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Hello and thank you for stopping by Jasmine Star Blog! Here you'll find the latest ramblings of this crazy photographer traveling around the United States on the Free to Succeed Tour. If you're a prospective client here to read a little more about me, I appreciate your time and consideration in advance. For the next few weeks, my blog will be comprised of my life on the road, but I'll be shooting weddings every weekend, so you can find them here as well. If you'd like to see just a selection of my professional photography, please feel free to click on the following links for my blog portfolio: Wedding Photography and Engagement Photography
If you're here to procure more information about the Tour, I'll be speaking in a myriad of cities nationwide, so if you're a photographer, come and hang out because I'd love to meet you! If you're interested, CLICK HERE to register for a seat! And special thanks to Showit's own Jason Lackey for creating this cartoons of me and DJ! 🙂
I'm quite blessed to do what I love, so feel free to stay a while, grab a glass of Pellegrino and a twist of lime, and sit back share in life's most beautiful moments!
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Ok Jasmine….I'm a bit jealous that you guys aren't coming anywhere near ND!!! I suppose I could spin down to Denver and make the 12+ hour trip. Looks like a great time. You all rock. One day I'll get to visit with you and David Jay (who certainly inspire me beyond words). Have fun, be safe, and TRY to relax!7.30.08 - 8:15 pm
I love the graphics.7.30.08 - 8:20 pm
This is way too cool! I love the fact that DJ is sporting my shirt vector-style!7.30.08 - 8:29 pm
Can't wait to meet you in Big D tomorrow!7.30.08 - 8:30 pm
Love the freckles on you Jasmine, can't wait to meet you guys tomorrow in Dallas!7.30.08 - 8:41 pm
how cool are those graphics 🙂 too fun! i'm surprised that you aren't decked out in Lu Lu Lemon 😉7.30.08 - 8:50 pm
LOL…at the characters! I am so excited to keep track of the tour through your blog…I am your tour groupie..lol Wait…is there such a thing?? Be safe!7.31.08 - 12:21 am
How fun! 🙂 The engagement are wedding links both go to the same page just so you know. Have fun touring!!! 🙂7.31.08 - 2:32 am
Haha…ok..those suprisingly (is that even a word) like you guys. Good stuff…7.31.08 - 5:22 am
It was great to see you guys in Austin this evening. The info was sweet! Wish you could keep it on the down-low form the competition though. 😉 The branding message hit home and that's the very next order of business. I did a short post about it on my blog.
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Hey Legs! Sooo great to see you again!
xoxoxox's!7.31.08 - 7:40 am
I LOVE those cartoons of you and DJ, so cute with your freckles!7.31.08 - 10:23 am
Hi there! I'm the gal you walked out of the hotel with last night. I just want to say that I was completly blown away by the message you presented. I felt like I was in church, trying to absorb everything. I drove home with my head absolutely spinning with ideas about who I am, and how I can translate that into my brand.
Oh, one more thing-you use more big words than anyone I've ever heard. I wish that I had written them down so that I could look them up!
I soooo wish you were coming near the East Coast. Ha! I know ….a loooong way. I'll have to be content grabbing up tidbits here and there on all the blogs. Thanks for the links! Blessings!7.31.08 - 4:10 pm
signed up for the LA tour, looking forward to you and DJ breaking down the mad knowledge for us LA photogs!7.31.08 - 5:00 pm
Hey, why aren't you coming to Portland Oregon?! Please? Pretty please with a Voodoo Donut on top? You haven't had one yet, have you? You know you want one ;).7.31.08 - 6:44 pm
Ok so I'm a SPAZ with my other comment…I somehow missed the entire schedule of the tour…you ARE coming to the east coast…and I'm only 3 hours from Alexandria/DC area….whooooohoooooooooo! I will FIND a way to be there. I'm ready to pass out now.7.31.08 - 11:21 pm
Love the graphics of the two of you! But Jasmine, Jason seriously needs to get your hair right! LOL!
Sounds like the tour is off to a great start! Looking forward to meeting you all in New York!
What! It is right! Well.. for the pictures I did it off of anyways 🙂8.1.08 - 4:21 am
AWESOME…Can't wait to hear about the tour. Do you have a list of the cities you will be attending? although I am sure EVERY single show will rock with DJ!8.1.08 - 4:52 am
Hey Jasmine! The Dallas Show was super D duper! Its so great to have people out there to have such a great spirit! I always thought i was the only one going crazy and stuck in this world of retouching over 1000 pics and now i can tell my self "let it go" !!! I gave you the feather pen at the Dallas show and totally forgot to get you a card so you can check out the other super cute ones! I hope you enjoy using it as a control wand for JD! 🙂 Its SugarPiePens.com
I hope you get rest from the tour and again its so great to have people like you and David to tell us great words that we need to hear! I will be in CA in Oct. for a wedding and im enjoying myself there after the wedding and Chenin is taking couples photos of me and my crazy husband! Let me know if there is any place that is great to eat!!!
I hope to see you again and i will keep up with your Blog:) !!
Oh man! I just looked at the tour map.. You guys are driving right past me through Ohio, but not stopping! Where did I put those old spike strips 🙂 Maybe I can catch you guys in Illinois! whoohooo!8.1.08 - 1:00 pm
I love the cartoon you almost as much as I love the real you. 🙂 How 'bout a cartoon of Polo? That might blow the cuteness roof right off!8.1.08 - 6:45 pm
Love the cartoons of you DJ! I just saw your friend on the cover of the MSN page! "Medaling Moms"! I toally remember the post of the pictures you took of their little boy! I'm sure you are a proud friend!!8.1.08 - 9:38 pm
It was great meeting you last night in Dallas. You and DJ make a great speaking team. Thanks for sharing with us. I picked up several ideas from both of you that I can put to use in my business. Have a Great Weekend.8.2.08 - 2:13 am
Yay! I'm so excited for the tour – I signed up a couple months ago right when I heard about it. See you in Chicago!8.2.08 - 4:29 am
Houston misses you right back!!! Hope you get to come back and visit soon! 🙂 How are you guys holding up on the bus? You're so close to home…I bet you can smell the salt water!8.2.08 - 7:02 am
Looks like you are having a blast. Your dad spoke at our men's breakfast this morning and mentioned the tour….Have Fun and Stay Safe!8.2.08 - 7:48 pm
I love the little cartoons. You should make sure you print those out and save them to show your kids some day. They'll love it.8.3.08 - 2:28 am
ahhhh. look at how cute you are in cartoon form!8.4.08 - 4:41 am
Ha, love the cartoons Jason created. So cute. He even added little frekles. How adorable. 🙂8.4.08 - 2:11 pm
Can your dad ever say he was made into a cartoon? HOLLA!!8.4.08 - 9:16 pm
Are you going to be in Indianapolis? Why I am asking is a: I love you, seriously have a mad girl crush on you and your style 🙂 b: it is my wedding anniversary. So guess what I am asking for my anniversary present if your going to be there?!8.5.08 - 3:03 am
Are you going to be in Indianapolis? Why I am asking is a: I love you, seriously have a mad girl crush on you and your style 🙂 b: it is my wedding anniversary. So guess what I am asking for my anniversary present if your going to be there?!8.5.08 - 3:03 am
Oh my goodness woman! Why do you have to go making me cry!!! Your story is so amazing and I am so SO happy for you & wish you all the success you've ever dreamed of.
Thank you two for ROCKIN my world tonight and smackin me across the face with reality & some amazing ways to keep your business strong. I am DETERMINED!!! 🙂
Of all the seminars I have sat thru, by far this has been the most alive and thoughtful one! I came away knowing what my purpose is and ready to make things happen. Thank you for both of your time and love!8.5.08 - 4:22 pm
Those cartoons are RAD! The next step is for you guys to have bobbleheads made of yourselves.
YOU MUST HAVE BOBBLEHEADS. 🙂8.5.08 - 4:55 pm
Jasmine…I love you so much! You are not only an amazing photographer but you seem to be quite an amazing person too! I asked for tickets to the workshop in Indianapolis for my birthday. I have been so pumped about it and then I saw that you are not going to be there. Really? Is that true??8.6.08 - 1:18 pm
When are you coming to England?!8.6.08 - 1:19 pm
I can't believe the Tour isn't coming anywhere near Seattle. Seriously! How about some love?8.6.08 - 10:15 pm
Oh my gosh! Those cartoons Jason did rock!!
Met you briefly outside Jessica's Shootsac booth in Vegas.. You probably met a bajillion people! I'll be in Kansas City… so I hope to see you again. How fun to be traveling cross country with your friends! Hope you guys enjoy every minute.8.7.08 - 4:15 am
Gene Higa and I are looking forward to seeing you and DJ in San Francisco! It's been really foggy and chilly lately, so I hope you guys packed sweaters!8.7.08 - 5:48 am
You rocked the house tonight! I will forever think of DJ as sweet fruit now – you crack me up! I would have loved to say hi in person, but you were surrounded, and I had to get home. Enjoy the rest of the tour – everyone is certainly enjoying listening to you!8.7.08 - 6:31 am
hi jasmine, so happy to have attended 2nite, your so inspiring and i had not ever check out your blog, someone encouraged me to go and so gald i went. I met you briefly and truly do think your awesome, my husband and i laughed so much at "fat knees" too funny!! You must be a blast to hang out with. Thank you for inspiring, someone just starting out as a business and not just on the side, i see branding to be so top priority!! thanks again, your amazing!8.7.08 - 9:05 am
Oh my…I am soooo upset I missed this! I found out the next day:( Your work is stunning! I am just starting out, so I am so excited to find your blog! Congrats on all your success!8.7.08 - 9:29 pm
Just wanted to say….. GIRL… YOU ROCK! LOVED Santa Barbara… it was a BLAST! I learned SO MUCH… you are wonderfully inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing yourself and your wealth of knowledge. It's so nice to meet REAL people who are not afraid of SUCCESS. 🙂 Again, thank you…. it was nice to meet you! Good luck with the rest of the tour! 🙂8.8.08 - 5:02 pm
Hi Jasmine,
It was a pleasure meeting you. You have amazing energy and you were so inspiring telling us about your story, you trials and tribulations, and finally success!! You gave me a jolt and motivated me to get off my butt and work harder and to be "determined". Thank you. I wish you the best and happiness always.
i know i am yelling but seriously i want to hear you speak. COME TO NASHVILLE I BEG YOU 🙂
I can't wait for you to come to NEW YORK!!!8.11.08 - 4:24 am
it was really awesome talkin to you again j!8.11.08 - 4:16 pm
Hello Jasmine,
I didn't get a chance to say hello on the SF leg of the tour, but I just wanted to say that you made me smile, laugh out LOUD, and cry. Sometimes all at once. My mom also passed of a brain tumor last year. I wish you all the best. And thank you for being so informative and inspirational. You are awesome.
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Wish I could see you, but you are not comming to this part of the world. 🙁 Oh well. I can live thru your blog for now.8.12.08 - 11:06 am
I just want to say that Jasmine and David rock! I learned so much from both of them and I am motivated more than ever to do the things I need to do to accomplish what I love. If you have a chance to meet them or attend their seminar I highly recommend it!8.12.08 - 6:28 pm
J* and DJ rocked the SF stop! I encourage all those interested in the tour to sign up!! Thanks Jasmine!8.13.08 - 4:12 am
Jasmine, it was SO nice to actually meet you after following your blog for so long! You're as amazing in person as you come across on your blog and through your work. And wow! Talk about charisma – LOVED everything you had to say and how you delivered it! Hope you'll be around our way again! 🙂
ps – I'm the girl who may have been glazed eyed when we met -I literally walked in the door after 3 hours of driving and met you upon arrival so I was still a bit road-driving shell shocked (if there is such a thing)! 🙂
It was so great seeing you in person in Phoenix. Girl- You have more energy than 10 photographers combined. I LOVE IT! Your so much fun, no wonder your clients love you. I'd hire you too!8.14.08 - 4:26 am
Key takeaway from your talk at the Chicago stop: "SHAKE WHAT YOUR MOMMA GAVE YOU" 😉 You are absolutely HIGH-larious. I never thought I'd see those words projected on a 10′ screen, but hey, what else can you expect from J*? Thanks for rockin out the Chicago stop. Stay in touch and God bless! Romans 1:118.20.08 - 2:54 pm
Will you guys ever do this again in the NW area? I was hoping for Seattle or POrtland! To the Sea… To the P!8.21.08 - 6:25 pm
welcome home!8.22.08 - 2:53 am
I wish I could have driven to Chicago just so I could hear your talk. I went to hear DJ last night in Indy. It was awesome, but wish you had been there to make it even more awesome.8.22.08 - 12:25 pm
This is the 1st time I've ever left a comment on a blog, but I feel like I just have to. I'm your total BLOG stalker! I've loved photography all my life, but only after getting really bored w/my accounting job did I decide to give it a shot professionally. I still only shoot after work and weekends and I've had no professional training, but things seem to be really taking off. I only started last November and have 5 of my own weddings for next year already. It's all in part to photographers like you that really share themselves. I feel like you really put your heart out there everyday in your blog and it's so refreshing. Reading it is the first thing I do when I come to work everyday. ..You are a true inspiration, not to mention your pictures ROCK!….can't wait to see you in Boston on Tuesday.
Yeeeaaaayyyyy! I was praying to the photography Gods that you'd be coming to Boston when I bought my seat. Hooray for awesome karma! See you soon!8.22.08 - 2:15 pm
NYC!!! I can't wait.8.22.08 - 7:11 pm
Some of my fellow CT Puggers including myself are really looking forward to Monday, NY, YAY 🙂8.23.08 - 6:21 am
Val -Looking forward to Monday….ITS MONDAY 🙂 and ur always so right. Can't wait.8.25.08 - 10:58 am
Just got home from FTS in NYC. Such a great night. It was really good to meet you. You were so engaging, friendly and full of good advise. David Jay did a fantastic job as well. He should have "in't that true?" printed on the back of his Freedom t-shirts! 🙂8.26.08 - 3:53 am
Jasmine.. It was great to see in you in NY last night.. Your story truely moved me.. and no you did not give me a headache while you spoke .. LOL8.26.08 - 6:29 pm
Hey Jazz
Just got back to Canada. You guys were truly inspirational!!! Thanks for the wisdom…at church. AMEN.8.26.08 - 11:17 pm
Jasmine, Thank you and the showit group for being in the world. I have been to many workshops over the past year or two and your presentation on branding monday night was inspirational – really rang true above and beyond. I never thought of branding as action, that is an incredible window opened for me, it was a privilege attend and see all of you guys magically blend from person to persona to photography to business back to you guys being yourselves. wonderful to listen and learn and meet you all. Respectfully, Ken8.27.08 - 4:36 am
Hi Jamine,
I am your new fan. I wish I had discovered your blog a long time ago. First, you are a very talented photographer/artist. I love your composition and style. Second, your blog is so interesting. You have so much information on here for everyone; clients and photographers. Your blog is easy to navigate around. Much more interesting than a website as you can be very interactive on your blog. I set out to do this over a year ago and cannot seem to find the time. It seems like I am post processing all the time trying to get shoots out.
I need to see your presentation some time. Will you ever be giving one in the near future in Sacramento or San Francisco?
Robin8.28.08 - 5:16 pm
You're amazing! Wish you're going with David to his Orlando stop!8.29.08 - 1:26 am
I stumble upon your work while surfing the net for inspiration. I'm an aspirimg photographer in Kentucky who loves weddings and 'making' people beautiful through images. I'm still at the learning stages and getting comfortable with my humble camera, a Nikon D60. I love how your images turn out so crisp and clear. The colors are so vibrant! Mine are blurry 70% of the time, even with VR capability. What can I try to ensure clearer shots besides using a tripod? Any advise would be great! I'm saving up my $$ to hopefully attend one of you tours one day and get a F1.4 type lens. Thanks again!8.29.08 - 1:17 pm
Had a GREAT time in NYC!! – Thanks8.29.08 - 6:42 pm


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Pleasanton School Board President Jeff Bowser will announce his candidacy for the office of Alameda County Superintendent...Original post made on Nov. 14, 2013
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SCHOOLS & KIDSLibrary celebrates 25 years tonight
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSchool board awaits data on principal's ouster
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SCHOOLS & KIDSBoard to discuss 'public employee' tonight
The Pleasanton school board may once again go into closed session at its 7 p.m. meeting tonight to take up the issue surrounding...Original post made on Dec. 10, 2013
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSchool board postpones discussion on principal
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SCHOOLS & KIDSVranesh removed as principal of Walnut Grove Elementary
In a marathon closed session that lasted nearly eight hours, the Pleasanton School Board decided to replace Jon Vranesh...Original post made on Dec. 18, 2013
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Town of Palm Beach police officer Artemis Saridakis has filed a gender-discrimination and harassment lawsuit.
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"Excellent Short Story"
This is an excellent short story that will appeal to many sci-fi fans and Dark Tower fans. I have listened to this many times and enjoy it each time. There are a few people who make the ridiculous statement that this is an advertisement for the Kindle. It is true that the main character uses a kindle in the story, but that hardly makes it an ad. Just like having a Buick in a story doesn't make that book an ad for Buicks and having a character drink a Coke doesn't mean it's an ad for Coca Cola. Kindles and other e-readers are a part of everyday life and this story has to do with a special kindle and the multi-verse.
"Not what I expected"
I kept thinking this was going to go some place a bit deeper than it actually did. I was a little dissappointed. It's worth the read... but it's definitely not life changing.
Dissonant Muse
"Technology and Paradoxes - Well done!"
This King short story left me wanting more. Framed in the character of a college professor and his questioning of the Kindle and its role in our world, the mood and drive of our protagonist was so familiar to those of us who've watched our parents embrace the internet! Like the best King works, it all started out so familiarly and comfortable, and was so well-written that it didn't even have to introduce any elements of the unknown and creepy in order for me to be unable to put it down. Stephen King could write the phone book and I'd read it. Well-done.
House painter who listens to books every day on site. 5-6 days a week. Like 2-3 books/ week. :-)
That it is about The Dark Tower universe!
The main charachter
When I understood that it was The Dark Tower....
Holter Graham is my new favorite (Living)narrator. (R.I.P Frank Muller)
"Classic King - a good listen. :)"
Did not read the print version.
Everything - well done.
Where the main character confronts the drunk driver - she had it coming.
"One of the better King short stories"
With the release of several of Stephen King's short stories on Audible, I decided I'd plow through them as one large collection. Some of the stories left me longing for more. It felt like I was either left hanging, or the ending simply left me with a feeling of "that's it?" UR, on the other hand, was sufficiently thought-provoking that I actually felt satisfied at its conclusion. It's another one of those "what if" stories. Here, the twist is that an attempt is made to change the future (ala Back to the Future) rather than the past. I've always enjoyed this sub genre, and if you do, you'll most likely enjoy it as well. Holter Graham is an excellent narrator, and that always helps.
"New Works from Your Favorite Authors"
Ur is a great short story from Stephen King about a bookworm who decides to give e-readers (Kindle, specifically) a try. Only his Kindle is special delivery from the Twilight Zone. Book are available that authors never wrote, but it's when he realizes he can access more than books that the story turns. If you are a fan of King's work this is definitely worth a listen, especially for fans of The Dark Tower series. The best readers do not call attention to themselves and I can almost forget I'm listening and not reading. Holter Graham does this in reading Ur, so the overall experience is excellent.
"I'm a fan but..."
I have been a Stephen King fan for many years. This short story was, in my opinion, not his best.
Usually I am taken down the path with his stories, living in the pages with the characters. This time, though it was well written, I found myself already knowing the ending. Yes, it has a Steven King Twist (Kindle, time paradox), of course it would. But something seemed kind of vanilla at the end.
I'm wondering if the reason I found this story ending somewhat vanilla is because I just finished 11-22-63 which is about time travel and this has a similar ring?
Overall a good story, clever, current. Good performance.
"Great plot - could have been longer"
Yes - Very good plot - hard to put down (pause the audio)
The grim alternate ending of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Being able to differentiate between which character was talking by the inflection in the reader's voice (which is done extremely well in _11_22_63, right down to the Southern drawls and Russian accents)
_A Tangle of Timelines_
Excellent book, but a bit too short. Given the millions of alternate realities, King could have had fun with many other events. I feel he just scratched the surface with this alternate timelines theme. I'm currently listening to _11-22-63_ by King, which takes this theme and focuses on one event. It is like _UR_ was an appetizer to this longer novel.
"Good, I enjoyed it all the way to the ending!"
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Pacing, and suspense and the dimension that's added by hearing a story read.
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Hey look, it's another Austin shoegaze band! Vet Trip is a four-piece that sounds a little bit like Thrushes by way of Seasurfer.
Archive for the 'Austin' Category
Shoegazer Sunday: Vet Trip's "Finland"Sunday, September 11th, 2016
Library Addition: Signed PBO of Aaron Allston's Sidhe DevilMonday, August 8th, 2016
Brian Jonestown Massacre's "She's Gone"Sunday, May 15th, 2016
I consider Brain Jonestown Massacre more of a psych than Shoegaze band, but this is the final song they played at their set with Slowdive in Austin, and that's good enough for me.
Important Safety TipWednesday, May 11th, 2016
Try not to kill anyone over cutting in line for a taco trick.
Just after bar-close at 2:38 a.m. on Sunday, May 8th, the Austin Police Department responded to a report of gunfire at what appears to be the Tortillas Hecha a Manos taco truck in Lanier Village, just south of Peyton Gin and North Lamar. When police arrived, they found 39-year-old Rigoberto Jose Castillo dead and three others injured, one critically.
You may be asking, what could have caused all this mayhem? As the story goes, it all began when someone allegedly cut in line for tacos.
According to witnesses, a fight started over who was in line for tacos first. Nobody appreciates the wait for a taco, but police say that Mr. Castillo took special exception to the alleged line-cutting when two men, Osiel Benitez Benitez, 44, and Juventino Benitez Carbajal, 38, allegedly attempted to order out of line.
Things escalated to fisticuffs between Rigoberto and Osiel Benitez, the police report says, leaving Benitez unconscious on the ground, before all hell broke loose. Police go on to claim that a moment later Carbajal went to his truck, pulled out a gun, and began firing into the group of patrons. In addition to Castillo's death, three women were also injured.
It's also a bad idea to try and cut in line for a taco trailer. Upside: You get your taco faster. Downside: Getting shot to death over tacos. Plus it's just not polite…
(Hat tip: Bill Crider.)
Levitation Austin Music Festival CancelledThursday, April 28th, 2016
Due to safety concerns regarding dangerous weather, Levitation 2016 has been cancelled. This decision is heartbreaking, but it's a decision officials have made for the safety of festival attendees, and safety is our first priority.
We've been working with county officials trying to find a way to carry on, but at this point the decision has been made, and it is beyond our control. The cancellation is due to dangerous weather conditions in the forecast combined with weather complications to the grounds and the Colorado River.
We are completely devastated. We have been working for a year, looking forward to this weekend and seeing you all at the ranch. We know that many of you traveled from far away, and that this news is extremely disappointing for everyone.
At this point, the projected impact of the storms has intensified, and we are now left with no choice but to cancel. You may remember that in 2015 we had severe weather warnings as well, but were able to get through the weekend. The difference between 2015 and 2016 is the severity of the storms being predicted, including high wind, large hail and tornado warnings, combined with high water levels from last week's flooding.
We have tried every avenue to continue with the festival, and the county has been working with us to find a way, but today at 5:00pm the final decision was made to cancel the festival due to public safety concerns related to severe weather. Following this announcement, the festival has to evacuate the site, meaning that staff and equipment must be loaded out. This leaves us with no opportunity to continue the festival later in the weekend. Even if the weather has improved drastically on Sunday, we would be unable to produce an event at the ranch.
We will be working to keep everyone updated. Please see information on refunds, potential venue shows and other important info below.
Refunds will be issued, but those may take up to 30 days to issue.
Obviously the universe just doesn't want me to see Slowdive…
Sunday Shoegazer: Blackstone Rngrs' "Frozen Echo"Sunday, January 24th, 2016
For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here's Austin's own Blackstone Rngrs (yes, they spell it that way), another Saint Marie Records band, with "Frozen Echo," another entry in the "Hey, we have no video budget, so how many digital effects can we cram in" sweepstakes.
Shoegazer Sunday: Ultraviolet's "Strawberry Echoes"Sunday, December 20th, 2015
Ultraviolet is an Austin duo. Here's "Strawberry Echoes" off their first EP.
The Salt Lick Sues The Salt LickFriday, August 28th, 2015
Dispatch from the BBQ Wars:
Salt Lick BBQ is picking a legal fight with a Georgia company it claims is infringing on its name and reputation.
In a lawsuit filed in Texas' Western District U.S. Court, the Driftwood restaurant chain claims that the Salt Lick Sausage Co. of Cordele, Georgia, is violating the Central Texas company's trademark by offering barbecue products for sale via its website www.saltlicksausage.com, which is similar in nature to www.saltlickbbq.com.
Salt Lick claims the Georgia company is using marks and iconography that are similar to its own, and that Salt Lick Sausage stands to benefit from the international reputation and publicity enjoyed by Salt Lick.
The ironic thing, of course, is that the sausage is far and away the least impressive of the Driftwood Salt Lick's signature meats.
But here's a revealing tidbit:
"The Austin-area company generated more than $25 million in revenue and served more than 650,000 customers at its main restaurant in Driftwood."
Having been there fairly recently, I can believe it…
Restaurant Review: Hill's CafeMonday, August 10th, 2015
Hill's Cafe
700 S Congress Ave (Austin, 78745)
(512) 851-9300
Eaten at: July 25, 2015
Restroom Rating: 1.5 (Guys, when one soap dispenser is broken, and the other is off the wall and lying on the sinktop, your men's room needs attention….)
Hill's is one of those "Austin institutions" that has been around forever. We've eaten there before, and always thought they had good hamburgers and chicken fried steak.
Since Armadillocon was over in the Omni Southpark this year, and since Hill's Cafe is evidently under new management, we decided to give them a revisit. This time around we had…hamburgers and chicken-fried steak. And I thought my chicken-fried steak was very tasty indeed, probably top 5 in Austin tasty, and I heard no complaints from the hamburger contingent. I also thought the onion rings were pretty good. (You'll have to check with Dwight on the BBQ.)
They were out of banana pudding, and offered us some complimentary banana bread pudding instead. While I appreciate the gesture, the bread pudding just wasn't very good, so you should probably avoid that.
Our waiter was pretty attentive, and pretty much kept up with our refills and other requests.
Overall the meal was more than satisfactory, offering up well-executed renditions of classic hearty Texas fare in filing portions at a fair price. Which makes me wonder why the place was half-deserted when we ate there.
Hill's is never going to be a favorite with the "3 small pieces of seared fish artfully arranged with sculpted garnishes on a drizzle glazed plate for $30" crowd. But if you're looking for good down home Texas food, Hill's Cafe amply fits the bill.
Amazing Book Find: Ballantine Hardback of Chad Oliver's Shadows in the SunMonday, August 3rd, 2015
I'd been having a dry spell searching the local Half Price Books locations. I wasn't find much terribly interesting in their stacks (a few signed paperbacks here and there), and I either had everything I wanted in their collectable shelves, or they were asking too much money for marginal works.
Saturday's find made up for many, many years of dry spells, and is hands-down the best find I've ever made at Half Price Books:
Oliver, Chad. Shadows in the Sun. Ballantine Books, 1954. First edition hardback (Currey state A, tan cloth lettered in black, no priority), a Near Fine+ copy with slight bumping at head and heel and usual age-darkening to pages), in a Near Fine- dust jacket with a 1 1/2″ closed tear to rear dust jacket flap, slight spotting to top of white rear cover, and a few small rubs. Hall, Hal W., The Work of Chad Oliver: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide, A2. Currey (1979), page 397. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, page 169 (an ex-library copy; his description of the dust jacket matches (down to the H-91 code on the front flap), but his description of the book itself as "gray cloth in dark blue lettering" doesn't match either this copy or the Currey B state (blue cloth lettered in black); Locke's copy was possibly a library rebind or another binding variant). Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4, 3-138. Bought for $3 from the Half Price Books in Cedar Park.
Since Google image search brings up no copies of the hardback dust jacket (only the paperback edition, which has a different cover, as they frequently did), I've done several scans of it.
Chad Oliver was the Grand Old Man of Austin science fiction writers. In addition to writing important works of anthropological SF in the 1950s, he was Dean of the University of Texas' anthropology school for a while, and was an all-around swell guy. I knew him, but he was really more of a mentor to my mentors (Howard Waldrop, Bruce Sterling, Lewis Shiner, etc.), and had stopped going to the Turkey City Writer's workshop by the time I started attending. He died in 1993.
Ballantine Books was one of the first mainstream publishers to move into science fiction in the 1950s. They published a prestigious SF line that came out in two formats: A paperback edition for readers, and a hardback edition, scarcely larger than the paperbacks, primarily for the library market. The paperbacks had print runs in the hundreds of thousands, while I've heard 600 as a typical print run for the hardbacks. Among the most desirable titles are Fahrenheit 451 (including the asbestos-bound state, which is insanely expensive), Childhood's End (which I have an Ex-Library of), Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire, and Green Odyssey, Philip Jose Farmer's first published book. I've seen multiple copies of all those (even the asbestos Fahrenheit 451) offered up for sale or auction, but never Shadows in the Sun (Heritage offered up a jacketless copy a few years back). I don't think seen a jacketed copy for sale or auction anywhere in the last 20 years.
Hell, as far as I can tell, Texas A&M's Cushing library, to which Chad donated his books and papers, doesn't even have a copy of the hardback listed among the donated material.
A conservative estimate of value is probably $2,000…


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The regular monthly meeting of the Beaver County Planning Commission was held at 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Beaver County Courthouse in the Planning Commission Conference Room.
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Present: Ms. Egley, Messrs. Bragg, LaValle, Mitch, Rosatone, Stuber, & Zagorski
Absent: Ms. Barness & Charlton
Staff: Frank Mancini, Jr., Director of Planning & Economic Development
Joseph C. West, Department Manager of Planning William C. Evans, Associate Planner
Doniele Russell Shared Greenways & Environmental Planner & Susan M. Jamery, Senior Admin. Asst.
Solicitor: Attorney Sam Orr
Guests: Jim Shaner, of BC Cons Dist (BCCD)
Approval of previous meeting minutes
A motion was made by Mr. Zagorski and seconded by Mr. LaValle to approve the minutes of the November 20, 2012
meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Projects Status – Mr. Mancini & Ms. Russell summarized the report & noted that: On the Stormwater Management Project (Act 167) – DEP has started the technical review. On the Greenways & Trails – Ohio River Trail -North Shore – Pashek has been retained as the Consultant & the kick off meeting was held. Field observations will be done when the weather breaks. Coraopolis has decided to proceed with the project to connect the Montour Trail to the Sewickley Bridge. Floodplain – 2013 Conference will be held in Erie, they are looking for a location now, and the 2014 will be held in the Philadelphia/Port Jarvis Area. Raccoon Creek Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan. – headed by Independence Marsh Conservancy, who received a grant for this project. Kick off meeting was held in December. They will have monthly meetings and Ms. Russell is on the Steering Committee and this project will be added to the Project Status report. Ms. Egley is also on the Steering Committee.
Subdivisions for Review and Report (Major)
North Ambridge Retail Center
Ambridge Boro 8 Lots
After staff's review and Mr. Mancini gave a brief overview of the area (as the Redevelopment Authority of BC was involved in this project), a motion was made by Mitch and seconded by Mr. Bragg to accept staff comments on the plans & forward to Ambridge Borough. Motion carried unanimously.
Subdivisions for Review and Report (Minor)
Brodhead Garden Apts Subdiv Lutz-Fisher 2012 Pl #1 Lewis Plan (Resubmission)
(David-Brodhead Road Pl) Franklin Twp Independence Twp
Center Twp
Proposed Land Developments
Center Township – Brodhead Garden Apts LD – plans to construct 3 buildings containing 15 units on Brodhead Rd (SR 3007).
After staff review, a motion was made by Mr. Rosatone and seconded by Mr. LaValle to accept staff comments and forward to Center Township. Motion carried unanimously.
Proposed Zoning Ordinances/Amendments
Big Beaver Boro (2), New Brighton Boro, & New Sewickley Twp - After staff review, a motion was made by Mr. Mitch and seconded by Ms. Egley to accept staff comments and forward to the respective municipalities. Motion carried unanimously.
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Air Quality Permits
Midland Boro - WHEMCO Steel Castings, Inc. – Permit for their facility located at One 12th Street.
Encroachment Permits
Aliquippa, Ambridge, Hopewell & South Heights – Hanson Aggregates BMC, Inc. – Permit modification to encroachment permit to commercial sand and gravel dredging of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
Harmony Twp – Columbia Gas of PA Inc. – Permit for the Ambridge Avenue Pipeline Replacement Project.
Potter Twp – MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC – Permit for the Mariner West Pipeline Project.
NPDES Permits
Big Beaver Boro – Koppel Reservoir Dam Breaches – Permit for break of the 2 Koppel Reservoir dams & restoration of the Stockman Run stream channel.
Chippewa Twp – Chippewa Twp Sanitary Auth (CTSA) – Chippewa Twp Sanitary Auth (CTSA) Office Complex Project.
Greene Twp – South Side Elementary School – Site Improvements at the South Side Elementary School.
Raccoon Twp – Horsehead Corp. – NPDES Permit Amendment Application – Permit Number PA0002208.
Solid Waste Permits
Greene Twp – construction certification report – Lil Blue Run – For Central Geotube 2012 -2 - Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment.
Oil & Gas Permits
Darlington Twp – Chesapeake Energy (Four Bees by the Sea, LLC Location) – Four Bees by the Sea, LLC Location on Cannelton Road.
Potter Twp – MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC Permit for the Mariner West Pipeline Project.
South Beaver Twp – Chesapeake Energy (Kirkwood Pad) – Kirkwood Pad on Hodgson Road.
Other Permits
Shippingport Boro – First Energy Corporation – Permit for the construction of dry cask storage system & site improvements.
Endorsement/Consistency Letters - (Approval/Ratification – A or R)
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• Chippewa Twp – Chippewa Twp Sanitary Auth (CTSA) Office Complex – ( A)
• Big Beaver Boro – Koppel Reservoir Dam Breaches (A)
After Mr. Mancini briefly summarized the above projects, a motion was made by Ms. Egley and seconded by Mr. Bragg to accept/ratify the letters. Motion carried unanimously.
Misc. /Informational
• Chesapeake Tour - Mr. West stated that he will get a few available dates from Chesapeake & coordinate a date with the Board members .
• Upgraded GIS Functions – Mr. Mancini stated that we are trying to upgrade our GIS functions and additional staff may be necessary for this.
• Marcellus Shale Forum – is being coordinated by Ms. Egley on Jan 17, 2013 from 9 – 11 am at CCBC. Ms. Egley will email the flyer for the Forum to Ms. Jamery to be included in the January 2012 meeting packet.
• Happy Holidays – Mr. Mancini wished everyone a very happy holiday season, and everyone echoed this same greeting.
There being no further business, Mr. Zagorski made the motion to adjourn and Mr. Rosatone seconded. Motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned.


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On Wednesday, the SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders—registered reps—to position themselves as financial advisors—with certain caveats. But, once again with the "broker/dealer rule issue," the SEC seemed to hedge its bet.
In one breath, SEC Chairman William Donaldson said that how a broker is compensated (i.e. fee-based business and not a traditional broker of securities) "shouldn't serve as a bright-line boundary between these financial service providers."
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The rule, known as the Merrill Lynch exemption, lets b/ds that offer fee-based brokerage accounts avoid the fiduciary obligations required of advisors under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Registered reps have only "suitability" requirements, a standard looser than a fiduciary.
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And that's precisely the problem: confusion over the concept of a fiduciary among the investing public. Indeed, one of the questions posed by Donaldson to be included in the staff's study would seem to contradict the rule the SEC had just ratified: "Should broker-dealers who provide investment advice but who are excepted from the Investment Advisers Act nonetheless be subject to the fiduciary obligations imposed by that Act on investment advisers?"
The Financial Planning Association, the lead critic of the inaction on the issue after the SEC first adopted the Merrill exemption in 1999, is pleased with the enhanced disclosure of requirements of the new rule, but is otherwise disheartened.
"The approach taken by this rule will be a disservice to the public over the long term if it only formalizes two different kinds of regulation for the same advisory service," read an official FPA reaction to the rule adoption.
The FPA still has a lawsuit pending against the SEC. It filed the suit in July 2004 to prod the commission to make a permanent decision on the Merrill exemption, and the FPA says it plans to carefully review the new rule before deciding how to proceed.
SEC spokesman John Heine had this to say about the reason for the rule and the forthcoming study: "The commission's rule deals with several discreet questions—the study will address the broader issues that surfaced during the rulemaking process."
Jim Eccleston, a securities attorney in the Chicago law firm Shaheen Novoselsky Staat Filipowski & Eccleston, says that despite the SEC's approval, "the 'broader issues' they're planning on looking at are exactly what the FPA wants them to," he says.
Bill Singer, a securities attorney with Gusrae Kaplan & Bruno and a vocal critic of the regulatory system, agrees and says the SEC appears to lack confidence in its rule, a clear sign, he says, that it should have taken more time. "Rulemaking is just as much about conveying confidence to the industry and the public about what you're doing. This is like telling the paratrooper 'if the chute doesn't work, bring it back," says Singer.
Eccleston adds: "All this says is that we're not going to make brokers into fiduciaries just because they take fees for their services, but the 'solely incidental' bit will be the trick—the SEC could easily end up further defining that so that brokers are more limited in their practice, without the statutes needing to be changed."


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At 6:30 A.M., as a light drizzle falls on Brewer, Maine, the man they call "the Johnny Appleseed of playgrounds" is preparing to work his magic. While bustling volunteers set up tables and tents in an empty pasture alongside Route 1 A, architect Robert Leathers, 47, stalks the site in his customary construction attire: battered Nikes, faded jeans and a well-worn, fully loaded tool belt slung low on his hips. His red T-shirt trumpets the message, WE BUILT IT TOGETHER.
Wherever Leathers travels across the land, innovative new playgrounds just seem to sprout from the bare ground in only five 14-hour days and at minimal cost. Over the past 20 years, he has developed a system that allows his firm, Robert Leathers and Associates of Ithaca, N. Y" to design, organize and construct between 80 and 90 playgrounds every year, charging only $4,000 to $15,000 each in architect's fees. His group has already built 500 of them in the U.S., and the waiting list extends to 1991. "I could do half as much and charge three times more," he says, "but as long as we don't go broke, we'll keep our fees low because the money is precious to these communities."
In Brewer, Leathers is overseeing about 500 volunteer workers, whom he has separated into skilled (those who can handle something like a power saw) and unskilled work groups. "They've got people like my mom working, and she is really unskilled," says Corey Coffin, 10, who is working as a message runner. Corey's mother, Bonnie, 34, who is using her vacation from a department store job to help out, laughingly agrees: "I started off sanding lumber. But I'm getting more skilled every day."
Despite some inevitable fumbling, volunteer labor is the key to controlling costs. Through bake sales, car washes and solicitations, the town of Brewer raised about $55,000 for its splendid new playground. The price might have been five times higher if the work had been undertaken by commercial contractors.
There are three phases to any Leathers playground. The first is design day—which takes place a year before construction—when Leathers finds out what features the local kids want in their playground. Brewer's playground will contain a castle, a pirate ship, a robot, a dinosaur and a race car. Next comes organization day, three months before construction, when Leathers meets with committee heads and outlines fund-raising, tools, materials and publicity to set everything in place for the third and final phase.
Given his seemingly boundless energy, it comes as a surprise to discover that Leathers, who grew up in Bangor, less than a mile from Brewer, spent a year of his boyhood battling polio. He was bedridden for all of the seventh grade, says his mother, Marie, 71, and "he was in such pain that the reverberation from us walking across the wood floors would hurt him."
During the convalescence that led to a complete recovery, Bob, an only child, turned to drawing. By age 17 he knew he wanted to be an architect in the mold of his hero, Frank Lloyd Wright. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1965, he headed for Oregon to work for an architectural firm. Raised a Roman Catholic, he converted to the Baha'i faith, lived in a commune and was a passionate anti-establishment, anti-Vietnam War activist. "I was gassed at Berkeley," he says with a distinct note of pride.
He is less proud of his early record as a family man. Married while in college, Leathers and his first wife had two children and adopted a third. Still, he admits bluntly, "I was a lousy father. The children just sort of tagged along in our lives." After that first marriage ended in divorce, Leathers married Cheryl Nickel, now 46, a landscape architect. They have a daughter, Jenna, 7, and Leathers sees his other three children regularly.
As far as relating to young people is concerned, Leathers has more than made amends. When he and his first family settled in Ithaca in the early '70s, he designed his first playground as a voluntary project for a school that his kids attended. Now, even though playgrounds make up only 40 percent of his firm's business, they are an integral part of Leathers's psyche. "I'll always build them," he says, "because when you do, you know you're doing something good."
It's 6 P.M. Sunday in Brewer, and after five days the hammering has stopped. A hushed community gathers at the onetime pasture, a little awed by what they have wrought. "Okay, kids, it's yours!" shouts Robert Leathers as he cuts a ribbon and hundreds of balloons soar. And then he is gone, off to another town to build another playground.
—Ned Geeslin, Bonnie Bell in Brewer
Wherever He Goes, Architect Robert Leathers Leaves Another New Playground Behind
Bonnie Bell
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Rebuild and Test stands
Discussion in 'TRACTORS & FARM MACHINES' started by Weldfab, Dec 7, 2011.