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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That's a cool saying by some old, dead scientist dude. What it means (for those of you without a background in the Physics) is: if you push a boring ball into a magnetic accelerator, you will find it amazing as a ball on the other end shoots out at high speed. See . . . boring is the opposite of amazing! And that's how physics makes life fun.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:37 am
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Im planning a move to the Hood River area, to be moved in by May 1st. I understand theres quite a bit of seasonal habitants in the gorge (similar to a college town). Ive lived in college towns before, and after about August 15th on any given year, if you dont have a place to stay, youre stuck with whichever hole in the wall thats left over.
Is it the same in HR? What would be a general cutoff date for securing a place to stay (before all the pickings get extremely slim)?
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If you start looking in April, have a reasonable budget to spend, and are willing to sign a year lease, you shouldnt have much of a problem.
If you show up in June looking for a cheap summer rental, you may end up sleeping in your car.
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Do you plan to work at some scheduled job, or just chase wind? Housing needs are very different for windchasers vs working stiffs.
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just buy a camper and stay at the walmart parking lot, its free and they have clean bathrooms-
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walmart OK as a backup option, but local yuk-yuks often drive thru at 3am and honk horns to disturb us. I should know, Im walmart_guy from now defunct hatchcam.com and storm_warning discussion boards and park at walmart as a last resort. Some HR locals consider windsurfers who live in RVs and vans to be white trash. Do I care?
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Hey there Mike, I got a rental that might become available in the next couple months here in HV. Nothing fancy.... but really affordable, quiet, peaceful, scenic area away from all the crazy HR stuff.
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Last summer I did the Walmart thing once, that was enough for me. Besides the friendly locals laying on the horn at 3am, and the Jake Brakes, Im not proud to say I used Walmart for anything (except peeing in their parking lot bushes).
I also want to maintain some standard of living, and will be relocating semi-permanently so a nice place would be great. I will be working, but Im my own boss if that makes any difference. Something 2-3 bedrooms, that accepts cats is all I need--beyond that its icing on the cake...let me know what youve got Pete, message me with details.
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More important than whether you have a boss is the logistics requirements of your job, the other aspects of your life, and the priority you allocate to your sailing. If your job also has no rigid schedule, or even had no bulky accoutrements beyond maybe a laptop or a box of tools of a trade, theres nothing like mobility to ramp up ones sailing. Ive always felt sorry for sailors who had to Leave Wind To Find Lodging, i.e., who had to pack it up and drive 50-100 miles to their motel or apartment while there was still windy daylight on tap, especially when they know that to sail the next day they must drive right back again, missing still more windy daylight. The best days of my decades in the Gorge have almost always been parking in one windy spot for days (up to 10 days sometimes) on end, just sailing, eating, and sleeping without having to drive for food or lodging. The next best thing is sleeping 5-10 minutes from the sailing, rather than an hour or two away. We cant sleep AT the Hatch, but Walmart aint the only alternative within striking range. (When I do sleep at Walmart a couple of days a year, I use earplugs and a white noise machine to block out the halfwits and Jake brakes.)
But given your semi-permanent assessment, it sounds like housing is definitely in order . . . especially if that cat doesnt mind whether Daddy -- i.e., its food source -- doesnt make it home some nights because the wind is too good out east or west and his camper is stocked. That stocked camper (and a flexible cat) is priceless if one has the time flexibility to take advantage of it as the wind comes and goes, because many great sailing sessions are spontaneous.
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Hey Mike, how about 4 cats? Im not into living in a van, with my non-windsurfing girlfriend, 4 cats and a fish tank. Im not that committed so its a home with a foundation for me for sure. As nice as it may be to have a bed on wheels, Im looking for step 1 of moving to the gorge. At some point I may move to step 2 or 3 but for now I just need a roof over my head.
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Re: Im not that committed
Hee, hee . . . get back to us in few years and let us know whether youve changed that tune. Not the roof part -- thats mandatory for anyone who moves here -- but sailing here instills commitment in many people. Bud Arvid pointed out all the ways Gorge sailing is for wusses -- no sharks, warm water, warm air, string of lakes, no shorepound, no portages across hundreds of yards of sand dunes, waves seldom topping 10 feet -- intending them as INSULTS cause thats the kind of guy he is.
The jokes on him. Other than getting skunked driving out to Arlington, sailing here is just so damned convenient that its easy to get hooked. And since there are far too many windless hours, days, and weeks, the windy periods become precious, maybe even priceless.
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In France the Impressionists , Monet, Van Gogh, etc. were considered by many of the trustees of the Louvre to be street art at one time.
They kept them in a small building hard to find. Then they moved them into an old train station that is so beautiful it deserves to be in the Louvre all on its own.
This gave them a chance to place many things they had which were truly worth seeing on display there.
The Van Gogh of two peasants in a haystack is mesmerizing and a painting of some workers scraping a floor is so good I often go to see it several times in the same visit. These two works don't show well in repros.
This fortunate little museum can draw from the Louvres collection, of which only about 10% is able to be displayed at a time.
The museum store is clever. They sell reproductions of art objects that don't exist like the single pearl necklace I got for my wife. It is depicted in a Goya with a naked lady wearing it on a couch.
Nice looking couch too, but they didn't have one of those for sale.
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Awesome collection. Love the floor scrapers also.
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WD--stumbled into this exhibit in Madrid on our way to better known exhibits. Stunning. Lots of Sorollo to be seen in Spain, and he is a towering talent. Forgot you had skills and taste.
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"I've never even seen a fine art first hand, and don't care if I ever do."
It's difficult to believe that isobars is so devoid of sophistication and culture that he could make such a statement. I understand that many folks may not have been exposed to fine art in their life, and I wouldn't hold that against them, but to blow it off like it was something not worth the time is a sad state of mind. So much of civilization and history is built on the arts. How hollow life would be without art in our lives?
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He never saw La Pieta.
It is in alcove in the Vatican. Carved on the spot by a ceiling painter named Mike Angelo who was a prisoner there at the time. They pretended like he was a guest but there were guards at the door.
It is big white marble statue of a dead guy laying on the lap of a lady in a big flowing robe. We came upon it unknowing in 1970.
It leaves you breathless in a crowd of similarly affected people. I saw the guards shake people back to earth out of kindness.
They tell me Jesus and Mary are depicted but that has little to do with this statue. The way the robes move, the line down his body to his pointing hand, have a power that fills the air.
Back on earth some similarly affected psycho took a hammer to it to save everybody and now it is behind bulletproof glass and only the mighty stand in its presence.
The effect is a good bit less from there but not to be missed.
Greatest work of art I have ever seen.
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For some idea of how out of touch the big city media are about real world personal finance and how clueless the public are about this joke laughingly called a tax relief act, consider the WSJ's analysis of it. Their weekend story on it assessed its federal tax increases on four hypothetical families:
1. Single parent, 2 kids, income $260,000, fed tax increase $3,356.
2. Retired couple, income $180k, no tax change.
3. Single person earning $230k, tax increase $2,907.
4. Married couple w/2 kids earning $650,000, taxes up $21,608.
Tell me what's BLATANTLY wrong with all those scenarios.
C'mon ... you can do it. Just think about it; what do every one of those scenarios have in common, besides the fact that Obama has been guaranteeing us for 5 years now that only #4 will ever see one dime in tax increases?
Simple: WHO THE HELL EARNS THAT KIND OF MONEY? AFAIK, I've never personally, socially, nor on the job met but one person in my life who earned even that $180k, and he was a very senior USAF general who managed budgets in the tens of billions (as my wife has done for MUCH less money. Only a very senior DuPont executive we met one time, for a short lunch, topped those figures.
Big city people have no clue how ordinary people live. Look at the reaction of the media to Kerry's "elite" sport (uh, WSing), to Bush's low-life mountain biking, etc., but Obama's mainstream celebrity sport, basketball, and his glistening pecs make Pelosi all hot and bothered. Even O'Reilly, who grew up poor, assumed a social worker he was interviewing earned $50-$60k ($20k!). I'll never forget national news anchor Harry Reasoner's outraged tirade against snowmobiles, nor that the environment had nothing to do with it; his sole objection was that it's a mindless, pointless, incomprehensible waste of time ... that only the fine arts qualified as honorable entertainment.
I've never even seen a fine art first hand, and don't care if I ever do. Maybe when I'm too old to golf or kite I'll go look at one.
Then there's the Manhattan AT&T customer support chick who refused to believe that there was no street address of the exact location at which I could not get a cell signal; she could not comprehend that the population of Three Mile Canyon in the Gorge includes FAR more rattlesnakes, ground squirrels, and coyotes than people, nor that there IS no intersection right there. She thought I was trying to be funny, and demanded the name and street number of the nearest building.
She had never been out of New York City ... in her life ... and didn't understand why anyone would
to live anywhere else.
They just don't get it.
Are you kidding me? Are you this clueless? The average nitwit engineer 's starting salary at Zillow is $132,000. Throw in some stock options, and he's at 250,000, year ONE! If you spent one day in the private sector, you would know that big earners are everywhere, especially here in the Bay Area, where you need to make 300,000 just to afford a decent house.
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It's difficult to believe that isobars is so devoid of sophistication and culture that he could make such a statement.
It's very easy to believe that.
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And he is just a hop skip and a jump from the Seattle Art Museum which has a fine collection. Talk radio and art are both intended to stir your emotions. There may be a substantial difference in the amount of joy you get out of the latter--if you are capable.
By the way, if you get to Seattle, check out the Leda(and the swan) by John Covert, donated by my grandfather. When it could have been in my living room...
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This Day in Sports History — July 20
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on July 20:
1858 — Teams from Brooklyn and Manhattan played the first-ever baseball games for which admission was charged at the Fashion Park Race Course on Long Island. (More info.)
1912 — Sherry Magee of the Philadelphia Phillies stole home twice in the same game. (More info.)
1916 — The New York Giants traded 372-game winner Christy Mathewson, Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer. (More info.)
1924 — Johnny Weissmuller won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics in an Olympic record time of 59.0 seconds. (More info.)
1937 — Don Budge of the U.S. rallied from two sets down to beat Gottfried von Cramm of Germany in the Davis Cup semifinals at Wimbledon. (More info.)
1954 — Maureen Connolly, the first woman to achieve the grand slam of tennis, suffered a broken leg as a result of a horse-back riding accident. The injury ended her career at age 19. (More info.)
1965 — Pitcher Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees hit an inside-the-park grand slam against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. (More info.)
1970 — Bill Singer of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (More info.)
1973 — Pitcher Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox started and lost both games of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees. (More info.)
1976 — Hank Aaron hit his 755th, and final, home run, as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the California Angels, 6-2, in Milwaukee. (More info.)
1979 — Seve Ballesteros won the British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Anne's in Lancashire, England. (More info.)
2000 — Officials behind Salt Lake City's winning bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics were indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and racketeering. (More info.)


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Car driver charged in crash with ARC bus (Video)
ONEIDA >>A Whitesboro woman has been ticketed following a Wednesday afternoon state Route 5 accident after her vehicle entered the oncoming traffic lane and struck a bus.
Oneida City Police charged Bobbi Marsh, 49, of Clark Mills Road in Whitesboro, with failing to keep right and failure to reduce speed.
The accident occurred around 3:15 p.m., between Sayles Street and Fultz Drive.
Marsh was traveling east on state Route 5 when police say she attempted to brake and crossed into the oncoming lane to avoid stopped traffic and vehicles turning right onto Fultz Drive.
Once she entered the westbound lane, Marsh's car spun sideways, and the passenger side of her vehicle collided with the oncoming Madison Cortland ARC bus driven by Elbert Loucks, 62, of Whitelaw Road in Canastota.
Police say he attempted to steer to the right but was ultimately struck by Marsh's vehicle.
Both vehicles came to rest in a ditch on the west side of the road.
Passengers on the bus were heading home from day programs held at the agency, a spokesperson said.
Fifteen of the 16 people on the bus, including Loucks, reported bumps and bruises and were taken to Oneida Healthcare for evaluation. A bus aide was taken to a Utica hospital for a leg injury, police said.
Marsh complained of shoulder, arm and ankle injuries and was taken to University Hospital in Syracuse.


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In today's world of violence and the need for peace and security, where does the martial arts school fit in the community?
It is considered by most, if not all old world masters of the martial arts that if the encounter becomes physical, one has lost the spiritual. What!? No fighting! Isn't the martial arts about fighting, self defense, trophies and belts? Yes and No!!! The martial arts teach the student about self defense and today is often involved in some competition to test the skills learned. However, if one thinks that the martial arts makes one a superhuman, fighting machine, then you are so very wrong.
Let's start with self defense first. That is the most common reason one takes classes. Sometimes it is for fitness and socialization, but most often for personal safety and defense. All martial arts systems are effective. Say this again! All martial arts systems are effective. it is the practitionier that makes the difference. So, with that said, do you pay high dues and contracts thinking that if I pay this much I get more? No, you get ripped off. Read my previous blogs about quality schools. But, enough of that. That subject has been drilled into the ground enough. Let's look at another aspect of the martial arts.
Serious martial arts instructors and schools are not concerned with titles and belts and such. They are concerned about the personal internal growth of the student, who for various reasons, decided to take lessons. All will teach us the "brute" skills as it is known, but few today teach us to self actualize. Then there is the "place" of the martial arts community within the community they service.
At our school, Black Dragon Martial Arts, we involve ourselves in community service, education and safety for the common individual. Other instructors do the same. However, some schools are hype and bling and sell you a smooth deal, then the contract comes out. It is a business. They are in it to make money. This is not wrong, just different from the original philosophy of the Masters of old. Added charges for tournament teams, black belt clubs, demo teams are all a hype. Community involved schools do not worry or charge for all this. They include all this in a reasonable monthly cost as part of the education process of the student first learning abouth themselves, and secondly learning defense. Bling has no part in this. Do not be misled.
Today's martial arts schools, students and instructors should be vital members of their community providing not just a formal martial arts education at a schoool, but a true involvement in the safety of the community as well as other civic duties. Martial Arts make leaders. These future leaders should be a vital part of their community as they study the arts and also provide to the community, service that promotes not only safety, but a belief that together we are strong.
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At least 40,000 supporters of Malaysia's opposition held a rally near Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to protest alleged vote fraud, with its leader Anwar Ibrahim vowing to the crowds he would expose the cheating he says cost them an election win.
Anwar called the rally to press his case for what he says is evidence of widespread fraud in Sunday's election that handed victory, with a weakened parliamentary majority, to the long-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
"This is merely the beginning of the battle between the people and an illegitimate, corrupt and arrogant government," the 65-year-old former deputy prime minister told the large crowd, many of whom wore black to symbolise mourning.
"We will continue this struggle and we will never surrender."
Malaysia's government earlier accused Anwar of "fomenting division" and planning to cause unrest at the rally in a sports stadium. There were no reports of violence and the police presence appeared to be thin.
The tens of thousands of supporters -- many of them blowing horns and shouting "reformasi" (reform) -- came despite rain, tough traffic conditions and a police warning that the opposition had not acquired the necessary permission.
Anwar has vowed to lead a "fierce movement" to reform the country's electoral system and challenge the results of the election, although he is unlikely to gain much traction in any attempt to overturn the result.
A civil society movement devoted to electoral reform has held large street rallies in Kuala Lumpur in recent years that have ended in violent clashes with police.
Anwar told Reuters on Tuesday that the rally would be a first step to explain the opposition's case that it had been cheated out of its first election victory.
"We've seen a groundswell but that only translated into the election being stolen by the ruling clique. But now what we need to do is to explain and let the people take it up from there," he said.
The opposition alliance won 89 seats in parliament compared to the ruling coalition's 133, despite Barisan losing the popular vote for the first time in 44 years,underlining opposition complaints that the electoral system is stacked against it.
Anwar said the opposition had identified more than 30 constituencies out of a total 222 where the result was suspicious and would present proof in the coming weeks.
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LONDON, April 20 (UPI) -- British movie star Jude Law has written the World Trade Organization asking the body to uphold a ban on trade in seal skins, an animal rights group says.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals posted the letter on its website Saturday.
Canada has asked the WTO to overturn a European Union ban on seal fur.
"As an actor who will always consider Britain home, I was proud to learn that the European Union has banned seal-fur imports," Law said. "In light of next week's seal-products dispute hearing, I'm writing to urge the panel to uphold this ban, which is in line with the wishes of compassionate people all around the world, including the majority of European citizens."
Canada holds the world's largest seal hunt. It has been controversial for decades because of film showing seals, including young ones, being clubbed to death.
Russia and the United States have banned seal imports. Most of Canada's exports go to Norway, which is not an EU member and also holds a seal hunt.
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Soccer Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Two goals by the dynamic Lionel Messi helped La Liga leaders Barcelona maintain their flying start to the season with a 5-1 destruction of Athletic Bilbao.
In England, Manchester United charged three points clear of second-placed Manchester City with a thrilling 4-3 win at Reading while their neighbours were held 1-1 by Everton.
Leaders Barcelona created a new record for the best start to a La Liga season, thrashing Athletic Bilbao 5-1 to notch 40 points from 14 games.
Barca, under new coach Tito Vilanova, have won 13 matches and drawn one which beats the previous best by Real Madrid in 1961-62 of 13 wins and a defeat.
Lionel Messi scored twice to move within one goal of former Germany and Bayern Munich striker Gerd Mueller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year. Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas and Adriano netted the others.
Second-placed Atletico Madrid slipped six points behind Barca after losing 2-0 to Real Madrid in the city derby at the Bernabeu.
A trademark fizzing free kick saw Cristiano Ronaldo open the scoring for Real and he set up Mesut Ozil for the second to leave Jose Mourinho's champions third on 29 points.
Image: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona
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Soccer Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Manchester United moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after an extraordinary 4-3 win at struggling Reading while champions Manchester City were held to a 1-1 home draw by Everton.
-United defending is agony for Ferguson
All seven goals at Reading came in 34 first-half minutes as Wayne Rooney struck twice and Robin van Persie also found the net to give United victory despite some inept defending.
-Mancini concerned about misfiring Man City strikers
City needed a 43rd-minute Carlos Tevez penalty to salvage a draw with Everton who had taken the lead through Marouane Fellaini.
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez saw his side go ahead at West Ham United through Juan Mata before the home side hit back with three second-half goals to win 3-1.
Arsenal slumped to 10th in the table following a 2-0 home loss to Swansea City.
United top the table on 36 points going into next weekend's Manchester derby at City who are second on 33.
Chelsea are third, level on 26 points with Tottenham Hotspur and surprise packages West Bromwich Albion.
Image: Manchester United's Wayne Rooney shoots to score
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Soccer Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Bayern Munich's Bundesliga lead was cut to eight points after they were held 1-1 at home by champions Borussia Dortmund, the sixth game in a row the Bavarians have failed to beat their rivals.
Toni Kroos drilled home the opening goal for Bayern on 67 minutes and Mario Goetze levelled seven minutes later before Dortmund keeper Roman Weidenfeller pulled off a string of saves late in the game to rescue a point for the visitors.
Bayer Leverkusen tightened their hold on second place with Stefan Kiessling's ninth league goal of the season giving them a 1-0 victory over Nuremberg for their sixth win in seven games.
Leverkusen are second on 30 points with Dortmund in third place on 27, two points better off than Schalke in fourth who drew 1-1 against Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Image: Mario Gotze (right) of of Borussia Dortmund celebrates
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Soccer Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 13th goal in 12 Ligue 1 appearances but could not prevent Paris St Germain losing 2-1 at mid-table Nice, their third defeat in the last five league games.
PSG are fourth on 26 points, five behind leaders Olympique Lyon who won 1-0 at home to champions Montpellier thanks to Bafetimbi Gomis's 10th league goal of the season and his fourth in less than a week.
Olympique Marseille, crushed 4-1 by Lyon earlier in the week with Gomis hitting a hat-trick, bounced back to win 2-1 at Stade Brest and climb to second on 29 points.
On-loan Englishman Joey Barton, who has started all three league matches since his 12-game ban ended, delivered his best performance so far for Marseille, setting up both goals.
St Etienne are third, tied on 26 points with PSG but ahead on goal difference, after a goalless draw at lowly Ajaccio.
Image: Paris Saint Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (centre)
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Soccer Roundup: Record for Barca, United go clear
Contrasting wins for Napoli and Inter Milan kept them hard on the heels of leaders Juventus in Serie A but Fiorentina lost ground after being held at home by improving Sampdoria.
Napoli had a thumping 5-1 win over bottom club Pescara but Inter scraped an unconvincing 1-0 victory at home to Palermo.
Two goals each by Gokhan Inler and Edinson Cavani, one from the penalty spot, helped Walter Mazzarri's Napoli side stay two points behind Juve who defeated local rivals Torino 3-0 thanks to a double by Claudio Marchisio and another goal from Sebastian Giovinco.
Inter are four points behind Juve on 31 after ending a run of three games without a win thanks to an own goal by Palermo's Santiago Garcia.
Stefan Savic scored both goals for fourth-placed Fiorentina in a 2-2 draw after Nenad Krsticic and a Gonzalo Rodriguez own goal had seen Sampdoria equalise and then take the lead.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > October 2001 > Husband and wife art team to exhibit work at Wayland gallery
Husband and wife art team to exhibit work at Wayland gallery
Laila and Ion Ionesco, a husband and wife art team, will display their work at Wayland Baptist University's Abraham Art Gallery in an exhibit titled "Two Hearts, One Vision."
The exhibit begins October 12, with an opening reception that evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A jewelry trunk show of work by Ion Ionesco will be held Oct. 12 and 13 in the gallery, which is located in the Mabee Learning Resources Center on the Wayland campus.
A resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Laila Ionesco works primarily in oils but said her work follows no real theme.
"As humans, we all have questions about our existence, its scope, goal and finality," she said. "At some time or another, we all wondered why are we here, where are we from, for how long and who does hold the lease. I offer my own interpretation and explanation of what I had glimpses of in meditative moments. Like many of my contemporaries in all domains of the arts, I am convinced that I am basically an instrument through which Divinity speaks and, at my level, the creative process is the closest thing to Universal integration."
"My work attempts to conscientiously capture glimpses of my subconscious mind. That is why there are no predilect subjects I work with, but rather a wide range of themes, from feelings and emotions, to comments on religion, to comments on society, to portraits, events from my life or scenes alluding to mysterious interaction," she added.
A native of Romania, Ion Ionesco studied metalsmithing under master jewelers as a young man, inheriting their "Old World" traditions of the craft. After immigrating to the United States, he worked as a jeweler and a jewelry designer before opening his own fine jewelry studio.
"With each new piece, I strive to incite an emotional response similar to the one that started me working on that particular project," Ion said. "The intrinsic beauty of materials I use inspire me greatly and give me the unequaled joy of being able to create a flawlessly crafted work of art."
Like his wife, Ionesco finds spirituality in his work and said his pieces carry a powerful emotional charge.
"Precious materials have qualities that make me compare them to the transcendental nature of the human soul: wrought in fire, quenched in water, molded into an unlimited variety of shapes, shining in the sun, but forever enduring," he said. "I like to think that precious and semi-precious stones match the infinite range of human feelings and emotions."
Ionesco's jewelry blends a variety of metals and precious stones to create unique pieces with classic looks.
The Ionesco exhibit will be featured through November 16. The Abraham Art Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free.


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Beach volleyball, to most, is seen as an Olympic sport -- a two-on-two match pitting players from opposing teams against each other.
Beach volleyball, to most, is seen as an Olympic sport -- a two-on-two match pitting players from opposing teams against each other.
In the next few years, there will likely be many different versions of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor.
It will soon be seen as more than just a four-year spectacle.
By 2015, the NCAA could have enough colleges with beach volleyball teams to form a championship.
Around that time, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association may sanction beach volleyball as a varsity sport.
The Epiphany School is one of those high schools wanting to have beach volleyball with a varsity status.
�This has been a great sport to introduce at a low cost,� said Epiphany volleyball coach Darryl Radford. �We hope, in a few years, it will be a varsity sport.�
In the meantime, the Epiphany Falcons are competing as a club team against 14 other high schools in the North Carolina High School Sand Volleyball Association.
This spring was the first season the association was assembled.
�This was the first year that you had a dozen or so high schools field a club team and compete against other schools,� said Clark Wright, an assistant.
Epiphany�s season started with practice on Mar. 1. It played two weekends a month, until the tournament championship on May 11.
During the regular season, the Falcons went 7-4 and finished fourth in the league.
Then came the tournament championships at Jaycee Park in Raleigh.
Epiphany beat 4A public schools like Broughton and Apex, on its way to the title.
The Falcons had 13 members on their team, but only the top three two-person teams competed each outing.
Most of the squad is on the fall indoor team as well.
�It�s a lot different (than indoor),� said Haley Radford. �It�s very hot and it really works your muscles. When you are running in 95-degree weather, on hot sand, it does a lot for you.�
The North Carolina High School Sand Volleyball Association has 15 teams. Epiphany, one of two small private schools, is the only high school represented East of I-95.
Other schools involved are Broughton, Apex, Middle Creek, St. David�s, Ravenscroft, Cardinal Gibbons and Athens Drive, along with a few others.
�It�s really an awesome sport,� said Darryl Radford. �The girls really have to communicate and work together and recognize what the other team is giving you.�
Along with North Carolina, California and Arizona are working to get beach volleyball sanctioned as a varsity program.
The Falcons have a home beach volleyball court, at Creekside Park, and received some grants to get the team started.
Currently, they are considered a club team, but the goal is to become a varsity unit in two to three years.
�It�s really exciting to be kind of like a pioneer of starting this as a high school sport,� said Nicole Hoard. �People are going to look back and be like, �wow, they started out just being a club sport.�
�Watching it grow and develop into something like a varsity sport, it�s really exciting.�
Epiphany�s top three-seeded teams play a best of three set each match against another school�s top three seeds. The first to 21 points, and it must be at least a two-point victory, wins the set.
�Beach volleyball is all new to me because it�s my first time ever doing it,� said Avery Davis. �Just going up against high school teams and playing girls that are older, it was intimidating at first.
�Skill-wise, we are at their level even though most of them were older than us.�
Epiphany�s top combination is Haley Radford and Clara Bridgman. The second is Nicole Hoard and Megan Cowan, and the third set is Hannah Wright and Avery Davis.
Also contributing are Hannah Thorn, Lake Hoard, Holly Radford, Haley Foley and Carson Jones.
�I like playing two-man volleyball over indoor,� Hannah Wright said. �You get to know your teammates really well and you get to compliment each other with your skills, like who is the better setter and who is the better server and who is the better hitter.�
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The 2003 Bateman team from Loyola University has again been selected as one of three finalists in the annual national competition sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). The team will travel to Somerset, New Jersey, May 2 to compete in the final round.
Loyola teams are always strong competitors in the Bateman competition. Loyola teams won the national competition in 1997 and 2000. This is the fourth consecutive year that the teams have finished as one of the top three entries.
The team will present its campaign to judges from the PRSSA and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and to this year's client, Ferraro U.S.A., the manufacturer of Nutella, a chocolate and hazelnut spread. Nutella was created in Italy during the 1940s and outsells all brands of peanut butter worldwide.
Team members are Liz Bearce, from North Falmouth, Mass.; Laura Burris, Richardson, Texas; Uyen Phan, Waggaman, La.; Kathryn Sharp, Houston, Texas; and, Katherine Staiano, from Metairie, La. All the team members are seniors and communications majors. Cathy Rogers, associate professor of communications at Loyola, is the faculty advisor.
The Bateman contest is considered by many to be the most challenging and prestigious national competition for public relations students. The competition was established by the PRSSA to allow members an opportunity to exercise the analytical skills and mature judgment required for public relations problem solving.
Sixty-five universities submitted entries for the competition last fall, an increase of about twenty additional schools over last year's number. The other two national finalists for 2003 are the University of Florida, in Gainsville and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.


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Just as the doomed Agence France Presse case against Haitian photographer Daniel Morel suffers yet another blow, the action on Twitter related photo heists has moved elsewhere.
Last week showbiz news agency WENN announced a deal with Plixi to charge publishers who use images uploaded via the social media firm. The reason for the arrangement is simple. Plixi provides a vital public service by allowing the likes of Courtney Love to share her ladyparts with the world; and WENN is well positioned to make publishers pay the going rate for images of 47 year old divorcees in the bathroom, rather than swipe them for free as they have been doing. Proceeds from the sales of this important documentary imagery will apparently be split between WENN and Plixi: the photographers and copyright owners will – you guessed – get nothing.
Announcing the deal, WENN Chief Executive Lloyd Beiny presented himself as an old-fashioned lawman, claiming the arrangement will end the "digital Wild West" that has allowed publishers to "liberally help themselves to photos posted on Plixi and reproduce them with scant concern for the ownership of copyright". Flanked by a posse of deputies riding shotgun Marshall Beiny continued:
"Everyone has turned a blind eye to the use of these pictures up until now, but sooner or later the people who own them are going to say you can't just steal our pictures and republish them without paying for them."
Beiny's major think-fail is obvious, but just to spell it out: neither WENN nor Plixi are "the people who own" the pictures. Before the deal Courtney et al could simply drop their kaks, upload the images and await the free publicity. Nothing has changed in that process except that now WENN & Plixi will step in to demand a fee from anyone providing that publicity.
So, far from being the lawman riding into town to impose order, Beiny's announcement is closer to other fine old Western traditions such as cattle rustling and land-grabs.
While it's celeb material that has fuelled the deal, the new Plixi terms of use of course apply to anyone using the service. So anyone uploading images to Plixi is now effectively handing over the keys to the ranch, for free: perhaps that's why Plixi appears to have forgotten to mention the WENN deal anywhere on their site. It is after all the kind of important change one might expect to read about on their news blog:
"Plixi does not claim ownership of content you submit or make available for inclusion on the service. However, with respect to content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the service, you grant Plixi the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
"With respect to content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Plixi, the license (with the right to sublicense) to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such content, whether on the service, or through other media.
"This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such content on the service and will terminate at the time you remove or Plixi removes such content from the service; provided, however, that if Plixi distributes or authorizes distribution of any content prior to your removal thereof from the service, Plixi's (and it's sublicenses') rights with respect to such content shall be in perpetuity."
The funniest thing about this scheme is that of course it won't work. Plixi is hardly unique: it is only one of a number of applications that allow users to link their images to their tweets. Users with images of any value to upload will simply go elsewhere.
The other problem is that WENN and Plixi are seeking to enforce the new terms retrospectively on material already uploaded. Retrospective terms are always a happy hunting ground for lawyers, and both celebs and publishers have plenty of those on tap. No publisher is going to pay for an already published image uploaded under Plixi's former terms; and any celeb now regretting any previous careless uploads will doubtless be made even more unhappy at seeing WENN and Plixi cash in on their photographic faux pas. So one way or another expect to see this new deal challenged in court before long.
Still, there are worse fates than ending up in court wrangling over ownership of some Z-lister's private parts. After all, in the good old days cattle rustling was a capital offence.


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Surprise! Nick Saban and his coaching staff have done it again on the recruiting trail.
In a press conference televised live on ESPNU Wednesday afternoon from his high school, Cameron Robinson, 247Sports.com's No. 1 player at any position in the Class of 2014, announced that he has verbally committed to play his collegiate football at Alabama. The West Monroe, La., offensive tackle opted for the Tide over the other member of his Top Two, LSU.
The verbal to the Tide comes a handful of days after Robinson's good friend, four-star Monroe, La., wide receiver Cameron Sims, committed to UA,
(Writer's note: it's at this point in the program where we, as always, note that verbal commitments are non-binding and nothing is official until pen is put to National Letter of Intent paper)
Robinson plans to graduate high school in December and, at least for now, enroll at Alabama in January.
The 6-6, 320-pound Robinson had narrowed down his choices to Alabama and LSU in late May, eschewing planned visits to schools like Georgia and Texas A&M. As recently as late July, Robinson denied that he had a favorite among the two.
"Neither school has really separated themselves from each other," Robinson said. "People are talking and don't know what they're talking about. Neither school has led for me. I don't have a lead school other than those two. If I had to make a choice tomorrow I don't know if I could because I actually don't know where I want to go."
In addition to being the top player in the country according to 247Sports.com, Rivals.com puts Robinson as the No. 3 player at any position while Scout.com ranks him No. 2. Suffice to say, he's the consensus No. 1 offensive lineman in next year's class.
The fact that the Tide landed a verbal from one of the top players in the country, though, is hardly a surprise, even as they went into LSU's backyard to do so. Rivals ranks Alabama's 2014 recruiting class — 19 commitments, 13 of them four-star players — as the No. 1 class in the country. Since 2008, Saban's second year in Tuscaloosa, the Tide has claimed that recruiting service's top class a whopping five times. The only time in that six-year stretch they weren't the No. 1 class was 2010 when they were No. 5.
UA's worst finish under Saban was the coach's first year (No. 10, 2007). To put the recruiting success with Saban involved into perspective, the Tide finished No. 30 (2002), No. 49 (2003), No. 24 (2004), No. 18 (2005) and No. 11 (2006) in the five years prior to Saban's arrival.
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This admittedly doesn't really have anything to do with BIBM, but might be of interest.
After I converted my disk from GPT to EMBR, I noticed that it seemed to take longer to boot Windows, but couldn't tell for sure.
As part of my exercise to test the conversion process, I timed booting five times when the disk was GPT and five times after it had been converted to EMBR.
When the disk was GPT, the average time of what I timed was 55 seconds.
When the disk was EMBR, the average time of the same part of the process was 94.4 seconds.
Arguably, a difference of 39.4 seconds is not much. On the other hand it's a 71% increase and is actually noticeable.
This leaves me wondering if this is just a booting issue or if the system is 71% slower in general. I think probably not.


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Prospect Pitch: Archer off the charts
Rays starter gives detailed recap of four explosive offerings
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | May 23, 2012 6:00 AM
The day before Archer starts, he is busy at work.
But then so is Jim Paduch.
"It's good to follow him" in the rotation, Archer said, "because he's got good pitch-ability -- he commands his pitches really well -- so it gives me a good read, like, 'OK, he pitched in a lot and he was successful. I can carry that over into my game.' Or: 'These guys didn't swing at his off-speed early, but he was throwing it for strikes, so I can store that.'"
Archer, the Tampa Bay Rays' No. 3 -- and baseball's No. 70 -- prospect, doesn't glean this insight just from standing on the top step of the dugout. He's holding a pen, a clipboard and he's paying as much attention to the Triple-A Bulls and their opponent as anyone else in Durham.
"While you're charting," Archer said, "you can get a feel for what tendencies hitters have: Do they chase? Do they swing early? Are they patient? Are they pull-hitters? Do they hit to the opposite field? Do they like to steal? Do they like to bunt? All these things, you can get a feel for the team."
To do so, Archer will keep track of pretty much everything, including Paduch's pitch type, pitch location, balls and strikes, velocity (the pitcher who follows Archer is on the radar gun) as well as the batter's behavior. It's not exactly keeping score in the traditional sense, but the act does plenty to prepare Tampa Bay's top pitching prospect in the Minors. After all, another teammate returns the favor and compiles a report on Archer's outings. (MiLB.com asked the organization to provide an example of the chart. This request was declined.)
"After the game, I like to go over my chart, analyze it and store those thoughts and store the actual chart in a folder," Archer said. "That way, later on in the season, if I'm facing that team again, I can know how I handled them and how they handled me and let that dictate how I pitch."
And how exactly is Archer pitching? Through eight starts (against six different opponents), the 23-year-old right-hander has gone 3-4 with a 5.01 ERA and a 49-to-32 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Archer's still in the process of making the necessary adjustments to Triple-A, though without one awful April 13 start, his ERA would be 3.47 for the season.
MiLB.com asked Archer to describe and evaluate each of the pitches he employs. (He politely declined to grade himself using a scout's traditional 20-80 scale.) Here is Archer, in his own words.
Pitch one: Four-seam fastball
Purpose: Everything works off my fastball. If my fastball is good, hard and low, then I can throw my slider down there too and the slider might break out of the zone and they'll swing over top of it and ground out. Same thing with my changeup -- it works right off of it as well.
Grip: A stereotypical grip.
Speed: My comfort zone with either fastball -- because they're both about the same speed -- is probably in the 92-93 mph range. I can run it up a little bit higher, but just from the numbers -- we get the charts after the game -- I'm in that range.
Evaluation: I don't feel comfortable grading it -- that's for scouts -- but I will say it's my No. 1 pitch. It's a pitch I have to be comfortable with to have any type of success in this game.
Pitch two: Two-seam fastball
Origin: I started working on it a little bit this Spring Training. A guy with the Rays who throws mostly two-seamers, Burke Badenhop, just kind of asked me if I has ever thrown one, and I said I hadn't. He said it wouldn't hurt to mix it in there -- not as an off-speed pitch but something different than a straight fastball. I started playing with it in the bullpen and toward the end of camp, I started working on it more, like in games. I noticed it was a very helpful pitch.
Purpose: To get a groundball out, to get the hitter to mis-hit the ball.
Grip: Split the two seams in the middle of the baseball. Sometimes you think two-seamer and you want to try to get movement, so you try to manipulate the ball too much. But if you throw it just like your four-seamer with a different grip, it'll do what you want it to do. Let the grip and your normal arm-action take care of what the ball's going to do.
Speed: 92-93.
Evaluation: It's a pitch that, when the situation dictates, it's very useful, and I feel confident throwing it.
Pitch three: Slider
Origin: When I was younger, we had a guy who went to my high school, Clayton High School in North Carolina, and went to East Carolina and got drafted -- his name was Davey Penny -- and he had a pretty good slider. During his offseason from pro ball, before my junior season, we would play catch together and pitch bullpens together. One day, he was like, "Hey, you have the right arm-action for a slider," and he showed me the grip. At the time, I didn't know much about mechanics anyways. We tried it out, and it did work.
Purpose: I like to use it [two ways]: for strikes, and I can throw it off of a good fastball and get them to swing at it and miss.
Grip: An off-set two-seam grip. You really don't have to do to much with your arm. Just think fastball and, once you get in front, you make an "X," like a diagonal, with your wrist as opposing to coming straight down. You can keep a firm velocity and command the pitch by doing that.
Speed: 84-86.
Evaluation: It's my second-best pitch. I feel like I can throw it in any situation, to any batter, in any count.
Pitch four: Changeup
Origin: Since I was in high school. I played with it on my own. Found a grip that worked for me and just threw it over and over and over. It really started to develop my first couple of years in pro ball.
Purpose: The grip gives me movement as well as take away speed.
Grip: Circle-change. It's kind of like the two-seam: You want to let the grip take care of the action of the baseball, not really try to manipulate it too much.
Speed: 80 to 83, like 10 to 12 miles an hour off the fastball.
Evaluation: I'm confident in throwing it whenever the situation dictates. I feel like I have multiple pitches I can do that with, and that's what takes me over the hump. There are some situations where people can throw only fastballs or only changeups or only sliders or curveballs, but I feel like I can throw any of my four pitches for strikes at any time, and that's helped make me succeed.
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It's hard to believe how quickly the year has passed, and we're already celebrating another round of holidays! Inhabitat's team has grown to all corners of the globe, and this year our editors and writers want to share with you how they plan on spending the holidays. From soaking up the sun in Buenos Aires, to getting ready to ski in Park City, to simply hanging out at home opening gifts in NYC. Read on for all the fun festivities in store for our team, and don't forget to share your own plans with us in the comments below!
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor-in-Chief
This year I'm spending the holidays with my family in NYC. We don't enjoy the hustle and bustle of holiday travel, so we're laying low in our apartment, baking, cooking, and skyping with family on the West Coast, and waiting for the winter weather to show up.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Thanks for reading.
MIKE CHINO, Managing Editor
I'm spending the holidays with my family in sunny Southern California this year, so there isn't any sign of winter in sight – instead of cozying up by the fire I've been trying to get outside as much as possible to enjoy the beautiful weather. This year I rediscovered surfing after a long hiatus, so I've been heading to the beach every chance I get. (I never camped or hiked much growing up, so the ocean has always been my strongest point of contact with nature.) It feels amazing to literally immerse yourself in the environment that surrounds you, and the past year has underlined both the importance of this experience and the necessity of preserving the world around us.
YUKA YONEDA, Senior Editor
I'll be spending the day hanging with my fam, but also pondering a very serious offense that I recently committed against my fellow editor Diane Pham. At our recent holiday party, Diane received, arguably, the best holiday gift ever – a Christmas stocking filled with mini booze bottles – from writer Lori Zimmer. Since we were playing White Elephant, a game that encourages thievery, I immediately jumped in and snatched the Liquorbag, only to have it consequently stolen from me by NY editor Jessica Dailey. The experience taught me that stealing doesn't pay, and it also made Diane quite sad. To make up for my heinous deed, I'll be spending part of my Christmas day crafting Diane her very own Ice Cube <3s Eames pillow. I hope that makes up for everything Diane!
JESSICA DAILEY, New York Editor
As usual, I'm spending the holidays with my family at my parents' house outside of Pittsburgh, PA. For us, the holidays are all about eating, drinking, baking, family, and friends — and I wouldn't have it any other way. My older sister is home from England, too, so all three Dailey girls are under the same roof, which can make things a bit loud and chaotic, but certainly always fun. My dad decked the house with brilliant LEDs this year, and we'll be basking in the glow of our 12 ft. tall Christmas tree, festooned with our homemade ornaments, sipping wine and stuffing ourselves silly with cookies. Merry Christmas!
BRIDGETTE MEINHOLD, Architecture Editor
In all honesty, 2011 has been a long and tiring year. Lots of good things have come about, but it was not without a considerable amount of effort. From a DIY house remodel to writing a book on sustainable architecture, I have been busy. So this weekend, I am going to relax. I am going to ski. I will enjoy my snow-bound cabin. I am going to visit friends I have been neglecting and I am going to sleep. And while I sleep, I will dream of 2012 and all the promise it holds for a new and amazing year.
NICOLE ABENE, Weekend Editor
HO HO HO! This little girl is my beautiful niece Eloise and, although she wasn't especially impressed by Santa Clause, we're all excited to spend a second Christmas with her while she giggles and dances and lights up the holiday. I'll be spending Christmas at my parents house in New Jersey, waiting for snow, eating yummy food, and playing lots of board games with my siblings. Instead of wasting paper, I wrapped all of the presents in used LSAT study guides and I expect it to be a bit cathartic seeing them ripped apart. Merry Christmas, readers, and a have Happy New Year!
BRIT LIGGETT, New York Editor
For me the holiday season is really about family and food. So this weekend I'll be cooking up a storm with my relatives. We're due to make wild mushroom risotto for Christmas dinner ( a recipe from my favorite slow food chef, Alice Waters) and hang in the kitchen while it simmers. We aren't a big present family and the things we choose to give are usually artisinal. This year I'll be gifting handmade photo frames with choice shots from the wonderful family moments in 2011. Happy holidays to our readers!
Lori Zimmer, Contributing Writer
I'm very thankful for all my family and friends in Buffalo and New York City this year! I'll be celebrating by giving my loved ones handmade cards from recycled materials, as well as making them each a growler of home made beer!
TIMON SINGH, News Writer
Another year is over and my attempts to make my life that little bit greener have had mixed results. Unfortunately the cost of solar panels in the UK is still outrageous, and I am still faced with the problem that sunlight in our fair country is minimal. Still, I seem to be recycling everything I can get my hands on and am proud of the compost bin in my garden. As for the festive season – does re-gifting old presents from last year count as recycling? I think it does. Merry Christmas!


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Gene Simmons Watches His Daughter Audition For 'The X Factor'
Gene Simmons of Kiss became a world-famous musician the old-fashioned way: by working hard both in the studio and on stage. However, his daughter Sophie is taking a more modern approach to her budding singing career, by auditioning for 'The X Factor.'
According to TMZ, the 19-year old Sophie was in San Francisco over the weekend to audition for the Simon Cowell-produced television show. While we don't know whether or not she passed, we do know that her father was in attendance. The night before, Sophie called Gene to say that she would be unable to spend Father's Day with him due to her tryout. Simmons then took a private jet and flew to San Francisco to provide parental support.
Sophie's singing career has been featured on the reality show, 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels.' Watch the video below and decide for yourself if she has what it takes. She claims she's not trying to use her name to sway the judges in her favor. She told the panel that she wanted a "fair shot," adding, "This isn't about my dad. This is about my audition." Still, the idea of Britney Spears judging anybody's vocal talents strikes us as somewhat ludicrous.
We will learn Simmons' fate when 'The X Factor' begins its second season in September.
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The state's master plan for coastal restoration is an excellent starting point for how to spend any money Louisiana might get from the BP oil spill fines.
The state's master plan for coastal restoration is an excellent starting point for how to spend any money Louisiana might get from the BP oil spill fines.
But it is exactly that — a starting point.
State and local officials must give each other room to adjust the plan so that the overall goal of putting the money to the best use is preserved while deferring sometimes to the folks who might know better how that can be achieved locally.
The BP oil spill fines are estimated to eventually be between $5 billion and $20 billion. Louisiana's share is still uncertain, but it could be in the billions of dollars.
That would give the state an unprecedented opportunity to launch its $50 billion, 50-year coastal plan, which is aimed at making as many of our residents as safe as possible, for as long as possible.
Even if the state were to miraculously get the full $50 billion, the plan would not make everyone safe from every storm.
It would, though, make thousands of coastal residents much safer than they currently are, and it would implement a system of priorities and projects that would be a framework for future spending.
That is where it is the most important. And that is where some flexibility is needed.
Local officials have raised some alarm that what they see as vital protection measures are lacking on the eastern side of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
"This is the epicenter for land loss," said Lafourche Parish Coastal Manager Archie Chaisson III. "We'll be stuck with a beautiful western side and a completely devastated eastern side."
Terrebonne's director, Nic Matherne, voiced similar concerns.
That is not a viable alternative. And the local coastal officials are appealing to the state to change the plan to include more protection projects.
Another alternative, they say, is to work toward getting money for smaller projects in the annual spending plans the state performs.
The overwhelmingly positive news in all of this is that there is a light at the end of the tunnel — the possibility that the state will have a significant source of coastal-restoration money and a detailed plan for moving ahead with vital restoration work.
There must be room in any plan for changes or adjustments that better take into account the realities of our coastal dilemma.
The state has done a lot of work to get to where it is, with a stream of money likely to come and a good plan for how to use it. Now, it must continue to work out the details to ensure that the money actually does the most good possible.
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