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The Only Things Normal People Need To Know About Apple's New iPhones
I consider myself to be a normal person.
I'm an iPhone user who writes about technology for a living, but not often gadgets. That means I don't care about how fast the new iPhone runs, what operating system it's using, or the name of its processor.
I care about aesthetics, price, and some of the features, but only if they're really cool.
So, fellow normals, here are the only things you need to know about the new iPhones Apple just announced.
BuzzFeed had a great Q&A on the new iPhones, but here are a few extra questions you may need answered.
Eh, I guess I should know the names of these phones. What are they again?
The iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5s.
Think "C" as in color, because those are the plastic phones that come in the really bright pastels.
Think "S" as in swanky or sophisticated, because those are the beautiful, more expensive metal devices. (If you ask Apple, the "S" stands for "speed" because the iPhone 5S has a zippy new processor that's about twice as fast as the iPhone 5.)
How much am I going to have to spend on these phones?
The iPhone 5c is the cheaper option, but it's still kind of pricey. If you want less storage space (16GB) and will commit to a two-year contract from your wireless carrier, you'll pay $99. If you want more storage space (32 GB) and a two-year contract, you'll pay $199.
The iPhone 5s costs $199 for 16GB storage, $299 for 32GB and $399 for 64GB with a two-year contract.
What colors are the new iPhones?
The iPhone 5c comes in green, white, blue, pink, and yellow. There are a lot of fun-colored cases for the iPhone 5c too. The cases cost $29.
The iPhone 5s comes in gold and white, black and space gray, or silver and white.
What's this gold phone I keep hearing about? Is it tacky or cool?
That's the iPhone 5s and it's surprisingly beautiful. Most of the phone is white. Only the back and home button rim are a shimmering gold. It's elegant.
How big is the new iPhone? Did Apple finally make a phone with a giant screen?
The new iPhones have a 4-inch screen. That's the same size as the iPhone 5 screen that was introduced last year. (iPhones used to have 3.5-inch screens.) They're definitely not phablets, which are phones with screens so large that they're almost tablets.
The iPhone 5c looks like the iPhone 5, but it's just a little thicker and heavier. It's a tad longer than the iPhone 5 at 125 mm.
The iPhone 5S is the same thickness and weight as the iPhone 5.
What features are noticeably different in the iPhone 5S and 5C?
Aside from the color, when you turn on the phone you'll notice a few changes. That's because the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C use a new operating system, iOS 7. iOS 7 has a brand new design. All the basic apps like Messages, Mail, Weather, and Calendar will have a new look.
The iOS 7 font is a lot thinner than it was before. If you want to get nitty gritty, the new font is "Helvetica Neue." It looks like this:
Siri is smarter now on both devices. It has access to your photos, Twitter search, and Wikipedia pages.
If you're on the iPhone 5S, you'll also notice improved camera features and a fingerprint sensor that can be used to unlock your phone.
The iPhone 5S also has a better camera.
The camera has image stabilization so you don't accidentally take blurry photos. It can take four quick photos at once and merge them together for one perfect photo. The camera also takes better low-light shots thanks to a new type of flash with two LED lights.
The iPhone 5S also allows you to take slow motion videos and edit parts of videos to play in slow motion.
Tell me more about the fingerprint sensor.
The fingerprint sensor is called Touch ID. It is only available on the iPhone 5S. It is located on the home button and it makes the phone harder to hack than passwords.
Touch ID recognizes three types of finger prints: the arch, loop and whorl. To set up the sensor, you'll scan your fingerprint a few times. Apple will then store it securely.
Here's what those fingerprint types look like:
The fingerprint sensor means you'll stop typing in a password every time you want to buy something on iTunes or download a new app. It also means you won't have to lock your phone with a type-in password. Your finger is the key.
Ok, so when can I buy these new phones?
You'll be able to pre-order the iPhone 5C online on September 13 either directly from Apple or from your wireless carrier. Both phones will be available for purchase on September 20 in multiple countries, including the United States.
Are the new iPhones worth the upgrade? Which one should I get?
If your carrier says you're due for a phone upgrade, then yes. You should buy either the iPhone 5C or iPhone 5S.
But which one?
It depends on which features matter most to you. If you don't care about having a slightly heavier phone, the iPhone 5C is a good bet. If you want to look ultra stylish, get a better camera, and not type in passwords, it might be worth splurging on the 5S.
If you have an iPhone 5, you're probably okay waiting another year to upgrade. If you have an iPhone 4 or 4S, you should definitely consider buying either the iPhone 5S or 5C.
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Father Pat's Pastoral Ponderings
Apostle James, son of Alpheus
October 9, 2011
When St. Paul declared that Christ "rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:4), he had certain particular biblical texts in mind. These are the Old Testament texts that inform his argument through the rest of 1 Corinthians 15-chiefly from the Book of Psalms. He begins with the opening line of Psalm 110 (LXX 109), a verse cited by Jesus himself (Matthew 22:44) and quoted from the very beginning of Christian reflection on the Resurrection (Acts 2:32-36).
Paul begins his exposition: As Christ conquered sin by his death, so he overcame death by his Resurrection. This victory, however, remains to be completed in the final destiny of the Church and of each believer. Although Christ has already delivered the deathblow to death, contaminated human history continues; human beings go on dying. Death was the first thing to invade human history, and it will be the last to leave.
For this reason, Paul calls death "the final enemy." Of Christ he says, "For he must reign, until he has put all enemies under his feet. The final enemy [eschatos echthros] will be disposed of — death" (1 Corinthians 15:25-26).
The present reign of Christ is described as forward -looking; there is an "until": "He must reign until He has put all enemies under his feet." The final defeat of death lies in the future.
This reign of Christ until the subjection of his enemies is the thesis that comes to St. Paul from the first line of Psalm 110: "Sit at My right hand until I subject your enemies as a footstool under your feet."
A close comparison of the psalm verse with Paul's actual citation of it, however, reveals a subtle but significant difference; namely, Paul's insertion of the adjective "all": "For he must reign until He has subjected all [pantas] enemies under his feet."
In fact, the Apostle has more than one psalm in mind here. In accordance with an exegetical principle the Rabbis called gezarah shavah (similarity of expressions), St. Paul's citation of Psalm 110 contains an allusion to Psalms 8:6 (LXX 8:7): "You have set him over the works of Your hands, having subjected all things [panta] under his feet."
In joining these two psalms in the same citation, Paul united two Messianic themes. Whereas Psalm 110 refers to David/the Messiah, Psalm 8 is a reference to Adam, to whom God subjected all the other objects of His Creation (Genesis 1:28).
Adam's reign over the rest of Creation, however, was seriously impaired by the Fall inasmuch as this introduced into human experience an alien component-death! -over which man had no authority at all: "Cursed is the ground for your sake; / In toil you shall eat of it / All the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, / And you shall eat the herb of the field. / In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread / Till you return to the ground" (Genesis 3:17-19).
What, then, does Paul assert by this allusion to Adam in reference to the Resurrection from the dead? He is declaring that Christ's fulfillment of the prophecy in Psalms 110 — "Sit at My right hand until I subject your enemies as a footstool under your feet" — also will restore the primordial state of human sovereignty over the created order. When death will be completely conquered in the final Resurrection, the crowned Messiah will, as the Second Adam, thereby vindicate human history.
In doing so, he will likewise restore the proper structure of Creation. The final "subjection" of all things to God, which is integral to the Resurrection, means the complete restoration of the created order, inasmuch as man's bondage to death and corruption subverted that order.
All Creation, therefore, looks forward until this will be accomplished. A couple of years later, Paul elaborated this theme, when he wrote: "For the earnest expectation of Creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the Creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because Creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God" (Romans 8:19-21).
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon is pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a Senior Editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity.
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On December 26th, 2007, Norfolk Southern delivered our newest acquisition, ex-IC diner 4112, (originally built for the C&EI as # 505, the Shakamack Inn). Donated to Monticello Railway Museum by the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the NRHS the car is shown here under the train shed at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum that had been its home for the last 37 years.
Here's the six seat lounge section.
Seating for 48.
A little bit of light makes things look a little better.
The kitchen is nearly intact. Missing only a freezer taken out for HVAC installation by its previous owner.
This car was purchased from the C&EI by the IC on October 24, 1962. This car was used by the IC in general service.
This car is the last piece of IC equipment needed to complete our IC trainset, and also has the potential of being a revenue producing car.
Here's the dining area stripped out so the work can begin.
A little window leak plus time can cause big problems. Not only is the floor gone, but the conduits in and under the floor did not do well either.
Another view of the biggest area of water damage.
Another one of the window sills that is now dimensional rust and will have to be replaced.
The electrical locker begins to take shape.
Repairs to the skirting is complete.
More repaired skirting.
Each skirt was a little different in the repairs needed.
One last view of the skirting repairs.
No more purple!!!.
Once the wall covering is gone, cleanup begins.
The walls get stripped before the new wallpaper goes up.
A sample of the new wallpaper.
Outside the car is now in primer.
A major portion of the hallway floor and side sill had to be replaced.
Floor heaters get mounted.
The interior was painted during the May 2010 Spring Fling.
Masking still in place.
The exterior gets lots of epoxy in order to create a smooth finish.
After 12 days of applying and sanding epoxy, the car needed a bath as well as the shop.
Headed back to the shop for more epoxy.
Leaving the car shop headed for another coat of primer.
In yet another primer coat the diner makes the trip back to the car shop.
The only color on the diner at this point is masked off for the number.
Back on the inside, the wallpaper gets installed in early 2012.
Spring 2012 and the painting begins. Yellow first, then orange.
With the roof already done we were able to double team the side painting.
The end result, now back to the interior work.
4112 will be getting a generator, here it is painted ready to go on.
Here's the generator mounted under the car.
Some of the many parts that have had the paint stripped off and have been polished.
The Monticello Railway Museum depends upon many sources of income to acquire, restore, maintain and operate the museum and we welcome donations. Donors help fund and facilitate many projects at the museum and provide income above and beyond train tickets, gift shop sales and membership dues.
While our volunteers perform the majority of the required labor for restorations at the museum, the need for money to purchase materials and equipment is increasing. Now that work on steam locomotive #401 is complete, the amount of consumable shop materials used is increasing. For example: acetylene and oxygen for the cutting torch; drill bits and cutting tools for the machine shop; grinding wheels and wire wheels for metal preparation and LP gas for heat to allow our volunteers to work during the winter are costing several-hundred dollars each month.
A gift donation towards restoration work would be greatly appreciated. In addition, thoughtful family members, in your name, can make a donation to the museum.
Either way, your donation is appreciated and contributes to our overall financial security and will help us collectively facilitate much needed improvements at the museum. As a reminder, the Monticello Railway Museum is a registered 501 (C 3) not for profit organization and all donations to the museum are tax deductible. All donors to the museum will receive a letter acknowledging the donation.
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The Quote: ""It seemed like everything was in slow motion. When I saw her go down, I couldn't do anything but run after her and make sure she was OK." – Center fielder Denard Span after lacing a foul ball off his Mother's chest.
- Scott Baker had his first rough inning of the spring – allowing eight runs in 2.2 innings to a very formidable Rays lineup. Even with the blemish, his spring season was much better than a year ago. In 2009, Baker struggled through shoulder tightness and allowed six home runs in 23.2 innings with a 16/3 K/BB ratio before being placed on the 15-day DL. This year, Baker worked 22 innings and turned in a 22/3 K/BB ratio while giving up just one home run. Baker is the de facto ace of the staff and will be the opening day starter in Los Angeles next Monday.
- In the split-squad game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Brian Duesning got another crack at the World Champs lineup with a presumed full night of sleep. This time, the Twins lefty shut down the Yankees, holding them to one run in five innings while limiting New York to just four hits. The Twins are keeping Duensing in flux, using him as both a starter and a reliever. He's shown that he's a proficient starter but a mediocre reliever in his short time at the major league level. In the minors, only five of his 106 appearances were in relief. Keeping him as a starter in Rochester would ensure that the Twins have a very good backup in the event of injury and a potential trading chip.
- TwinsCentric's number two prospect, Wilson Ramos, was sent down to AAA in favor of defensive-heavy caddy Drew Butera. MLB.com's Anthony DiComo speculates that the Twins decision was influence on the ability to showcase Ramos's talent at AAA, even citing the need for Nathan's replacement. While on the surface trading a prospect for a proven closer seems to be a working formula, in most cases, "proven closers" is a commodity that is artificially inflated. Pitchers can be groomed to be closer – like people who live in Phoenix – they usually did something else before landing there. Last year, the Mariners acquired David Aardsma from the Red Sox for a low-level minor leaguer in Fabin Williamson. Aardsma had a power arm and erratic control but saved 38 games for the Mariners at a very low cost.
- On his blog, La Velle E Neal showed that Scott Baker was second to Justin Verlander in foul strikes, then speculated it was because he throws up in the zone so much. Had Mr. Neal visited Over The Baggy back in February, he would have learned not only that, but that Baker was also baseball's leader in percentage of foul strikes (35%) and that with two-strikes, Baker favors his fastball up in the zone for the killshot.
- Dave Cameron at Fangraphs.com labeled the Minnesota Twins as the 5th best organization in baseball.
- TwinsGeek.com John Bonnes has some information on how to purchase a Target Field collectible item while donating to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please show your support if possible!
- At MLBTradeRumors.com, Tim Dierkes notes that the Twins were 22nd overall in free agent spending this offseason with $14.4 million committed to Jim Thome, Orlando Hudson and Clay Condrey. This sends the message that even though they raised payroll by $30 million for 2010, a higher portion of that is allocated to internally developed players. I suspect after my conversations with Assistant GM Rob Antony that the organization's philosophy will never shift towards free agent acquisitions – but will pick off those that fall within the one-year range.


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Ron Devito, editor of US for Palin, read an advance copy of Our Sarah: Made in Alaska and wrote a thorough review. Ron recognized six distinct themes within the book by Chuck Heath, Sr. and Chuck Heath, Jr., and he elaborates on each in this review:
Via US for Palin
I was fortunate to receive two advance copies of Our Sarah: Made in Alaska, one from a colleague and the other from the publisher's publicity agent. If Going Rogue was the Bachelor's level course on the study of all things Palin, Our Sarah is the Master's Degree. Veteran Palin supporters will learn intimate details about the life and times of the Heath family that shaped who former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is today. It is mandatory reading in developing a complete understanding of one of America's most fascinating families, members of whom I've had the pleasure of meeting at various rallies and events over these past four years.
Six core themes underpin Our Sarah: family history and background, the beauty and danger of Alaska, work ethic, sports, faith, and Gov. Palin's political career as experienced by her father and brother. The 282-page book is divided into 22 chapters that alternate in perspective between her father Chuck Heath, Sr. and her brother, Chuck Heath, Jr.
Our Sarah is pleasant and easy reading. As the chapters unfold, the Heaths intertwine details of immediate and extended family, friends, and strangers – ordinary people and celebrities alike – they've met along the way in anecdotes that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This is a book that will draw you in and you will not be able to put it down for too long, if at all. It will re-kindle a bygone era when we actually sat in an easy chair to read a book for pleasure – for hours on end.
Family History
Gov. Palin's lineage on both the maternal and paternal sides of her family dates back to four people who were on the Mayflower. Chuck Heath Sr. and Jr. go back as far as the Gowers and the Brandts in their extensive treatment of family history. Chuck Sr. describes his relationship with his father Charles, the painful events that drove them apart for years and their final reunion. Veteran Palin supporters know that Charles Heath was a sports photographer who plied his trade in North Hollywood, California, but Our Sarah provides intimate details of that era heretofore not known to the public.
When I saw the name of the North Hollywood street the Heath house was located, I felt compelled to look it up on Google Maps. The street is less than a mile northeast of Irvine Ave. where my uncle took me to visit his mother when I was an 11-year-old boy. On that trip, I saw the beauty of these United States out the window of my train and it forever instilled in me a sense of my own Manifest Destiny. As I read later, Chuck Sr. loved to read books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, on which the TV series Little House on the Prairie was based. I sat in shock for a few minutes – I too grew up on Ingalls' books – borrowed from the Queens Public Library – the same feelings they invoked in Chuck Sr., they had invoked in me.
My vicarious personal connections aside, Chuck Sr. details life in North Hollywood with his father, followed by their move to the outskirts of Sandpoint, Idaho; his meeting and ultimately marrying Sally Sheeran; and their moves to Skagway, Eagle River, and Wasilla, Alaska.
Alaska – Deadly Beauty
Alaska is an incredibly beautiful, but dangerous and unforgiving place. The penalty for one careless moment is generally death or severe injury. Alaska still is the Final Frontier and those who live there face ever-present dangers from wildlife attacks, avalanche, blunt trauma, drowning and hypothermia. The Heaths recounted close call experiences that could have resulted in their premature demise and accidents that have killed and maimed dear friends. The Heaths explained how Alaska shaped them and Gov. Palin and also described the ironic sense of humor indigenous to Alaskans.
Work Ethic
The Heaths were not well-to-do and had to work hard for everything they had. All their success, whether in athletics, academics, politics, or any other pursuit came about through committed, dedicated hard work and tenacity. No job was beneath any member of the family. Children were expected to work and learn the value of work at an early age. Nothing was handed to them. They had to work to pay for their college educations, as well as any luxuries they desired. The Heaths described how Gov. Palin worked in the commercial fishing business, including the day she continued to gill net thousands of pounds of salmon with three freshly broken fingers. This legacy helped propel Gov. Palin to where she is today and will propel her even higher where ever her future leads. In the many anecdotes and vignettes that the Heaths share, their work ethic and how they adapted, improvised, and overcame is a consistent and recurring theme.
Sports was and is a major part of the Heath and Palin legacies. Chuck, Jr. started with baseball and became a football and hockey player. He took up bicycle racing, but that sport was not suited to his build and a serious biking injury ended that pursuit. The girls all played basketball and Palin supporters should already be familiar with Gov. Palin's history in high school basketball having won a game on a broken ankle. Running defined the lives of both Chuck, Sr., and Gov. Palin. Chuck, Sr. ran in the Boston Marathon; Gov. Palin has run marathons privately and ran a half-marathon the day after her Indianola speech.
The Heaths described their various religious backgrounds and journeys that have shaped their lives and that of Gov. Palin. Church of Christ, Scientist, the Roman Catholic Church, Assembly of God, the Presbyterian Church, and simple individual, private worship have all defined the lives of the Heaths and Palins throughout their history. Some of the extended family are Mormons. Chuck Sr., delineated in detail the religious journeys that he and other family members took.
Gov. Palin's Political Career
The Heaths provided a solid synopsis of Gov. Palin's political career as they experienced it from her run for Wasilla's City Council up to the time she stepped down from the governorship and why she made that decision, which they only learned of at her public announcement. They expressed their bitterness at how she was treated since being nominated as John McCain's running mate, and how they came to terms with it. When Gov. Palin was nominated, the Heaths were naive as to how her enemies would try to destroy her, but learned soon enough. Gov. Palin's future remains unknown, but the Heaths believe whatever path she takes will be exciting. Veteran Palin supporters will find the passages on her political career to be a good refresher course. Newer supporters should read Going Rogue first, then Our Sarah.
The Palin Library
Going Rogue of course is Gov. Palin's memoir and thus tells her life's history as she lived it. America By Heart delineates her political, religious, and ethical thought processes. Bristol Palin's Not Afraid of Life is Bristol's memoir, but provides some perspective on Palin/Heath family life as experienced by the Palins' eldest daughter.
Our Sarah rounds out the library by providing a complete family history through five generations and an intimate portrait of Gov. Palin's life as seen through the eyes of her father and brother. Those who do not understand the family's ties to various states, or other family details will learn them in Our Sarah. Having supported Gov. Palin for over four years, two of which were required to compile her life's accomplishments, I am fairly knowledgeable about her, as well as her family and friends. But, no supporter has the intimate knowledge her father and brother have. They are the ultimate insiders after all. The Heaths know Gov. Palin's daily routine, and they share it in Our Sarah.
We are all products of our experiences and the environments in which we live. Our Sarah provides a rare open window into the environments and experiences that shaped Gov. Palin – Our Sarah – and will no doubt chart the remainder of her life's course.
Our Sarah is available in hardcover and as an audio book. Our Sarah is published by Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. It is to be released on September 25. The Heaths are conducting a book tour and media roll-out. The book tour currently consists of stops in eight cities, starting in Rochester, NY on September 29. Locations in Washington state, Idaho, and Ohio are being worked out.
In case you missed my review of Our Sarah, click here to read it.


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When opening a number of files into buffers a user may want to switch quickly through the open buffers. The following methods will allow the user to map key combinations to buffers for easier access.
Method 1Edit
Alt-X to quickly switch between buffers, where X is the buffer number 1 to 9.
In your .vimrc add:
:map <M-1> :confirm :b1 <CR> :map <M-2> :confirm :b2 <CR> ... ... ... :map <M-9> :confirm :b9 <CR>
Note this is somewhat similar to the built-in CTRL-^ command, which can take a count to jump to a specific buffer number.
Method 2Edit
<ALT><Left> and
<ALT><Right> to cycle through buffers.
In your .vimrc add:
" cycle through buffers with <ALT><Left> and <ALT><Right> :nmap <M-Left> :bprev<CR> :nmap <M-Right> :bnext<CR>
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- script#159 - The minibufexpl script
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Via Scoop.it – Monetizing The TV Everywhere (TVe) Experience
What Is Big Data — And How Does It Matter To Marketing?
It seems as if every new business-tech venture positions itself around "big data."
Not surprisingly, so do VCs. So do business and tech publications and blogs, which are dedicating increasing resources to covering big data. Even the PR spin-sters have caught on, as demonstrated by the pitches I regularly receive.
How big is the buzz? Enough to drive Google searches for the term "big data" upwards of 300% since the beginning of 2011.
The problem is that "big data" is jargon. While it may mean something specific in data and software engineering circles, it is too easy to find myriad definitions and interpretations, even from people who work in the technology industry.
Now, I'm not a software engineer or data scientist. But I can assure you there is substance and weight to big data — particularly in marketing.
Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/171615/what-is-big-data-and-how-does-it-matter-to-mark.html#reply#ixzz1rAq6NuvO


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- 5 Beds
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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionMountain Star
Listing Date12/14/17
Year Built1998
AreaMountain Star
Lot Size4.57 Acres (199,069 SqFt)
Parking3 Car Garage
Property Description
This 5-bedroom 8-bath residence has an abundance of natural light, vaulted ceilings with panoramic views of Beaver Creek and Bachelor Gulch, main level master, decks for outdoor entertaining and a 3-car garage. Don't miss this opportunity to own in the private and exclusive neighborhood of Mountain Star.
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New Artist Spotlight: Revive
- 2009 28 May
This month, Brandon Heath interviews his tour mates Revive, a new band from Australia.
"I'd love to introduce you to my new friends and tour mates, Revive. Spending the last couple of months with them and seeing their new record launch has been exciting to be a part of this next chapter in their life."
Brandon Heath: Hey this is Brandon Heath. We're on the phone today with Dave Hanbury from the band Revive. Dave, how are you doing?
Dave Hanbury (Revive, lead vocalist): I'm good, mate, how about you?
Brandon: You said, "mate"?
Dave: That's our thing, "Mate."
Brandon: Do you mean you're Australian?
Dave: Didn't you know? You mean you never noticed?! [Laughs]
Brandon: So, Dave, where you calling from today?
Dave: We're on the road in Jonesboro, Ark. We've never been here, so we're excited to be here.
Brandon: That's funny… I'm in Jonesboro!
Dave: How bizarre!
Brandon: Are you on tour right now?
Dave: Yeah, man, I'm on tour with Third Day, and this guy…
Brandon: What's his name?
Dave: It starts with a B…
Brandon: His name is BRANDON HEATH! We're both on tour right now. Where are you; are you in your dressing room right now?
Dave: Yes, this is my dressing room. Where are you?
Brandon: I'm in my dressing room!
Dave: That's weird. Budget cuts. [Laughs]
Brandon: We're both on tour with Third Day, and is this your first U.S. tour?
Dave: No, it's not actually. We [were] on the road with Third Day for 50 or 60 dates last year. We did spring last year and the fall, so we've done plenty.
Brandon: So you've been out with Third Day for a while?
Dave: Yeah, it's pretty sweet.
Brandon: And you guys … did you move to Nashville? Where are you living?
Dave: We live in Atlanta at the moment. We relocated from Australia at the beginning of 2008.
Brandon: So you're not [doing the] typical "move to Nashville, try to get a record deal thing"?
Dave: No, man.
Brandon: You moved to Atlanta. How did your relationship start with Third Day?
Dave: Yeah, our story is anything but typical. Third Day came to Australia three times. They came for the third time in January 2007. We opened for them. It was a pretty funny story. We were supposed to open for Steven Curtis Chapman. They called us and said, "Yes, you've got the opening spot; we're excited," and it fell through an hour later. But the promoter felt really bad and said, "Hey look, the next kind of American artist that comes through, we would love to use you," and it ended up being Third Day. And God works in mysterious ways. … Much of the reason we're here now is those boys. So we ended up opening for them January 2007, and we just got on really well. We asked the guys to watch our set, give us advice, feedback. … We cornered them in catering, and then you know, at the end of the shows in Australia, they said, "Look, if there's anything we can do for you boys, let us know." And we weren't afraid to listen up.
Brandon: So [when] you guys started … when did you decide it was the right time to move to the U.S.?
Dave: Before we moved, we did two trips to America as a band. The first was business, meeting with all the record execs in Nashville … that kind of stuff. At the end of the trip, we hung out with the Third Day guys more. We went home, and we kind of gleaned from each other that we decided to work together. So we went home, and we started writing songs and started sending them to Mac [Powell, lead vocalist of Third Day]. We wrote about 50 songs and e-mailed them, and he would go, "I like it; I don't like it; needs work." Then when we had a whole bunch together, he said, "OK, let's do songwriting. Why don't you boys come over to my place for a couple weeks?" We did that, and halfway through the time together he said, "Hey, we're doing a show tomorrow in Charlottesville, Va. Do you guys want to open for us?" And we were like "OK." We were pretty nervous. We jump on the bus, head to Charlottesville; and we do our very first show in the U.S. in front of 4,000 people. I'm talking no café, no nothing. This is our first show. We are really nervous and little did we know. … We talked about working together with Third Day, but this show was an audition. They wanted to see how we got on in front of fans. We got on stage, and I remember all the boys standing side stage with their arms folded and just watching us play. And I get out there, [and] I think as soon as they heard the Aussie accent and we said, "Thanks for having us. Thanks for being so good to us because this is our first time playing in the U.S," there was no going back from there. They loved it. We got off stage, and we went home; and then we waited for about a month to hear back from Third Day. You know … would we be on their next tour? Would they be involved in our album? We got a call from Mac, and he said, "Let's do it. We'd love for you guys to move over here. Can you be here in 10 weeks?" And I was like, "Yeah, no worries!" And then I hung up the phone and said, "Wow. Ten weeks is not that long."
Brandon: Did you ship a lot of your stuff?
Dave: It's expensive to ship stuff. You might as well sell it and buy something else. We really brought one guitar each and one suitcase. We sold everything else, sold our cars. Our wives resigned from their jobs. … Mike was not married when I hung up that phone with Mac. He had a serious girlfriend. The three other boys were married, but Mike was not. And he had to get engaged and married in 10 weeks. They honeymooned, and two days later were on a plane to the U.S.
Brandon: Wow!
Dave: So it was pretty crazy.
Brandon: So you brought wives, everybody. This wasn't just four guys. This was families, replanting. How has it been as far as the reception in front of the U.S. crowd? Has it been better or worse?
Dave: Honestly, it's been better. … In Australia, people are—even Christian people—have a reserved mentality. And there aren't many Christian folk in Australia, so a lot of audiences would be hostile to what we have to say. So it's pretty hard; we did a lot of school ministry. We would go into schools. [There are] different laws here. Like [in] public school, you have to be really careful about your faith, don't you, sharing what you believe. In Australia, it's weird because there's this carryover from imperial England where you're supposed to share your faith in school. So they have these seminars every two weeks where pastors and chaplains at schools can book us to play. So playing in front of a Third Day audience was easy compared to 1,000 kids where two to three percent would call themselves Christians. So we tried to break down barriers and just rock and have fun and then share our testimonies. … So playing in front of an audience like we will be tonight is pretty easy.
Brandon: In Jonesboro, Ark.
Dave: Big show tonight!
Brandon: I think 5,000.
Dave: Bring it on!
Brandon: Well, you said earlier you wrote 50 songs. What was the process like, as far as working with Mac? And I know that Mac produced the record. … So how was it narrowing down the songs to 12? Tell me about that process.
Dave: It's not easy. You know, I think we as a band, we feel like we need someone producing. Some bands do it themselves. We all write. So as soon as we finish a song, we kind of give it up and give it to the band. We're all pretty equal in what we share in the band. So it's great to have an outside voice going, "This is cool; this isn't. This group of songs is the direction the album should take." It's hard. They're your babies. You love them even if they're ugly. Whittling them down is not easy, but we enjoy the songwriting process and the studio process as well. It's good having someone like Mac who can just [be] honest. And it took him a while, 'cause we were friends first; and so we just needed to say, "Dude, be honest, we can take it. And if the song is terrible, we need to know. We don't want to put it on the record."
Brandon: It takes a lot of trust and honesty.
Dave: And I think you can tell the quality of a record by the quality on the cutting room floor. I feel like we had 20 to 25 really good songs. And by getting rid of half of them, hopefully that means the record is even stronger.
Brandon: And the A&R process is the hardest part. You are trying to pare down. … Will it work commercially? And would it also [work with what] your message is about as a band? Introduce us to the band; there's four of you guys.
Dave: Classic four piece. I'm on vocals. We have Ty on guitar, Rich on bass, Mike on drums. All easy one-syllable names!
Brandon: And you are Dave. …
Dave: Yes, I'm Dave.
Brandon: How long have you been playing together?
Dave: Well, we started out—Ty and myself—just bashing around on acoustic guitars. … We weren't very good. I don't know how we got booked, but good friends of ours ran youth groups around the city and they'd book us to play for $50. We said, "We get paid for this? Sweet." And we would play a few covers and a few of our songs, sometimes twice. I don't know what it was like for you starting out, but we're like, "30-minute set? We have to play every song four times!" And it's so funny! We had a good time doing that, and surprisingly, we got booked more and more. We made a little record, like a 5-track EP. We sold them all. It was 500 or 1,000; I can't remember. With that money, we wanted to make a full band record. Then when we got in the studio as a full band, we had so much fun, we were like, "We should do this full band thing." So we found Rich at our church. He's the kind of guy who was playing in 15 bands. He was playing in trios, rock bands, worship bands and wedding bands. He wanted to join and become a full member, instead of getting the $15 a night or whatever we were paying him … terrible! So we said, "If you want to play with us, it has to be exclusive; and you have to say good-bye to the other bands." And then we found Mike on drums. He was young when he joined, maybe 18. He was playing in the worship band at church. We always knew he was a great drummer. So we have had the current line-up for five or six years.
Brandon: Where did you come up with the name Revive?
Dave: Well this is pretty embarrassing, but when it was just Tyler and myself, we were struggling for a name. We just called ourselves Me and Ty. Then we had Rich and Mike play, and then it was Me and Ty and Rich and Mike … and it was really terrible. So I remember e-mailing our fans, and we said we have to change our name, give us ideas. And we got some pretty hilarious ones. People would e-mail in and go, "How about Vertical Horizon?" And we were like, "That is a band." How 'bout U3? These terrible names. And it was between Fighting Goliath and Revive.
Brandon: I'm glad you went with Revive.
Dave: Yeah, it sounds like an '80s hair band … Fighting Goliath. And it came from Psalms 85: "He will revive their hearts." I believe that's what good music should do—secular or otherwise. Particularly Christian music, the music should be outstanding; the lyrics should follow it. Music that touches the soul just feels good. It's almost transcendent. Something about it that is hard to articulate; it just makes you feel good. It makes you feel close to the One who created that music, our Lord, the master of creativity, the author of all things creative. The same with Christian music; to match those beautiful melodies with great lyrics. That's what we are all about as a band, matching encouraging lyrics with a melody and music that will really move you. "He will revive our hearts." … That made sense to us.
Brandon: So four of you guys… You just put out your first record. Tell us about the new record, the title, the first single.
Dave: The first single is "Chorus of the Saints," the title of the record. It came out March 10.
Brandon: Yeah, I've heard it a few times. [Laughs]
Dave: That song is really autobiographical of our band. The beginning came from the Old Testament, and you read about the Israelites. You read that God delivered them from the Egyptians, parts the Red Sea in one of the most amazing miracles of all time and, three seconds later, while the Red Sea is still being moved around by God, they are saying, "We want to go back to Egypt. Why are we in this desert? You've abandoned us, Lord." As Christians, we look back and say, "Those guys are so silly. They are so untrusting and foolish." And the truth is, we aren't that different from them. And for our band, unfortunately, we are the same. We are human. And God has done amazing things in our lives. He's provided. Our prayer has always been, "This is your band, Lord, and we'll move forward if You open the doors of opportunity."… Not once has He proven Himself untrustworthy, so why should we stop trusting Him?
Brandon: As a band, you guys are now living in the U.S. You have your first national record out, under Essential Records, same label as me. I'm on Reunion, but we're label mates. You're out with Third Day and myself. … What's next for the band?
Dave: You know, I'm not sure. We're excited about the single, about the record; we're getting great feedback. We honestly feel that God has brought us here for a reason. And so, a mantra for us is that His Word is a lamp to our feet. He doesn't provide a flashlight, a billion candles so you can see the entire path. All we have is a lamp. And you hold the lamp in front of you, and you can only take a step forward. And you can only see the next step after that if you move ahead. That's always been the way. The tour ends in May. After that, we're not sure. We can only get to the next step if we take a step forward. So we feel like God is providing for us. We're in no position to doubt Him. We are excited. I'm sure we'll be touring, but who knows what He has in store for us. But we're excited no matter what it is.
Brandon: Well this is the end of our interview. Everybody, that's Dave Hanbury from the band Revive. We're on tour right now with Third Day.
Dave: You can find us at reviveband.com and myspace.com/reviveband. We have a cool blog going. We're always on there … twitter, all that stuff.
Brandon: Thanks, Dave!
To listen to Brandon's full interview with Dave, click here.
For more info on Revive, visit reviveband.com.
Brandon Heath is the Gospel Music Association's new "Male Vocalist of the Year." His monthly "New Artist Spotlight" on CCMmagazine.com introduces fans to new artists currently hitting the scene. Brandon's new single is called "Wait and See," the follow-up to his smash No. 1 hit "Give Me Your Eyes" from his sophomore release, What If We (Reunion), which recently won Brandon multiple Dove Awards including "Song of the Year." For more info, log on to brandonheath.net.
© 2009 CCMmagazine.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
**This interview first published on May 28, 2009


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This photo of an elderly woman in a rather ordinary looking dress is marked in pencil on the reverse, "1872 - 68091." The latter is the negative number, and 1872 appears to be the year in which it was taken - apparently, because it is important to be careful with any inscriptions on old photographs. They may have been written by anyone, and at any time since it was originally produced. The clothes worn by the woman, the card mount shape (square corners), thickness of the card, and card design, all point to a date of the early 1870s.
PhotoLondon's online database of London photographers shows Alexander L. Henderson (1838-1907) as working from a studio at 49 King William Street, London Bridge between 1860 and November 1887, and from a second premises at 2 Devonshire Place, Amersham Road, New Cross, Deptford between 1864 and 2 January 1873. After 2 January 1873, that branch moved to 3 Amersham Road, New Cross. This confirms that the photo probably was taken in or around 1872.
References/Further Reading
A History of Photography: Carte de visite, by Robert Leggatt
A Brief History of the Carte de Visite, by the American Museum of Photography


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What a fun morning we all had at the Carleton Place Town Hall! It was beautiful outside but close to 200 kids and parents gathered inside for the Magic of Diego! He thrilled us all with some card tricks, a funny trick about a "bandana", and even made a table float in front of our eyes! Amazing!
Many of the kids were picked to help with a trick, but even if they didn't have the chance to go up, everyone had a great time. It was a fantastic way to spend a March Break morning!
This was just before the table started dancing around in mid-air! Lots of fun!
It was another successful March Break, and now I'm looking forward to planning a few fun things for summer. Thanks Diego! Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday!


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Watching someone who isn't too familiar with video games try their hand at Halo 4 can be pretty hilarious. But when it's Conan O'Brien testing out 343's first entry in the series, it's that much funnier. Even if he does roll his eyes a little too much at the storyline.
I mean, I get it. The story's depth might seem a little excessive and unnecessary to an outsider who thinks video games are made for mindless fun. But every year video games get a little better at telling stories. And that's definitely something we shouldn't roll our eyes at, it's something we should be proud of.
In between my laughs, I was a little sad that the audience was chuckling over even just the description of the storyline. It highlights how indifferent the majority of people are to games, and that they don't take the medium seriously enough to even give it a chance. Sigh. One day, guys. One day.


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Skating in Central Park | Skating in Central Park, N.Y. City | Skating on 72nd St. lake Central Park The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park crowded with ice skaters. The film is of such poor quality that it is difficult to tell if the apparent "snow" is real or just scratches on the film.
- Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1902
Film, VideoSleighing scene "A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry)
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8/15/2013- Accessibility of User Interfaces, and Video Programming Guides and Menus MB Docket No. 12-108
August 15, 2013
Marlene H. Dortch
445 12th Street, SW
Room TW-A325
Washington, DC 20554
Re: Accessibility of User Interfaces, and Video Programming Guides and Menus MB Docket No. 12-108
Dear Ms. Dortch:
Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's or Commission's)
Rules, we are filing this ex parte notice pertaining to the above-captioned docket. On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Jamie Belcore Saloom, Assistant Chief Counsel for Telecommunications at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) met with Commission staff to discuss the above-referenced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA). FCC Media Bureau staff present at the meeting included: Maria Mullarkey, Adam Copeland, Evan Baranoff, Brendan Murray, Steven Broeckaert, and Mary Beth Murphy. FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs staff present included Eliot Greenwald and Rosaline Crawford. Additionally, Belford Lawson of the FCC Office of Communications Business Opportunities was present.
Advocacy forwarded the concerns of small multichannel video programing distributers (MVPDs), including those affiliated with rural local exchange carriers, regarding the potential for the proposed rule to place a disproportionate economic impact on small MVPDs. Advocacy shared that smaller MVPDs will face higher costs while possessing less of an ability to absorb or pass-through those costs to consumers—because of their relatively diminished purchasing power, small MVPDs will likely face higher prices than large MVPDs for technology solutions developed to meet any accessibility standard adopted by the Commission. Advocacy pointed to comments and reply comments filed by the American Cable Association, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, and the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association for specific examples of the challenges small MVPDs will face in their efforts to comply with the proposed standards.
In light of the small business concerns above, Advocacy recommended that the Commission implement regulatory alternatives that would mitigate the potential for disproportionate impacts discussed above. Namely, Advocacy recommended that the Commission exercise its authority to exempt small MVPDs serving fewer than 20,000 subscribers from the proposed rule. Additionally, Advocacy recommended that the Commission adopt a delayed compliance schedule for all small MVPD's. Advocacy noted that the CVAA directs the Commission to impose accessibility standards on MVPDs to the extent achievable—further noting that if the Commission does exempt MVPDs with fewer than 20,000 subscribers, the Commission has the authority to revisit the issue following the start of the compliance period to determine if the standards are achievable by MVPD's with fewer than 20,000 subscribers at that time. Advocacy also noted that, while the CVAA gives MVPDs flexibility to adopt any technology that can meet the accessibility standards set by the Commission, smaller MVPDs have indicated that they will rely on the research and development efforts of larger operators before adopting technology solutions that meet the performance standards finalized by the Commission. Given this reality, as well as the uncertain economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities, Advocacy expressed its belief that the Commission has ample justification to exempt MVPDs with fewer than 20,000 subscribers and to implement a delayed compliance date for all small MVPDs.
Finally, Advocacy shared its concerns that the Commission has not adequately complied with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) for this rulemaking. While Advocacy understands that the economic impacts of the rule are uncertain at this time, the RFA is explicit in its requirement that an agency describe the economic impact of a proposed rule in any initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA). Advocacy noted that the Commission has not provided any quantitative or qualitative analysis of the potential impacts of the rule on small MVPDs in its IRFA, and recommended that it include a discussion of such impacts in its final rule, as well as a discussion of any steps taken to mitigate those impacts in the final rule.
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- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 inches grated ginger root
- 4 cloves garlic, grated, divided
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons coriander
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 tablespoons plus some for drizzling extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut across in 1/2
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cans chick peas, drained
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup tahini paste
- 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced or 1/2-inch dice
- 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced or 1/2-inch dice
- Hot banana pepper rings, drained and chopped plus 2 tablespoons juice
- Handful fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced, plus 1 lime, for garnish
- 4 pita breads
Step 1
Preheat oven to 500 to 550 degrees F, as high as it goes. Cover a baking sheet with foil and set a baking rack on top if you have one - not necessary but use it if ya got it.Â
Step 2
Place yogurt in shallow dish and combine with ginger, 3 cloves grated garlic, chili powder, coriander, paprika, turmeric, cardamom, cumin and 2 tablespoons oil. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and coat in sauce. Arrange on baking sheet and roast 20 to 25 minutes until juices run clear.Â
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Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add 1 clove grated garlic. Pulse chop the chick peas in food processor then add to garlic oil and season with salt and pepper. Mash with chicken stock and tahini and reduce heat to low.
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Combine red onion, bell peppers, chopped hot peppers, to taste, 2 tablespoons hot pepper pickle juice, cilantro leaves, lime juice. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.Â
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Wedge the remaining lime, reserve.
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Warm and crisp pitas in hot oven last few minutes chicken is roasting.
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Serve chicken with lime wedges to squeeze over top. Serve mashed chick peas alongside. Top the chicken with pepper salad. Cut pitas in half and pass at table.


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BERLIN- With veteran players all over the field, Decatur's boys' varsity lacrosse team is brimming with confidence as they embark on the 2013 campaign and backed up last week with an 18-8 thrashing of familiar rival Parkside in the season opener.
The Seahawks feature three senior captains, including standout goalkeeper Brooks Gilbert, defensive stalwart Colin May and Andrew Ternahan, who plays all over the field. Decatur is deep and talented at both ends of the field and in the all-important middle with veteran returning players and a flock of young Seahawks ready to spread their wings this year.
In addition to Gilbert in goal and senior co-captain Colin May, the Decatur defense will also feature returning starter Joe Flounlacker and Connor May. In the middle of the field is a strong crew of veterans, newcomers and transfers including Riley McCabe, Jared King, Jackson Mumford, Matt LeCompte and Worcester Prep transfer Henry Hastings among others. Up front, the Seahawks should have plenty of firepower with Corey Gwin, Shane Moore, Jake Lathroum and Ternahan, who will also play long-stick middie in some formations.
Last week in the season opener on the road against longtime rival Parkside, the Seahawks put it all together in an 18-8 rout of the Rams. Ternahan led the offense with two goals and two assists, while Gwin scored four goals and McCabe adding three. Several other Seahawks got in the scorebook including LeCompte, Lathroum, Henry Hastings and even defender Joe Flounlacker. McCabe was outstanding in getting possession for Decatur and jumpstarting the offense by winning 14 of 21 faceoffs.
According to Lathroum, the Seahawks are a talented group and are poised for another big season this year.
"They're a really confident bunch, almost to the point I have to rein them in sometimes," he said. "That's a good problem to have because their very enthusiastic and very coachable."


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VANCOUVER - A provincewide heat wave in British Columbia was expected to hit record highs in the coming days, heightening concerns about wildfires.
The B.C. Wildfire Management Branch said Saturday there were 45 wildfires across the province, with three fires expected to take days to put out.
"The hot, dry weather has definitely been a concern," said Navi Saini, a spokeswoman for the agency. "It's definitely hindering fire-suppression efforts."
In northern B.C., near the Alberta border, 120 firefighters and 11 helicopters are battling a 45-square-kilometre blaze close to Tumbler Ridge that was sparked last Sunday.
Saini said there have been no casualties, but an evacuation order has been issued to 200 people in three nearby oil and gas camps.
Forty-one firefighters and six helicopters are trying to put out a four-square-kilometre fire near Quesnel, in the North Cariboo region which started Tuesday.
Twenty firefighters are battling a 10-square-kilometre blaze in north B.C. near Williston Lake that started Thursday.
Saini said fires outside the province could spark smoke warnings for B.C.
"We have several large fires burning in the Northwest Territories, and just the way the wind's been blowing, there have been smoke reports in many areas of the province," she said.
Smoke from a fire burning in Banff National Park, in Alta.,is drifting into the Kootenays, she said.
Environment Canada said temperatures are expected to hit record highs in parts of the province this weekend.
David Wray, a meteorologist with the agency, said temperatures in the southern half of the province appear to be 10 to 11 C above normal for the time of year.
Wray said it is 8 to 10 C above normal for the northern half of B.C. where temperatures will likely break records next week.
Temperatures are averaging at 30 C or more provincewide.
Wray said it is important to wear sunscreen this weekend because it will only take about 15 minutes for skin to get burned.
He said children or pets should not be left in cars, and people should drink plenty of water.
Dave Lefebvre of Vancouver Coastal Health, one of the Lower Mainland's health authorities, said there has not been any word from one of its main hospitals of increases in patients suffering from heatstroke.
The authority is urging people to limit outdoor activity to the early morning and evening.
It is also asking people to check in on those unable to leave their homes and ask for medical help if required.
Aletta Vanderheyden of Fraser Health, another health authority in the Lower Mainland, said there were no reports of increases in heatstroke among patients in 12 of its hospitals.


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Three zany magicians update some old parlor tricks with new gags in a series of wacky comedy sketches in this West Coast Premiere performance of Elephant Room at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Elephant Room was commissioned by Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles and co-premiered at Arena Stage in Washington, DC and at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. The comedic material was created by a trio of writers: Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle and Steve Cuiffo. Another trio of magic entertainers engages the audience: Daryl Hannah (not to be confused with Daryl Christine Hannah, the actress, spelled the same!), Dennis Diamond and Louie Magic. The production is directed by Paul Lazar. It's a 90-minute show with no intermission, and some audience participation is involved (no one got wet).
Georja: The audience has to stay on its toes as the guys are often the foil for each other- all three will be doing diverse activities at the same time. One may be executing a fancy sleight of hand while another blows balloons and talks to the audience and the third creates yet another odd and unrelated scenario. Elephant Room is a high-energy fun extravaganza from the first moment of confetti streamers thrown at the audience to the last crazed moments wind down. There is no time to ponder a trick as the show keeps moving forward at a lively clip.
Gerald: It looks like the basement set of Wayne's World from Saturday Night Live, but Louie explains it's their club meeting room, trucked in all the way from his home town in Patterson, New Jersey. That's where he learned his magic, we will come to learn, when his weekend father kindly dropped him off at the toy store for the entire day and the nice man there taught him way too much in the back room.
Georja: Dennis Diamond is a most bizarre character, a bit reminiscent of the great Sasha Baron Cohen. He wiggles around the stage and looks absolutely Dali-esque (as in Salvador Dali) with his black moustache. His footwork when trying to climb cinderblocks and lift one is hilarious and amazing. He levitates and does the most wonderful magic tricks. He also does a comic bit on the phone with the Dali Lama, just before creating his face out of Kool-Aid!
Gerald: Louie cracks at one point that you will be seeing nothing new here, and he's right. Their magic tricks, performed deftly, comprise the usual mix of bottles and other vessels manifested from beneath cloth, eggs that appear and disappear with sleight of hand, and liquids that turn into powders, and vice versa. It's the comedic presentation and arcrobatic choreography that make this show so delightful. These guys mostly make it all look effortless -- except when they deliberately make it look impossible, to great humorous effect.
Georja: I loved the choreography the best. The trio dances around the room in synchonicity to new age and other thematic music, and even sit down and crossed their legs gracefully together as one entitiy.
Gerald: As we said, there was some audience participation, and, as luck would have it, the first person to be picked on was Georja, who endured Louie Magic's taunts with her characteristic grace. Having established that Georja was not a ringer, Louie moved on to some other folks, who participated more actively in some gags, including onstage. Since Georja was obviously not an insider, the audience may have assumed the others weren't also. Not necessarily true, in my humble opinion, especially as regards "mentalist" tricks.
Georja: Darryl Hanna is a strange guy with his stylish cowboy clothes, bleached locks and buck teeth. Between his antics, he plays the lonely divorcee who likes to drink and is able to keep manifesting more booze. He philosophizes with the audience almost as a spiritual leader or guide. All three of our heroes are very well defined, interesting characters.
Gerald: Elephant Room will have you laughing, giggling, puzzled, and perplexed. In the end, you'll be convinced life is just a bowl of cherries. Ooops, wait, no, it's a packet of Kool-Aid. No, it's glass of warm milk...
Georja: For sure it's a fun night!
Photos by Craig Schwartz
Georja Umano is an actress/comedienne and animal advocate.
Gerald Everett Jones is the author of the Rollo Hemphill series of comic novels.
Elephant Room
August 22 - September 16, 2012 - Tues - Fri at 8pm, Sat at 2 and 8pm, Sun at 1 and 6:30pm, no performance Mondays
9820 Washington Bl.
Culver City, CA 90232
(213) 628 2772 (Audience Services)
In-person sales are available at CTG Music Center downtown, as well as at Kirk Douglas box office 2 hours prior to performances.
Ticket prices $20 - 50 (Ticket prices are subject to change.)


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Memories from our childhood are very important to most of us and the owner of this beautifully restored 1951 Chevrolet Panel truck can certainly agree. Dallas, TX. resident, John Sabedra, purchased the vehicle in the summer of 2005. "I bought it because it reminded me of my father," explains John. When John was a child, his father owned a panel truck like this one, and he remembers it quite fondly. Naturally, when an opportunity arose for him to purchase one, he jumped at the chance. A man named Zeke, at Garcia's Customs in Oklahoma, originally acquired the panel truck. "Zeke fully restored the Chevrolet back to its original glory; right down to the original two-tone olive green paint scheme and seventeen-inch artillery wheels," says John. Other than doing an engine swap, modifying the suspension, and adding a few other minor details, John pretty much kept the vehicle the same as the day he bought it. "I couldn't have built it any better myself," states John.
Since acquiring the truck, he has already won numerous trophies and awards, and it has placed first in its category five times at the Odessa, TX. Super Show where we laid eyes on it. "The truck has been all over Texas, including a few shows in Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico as well," says the proud owner. When the truck isn't claiming top honors at a show, you can likely catch it on the streets of DFW with John and his wife, or grandkids inside, enjoying a cruise or making a quick run to the grocery store. "I love being in my cars" says John, "and this one is definitely no different!"
A special thanks goes out from John to Zeke, and everyone who had a hand in building the Chevy. He also sends a very special thanks to his wife, Carol, who, as he happily explains, "has always supported me."
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Owner: John Sabedra
Vehicle: 1951 Chevy Panel
City/State: Dallas Fort Worth, TX
Club: New Wave
Engine: 2.8L V6
Body/Paint: Two-tone
Interior: Original suede and leather.
Sounds: Pioneer Amp, Pioneer 6×9's and Pioneer subwoofer.
Tires: Firestone.
Wheels: OG 17-inch Artilleries.


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Phase 1 of the Commercial Corridors Study is an inventory and assessment of the commercial land uses that can be found along Portland's network of arterial streets. The study provides a snapshot of 93 commercial segments surrounding the Central City. It focuses on activity that can be found along the key "arterial" streets that serve neighborhoods throughout the city. These streets serve many functions and support a broad array of land uses, ranging from residential to commercial to industrial activities. Many of these streets function as commercial districts or corridors1, providing a marketplace of goods and services that serve users ranging from the local neighborhoods to regional populations. The number and type of streets that support this activity is broad.
1. Metro identifies six commercial designations: Main Streets, Centers, Corridors, Town Centers, Regional Centers, and Central City. For a detailed description: http://www.metro-region.org/getcentered.com
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This Is First Time In History that All Central Banks Have Printed Money at the Same Time, And They're Failing Miserably -
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Simultaneous Global Printing Is Failing Miserably
Mainstream Keynesian economists argue that the failure of the European austerity measures to pull Europe out of the doldrums proves that more stimulus is needed, and that austerity is poison at this stage.
Indeed, most mainstream economists pretend that debt doesn't exist … or believe that debt for its own sake is good and necessary.
But Martin Weiss noted last month:
Four of the world's largest central banks have gone absolutely berserk, running the money printing presses like never before in history:
Source: Chart lines — PimcoThe Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already been printing money like crazy ever since their bubble economy burst in the early 1990s.So when the debt crisis struck in 2008, the size of their balance sheet assets, which measure the cumulative total of a central bank's money printing operations, was alreadythe biggest in the world: About 20% of their economy.Then, when the shock waves of the Lehman Brothers collapse struck Japan, what did they do?They stepped up their money printing operations EVEN further — to about 30% of GDP. (See yellow line in chart above.)Other than Brazil in the 1970s or Germany in the 1920s, no other major nation — or group of nations — on the planet had ever gone that far! (Until, that is, Europe, which I'll get to in a moment.)Meanwhile …At the U.S. Federal Reserve, no Fed Chairman in history — not even notorious easy-money advocates like Arthur Burns or Allen Greenspan — had EVER run the money printing presses for any extended period of time.But Fed Chairman Bernanke changed all that. Soon after the debt crisis hit in 2008, he nearly TRIPLED the size of the Fed's balance sheet from about 6% of GDP to almost 17% of GDP.And in the years since, he has pumped it up even further to about 20% of GDP! (Red line in chart.)The Bank of England (BOE) has mostly been expanding its balance sheet in lock step with the Fed (green line).But in the global race to print money, it's the European Central Bank (ECB) which has been leading the pack in the past year or so, suddenly expanding their balance sheet from about 20% of GDP to close to 30% GDP (blue line).This is absolutely massive!Heck, in the 1990s and 2000s, just the money-printing operations by ONE central bank (the Bank of Japan) changed the world:Global investors borrowed abundant amounts of cheap money in Japan and poured it into risky investments around the world, helping to create some of the largest bubbles — and busts — in history.Now, imagine FOUR central banks doing the same thing at the same time!
Indeed, China and India have been printing as well, as shown by the last 2 of these 2011 charts:
The U.S. is printing lots of money…..The Bank of England is printing lots of money…..The EU is printing lots of money….Japan is printing lots of money…..China is printing lots of money…..India is printing lots of money…..
Pimco CEO El-Erian warned last month that central banks might fail in their giant experiment to cure the world's economic ills with paper money. See this and this.
Conservative economists argue that if war spending could get us out of our slump, it would have done so by now. They also point out that "more empires have fallen because of reckless finances than invasion".
They also point out that the government has spent more in the last decade than in all of American history before that … to no avail:
The government has done more than during the Great Depression, but the economy is still stuck a pit.***The amount spent in emergency bailouts, loans and subsidies during this financial crisis arguably dwarfs the amount which the government spent during the New Deal.For example, Casey Research wrote in 2008:Paulson and Bernanke have embarked on the largest bailout program ever conceived …. a program which so far will cost taxpayers $8.5 trillion.[The number is arguably much higher now. ]So how does $8.5 trillion dollars compare with the cost of some of the major conflicts and programs initiated by the US government since its inception? To try and grasp the enormity of this figure, let's look at some other financial commitments undertaken by our government in the past:As illustrated above, one can see that in today's dollar, we have already committed to spending levels that surpass the cumulative cost of all of the major wars and government initiatives since the American Revolution.Recently, the Congressional Research Service estimated the cost of all of the major wars our country has fought in 2008 dollars. The chart above shows that the entire cost of WWII over four to five years was less than half the current pledges made by Paulson and Bernanke in the last three months!In spite of years of conflict, the Vietnam and the Iraq wars have each cost less than the bailout package that was approved by Congress in two weeks. The Civil War that devastated our country had a total price tag (for both the Union and Confederacy) of $60.4 billion, while the Revolutionary War was fought for a mere $1.8 billion.In its fifty or so years of existence, NASA has only managed to spend $885 billion – a figure which got us to the moon and beyond.The New Deal had a price tag of only $500 billion. The Marshall Plan that enabled the reconstruction of Europe following WWII for $13 billion, comes out to approximately $125 billion in 2008 dollars. The cost of fixing the S&L crisis was $235 billion.CNBC confirms that the New Deal cost about $500 billion (and the S&L crisis cost around$256 billion) in inflation adjusted dollars.So even though the government's spending on the "war" on the economic crisis dwarfs the amount spent on the New Deal, our economy is still stuck in the mud.
"Deficit hawks" like top economic historian Niall Ferguson says that America's debt will drive it into a debt crisis, and that any more quantitative easing will lead our creditors to pull the plug. See this, this andthis. Indeed, PhD economist Michael Hudson says (starting around 4:00 into video):
If the problem that is grinding the economy to a halt is too much debt, and if no one in the government – in either party – is looking at solving the debt problem, then … we're going to go into a depression as far as the eye can see.
Yet the U.S. hasn't reined in its profligate spending. While modern economic theory shows that debts do matter (and see this), the U.S. is spending on guns and butter, and American debt has risen to more than 100% of GDP.
As PhD economist Dean Baker points out, the IMF is cracking down on the once-proud America like a naughty third world developing country. (As I've repeatedly noted, the IMF performed a complete audit of the whole US financial system during Bush's last term in office – something which they have only previously done to broke third world nations.)
Indeed, economics professor and former Senior Economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers Laurence Kotlikoff wrote in 2010:
Let's get real. The U.S. is bankrupt.***Last month, the International Monetary Fund released its annual review of U.S. economic policy…. The IMF has effectively pronounced the U.S. bankrupt.***Based on the CBO's data, I calculate a fiscal gap of $202 trillion, which is more than 15 times the official debt.***This is what happens when you run a massive Ponzi scheme for six decades straight….***Bond traders will kick us miles down our road once they wake up and realize the U.S. is in worse fiscal shape than Greece.
Indeed, despite all of the global money printing, we're still in a Depression. And see see this.
False Debate: More Stimulus Or More Austerity
In fact, the whole stimulus-versus-austerity debate is a false one (as we noted last year). Let's examine an analogy to get beyond the rhetoric and see what's really going on …
The blood pressure of the patient in the emergency room drops precipitously.
The ER docs have already given 15 pints of blood over the course of many hours. But the patient is still on the verge of dying.
Medical rules and regulations say that more than 15 pints of blood should never be given, as too much transfusion can cause other fatal problems.
The "liberal" doctors want to give the patient more blood. After all, this is a life-or-death emergency … and if they can just buy more time, they might be able to figure out a way to save the patient.
The "conservative" doctors want to stop with the transfusions. After all, giving too much blood could kill the patient … and maybe he'll be able to pull out of it on his own.
Who is right?
Well, the "liberal" and "conservative" doctors are so busy arguing their point of view that they haven't noticed that one of the patient's legs has been half chewed off. He's bleeding out through the huge open wound.
Unless the doctors suture up the wound, the patient will bleed out no matter how much blood they give him.
The government isn't even stimulating in an effective way …. it isn't spending money on the types of stimulus that will have the most bang for the buck. And giving money to the little guy helps stimulate the economy much more than giving it to the big financial players.
But while D.C. has thrown a couple billion dollars at jobs and the states – it is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the many tens of trillions of dollars in handouts to the giant banks.
Whether or not Keynesian stimulus could help in our climate of all-pervading debt, Washington has already shot America's wad in propping up the big banks and other oligarchs.
More important still, Keynes implemented his New Deal stimulus at the same time that Glass-Steagall and many other measures were implemented to plug the holes in a corrupt financial system. The gaming of the financial system was decreased somewhat, the amount of funny business which the powers-that-be could engage in was reined in to some extent.
As such, the economy had a chance to recover (even with the massive stimulus of World War II, unless some basic level of trust had been restored in the economy, the economy would not have recovered).
Today, however, politicians haven't fixed any of the major structural defects in the economy ( and seethis).
So even if Keynesianism were the answer, it cannot work without the implementation of structural reforms to the financial system.
A little extra water in the plumbing can't fix pipes that have been corroded and are thoroughly rotten. The government hasn't even tried to replace the leaking sections of pipe in our economy.
Bailouts, money-printing and lose monetary policy can't patch a financial system with giant holes in it.
What are the giant holes?
Some of the biggest are:
- Rampant fraud
- Worse-than-third-world inequality
- Insanely high levels of leverage
- Warping of the economy and the political process by a handful of monstrously bloated banks
- Focusing on policy objectives other than reducing unemployment (which has the net effect of actuallyincreasing unemployment)
Of course, the loss of America's manufacturing base, encouraging jobs to be shipped abroad, out of control derivatives and other shenanigans are giant holes as well. And the government has been throwing money at the big banks instead of the little guy, which – as Steve Keen as demonstrated – is not an effective way to stimulate the economy.
Another useful analogy is that of parasite and host. As we wrote in 2009:
Why isn't the economy getting better, even though the government is pumping trillions of dollars into bailouts and stimulus packages and intervening in markets left and right?Because the government is treating the wrong patient.Let's say you travel to the tropics and pick up a parasite. You go to your doctor who gives you very powerful drugs that make you sick. You go back to the doctor, he looks you over, and then adds more potent drugs to your prescription.You go back a third time and say "Doctor, I'm getting sicker and sicker, why isn't it working?"He responds "Oh, I thought the parasite was the patient. The drugs are making it healthier".***The real economy is:(1) People making things or providing real, useful services(2) People saving moneyand(3) People investing the money they saved into productive businesses which will make more things or provide needed services.According to top federal reserve officials and economists, the government's actions will encourage big financial players to make even riskier gambles in the future.Indeed, the government is in the process of giving hundreds of billions – if not trillions – of dollars and guarantees to hedge funds (hedge funds are some of the biggest speculators of all). Indeed, the various bailout programs are giving huge sums to companies that make money by pushing paper around without actually producing any useful goods or services.The heads of the big banks and financial companies are also getting huge bonuses even though they have driven their companies so far into the ditch that they need government bailouts. Even Paul Volcker says the incentive system is broken. Indeed, the government is making the CEOs richer by giving them billions of dollars of bailout money with which to feather their own nests.And credit derivatives [at least to the extent they are naked, unregulated and opaque] act as a parasite on the real economy: credit default swap buyers bet that the referenced company will go down the tubes (see this and this). And yet the government is allowing the credit default swap trades to increase, driving CDS spreads against many companies and governments to reach all-time highs.***Not only is the parasite being boosted by government actions, but the patient – the real economy – is being poisoned.Manufacturing has been shipped out of America for decades, and the government is stillactively encouraging companies to move manufacturing abroad.Taxpayers will be on the hook for trillions of dollars of obligations through taxes/or inflation (even Bernanke has admitted that inflation is a tax, because people have less money in their pockets after buying necessities). So Americans will be able to save less.And government has not only failed to require that companies accurately report their finances – so that investors can know which companies are stable and productive – but it has actually thwarted such accuracy. For example:
- A government agency prevented the SEC from investigating multi-billion dollar Ponzi-schemer Stanford
- As of 2006:"President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar … broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations."
- One or more treasury department officials actively allowed banks to "cook their books"
The government has been strengthening the parasite and poisoning the real economy. No wonder the patient is getting worse.
We noted a couple of months later:
Michael Hudson is a highly-regarded economist. He is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, who has advised the U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Latvian governments as well as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. He is a former Wall Street economist at Chase Manhattan Bank who also helped establish the world's first sovereign debt fund.Hudson has frequently described Wall Street as "parasitic". For example, in a 2003 interview, Hudson said:The problem with parasites is not merely that they siphon off the food and nourishment of their host, crippling its reproductive power, but that they take over the host's brain as well. The parasite tricks the host into thinking that it is feeding itself.Something like this is happening today as the financial sector is devouring the industrial sector. Finance capital pretends that its growth is that of industrial capital formation. That is why the financial bubble is called "wealth creation," as if it were what progressive economic reformers envisioned a century ago. They condemned rent and monopoly profit, but never dreamed that the financiers would end up devouring landlord and industrialist alike. Emperors of Finance have trumped Barons of Property and Captains of Industry.More recently, Hudson said:You can think of the financial sector as being wrapped around the real economy, almost like a parasite, and that's why it's been called parasitic for so long. The financial sector extracts interest from the economy, the property sector extracts economic rent, as do monopolies. Now the key thing about parasites, is that it's not simply that they extract nourishment from the host. The parasite takes over the
host's brain, to make it think it's part of the economy, to make it think
it's part of the host's own body, and, in fact, that's it almost like a child of the host, to be protected. And that's what the financial sector has done today.You have Obama coming out and saying, "We have to save the banks in order to save the real economy". The fact is, you can't serve both the parasite and the host.And see this.On August 10th, Hudson went even further. Specifically, he said:
- The giant financial institutions have already killed their host – the real American economy
- Since they realize that the American economy is dead, they are trying to suck as much blood out of America as possible while the corpse is still warm
- Because the American economy is dead, their plan is to soon jump to another host. They will ship all of their money overseas
To come back to my original analogy, the dying patient has a horde of leeches inside the gaping wound in his leg, and the transfused blood has done nothing but fed the leeches. [Sorry for the gross analogy.]
The doctors have been helping the parasites, not the patient. Pumping in more blood – at least by itself – isn't the answer.
Unless the doctors clean out the parasites and close the gaping wound, the patient has no chance.
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Our Process: The 7 Steps of a Successful Remodel
We understand that the remodeling process can be a little intimidating at first. In order to help everyone understand what to expect when beginning a building or remodeling project, we have broken the entire process down into 7 different steps. We hope these easy to follow steps provide a clear understanding of the separate stages of a professional building and remodeling project.
The 7 Steps of a Successful Remodel
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Your Initial Free In-Home Consultation
Richard Lensis, the owner of Lensis Builders, will meet you at your home to discuss your building and remodeling goals, needs and wishes. Get all of your questions answered and learn more about our company during this complimentary meeting. Morning, afternoon and evening appointments are available for your convenience. You will be able to decide if Lensis Builders is a good fit for you and your family.
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Ballpark Estimate and Project Scope
After your Free In-Home Consultation, we will issue a preliminary ballpark estimate based on measurements, your wishlist and project ideas. This includes the scope of the project and the preliminary estimate. After you feel comfortable with preliminary pricing, we can move forward with design and establishing a project budget.
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Our talented designers will create a top-notch building or remodeling solution for you to review. Your ideas and comments will be incorporated with functional and aesthetic principles to create a design you will love. We will also create a 3-Dimensional computer rendering of your remodel so you can "walk-through" your new project. Our design work will strive to be consistent with your budget.
You will also be invited to our Showroom and Selection Center to start selections of materials such as cabinet types, hardware, tile, etc. You can view these products in person to find exactly what you are looking for.
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