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We have a new member of our family!
She is actually the same Schnoodle mix (Schnauzer-Poodle) as Bella is - but with very different colouring. We picked her up almost 2 weeks ago now, at only 7 weeks old - such a little baby. And after auditioning about 2 dozen different names, we finally decided on "Chloe". After a fretful first night, she is making herself at home with her big sister Bella who absolutely adores her.
Stu, on the other hand, has decided to be the old crochety guy and steer far clear of this interfering, noisy (she insists on barking at him) puppy-thing. Although he has to admit to a few perks - he really does like her food!
Beware of lots of puppy pics!
Aww, their version of 'spooning' - so sweet to see them sleeping together - next to my desk!
I finally put the last few stitches into a huge Christmas present - whew, this is such a relief. This is as close as I like to be to a deadline without feeling panicky. Pictures will have to come after Christmas once the recipient has received it. And now its back to a little self-Christmas stitching - this is a freebie that I found through Gazette94's blog:
I started off using the DMC variegated thread and of course ran out too quickly. I thought this variegation was the same when I bought it at Michael's but once I got it home, it had too many pinks. So its back to regular DMC - mixing a couple different colours in to try to get some variegation. And I've been working on an ornament for an exchange too. Time to put my finishing skills to work.
And a little baking ~ banana-walnut bread ~ gluten-free of course!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Meet Chloe
We have a new member of our family!
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
A Halloween finish - a little late....
Thank you - thank you for all your sweet comments, welcoming me back to the Blogging World. I really have missed this kind of contact with other stitchers and its so heartwarming to have you still coming back to my blog. I'm trying to make the rounds of all the blogs in my sidebar and slowly but surely I'm getting there.
I don't have too much to show for my week but my daughter Kelly sent me a picture of the the Halloween banner I made for her last month.
Its called Lost Spirits, by Birds of a Feather and its stitched on a piece of 28 ct linen called Fossil - I think its by Picture This Plus fabrics. Its a really gorgeous brown shade and I would love to get more of this, because I have a couple more Birds of a Feather Halloween charts and I think this works great. Don't you love the Pumpkinhead girl at the bottom!
This weekend can't come fast enough - Sunday is a stitching get-together at Clare's and it sounds like there will be a houseful. I'm taking my camera so I'll have pictures! Have a great weekend all!!
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Labels: Birds of a Feather
Monday, November 09, 2009
Is it really November?
I'm back in blogging land! No real excuses as to where I've been or why - but I guess I found I had overloaded on responsibilities. Something had to give. And then procrastination set in....
I've been around and lurking and commenting here and there and stitching and quilting and knitting and reading to my heart's content! Well almost - work does tend to get in the way somewhat.
Wanna see some pictures? Because after all, that's what we are really about. If we can't do it all, we can at least look at pictures of people who stitch and quilt and knit wonderful things and imagine that we will some day too.
This is what I did on my summer vacation - really. Lo How a Rose - in a Christmas book that I begged, borrowed and pleaded to get because I had seen it so many times in so many places and I knew I had to make this one for myself. Luckily Clare had the book and she lent it to me just in time for my August vacation. It took about 8 days of dedicated stitching to make and Ta-Da - I'm in love with this piece. I used only DMC for it - no fancy threads here - and I dug out a piece of Lakeside Linens 36 ct linen that I had in my stash. I used one thread over 2 because I wanted a lighter, lacy feel for it. Its been relegated to my bag of finished pieces (BFP's) until I can scrounge up enough $$ to get this one framed.
This is Yule Sampler by Primitive Needle. I finished it last week and I am still in shock that I got something done before a holiday took place, instead of my usual finishing of it after the fact. Again, DMC's, not the called for Crescent Colours, because although I have a healthy selection of CC's, I didn't have one bloody skein that was called for. This was done on Lakeside Linens River Willow 32 ct. Its such a cute little piece and I really enjoyed it.
"Greetings" by Blackbird Designs, from their Peppermint& Holly book. I started this last week, using mostly GAST (with a little DMC, because of course I don't have all the ones that are called for). I'm using the rest of the Lakeside Linens piece of 36 ct fabric that I used for Lo How a Rose above, but 2 threads over 2 this time, for better coverage. Don't you just love BBD's!
And I finished up 2 Hallowe'en pieces, that have already been put away and given away....before pictures were taken (Gasp!). One day I'll get a picture of those.
I made this wee quilt to actually hang something on one of the walls for a change! Its only going to be 24" x 36" when finished and its just waiting to be quilted now. I used the Square in a Square technique - classes that I have been taking with Marg since last January! The main quilt that we are making is a ways from being completed, although we only have 2 classes left. I have lots of very pretty blocks made but I was needing to see something finished so I got this one put together with one of my favourite blocks, I think called Ribbons.
The urge for a new start isn't limited to my stitching - it takes over quilting too. This is the start of 'Log Cabin Squared' using two 'chelsea buns' from Sanctuary. Chelsea buns are rolls of fabric that are 1 1/2" strips from one fabric line, this one called Sanctuary. Really could the manufacturers make things any easier? But I wish they would get away from these yummy food titles for these things.
And lastly, a peak at something waiting to be quilted, using 2 charm packs from Blackbird Designs, called Beach house.
Whew, that was exhausting! Bella thinks so too :-D
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Labels: Blackbird Designs, Primitive Needle, Quilting
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April update
Time for a little updating, well long overdue for a little updating actually. (inserting sheepish grin here)
The spring bug has bitten me and I really haven't wanted to be at my computer any longer than I have to - which has been far too long actually since work has been horribly busy. Leaving me little time for the more important things in life - stitching, quilting, knitting, walking my sweet little puppy, and the lesser ones - cooking, cleaning, laundry.
I received a wonderful package from sweet Melissa who sent along a gorgeous selection of coloured linens! Oh my, how beautiful these pieces are! I have to make sure to stitch just the right design on these to show the amazing colours. And how kind of Melissa to send these tasty linens along to me!! I'm sorry the picture just doesn't do them any justice.
At our stitching retreat (last post) I had a lesson on hand applique from my lovely friend Marg, which I sorely needed. My previous attempt at hand applique made for one very sad looking heart. But after some wonderful tips from her, this is what I have managed to get accomplished~
Uh, just don't look too closely at this please! This block is part of Block #7 for Leanne's House, which has been hanging about waiting for me to assemble for far too long. Of course I think I spent a year trying to get those final 3 blocks send to me after a horrendous experience with an online shop. Here is what the rest of Block #7 will look like, once I get the rest of the embroideries finished. But I haven't stopped stitching completely. I'm still plodding away at Mirabilia's Elizabeth and the Lavender Sky. My recent stitching hasn't been as exciting, since I've been working away at the frame area, which is full of very dull colours, but once done, looks far more interesting. Funny how you can work away at blobs of colour and placing a few random stitches here and there but when you back away from it, it really starts to look like something~
And I have to post a picture of sweet Bella. Hubby took this pic of her, while she was sitting in my chair, waiting for me to get home again. She hasn't grown very much and has stayed quite a small wee dog, but all the better to pick up and snuggle with!
Posted by Wendy at 8:49 am 28 comments
Labels: Bella, Leanne's House, Mirabilia
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Stitching Retreat
What a fantastic weekend! Ann (of Knowledge & Needles fame) organized a stitching retreat at Timber House in Brighton, just off the shore of Lake Ontario. And this place is gorgeous, huge windows 3 stories high, with tons of stitching room with beautiful natural light. Of course we all still came armed with assorted Ott lights and magnifiers as you can see from the pictures, that is all 18 of us! The bedrooms were lovely with big comfy beds when we needed to rest up for the next day of stitching. And food - well there was lots of it and it was all delicious. I neglected to take my camera to Ann's house where hubby Dan cooked up a scrumptious feast for us on Saturday afternoon. And of course a quick trip into the shop for some must-haves followed that.
I have lots of pictures of the stitching retreat to share....so here goes!
This is a shot of the great room, that I took from the upstairs dining area~
A shot of the dining area upstairs~One of the lovely bedrooms~
Awesome windows~And in case you are wondering what I did during this fabulous weekend~
This is Flock of Birds by Blackbird Designs. I started it on Friday shortly after we arrived at Timber House and finished it up last night. A quick, very sweet little design :-D
What a great weekend! Thanks Ann for organizing such a fantastic weekend for us all, its no wonder your next 2 retreats are already booked solid!
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Labels: Blackbird Designs, Stitching Retreat
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
I have some finishes to show ... finally!
My latest beauty, hot off the needle, and beautiful she is, even if I do say so myself. This is Sweetheart Sampler, a Loose Feather pattern from Blackbird Designs. Its an oldie but a goodie. I stitched this on the recommended fabric, 30 ct Kansas City Blend by R&R Reproductions, but once I started with the large alphabet, it looked far too chunky for me. So I switched to stitching over-1 thread and I was much much happier with it.
Uh, if you note at the bottom, it says Valentine's Day and I'm only just over a month late for this lovely occasion, or even better really, 11 months early for next year!
Next its pincushion-y time!
This is Buttons & Pins, also by Blackbird, finished on 40 ct remnant and finished into a pincushion. I found the crushed walnut shells recommended for filling these (bird cage litter in real life) and I love the weight and substance this filler gives these.
Small Tokens, one of the Nashville releases for Blackbird Designs. This is finished on 32 ct antique white linen with some very sweet crocheted trim. This one made a wee gift.
This Friday I'm going to a Stitching Retreat with ladies from Knowledge & Needles! This is my first weekend retreat and I am so excited. I just have to figure out what to pack. I think its time for a new start or two! My excuse is that I'm not taking my Dazor magnifier, so I will need some larger-for-my-old-eyes fabrics, and since most of what I have on the go lately is 32-and-up, well that's just as good an excuse for a new start as any I can think of.
I'm still offering up my contest (see last post) for a new phrase for finished-finished. The winner will get a lovely little something that has been finished-finished.
Meanwhile I better get back to working on my PhD (Project-half-Done) - a new phrase I learned last night!
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Labels: Blackbird Designs
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
What's the word for.....?
'Eggs' by Shepherds Bush, stitched on 32 ct antique white linen, with GAST and DMC
I finished up a quick little Shepherd's Bush piece last night ~ Eggs for Easter. Sometimes its just easy to pick up something and finish is in 2-3 days, I needed that quick finish. And shockingly for me, its actually done well in time for Easter. I am notorious for being on the back end of holidays. I start something before a holiday comes but never get it finished in time. I'll do a fabric dive later and see what I have to finish-finish this.
Speaking of...is there a word for finishing that I can't think of? I call something finished when I'm finished stitching it. But then there's the actual 'finishing' of it, that is making in into a finished piece, that I think I need a proper word for.
May be I could start a contest - whoever can come up with the best word for the actual 'finishing' of a stitched piece into something - needlebook, scissor fob, ornament, whatever. I'll gift a 'finished' object to whoever comes up with the best word.
Marj and I drove to Ann's Knowledge and Needles Open House on Sunday to see all the latest goodies she brought back from Nashville. It was so nice to see her and Dani and Christin and a few other ladies there. I was very very good and kept well within my budget.
Quakers & Quilts by Rosewood Manor, which calls for Valdani threads, which Ann also had but I didn't indulge in. And Celtic Cross by M Designs which I have coveted for a long time now.
And check out this lovely piece of Graziano gingham linen Ann had in stock - its perfect for this new Blackbird Designs piece called A Flock of Birds which is in the newest My Heart is True book. Ann is carrying several different colours of this and I was so happy to get it. Now I can't wait to start this lovely design - its my favourite in the new book.
And speaking of Blackbird Designs, Sue started a new blog for Blackbird lovers. Be sure to visit to see everyone's gorgeous stitching!
Posted by Wendy at 9:15 am 21 comments
Labels: Shepherd's Bush, Stash
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Warning - very picture heavy!
What can I say about Cuba other than we had a perfect time! Beautiful country, beautiful weather, beautiful people = wonderful vacation. Although we seemed to spend most of our time at the poolside, we did get for a wonderful hour-long walk each morning along the ocean, spent a lot of time in the various restaurants, bars and buffet, and we did get in to Havana for a day trip. I wish I could go back tomorrow!
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking...The main building
View of the first pool
The hottub...come of my favourite spots!
Ahhh, the ocean!
The next hotel had a lighthouse!
...with such cool cars from the 50's.
On a side street - looking into a courtyard.
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Labels: Cuba
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Gasp - look at this treasure trove of knitting loveliness! I was blown over the other day by getting all these wonderful gifts from dear Nancy, a wonderful stitching/knitting/quilting friend.
The knitting/stitching bag at the top is the most gorgeous bag, with all kinds of extra pockets for slipping in a little sustenance to keep a knitter/stitcher going strong! There is a lovely book of knitting stitches, and to the left, an ingenious worm binder, yes, that's right, a worm binder. Its perfect for holding all our circular needles (which are my favourite, uh circular needles, that is, not worms). Some new sock patterns which are my most favourite thing(s) to knit and an absolutely gorgeous purple/blue/green flat of wool called Flat Feet. Its been hand painted after being knitted by machine. The idea is to start unravelling as you knit so come up with your own unique pattern. How cool is that? No more balls of yarn to get tangled ... or played with by not-so-innocent little puppies. I am still in awe of all this lovelies and have had the most fun by taking everything out of my new bag and playing with it all. Thank you, Nancy!!!
Stitching-wise....I'm still at my CHS alphabets and I expect I will be happy dancing very shortly. But meanwhile I couldn't resist a little detour, with one of my new favourite designers, Blue Ribbon Designs~
Valentine Wishes - stitched on 28 ct Blush Pink Cashel, with GAST threads.
Sorry for the dark pictures - its endlessly gloomy around here - with another day of rain....yes, that's right rain. It has turned our snow into glops of messy disgusting piles. But the cold air is returning tonight and I'm sure it will turn everything back into a skating rink.
Fine by me....I'm on the final countdown because a week today hubby and I will be vacationing in Cuba - hot sun, white sandy beach, stitching in one hand, and a mojito in the other!
Posted by Wendy at 8:51 am 18 comments
Labels: Knitting, Valentine's Day
Friday, January 30, 2009
Moving on!
Thank you all for the encouragement to keep with my CHS alphabet. Seriously I was ready to toss it aside for greener (actually snowy) pastures, but with so many ready to do some happy dancing with me, I felt I couldn't let anybody down. So the alphabet made its way back on the stitching hoop and W for Willow got finished off last night. Then I moved right on over to 'X'.
Lookee what the mailman brought home this week - my Quaker Friendship RR, completed! Isn't it gorgeous! Everyone did a fantastic job stitching on it. I used a DMC variegated thread for the centre motif and asked everyone to chose one of the matching threads to stitch their section. I really wanted to see the change-over from each person who stitched on it and I think it turned out beautifully. This poor RR group has had some issues with someone who left the group and absconded with 3 people's pieces and threads! Unbelievable to have someone drop off the face of the earth and keep others' RR's. We were so lucky to have lovely Valerie step in and take over and unfortunately then get swamped with RR's. Thanks Rowyn, Edgar, Donna, Carol and Valerie for stitching on this beautiful keepsake for me!!
And finally ~ I've been tagged by Melissa to name 5 addictions. And if you haven't dropped by Melissa's blog, be sure to swing over that way and check out her gorgeous stitching (and knitting :0D)
5 addictions (well, I'll name the top 5, or we'll be here for a while)
1. Stitching ..... of course!
2. Quilting.
3. Blog reading.
4. My doggies.
5. and my newest downfall ~ Honey Ginger Green tea (President's Choice brand).
Have a great stitchy weekend!
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Labels: CHS Alphabet, Quaker Friendship RR


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With Windows 7 set for its much-anticipated release next month, we decided to take a quick look back through the history of Microsoft operating systems, which have been a part of so many lives for more than a quarter century.
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Federal agencies prepare to make the leap from XP to Windows 7For some users, Windows 7 upgrade could take 20 hours
Released in 1982 as MS-DOS 1.0
Pros: Introduced a lot of people to the wonders of personal computing. Fast boot time.
Cons: Could not run more than one program at a time. No GUI support for individual programs. Networking was pretty much nonexistent. Limited command line command set. Directory structures built on backslashes, despite the rest of the industry's use of forward slashes.
Windows 1.0 – 3x
Released first in 1985; caught on in 1990 with release of 3.0
Pros: Microsoft's first graphical interface. Windows for Workgroups could do local-area networking. Made the computer mouse useful in the operating system and not just inside certain programs.
Cons: Until 3.0, pretty much unusable. Could not do true multitasking. To get the most out of it, users had to manually configure the system memory to juggle between XMS and EMS, depending on the application needed.
Windows NT
Released 1993
Pros: Stable, built by seasoned VAX engineers. NT 4.0 and above featured Windows 95 look and feel.
Cons: Only used for servers. Great if you had code that could run on NT. Limited driver support.
Windows 95
Released 1995
Pros: Took the Windows GUI to a new level. Supported earlier versions of Microsoft operating systems. Featured pre-emptive multitasking, meaning one program did not crash the entire system — for the most part. Could run 32-bit applications.
Cons: Required a significant boost in hardware power and capacity. Was known to crash frequently. Not built for the Internet.
Windows 98
Released 1998
Pros: A dramatic improvement over 95 in terms of stability. First to allow full user customization in desktop windows, cursors and sounds.
Cons: Still could be buggy, at least until Win 98 SE. All that customization came at a heavy price in system performance.
Windows Me
Released 2000
Pros: None.
Cons: Lack of stability. Most of its features were already available in Win 98. Prompted speculation that "Me" (for "Millennium Edition") actually stood for "Mistake Edition."
Windows 2000
Pros: Updated Windows NT. Active Directory paved the way for enterprise access management. Brought the security of NT to client systems.
Cons: None, really. It was a pretty solid operating system, if you had apps that would run on it, although the security levels sometimes made it difficult to run certain programs.
Windows XP
Released 2001
Pros: The first desktop Microsoft operating system based on the NT kernel. Offers speed, improved stability and networking capabilities. Fairly resource-sensitive. Arguably the best version of the Windows operating system yet released.
Cons: Susceptible to malware; despite much improvement in security, still had many holes. Somewhat cluttered screen.
Windows Vista
Released 2007
Pros: Better security than XP, new search features, attractive interface.
Cons: Resource hog. Lack of support for older programs. Not particularly intuitive for users of previous Microsoft OSes.
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The recipe for Subaru's compact Impreza is getting a rewrite for 2012.
Previously, it
was like a bag of trail mix that skimped on the M&Ms. The Impreza was a hearty, go-anywhere offering that was long on nutrition but short on a key ingredient to sweeten the concoction and broaden its appeal.
That ingredient was fuel economy, and for 2012, Subaru added it by the handful. The company now brags that this new model, available as a sedan and a hatchback, is the most fuel-efficient all-wheel-drive vehicle in the U.S.
Throw in a touch of new styling and the acclaimed Subaru constitution of an ice-fishing nudist and the 2012 model is impressive indeed.
This Impreza starts at $18,245, and versions with the most fuel-efficient transmission are now rated at 27 miles per gallon in the city and 36 mpg on the highway. That's an impressive jump when you consider the previous version got 27 mpg on the highway.
To make these gains, something had to give. No automaker can pull a 33% jump in fuel efficiency out of the ether. In the 2012 Impreza, it's done with a smaller engine and a more efficient transmission.
Power now comes from an all-new 2.0-liter, four-cylinder boxer engine (so named because the pistons move toward one another simultaneously, like a pair of boxers touching gloves before they fight). The engine produces 148 horsepower and 145 pound-feet of torque. That's a drop of 22 horsepower and 25 pound feet of torque from the previous Impreza's 2.5-liter engine.
In this age of 500-horsepower family station wagons, it's rare for an automaker to cut output so precipitously from one model year to the next. Yet dropping the Impreza's horsepower down to 148 brings it squarely in the range of other compact cars such as the Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra and Chevy Cruze.
Those cars all get better mileage than this Impreza, but they're also all front-wheel-drive and don't carry the weight and mechanical penalties that all-wheel-drive typically puts on efficiency. This Impreza now makes a strong argument for Snowbelters looking to avoid compromise; in 330 miles of driving I averaged 26.5 mpg.
Around town, the Impreza's new engine is nice and torquey, so drivers never feel like they've made a great sacrifice in power. The lesser power figure is a little more noticeable on the highway, but it is all you'll need for a car this size.
The car is nicely balanced and handles well, aided no doubt by all four wheels providing grip. Subaru added a new electric power steering system for greater efficiency. That it provides commendable road feel is noteworthy only because so many other electric systems don't. Also helping handling and efficiency is a curb weight that is almost 100 pounds lighter than the previous Impreza.
My only complaint about this Subaru on the road was the amount of engine noise. Get the Impreza anywhere above 3,000 rpm and the entire cabin is dominated by a strained groan that has you reaching for the volume knob or asking your fellow passengers to speak up.
This aural encroachment can be partially blamed on the continuously variable transmission that came on the loaded $25,645 Sport Limited hatchback I tested. As you probably know, CVTs don't shift from one gear to another, but instead infinitely adjust the car's gear ratios. This maximizes efficiency but also tends to keep the engine operating at a higher rpm than it would with an automatic transmission.
This Impreza's CVT also dials up the sport quotient a bit with steering wheel mounted paddle shifters that enable drivers to manually select six preset gear ratios for more control when needed.
If you prefer a true manual or want to save some money to keep things quieter, lesser Imprezas come standard with a five-speed manual transmission and offer the CVT as a $1,000 option. But be warned that fuel economy takes a small hit with the manual.
Aside from the loud engine and some errant wind noise that leaks into the cabin, the Impreza shuttles its passengers in comfort.
The cabin's layout is clean, simple and made from high-grade materials that competitors should take note of. The seats are supportive, visibility is excellent (on the hatchback at least) and there's plenty of room in every seat for the tall among us.
My loaded tester came with leather seats that were heated in the front, a touch-screen navigation system with XM satellite radio and traffic, a moon roof, trip computer, fog lights, Bluetooth and heated mirrors. Everything worked well, save for the navigation system that was a slow loris of a unit and had repeated trouble figuring out where it was.
All Imprezas have as standard safety equipment stability and traction control, four-wheel disc ABS and seven air bags (including a driver's knee air bag). The 2012 Impreza is also a top safety pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Wrapping around all this content is a redesigned exterior that brings the Impreza more in line aesthetically with the rest of Subaru's lineup. This company's products have never been known for their styling, and this Impreza makes no effort to change that.
That's not to say the Impreza sedan and hatchback are bad-looking vehicles; they're not. The look is funky enough to please the brand's faithful, yet mainstream enough to appeal to a variety of buyers. My Limited Sport hatchback tester nicely balanced a sporty and rugged demeanor with standard 17-inch rims finished in a dark gray and roof rails.
For denizens of Big Bear's slopes or voyagers on Malibu's Backbone trail, groups traditionally pro-Subaru in their buying habits, this 2012 Impreza hits all the marks. Although it's a little noisy at times, the car as a whole is as functional, well-built and economical as it's ever been.
Meanwhile, for a more mainstream audience that previously may have been turned away by the Impreza's once-eager drinking habits at the gas pump, this Subaru adds a sweet bonus to an already healthful snack.


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The Dress of Angelina Jolie showed in the Golden Globe Award is really a perfectly-designed silk dress. Angelina Jolie almost smiled all the time during the ceremony with her slim figure dressed in the maxi dress. There are also two parts to be mentioned: the twisted waist and red detailing at neckline which adds a dynamic beauty to it.


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FROM Extra! February 2012
Most messages on fracking 'brought to you by our sponsors'
During the past three years, Extra! found, there has been exponentially more propaganda for the wonders of natural gas on our screens each night than theoretically objective news segments about natural-gas extraction.
The Toxic Babe's attitude is indeed in tune with at least half of the US population. As blogger Desdemona Despair reminds us, "American concern about global warming is continuously declining, with both Gallup and Nielsen releasing 2011 poll results that show for the first time less than 50% of Americans are concerned about global warming. The fossil fuel industry's relentless propaganda campaign against climate science seems to be having the desired effect. Ignorance is self-reinforcing, so we were treated to the embarrassing spectacle of the global warming episode of BBC's Frozen Planet documentary withdrawn from the U.S. market due to widespread American denialism.
Near the end of 2011, humans met to talk about doing something to avert the worst of the accelerating climate catastrophe, but short-sighted, nationalistic concerns again ruled the day, sealing our doom."
Most messages on fracking 'brought to you by our sponsors' (cont'd)
Proponents tout the otherwise inaccessible fuel as a home-grown source of cleaner energy that will bring gushers of money and jobs, while critics and a growing body of evidence have implicated the practice in everything from poisoning groundwater and polluting air to creating earthquakes and fracturing communities—all while remaining exempt from many federal environmental laws.
Fracking came to widespread attention in 2010 via the Academy Award–nominated documentary GasLand, with its unforgettable images of homeowners lighting their tap water on fire. The extraction technique has since been scrutinized in unflattering investigative reports, including ongoing series like the New York Times' "Drilling Down" (2/11–present) and the nonprofit ProPublica's "Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat."
Much is at stake, then, for both industry and ordinary citizens as governments and activists tussle over regulating or even outright banning the process at the state and local levels; a major U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study revisiting fracking's safety issues is due in 2012. It's a drama tailor-made for television. But exactly how much information about fracking is coming over the airwaves?
To find out, Extra! used the Vanderbilt Television News Archives and the Nexis news media database to search for news stories and commercials about natural gas extraction on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News Channel during the evening news hours from January 2009 through November 2011. All told, we found only nine stories focused specifically on fracking.
ABC World News had two segments on fracking, CBS Evening News had two, NBC Nightly News had one, CNN had none* and Fox Special Report had four. Over the same period, according to the Vanderbilt Archives, there were a whopping 530 advertisements for "America's Oil and Gas Industry" or "America's Natural Gas." Some 187 of these ads ran on ABC, 149 on CNN, 122 on NBC, and 67 on CBS, and 5 on pro-business Fox News during the evening news hours.
From a duration standpoint, the ratio is less than an hour's worth of news over nine different nights to nearly four and a half hours' worth of ads (assuming at least 30 seconds per ad) on 367 different dates. (On some nights, ads ran on multiple channels.)
What about the Sunday talk shows on all five networks (known for their corporate sponsorship and image ads for gas and other industries)? Consulting Nexis, Extra! found zero segments focused on fracking during the years studied on ABC's This Week, CBS's Face the Nation, CNN's Reliable Sources, Fox News Sunday or NBC's Meet the Press.
Numbers can only tell us so much, so Extra! also looked at the content of stories and ads. News segments about fracking were hooked variously to the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill in April 2010, the release of GasLand and the ongoing economic crisis. In one way or another, they addressed a rhetorical question: Is natural gas a better energy choice for America? While that was left unresolved, the overarching (and accurate) message of these reports was that fracking is controversial—and they therefore used the classic environment-versus-economy story frame and "he said, she said" sourcing.
Reporter Anne Thompson in NBC's "Our Planet" segment (11/18/10) took this evenhandedness to an extreme, portraying the debate thus: "A fight over what some people insist is a terrific source of new jobs and clean energy…. Others say it's bad for the health of our citizens and doing damage every day to our environment."
Two of the stories were more unfavorable to fracking, portraying the suffering of Pennsylvanians who said their wells have been contaminated with mystery fracking chemicals.
In ABC's "Hidden Danger?" (6/13/10), reporter Dan Harris exclaimed: "Critics say the [natural gas] industry exacerbates the problem by refusing to reveal exactly which chemicals they're using and in what amounts. And listen to the industry's explanation for this." Cut to Rayola Dougher of the American Petroleum Institute's callous explanation: "It would be like Coke giving away their magic formula to Pepsi."
On CBS (9/4/10), John Hanger from Pennsylvania's Department of Environ-mental Protection said, "I think industry is close to insane to have allowed that issue to become a source of suspicion," to which reporter Armen Keteyian replied, "Much like the quality of the air and water now surrounding thousands of homes like this one."
Six other stories were predominantly favorable to fracking, four of them from Fox News. The Marcellus Shale formation "holds what some call the answer to cleaner energy," opened one Fox report (1/21/09). Stating that the world's "No. 1 country for fossil fuel reserves is the U.S.," Fox (4/20/11) noted that fracking "has lit a fire under local economies." A hotel in a depressed area is suddenly "fully booked," and Pennsylvania's governor predicts natural gas will be a "cornerstone" of the Keystone State's economy. Even a piece on Fox (6/20/11) about Texas cattle sickened by fracking releases got a positive spin as "an unusual story of government, energy, business, and environmentalists all being on the same page" about the need for industry transparency.
The most recent segments on fracking by CBS (9/15/11) and ABC (10/18/11) were also downright upbeat. Thanks to the shale, Hobson, Texas, "is part of an old-fashioned oil [and gas] boom," according to CBS correspondent Bigad Shaban. One resident is even "on his way to becoming a millionaire" by leasing his property for energy development.
Steubenville, Ohio, is also a "boomtown," according to ABC's Diane Sawyer, with natural gas reserves offering "hope for a new way of life…a new industry rocketing into existence." Correspondent Cecilia Vega told Sawyer, "I've heard this area described as Little Saudi Arabia."
Still, even in the more favorable stories, the powerful images of frightened, angry people in fracking country linger. On Fox Special Report (4/20/11), a woman named Julie Sautner of rural Pennsylvania (also a source for NBC's piece—11/18/10) told how her daughter "would get in the shower…and she'd have to get out and lay on the floor because she thought she's going to pass out because of all the methane in the water." Sautner told Fox (7/20/11): "I want America to know that yes, natural gas is clean to burn. It's not clean to extract, and I think we're living proof of that." The sad anecdotes contrast poignantly with industry evasions or denials of responsibility.
But these news segments, whether they slant pro or con, are not TV news viewers' main exposure to information on fracking. The near-nightly play of ads during this period (examples of which can be found on industry websites and on YouTube) promoted a universally positive message, overwhelming any negative news imagery. They tout the same power-and-jobs potential of natural gas as the pro-fracking news sources, bolstering their rah-rah message, neatly tying up all points of controversy.
Consider this typical don't-worry-be-happy ad from the advocacy and lobbying group America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA):
As the voiceover proceeds, images of workers at high-tech consoles and modest, tidy-looking drill rigs alternate with frolicking kids and tranquil nature scenes.
Between the appearance of industry spokespeople and pro-fracking arguments in TV news stories and all the ads, the vast majority of the messages broadcast to the public are skewed in favor of natural gas extraction, regardless of where the truth lies.
This isn't just a hypothetical problem: Scholarly research shows that advertising and public relations campaigns have a measurable effect on people's perception of controversial issues. This has been demonstrated, for example, by National Cancer Institute studies (e.g., 6/08) of marketing by the tobacco industry, whose long-successful mission to stub out the connection between cigarettes and cancer in the public mind is now legendary.
The bottom line, though, is that this potentially powerful influence has been bought, not earned. In the current business model, television news programs are "sponsored" by ad dollars. Indeed, these results—a handful of TV news stories on fracking versus hundreds of commercials—tell us less about mainstream news media omissions or commissions and more about the role of money in the debates over energy choices and policy.
Records from the Kantar Media Ad$pender database show that in the period studied, API spent almost $45 million on TV advertising spots; ANGA spent nearly $18 million between January and August 2011 alone (the latest date for which data were available).
Why has the fossil fuel industry decided to advertise so aggressively? It's part of a larger mobilization to control the messages that reach the public, "thought leaders" and lawmakers. The blitz cranked up in 2009, the same year a bill called the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act was introduced in the U.S. House and Senate. The act, which was reintroduced in 2011, would among other things repeal the oil and gas energy industry's exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act.
At that time, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) launched its "Energy in Depth" campaign, one of whose prongs was TV ads and YouTube videos touting oil and gas exploration. And in September 2009, ANGA, which bills itself as a coalition of "independent natural gas exploration and production companies," rolled out its own $80 million multimedia campaign. According to AdWeek (9/17/09), "In public opinion research conducted earlier this year, ANGA found that natural gas wasn't well understood by Americans and wasn't part of the nation's energy conversation." So it hired the Grey advertising agency (assisted by public relations mavens Hill & Knowlton and others) to change that. You need only turn on the television to see that both efforts are still ongoing.
And there will be more ads and promotions, if energy companies fulfill their future plans. For two days this past fall, communications pros from the oil and gas industry met in Houston for a conference, "Media & Stakeholder Relations: Hydraulic Fracturing Initiative 2011." One goal of the confab, subtitled "Working Together as an Industry to Leverage Mass Media, Social Media and Community Support to Overcome Public Concern Over Hydraulic Fracturing," was to "ensure the sustainability of unconventional oil and gas production and protect the industry from intrusive regulations." Like the Safe Drinking Water Act, presumably.
For all its efforts to beautify the image of fracking and natural gas in the media, the industry's uglier side is being unearthed by propaganda watchers, including DeSmog Blog, a nonprofit website that studies tactics used by global-warming deniers to confuse the public about climate science and related issues. For example, DeSmog (2/17/11) reported that Energy in Depth is not, as it originally portrayed itself, a group of small mom-and-pop natural gas companies, but a front group underwritten by oil industry giants such as BP and the American Petroleum Institute, the industry's largest U.S trade association. It also released an embarrassing letter to Energy in Depth boosters thanking the giant companies for their financial support in the fight to "combat new environmental regulations, especially with regard to hydraulic fracturing."
DeSmog's deeply researched report, "Fracking the Future" (5/6/11), reveals that many of the same big oil companies, such as Exxon, that funded climate change–denial front groups, studies and media campaigns, have essentially become the fracking industry by steadily buying up natural-gas firms. So it's not surprising that, as DeSmog executive director/managing editor Brendan DeMelle told Extra!, pro-fracking ad campaigns take a leaf from the global-warming-denial playbook, using mass media to sow doubt about natural gas extraction's environmental impacts. These messages, which DeMelle dubs "Darth Vader PR," are "disingenuous, and designed to misinform the public rather than enlighten and engage them," ensuring that corporations can continue making profits with impunity.
One of the tactics DeSmog has documented in both climate change denial and gas-fracking PR is "claiming the role of the victim." Industry portrays itself as "being beaten up by a ruthless government and uninformed public that doesn't understand." Indeed, a recent API press release (11/7/11) announced the group was launching an ad campaign the following day to discourage lawmakers on the Super Committee from "singl[ing] out" the "job-generating fossil fuel industry for tax increases." The campaign includes 21 different TV ads, with headlines like "What would new taxes on oil and gas mean to you?" and "Tell Sen. Pat Toomey, keep fighting for Pennsylvania jobs and against job-destroying energy taxes."
At press time, neither ANGA nor Energy in Depth funder API had responded to Extra!'s request for information or comment about their advertising campaigns.
Lately, some industry groups are even using news media reports to bolster their PR: The website of Energy in Depth (which describes the group's function as "research, education and public outreach") features several network news segments, including a daytime debate from CNN (6/18/11) between GasLand filmmaker Josh Fox and Energy in Depth spokesman Chris Tucker. The site also spotlights a Fox Business News item (6/10/11) questioning the claims made in the film.
To DeMelle, all these tactics smell of desperation. Growing public disdain has put the natural gas industry "in a rough spot, and they know it."
Fracking does face an uphill battle. New research (Greenwire, 4/11/11) suggests the greenhouse-gas emissions from allegedly "cleaner" fracked natural gas are even worse than those of "dirty" coal. And laws are tightening; in December 2011, Colorado "adopted the nation's toughest rule requiring oil and gas drillers to disclose all the chemicals used in fracking fluids they pump down wells," a move its governor says is likely to become a model for other states (Denver Post, 12/13/11).
Moreover, even while national media neglect the issue, local media in shale-rich states like Pennsylvania are providing regular reporting on fracking's troubling impacts and public opposition. And the "green" press—including the November/December 2011 cover package of E magazine—has been following fracking closely all along. Extra! readers are urged to read these stories and weigh them against industry spin the next time yet another "clean natural gas" commercial pops up on their TVs.
* CNN did have nine segments on fracking during this time frame—all shown during the day, five of them on the same day (9/13/10). They were both more balanced than the night segments and probed the topic a bit more deeply. The additional coverage—plus a morning news item from CBS's Early Show (11/2/11) and a segment on ABC's evening show Nightline (4/21/11)—added a bit more TV news to the fracking picture during the three-year time frame. But not much: Assuming a generous five minutes per story, it's just under an hour's worth.
Freelance journalist Miranda C. Spencer is a longtime contributor to Extra!. She is a researcher for Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit news organization.
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Test Suites: To Critic or Not?
Over the holiday weekend, I spent a good amount of time cleaning up my RPC::XML test suites with regards to Perl::Critic. It wasn't quick work, either: Much of the suite was written when RPC::XML was first under development, which makes a lot of it well over 10 years old. But I had an extra day, and plenty of time to kill. So 25 files and one git commit later, my test are all clean with respect to my chosen Perl::Critic configuration. The exceptions are a couple of Modules::ProhibitExcessMainComplexity complaints, and most of them also chirp about Modules::RequireVersionVar because the policy doesn't allow for exclusion of files like test suites.
But all through this, I was wondering: Does it really matter if your test suites are as clean as the code itself?
How often does someone else look at your test suites as closely as they look at the modules that those tests support? I'm not setting up a life-lesson here, I'm genuinely curious. I spent some time thinking about it, and I can say that the only times I've looked at test suites in other distributions has been when I was trying to figure out how they did something, or how a particular testing module is used. I've very rarely looked for examples of how to write my own tests, and I probably should. I'm pretty sure I could learn from some (most?) of them.
See, I look at Perl::Critic as at least partly geared towards the readability of code; using Perl::Critic helps me make my code more consistent in style and structure, which in turn makes it more readable. I introduced it into my day job (along with a web front-end) largely to try and encourage certain consistencies in style, uniformity even, in the name of corralling Perl coders who had no collective style. Yes, there are a lot of other benefits to critic that are there to be had. It has led me directly to bugs, or to code that could potentially fail, on numerous occasions. But for me, myself, style and structure are the order of the day. So, if few people look at your test suites, is there any reason to run them through the critic?
After a day or two of idle background-thought on it, I've decided that it is worth it. Even if the only person who looks at your tests is you. Because you do eventually have to look at those tests. And RPC::XML is not even remotely the oldest CPAN module, so there are distributions out there whose tests are much older than my 10+ years. And that's plenty of time to forget WTF you were thinking when you wrote the test. The least you can do is try to make it readable for the next time you have to look at it.


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DHS Suffers Moment Of Clarity, Shuts Down Plans To Build A Nationwide License Plate Database
from the an-NSA-esque-program-would-be-perfect-for-today's-political-climate! dept
Well, that was fast. No sooner had word spread that the DHS (and ICE) were soliciting bids for a national ALPR (automatic license plate reader) database than the government has stepped forward to cancel those plans.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a plan by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to develop a national license-plate tracking system after privacy advocates raised concern about the initiative.The (stated) reasoning behind this wasn't the outrage the announcement generated. Instead, officials are portraying it as some sort of rogue bid solicitation, done with no one's permission that somehow magically appeared on an official government platform.
The order came just days after ICE solicited proposals from companies to compile a database of license-plate information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers. Officials said the database was intended to help apprehend fugitive illegal immigrants, but the plan raised concerns that the movements of ordinary citizens under no criminal suspicion could be scrutinized.
"The solicitation, which was posted without the awareness of ICE leadership, has been cancelled," ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said in a statement. "While we continue to support a range of technologies to help meet our law enforcement mission, this solicitation will be reviewed to ensure the path forward appropriately meets our operational needs."This itself should be concerning. If ICE leadership can't even keep an eye on its all-too-helpful minions, one is forced to wonder how many other solicitations have "escaped" in this fashion… and how many of those turned into actual ICE/DHS programs.
But I wouldn't dwell on the ICE's internal failures for too long. The most plausible explanation is that someone up top at the DHS or ICE suddenly realized that publicly calling for bids on a nationwide surveillance system while nationwide surveillance systems are being hotly debated was probably a horrible idea.
This may have been put on the back burner by the agency but it's not simply going to go away. It will return, either via a super-secret bidding system that turns the job over to favored government contractors, or further down the road, when the heat surrounding surveillance of US citizens dies down.
As it stands right now, nothing much changes for ICE. There are several ALPR contractors already in service who have collected (and continue to collect) millions of license plate records. And these can all be accessed by government agencies just as easily as they're accessed by local law enforcement -- without warrants, subpoenas or anything else that might generate a paper trail.
But don't worry, citizens. When this inevitably returns, ICE will have your privacy in mind. After all, the bid solicitation specifies that the system must conform with the Privacy Act of 1974. Nothing says "privacy" in 2014 like a 40-year-old law, especially one loaded with convenient exceptions for law enforcement.
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COLUMBIA, S.C., June 25 (UPI) -- Members of Lee Thompson Young's family have broken their silence on his suicide.
The actor, who came to fame on The Famous Jett Jackson, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last August at age 29. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teen, and mother Velma Love tells WIS TV he experienced "some periods of sadness and that stabilized quickly."
"He would sometimes call me and say he was feeling a little sad again," sister Tamu Lewis adds. "It was always a quick recovery and I, too, feel that he was always concerned about us. He was always protective of us."
Young starred in Friday Night Lights in 2004, and appeared on Scrubs and Smallville in later years. The actor was a lead character on Rizzoli & Isles at the time of his death, and his mother and sister say he seemed to be doing better.
"After we knew that Lee was found dead in his apartment ... we, of course, were stunned," Love says. "I guess ['why' is] the question that everyone would ask. And we really don't know those answers and there's really no way to know."
Love and Lewis have launched the Lee Thompson Young Foundation in memory of the actor. The institution seeks to eliminate "the stigma associated with mental health conditions through education, literacy and youth programs."
"I do feel like someone like Lee impacted by [mental illness] and it being in the news ... kind of makes it okay. People know that Lee wasn't the only one," Lewis says. "For them to see everything he accomplished in the 29 years, it's more than some people accomplish in their whole lives. He was able to do that with a mental illness and, yes, it ended tragically but, through that we're inspired."
Rizzoli & Isles attributed Young's death to a car accident in the series, and honored the actor and his character Barry Frost in Tuesday night's episode.


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The Duchess of York, who was previously married to Prince Andrew, launched a lawsuit in September (12), joining dozens of other public figures suing News International over the outrage.
On Friday, a hearing at London's High Court was told several stars, including Ferguson, Blunt, and former Atomic Kitten singer Katona have now settled their case for an undisclosed sum in damages. Lawyers for the company offered "sincere apologies" to victims of the hacking.
The scandal erupted in 2011 after it emerged a private investigator working for the News of the World had intercepted voicemail messages on the cell phones of hundreds of celebrities. The newspaper was subsequently closed down.
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I'm filling in for your regular recapper, Janell. I'm usually on b's dance show beat, covering "Dancing with the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance." This show is pairs of people doing things that are uncomfortable, so how different can it be?
Seven teams remain, including one with a guy with MAGNIFICENT hair. Haters gonna hate, but that permed mullet takes some dedication, y'all.
We're in Botswana and there is a very cute little kid bopping around. This area has a lot of wildlife and the racers all get to take time to see some elephants roaming around.
Bates & Anthony,at 5:39 a.m., leaving for Boro Village. Oh, these guys are hockey players? Those teeth are fake, right? This is some nice eye candy for your female recapper, fake teeth or no. Awww, there's some big babykitties (lions) lolling around napping. Did you know the average house cat sleeps 16-18 hours per day? And yet one of mine is always awake at 5:39 a.m. ready to smack me in the face.
Pam & Winnie, departing 6:11 a.m. They say if they could race the race with no other teams they'd be fine. Oh dear.
Chuck (Oh, that's hair dude!), departing 6:17 a.m. Joey & Meghan, departing 6:23 a.m., followed closely by Caroline & Jennifer at 6:28 a.m. As Joey runs to the car I notice his striped tube top socks pulled up over shiny black leggings. I'm probably going to find him exasperating, aren't I? Caroline & Jennifer credit their faith with allowing them to keep a good attitude during the race.
Mona & Beth, departing 6:37 a.m, followed by Max & Katie at 6:49. They're both having trouble finding the cars, but Mona & Beth notice footprints while Max & Katie do not. Max also says of their last place finish, "It's ourselves beating ourselves." Shouldn't that be, "It's us beating ourselves"? It's bad enough that reality TV is perpetuating the horrible misuse of the first person singular reflexive pronoun, but now it's starting to spread to the first person plural? It's time to make our stand America. (Read Grammar Girl about when to use me/myself and us/ourselves.
Anyway, enough with the grammar and on with the show. The hockey brothers stop for directions and the clerks hand them a map and say they might get lost. FORESHADOWING?
Wynona says Africa "smells like a big bowl of dung." Oh, so she's our token ugly American this season? Joey & Meghan stop to ask for directions and, in an interview, talk about how their generation doesn't know how to read maps because of Google. Get off my lawn, kid. Here, I'll have your phone tell you how to do that.
Caroline & Jennifer get pulled over for speeding, which must be an unusual experience for a pretty blond girl. Caroline boasts in an interview that she's talked her way out of a ticket before and she was reasonably certain she could again. The police officer who stopped them is softening and tells them that they have to talk to his boss. The boss stands firm and writes the ticket to Jennifer. On behalf of dumpy brown haired women everywhere, I rejoice.
Mona & Beth pass by as the blondes are stopped getting their ticket. They're told they have to drive to the police station and pay the equivalent of $100. They are less than pleased and curiously not discussing how this relates to their faith.
Max & Katie finally find their car and the ensuing bickering is breathtaking for a couple that are supposed to be newlyweds. It usually takes a good few years to get to that level of disrespect and contempt. Overachievers.
Bates & Anthony arrive first at the clue box and find a fast forward. The task? Water ski for a mile in waters that are clearly marked as unsafe for swimming because of crocodiles. Bates isn't worried about the crocodiles but is worried that the last time he tried to water ski, it did not go well. They go for it anyway. The guide tells them that they checked for crocodiles last night and everything was fine. The camera crew is finding some crocodiles though. Bates is really struggling with getting up and staying up at first. But then he gets it and "doesn't move a muscle" to stay up the rest of the way.
Pam & Winnie get excited about finding the Fast Forward, but are pretty sure Bates & Anthony would have done it so they quickly switch to the Road Block. "Who wants to go up the creek without a paddle?" the clue asks. Phil explains that teams will use a traditional canoe, made from a single tree, to transport two goats up river to receive their next clue. The goats are adorable and there is much cooing. Ladies, don't think about what's likely to happen to those goats later on. Pam mentions that the goat is peeing all over her leg. Not so cute now, huh? Goats freak me out with their horizontal pupils.
Bates & Anthony complete their task and get their fast forward. The boat's taking them to the lodge and I notice Anthony must've have taken his teeth out. Hee. And Bates is excited that he got to take his shirt off and flashes us some torso. Thank you, Bates.
Caroline & Jennifer arrive at the police station and find that they won't take US currency for the speed ticket, only pula. So now they have to go get the right kind of money and they are fretting about all the time this is taking.
Chuck & Wynona get to the Road Block and Wynona goes after the goats. The goats are uncooperative. She's got a goat in the boat but it escapes. And then there's banjo music because of course...
Joey & Meghan have taken a wrong turn somewhere, but Max & Katie appear to be making up the time they lost trying to find a car.
OK, the police aren't letting Caroline leave the station. So Jennifer hands a guy American cash and he's supposed to go exchange it for them and bring back pula. Oh, honey. I can't decide if I want faith in your fellow humans to be rewarded or if I want the pretty blonde girl to get a lesson in "people won't always just do what you want because you're cute."
Max gets pulled over for going 76. Lightweight. Jennifer was going 96. Getting back in the car, Max says "At least we have the pula to pay for it." Back at the police station, the nice stranger brought back Jennifer's cash and is rewarded with a hug from the pretty blonde. Remember when Phoebe and Joey on Friends had that whole argument about altruism? Point for Phoebe here.
Bates is sitting in the boat in only his underwear. He says, "Can't get better scenery than this. . . And Africa looks good, too." He laughs as he says it and I hope the guy's just a goof and not really full of himself.
Back in the canoes, Pam & Winnie find the goat delivery point, Wynona is a world champion whiner, and Mona & Beth are literally in the weeds. Joey & Meghan are still driving around lost.
Jennifer & Caroline get to the Road Block and Caroline squeals she'll do it because she loves goats. Goats reward such adoration by running away from her, just like they did every other contestant. She gets two in the canoe and off they go. They've got a shot at catching up to Mona & Beth.
Speaking of Mona & Beth, I like the way they're talking to each other. The one sitting down? Mona? She's so respectful and supportive of Beth when she encourages her to stand up to pilot the canoe. Of course this probably means they're out soon, since I like them.
Chuck & Wynona, coming back down the river after delivering their goats, end up almost occupying the same spot of river as Mona & Beth. Both teams are trying to negotiate the boats without tipping over and they pass without incident.
Caroline is apparently reliving her tomboy childhood with this canoe thing, so yay for her. Max & Katie are at the police station to pay their ticket. Joey & Meghan are still driving around lost.
As Chuck & Wynona approach the river bank, he encourages her in a way that gives me a flashback to what they were probably like in the delivery room during the births of their children. They get the clue telling them to proceed by river taxi to the Lodge.
Mona & Beth and Jennifer & Caroline deliver their goats at about the same time and are both trying to get into their canoes to go back down the river. Mona is clearly about to lose her temper, but she manages to tell Beth with authenticity that she's proud of her for conquering the challenge.
Bates & Anthony are first to arrive at the Pit Stop, "Again," as Phil notes. They've won $7,500 each, too! This is apparently their third first-place finish of the race. Joey & Meghan are still driving around lost. (Presumably. Every time they're not shown to us, I assume that's what's happening in their world.)
Chuck & Wynona are speeding down the river in their taxi-boat and Chuck's hair blowing in the breeze is glorious. GLORIOUS, I say. It moves and doesn't move, at the same time. It defies physics and logic and your rules of good taste. It is eating Bart Simpson's shorts. It is staring down Chuck Norris. It makes the honey badger look as neurotic as Woody Allen.
Pam & Winnie get on the shuttle to the lodge and Chuck & Wynona are right behind them in a shuttle of their own. Chuck says, "I'm sure that made the hairdo look good." I freaking love that he calls it a "hairdo." Don't worry, Chuck. Like a werewolf of London, your hair is perfect.
Jennifer & Caroline and Mona & Beth get their clues to go to the lodge. Max & Katie are leaving the police station and as they pull out, there's that thud, and it's not just Katie's estimation of her new husband hitting new lows. He's run into a pole.
Meanwhile, Joey & Meghan are still driving around lost. (See above)
Max decides not to get out and look at the damage done to the car because, as he says in an interview, "I'd just start sweating it." Katie says, "Maybe some teams got lost." And cut to...
A bright yellow lizard moving veeeeerrrrrry slowly. And a very lost Joey & Meghan. I see what you did there, sense-of-humor-having editors. And then they spot another car! It's Max & Katie. Then Joey interviews and is suddenly every closeted Baptist guy I knew in high school. His bio says he's from Boston and now is in Los Angeles... so where is this voice coming from?
Max & Katie now have to complete a Speed Bump, due to being last to arrive in the previous non-elimination leg. They have to finish making a grass skirt and then do a "seduction dance." While they do this, Joey & Meghan start up the river with their goats.
Pam & Winnie pull the Detour clue: "Brains or Brawn" Brains: Go on a horseback animal safari and look for 10 metal animal cutouts, then use tiles to represent the animals in the order in which they appeared. Brawn: Stack firewood on a cart and then, using a carrot on a stick, convince the donkeys to pull the cart half a mile.
Pam & Winnie choose Brawn, because weren't they talking in an interview earlier about how they're strength is their intelligence? And Chuck & Wynona pick brains because they're smart enough to know to stay away from any task involving donkeys. As they go along, Wynona starts to make up a song to remember the animals. I'm not being sarcastic when I say that's a smart move. I still remember the first five months of the year in Spanish because of a Cinco de Mayo song we sang in high school 20 years ago.
Jennifer & Caroline choose brawn. No comment. Mona & Beth choose brawn, because roller derby.
Joey & Meghan are having a hard time in the canoe, much like everyone else before them. Max & Katie are distrustful Americans because the locals put some makeup on them in a hut.
Pam & Winnie are finding out just how uncooperative donkeys can be. The bystanders are laughing at the situation and I can't say I blame them. Pam & Winnie get flustered when two other teams show up and they start to wonder about switching Detours. They quickly decide to switch and announce they are doing so. I think that will be a very smart move for them. They were getting nowhere with those donkeys.
Max & Katie are dancing and the crowd of onlookers are giggling at them. Joey & Meghan are still struggling. Max picks up his goats two at a time and they're on their way.
Horseback safari is going well for those teams -- Pam & Winnie are realizing they made a very smart decision switching detours. Chuck & Wynona are rolling along too and Wynona's got her little song for the first five animals and tells Chuck he has to remember the next five.
Joey & Meghan deliver their goats and then Max & Katie shortly behind them. Fair play to Max & Katie, they made up time from that Speed Bump pretty well.
Donkeys are being donkeys and going down the path and Jennifer & Caroline get their cart stuck on a tree. Mona & Beth take the chance to pass them on the outside.
Chuck interviews that his reaction to all the beautiful wildlife is that he wishes he could hunt it. Sigh. Wynona's "heiny" is sore because it's not a padded saddle.
Meghan & Joey and Max & Katie both get on the river taxis. Katie points out the obvious, saying that they have to beat Meghan & Joey at the Detour or they're done.
Mona & Beth reach the end of the half mile with the donkeys, but the donkeys have trouble understanding that when Mona & Beth say "Whoa," they mean "Whoa." While Jennifer & Caroline struggle with their tangled up donkeys, Mona & Beth finish unloading the wood and get the clue telling them to go the Pit Stop. They are currently in 2nd place. Jennifer & Caroline shortly get their clue and are in 3rd place.
Mona & Beth are told they're Team Number 2 and there is much rejoicing. Caroline & Jennifer are Team Number 3 and there is more rejoicing.
Chuck & Wynona finish their ride and put the tiles in order on their first try. They are Team Number 4. Chuck's hair under a pith helmet is wonderful.
Oh no, Pam & Winnie miss one of their animals completely. And then think that the bird on a hippo marker counts as two animals. They finish their ride, do their tiles, and are told by the park ranger it's incorrect and that they'll have to go back to the very beginning.
Pam & Winnie are back in the saddle again, redoing the Safari. Joey & Meghan have loaded their cart but can't get the donkeys to move. Max & Katie take off, so they are ahead of them at least for now. And now it's a donkey cart race! It's like Ben Hur without the guys in short skirts!
It's impossible to know with all the cross cutting where Pam & Winnie are in relation to the donkey-cart-detour folks. Max & Katie get to the cart-unloading area just before Joey & Meghan and both teams are hustling to unload the carts.
Pam & Winnie are told again that their answer is incorrect. It's probably because they are putting the bird tile on top of the rhino tile. First of all, it was a hippo, not a rhino. Secondly, the correct answer wants only the bird for that metal cutout. The ranger tells them it's incorrect. They decide to go back to Brawn and their fate is sealed.
Joey & Meghan run to the mat just before Max & Katie. Phil tries to fake them out. And then tells Joey & Meghan they're Team 5 and Max & Katie that they're Team 6.
Pam says in an interview "Crying is for bitches" and they know they're going to be eliminated and they are.
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Why you should visit the thermal baths in Budapest?
Budapest is one of the biggest and most exciting cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Amongst its most popular attractions are undoubtedly its thermal baths, now renowned throughout the world. Although Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, has only officially carried the title as a Spa City for 80 years, its unique facilities were fully recognized by Roman legionaries over 2000 years ago! According to available records, there were then 14 baths in the city at that time, some of whose remaining foundations and walls can be seen in Óbuda to this day.
Most of the baths open today were established by the Turks, examples of which, the Rudas and the Király Baths, are still in operation after five hundred years. At that period in history, our city was called the Mecca of Rheumatics due to the salutary effects of its thermal waters.
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Unmatched even on a world scale, the daily delivery of 70 million litres of 21-78 oC thermal waters, gushing out of 118 natural hot springs and drilled wells, means that Budapest can proudly proclaim itself as the capital city of healing and thermal waters. The Széchenyi Thermal Baths, built at the beginning of the 20th century and the first healing baths in Pest, is the biggest bathing complex in both Budapest and Europe. It is also very reminiscient of the Roman, Greek and Eastern styles of bathing.
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- The case of Forsyth County, North Carolina v. Joyner, which ultimately ruled that opening invocations and prayers before government bodies cannot be overwhelmingly sectarian in nature, is now being used to challenge the sectarian prayers in North Carolina's State Legislature. The ACLU is threatening litigation if North Carolina doesn't change its policy. As I've pointed out here before, this case rests heavily on precedents involving Pagans who've challenged government invocation policies.
- DNAinfo reports that the Wiccan Family Temple in New York is holding a fundraiser entitled WitchsFest USA, with proceeds going towards a permanent temple space in Manhattan. The best part? They've got a band called Witches in Bikinis playing for them, a high-concept beach-party-horror-film rock n' roll group. Here's a promo video of them in action. How did I not hear about them before? In any case, the fundraiser is on July 8th, and you should definitely check it out.
- February isn't just for Groundhog's Day, in Brazil adherants of Candomblé celebrate Iemanja Day, which honors the Queen of the Ocean, perhaps better known as Yemaja to many Pagans.
- In the "living traditions update their imagery" files is the story of how Chinese families are now offering up replica paper iPads to their ancestors for an annual festival. Quote: "Apple's iPad 2 shortage has spread to the afterlife as Chinese families in Malaysia rush to buy paper replicas of the popular new gadget to burn for their dead as part of a centuries-old rite. During the Qingming festival, also known as the tomb sweeping festival, Chinese communities in Asia honour their ancestors by burning fake money or replicas of luxury items such as flashy cars and designer bags." Fun fact: spirit iPads have an "888 gigabyte capacity."
- Religion Clause reports that the Sister Wives' challenge to Utah's anti-bigamy statute will go forward. Back in July of 2011, I wrote an article on challenges to polygamy laws and how that might affect polyamorous Pagans. A recent high-profile challenge to Canadian polygamy law failed to overturn the ordinance, though it did seem to carve out exceptions and a road-map for future litigation. No doubt Pagans in multiple-partner relationships will be watching this challenge closely to see how its ramifications might affect their lives.
- Also from Religion Clause, O Centro Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, who won a landmark Supreme Court case regarding the importation and use of entheogens for religious purposes, is filing a land use lawsuit against Santa Fe County, New Mexico for denying them a permit to build a new temple to replace their old one (which they have outgrown). UDV was also recently involved in the major ministerial exception case decided early this year.
- President Michel Martelly has named Sean Penn as Haiti's ambassador at large.
- Is being an atheist in the United States worse than being a Pagan? Julian Baggini at Slate.com explores why the U.S. won't accept its atheists, though many of the experiences conveyed here sound awfully familiar. Quote: "I used to be a good running friend with somebody who doesn't live far from here. I mentioned on one occasion that I was an atheist and I've never seen him again … I came here knowing this was the Bible Belt, but I didn't realise it was a more like a totalitarian Christian society: you're either one of them or you're not and there's no in between. So I've learnt this lesson, to keep it to myself as much as possible."
- A short video documentary about Oberon Zell-Ravenheart.
- New research is out about how entheogenic mushrooms affect our brain.
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Meet the Sound Perspective Podcast with host Alfred Faber as he interviews director George Miller. Hear from Amos Miller about Microsoft's Guide Dogs app which uses audio cues to help blind users navigate their cities. Composer Chase Bethea shares his lifelong love for games and game music. Live Sound Engineer Niclas Jeppsson gives his tips for being a calm, cool, and collected freelancer who can ride the waves of life. Voice Actors Victoria Atkin and Patricia Summersett talk about their upcoming projects and what they've learned from the industry. Soundgirls hosts a panel with Onnalee Blank, Karol Urban, Kate Finan, and April Tucker about working in television and film. And finally, hear Shuji Kohata's talk from GDC about real-time processing for spatial audio and reverb in NieR:Automata.
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