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In SF and Oakland, activists block tech buses to protest displacement
Between 70 and 100 protesters gathered at 24th and Valencia streets this morning (Fri/20) for yet another blockade of a private tech shuttle, this time to protest evictions in the city of San Francisco.
The activists, who were from Eviction Free San Francisco, Our Mission No Eviction, Causa Justa / Just Cause and others, stood in front of a white shuttle bus holding banners and signs. Some peeked through cardboard signs fashioned in the shape of place markers on Google maps, with "Evicted" written across the front.
The shuttle was bound for "Main Campus Ridgeview," a hint that it was operated by Apple. While there was no contact between the bus passengers and the protesters, a few sitting inside the bus could be seen capturing the scene outside with their iPhones.
With chants of, "What do we want? No Eviction!" And, "Get off the bus! Join us!" The group of tenant advocates marched from the 24th Street BART station to the intersection, where Erin McElroy, who was an unwitting participant in union organizer Max Alper's street theater performance during the Dec. 9 Google bus blockade, led the street rally on a megaphone.
"What we are against is eviction," she said. "What we are against is the Ellis Act. We want the ruling class – which is becoming the tech class – to listen to our voices."
Guardian video from today's protest by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez.
Patricia Kerman, who is facing an Ellis Act eviction from her apartment of 27 years at 20th and Folsom streets in the Mission, was among the speakers who shared personal stories during the blockade, which lasted around twenty minutes or so. She told the Bay Guardian that she is a senior on disability, with a "very low fixed income," and has had no luck finding alternative housing since she received an eviction notice. "He doesn't understand that a roof over my head is more important than money in my pocket," she said, referring to her landlord.
Paula Tejada, who is also facing eviction, said having rent control made it possible for her to get into a financial position to open her small business, Chile Lindo, a Mission District empanada shop near 16th and Capp streets. "I am once again proud of the Mission that stands for what is right," she said of that morning's action. "Not everyone is taking this lying down." She added, "if you want homogeneous, go live in the suburbs."
Mariko Drew and Anabelle Bolanos had turned out with Our Mission No Eviction. Drew, who described herself as a longtime resident, said the bus was "a symbol of the privatization and increasing separation between the poor and the rich." Bolanos chimed in, "It's a constant reminder of how … our mayor and our local government has sold us out. [Mayor] Ed Lee is letting money make decisions."
Highly visible activism around eviction and displacement has fueled new policy proposals, such as Mayor Ed Lee's recent announcement that affordable housing development would be prioritized.
Meanwhile, the Bay Guardian received reports that across the bay, two separate blockades of Google buses took place at Oakland BART stations.
According to a post on IndyBay, a Google bus was blocked at MacArthur BART station at 7:45am in Oakland. There have also been reports that activists blocked a tech shuttle in West Oakland.
When the Bay Guardian asked several protesters who were involved in the San Francisco action if there had been any coordination between the actions, they responded that there was not.
At the San Francisco protest, police showed up on the scene and asked people to step onto the sidewalk. The Apple bus departed and the protest concluded without incident.
The Gbus minus window. pic.twitter.com/qfMnzFgiLf
— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) December 20, 2013
This window was allegedly broken during the protest of this Google bus in Oakland.
Protesters blocking the Google bus at MacArthur BART station in Oakland.
The Gbus minus window. #googlebus #protest pic.twitter.com/dklgVTM6BD
— Urban San Jose (@urbansanjose) December 20, 2013
We'll keep our ethnic diversity, thank you...
Aspen - Estimated median household income $71,541
White alone - 5,924 (89.0%)
Hispanic - 499 (7.5%)
Asian alone - 97 (1.5%)
Two or more races - 72 (1.1%)
American Indian alone - 11 (0.2%)
Other race alone - 8 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.08%)
United States - Estimated median household income $50,054
White alone, percent - 77.9%
Hispanic or Latino - 16.9%
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone - 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 0.2%
San Francisco Estimated median household income in 2011: $69,894 (it was $55,221 in 2000)
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Black or African American - 6.%
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We'll keep our ethnic diversity, thank you...
Aspen - Estimated median household income $71,541
White alone - 5,924 (89.0%)
Hispanic - 499 (7.5%)
Asian alone - 97 (1.5%)
Two or more races - 72 (1.1%)
American Indian alone - 11 (0.2%)
Other race alone - 8 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 5 (0.08%)
United States - Estimated median household income $50,054
White alone, percent - 77.9%
Hispanic or Latino - 16.9%
Asian alone - 5.1%
Two or More Races - 2.4%
Black or African American alone - 13.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone - 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 0.2%
San Francisco Estimated median household income in 2011: $69,894 (it was $55,221 in 2000)
White - 48.5%
Black or African American - 6.%
American Indian and Alaska Native - 0.5%
Asian - 33.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander - 0.4%
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Hispanic or Latino - 15.1%
Guess what... this "Moocher" is pretty tired of working 24/7 to pay salaries, taxes, worker's comp, insurance, licenses... to keep the side walk clean, serve people good food and provide "charm" to the city--so don't you worry, I may well move out of the neighborhood... business and all.
All I was trying to point out regarding the opportunity my former landlady gave me (RIP)... is that when you give people opportunity to get ahead... a community thrives.
We are supposed to believe them over those who create great prosperity for this area?
if they are so against evictions, why not focus on getting people not to violate their leases, as that is a much larger source of evictions in SF, as compared to Ellis evictions.
and nothing screams "rich" like taking a bus to work!
This is NOT "taking a bus to work", this is not the MUNI. This is a private, corporate owned, luxury bus, that only employees of special companies get to use. Using taxpayer funded space to do so.
The seats might be more comfortable, but it's still a bus.
You can't seriously be so dense as to not see the difference between public *any taxpayer and a few bucks can take it* transportation and private *not open for anyone except corporate employees* options?
they are both vehicles and both can use our streets.
despite your misunderstanding of the law.
I'm not aware they have not.
The technical term is "corporate shuttle bus".
Originally, they were intended for staff who were traveling to meetings between the different corporate office buildings scattered across SF Bay Area. Sometimes employees would find themselves relocated to a different city and then have to take the shuttle to get to work. To save time zig-zagging through car parks, the buses would just stop at the nearest bus-stop, and that did cause confusion. I remember one time the bus route went past a Veterans hospital and the poor guy in a wheelchair didn't understand why he wasn't being allowed on.
Existing bus services weren't safe (think muggings, drunks, druggies, gangbangers) or particularly speedy (100+ stops between two cities).
I recall taking one in the 1980's when I started working.
I do not understand the problem here at all.
Inconveniencing a bunch of people who are just trying to get to work isn't going to garner much sympathy to your cause.
God forbid that people have to think of the greater cause, or anyone besides themselves...
You are not free to force them to, however.
San Francisco is a politically active community. People take to the streets for social change here. Many times protests are disruptive. Duh! They're supposed to be. I love that aspect of living in The City. It's one of the reasons I moved here. But it's not for everyone. If you don't want to deal with regular protests, I would suggest Sunnyvale or Mountainview. In the case of the Google-ites, it'll be more convenient to get to work, too.
(and usually the same 100 people).
Even Occupy, which occasionally was a few hundred, fizzled out.
It's a myth that anything is achieved in SF. most people here want to work hard and succeed, not start a revolution.
There were two separate Google Bus blockade actions this morning in Oakland. One at MacArthur BART, and one in West Oakland.
See West Oakland reportback: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/20/18748143.php
And MacArthur BART: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/20/18748125.php
what are they protesting about there?
Talk about being unclear on the concept!
It's probably human nature to want to blame someone else for one's own misfortune. It's certainly more convenient than sober self-reflection. The people of SF might consider their responsibility for 20-30 years of failed housing policies that created the conditions that caused our housing affordability crisis. Recently arrived hi-tech workers certainly didn't do this. It appears that SF will continue to become a hub of the innovation economy, attracting many thousands of hi-skill, hi-compensation workers. If we do not sharply increase housing production, why should we expect a different outcome? SF is on a certain trajectory to become a denser, more urban version of Carmel.
For instance, 80% of the City's current development is taking place on 20% of its land. Why are enormous areas of the City off-limits to helping address our chronic housing shortage?
This too will be forgotten quickly.
San Francisco is also a hub of crybabies. I mean, even a food service worker, by being conscientious and punctual (and certainly an overpaid BART employee), can rise up to management, buy property, and reap the benefits of their neighborhood becoming nicer and safer instead of wanting to keep everything cheap and ugly and "low income friendly".
evictions are increasing because there are huge profits to be made from selling houses right now.
that's because there are very rich buyers who can afford them, and they are almost exclusively tech industry folks.
the tech industry has had a dramatic impact on the cost of living in the bay area.
At least come up with the right facts and stats.
For the past 11 years I've lived two blocks from the MaCarthur BART station, where one of these stupid protests occurred. I can tell you that the vast majority of my neighbors are THRILLED to have tech money coming into the neighborhood. We welcome Google with open arms.
Stopping worker bees from riding the bus to their job does nothing to stop evictions.
Calling the worker bees the "ruling class" does nothing to stop evictions.
People complaining about life in the city telling people who like living in the city "if you want homogeneous, go live in the suburbs." does nothing to stop evictions and doesn't even make sense.
Given the ACTIONS of the agitators, it is clear they have no interest in actually stopping any evictions.
The protesters' targets are the buses and not the riders. And the tech buses are more than scape goats, they are real instruments of the tech industry's policies of imposing their power and wealth on the region without paying their fair share of the costs. By providing private buses for its employees, Silicon Valley industries are shifting the impact of the jobs-housing imbalance of their making to San Francisco, Oakland and beyond without supporting public transit that could benefit everyone. Tech needs to take responsibility for the housing demand and transit impacts their growth and wealth creates. Tech does not exist in the cloud. It exists in the real world.
We need to start putting guns in jail instead of the actual criminals.
fair share means. "I want"
So you rather them drive to work than take a bus? Smart!
Oh, and what makes you think that you deserve to live in this city over anyone else. No one owes you cheap rent. Why don't you move to Hayward?
The buses ARE the riders. No difference.
Neither the buses nor the riders have done anything wrong.
Time to start cracking protestors skulls again. And consider arresting the editor of this rag, who loves feeding the flames of resentment and violence. Let's see how fun it is when his organic ass is sitting in jail.
This is you: How dare they use violence.
This is also you: Let's use violence to solve this problem!
the state has a free hand to reestablish control over the situation. And they will - look at what happened to Occupy. The protestors have brought an end to their campaign by this action, mark my words. They may push a little more but their end is coming.
As we saw with Occupy, they have no stamina for a real fight.
Slap them down and they run away.
Reading these comments reminds me of Ayn Rand's "virtue of selfishness". You all should be ashamed of yourselves for not seeing the bigger picture of what is really going on here. With any luck at all the people in the busses will use their affluence to make their footprint a little less of a negative impact on their surroundings and use their new found success to make things better for all.
Maybe every one should make things better for themselves, rather being mooching parasites off of other people....Oh wait, it's so much easier to be a mooching parasite...
Oh wait, I forgot you built everything you have all by yourself, didn't you John Galt! I don't know why I keep forgetting this petty little fact.
What part of "Promote the general welfare" are you missing?
what constitutes general welfare/
The political process defines that, IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION!
who block busses.
If you don't like it, get the law changed, but do not blame people trying to get to work who haven't evicted anyone.
I'm not sure what the bus blockers are trying to achieve. It seems a Hail Mary pass to try to attract attention to these issues. I'm not seeing where this takes them at a policy level, don't see Ellis being repealed or amended in Sacramento, it is a very narrowly localized issue up against the real estate lobbyists. And I'm not seeing the development of local candidates to retake government. Too many of these folks are from Oakland having failed San Francisco. It is almost like they're raging against other working people to make up for their political failures, the absurd logical extension of a world where the highest valued political currency is the self esteem, feelings, validation and right to be heard of the activist.
as long as those with real power realize that this is a tiny minority of bitter envy hounds with nothing positive to contribute.
They have valid criticisms and suggestions, the problem is that what they're doing has raised awareness, but they're not poised to do anything but nibble around the edges. The political prejudices based on demographics that we've seen have led to the narrowing of their circle of appeal. Those same prejudices are in play now and as they've proven to narrow the circle in the past, won't be able to expand the circle to where it needs to be.
then what further actions are you suggestion would be more effective?
Setting fire to them? executing the riders?
There's nothing wrong with changing demographics. Maybe Sf is becoming more moderate while Oakland, taking lots of SF refugees, is becoming more progressive.
So what? Why does it matter?
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Let's start with the good. For the first time, team United States is comprised of more women than men, and Canada's team broke Olympic records by being 55.96 percent women. There are more gold medals available for women than ever before (132 up from 127 in Beijing), while the number of medals available for men has decreased slightly (162 down from 165 at the last summer Olympics). Women's boxing has also been added to the Games, meaning women can now compete in all of the same events as men. And, most strikingly, this will be the first year that every nation participating has sent women as part of their delegation, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei.
But as much as the International Olympic Committee has praised itself for its gender equality, all is not well in the Olympic Village. Before the Games even started, Japan and Australia found themselves in hot water when flying their men in first class and their women in coach. Female athletes have faced high levels of scrutiny for not looking attractive enough (which sparked a great response from weightlifter Zoe Smith). Leisel Jones, an Australian Olympic swimmer, has been derided in the tabloids for not looking "fit" enough to participate. Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson, referred to beach volleyball players as "glistening like wet otters," which is as creepy as it is sexist. And Saudi Arabia's groundbreaking female athletes met a mixed reaction on the Internet as a Twitter hash tag dubbed them "Prostitutes of the Olympics."
So is this really the year of women at the Olympics? Yes and no. There are many steps toward true gender equality, and while there is much for women to celebrate about the London Games, there is still much for the world to own up to. Hopefully, we will have even more to praise about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia!


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A moving piece of art
By ANGIE HAFLICH
By ANGIE HAFLICH
The southwest Kansas wind plays an important role when it comes to a new sculpture in downtown Garden City.
"The wind in southwest Kansas can be crazy, so I wanted it to move in the wind, but not too much," sculptor Rusty Burgardt, Garden City, said.
Five rotating "flames," all of which have a different shape, sit atop the sculpture, each rotating independently of one another whenever the wind blows.
The sculpture also features programmable LED lights in various colors that will light up at night and can be changed for special holidays or occasions.
Burgardt's kinetic sculpture, "Wind Fire," and "Starburst", by Jim LaPaso of Kyle, Texas, were dedicated Friday afternoon at the intersection of Pine Street, Stevens Avenue and Main Street.
This was the first major project done by Burgardt, a mechanic by trade.
"I'm just a mechanic, just a welder, and this is the first time I've ever gotten the opportunity to do something like this," Burgardt said.
Both of his skills played an important role in constructing the sculpture, which is made out of stainless steel. He said he began by tracing the shapes out of the steel, then used a shear to cut them out, and then welded the cutouts together to form the three-sided flames.
"It took me close to six months, but we worked every weekend. I say we, but it was my 2-year-old there. He was with me the whole time. Every time I was out there, he wanted to be there. He really enjoys it," Burgardt said.
His son, Kolton, was at the dedication, along with his wife, Jeneria Burgardt, his parents, Dennis and Bonnie Burgardt, his sister, Heidi Webb, and her husband, Nic Webb.
During the dedication, Vivian Fankhauser, chairwoman of the Friends of Garden City Arts, thanked the city of Garden City for its support of the arts. The city installed the sculptures and provides all of the sculptures' bases and electricity when needed.
"I also want to thank the Finnup Foundation and the Western Kansas Community Foundation for giving us grants every year to do our sculptures," she said.
During the dedication, Burgardt said he was given free reign in creating his sculpture.
"I just want to thank Vivian and the whole arts council for giving me the opportunity to just kind of be creative and do what I do," he said. "That's one of the best clients you can have, where they give you free reign."
He said he also hopes that the opportunity will arise for him to work on future projects on behalf of the Garden City Arts.
Garden City Mayor Dan Fankhauser said that the arts and, particularly, downtown go along with the city's goal of making Garden City the regional center of western Kansas.
"We've got the zoo, we've got the hospital, we've got some more regional shopping out east, but the downtown plays a very important part," he said, adding that a city is judged to a large degree on its downtown area.


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Martin-Brown, 20, who has been charged with second-degree murder and petit larceny, sat quietly throughout the proceedings and solemnly nodded to family in attendance. Brown allegedly killed Cottone, 62, the owner of Malone's Bar and Grill on May 19. Police said Cottone died of blunt force injuries.
During Wednesday's hearing on the admissibility of statements Martin-Brown made to police, Detective Joseph Vacanti said Cottone had reported a stolen check before his death. Vacanti identified the defendant based on photographs from an M&T Bank, where Martin-Brown cashed the $800 check.
On May 20, the day after Cottone was killed, Vacanti said he and another detective went to Martin-Brown's home in Buffalo to ask him to come in for questioning about the theft. The defendant agreed, and later at the station, Martin-Brown admitted to stealing the check, Vacanti said.
Defense attorney Andrew LoTempio suggested that detectives deceived Martin-Brown into voluntarily coming in for questioning about the homicide — and not just petit larceny.
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Later this year, we'll have two new choices of bivalve protein: the Black Pearl and the Old Black Salts, which will be available at Bethesda's (7750 Woodmont Ave.), as well as at BlackSalt, Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and Black Jack in DC.
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"In about a month, after the brewery is up and running, 3 Stars will open a tasting room for people to try [3 Stars'] signature beers as well as some experimental ones. The brewery will also supply local bars and restaurants and eventually sell retail," Washington City Paper reported.
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"With their do-it-yourself ethos, Ripple's Grilled Cheese Bar allows for fifteen varieties of cheese, six spreads, three breads, and twelve toppings to create a sandwich that's savory and (emotionally) satisfying. The potential for items stacked between your wedges of brioche/ciabatta/multigrain is enormous," Brightest Young Things reported.
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Bold and graphic prints have climbed their way up the ranks the season and have made their appearance on tops, sweaters, bags, and blazers. All of these are easy enough to sport, but printed pants, well they are a tad more intimidating. Style setters all over the world have tried this bold new trend, making it look effortlessly cool and boho chic. Reality is, wearing printed pants really isn't that hard! Think of the pants as the focal point of your outfit, the eye will go there first. You want to make sure you have a flattering pair, not something that bunches or pulls in the wrong places. You can pair the pants with a chunky sweater, crop top, blouse…the options are endless. Printed pants create so many new wardrobe options and are a perfect way to liven up your look as we head into spring!
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2. All Spanish courses to be counted toward the Minor must be completed with a grade of C or better, and students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0.
3. Transfer students must complete at least two courses in residence at SLU.
4. Courses designated as SPAN 416 and higher must be taken in Spanish.*
*Under extraordinary circumstances, and with the approval of both the course instructor and the Spanish Minor Coordinator(s), students can request permission to take one upper-division Spanish class conducted in English, provided that they pass the evaluation instruments that have been used for awarding the Spanish Language Proficiency at Saint Louis University.
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on May 5, 2013 at 3:12 pm
It's Marilyn Murphy Kane Trail or Marilyn Kane Trail.
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If it landed, likely a medical emergency.
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@not to be critical but...
Then why be critical?
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I noticed that helicopter flying low and was wondering the same!! Wasn't sure if they were looking for a lost person or perhaps a robber? Did not notice anything which would indicate police or medical on the helicopter. I'm surprised no one seems to have an answer...
on May 6, 2013 at 8:28 pm
Because I knew Marilyn Kane, she was a wonderful woman and this trail was generously paid for by her family and it is a beautiful addition to our community and she and her family deserve to have people refer to it by the proper name.
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Still Skiing in Chamonix: Nate Wallace Skis Arete Peuterey
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur is Italy's wildest mountain, and towers above the village at 4704 meters. The Arete de Peuterey starts at the summit and follows the hanging snow field above the skier on the right, after disappears into the Couloir Eccles which lies behind the impressive rock and ice face of the Grand pilier d'Angle, and then exits the col behind the skier on the left. It is a magical line that passes through some of the most savage terrain of the Alps, and was first skied by Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencant on the 31st of May, 1977.
Which leads us to 28th of June 2009. Yo Hachemi, Remy Lecluse, Glen Plake, and a journalist trying to ski a line of a lifetime.
We knew the Peuterey had only been skied three times, and was such a massive line, that getting conditions for all the different exposures, and pitches, would be difficult. Instead of climbing the line we would try to ski, we would spend the night in the Cosmic refuge, Climb Mont Blanc and drop it blind.
The Cosmic refuge. At 3613 meters it feels like a high altitude hotel. There is a reason for it's name. The refuge often is sitting above a sea of clouds that makes the transition from day into night something that can only be described as Cosmic.
The sun set, and by the time it had come up, we were already pass Mont Maudit, and were having tea at the Col de la Brenva at 4343 meters.
Even with the other parties on the same route to the summit, it was easy to feel alone. Glen and Remy, feeling the warmth of the first rays of light, with the last bit of the climb lurking behind them. Standing at just under 4500 meters, this the altitude that slows everything down. Places that look close suddenly become far.
Glen, looking like he is at 8000 meters, but he is only a few hours away from the closest coffee shop
It is June. There are flowers and green grass in the valley bellow, and above is the needle of the Aguille du Midi, followed
by the sunny south east face of Mont Maudit.
Summit. Mont Blanc, 4810 meters. I had one friend who when getting to the top one spring day found a party making fondue and drinking wine. We found several guided groups.
Remy dropping, into no man's land.
Notice the light nordic skiing poles, Peruvian wool sherpa hat, and ice axe combination.
And it's good!
Yo Hachemi. Fly on the wall looking into the garden of eden.The skiing itself was not particularly difficult, or even that steep, but ambience of the surroundings was wild.
Remy about ready to head into the top of the Couloir Eccles, which we anticipated would be a little tricky. The snow leading into it was
perfectly smooth and like a wave to ride.
Yo and Glen. Ice axes out, unlocking the arete.
The bottom of the Couloir Eccles. The snow had meted out a little and we made quite a few turns on ice, but all and all the skiing was fluid. Until the traverse lookers right above. Yo, while climbing through the rocks, had a loose block move and pin him. While taking his ski off to free himself, the block moved more taking his poles, one ski, and a crampon for a ride.
After down climbing Yo then preceded to air the bergschrund on one ski. Crash flip head over head, and self arrest just before a open crevasse. As he climbed for his ski, we could tell he was hurt, tired, and pissed. Decision time. Yo waiting with a blown out shoulder as Remy, brings in the Italian heli rescue.
hey brought the bird nose in, and in one minute had picked up Yo and were on the way to the hospital in Aosta. Chow.
The rescue had made us late and we were well aware of the consequences. The last pitch of the descent was the Col du Peuterey, which ends up finishing around 3300 meters. An altitude that would be nuclear hot, and beyond dangerous.
But it looked so easy. And when you are standing at the top with your skis on, it is just too hard to not want to drop in. It skied, the top turns were solid steep turns on good snow, but after, the objective hazards were beyond reason.
Rock fell from two different sub peaks, the snow when cut fell in a wet cascade avalanche, there was a huge serac hovering above and there was one crevasse jump that was something you don't want your mother to find out about.
By skiing without stopping and at full speed, we spent as little time as possible in the death zone .
Glen and Remy entering the heat zone and skinning into a basin filled to the hilt with seracs. We made it to a place of relative safety under the Col Moore, and after finding the bergschrund the texture of whip cream. We took the easy way out, and called for the heli for the second time.
Not the best way to finish.
But how far do you need to take it?
Does our descent count?
Did we chicken out?
Will those who write guidebooks and magazine articles give us credit as the fourth descent, and the first by an American?
Glen's expression and raised hand answers those questions. It says, "oh well", and most importantly, "who cares". We just skied one of the
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Even though the official start of summer (June 20) is a few weeks away, we've had hot enough weather in Connecticut to feel that deep-down longing for a refreshing beverage that quenches our thirst.
Here's one that will do the trick: home-made lemonade. It's bright, tart, a little sweet and all natural.
I've had store-bought frozen concentrate brands and they're not bad and usually not filled with tons of unpronounceable ingredients. But home-made is still better. Plus you can add a few different ingredients to jazz it up and change the flavors.
Home-Made Lemonade
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4-5 lemons)
4 cups cold water
In a small saucepan, mix sugar and one cup of water. Bring to a boil and stir until all the sugar dissolves and the water returns to clear instead of cloudy. Let cool or better yet, cool and refrigerate overnight.
In a large pitcher, combine sugar-water mixture, lemon juice and 4 cups cold water. Stir and serve in tall glasses with lots of ice.
Optional add ins:
Top your lemonade with a splash of chilled plain seltzer (for fizz), cranberry juice (makes it look like pink lemonade), or home-made ice tea (1 tea bag in 2 cups of boiling water, steeped then chilled).
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APEX — Injuries have been an ever-present part of the Apex boys basketball season, but the adjustments following each one has kept the Cougars near the top of the Tri-9 Conference.
When forward Gray Clayton went down with an ACL tear in the first game, Apex became more guard-driven. When shooting guard Jeff Valdini suffered a concussion a few weeks ago, the Cougars went big.
And when point guard T.J. Wells had a groin injury during an upset loss to Athens, T.J. Evans ran the point to perfection in a 87-69 rout of visiting Holly Springs on Tuesday.
It definitely keeps us on our feet, said Evans of losing almost one starter for each month of the season. I think weve handled it well so far and Im impressed with a lot of our teammates this year (many of) them having little or no experience on the team and then just picking a role and doing it well.
What worked: Apex (14-8, 11-3) hit eight of its first 11 3-pointers to put the game out of reach by halftime (Apex led 43-21).
It grew its lead to 71-37 at the end of three quarters and set a new season-best scoring output.
I thought we were the hungrier team, and fortunately the shots were going down for us, Apex coach David Neal said. I told them something was wrong with them if they werent hungry after Friday nights performance (a loss to then-last place Athens Drive) and the fact Holly Springs came over here and beat us at home last year.
Needs improvement: Holly Springs (10-10, 6-7) got worked on the boards (Apex out-rebounded them 40-27 while using a zone) and didnt create turnovers when it went to its usual trapping defense until it was too late. Then, the Golden Hawks scored 32 points in the fourth quarter.
Putting up numbers: Apex was one Ian Boyd rebound away from having three players with double-doubles.
Malik Williams was 4-of-4 from behind the arc and finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Boyd had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jon Jones had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Evans led all scorers (22 points), but also had five assists.
Its hard replacing T.J. Wells. But I think I handled it pretty well, and we as a team handled it pretty well, Evans said. Its always fun watching my teammates get their buckets. Malik Williams had an awesome game tonight.
Holly Springs Anthanee Doyle and D.J. Flippin each had 17 points, whle Craig McDaniel had 15.
Highlight reel: Flippin objected to something the Apex student section said to him after he commited foul in the fourth quarter. So on the next possession, he drove the lane and sent down a thunderous two-handed slam in traffic.
Going forward: Apex is closing in on locking up the leagues 2-seed, which will ensure at least one home playoff game, but Middle Creeks loss to Green Hope Tuesday leaves the door open for a league title or co-title.
The Mustangs visit Apex in the regular season finale, and Valdini and Wells could both be back for the Cougars.
Holly Springs is still fighting for the fifth and final automatic playoff spot, only a half-game behind Panther Creek.
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Best of Knoxville 2009
Best Local Blog/Blogger Runners-Up: allaroundktown.com, knoxify.com, knoxviews.com
The whippersnappers at wigsphere.com ("The Sunsphere is NOT a wigshop") aren't cynical and jaded about Knoxville like some of the rest of us. Most of the eight contributing bloggers aren't natives; for them, alternative transportation, sushi, movies on Gay Street, and downtown as a destination aren't the newfangled trends that some of us expect to disappear any day now. They think this is what Knoxville is really like. And they're enthusiastic about all of it, holding forth on local restaurants, concerts, and downtown development with an effervescent charm that doesn't always present itself around here.
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The Center for Community Engagement
The Center for Community Engagement at SUNY Cobleskill is responsible for developing partnerships that integrate campus and regional resources in a collaborative effort to meet the needs of the community. The emphasis is on creating opportunities to engage our students, faculty, staff and community partners in service projects and educational initiatives that provide meaningful learning outcomes for our students and tangible benefits for our partners. In delivering on this mission, The Center for Community Engagement serves as a focal point that sources projects, allocates resources, compiles assessment data, and promotes the value of community engagement.
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Events: This year sure has been an exciting time with lots of great opportunity to volunteer. Here's a recap of some of what our students have been up to. There's still time to squeeze in a few more outings before the semester ends. Be sure to check out the calendar for details, sign up on line, or just stop by the Center for Community Engagement in Bouck Hall. Sign up / Check the calendar.
Tiger Run for Autism: Hats off to our Senior RA's and Veterans Affairs' Team Red, White and Blue for organizing the first ever Tiger Run 5K for Autism. Over 340+ runners from the campus and community participated and generated over $4,000 for the fight against Autism.
SUNY Cobleskill Wins National Service Award: SUNY Cobleskill was the proud recipient of the 2014 Service Engagment Award from APCA, a 400 member, national institution for the promotion of campus activities. This much coveted award honors the school that best demonstrates a commitment to innovative and sustained community service. Many thanks to the all of the dedicated students, faculty and staff who made reaching this milestone possible. You really make SUNY Cobleskill shine.
Community Service Club Raises Funds & Supplies for the Homeless: April 12 saw 35 students come together for " Boxville ", an overnight event in support of the homeless. The evening included a documentary on the homeless, card making for homeless children, creation of personal care/hygiene kits, and a box decorating contest. Ten hearty souls spent the night sleeping in boxes to gain an appreciation for people living on the street. Over $200 was raised for the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless. Leading up to the event, a PB&J food drive netted enough supplies to make 200 sandwiches for the Schenectady City Mission. Many thanks to the student organizers who worked so hard to make this such an informative and productive event.
Alternative Spring Break: SUNY Cobleskill 's first ever ASB saw a team of six students and their advisor spend a week in Newark, NJ in support of United Way sponsored youth programing at the Boys & Girls Club. This transformative event changed the lives of those who participated, giving them a firsthand look at the enormous challenges facing today's inner city kids and an appreciation for the dedication of those working to make a difference on a day to day basis.
Martin Luther King Six Days of Service: Honor the Man, Honor the Message: SUNY Cobleskill's MLK 6 Days of Service initiative wrapped up on Friday, January 31st and the results were impressive indeed. Over160 faculty, staff and student volunteers participated. Projects included serving meals in the dining halls and making Boo Boo Bunnies for sick children. In addition, 132 pints of blood were donated to the Red Cross, 350 individual lasagna dinners were delivered to the Albany Homeless Shelter, and 150 boxes of food were sorted and packaged at the North East Regional Food Bank. EOP and the Center for Community Engagement would like to thank all the volunteers who made this year's MLK Day projects such a huge success.
Feed the Need: Our annual food drive is poised to set a new record! Thanks to a collective effort on the part of Dinning Services, Res Life, student volunteers, and area businesses, the fall Feed the Need campaign collected over 3,246 lbs of food for area food pantries compared with last year's annual total of 3,400 lbs. Our goal this year is 4,000 lbs. Help close the gap. Check the calendar for additional food drive opportunities..
SUNY's Holiday Spirit Warms the Heart: Students, faculty and staff stepped up big time to support those in need during the holidays. Sixteen families were supplied with holiday gifts in partnership with Head Start's "Adopt a Family" program. Thanks to all for your help in making the holidays shine a little brighter.
Empty Bowls are Overflowing: Hats off to the Student Government Association for their leadership and all the campus volunteers who helped make this year's Empty Bowls event a huge success! This broad based partnership to combat hunger speaks to the heart of community engagement and exemplifies the enormous power of leveraging campus resources with those of the community. Over 700 bowls were fabricated and $4,100 was raised to support local food pantries.
SUNY Student Wins Essay Contest: The Center for Community Engagement would like to recognize Meghan Trigg for submitting the winning essay in a three way competition with SUNY Delhi and SUNY Oneonta . Meghan's work on the theme, "How Helping Others Helps Me" took the first place prize of a new Kindle Fire. Way to go Meghan!
The Center for Community Engagement is administered by Director Brian Kaiser, who is supported by student assistants and an advisory board consisting of faculty, staff, and community representatives.
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Start off by doing any type of attack that will make Fortinbras fall to the ground (special attacks will make this quick and easy). From this point on, just keep kicking him to death. This will take some time. You will never get hit, plus he will not be able to attack you if you can keep the chain kicks going.
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Originally Posted by Pasha K
LOL so Dana White lied again about Hunt turning down the JDS fight....
I feel like when talking about fights we have a lot of the same views, but when you get off on the Dana hate you really lose me. Did I read you say above that the UFC is protecting JDS from Hunt??? please tell me I misinterpreted that.
I actually wouldn't mind jds waiting for reem. i really wanna see that fight
hunt vs big country!!!
im confused, if Hunt did indeed ask the UFC to pay up to fill in on 11 weeks notice and the UFC said no, then Hunt said im not taking the fight.
So then he did turn down the fight correct?
I know we dont know both sides of the story (or really any sides of the story outside of a few tweets) but this sounds very similar to Machida wanting that Anderson Silva money to take a fight on short notice...
LOL so Dana White lied again about Hunt turning down the JDS fight....
Just the fact we're having this conversation at this moment utterly amazes me. It's 2013, and we're talking about Mark Hunt being a win away from a UFC title shot. Mark. Hunt. Utterly fuckin amazing.
Originally Posted by AnchorPunch
But Hunt is a tough bastard and doesn't care
...I don't think we'll see any statements from him about lack of training time or being injured if he loses. He's epitomizes that old school fighter mentality that I love. I wish there were certain champions--note the plural--who could have Hunt's heart in addition to their world-class skill levels. That would be the very best thing to ever happen to MMA, in my opinion.
Originally Posted by the_dark_angel_4ever
Probably, and good for Hunt, but when the hell did 11 weeks notice become "short notice"?
11 weeks from your last fight is pretty rough for a HW coming off a fight into the 3rd (I think) round. He doesn't usually look beat up, but I'm sure Hunt has some real damage.
Honest, given that and how bad his cardio looked post injury, I'm not sure I want to see this fight so soon. But Hunt is a tough bastard and doesn't care
Originally Posted by the_dark_angel_4ever
Probably, and good for Hunt, but when the hell did 11 weeks notice become "short notice"?
I think when it comes on the heels of a grueling, KOTN performance. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hunt gotten at least a 30 days suspension which would still limit his training time on the short end of things.
Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre
From what I've read, Hunt didn't turn down the fight, but rather told Dana to pay up for having him come in on short notice in such a massive fight. This could very well be the result of some "day after re-negotiations" in which Hunt gets paid well.
Probably, and good for Hunt, but when the hell did 11 weeks notice become "short notice"?
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Beaver Creek Resort has focused greatly on environmental education. Our approach to education is as follows:
• Education is the cornerstone to environmental stewardship, as the internal community of employees must understand all objectives and initiatives. • Environmental education is a continuous learning process where we become aware of our environment, the values, skills, and knowledge necessary to protect our environment, and implement behavioral changes that in the long run improve our quality of life. • Our environmental community relationship sets the tone for all sustainability of the ski industry. Educating and communicating with the local, state, and national community is the key to success. • Children learn and retain conservation principles in school environments and transfer their knowledge to their parents. • Our summer/winter guests' perception of our environmental stewardship of the public lands we are entrusted with is the final key to success.
Our environmental education philosophy has benefited our community in a variety of ways. Each year the Environmental Coordinator engages with local school children through various programs. The programs are initiated with three general objectives in mind:
1. To educate students on what our resort is doing to keep sustainability a central focus in our business decisions and operations.2. To educate students on some things they can do as individuals and as families to help protect the earth.3. To help the students understand what their environmental concerns are as they are our future community members.
Some examples of our community environmental education outreach activities include: planting trees with school children as an Earth Day activity along with a wildlife habitat discussion, giving out reusable shopping bags to students and talking with them about the positive and negative impacts our decisions can have on the environment, an energy conservation seminar where the students receive a free energy saving light bulb for their participation, and our most popular event, the Raptor school visits. Through partnering with the Raptor Education Foundation, Beaver Creek brings live birds of prey, into the classrooms.
The Raptor Education Foundation (REF) has been promoting environmental literacy since 1980 by providing schools, corporations, conventions, and gatherings of all sizes unique innovative programs and seminars that connect people with the natural world. REF utilizes an extensive cast of live, non-releasable raptors to focus attention on environmental concepts and issues.
Ski with a Ranger is an opportunity for the Forest Service and Beaver Creek to partner together to provide environmental education displays, activities, and guided tours for the purpose of highlighting the resources of the National Forest and the resort's environmental commitments. The program developed and implemented an educational and interpretive program for the Environmental Learning Center on Beaver Creek Mountain.
Forest Service Rangers and volunteers guide a 45-minute ski tour on beginner and intermediate trails at Beaver Creek Resort. Participants meet at the Environmental Learning Center at the top of the Cinch Express Lift (#8), at 1:30 p.m. every Saturday.
Ski trails used during the tour vary according to the weekly topic and group ability. The primary ski trails to be used are the beginner trails Red Buffalo, Powell, Flattops, Cinch and Dally. Intermediate groups use the Red Tail and Larkspur ski trails. Each tour includes a brief introduction and orientation at the Environmental Learning Center. Once outside, the group follows their naturalist guide through several planned stops on the mountain to learn about topics of interest.
Topics include, but are not limited to: • Winter Wildlife Adaptations (What do they do to survive?) • Lifecycle of the Mountain Pine Beetle • Local History: From the Native tribes to today's communities • Avalanche Awareness (Behind the scenes with Beaver Creek Ski Patrol) • Fire's Role in Nature (Special guest: Smokey the Bear) • Wilderness Management • For the Kids: Become a Junior Snow Ranger!
Some examples of what participants learn are: • Snowshoe hares are named for their enlarged hind legs, which enable them to stay on top of the snow. • Aspen trees can reproduce by sending out roots to become new trees and are considered among the largest and oldest organisms on Earth. • The White River National Forest provides 64 percent of the skiing in Colorado and 13 percent of the national total through 12 ski area permits hosting over 7.6 million skier visits per year.
During 2001, Beaver Creek created an environmental committee in an effort to include a diverse representation of management disciplines in the implementation of the resort's environmental goals. This committee received financial commitment to hire an environmental coordinator to further education, compliance and goal attainment. Beaver Creek's environmental committee has been charged with meeting to create unique environment-focused programs and initiatives to be implemented at the resort, on the mountain and within the village, winter and summer. One of the committee's first initiatives was the Environmental Learning Center. The committee, and the environmental coordinator, wanted to create a space where both employees and resort guests could learn about their surroundings through interactive and interpretive displays.
On February 23, 2002, Beaver Creek opened its on-mountain Environmental Learning Center (ELC) with the goal of educating over 500,000 guests and employees each year. The ELC is dedicated to promoting education and awareness among guests, employees and area residents. Target displays include:
• Living with Wildlife, • Recycle our World Depends on it • Energy the Renewable Resource • Sustainable Slopes • Resort Management's Role in these efforts.
Designed as an educational resource, the center incorporates several interactive displays, and a continuous-loop Sustainable Slopes video station, portraying the many topics the resort's environmental efforts embrace. This center is the beginning of a long-term commitment by Beaver Creek Resort to educate each and every guest and employee in his or her responsibilities to provide an active role in environmental stewardship.
During the 2001 summer season, Beaver Creek's environmental committee and department began an interactive hiking program designed to educate guests using on mountain hiking trails. Resort officials hoped to create awareness among guests regarding resort environmental issues and education using three specially designed interpretive and interactive hiking trails, a mock archeological site and a "field notebook."
In an effort to continue the program during the winter months, the resort re-vamped it's nationally acclaimed and adopted Ske-cology program with new interpretive signage, the addition of an interpretive snowshoe trail and the inclusion of the program on all winter trail maps.
Combined, the following environmental programs reach over 1,000,000 resort guests and employees annually:
Each year, the resort provided extensive information to property owners and guests of Beaver Creek and Bachelor Gulch, with the intent of educating users on the importance of respecting wildlife habitat. This information was mailed out to over 500 single-family homeowners.
The Environmental Department utilizes a training a PowerPoint presentation and recycling guidelines for Beaver Creek's operations departments. These training tools reach over 3000 employees, encouraging them to achieve maximum success in our recycling efforts. The Environmental department utilizes these training tools during new employee orientations and department-wide training programs. Each presentation is designed specifically to meet individual departments' needs. The programs' goal is to recover over 1,400,000 lbs. of various recyclable materials.Part of the unique Village-to-Village™ skiing experience and home to The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch and vacation rental homes. A perfect place to stay for slopeside access and mountain serenity.Amenities available for guests staying in Bachelor Gulch: • Lift ticket office, Ski & Snowboard School • Retail apparel and equipment rental in Beaver Creek Sports • Main access to the Bachelor Gulch Express Lift with beginner & intermediate terrain • Restaurants, outdoor patio and bar • Free dial-a-ride shuttles to Beaver Creek Village
The Beaver Creek Hospitality and Lodging group stocks property rooms with information cards to help educate guests visiting the resort, and to promote water/energy conservation. This program is targeted at over 15,000 guests.
Beaver Creek Resort endorses the National Ski Area Associations (NSAA) Environmental Charter and actively participates in the annual Sustainable Slopes Outreach day now title "Green Day" at Beaver Creek.
During the fall of 2001, Beaver Creek implemented a toner and printer cartridge collection and recycling program. This program ensures the spent cartridges do not enter our local landfills, and provides money for children's education programs. Our "Cartridge for Kids" program raises approximately $75 a month for the Eagle County Charter Academy and prevents approximately sixty cartridges per month from entering local landfills.Beaver Creek Resort endorses the National Ski Area Associations (NSAA) Environmental Charter and actively participates in the annual Sustainable Slopes Outreach day now title "Green Day" at Beaver Creek.
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Tidarren sisyphoides
Females (total length 5.8-8.6mm) of this species are distinctly longer than the males(total length 1.2-1.4mm). The carapace is tan to an orangish tan. The legs appear banded. The abdomen is yellow-brown with various tranverse bands and markings; a large dorsal dark marking is usually present about mid-abdomen.
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This spider occurs in the southern United States from the east to west coast and ranges south into Baja California, Mexico. San Diego County records show this spider occurs in coastal habitats but it may be more widespread. Tidarren is a common spider that can be found in webs on walls, cliff faces, and in gardens.
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The web is messy and irregular in shape with a retreat made of plant debris.
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Achaearanea is similar but has a small dorsal spot and a pair of chevrons on the upper abdomen.
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Well, the holidays are coming and we're making buy and wish lists. Some of you will be upgrading your Droids or iPhones, others of you will be digging into digital cameras, either for the first time or to upgrade. Some of you will want to do both. Maybe some of you will be thinking about how to do new things with what you have.
This weekend I was at a civic event to take pictures, and a friend was there to do the same. We both had big digital single lens reflex cameras – his a Nikon and mine an Olympus – and we got to talking about lugging them around. When I said "I get great results from my cell phone" he said "What! I never thought of that." I suspect that's what many of you would say.
My goal here is not to suggest that you buy this or that cell phone for its camera quality. Virtually all of the top line ones produce similar results. I am saying that if you are a general snap shooter you might have all you need in a cell phone camera. I've discovered much on the basis of my last two, a Nokia 900 Windows phone (stolen out in California in August) and my replacement Samsung/Google Galaxy Nexus Android, given to me by my son in law who works for Google. I have also seen a lot of photos taken by the iPhone owned by my daughter.
Here are some generalizations:
(1) Most of these phones take photos about as clear and well exposed as relatively inexpensive brand name digital cameras of a few of years ago. My Nokia had a first rate Zeiss lens and it shot about about 5 megapix. My older Samsung is around 2.5 megapix. Both sizes are ample for web pics and for enlargements up to and including 5"x7".
(2) Both my cameras have flash units that are good for a distance of six feet or so.
(3) The cameras focus very well in bright light and are best for landscapes or small group shots. Do not try to shoot belly dancers at work or sporting events. They do need some good light to focus.
(4) Nokia and some others allow you to place your finger on exactly what you want to focus on, using the lcd. Touch, give the camera a second and press. The Samsung gives me a little blue dot next to the lcd image to hit. There are dirt cheap software programs that give you shooting options
(5) There is very inexpensive software which can be downloaded for a buck or two that permits zooming (not recommended), or cropping results or changing contrast or exposure. I prefer to leave things alone until they are in a photo processing program on my computer unless I want to email or text something.
Now some tips.
- Always be sure your battery is charged (I recommend a cell phone that takes replacement batteries, which you can get on Amazon for a couple of bucks).
- Make sure you don't have fingerprints on your tiny lens.
- Be sure you have enough memory in your camera to hold photos (most of these new cameras have many gigabyes of memory so worry not).
- Learn how to get the photos from your camera to your computer – very easy on Droid and Windows phones, a little more complicated but easy to learn on your iPhone. Your phone will have the capability for you to review pics on the phone and either email or text them to someone else. The overall megapix size is reduced for easy transmission. Just be sure you know your cell plan and general email and texting capabilities.
So, you have your camera, you've taken pics and got them onto your computer. What next? I recommend a very easy to use but extremely powerful free program called FastStone Image Viewer. It has the capabilities of many fine programs and I use it for 80% of my photo editing (don't tell anybody). Its at: http://www.faststone.org/
What else? Whatever photography you are doing don't get caught up in the megapixel race unless you absolutely need to for professional reasons. I did a lot of commercial work with a 5meg camera with which we made wall posters and photos in very fine magazines. Now I find I need no more than ten megapix. The main advantage of high megapix is the ability to crop more or meet the demands of picky editors. But the higher you go the more memory cards and disc space you need. And the more you risk digital noise if a tiny sensor in a compact camera gets too hot (hint: I turn the megapix down to 7 in my little cameras)..
I think cell phones are the future of much digital photography as hybrid devices are becoming more common and sensors improve. I am including a set of photos taken over the past few months to show what cell cameras can do.
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Idk if anyone is interested in this, but we did this with my June 2009 babycenter board and it was fun.
Basically everyone who wants to participate is paired up with someone and you exchange a shower gift. It can be for the mom or baby. We can set a limit on the price, I think our max was $10.
My shower partner sent me a travel bag for the hospital with travel size shampoos/soaps/ lotion for me and a pair of booties. I sent her 2 Sesame Street bibs and a cute onesie.
Anyone interested in an online baby shower?
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I'd love to join as well!
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Ahhh, the scrapbook...
As a lover of family history and fond memories, I enjoy a nicely complied scrapbook -- flipping through the pages, studying the snapshots of time, remembering moments that can never be replicated. Beautiful images, happy thoughts, pretty papers. What's not to love?!
Ahhh, the dreaded scrapbook...
As an archivist, the things make me shudder in horror! The glue and adhesives, the "nifty" acid-laden colored papers, the inks and dyes of photo prints....Oh, the humanity!!
Fortunately, my post for today focuses on the positive connotations the scrapbook holds for me. (Hooray!) I hope you'll find a moment to enjoy Mark Twain's Interactive Scrapbook (compliments of PBS). It seems fitting to share with you, as today is the writer's birth anniversary (b: November 30, 1835). But don't let this digital scrapbook fool you. It can be just as unstable and threatening to an archivist as the paper ones are. Oh well, I guess that's a post for another day....
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When it comes to cupcakes, there's no shortage of the sugary treats in Los Angeles. We've got Sprinkles – now with a 24-hour cupcake ATM – and BabyCakes, Erin McKenna's vegan cupcakes. There's also Vanilla Bakeshop, SusieCakes, Big Man Bakes and Magnolia, just to name a few.
Now joining in on the "cupcake craze" action is East Coast cupcakery Georgetown Cupcake. Co-founders and sisters Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis Berman will be opening up shop in Los Angeles on Saturday.


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Charlottesville, Va., has taken action against the use of police spy drones, ordering a two-year moratorium on the citywide use of unmanned aircraft.
It is the first city in the nation to do so, supporters say, and its move may prompt other municipalities to act.
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It's basically a 5.5-week contact, but after more than a year of negotiations that included outside mediation and court filings, the Monroe County School Board is poised to approve a contract May 21 with the United Teachers of Monroe -- and get staff salary increases released.
Monday, union membership ratified the deal. Among teachers, the vote was 323-9 for it. Among school-related personnel, such as bus drivers, food workers and custodial staff, it was 96-1 for the contract.
"That is great, 99 percent of the teachers," board member Andy Griffiths said.
"This is a much better outcome than to go to a hearing," union President Holly Hummell-Gorman said.
If approved as expected at a special board meeting planned for 3 p.m. today at Marathon High School, state money for staff raises will be released to the School District likely by June 10, said Jim Drake, the district's executive director of finance and performance.
The district has to send its plan for the raises to the state Department of Education by May 31, he said.
"My expectation is we will get the plan up to them before the 31st. We have to gather information such as the ratification results and the minutes from the board meeting to show the board approved it," Drake said.
The district would pay out 85 percent of the raises in June 15 paychecks, then the rest in the following three paychecks, he said.
The raises are $1,500 for teachers (between 2.24 percent and 4 percent) plus an additional paid day of work that, depending on base salary, ranges from $225 to $400; a 2 percent raise for school-related personnel totaling $55,000; and a 2 percent raise for principals and assistant principals totaling $43,000.
Non-union staff such as secretaries, clerical workers and administrators will also get 2 percent raises.
The money, except for the non-union raises, comes from $1.25 million the Legislature set aside for the raises (all Florida counties received state money for the raises). The district is financing the non-union raises.
The contract includes language allowing the School Board to impose unpaid furlough days if dictated by finances. In 2011 and 2012, the board imposed seven unpaid furlough days each year to save $1.7 million each year and avoid layoffs.
The contract covers the period from July 1, 2013, to this coming June 30. Then talks on a new deal have to start, but Superintendent Mark Porter said he doesn't see the acrimony from the most recent negotiations carrying over.
"We'll probably start in June. We'll let the school year end and take a couple of weeks off and then start," he said.
He said the fact that the union ratified the pending contract and that the board is likely to approve it May 21 puts both the district and the union on good footing to get off to a fresh start. The board had the option of unilaterally imposing a contract.
"Starting with a ratified contract is better than imposed," Porter said. "I don't think anyone wants to get this far into the impasse."


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Psoriasis probably has a genetic component. Nearly half of patients have family members with psoriasis.
Certain medications may trigger psoriasis. Other medications seem to make psoriasis worse in people who have the disease.
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