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Your Partner in Adventure.
Need a camera that can keep up with your adventurous lifestyle? The tough and sporty PowerShot D30 is the ideal choice for intrepid types who often find themselves outdoors, underwater or in extreme situations. The PowerShot D30 dives to a full 82 feet for excellent scuba and snorkeling flexibility. Bikers, hikers, skiers and climbers can also confidently pack the PowerShot D30 to document the day's action: the camera is shockproof to 6.5 feet, and temperature resistant all the way from 14° to 104°F*. The camera's built-in GPS** tracker records the location and time of all the images and videos you capture, and the new Sunlight LCD mode makes it easy to see the monitor even on bright, sunny days. Whether you're underwater or on dry land, images are beautifully clear, steady and loaded with detail and natural color thanks to the Canon HS SYSTEM and Intelligent IS. When you're too busy to choose camera settings, Smart AUTO does it for you by automatically recognizing 32 predefined shooting situations, capturing the best quality with every shot.
Capture beautiful underwater stills and video down to 82 ft. below sea level
Now you can capture beautiful underwater stills and video without the need for a waterproof case down to 82 feet. That means that if you're a certified Open Water scuba diver, you can comfortably explore the certification's entire 59-foot range. The images and video you capture underwater will exhibit all the Canon quality you expect, with high resolution and vivid, natural color. And with the Movie Digest mode, you can record more of your dive without interrupting your enjoyment of it. The mode captures a still image plus up to 4 seconds of video prior to pressing the shutter, all without using the REC button.
Shockproof to 6.5 feet, and temperature-resistant from 14 degrees to 104 degrees Fahrenheit*
The PowerShot D30 is built to come along on all your active pursuits. Whether you're skiing, cycling, climbing, hiking, even performing high movement activities in extreme temperatures, this camera can handle it. The PowerShot D30's extremely durable construction can withstand drops of up to 6.5 feet*. And with a temperature-resistant range of 14° to 104°F*, you'll be able to capture reliably beautiful images in both low and high-temperature environments. When adventure calls, the PowerShot D30 is ready.
12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor combined with the Canon DIGIC 4 Image Processor creates the Canon HS SYSTEM, which helps provide excellent low-light performance
The Canon HS SYSTEM on the PowerShot D30 lets you take bright, clear photos in an even wider range of shooting situations. The result of combining the camera's 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 4 Image Processor, the Canon HS SYSTEM makes possible beautiful low-light shots with minimal noise and maximum detail in highlight and shadow areas. The 12.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor in the PowerShot D30 incorporates advanced light reception technology that enhances sensitivity while the DIGIC 4 Image Processor actively reduces noise, expanding the usable ISO range to an amazing high of 3200. The Canon HS SYSTEM takes the frustration out of low-light shooting, delivering clear, blur-free images.
Capture stunning 1080p Full HD video with a dedicated movie button
Record the fun and excitement of your outdoor adventures in crisp, clear high definition video on the PowerShot D30. A dedicated movie button means you're always ready to capture the movement as it happens. Full HD video on the PowerShot D30 means everything from amazing mountain heights to beautiful underwater depths will be preserved with spectacular realism and detail, perfect for watching on an HDTV or sharing with family and friends. In addition to being able to shoot Full HD 1080p video at 24* frames per second, the PowerShot D30 can also shoot 720p HD video at 30** frames per second. With the PowerShot D30, you can also shoot video in the Apple® iFrame format, which is a computer-friendly standard that speeds up importing and editing of videos, ideal for sharing to social networking sites and emailing.
* Actual frame rate is 23.976.
** Actual frame rate is 29.97.
GPS Technology
The PowerShot D30 digital camera is equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS)* technology. You can travel the world and let the camera automatically record the locations and local times of your stills and videos. The camera can also use the GPS unit to automatically set the exact time. You can maximize the usefulness of the GPS feature by using the special bundled Map Utility software that makes it fun to share the memories of your world adventures. In addition to displaying all your photos' locations on a world map, the camera's GPS system can also track your route from photo to photo - a great way to visualize each trip! You can also create and share custom maps and personal mini-travel guides with friends and family members.
* In certain countries and regions, the use of GPS may be restricted. Therefore, be sure to use GPS in accordance with the laws and regulations of your country or region. Be particularly careful when traveling outside your home country. As a signal is received from GPS satellites, take sufficient measures when using in locations where the use of electronics is regulated. GPS tracking does not work underwater.
The Map Utility software uses Google Maps for displaying maps.
Sunlight LCD mode
The PowerShot D30 is the perfect companion even in the brightest sunlight. The camera has been equipped with a new Sunlight LCD mode that reduces glare, making the LCD monitor easy to see even in bright light. This enhanced visibility not only makes framing and shooting easier, but also makes it easy to review what you've captured and show it to others.
Smart AUTO
Sophisticated Canon technology that makes getting that great shot as simple as pressing the shutter button, Smart AUTO automatically detects scenes by assessing various factors in both the background and the subject. On the PowerShot D30, detected scenes are analyzed using 32 predefined shooting situations. The camera then makes optimal settings to ensure the best possible image capture, whether you're shooting stills or video. Smart AUTO also includes Advanced Subject Detection, which allows the camera to detect and track non-human moving subjects like animals and vehicles. With Smart AUTO, all you have to do is frame your shot and capture away.
Shooting Modes
Smart AUTO - The camera automatically selects the best shooting settings for optimal quality based on subjects and environmental factors to provide point-and-shoot simplicity.
Program - The camera automatically and intelligently selects the aperture/shutter speed combination based on the shooting conditions.
Movie Digest - Automatically selects shooting settings for optimal quality and records a video clip every time you capture a still image. One day's worth of clips are then combined into a single video.
Portrait - Brings the subject into focus while beautifully blurring the background.
Smart Shutter - The camera automatically takes the photo when people smile, wink, or get into frame.
Handheld Night Scene - Take clear and steady pictures at night without the use of a tripod.
Low Light - For high quality image capture in an amazing range of dimly lit situations.
Fisheye Effect - Now you can get the fisheye effect a classic photographic distortion without a fisheye lens.
Miniature Effect - Give images a miniature look with an effect that emphasizes perspective by blurring the top and bottom of the image.
Toy Camera Effect - Simulates photos taken with "toy" or pinhole cameras, darkening the image at the edges to create a vignette effect.
Monochrome - Choose from three single-tone effects: Black-and-White, Sepia, or Blue.
Super Vivid - Super Vivid intensifies existing hues, saturating the scene with bright colors.
Poster Effect - Poster Effect combines several similar shades into one color, turning subtle gradations into eye-catching, scene-popping contrasts.
Color Accent - Choose to retain a single color in your image while other colors turn monochrome.
Color Swap - Select a color and replace it with a color you specify for special effects.
Underwater - Capture underwater images with reduced backscatter effect.
Underwater Macro - Enables close-ups by capturing a magnified image of the subject.
Snow - Shoot clear snow scenes without darkened subjects or an unnatural bluish tint.
Fireworks - Create brilliant images of skyrocketing fireworks.
Long Shutter - Use to blur moving subjects for artistic effect, ideal for urban night photography.
Stitch Assist - Easy-to-use guidelines simplify the shooting of aligned multiple frames that can later be combined (using bundled software) to create panoramic photos.
Movie - Record video; unwanted scenes can be deleted in playback mode.
iFrame Movie - The Apple®movie format, iFrame, makes it easier and quicker to import and upload videos while retaining high image quality.
Super Slow Motion Movie - Record your clips in high speed (approx. 240 fps), and then watch your videos in slow motion.
Actual results may vary from examples shown above.
Final image may vary depending on picture composition.
Intelligent IS
The innovative Canon Optical Image Stabilization technology, Intelligent IS, analyzes camera movement and applies the best shake correction method for the shooting situation. For stills, the system automatically selects among Normal, Panning, Macro (Hybrid) and Tripod modes. When shooting video, the system automatically selects among Dynamic, Powered, Macro and Tripod modes. With Intelligent IS, you can concentrate on image capture, letting the camera make the most effective IS settings to help capture the steadiest possible image.
Normal - Corrects for a wide range of camera movement when shooting stills.
Panning - Panning motion is detected so that IS does not interfere with desired camera movement.
Macro (Hybrid) - Corrects for shift-type camera shake, which typically occurs in macro (close-up) shooting.
Dynamic - Effective for video shooting at wide-angle focal lengths, eliminating the unwanted shaking that typically occurs while walking.
Powered - Compensates for hand movement when shooting video at the telephoto end of the zoom range, where camera shake is magnified.
Tripod - When tripod use is detected, the Image Stabilizer is stopped because it is not needed.
Compact digital still camera with built-in flash, 5x Optical, 4x Digital and 20x Combined Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS
Total Pixels
Approx. 12.8 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Approx. 12.1 Megapixels
Focal Length
5.0 (W) - 25.0 (T) mm (35mm film equivalent: 28-140mm)
Digital Zoom
Focusing Range
Auto: 0.4 in. (1 cm) - infinity (W); 3.3 ft. (1 m) - infinity (T);
Macro/Underwater Macro: 0.4 in. - 1.6 ft. (1-50 cm) (W);
Normal: 2.0 in. (5 cm) - infinity (W), 3.3 ft. (1 m) - infinity (T);
Quick: 9.8 ft. (3 m) (W,T)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus
Optical Viewfinder
Not available
LCD Monitor
3.0-inch TFT Color with wide-viewing angle
LCD Pixels
Approx. 461,000 dots
LCD Coverage
Approx. 100%
Maximum Aperture
f/3.9 (W), f/4.8 (T)
Shutter Speed
1-1/1600 sec.
15-1 sec. (Shooting long exposures)
Auto, ISO 100-3200
Light Metering Method
Evaluative*, Center-weighted average, Spot**
* Facial brightness is evaluated in Face Detection AF
** Metering frame is fixed to the center
Exposure Control Method
Manual Exposure, Program Shift, Safety Shift, AE Lock
Exposure Compensation
Still Images: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Videos: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (not available during shooting)
White Balance Control
Auto*, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Underwater, Custom
* Camera automatically sets the optimal ISO speed according to shooting mode.
Built-in Flash
Auto, Flash On, Slow Synchro, Flash Off Facial brightness is also evaluated in Face Detect.
Flash Range
1.0 ft. - 11 ft. (W), 3.3 - 9.8 ft. (T) (30cm - 3.5m (W), (1.0m - 3.0m (T))
Image brightness may diminish depending on the shooting distance
Recycling Time
10 sec. or less (battery voltage: 3.7 V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
Not available
Shooting Modes
Auto, P, Movie Digest, Portrait, Smart Shutter*1, Handheld Night Scene, Low Light, Fisheye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, Underwater, Underwater Macro, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Stich Assist, iFrame Movie, Super Slow Motion Movie
*1 Smile, Wink Self-timer, Face Self-timer Shooting movies is possible with the movie button
Photo Effects
My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin, Darker Skin, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color*
* Adjustment of contrast, sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone are available.
Self Timer
Approx. 10-sec. delay/approx. 2-sec. delay/custom*
* Delay time (0-15 sec. (in one-second increments), 20/25/30 sec.) and number of shots (1-10 shots (in one-shot increments)) can be specified.
Wireless Control
Not Available
Continuous Shooting
Normal: Approx. 1.9 shots/sec. (in P mode)
Normal: Approx. 1.9 shots/sec. (in Low Light mode)
Under conditions where the flash does not fire automatically. Differs depending on the zoom position.
Storage Media
SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
File Format
Design rule for Camera File system, DPOF (Version 1.1) compliant
JPEG Compression Mode
Still Image: Exif. 2.3 (JPEG)
Video: MOV (Image: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: Linear PCM (Monaural))
Number of Recording Pixels
Still Images:
1) 16:9 - Large: 4000 x 2248; Medium 1: 2816 x 1584; Medium 2: 1920 x 1080; Small: 640 x 360
2) 3:2 - Large: 4000 x 2664; Medium 1: 2816 x 1880; Medium 2: 1600 x 1064; Small: 640 x 424
3) 4:3 - Large: 4000 x 3000; Medium 1: 2816 x 2112; Medium 2: 1600 x 1200; Small: 640 x 480
4) 1:1 - Large: 2992 x 2992; Medium 1: 2112 x 2112; Medium 2: 1200 x 1200; Small: 480 x 480
* 1984 x 1488 (M) when in Low Light mode.
Full HD 1920 x 1080: 24 fps (23.976)
iFrame Movie 1280 x 720: 30 fps (29.97)
HD 1280 x 720: 30 fps (29.97)
Miniature Effect 1280 x 720*1: 6 fps, 3 fps, 1.5 fps
Miniature Effect 640 x 480*1: 6 fps, 3 fps, 1.5 fps
Super Slow Motion 640 x 480*1: 120 fps
Super Slow Motion 320 x 240*1: 240 fps
Digest Movie 640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)
640 x 480: 30 fps (29.97)
*1 Playback: 30 fps (29.97)
Image data
Note: F=Fine
* When in Low Light.
• The approximate number of images recordable on memory cards other than the above can be calculated by using the above figures as a reference and extrapolating accordingly.
Movie data
*1 Playback frame rate is 30 fps*2.
*2 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps.
*3 Actual frame rate is 23.976 fps.
Playback Modes File
Stills & Videos:
Auto Rotate (Automatic vertical/horizontal detection), Image Advance (Transition Effects, Scroll Display), Rotate, Favorites, Smart Shuffle, Group Playback, Slideshow (Repeat, Interval, Effect)
Still Images:
Single, Index (4-100 thumbnails), Magnification (2-10x), Information Display, Red-eye Correction, i-Contrast, Resize, My Colors, Histogram, Overexposure Warning
Normal Playback*1, Skip Backward*2, Previous Frame*3, Next Frame*3, Skip Forward*2
Displays playback position and shooting time
*1 Audio settings available in 5 levels
*2 Approximately 4 seconds
*3 Slow motion available
Erase Modes
Select Image, Select Range, Select All Images
The image data in the memory card stored with the Design rule for Camera File systems format can be erased (however, protected images cannot be erased). Using the Movie editing function, sections of the movie can be deleted.
Video Out
Analog: NTSC or PAL, Digital: HDMI (HDMI™ mini connector)
Audio Out
Monaural (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
SD memory card slot; direct connection to Canon SELPHY, PIXMA Photo Printers & PictBridge compatible printers
Power Source
Battery Pack NB-6L/NB-6LH, AC Adapter Kit ACK-40
Shooting Capacity
Approx. 300 shots
Playback Time
Approx. 6 hours
Operating Temperature
Operating Humidity
Dimensions (W x H x D)
4.31 x 2.68 x 1.08 in. / 109.4 x 68.0 x 27.5mm
7.69 oz. / 218g (CIPA standard)
6.84 oz. / 194g (Body only)Note: 30 display languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi, Hindi, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Vietnamese).All data are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. Subject to change without notice.Canon, DIGIC, ELPH, PIXMA, and PowerShot and SELPHY are registered trademarks of Canon Inc. in the United States and may also be registered trademarks or trademarks in other countries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. All other products and brand names are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries.
PowerShot D30
Compatible Supplies & Accessories
Canon offers a wide range of compatible supplies and accessories that can enhance your user experience with you PowerShot D30 that you can purchase direct. Scroll down to easily select items to add to your shopping cart for a faster, easier checkout. Visit the Canon Online Store
AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC40
AC Adapter Kit for Digital Cameras.
AV Cable AVC-DC400
The AVC-DC400 Video Interface Cable is used to connect your Canon PowerShot SD Series Digital Camera to most televisions via the RCA type video-in terminals. It allows viewing of recorded images from the Canon Powershot Digital Cameras.
Battery Charger CB-2LY
Battery Charger for NB-6L Li-Ion Batteries.
Battery Pack NB-6LH
Battery Pack for selected S-series and SX-series models.
Battery Pack for selected S-series and SX-series models.
Mini-HDMI Cable: connects Canon HD Camcorders/select PowerShot Cameras to HDMI compatible TV.
High-Power Flash HF-DC2
Powerful slave flash, fired by the camera's pre-flash. Effectively doubles the flash range of the camera. Comes with mounting bracket.
Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
The Canon IFC-400PCU USB Interface Cable enables you to transfer your camera pictures to a computer fast. The cable connects to your camera and to the USB port on your PC or MAC Computer. Comes standard with the EOS 1Ds Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 1D Mark III, 1Ds Mark II, 1D Mark II N, 1D Mark II, 5D Mark II, 7D, 5D, 50D, 40D, 30D, 20D, 10D, Digital Rebel XTi, Digital Rebel XT and Digital Rebel. Please see Compatibility tab for compatible models.
PowerShot: CarePAK PLUS (2YR)
CarePAK PLUS offers protection from accidental damage such as drops, spills, power surges, and more, including normal wear and tear, beyond the standard warranty period. It also includes Image Recovery (included with Cameras, Camcorders, and Printers with a memory card slot only), priority repair service, free return shipping, $0 deductible, genuine Canon factory service with only genuine Canon parts, and is transferable if you sell or gift your product. With a CarePAK PLUS, a damaged product will be repaired to good working condition or replaced with an equivalent product.
PowerShot: CarePAK PLUS (3YR)
CarePAK PLUS offers protection from accidental damage such as drops, spills, power surges, and more, including normal wear and tear, beyond the standard warranty period. It also includes Image Recovery (included with Cameras, Camcorders, and Printers with a memory card slot only), priority repair service, free return shipping, $0 deductible, genuine Canon factory service with only genuine Canon parts, and is transferable if you sell or gift your product. With a CarePAK PLUS, a damaged product will be repaired to good working condition or replaced with an equivalent product.
* Based on Canon Standard.
** In certain countries and regions, the use of GPS may be restricted. Therefore, be sure to use GPS in accordance with the laws and regulations of your country or region. Be particularly careful when traveling outside your home country. As a signal is received from GPS satellites, take sufficient measures when using in locations where the use of electronics is regulated. GPS tracking does not work underwater.
† Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. Actual prices are determined by individual dealers and may vary.
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Supervisors try to wean groups off public money
After years of approving requests for funding from those big, brown puppy eyes of local nonprofits and other groups, the Mono County supervisors kept their promise to stick to a budget they set last year to cap funds for "non-county organizations" at $75,000.
Twenty organizations attended the Mono County supervisors meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, with hands outstretched for some county bounty.
Between Jazz Jubilee, Swim Team, AYSO, Chamber Music Unbound, avalanche predictions, trails, 4H science camps, and several others, the total amount of money requested landed at $139,861.
"We decided we were going in the direction of weaning people off public sector money," said Supervisor Larry Johnston. "It always comes to this discussion. Everyone wants a frugal, efficient government, but everyone wants money from it, too."
Dispersing county money to local nonprofits and other groups had "snow-balled" in previous years, the supervisors noted, and they said this was the year they weren't going to give in to those big, brown eyes.
It's not because they don't want to, but because they just can't.
The Mammoth Lakes $29.5 million MLLA settlement didn't help the matter, either. Traditionally, the Town of Mammoth Lakes contributed to some of the groups. This year, with either nonexistent or dramatically diminished funding from the town, there was more pressure on the county.
The county is also trying to stay solvent, build a reserve for even worse times, and provide the absolutely necessary functions of a government (public safety, roads, bridges, etc.), the supervisors said.
Johnston proposed giving nothing to the up-and-coming June Lake Loop Music Festival, cutting Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access (MLTPA) to almost nothing, and cutting the requests from many of the groups by about half.
"You're going to look like Santa Claus when I get done," said Supervisor Hap Hazard to Johnston. Then he turned to the audience and said, "I'm not going to back off. You need to raise more money."
The supervisors granted the most money to youth activities and historical societies, reasoning these groups were already doing as much fund raising as they could.
The supervisors cut requests from larger organizations, such as Friends of the Inyo and MLTPA, reasoning these groups had a greater ability to raise outside funds—and their higher dollar amount requests made the most impact to the county budget.
The only group to walk away empty-handed was the Antelope Valley CERT group. Its request of $6,582 was denied, but the county supervisors promised to seek money from the county sheriff's department to fund the group.
In order for the county to stick to its original $75,000 budget, most groups didn't receive their requested amount.
But at least they got something.

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Crunchy roast potatoes
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- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal233
- fat8g
- saturates1g
- carbs38g
- sugars1g
- fibre3g
- protein5g
- salt0.04g
- 1¼kg potatoes, halved or quartered if large
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- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
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Roast for 50 mins, putting them in the oven on the bottom shelf when you take the foil off the chicken (see 'Goes well with' recipe). When you take the chicken out, give the potatoes a stir, then they should need 20 more mins to finish on the top shelf while you make the gravy and set the table.


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Sioux Falls Ranked No. 1 for Business
For the past 90 years, Augustana has enjoyed a special relationship with Sioux Falls, a city that is now ranked first on the Forbes.com list of Best Small Metro Areas for Business and Careers.
Augustana Alumna Earns Coach of the Year Honors
Augustana alumna Pam Keegan Gohl was named the '09 Molten/Women's Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year as Minnesota State University, Mankato's interim head coach.
Augustana Public Relations Team Wins 'Classics Award'
Augustana PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) won the Classics Award at the 31st annual Minnesota Public Relations Society of America (MPRSA) awards ceremony.
Alumna Makes Move from Nation's Capitol to State Capitol
Rep. Jenifer Loon ('85) was recently featured in the St. Paul Legal Ledger, discussing her past years in Washington, D.C. and her new move to state government in Minnesota.
Seven Students Awarded Christopherson Scholarships
Students were selected on the basis of scholarship, campus/community service, and how well the nominees fit the description of the donors as someone "equipped for life."
Great Professors, Great Achievements
Ranging from publications to rock band competitions, a recent listing of accomplishments by Augustana professors and administrators.
Students to Present Senior Thesis Research
Two Augustana students will present their senior thesis research at the regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature.
Northlanders selected for Sioux Falls Jazz Fest performance
The Augustana College Northlanders Jazz Band will perform at the 2009 Sioux Falls Jazz Festival on the main stage at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at Yankton Trail Park.
Dr. Bruce Ammann Elected to ABA Board of Directors
Dr. Bruce Ammann, Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Augustana College, was elected to the Board of Directors of The American Bandmasters Association (ABA) at the organization's annual convention March 3-7 in College Station, Texas.
Dick Niebuhr, 64, former member of the Augustana Board of Trustees, died Saturday, March 7, in Aberdeen, S.D. The funeral will be Saturday, March 14 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.


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Why do you work where you do and are you happy there? If the answer is "no" for the second question, Spencer Thompson has a new answer for the first.
Thompson, 21, is the CEO of Vancouver-based Sokanu, which officially launches this week. Its aim: to connect people with better career paths by way of some snazzy design and an advanced job-ranking algorithm.
"Most people don't know who they are as a person, and if you don't know who you are as a person, it's really, really hard for you to know what you're meant to do," Thompson said.
Sokanu is sort of like a modern upgrade to those job-aptitude tests you may have taken in school. As you tell it more and more about yourself, the site's algorithm is able to show how well your values overlap with different career paths.
The start-up is operating on the belief that existing sources of career info — such as family, friends and school guidance counselors — are heavily biased and misleading. Sokanu touts a survey it ran with Harris Interactive, which found that 90 percent of millennials don't completely trust those sources to know what's best.
(Sidebar: in case you're wondering, Sokanu is pronounced like a statement rather than a question. So, it's not: "So, can you?" — but rather: "So can you!" Paging Stephen Colbert …)
Thompson said he won't allow paid job listings in the system, because that would pollute the algorithm's results. Instead, he expects to make money off of the site by providing premium users with more detailed insights about their personalities and by developing a special set of tools for schools and guidance counselors.
Also interesting, but still untested on a large enough user base, are Sokanu's pseudo-social networking features. Yes, you're supposed to fill out yet another profile, but it's for a good cause. The more personal career info you're willing to make public, the more you'll theoretically help others looking at jobs in your field.
This brings some of that dreaded bias back into the equation, but Sokanu supposedly waits to understand a user well before it directs him or her to other users' profiles.
To see the site in action, take a look at this video from Thompson's visit to the AllThingsD office last week:
Top image licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Randall Munroe / xkcd.com


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PrerequisitesComp_sci 214 and (213 or Comp_Eng 205)
A fundamental overview of operating systems. Topics covered include: Operating system structures, processes, process synchronization, deadlocks, CPU scheduling, memory management, file systems, secondary storage management. Requires substantial programming projects.
- This course satisfies the Systems breadth & project requirement.
REFERENCE TEXTBOOK: 'Operating System Concepts', 9th Edition; by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne; ISBN 978-1-118-06333-0
COURSE INSTRUCTOR(S): Prof. Peter Dinda (Winter)
COURSE COORDINATOR: Prof. Fabián E. Bustamante
COURSE GOALS: Operating systems control all of a computer's resources and present users with the equivalent of virtual machines that are easier to program than their underlying hardware. This course provides an overview of fundamental operating system principles, complemented with discussions of concrete modern systems to help you understand how these principles are applied in real OSs . Topics covered include an overview of the components of an operating system, mutual exclusion and synchronization, implementation of processes, scheduling algorithms, memory management and file systems. Although the main learning objective of the course is to understand the requirements, design and implementation of modern operating systems, at a higher level the course aims to provide you with a good grasp of basic abstractions employed in system-level software (such as processes, threads, virtual memory, caching, etc.), while uncovering the ``magic' that happens inside the box. The course has a strong project component intended to provide essential experience in designing and implementing complex systems and working as part of a team. In designing the projects and estimating their required effort/hours, I am assuming you are (1) familiar with basic computer organization and data structures and (2) capable of programming in C in UNIX (or UNIX-like) systems (experienced with pointers, explicit dynamic memory allocation, multi-file projects, etc.).
- Operating Systems Concepts & Structures
- Processes
- Threads
- Scheduling
Processing Synchronization
- Deadlock
- Memory Management
- Virtual Memory
- File Systems Interface
- File Systems Implementation
- Mass-storage & I/O Systems
- Protection & Security
- Introduction to Distributed Systems
- Research in Operating Systems
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Varies; example topics covered in previous iterations include
- Introduction, Processes & Threads
- Introduction, Processes & Threads
- Memory management
- File Systems, Mass-Storage and I/O
- Research in Operating Systems
PROJECTS: There will be four (4) projects. Except for the first "warm-up" assignment on which you will work by yourself, all other projects are to be done by teams of two (2) people. Both partners should work cooperatively on the design, implementation, and testing of their solution.
- Homework 10%
- Projects 50%
- Exams (20% each) 40%
COURSE ORGANIZATION: The course is organized as a series of lectures, TA sessions, reading, homework, projects and exams:
- Lectures - A set of lectures through which I present the core of the material.
- TA Sessions - Discussion sessions held by the TAs to answer questions about the lecture, readings, homework assignments, and projects.
- Readings - Textbook reading in preparation for (not substitution of) the lecture and additional reading for those interested in delving further into some topics.
- Homework - Five homework assignments with questions from (or similar to those in) your textbook, aimed at reinforcing the material covered in the reading and the lectures.
- Projects - Four programming projects to give you a better understanding of the subject matter and some experience with system level programming including thread-level programming.
- Exams - Two exams, a midterm and a final exam. These exams cover the material presented in the lecture, homework assignments and projects. You'll be able to bring one page of notes to assist you during the exam.


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First United Methodist Church of Middletown is located in Middletown, OH. They are community of Believers who has been serving their community and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ since the 1800's. They understand the value and importance of living in community as a way to reach those outside their church and support those within.
Earlier this year, they partnered with OurChurch.Com to build a custom website.
A few things I want to point out about the design of their site.
1) Unique Design. They decided not to go with the common, clean cut, sharp edge look that is seen on many websites. Instead, they wanted a torn edge look; textured backgrounds; and warm tan and brown tones to go with the red of their logo.
2) Quick links. They used quicklinks to the right of their homepage image slider to make it easy for both church members and visitors to find the information most commonly requested.
3) Online eNewsletter. The integration of an online eNewsletter where those in the church can sign up to receive it via email, allows members to easily keep current on upcoming events, news, and serving opportunities by just checking their email. It also helps save the church on printing and postage.
4) Online giving. First UMC Middletown understands the importance of meeting people where they are, which includes how people prefer to give. They have integrated the service of paytrace.com (an online giving processor) to make giving directly from their website simple.
Jaime Albaugh from First UMC Middletown said the following about working with OurChurch.Com…
"Working with OurChurch.com to create a new custom website sparked an entire image overhaul for us! We found that to develop our web presence we needed to establish a current definition of who we are, where we are going in ministry, who we want to connect with in our community and who we want to reach on the web and in person.
The staff at OurChurch was extremely supportive and patient with us throughout this process as it took us longer than we thought to do it with genuine purpose. They took our thoughts, history and mission and made it into a digital website that really reflects our ministry. As a result we are so satisfied with our new digital look and feel it represents us as we go forward.
Thank you, OurChurch!"
All of these design elements allow First UMC Middletown to accomplish their mission online.
You can read more about OurChurch.Com's custom web design services, and if you are interested in discussing how OurChurch.Com can help you achieve your mission online, please don't hesitate to contact us. We invite you to visit First UMC Middletown at http://www.myfumc.net.
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Major Hat Tip to Treeper Nivico who finds the familiar pattern and connects the dots.
The Brown Family attorney's Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks are now claiming Mike Brown was "executed" by Officer Wilson to CNN:
(Via CNN) We are getting a new description of the shooting of Michael Brown from a woman calling herself "Josie" and claiming to be a friend of the police officer who fired the fatal shots. She describes Brown pushing officer Darren Wilson and punching him in the face. That contradicts the account given by Michael Brown's friend Dorian Johnson, who was with him at the time and witnessed the shooting.
Attorney Benjamin Crump is representing the Brown family. He spoke to Anderson and described the shooting as an execution. (link)
To support their "execution" claim, they are pointing to "their autopsy" given to the New York Times.
You've seen the story of the Mike Brown family autopsy, and the grand press conference they produced to deliver it to the public. But a closer look points out why the Scheme Team actually used New York Times Frances Robles to deliver the ruse:
FERGUSON, Mo. — Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown's skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family's request to conduct the separate autopsy. It was likely the last of bullets to hit him, he said.
[…] Prof. Shawn L. Parcells, a pathologist assistant based in Kansas, assisted Dr. Baden.
"You do this for the families," Mr. Parcells said.
The two medical experts conducted the four-hour examination Sunday at the Austin A. Layne Mortuary in St. Louis. Benjamin L. Crump, a lawyer for Mr. Brown's family who paid their travel expenses, hired them. (link)
Reading this article by Frances Robles would give you the impression Dr. Michael M. Baden actually "conducted" the autopsy on 8/17/14.
Alas a review of the timeline shows a divergent reality. The Scheme Team are up to their old tricks.
1) Wed Aug 13 – Professor Parcells was contacted by attorney' Benjamin Crump and Gray (allegedly just to assist Baden). Parcells was on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell last night and stated he was contacted by attorneys Crump and Gray on Wednesday 8/13.
2) Fri Aug 15 – Daryl Parks gave a press conference sharing his disgust the Ferguson Police had release the strong arm robbery footage. During the presser he told the media that their 2nd independent autopsy had already been performed (citation link)
Knowing they were going to bring in Dr. Baden, that's why when questioned about the second autopsy Parks said:
…"it's done, and we'll talk about that later, we're not answering any questions about the 2nd autopsy at this time; we will -in time- do that"….
3) Sun Aug 17 – According to the NYT Dr. Baden was flown in.
If Parcells was just supposed to be assisting Baden, why was Parks stating that the autopsy had already been performed two days before Baden was even flown in?
The actual truth appears to be – a rather controversial person Shawn Parcells, who is NOT a forensic pathologist, was used by the Scheme Team to conduct an autopsy – and then Professor Baden was brought in AFTER to meet with Parcells and give his OPINION of it.
In essence lend his credibility toward it.
Shawn Parcells is not a pathologist, he is a voice for hire. Here's some articles on the lack of credentials for Parcells and the concerns therein:
"[…] some coroners and medical examiners in Missouri say Parcells has inflated his qualifications and performed autopsies without a medical license. Others allege that doctors whose signatures were on some autopsy reports were not present at the autopsies, did not review the work or never actually signed the documents."
"Police in Andrew County are looking into allegations that a pathologist Parcells listed on a 2012 autopsy was never consulted."
"Shramek said he became alarmed when Parcells asked what to put down as the cause of death on an autopsy report instead of following the evidence."
"Others, such as Dr. Mary Case, the medical examiner for St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties, have been outspoken about the allegations against Parcells.
"It's very bad for our state if there's someone doing autopsies without a medical license," she said. "This is a huge atrocity, an invitation to disaster, and it needs to stop." (link)
The bottom line is that Dr. Michael M. Baden never performed an autopsy on Mike Brown. Instead he signed off on an opinion of a forensic examination completed by a controversial Forensic Pathologist Assistant, who did an evaluation of Mike Brown's body at the request of the Scheme Team.
Dr. Baden was flown in later to review the findings of the Forensic Pathologist Assistant, Shawn Parcells, and give it credibility in the eyes of a non-questioning media.
The Scheme Team then took Dr. Baden's evaluation of the Shawn Parcell review, and handed it off to their New York Times friend and cohort, Frances Robles. Selling it as if Dr. Baden had actually conducted the physical exam himself.
Frances worked with the Scheme Team in 2012 (2012 bio below) while she was at the Miami Herald and was part of their inner circle of media types willing to sell the Trayvon Story. The Trayvon Martin Story was also full of similarly false and manufactured media evidence.
The goal of the Scheme Team for the Mike Brown narrative is to emphasize how many times Mike Brown was shot and to outline a scenario where Mike Brown was shot "execution style" in the top of his head.
Knowing their pattern of media evidence the instructions to Ms. Robles were to emphasize the number of shots and head wounds. In exchange for the "exclusive" she was more than happy to oblige:
This is how the Daryl Parks and Benjamin Crump Scheme Team operate. However, because we know what to look for, we are able to catch them in their shenanigans and manipulations. Good catch Nivico….
*ADD* We have contacted the New York Times and await their response.
Additionally, in the New York Times article today from Ms. Robles you'll note she is in Ferguson Missouri; no doubt back into the relationship with Parks and Crump as a willing recipient to their "exclusive" releases. Keep an eye on her reporting.


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Hi,I am considering buying Lightroom (or Aperture) for using as a cataloguing application. I want to store my photos on the NAS (Network Attached Storage) and only previews on local computer. NAS is accessible only over WiFi. Will it work this way or not? What is your experience?
What would you suggest then? Using USB portable drives and cables? It is so not convenient. What is intended for primary storage if not NAS?
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SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, has proposed removing the tax exempt status of the Boy Scouts of America if the group continues to forbid gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members.
The "Youth Equality Act," or SB 323, would end an exemption on corporate taxes on donations or other income the Boy Scouts and certain youth groups receive, if they discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Lara said the tax break was intended to reward youth groups that benefit all Californians.
"We're not saying you have to let folks in, but if you choose to actually discriminate against somebody for being LGBT, we shouldn't be giving you the privilege of a tax exemption that is supported by all California," Lara said Monday.
A Boy Scouts of America spokesman said Monday the organization was aware of the legislation but had no comment.
Boy Scout leaders were expected to vote last month on a proposal to let local groups set their own policies on openly homosexual scouts and troop leaders, but delayed the decision until at least May.
SB 323, which Lara introduced last week, is supported by Equality California, the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group.
"California does not tolerate discrimination, and by removing this exemption, we will make it clear to the Boy Scouts and all other organizations that discrimination has a real cost," John O'Connor, the group's executive director, said in a statement.
Lara's bill would also affect other youth groups.
The bill specifically names the following groups, though Lara said he doesn't believe any of them have policies of discrimination: Little League, Bobby Sox, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Campfire Inc., Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Association, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, 4-H clubs, Distributive Education Clubs of America, Future Business Leaders of America, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Collegiate Young Farmers, Boys' Clubs, Girls' Club, Special Olympics Inc., American Youth Soccer Organization, California Youth Soccer Organization, and South and Pop Warner.
The legislation is intended to act as an umbrella against future discrimination and is not necessarily targeted at groups other than the BSA, Lara said.
Among the bill's co-authors are several Southern California Assembly members: Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica; Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles; Cristina Garcia, D-Artesia; Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles; Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach; Holly Mitchell, D-Culver City and Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood.


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and spicy goodness … from Lafayette to New Orleans.
Louisiana, a cultural gumbo, is all about its people: the foods they grow, the seafood they catch, and the traditional Creole and Cajun dishes they have been cooking for generations. Everyone has a jambalaya and gumbo recipe they are proud and eager to share; everyone has a story to tell. "What you hear is the real thing". Their famous Louisiana boil, a mix of fresh ingredients from seven different regions, simmers on stoves throughout the state; "simple is flavorful". All it takes is a pot of water flavored with crawfish, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and a bag of spices to inspire a creative homemaker or local chef. Almost everyone has a fig tree in their backyard; they make their own preserves, pickles and sausages. People in Louisiana talk about food all the time, knowing their food influences and attracts the world.
Louisiana is working hard to showcase the state as a premier culinary destination by launching and promoting Seven "hungry for adventure" Culinary Trails that lead to epicurean treasures in north, central and southern sections of the state. Passionate about their cuisines and their restaurants, Louisiana is one of the top 15 culinary destinations in the world.
An invite to travel the southern " Louisiana Culinary Trail" gives me an opportunity to discover the differences between Creole and Cajun cooking, and a chance to meet a wide cross of genuine, gracious people who take great pride in their heritage and culture. I discover "men in Louisiana cook." There are more than 1,000 recipes for jambalaya; everyone has a recipe and theirs is better than yours.
My culinary odyssey begins with a continental flight from New York to Lafayette where I am met by a welcoming group of public relations reps, tourist board officials and 10 journalists from around the country. We pile into two vans; first stop, Billy's Boudin, for a taste of their famous made- on- the- premises boudin (smoked sausage) and cracklin (crisp pig skin). Yummy!
It's on to Opelousas for lunch at the Palace Café, family owned for seventy five years. Tina and Bill Elder serve down home chow and we pass around dishes for all to taste; turkey with corn stuffing and Lima beans with bacon and okra, smothered with tomatoes, are two of my favorites.
The Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center has fascinating displays of local food producers, Yambilee memorabilia (Louisiana was once the sweet potato capital), and the Southwest Zydeco Festival archives. Opelousas Mayor Donald R. Cravins, Sr. greets us and speaks of the heart and soul: "we need to bring people back to the greatest music capitol in the world; we have a strong work ethic and are very proud of our culture. Opelousas was founded as a trade and agricultural center; Katrina was a life changing experience; after the levy broke, there was panic and confusion. Speak about the character of the people of this state; we are often misunderstood. Give us a chance to express who we are; we aren't there yet. We have giving personalities; we speak a little different. Thanks for being here; enjoy the sights, sounds and flavors of our community."
There's time for a "must stop" at J.B. Sadez Hardware Store, open since 1878 and Targil Seasoning & Butcher Supplies where they customize spice blends with your personalized logo.
We drive to Washington for an overnight stay; there are only seven B& B's in this small town; so our group divides up for the night. Arlyn, Ron and I stay at Miss June's. Warm and welcoming, she shares her life as a plantation owner, an artist in Paris and now back home with a B&B to run.
This historic town, settled in 1720's, was once an important steamboat port between St. Louis and New Orleans, bringing goods from around the world to local plantations, homesteaders, trappers and townspeople. We pile into a wagon and sit on bales of hay covered with burlap; a car, rather than horses, tows our hay ride past plantations and well preserved old homes. The Steamboat Warehouse, the only one left standing, served as a feed mill, general store and since 1977, as a restaurant.
Steamboat Warehouse Restaurant, now owned by 32-year-old chef Mathew Stevens is the hangout for colorful local characters like Bobby Dupres who has a radio show, lots of money and is anxious to share town history and gossip. We begin with an array of original, unusual and unique starters: crab and crawfish cakes, Moody Blues Gumbo, shrimp Betsy, sidesaddle angels, stuffed jalapeno peppers, eggplant belle rose, grilled frogs legs, catfish tidbits, crawfish etoufee (Mathew's three time world champion recipe), and the Steamboat Platter, a mix of local seafood. Fun evening!
In the morning we visit farmer Chris Wiltz at his crawfish pond.
Chris uses large pieces of fresh fish as bait inside his crawfish traps; we take turns riding in his boat as he sets, then collects traps filled with pounds of live crawfish he sells wholesale for $1.00 a pound.
Gerald Breaux, Executive Director of the Lafayette Visitors & Convention Bureau, hosts a picnic style crawfish feast; we dig into heaping platters of spicy fresh off the grill crawfish. There's a knack to pealing that takes time to master. Lafayette, the heartbeat of Arcadiana, boasts they have the spiciest food in the world, famous historical attractions, and Grammy award winning zydeco musicians.
Note: The Annual Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival has been a foodie and family pleaser since 1984.
Vermillionville in Lafayette is a 23 acre Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park focusing on Acadia history. Fifteen houses and buildings, some donated by families whose ancestors lived in them, others reproductions, including a blacksmith and master boat builder, tell the story of life as it was lived from 1765 -1890.
After a tour of the park, we are welcomed into " Mama Ridell's cooking school kitchen for a demonstration. She turns out a savory Creole okra gumbo using frozen okra, a little canola oil, tomatoes and onions … adding a little vinegar to cut the slime. "We smother a lot, which in Creole means sauté". We learn heirloom refers to any crop grown before 1940; Creole dishes use more tomatoes; Cajun dishes are made with brown gravy; rice is the staple of both. She shares a little local tradition, "when pots are uncovered, you are allowed to walk into the kitchen and stir; if covered stirring is not allowed". Mama Ridell hopes to grow the cooking school into a quilting and gardening experience. "So we may maintain our historic culture for our children to share with people who come to visit from all over the world."
Charlie G's Seafood Grill hosts us for dinner, serving little tastes of a wide variety of South Louisiana dishes in a relaxed and fun atmosphere, a popular place for locals. The open kitchen is inviting; the staff happy to be cooking; the crab risotto melts in my mouth. I loved the smoked duck and andouille gumbo and the pistachio encrusted redfish.
Breakfast at Hub City Diner
Rockin and rollin since 1990, we are served oversized platters of sweet potato pancakes, grits, taso sausage and eggs. Brenda our waitress drizzles a mix of cane sugar, honey and butter over a heaping plate of homemade hot biscuits.
Avery Island
We gather in front of the jungle gardens on Avery Island, home of McIlhenny Tabasco sauces, for a press conference that officially launches The Louisiana Culinary Trails. The three year initiative is being supported by sixty six partners, including the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board, (1/3 of all domestic seafood comes from Louisiana). This State wide Promotion has been customized to take tourists from the farm through all the steps it takes to get food to the table . . . and to introduce people to the vast differences in the regional cuisines. The state's favorite chefs will travel to events around the country promoting "come to Louisiana for an authentic real deal".
Following the conference, a VIP tour takes us through the production and barreling. Tabasco mines their own salt which gives the sauce its unique flavor. Lunch is served in the corporate dining room.
Baton Rouge
The weekend Southern Breeze Annual Wine + Culinary Festival kicks off on Friday with a lively "Night in the Kitchen with Tabasco" VIP dinner at Vic's Chophouse, Publisher Gary Ellis makes a toast to launch what promises to be an exciting fun weekend; McIlhenny executive chef Jason Gronlund presides over our five course gourmet menu, spiced with Tabasco sauces and paired with an innovative selection of wines from Australia.
Saturday gets off to a competitive start with the First Annual Southern Breeze Top Chef Challenge held on the old Capital grounds. Celebrity chef Tim Creehan from Destin Florida's Copper Grill emcees as Baton Rouge's top chiefs vie for the title by preparing a variety of duck dishes.
Following Saturday's competition, we spend an hour at the walk around wine tasting (180 different wines), then meet up with "top chef " winner Justin Ferguson at Capital City Grille for a special tasting lunch. His cheese grits with huge grilled gulf shrimps is another winner.
We miss Sunday's walk about brunch, (a taste of 8 top local restaurants) as we take off for New Orleans, but later learn the three day festival was a huge success, attracting a crowd of 500.
It is a misconception that Cajun food, a fusion of seven different cultures, has to be hot and spicy. There are a variety of regional differences, many with more emphasis on the flavors of garlic and onions, than on spices. Whether you like your jambalaya, gumbo and seafood spicy, extra hot or simply flavored, eating your way from the farm to the table, along one of Louisiana's seven culinary trails, will carry your taste buds to new highs . . . and enhance your appreciation of a state whose people have much to share.
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Anyone besides me think that the bigfoot etc. phenomena may actually be remnants of ancient proto-humans? It's been discussed that they may be Gigantopithecous, but I think they are closer to human than that. If you don't believe such a creature exists, then don't bother to comment here. I have read that some seem more human than others, so there may indeed be several species. They are as smart as humans and very "forest-savvy". Of course they'd have to be to have avoided conclusive detection for this long. For the record, I think we should leave them alone, whatever they are. That's why I quit hunting them...that and the fact that the woods are full of rednecks and hillbillies hooting at one another then coming home and claiming to have "heard a real bigfoot!" It just ain't safe out there! For humans or bigfoots
Ah hell, go ahead and comment even if you think they don't exist. Lets get something going on here!
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The White Sox completed the signing of recently released veteran infielder Orlando Hudson to a one-year deal on Tuesday. The parties initially agreed to the contract on Sunday.
Chicago placed third baseman Brent Morel, who has a lumbar back strain, on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Friday.
Hudson, who will wear jersey No. 5, is expected to be in the mix to play third base, manager Robin Ventura said Sunday. Hudson has never played third base at the Major League level and hasn't played there since 2001, when he was with Triple-A Syracuse in the Toronto organization. He could also fill in at second base, where he made 33 starts with San Diego this season, Ventura said.
I like how the 'he hasn't played 3B since 2001 at AAA' thing is kinda glossed over! Shows the lack of any good options in the minors.


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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Out and About
Today was the first day for Advance Voting for our B.C. Premier so we went out to vote and took in the gorgeous flowers and blossoms on the way to and at the Walnut Grove Community Center.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
good things come in big packages.....
....at Costco at least! We did a fairly substantial shop at Costco this afternoon. I love that store! But I usually land up spending more money than I'd like to and did so again today but on the positive side.....I have enough laundry detergent to last a year....haha! There are some things I can't get at Costco and have to buy elsewhere, however I don't mind that.
I buy the huge packages of meat, so as well as putting everything away, I also package the meat in smaller portions and freeze them. It's a good feeling to have a fuller freezer again.
For a change of pace, I picked up a pizza to bake for supper. Ok, those are massive and literally one and a half slices filled me to the brim! That makes for a cheap supper for us because the leftover pizza will make a great lunch tomorrow.
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Monday, April 24, 2017
It was a lovely sunny day. There are so many rainy days here, I like to sit outside and enjoy a sunny Spring day. I love just seeing all the fresh green leaves on the trees and shrubs, along with all the mix of delicate colours interspersed in between.
I've pulled out the coconut, citrus and fruity smelling lotions. I love to switch up the fragrances for the seasons and also use a lighter daily lotion, except for after-sun exposure when I use one with oils and aloe.
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Sunday, April 23, 2017
Well, unlike the name of this weekday, it wasn't a sunny day. It started out with a wicked rain storm last night and just remained overcast all day today. It started raining again later this afternoon, but was actually quite nice earlier. It wasn't chilly until the rain started.
I like Sundays. It's Hubby's designated day off and nothing gets in the way of that. It's not that he works six days per week all the time, but Sunday we can count on having off and can plan to go to church and then out for lunch. In the summer we can go to the earlier service and take off to the lake or do some outdoorsy activity. I love it!! This is the first time in years Hubby has booked a regular day off!!!
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Friday, April 21, 2017
......and more cleaning
The only step to get a better clean would be to use a power washer and I think our downstairs neighbours would not appreciate the "waterfalls" they'd get.
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Spring Clean!
No, I am not Spring cleaning the apartment we've only lived in the 3 1/2 months. What i am going to clean is the balcony. Since we plan on spending a lot of time out there I need to clean the floor so we're not tracking the dust and such indoors. Also, Hubby has Kettle bells he exercises with and the rain has caused them to leak rust and stain the floor. i bought a jug of CLR and a squeezable mop and hope I can get the rust cleaned up.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a sunny day in the middle of rainy ones, so I plan to be out cleaning tomorrow.
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Together Time
Hubby had the Easter long weekend off and we enjoyed doing activities together as well as down time. We went to Red Robin's for Hubby's Birthday last Thursday and did some various shopping. Saturday was so beautiful and sunny so we went to home Depot Garden Center and bought another planter of flowers. Our balcony looks so pretty now, with a few planters! I certainly enjoy sitting out in the sunshine and "people-watch"!
Yesterday we drove out to Abbotsford and checked out a Meat store. We also stopped in to have a visit with our Son, at the cemetery. It's so peaceful there as well as so green, with new grass, sprouting leaves on the trees and blossoms bursting.
So, today I needed to catch up with the laundry and cleaning. It doesn't take long but it needs to be done regularly.
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Saturday, April 15, 2017
I'm a little obsessed!!
Yes, I am! I a little obsessed with Spring!. I walked into the home Depot Garden Center and was immediately overwhelmed with the smell of perfume that wafted over me! The beauty of all the different blooms and the greenery of the shrubs and vines! The warmth of the sun just intensified the colours and aromas.
I have made my selections....chosen the few planters I want for the balcony. I also picked up a few solar lights and arranged them outside. Now I have all Spring/Summer to enjoy their cheerful presence when I sit out in the sunshine.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Yesterday I had two Specialist appointments , one downtown and one at the hospital and my Hubby had the vehicle for the day. I was challenged to take Transit, since both appointments were too far to walk to. Now, I've always been hesitant about taking Transit for some odd reason. Not sure what's up with that, but anyhow. Hubby helped me research and go through the route, time and connections the day before. It was a gorgeous sunny day out and I discovered that I actually enjoyed myself and it went more smoothly than I imagined it would. I know for sure that I will be using the Transit system far more now. What an Adventure!!
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Monday, April 10, 2017
April Showers
So, the saying is: "April showers bring May flowers". Today this is very true here. Actually, it's done more than shower.....it poured "cats and dogs"!! But, it's stopped and there is just a sliver of blue peeking through the clouds.
While I am glad not to have been out in that pouring rain, I did step out onto the balcony to watch it rain. There is always something so beautiful in Nature and even when the weather is frightening, it can strike us to the core with it's beauty. It can capture us. We watch video's of tornadoes, hurricanes or lightening with fascination.
For today, enjoy whatever weather you are having.
~ Faye
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Sunday, April 9, 2017
There is anticipation leading up to Easter. In the stores I see all the pastels of Easter. The retail industry entices us with chicks, rabbits, eggs and chocolate. To those of us who are church goers, we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. It's a time of year that's fresh and new and time to spend outdoors with family and friends.
Wishing you a great week.
~ Faye
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Saturday, April 8, 2017
Re-Introducing Myself
We have moved to a different city in B.C. just after Christmas. It was a big move, not only location wise but emotionally. There was a huge down turn in the Oil & Gas industry which affected my Hubby's job and we were left scrambling with what to do. Hubby took on a "temporary" job down south driving Tour bus, but doors opened up for him to continue being an Instructor for St. John's Ambulance as well as expand out into the Safety courses he had been teaching up North. What that meant was relocating down to the Lower Mainland and moving away from family and friends.
I love living here. The climate is more moderate and it we found a small, cozy apartment that is so close to everything that I can get out to walk to. Of course, there are the negative aspects too, like traffic, parking and rain...haha!
We have found a church to attend and I have jumped right into the Ladies program to develop new friendships and Hubby & I also meet with a group one evening a week to socialize as a couple. There is no shortage of entertainment and things to do.
So, I find myself inspired to write again.
~ Faye
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Micro Resto La Famille
Great bet
418 Gilford St. E., near St-Denis St.
Phone: 514-508-8700
Website: n/a
Licensed: Yes
Credit cards: Cash or debit
Wheelchair accessible: Two steps up, tight quarters
Vegetarian friendly: Yes
Open: Tues. to Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Sun. and Mon.
Price range: Appetizers $5-$6, mains $10-$18, sweet treats $3.50-$4.75
MONTREAL - I'm quite sure Micro Resto La Famille qualifies as the smallest restaurant in the city. Write me if you know of a tinier one. There's not even a table on site, just nine stools to sit on, in a tiny room lined with counters used by the customers, the cooks and the cash — and displaying some very alluring baked goods. Given its size limitations, I wanted to write up this place (which used to house take-away joint L'Emporte Pièce) while the weather is warm enough to use the picnic tables out front, on a quiet section of street near Laurier métro station.
While it may refer to itself as a micro restaurant, La Famille is macro on flavours. Both lunches I sampled were quality meals from start to finish. The best way to describe the changing market-driven menu is that the food feels very alive — over the weeks between my two visits, I could sense the dishes delving further into the summer harvest.
All members of this "family" bring something to the table. You'll probably be served by the lovely Sophie Duchastel de Montrouge, an Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec-trained sommelier who did a stint at long-standing local wine bar Pullman before coming here in January. Another partner is wine importer Cyril Kérébel, who operates under the banner La QV. There are usually five or so vins natures offered by the glass, half of them on his roster, tending these days toward refreshing, gently mineral and dangerously drinkable whites. (Most recently, I enjoyed a lightly tropical sauvignon blanc, enthusiastically but elegantly fruity, from The Supernatural in Hawke's Bay.) And then there are the Daniel-Six brothers behind the stoves, both trained in their native France with impressive culinary careers, by way of Paris and New York, under their belts. (Name-drop alert: Le Chateaubriand, Ze Kitchen Galerie, Payard.)
Elder brother Maxime Daniel-Six comes in early to get going on sweet treats like ball-shaped brownies, nut- and fruit-studded muffins erupting out of their paper wrappers and bostocks — bedazzled French toast, syrup-drenched bread topped with sliced almonds for that crackly crunch on each bite. The cannelés are basically heaven in a tin, firmed up on the bottom into a caramelized crust, then cakey and almost custardy rich on the inside; Daniel-Six uses a dousing of Ricard to give them an anise flavour. I have a crush on those cannelés. With these sweet treats, you would want a good cup of coffee, and fortunately they do that, too. (49th Parallel is the roastery of choice; it turns out that Duchastel de Montrouge worked at top local café Myriade, which pretty much locks down her beverage-sector expertise.)
Jérémy Daniel-Six handles the savoury side of things. He turns out lively, approachable food — rarely are the flavours in the next mouthful the same as the last, and there's often something special added to the mix. Soups in particular were delicious. Earlier in the season, it was delectably soft corn soup with nibbles of niblets and morsels of bacon in cream; more recently, smooth cauliflower daringly tarted up with tamarind.
The brandade sandwich was every bit the challenge I thought it would be: put fish and tender but lumpy potatoes on ciabatta, and it is going to smush out of the sides. Satisfying flavours, though; I liked how the zucchini with dill created a different kind of pickle.
Another coup de coeur was a tall wedge of quiche with goat cheese, spinach and figs. The sweetness of the fruit, lining the lower half like a clafoutis, turned it into a luscious sort of pastry that played on the sweet-salty divide. Most importantly, it wasn't wet, a word I never like to associate with eggs. With a side salad, this was $10 well spent.
There was more freshness in a salad of barely cooked beans spiced with vadouvan — France's version of curry — and topped with a few shavings of nutty-rich Kamouraska tomme. The only perplexing thing was the $17 price tag, without a big-ticket ingredient in evidence. A $10 salad of chewy barley showed off ripe tomatoes — red, pink and green zebra — with curled tendrils of pea shoots and feta cheese.
La Famille is a powerhouse of a team to be confined to this cute closet of a space. For now, they do morning wake-me-ups, Saturday brunches, lunches, and evening apéros (with wine events on Wednesday soirées, spotlighting a particular region).
I'm curious as to what they'll get up to next, and hoping more whispers of reservation-only prix-fixe dinners become part of these family affairs.
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This epic journey spans about 45 minutes of conversation, and is heavily cropped so you only get the important bits.
Preface: Ashakanar is being about as unintelligible about various feature requests for Aleph One as possible, and thermoplyae and I won't have any of it. It boils down to...
[18:40] Ashakanar: I just want to say Ryoko, that I have NO respect for you and I think you do NOT deserve anything you have, I know you will say I don't give a damn, but you can go do whatever you fucking want ok? I am tired of you and everything you do. The way you treat people is sick.....
[18:41] RyokoTK: ...
[18:41] thermoplyae: haha
[18:41] * thermoplyae zing
[18:41] Megam4n: lol
[18:41] Megam4n: zing
[18:41] RyokoTK: lol
[18:41] RyokoTK: I think I touched a nerve
[18:41] RyokoTK: and I don't even know what I did
[18:41] thermoplyae: THE INTERNET DOESN'T LIKE YOU RYOKO >:(
[18:41] Megam4n: i think so
[18:41] thermoplyae: BETTER LEAVE TOWN
[18:41] RyokoTK: that's it
[18:41] RyokoTK: pistols at dawn
[18:41] RyokoTK: ten paces
[18:42] RyokoTK: Huh.
[18:42] RyokoTK: That's a pretty touching comment though, Ash.
[18:43] kineticturtle: wtf just happened
[18:43] RyokoTK: I don't know.
[18:43] RyokoTK: I really don't know.
[18:43] kineticturtle: YOU DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING YOU HAVE, RYOKO! ANYTHING!
[18:43] kineticturtle: give up your underwear!
[18:51] Ashakanar: sometimes, things must be said.
[18:52] Ashakanar: But I am fucking tired of this bullshit Ryoko brings
[18:52] RyokoTK: oh my god, Ash
[18:52] RyokoTK: Refer to a previous statement
[18:52] RyokoTK: [18:50] RyokoTK: words over the internet
[18:52] RyokoTK: [18:50] RyokoTK: lol
[18:52] Ashakanar: IT HAS NOTHING TO FUCKING DO WITH THE A1 DYING!!!!! Note: this is about our previous argument which isn't nearly as funny as this, but Ash is equally stupid.
[18:52] kineticturtle: ...
[18:52] kineticturtle: calm down man
[18:53] doy: Ashakanar: maybe you should explain yourself better then
[18:53] RyokoTK: lmao
[18:53] kineticturtle: ^^
[18:53] RyokoTK: doy, that's what we've been telling him for the last hour
[18:53] thermoplyae: That's what /I/'ve been telling him for like 30 minutes
[18:53] Megam4n: that would be a good idea
[18:53] kineticturtle: hahaha
[18:53] thermoplyae: More high fives
[18:53] RyokoTK: Ashakanar's about as clear as a Bible thrown in a blender
[18:53] kineticturtle: actually, that could get pretty clear
[18:53] kineticturtle: if it got liquified enough
[18:53] RyokoTK: Not if you wanted to read it, though.
[18:53] kineticturtle: oh
[18:53] ahuxley: leather bound?
[18:54] kineticturtle: Bible's probably a bad starting point though.
[18:54] kineticturtle: it can be pretty dense to a lot of people
[18:54] RyokoTK: That's my point.
[18:54] RyokoTK: Ashakanar's pretty dense too
[18:54] kineticturtle: oh
[18:55] Ashakanar: everytime someone comes here and talks about a project, coding, ect Ryoko fucking takes them apart piece by piece to bring himself up. Not just with me, but with Everyone I have seen talk about that sort of stuff. I guess it is just his personallity, but whatever
[18:56] RyokoTK: ...
[18:56] thermoplyae: I think you're confusing Ryoko with me
[18:56] Ashakanar: no thermo
[18:56] kineticturtle: I would disagree, Ash
[18:56] RyokoTK: And I think you're confusing both of us with Rush Limbaugh
[18:56] kineticturtle: when I stepped in here out of the blue and started mapping again, I got nothing but support from TK
[18:56] RyokoTK: Anyway, I'm not trying to bring myself up from anything about development, since I'm not a coder and I don't pretend to be.
[18:57] Ashakanar: anywhere you can, you do, in my eyes
[18:57] doy: Ashakanar: if your projects can't hold up against opinions on the internet, maybe you should give it a rest
[18:57] kineticturtle: screamingfool would attest to that as well; TK was very supportive of him as well
[18:59] Ashakanar: doy, its not just me
[18:59] RyokoTK: It's not?
[18:59] thermoplyae: I'm kinda curious as to why everyone takes Ryoko so seriously
[18:59] jon_irons: i do
[18:59] doy: Ashakanar: if anyone's projects couldn't stand up to opinions on the internet, i would give them the same advice
[19:00] Ashakanar: God you guys don't see any sense do you
[19:01] RyokoTK: Ashakanar, why not take this to the Pfhorums, so you can say everything at once.
[19:01] Ashakanar: ryoko, what would be the point, you would just bring it down... again
[19:02] RyokoTK: I don't even know what I'm bringing down!
[19:02] RyokoTK: That's my point!
[19:02] RyokoTK: I have no idea what your point is about ANYTHING AT ALL
[19:02] Ashakanar: Then you must be blind
[19:02] RyokoTK: Ash, you say I like to bring people down so I can raise my own status
[19:02] RyokoTK: and yet you don't have a single example outside of yourself
[19:02] RyokoTK: and that's because your [previous] argument is built out of wet paper cards
[19:03] RyokoTK: Ashakanar is emo.
[19:04] RyokoTK: Ashakanar: http://orangestory.ytmnd.com/
[19:04] Ashakanar: Thermo that right there
[19:05] Ashakanar: is not fucking funny at all
[19:06] thermoplyae: Then you have no sense of humor
[19:06] thermoplyae: And you're on the Internet
[19:06] thermoplyae: We can only draw this picture so many ways for you
[19:06] Ashakanar: not when Im fucking trying to sort this bullshit out
[19:06] RyokoTK: Then do it on the Pfhorums, holy crap
[19:06] RyokoTK: that way nobody can interrupt you until you're done
[19:06] Ashakanar: WHY
[19:06] RyokoTK: [19:06] RyokoTK: that way nobody can interrupt you until you're done
[19:07] Ashakanar: why when you will just bring it down like you did here Ryoko?
[19:07] RyokoTK: Well, the difference is
[19:07] RyokoTK: it's also being brought down by like 5 other people here
[19:07] thermoplyae: You'll get some support on the Pfhorums for sure
[19:07] RyokoTK: Yeah you will
[19:07] Ashakanar: thermo was mostly giving good critisism
[19:08] RyokoTK: a lot of people on the Pfhorums hate me
[19:08] thermoplyae: Bobwithkeycard and all those guys will be like HE RULES US WITH AN IRON FIST
[19:08] RyokoTK: lol bobwithkeycard
[19:08] RyokoTK: He will go after my nuts for anything
[19:08] RyokoTK: I was worried about qoou's reign of terror being pinned on me by him
[19:08] RyokoTK: "THIS ISN'T VERY DEMOCRATIC WAH WAH"
[19:09] thermoplyae: I have a hard time putting "rain of terror" and "Pfhorums" in the same sentence
[19:12] RyokoTK: Thus ending the whineathon.
[19:12] thermoplyae: Probably not
[19:13] thermoplyae: It's 24/7 whineathon in here
[19:13] Ashakanar: Ryoko, I only have a sense of humor when I am messing around
[19:13] Ashakanar: I am not messing around
[19:13] RyokoTK: Oh no
[19:13] thermoplyae: See?
[19:13] Ashakanar: I am tired of this shi
[19:13] RyokoTK: Ashakanar is SERIOUS BUSINESS
[19:13] Ashakanar: t
[19:13] RyokoTK: then leave.
[19:14] Ashakanar: heh, I need to redo my OS anyway
[19:14] RyokoTK: good
[19:14] RyokoTK: get lost
[19:15] Ashakanar: But I can do it later you asshole
[19:15] RyokoTK: Oh
[19:15] RyokoTK: I'm an asshole.
[19:15] jon_irons: ash: don't bring him down
[19:15] RyokoTK: I see!
[19:15] Ashakanar: I not trying to bring him down
[19:15] jon_irons: you are
[19:15] Ashakanar: no Im not
[19:15] RyokoTK: BUT YOU'RE SUCCEEDING, YOU JERK ((
[19:15] jon_irons: Ashakanar> But I can do it later you asshole
[19:15] jon_irons: you called him asshole!
[19:15] RyokoTK: Honestly, this is the dumbest flame war I've ever been in.
[19:15] RyokoTK: And I've been in some dumb damn flame wars.
[19:16] Ashakanar: he deserves it the way he acts
[19:16] RyokoTK: Ashakanar
[19:16] RyokoTK: it's WORDS
[19:16] RyokoTK: ON
[19:16] RyokoTK: THE INTERNET
[19:16] RyokoTK: You say I "deserve" it, as if this somehow makes me feel bad
[19:16] jon_irons: it does
[19:16] jon_irons: he's bringing you down
[19:16] RyokoTK: oh yeah
[19:16] RyokoTK: he is
[19:18] Ashakanar: Ryoko, I feel sorry that you can't help yourself, but you should try
[19:18] RyokoTK: what.
[19:18] RyokoTK: What am I helping myself with?
[19:18] Ashakanar: mental help obviously
[19:19] thermoplyae: Psychosis
[19:19] thermoplyae: On the internet
[19:19] RyokoTK: Mental help?
[19:19] kineticturtle: is this still going on?
[19:19] kineticturtle: oy.
[19:19] RyokoTK: Yeah, it is.
[19:19] RyokoTK: Apparently I'm now a net-psychotic too
[19:19] * Ashakanar pulls out the big chair
[19:19] RyokoTK: Okay, fun time is over.


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Do Not Get On Them Drugs Cause This Is What You End Up Looking & Acting Like: OG Compton Crip Trippin On Some Sherm!
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