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I was talking to an employee from the game commission last week prior to the four-day gun season came in. He told me of several people who came into his office inquiring where they could hunt over the Thanksgiving holiday. Most of these people were from out of state and thought they could just pick up a gun and go hunting like we did years ago.
I was talking to an employee from the game commission last week prior to the four-day gun season came in. He told me of several people who came into his office inquiring where they could hunt over the Thanksgiving holiday. Most of these people were from out of state and thought they could just pick up a gun and go hunting like we did years ago.
The sad part of this equation is those days are gone. You either have to plan your hunt as far back as June, or own a lease. The Wildlife Management Areas near here require a quota permit for the first several days of the season. In order to obtain one a hunter must submit a request in June in order to avoid being left out.
There is a quota for the number of hunters allowed on different WMAs. You also have to buy a WMA permit if you plan to hunt on areas such as Point Washington WMA. Here are two hurdles a hunter has to jump in order to hunt on public land.
This game commission employee had the sad job of telling the hunters there just wasn�t open land they could go and get out of their car and start to hunt. Even where I hunt, the property is divided between private land and public land bordered by a creek.
You might think that is no big deal, just buy a WMA permit and hunt the property. I thought as much until I came upon the state property and there on a tree was a sign that read, �Primitive weapons only.� That meant I could not hunt with a center-fire rifle unless it was a black powder rifle.
You could hunt with a .22 rifle or a shotgun, which meet the primitive weapon requirement, but you could not in any way hunt with a high-powered rifle in this WMA.
That flustered me after I had obtained a quota permit and spent $25 on the WMA permit, but it was the law and I had to adhere to it. So I went out and bought a black powder rifle. On my last birthday I turned 65, so now the joke is on them no matter where I hunt. The only permit I have to carry is a federal duck permit and only when I hunt ducks.
Point Washington has changed during the past 40 years. In the 1960s, we were permitted to run deer with dogs. Still hunting just wasn�t the preference that it is today. It did have a still hunting area, though, called �The County Line.� Most of Point Washington WMA is located in Walton County, but on the eastern edge a portion is located in Bay County.
After dog hunting with the Holleys from day break until noon, everyone would head to the house to eat lunch and have a nap. On my way home I would come back through the �Still Hunt Area� and hunt until dark. At that time, I had a primitive climber tree stand and I do mean primitive.
Sitting in it was about as comfortable as sitting on the edge of the tailgate on your truck. Climbing with it was very dangerous. I still own it and when I see it in my shed I shudder thinking about ever having to climb a tree with it.
We are very lucky to have Point Washington to hunt in. It has passed through many hands in the past few years and could be filled with paved roads and houses, but the last owner was the Forestry Service. If it hadn�t been for that agency a lot of people would not be able to hunt in this area.
In the 1960s there was no 30-A highway running from Seagrove along the coast to U.S. 98 and only a few roads running to the Gulf from U.S. 98. Hunting with dogs didn�t attract as much attention as it would today. I believe if you stood in the middle of Grayton Beach and Seagrove Beach roads back then it almost would have been impossible to have been run over. You would never have seen anyone traveling the roads except the few people who actually lived there.
If you have all the correct papers or you are a Florida resident and are over age 65 you have a place in Walton County to hunt. I think it is more than 12,000 acres, plenty of space to not be crowded up against another hunter.
One note on hunting on the Bay County side of the line or the Still Hunt Area as it was called: There was one main dirt road that ran from U.S. 98 to West Bay called the Side Camp Road and as it approached the Still Hunt Area there on a big pine tree was a 4x8 plywood sign that read, �Still hunt area, no hunting with dogs and guns allowed beyond this point.�
That meant you could go into this area to hunt one of your dogs that had run a deer into the still hunt area, but you could not take a gun along. Or you could track a deer into the area, but you had to leave the dog in the truck if you took a gun along.
There was this particular fellow who wasn�t able to follow the law. A game warden by the name of Tiller was driving this road and came upon a truck parked under the sign with no one around it. Tiller knew who owned the truck so he just waited until the fellow came back.
It wasn�t long before he came out with a gun in one hand and a dog on a leash in the other. Tiller walked over and introduced himself asking if the fellow knew the rules concerning dogs and guns in this area.
The fellow played dumb saying he had never heard of such a thing. The game warden pointed to the sign not 15 feet away and asked the fellow what it said. The fellow looked at the sign for a while, squinted his eyes and then looked at the game warden and said, �Look mister game warden, I can�t read and neither can my dog.�
Tiller just got back into his car and drove away laughing. Yes, the times really have changed.


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Pietro Testa at the Metropolitan Museum is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik
The Daily Pic: In 1650, Pietro Testa painted a picture of drowning, then drowned himself.
For this second Monday selection from the Metropolitan Museum's rehung Old Master galleries, I've chosen "Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus", an utterly obscure subject painted by Pietro Testa in Rome, probably in 1650. That's the year Testa died, apparently a suicide who threw himself into the Tiber. There was a story that during his Persian campaign Alexander had some kind of fit as he bathed, and it looks as though that could have inspired Testa's own tragic death. I wonder if any other artists have pretty much painted their own self-portrait in death, then made that picture come true.
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Yesterday we heard the news about several titles getting canceled. What's going to take their place? We don't know the full list yet but today, DC has announced on their blog the details for two new series joining The Edge family of books.
The two new series will each represent themes that came out of Occupy Wall Street. It's the 1% vs the 99%, in two separate titles.
On May 1, THE MOVEMENT will be a new series written by Gail Simone with art by Freddie Williams II. This is what Simone had to say over at Huffington Post:
THE MOVEMENT is an idea I've had for some time. It's a book about power -- who owns it, who uses it, who suffers from its abuse. As we increasingly move to an age where information is currency, you get these situations where a single viral video can cost a previously unassailable corporation billions, or can upset the power balance of entire governments. And because the sources of that information are so dispersed and nameless, it's nearly impossible to shut it all down.
The other series THE GREEN TEAM, is on sale May 22. The Eisner Award-winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco make their New 52 debut with artist Ig Guara.
Art Baltazar teased the following:
The real question is: Can money buy you anything in the DC universe? Would it make you powerful? Can it make you a hero? Can money make you…Super?
Franco added to this with the following statement:
If you had unlimited wealth, could you use that to make the lives of people better? Would you help your fellow man? Would you buy powers? You need to read this and find out.
We'll have to stay tuned to find out more.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
We've got a habit of being a bit far-sighted with our lists in the past - many of the acts on last year's list still are yet to release their debut albums and thus a few will make repeat appearances this year, but all in all we like to think we've got a pretty decent track record with these things. After overshooting our mark in years past with bands that failed to get an album out in the following calendar year, we'll be focusing this list on bands that will definitely have albums hitting the streets in the next calendar year, with another list of fresh up-and-comers set to make their first foray into the limelight in 2011 to follow at the beginning of the year. But for now, let's get down to the business with our very own Sound of 2011 presentation.
JESSIE J // You can't fuck with Jessie J. With an absolutely killer voice, swagger for miles and the writing chops to match (homegirl wrote "Party In The USA"), not to mention fans in Justin Timberlake and Dr. Luke, she's already blowing up (debut single "Do It Like A Dude" is currently at #29 in the UK charts) and is about as close as you can get to a lock for superstardom in 2011 on both sides of the Atlantic.
STREAM: "Do It Like A Dude" (Labrinth Remix) - Jessie J
STARSMITH // With Calvin Harris' recent announcement that he's retiring from the limelight of pop stardom to focus on his DJ and production work, the door's been opened for a new producer-cum-popstar to take the throne. And who better than Starsmith, who in the last 18 months alone has definitively established himself as the best pop producer in the UK under 25, with principle songwriting and production credits on four #1 albums in 2010 alone. Though massive, his debut single "Give Me A Break" (released on Neon Gold last month) is but the tip of the iceberg, as 2011 finds Starsmith set to release a debut album of more straightforward (yet still entirely banging) pop and vocal tracks featuring his own vocals as well as contributions from Alphabeat's Stine Bramsen, Daley, Ellie Goulding and many more.
STREAM: "Give Me A Break" (Starsmith Remix) - Starsmith
CLARE MAGUIRE // We've been preaching the gospel of Clare Maguire for nearly two years now, but 2010 saw her finally make the first steps towards her superstar destiny on debut single "Ain't Nobody", and with her debut album slated for early 2011 and featuring such surefire megahits as "Last Dance" and "Sword & Shield", the girl with the golden voice looks set to at long last fulfill the promise that's made her the talk of the industry since 2008.
STREAM: "Ain't Nobody" (Breakage Remix) - Clare Maguire
BROTHER // First things first: Brother are not the future of music. They're pretty fucking great at what they do though, and with their naturally controversial disposition, big hooks and fuck-off swagger, they'll make headlines as one of the most polarizing bands of 2011 but could ultimately outsell every single artist on this list. With their signature by-the-people-for-the-people "gritpop" sound and a music industry desperate for the return of big guitar bands to Britain, Brother are destined to make a lot of noise in 2011, whether you like it or not.
STREAM: "Darling Buds of May" - Brother
THE NAKED & FAMOUS // Up against The Vaccines to nab the token indie spot on the BBC's shortlist, our Neon Gold darlings look set to follow in the footsteps of their Down Under contemporaries The Temper Trap as an absolutely massive 2011 looks albeit inevitable for the Kiwi five-piece. Nevermind the fact that their album's already out in New Zealand and Australia (and thus already making its rounds on the internet), when you've got an chart-toppling single like "Young Blood" - not to mention brilliant ace-in-the-hole set up singles like "Punching In A Dream" and "All of This" - in your repertoire, big things are bound to happen. Expect to see this lot EVERYWHERE next summer.
STREAM: "Young Blood" - The Naked & Famous
ALEX WINSTON // We love Alex Winston like one of our own, and it's with ear-to-ear smiles that we've watched her absolutely smashing the game to bits over the second half of 2010. A refreshing departure from the at times painfully now cred-pop ladies of recent times, her style refuses to welcome lazy comparisons as she establishes her own niche in the current landscape of pop music. She's got less than ten live shows under her belt to this point, but anyone lucky enough to see her perform can attest to how special she is as an artist and performer. Homegirl is an absolute superstar, and while her best tracks remain unheard - expect that to change with her debut mini-album on the way next month - you can rest assured she'll be making serious waves in the new year.
STREAM: "Choice Notes" (Labyrinth Ear Remix) - Alex Winston
PENGUIN PRISON // Our flagship artist and the coolest thing to come out of the NYC pop scene in a long minute, Penguin Prison is set to turn serious heads when his debut full-length arrives in the first half of 2011. With three Neon Gold singles already under his belt (including the amazing "Golden Train" out this week), he's no stranger to the carousel of hype that defines this industry, but with massive singles "Don't Fuck With My Money" and "Multi-Millionaire" still awaiting deployment in the new year, you should trust us when we say you ain't heard nothing yet.
STREAM: "Golden Train" (The Royal Palms Remix) - Penguin Prison
JAI PAUL // Standing out from every single other artist on this list, Jai Paul is the UK's next great hope for an alternative male pop star. Your quintessential XL artist (with whom he signed earlier this year), he sounds like nothing else around at the moment, blending a broad spectrum of styles and genres with athletic ease. It's still early days with debut track "BTSTU" his only real offering to speak of, but with XL at the helm and their nigh-on immaculate track record of late, we can easily see Jai Paul coming out of left field to make considerable noise in 2011.
STREAM: "BTSU" - Jai Paul
JAMIE WOON // With dubstep creeping further and further into the mainstream with each passing year (see Skream's gamechanging remix of La Roux in 2009 and Katy B and Magnetic Man's chart success in 2010), the nexus of 2010 and 2011 sees a new movement emerging from the genre with Woon (and fellow crooner James Blake) turning heads with their soulful electronic, "post-dubstep" sound. It's Blake who's the industry darling at the moment , but it's Woon who gets the nod from us here - his Burial-produced lead single "Night Air" stands out as one of the sexiest tracks of 2010 and has us champing at the bit to here more from the Polydor-signed up and comer.
STREAM: "Night Air" - Jamie Woon
MNDR // Already finding main stream success via her feature on Mark Ronson's Top 10 hit "Bang Bang Bang", the seeds have already planted for MNDR (née Amanda Warner) to do big things in 2011. With her phenomenal debut release E.P.E. and it's triumphant singles "Fade To Black" and "I Go Away" already garnering her a burgeoning fan base and rampant critical acclaim, she's got starpower for miles (just check her brilliant one-woman live show for proof) and some serious anthems - "Sparrow", as performed with The Business Intl. as her backing band on the Ronson tour, is an absolute belter - waiting in the wings, it's time to welcome the new heir to the cred-pop (*cringe*) throne.
STREAM: "I Go Away" - MNDR
GROUPLOVE //I mean, have you SEEN this band live? They absolutely crushed as the breakout band of CMJ, with one of the most thoroughly entertaining and invigorating live performances we've seen in a long minute, and with their debut single "Colours" arriving on Chess Club in February and an album following on Atlantic/Canvasback later in 2011, we can't wait to see what these kids have in store for us next year.
STREAM: "Gold Coast" - GROUPLOVE
MR. LITTLE JEANS // Mr. Little Jeans is kind of a wildcard. Photographs of her are few and far between, she's yet to play live outside of Scandinavia, and there's no shortage of confusion surrounding the fact that this Mister is really a Miss, but we're yet to hear a single song from her we haven't absolutely loved and if she can keep up the gold standard of songwriting and hold her own in the live realm we can see things really taking off for the Danish chanteuse in 2011.
STREAM: "Rescue Song" (The Naked & Famous Remix) - Mr. Little Jeans
MORNING PARADE // Like Delphic if last year's list darlings hadn't gone so full-on electronic and weren't so mind-numbingly dull, Morning Parade fuse electronic elements with a classic Britpop sound on their epic, arena-ready anthems. Sky-scraping melodies, flitting electronics and ocean-sized guitar riffs converge on lead single "Under The Stars"and "In The Name", like a distinctly 2011 take on the "new British invasion" sound of the mid-2000s, and with what's apparently one of the best live shows in the game, we expect Morning Parade to rock a lot of faces off in the months to come.
STREAM: "Under The Stars" - Morning Parade
YADI // Jessie J and Clare Maguire are the talk of the industry as 2011 creeps over the horizon, but next year's new wave of female pop icons can hardly be considered complete without Yadi in the mix. With the vocal prowess of La Roux and all the swagger and power of Marina & The Diamonds - not to mention solid gold hits like "Guillotine" and "Gold" already in her arsenal - Yadi is one of the most exciting prospects for superstardom in the years to come. With the ink still drying on her major label deal, it's still quite early days for Yadi and she may end up more likely to top hotly-tipped lists for 2012 than to get an album out next year, but either way she's one to keep an eye on in the new year. Expect BIG things.
STREAM: "Guillotine" - Yadi
CLOCK OPERA // Having rapidly become one of our favorite bands since we put on their first London show back in 2009, Clock Opera will at long last release their debut album into the world in 2011. We've heard a good deal of it and can say with confidence that it will undoubtedly be one of the best records to come out next year, a beautiful compilation of haunting torchsongs and cinematic epics that has is sure to awe and inspire listeners in equal measures. They're hardly the stuff Radio 1 dreams are made of, but keep an eye on Clock Opera as a Mercury Prize darkhorse next year.
STREAM: "Once And For All" - Clock Opera
And while that concludes our Sound of 2011 longlist, we've got a few more contenders we expect to see making waves in 2011 that are more than worthy of your attention below.
The Knocks // The Vaccines // Wolf Gang // James Blake // 1, 2, 3 // Fenech-Soler // Cults // Sunday Girl // Spark // Mona // Theophilus London // Jakwob // Dom
17 comments:
- ayellis said...
gypsy and the cat deserve a spot over naked and famous for the "out in australia & not yet everywhere else except the internet but hella good" category.
I mean, so I heard.
- December 13, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- tryangleme said...
I agree with ayellis. He's right.
- December 13, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Louey said...
I don't really understand this list. Surely Starsmith & MNDR disqualified because they've already had chart success for example? Very disappointed guys.
- December 13, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
naked and famous are a poor man's mgmt and gypsy and the cat are a poor man's cut copy. best new group in ANZ is kimbra.
- December 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Wiz Khalifa said...
- December 13, 2010 at 6:01 PM
- Burnt Waffles said...
Great list - anyway you can make a playlist of all these tracks?
BTSU is incredible
- December 13, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- worththehype said...
People need to stop bitching about what isn't here - its your list. And a great one. Surprised not to see Porcelain Raft here but other than that its great.
- December 14, 2010 at 3:53 AM
- King Rocker said...
You lose some respect here dude on a number of counts.
Not sure about a record label blog predicting 'The Sound of 2011' then bigging up some of their own acts.(Although fair play some of them are good)
But Brother ? Really ????? You lose my respect here dude. Terrible band setting music back not moving it forward.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Anonymous said...
principle songwriter and producer?
1 track on kylie (unreleased)
1 track on diana vickers (unreleased)
and err the saturdays?
describing his debut single as massive is a bit wrong didn't get in to top 200 despite some radio 1 play.
give him an award for self promotion but biggest producer in the uk, don't make me laff..
- December 14, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Neon Gold said...
King Rocker - this isn't necessarily a list of who we want to be massive (if it was it'd be strictly NG acts), it's just our predictions as to who will be. I mean for fuck's sake, we put Owl City on our list last year. Brother is about as far from our thing as you can get, but there's no denying how big they could get in the current climate of the UK music industry. As for big upping our own acts, it's something we've always grappled with, but at the end of the day these are the acts we think will be huge next year and we're not going to count ours out just because we were lucky enough to work with them. Besides they've all moved on from Neon Gold now, the fate of their full-lengths are in other labels' hands.
Anonymous - I didn't mean "principle" to imply he did their whole albums, and as for his debut single being massive, I meant that in a club sense (which it is) rather than chart sense. And it's a set up single on an indie after all, it was never intended to chart. His actual solo material is miles away from the strictly club sound on the single anyway, and seriously, who are you trying to tell me is a better pop producer under 25 in the UK (keywords: under 25) right now?
- December 14, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- JJ said...
Umm can I speak up here? I don't think Starsmith is good. Aged 25 or 35 it doesn't matter. He ruined the lovely, talented Ellie Goulding. Totally sucked the life and soul out of her. I don't think making someone sound like a robot is innovative.
That is just my opinion though. Good job people don't always agree or we'd all be buggered!
I still love you Neon Gold. I'm sorry.
- December 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- King Rocker said...
Neon Gold - You have my respect back then :) Thanks for the explanation on Brother. Hopefully they'll be as massive as someone like The Twang :)
- December 14, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Paul said...
I've been writing about Brother for a little while now. Definitely ones to look out for.
They released their live dates for early next year. Looks like the venues a quite small, so might be worth catching them before they're selling out more capacious venues.
- December 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Paul said...
...I'd also add New Zealand's Ruby Frost to the list:
- December 14, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Radio Bastos said...
This bands would get bigger quicker if you posted mp3s instead of poxy streaming. Just sayin....
Co-sign on Gypsy & The Cat.
- December 15, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
swagger, homegirl, lock, absolutely smashing the game to bits, gamechanging, crushed, in a long minute. You guys have the most annoying writing style of all time.
Also, this list is very very safe.
- December 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM
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Meh...points off for plugging your own artists.
- December 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM


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John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune, Minn.
-Angela Greenwalt blames Duluth.
"They should give out Prozac at the borders of Duluth," the Harbor Highlands resident said. It's worse in Barnum, Bobbie Mistretta said.
"We live in what they call a moraine," the retiree said. "We get even less sun than in Duluth." Greenwalt and Mistretta are among Northlanders who have begun their annual battle with SAD -- Seasonal Affective Disorder. As the days grow shorter, they're gripped by fatigue and lethargy. They fight back with Vitamin D, exercise, lifestyle changes and specially designed, extremely bright lights.
It's no illusion, said Tom Lewandowski, a psychotherapist at St. Luke's hospital and licensed independent social worker with expertise in SAD. The transition to winter acts as a depressant for many people, and it gets worse as you go north.
"In Florida, the incidence of SAD is about 1.4 percent, whereas in New Hampshire -- which is about the same latitude as Duluth -- it's around 10 percent," Lewandowski said. "It keeps increasing as you go north. It pretty much maxes out when you get to Anchorage and Helsinki (Finland), and it can get as high as 15 percent." Winter blues
Those numbers refer specifically to SAD, a clinical illness that accompanies other forms of depression, Lewandowski said. Many more Northlanders experience some degree of depressive symptoms around this time of year.
"You can have the winter blues, which probably affects 30 to 40 percent of the population," he said. "But usually that is a passing phase, usually at the onset of winter. Then it kind of fades. ... In clinical Seasonal Affective Disorder, that 'Oh no, the season's changing' keeps going and gets more intense." That's how it works for Rachel Bartczak.
"In January and February you go to work and it's dark out and you come home and it's dark out," the Cloquet woman said. "You get through New Year's and there's nothing to look forward to." Bartczak, 30, said she has battled depression since she was in high school.
"When I'm having a really bad day, when I'm feeling slummy, I don't want to get out of bed," she said. "Everything seems to be a chore. Getting dressed is a chore. Taking a shower is a chore." She described stepping into the shower one morning and realizing she didn't know what to do next. "So I went back to bed soaking wet."
The light effect
Bartczak takes on the darkness with artificial light. She uses a prescribed light box in her bathroom while she gets ready for work in the morning. At her job as a legal secretary, she uses a Verilux Happy Light -- not prescribed -- in short bursts to giver her a little extra "pep," she said. She bought it at Walgreens for $30. "I think that it makes a difference," the mother of three children said.
But Marty Sozansky, 65, isn't sure if the therapy light she purchased five or six years ago makes a difference. That's because she uses it as only one part of a full-frontal assault on the winter blahs. She also cuts way down on sugar and alcohol, eats more fruits and vegetables, maintains or increases her exercise and takes 1,000 IU (international units) of Vitamin D daily during the winter.
The battle has gotten harder over the years, she said. "I've lived in Duluth about 15 years, and as I've aged I've had more and more struggles in winter."
Sozansky, an instructor in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, sits under a non-prescription therapy light every morning during the winter. But she also reads or studies something she enjoys. "That alone seems to start my day better," she said.
Sozansky bought the therapy light for $90 one Saturday morning.
Prescription therapy lights can be considerably more expensive, but they also are covered under many insurance plans. Some research shows they help up to 60 to 75 percent of the people who use them, Lewandowski said. About 30 percent of his patients who use it "have pretty dramatic improvements," he added.
Brain's 'light reader'
The bright light is designed to stimulate a part of the brain that is about the size of a grain of rice, Lewandowski said. The suprachiasmatic nucleus is the "light reader" that takes in light through the eye and translates the information to the pineal gland and the hypothalamus. They are the parts of the brain that regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
"In some animals, that part of the brain indicates when they should go into hibernation," he said. "In other animals, it means store up carbohydrates and eat fats."
But it's not known why the process affects some people more than others, Lewandowski said. It affects more women than men -- by 65 to 35 percent. Among those with SAD, 68 percent have a family history of it, and the families tend to be from northern climates.
Climate is a factor for Mistretta, 64, an Austin, Minn., native who returned to Minnesota after 32 years in Atlanta. She increases her Vitamin D intake in winter and uses a light box. But she is an active person and doesn't like the recommended 30 to 45 minutes of use. "I don't sit for 45 minutes," she said.
m The light Mistretta uses is 10,000 lux, a measure of light intensity. Lewandowski said therapy lights should be in the range of 5,000 to 15,000 lux. By comparison, a standard home light bulb is 300 lux. Direct sunlight can be anywhere from 32,000 to 130,000 lux.
Greenwalt, who grew up on the Iron Range, lived in Kansas City and Las Vegas for most of the 1990s. She found the climate in those sunnier places well-suited to her. Since returning to the Northland in 1998, she has struggled through the winters.
"I kind of have an anti-Duluth body," Greenwalt said.
The 42-year-old administrative assistant uses her light box for up to an hour, takes vitamins and continues to work out at the gym, although she said she almost fell asleep on the elliptical machine the other day. She calls the effect of light therapy subtle. "They really say it works, but it doesn't perform miracles." Mistretta, 64, agrees. There's something that works much better, she said.
"I don't think there's any substitute for a blue sky." ©2011 the Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Minn.)
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How typical; I find something I like, and I'm nothing short of obsessed. Now, while I had never had much of a penchant for chilled soups before, I'm suddenly overcome with the desire to whip up batch after batch of cool, savory blends. Rather than fight the urge, I'm riding this wave out, seeing where it might take me. So far, it's been a rather delicious journey.
The myriad of new seasonal veggies have proven too tempting to leave at the market, and everything from the baby sprouts pushing through the dirt and the tiny buds developing on trees seems to scream "green!" to me, and so green has been the inspiration behind many recent meals. Although leafy greens would be a natural though, I decided to leave them for salads this time, and create a wholly different sort of green soup.
Avocados, peas, and roasted asparagus join forces in this emerald mix. Not entirely smooth but with a satisfying bit of texture, this refreshing soup is another utterly simple recipe, and should spring decide to pull another cold snap over us, could happily be warmed up if desired.
Spring Green Soup
- 1 Pound Fresh Asparagus
- 3 Medium Shallots
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper
- 3 Cups Water
- 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 – 2 Tablespoons Braggs Liquid Aminos
- 2 Cups Fresh or Frozen Green Peas
- 1 Ripe Avocado
- 2 Fresh or Dried and Re-Hydrated Shiitake Mushrooms
- Handful Fresh Parsley (About 1/4 Cup)
- Olive Oil for Garnish (Optional)
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees, and line baking sheet with aluminum foil. Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus, and spread them out in an even layer on the baking sheet. Peel the garlic and shallots, and slice the shallots in half. Place them on the sheet as well. Drizzle lightly with olive oil, and sprinkle with just a pinch of salt and pepper. Bake for 20 – 30 minutes, until the asparagus are bright green and tender. Let cool.
- To complete the soup, toss everything else into your blender, along with the asparagus, and allow it to spin until mostly smooth, but definitely not pureed. Chill briefly if necessary, and top individual servings with just a drizzle of olive oil if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 159 Total Fat: 8g Saturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 73mg Carbohydrates: 18g Fiber: 7g Sugar: 6g Protein: 6g


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A T-Tauri type was a type of star. It was unusual for a T-Tauri star system to have a planet in the Class M range.
Small, extremely unstable wormholes are a phenomenon sometimes encountered near T-Tauri systems – in the century between 2267 and 2367, thirty-nine had been mapped.
In 2367, the USS Enterprise-D discovered a T-Tauri star system within the Ngame Nebula. The system had one planet, a Class M world, home to the xenophobic Paxans. In order to prevent the destruction of the Enterprise, its crew created the illusion that the Paxan planet was a frozen gas giant similar to Tethys III, and that the system contained a wormhole that flung the starship 0.54 parsecs from the system as it approached. All records of the reality of the Paxan system were erased and a hazard advisory was sent to Starfleet Command concerning the wormhole. (TNG: "Clues")


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SAN JOSE, CALIF.—Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau took nine seconds to turn a tight game into a laugher and move the San Jose Sharks to the brink of their first playoff sweep in franchise history.
Couture and Marleau scored in rapid succession in the opening minutes of the third period to spoil Cory Schneider's return to the net for Vancouver and the Sharks won their third straight game to open the playoffs, beating the Canucks 5-2 on Sunday night.
"When you score goals that quick, it's tough on the bench, it's tough on the goalie," Couture said. "'It ruins his confidence a little bit. They were big goals. Patty's goal was huge to get the three-goal lead. And then the fifth one was big as well."
Couture had two goals and two assists, Joe Pavelski scored twice and Antti Niemi made 28 saves as the Sharks took a 3-0 series lead. San Jose will attempt to complete the first series sweep in franchise history at home on Tuesday night.
Alex Burrows and Dan Hamhuis scored for the Canucks, who have lost nine of their past 10 playoff games since taking a 3-2 series lead over Boston in the Stanley Cup finals two years ago. Vancouver dropped the last two games of that series, was eliminated in five games in the first round a year ago by Los Angeles and has now fallen into a deep hole against the Sharks.
"Right now we're not good enough," backup goalie Roberto Luongo said. "A couple of guys are out there playing their heart out but we need everybody. I don't know how many positives you can take out of these three games."
Even a change at goaltender couldn't change the Canucks' playoff fortunes. Schneider, the starter for most of the regular season, replaced Luongo after missing the first two games with an undisclosed injury.
But the change failed to provide a spark to Vancouver and backfired when Schneider couldn't even make it through the game.
"We felt Lou was playing great to be honest with you," Sharks captain Joe Thornton said. "We felt lucky we didn't have to play against him."
Schneider was replaced by Luongo after allowing three goals in the first 4:07 of the third period to end Vancouver's hopes of a comeback. Two of those goals came on the power play as San Jose tied a franchise playoff record with three power play goals.
The scoring flurry to start the third sent the sellout crowd at the Shark Tank into a frenzy. The first came on a power play when Couture took a long breakout pass from Matt Irwin and beat Schneider from the top of the circle with no traffic in front of the net on the power play.
Couture then won the ensuing faceoff and Marleau skated into the zone and beat Schneider between the pads before the first celebration had even died down to score for the third straight game.
"We felt like we were in it, down 2-1 going into the third period," centre Derek Roy said. "We felt good about ourselves and then it's the power play again and before we know it we're down 4-1. We have to stay out of the penalty box."
Couture added another power-play goal on a pass from Joe Thornton to give him three for the series and give the Sharks three goals in a span of 2:27.
Luongo stopped all 10 shots he faced but by then it was too late to help the Canucks. Coach Alain Vigneault wouldn't say who would start Game 4.
"Cory didn't lose his net to injury," Vigneault said. "He was playing real well. He was good to go today. He knew yesterday. Cory was healthy and he's the guy that I wanted to go with. It was my decision."
As much as the goaltending was a problem for Vancouver in this game, goal scoring has been a problem all series. Burrows gave the top line its first goal of the series when he one-timed a pass from Henrik Sedin past Niemi midway through the second period to cut San Jose's lead to 2-1.
But that's all Vancouver could manage until Hamhuis' goal late in the third cut the deficit to 5-2. The Canucks have been held to five goals through three games.
"We absolutely have to score more," captain Henrik Sedin said. "They are scoring a lot and we need to put more goals in."
Pavelski built the lead for the Sharks when he scored on a two-man advantage in the first period and then tipped a long shot from Tommy Wingels past Schneider to make it 2-0 in the second period.
After being held without a point in a five-game, first-round loss to St. Louis a year ago, Pavelski is back to being the big-time playoff performer he has been for much of his career in San Jose. He had his fourth career two-goal game in the post-season after assisting on three goals the first two games.
San Jose returned home to a towel-waving crowd at the Shark Tank after winning the first two games on the road in a playoff series for the first time since 1995 and broke out to a 1-0 lead after a high-paced first period when Pavelski converted a pass from Couture during a 5-on-3 advantage.
The Sharks lost just twice in regulation at home in the regular season and were even better in their first playoff game in front of their fans.
"We feel good when we play in the building," coach Todd McLellan said. "Pavs said something after the game about the fans that they almost become his legs at times because they are so energizing."
NOTES: The goals by Couture and Marleau were the second fastest in playoff history for San Jose, 1 second slower than John MacLean and Ron Sutter in 1998 against Dallas. . . . The Sharks have won all six meetings against the Canucks this season


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Plant Radishes for Hope: Compares the early sprouting of radish seeds to the evidential hope in Frances Moore Lappe's talk, The Work of Hope. Applies this to Obama's Cairo talk and its implications for Palestine. Includes an interview with Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies fellow and author of several books on Empire and conflicts in the Middle East. Criticizes Uri Avnery's comparison of Israel to the zealots as unfair… to the zealots, who defended the oppressed against Rome. Relates a conversation with teenage girls about Dr. George Tiller's murder, and takes a different slant on the abortion question. Presents the Declaration of the Abya Yala – the indigenous populations of 22 countries. Reports on Friday's massacre of indigenous Amazonians in Peru, with police firing live ammunition into a crowd of 5000 protestors.
- Pattiann Rogers, "The Greatest Grandeur"
Songs and/or Music Videos
- Bonobo, "Days to Come"
- David Rovic, "In the Name of God," concert video
- Big Country, "Soldier of the Lord"
- XTC, "Dear God"
Audio Bonus
- Interview with Phyllis Bennis


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Alert 2007-4
Subject: Counterfeit Official Checks
Date: January 29, 2007
Description: Fairfield National Bank
Counterfeit Official Checks of Fairfield National Bank, Lancaster, OH
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit official checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 011007092 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam.
Counterfeit items may be identified by the following traits: the checks are light brown in color with a dark brown border. The following statement is located in the top border of the item: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED Background ON WHITE PAPER AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENT SECURITY SCREEN ON BACK WITH PADLOCK SECURITY ICON." The bank's name and logo are located in the upper-left corner of the check and followed by incorrect information "DIVISION OF THE FARM NATIONAL BANK." The "Issued By:" information contained in the upper-right portion of the check shows the issuer as "Travelers Express Company, Inc., P.O. Box 9476, Minneapolis, MN 56480."
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,150, have been dated December 27, 2006, and have included a remitter of Regina Carter.
Correspondence accompanying the checks may contain the letterhead of "Classic Lotto Commision Inc, 60 Subbase Suite 104, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802." Note that the word "Commision" is misspelled in the correspondence. The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of an unclaimed prize and should contact the office immediately. The recipient is advised to keep all information confidential and is encouraged to act by a specific date or the winnings will be forfeited. Recipients are to contact North America claim agent Jack Dempsey at 1-204-952-4415 (Canadian telephone number) for further instruction. The correspondence may be signed by Margaret Adams. Note that this is the same letter that was used in a previous scam as reported in Alert 2007-1, which may be viewed at: [https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/alerts/2007/alert-2007-1.html].
For additional information and guidance and to verify the authenticity of Fairfield National Bank's official checks, please contact Sandy Uhl, Assistant Vice President/Security Officer, Fairfield National Bank, 143 W. Main Street, Lancaster, OH 43130, by telephone at (740) 653-7242, ext. 247, by fax at (740) 653-6573, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
E-mail: email@example.com
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
Richard C. Stearns
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By Jeff Caplan, NBA.com
If the name Kaleb Canales doesn't ring a bell, it likely will soon. Think Erik Spoelstra. No one knew the two-time champion coach of the Miami Heat when he was living in the shadows of the franchise's video room or as an assistant on the Heat bench.
Now everybody knows his name, as well as the fact that Spoelstra is the first Filipino-American to coach in the NBA.
Two seasons ago, Canales — born in Laredo, Texas and whose father is from Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas — became the first Mexican-American to lead an NBA team when he took over the Portland Trail Blazers as the interim coach for 23 games after the team fired Nate McMillan.
In the offseason, a month after his 34th birthday, Canales was one of two finalists to become the next coach of the Blazers. Despite the support of the players, the club passed on Canales' youth for the experience of Terry Stotts, who had previously been a head coach and just celebrated winning the 2011 championship on Rick Carlisle's staff with the Dallas Mavericks.
Canales remained with the Blazers last season as a lead assistant and helped ease Stotts' transition with his new players. When Mavericks assistant Jim O'Brien decided to step aside last summer, Carlisle hired Canales at Stotts' recommendation.
The move ended a long relationship with a Blazers organization that gave him his shot and the tools to grow. But it also delivered Canales back to his home state, just a stone's throw away from where his unique coaching ascension started on the ground floor as a student and then as a coach at the University of Texas at Arlington.
"So when I was in high school, I'm sure like every kid, I had a list of goals I made with a pen and pad — spiritual goals and professional goals and personal goals," Canales said. "And one of my professional goals was to be a coach in the NBA. Obviously, when I told my friends that growing up in Laredo, it was like, 'Yeah right,' you know?"
What do those friends, most of whom live close enough to hop in their cars to come visit, say now?
"They all come to the games and ask me for tickets," Canales laughed.
Paying his dues
How did a kid from Laredo, Texas, a heavily Hispanic-populated border city of a couple-hundred-thousand, make it to the NBA, and at such a young age? Those who know Canales say his boundless energy and enthusiasm, belief and perseverance paved the way.
"First of all, he has good spirit," Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge said. "He's always into it with energy and he's wholeheartedly always giving 100 percent. I think he put everybody in a good position and we loved him."
Like Spoelstra — and, actually, with a little help from him — Canales accepted an internship in 2004 with the Trail Blazers to work in their video room. It was unpaid, but it counted as credit toward the Master's degree he earned online from Virginia Commonwealth University while coaching at UTA.
"I started doing a lot of research on how coaches were getting opportunities to coach," Canales said. "I read Erik's bio, I read a bunch of assistant coaches' bios, I read John Loyer from Detroit; I saw video coordinator in their background. I knew that was something I could attack. I had some video experience at UTA. My first interview was with the Miami Heat. I know Erik last year [in an article], he was kind of nice because he said I wrote him a letter every week for a year. I think it was almost like every day for a year."
Canales got an interview with the Heat and nailed it, but they politely told him they decided to hire from within. Impressed with him though, some phone calls were placed and Canales got an interview with, and then an offer from, the Blazers. He would quickly advance from unpaid intern to paid staffer as Portland's video coordinator. Canales would pore over game film until his bleary, reddened eyes watered.
By the 2008-09 season he was promoted to assistant coach while keeping his duties as video coordinator. And by the next season he was out of the video room and fully immersed in player development as a full-fledged assistant. He was 30 years old.
"It started with Damon Stoudemire and Nick Van Exel for me and became LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy," Canales said. "And it became Jerryd Bayless, it became Wesley Matthews and Damian Lillard."
From the start, he earned a reputation for having an insatiable appetite for work, practically living at the Blazers' practice facility.
"He would watch film and work guys out, and at odd times of the night," Aldridge said. "He wanted to make sure that if anybody came there at any time he would be there, so he would literally sleep at the practice court all the time. So if you came in at 12:30 [a.m.], he would be there. All basketball.
"When you ask him who is girlfriend is, he always says, 'Spalding.'"
Learning from the best
Whatever free time comes his way, he typically spends it seeking out and studying other coaches. While still with the Blazers he made it a point to contact Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and attend summer workouts. He visited University of Oregon football practices before Chip Kelly left for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.
"I love studying coaches because I love studying leadership," Canales said. "Watching and studying the practices of coach Carroll or coach Kelly, you see the energy from them, you see how they interact with their players and then you see them playing on Sunday. I went to an OTA [Organized Team Activities] in the summer with the Seahawks. I said, 'Coach, it feels like you have a game Sunday,' how sharp they were."
Not much has changed in Canales' hundred-mile-an-hour approach in his first season with the Mavs, a team that has improved throughout the year and is in a dogfight for one of the final playoff berths in the Western Conference.
Giving back
Canales plans to return to Laredo for a couple of weeks during the summer to visit with his mother, Alicia, his father, Victor, and his sister, Chantall, all of whom have become accustomed to rearranging the calendar to fit Canales' busy schedule.
"We celebrate all the holidays in the summer," Canales said. "It's like July 9 and we're celebrating Thanksgiving or something. We try to get creative with that, understanding that this is a passion. It's definitely a lifestyle and I wouldn't want to do anything else."
When he's in Laredo, Canales runs a basketball camp for kids. It's there he shares his stories and encourages the young campers, almost all of whom share a similar cultural heritage, to dream big. Canales said empowering Hispanic kids is a responsibility he takes seriously.
"You can't be afraid not only to dream, but to dream big," Canales said he tells the kids. "It's a big-time responsibility, and I hope that kids can see my blessings and then see through faith and hard work that they can achieve their dream. It's something I want them to really believe in."
Before too long, much like Spoelstra's rise from anonymity in the video room to the spotlight of the Heat's lead chair, Canales may soon find himself making history.
"Obviously, looking down the road, I would love to have that opportunity again one day," Canales said of getting another shot at an interview. "But that's not where my concern is right now. I understand how blessed and fortunate I am, and I don't take that for granted."
Throughout the month of March, the NBA is celebrating Latin heritage through its Noches Ene-be-a program. For more information, click here.


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Neverwinter Nights
Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, more coming to console as enhanced editions
Fantastic PC games such as Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, and others are coming to consoles.
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GoG's D&D Dynamo Stacking Promo is quite awesome
GoG.com is holding a really nice weekend deal called the D&D Dynamo Stacking Promo. It contains enough D&D titles to shake a stick at, including Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Planescape: Torment and others. If you want all 10 games, it will run you $21.10. […]
Two classic RPG bundles due November 15
Atari has announced two new PC collections of its Dungeons & Dragons-based back catalogue, including Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, and The Temple of Elemental Evil.
Neverwinter Nights forum data and EA Account data compromised
According to various reports, it looks as though EA game forum users have been hacked, as the firm states data from BioWare's old Neverwinter Nights forums has been compromised.
18,000 BioWare accounts compromised via old Neverwinter Nights forum server
BioWare's confirmed that up to 18,000 accounts have been compromised on its forums through an old Neverwinter Nights forums.
Neverwinter Nights: Cryptic still mulling over pricing plan for online co-op
Cryptic COO Jack Emmert has said the studio is unsure at the moment on how it plans to monetize its online co-op game Neverwinter Nights.
Rumor - Atari readying Neverwinter Nights MMO announce
Rumor has it Atari's getting ready to finally announce the Dungeons & Dragons title its been keeping secret for the past two years or so.
Cryptic to announce its next game this summer, says Roper
Bill Roper, Cyrptic's CCO, has said that one of the games the studio's been hard at work on will be revealed this summer.
Rumor: Cryptic working on Neverwinter Nights MMO
A rumor that Cryptic is secretly working on a Neverwinter Nights MMO has been reported by Variety. According to the site's sources, when Atari purchased the studio last year an unannounced MMO was in the works alongside of Champions Online and Star Trek, which turns out is a NWN game. Extra details are unavailable, but […]
Atari to revive D&D RPGs Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights
Atari plans to revisit the likes of of D&D RPGs Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, and open-world driver Test Drive Unlimited, but not in the next 12 months. The news comes out of today's Atari event in London. Phil Harrison himself promised extensions to the much-loved franchises at the shindig. Thanks, Eurogamer.
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Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, more coming to console as enhanced editions
Neverwinter Nights forum data and EA Account data compromised
18,000 BioWare accounts compromised via old Neverwinter Nights forum server
Neverwinter Nights: Cryptic still mulling over pricing plan for online co-op
Atari to revive D&D RPGs Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights