street lamp.
The pavement smokes. A sentence forms. Black puddles
Gather leaf matter. Particles of dead mind,
Language massing without message: twisted
Oil puddle on pavement in the rain: photo by Roger McLassus, 2006
Raindrops falling on water: photo by Juni, 2004


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DRZJewelers necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 9 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
DRZ Jewelers
Independent jewelry Store located in Washington DC. We Carry a variety of Jewelry, Watches and Giftware.
The average consumer.
1. Two page front and back flyer . total 4 pages.
2. Must be in High Resolution.
3. We need the original PST
4. Same idea as flyers made for stores such as "Kay Jewelers".
5. implement a fall /holiday theme and the blue color used in our logo (see website)
6. Simple and easy to read but be creative.
7. Spaces for about 6-8 jewelry pieces on each page.
8. Front page must have a space for our LOGO , Slogan and sale announcement.
Slogan is: "Perfect Gift for every Budget".
Sale something like 20%-40% will be determined later.
9. Page 3 must be dedicated to Watches.
10. Page 4 must be dedicated to Giftware.
11. We should be able to plug in different pictures in the flyer. and change prices undeneath.
12. Flyer Size 11+9
13. We will provide images and you need to work on the resizing and the resolution.
14. Time frame is very important. We need this ASAP. The plan is to have printed and distributed next month.
Check out our Website: http://www.DRZjewelers.com and go to our "shop online"
section to get an idea about the product we sell.
SHAWS JEWELERS" OR ONE OF THESE STORES AND IMPLEMENT THE SAME IDEA. Copy attached


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Choose Your GRAY/GRAY TABBY CAT Art Print (+ mixed breeds)
$ 25.00
These are gray cats that I drew for previous custom pet orders that I'm listing for you in case yours is similar. I don't offer edits or changes to the pet options themselves.
If there is nothing that I have that represents your pet, then the custom pet openings are for you!
Check out the custom pet section on my website HERE
--Choose the size you want
--Type the numbers of the animals you want in the personalization box.
You can only pick up to 3 pets and if you get 3, the print will have to be horizontal instead of vertical.
--In the same personalization box, type which animal gets which details. If you want one pet with a floral crown and one without, etc., just specify which numbered pet gets what. I can add names as well.
Thats it! I will customize the print to your preferences and ship it out!
-This is a digital design I drew on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil and then sent to my computer to print!
-Printed on premium paper with high quality inks
-Paper Weight: 240 gsm
-Paper Thickness: 10.4 mil
-Paper Finish: Luster (In between matte and glossy, has the color richness of glossy and the fingerprint resistance of matte)
*Some of the frames in the listing photos may appear larger than the print sizes I have available so keep that in mind when choosing a size!
This is not a fully custom pet portrait, but it's a good option for those with pets that have similar coloring to others! With this option, you can get a semi-custom drawing of your pet much faster and in a more simplified way.
-Each print will be packaged with a corrugated board behind the paper with a plastic sleeve for protection inside a sturdy photo mailer.
Please understand that colors may differ slightly from what you see on your computer screen as each device shows colors differently.
Also note that the image in the frame is slightly altered to fit digitally in that frame. Your print will be true to size and not distorted.
If you aren't happy with the colors or if you're item is damaged upon arrival, just message me! Frame not included.
-Time that is takes for me to complete your order: 2-3 weeks.
-I do not accept returns or exchanges. However, if the item is messed up, or not what was advertised, I will work hard to fix the problem! Just message me and we can figure out a solution which is usually a refund.
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Axeva necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 134 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
We need a beautiful site design!
ParkAlbany is the web site for the Albany, NY Parking Authority. We're looking to break the stereotype of bland, boring government web sites and launch a clean, attractive, Web 2.0 style renovation for our current site. The goal is to make it much easier for everyone to find out what's going on around town, and where to find safe and affordable parking nearby.
Our target audience is everyone that works or visits Albany, NY. From the family that's coming in to town for a sporting event or show, to the business person who commutes to work each day, or the employer who wants to provide a reliable parking environment for their staff. If you find yourself in Albany, we're here to help make it easy for you to find parking.
We're looking for a very clean, attractive, and stylish design. Bright and inviting. Our existing site (http://www.parkalbany.com) is too bland and drab, so we want to relaunch with a much more vibrant design.
Attached are copies of our logo, and a mockup for the general style of layout we're looking for. Ignore the colors in the mockup, and just focus on the general placement of items.
Our inspiration is the fantastic web site recently launched by the Toronto Parking Authority (http://www.greenp.com). We love the look and feel of this site, and how vibrant it feels. Please try to capture this elegance in our design as well.
Use your creativity!
- You select the colors that you feel work best
- You suggest layout changes that might improve the look or usability of the site
- You impress us with a stunning, polished, pixel-perfect design
In addition to designing the home page of the web site, the designers we favor will also be asked to produce a design for one of the content pages as well. This will give us an idea of how the entire site will look once the visitor leaves the home pages and explores the web site.
We will do our best to provide timely and constructive feedback. Just let us know if you have any questions!
Thanks, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!


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Kana Okada
- Yield
- Makes 2 servings
- Total Time
- 40 minutes
- 2/3 cup sweet orange marmalade
- 1/4 cup Sherry wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika* plus more for sprinkling
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin plus more for sprinkling
- 6 meaty beef ribs
- Sometimes labeled Pimentón Dulce or Pimentón de La Vera Dulce, available at some supermarkets, at specialty foods stores, and from tienda.com.
- Prepare barbecue (medium-low heat). Blend first 4 ingredients, 1 tablespoon paprika, and 1 1/4 teaspoons cumin in medium bowl. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Transfer half of sauce to small pitcher and reserve.
- Sprinkle ribs on all sides with paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper. Grill 20 minutes, turning occasionally. Brush ribs with some of sauce from bowl. Grill until slightly charred and cooked to medium-rare, brushing with remaining sauce in bowl, about 15 minutes. Transfer ribs to platter. Drizzle with some of reserved sauce in pitcher and sprinkle with salt and pepper; pass remaining sauce.