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Recipes for simple, home-cooked delicacies have made their way into the fourth and fifth generations of hands after the death of Ann's By The River's co-founder on Thursday.
Ann Elizabeth Coomer died at the age of 74 on Jan. 31. She and her husband, Ken, opened the cafeteria-style restaurant in 1991, serving up food like her mother's and grandmother's, making sure no one left hungry.
Her son, Dave, helps run the restaurant now. He said though Ann put in long days, hard work and tireless effort into her place on the corner of Spring and Market streets in Jeffersonville, her passion for cooking was deep-rooted.
"I had times where she'd stay so long and her legs and feet would swell up, so I'd have to carry her out of there," Dave said. "She just loved that place."
Dave said Ann was particular about every detail, down to how the spoons were set up at the beginning of the line for customers. More important, he said, was the food.
"Everything was made from scratch and still is," Dave said. "She wouldn't cut any corners for anything. Dad was taking care of the money making sure he could pay for anything, but they didn't care what it cost. They just wanted to make sure that they could make everything the best they could."
Ann's granddaughter, Morgan, makes desserts at Ann's now. She takes after her grandmother by coming up with new recipes and seeing how they fare with newcomers and regulars.
She said Ann had a good time with cooking, but she especially took pride when people enjoyed what she made.
"She really loved the people and making the food," Morgan said. "She loved to create recipes, make food and make everybody happy. She loved for everybody to eat her food."
Ann and her husband, Ken, were married for 57 years. He said the down-home atmosphere and menu brought in old-timers who remembered those kinds of dinners and their families.
"I think a lot of the older people were raised on that kind of food, but it's so much different than going to get some kind of hamburger," Ken said. "When we opened, we had a meal for $3.95, a meat and two vegetables. When we first opened, they were lined around the building."
Dave said he remembered winning a chili cookoff with Ann at Churchill Downs and how she fed people who came in off the street, even if they couldn't afford the tab.
"One thing she always did was ... serve people without money, she wouldn't charge them," Dave said. "She was just goodhearted. She wouldn't ever turn anybody away."
In the last 10 years of her life, Ken said Ann had a series of health issues. A car accident left doctors believing she'd never be able to walk again, but she got back on her feet. She survived a bout of lymphoma which left her unable to work, but he said her battle with dementia was the one she lost.
But Ken said by passing down family recipes to Dave and her other two sons, Rodney and John, the regulars at the restaurant could swear she's still in the kitchen.
"I think she taught the boys well," Ken said. "People say the food is as good as it was 20 years ago, a lot of them have been around that long, you know."
From running off to get married in Gatlinburg, Tenn., to raising their three boys and opening the restaurant she loved, Ken said he's had a lifetime of happiness with Ann.
"We've had some awful good times and awful good memories," Ken said. "I'm going to miss that old lady, I tell you I am."
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Recipes for simple, home-cooked delicacies have made their way into the fourth and fifth generations of hands after the death of Ann's By The River's co-founder on Thursday.
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CLAREMORE — Linsey Curtis has quickly become a force to reckon with at Hillcat Complex.
Thirteen games into the season, the Rogers State freshman designated player from Collinsville already has eight home runs, including a grand slam Sunday in a non-conference win against Grand View University.
On Tuesday, in the Sooner Athletic Conference opener, Curtis overcame an 0-for-4 performance in Game 1 against Oklahoma Baptist to go 2-for-4 in the nightcap at Hillcat Complex.
Curtis had her 11-game hitting streak snapped, despite Rogers State enjoying an 11-6 victory over the Lady Bison in the Sooner Athletic Conference opener.
In Game 2, though, Curtis dominated and regained her confidence at the plate.
She produced an RBI single in the bottom half of the third inning and then broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth with a 3-run homer as RSU completed the sweep with a 9-2 win.
According to the RSU softball media guide, Curtis is on pace to shattering the single-season home run record - 14 - held by 2009 standout Jenny Johnson, who is now a student assistant coach for the RSU softball program.
Game 1
RSU's offense scored 11 runs on 10 hits and pitcher Tye Coats improved to 5-3 on the season following a complete game performance against the Lady Bison.
The top three hitters in the RSU lineup - Ashlie Fauchier, Taryn Hernandez and Sarah Harvey - had six singles and scored seven runs through the first three innings.
Hernandez led the Hillcats at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four runs scored, while Harvey was 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI.
Coats (5-3) allowed six runs on nine hits to earn the win.
Game 2
The Hillcats led 6-0 after three innings and never looked back, en route to pulling out the broomsticks for the 9-2 victory.
RSU scored six runs on five hits with one error in the bottom of the third inning, highlighted by Coats' 2-run double to right-center field. Hernandez, Curtis, Dina Ortiz and Brittany White also had singles in the inning.
OBU rallied in the top of the fourth inning with two runs, but it didn't take long for the Hillcats to answer.
After Hernandez opened with a stand-up double to center field and Harvey reached on the single to right field, Curtis crushed Amanda Hanner's 3-1 fastball over the right-center field wall to put RSU ahead, 9-2.
Coats, once again, earned her sixth victory after pitching seven innings and allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
Hanner suffered the loss for OBU, giving up nine runs on 14 hits in five innings.
With the two wins, RSU improves to 10-3 on the year and 2-0 in the conference. OBU drops to 5-5 overall and 0-2 in the SAC.
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"Champions don't talk, they just perform."
The Claremore High School freshmen Zebras brought home the Metro Lakes title last Monday night at Bishop Kelley, thanks to the "Heisman-like" performance of all-purpose standout Dustin Basks.
Basks scored Claremore's first 20 points on a pass play, a kickoff return and an interception return — all in the first half.
Looking like former Michigan Wolverine sensation Charles Woodson, Basks proved to be 'unstoppable' while leading the Zebras to a 33-13 victory over the previously unbeaten Comets.
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Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. with homecoming ceremonies starting at 7 p.m.
Zebras hungry for victory
Every setback is a setup for an even greater comeback.
That's been the motto all season long for the Claremore Zebra football team.
"We've been close in a lot of games," Zebra head coach Rob Gilbreath said, "... just haven't been able to finish or catch a break."
At 7:30 p.m. tonight in Grove, the Zebras are hoping to get a heavy monkey off their back and end a two-game losing in District 5A-4 play.
Chelsea battles Lincoln Christian in District 2A-7 action tonight
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Inside the Chelsea locker room, tonight's showdown in Tulsa has been circled on the calendar ever since last season's 26-21 victory over the Bulldogs.
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Mark C Anderson, 61, likely dodged a sentence of life in prison with his guilty plea, and is expected to get 16 years of incarceration when he's sentenced 26 Jan, 2010.
Among the wineries that lost some or all of their inventories and/or wine libraries in the massive fire are Saintsbury, Long Meadow Ranch, Tres Sabores, Sean Thackrey and Justin. At the time of the blaze, more than 90 wineries and 40 collectors had wines stored at the Wines Central warehouse, located in a former submarine repair facility on Mare Island in Vallejo, south of Napa Valley. An estimated 6 million bottles were destroyed or damaged so that they were not sellable. (Julie Johnson, owner of Tres Sabores, turned her overheated wine into a fire-roasted Zinfandel grilling sauce.)
Anderson, a former Sausalito city commissioner and newspaper columnist, did not say why he set fire to Wines Central, though investigators said he was trying to cover his tracks after defrauding clients of his business, Sausalito Cellars, which promised collectors safe storage of their wines, at Wines Central. Allegedly Anderson sold many of his clients' wines, without their knowledge, to raise funds for his extravagant lifestyle; when he was evicted from Wines Central for non-payment of rent, he set fire to it, destroying it, to cover up his pilfering of collectors' wines.
There is no making up for the loss of Saintsbury's wine library, nor an entire vintage of Long Meadow Ranch wines, though I imagine a glass or three of wine was hoisted on Monday in celebration of some justice being served.
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BayScape Nursery opens just in time for the holidays
December 3, 2010
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Photos By Matt Wunsch BayScape Nursery has opened its new retail location at 933 Boston Neck Road in Narragansett with Christmas trees, wreaths, ornaments, jewelry and more for sale. At right, BayScape co-proprietor Barry Mills greets customer Stephanie Paolino, of East Greenwich, and her dogs Lilly and Leila.
NARRAGANSETT- Just in time for the holiday season, BayScape Nursery has opened its new retail location at 933 Boston Neck Road.
Owners Barry Mills and Ed Fishell, both natives of Narragansett who were raised just down the road in Mettatuxet, opened the doors to the public last Friday. Construction on the new building, adjacent greenhouse and surrounding property took just over nine months to complete. Bayscape was originally located about a mile north behind the Saunderstown post office.
"It's a more convenient location for everyone," said Fishell during a recent interview. "We are much more visible now and more people will see what we have to offer here. Plus it means a lot to Barry and I that we grew up so close to the place.
This time of the year BayScape specializes in Christmas trees, handmade wreaths and centerpieces, candles, and gifts like ornaments, hand-made jewelry and organic body care products.
"All our products are either made here on site or brought in from other local vendors," said Fishell, who credits the creative team of Holly Mills, Jennifer Albamonti, and Jennifer Wells with organizing the Christmas theme.
"They all are doing a great job, especially on the wreaths which have a coastal theme to them and include things like seashells and starfish," said Fishell. "They really give the inside of the place a creative theme. No two wreaths are the same."
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Oops, I was going to post this tomorrow but my scheduling went a litte wrong.
So here it is...
Since the Holiday project I'm working on contains flying geese units I thought I'd put together a super quick and easy tutorial.
This took me about 15 minutes to write, so please excuse the crudeness...
First of all, to calculate the size of your fabric pieces:
"Real" flying geese units are always twice as wide as they are tall.
Let's say we're making 4" x 2" finished flying geese.
We're going to add 0.5" to the dimensions as we would when making any other quilt block.
One rectangle 4.5" x 2.5"
Two squares 2.5" x 2.5"
Lay a square right side down on the rectangle and stitch corner to corner as below.
Trim the seam to 1/4".
Press toward the triangle.
Lay the remaining square right side down onto the flying geese unit and sew corner to corner.
Once again, trim the seam allowance to 1/4".
Press toward the triangle.
Woohoo! You have a flying geese unit for your quilt.
(The fabrics used here are: Fizz Dots - Lime and Shine - Sun.)
I've added a PDF version of this flying geese tutorial over here.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Flying Geese Tutorial
Oops, I was going to post this tomorrow but my scheduling went a litte wrong.
posted at 10:14 AM
8 comments:
- DianeY said...
I've never made one, but have seen so many tutorials. Somehow, yours looks like the easiest! Thanks-I'm going to go do one right now!
- December 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Cheryll said...
Thanks for posting this tutorial Anina! I've been looking for this way to make flying geese.
- December 7, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Sole F80 said...
Thanks for posting this! I love making flying geese, but usually mess up the first one trying to figure it out again. I am going to bookmark this in hopes of getting it right the first time!
- December 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Lee Ann said...
to be honest, I didn't think this was crude. It was simple, which is EXACTLY what a girl like me needs. :-)
So, thanks bunches! :-)
- December 7, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Robin said...
Sweet and simple. What's not to like? :)
- December 7, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- karenfae said...
just how I do them too.
- December 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Whosies said...
if you are a sticker for saving every little piece.. you can sew another line on the other side so when you cut it you will have mini 1/2 square triangles. ...they always seem to multiply! watch out.
- December 8, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Shawn said...
perfect ~thank you
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BBC America's Supernatural Saturday lineup is getting an infusion of clones this spring.
Orphan Black, the cable channel's latest foray into original programming, stars Tatiana Maslany (The Vow) as Sarah, an orphan who assumes the identity of her lookalike after the woman commits suicide. Sarah's new life won't be any easier than her old one though, especially once she discovers that she and her lookalike are clones. And they're not the only ones. Maslany will play multiple versions of "Sarah," several of whom we meet in the enigmatic teaser trailer as they ask the unsettling question, "When did I become us?"
In addition to Maslany, Orphan Black also stars Jordan Gavaris (Degrassi), Dylan Bruce (As the World Turns) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (Downton Abbey). Check out the teaser and the gallery below for a closer look at the clone drama.
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Social media vs blogging (Google+, 500px, Twitter, Facebook, etc)
Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by Brandon.
I've been slacking on the blogging front, mostly due to my workload and recent travels to Indonesia and Puerto Galera, but also due to the fact that I've been posting in various other places (Google+, Twitter, Facebook, 500px, etc). I realize many bloggers have jumped ship for an easier, micro-blogging style of presenting a lifestream, but I have no desire to abandon this blog no matter how busy I get.
Here are some of the other ways to keep track of my photography and travels (the links are directed to my various profiles):
I find Google+ to be a great place to discover new photographers. I've been seeking a viable alternative to Flickr for quite sometime. I think Google needs to figure out where this is going, but it seems to have far more more traction than Buzz. It's also grown much more quickly than I had expected. In only two months of being active, I've developed over 5,600 followers. I've been using Twitter for nearly 5 years and have only about 1,400 followers. Not that the number of followers necessary reflects any significance.
500px is an interesting development. I receive far far less "views" on photos there and have almost no social contact or feedback – and that's ok – cause the minimalistic design and clean portfolio options trump the cluttered feeling one gets when viewing Flickr. I'll be uploading less work here but more of my culled photos.
Even after nearly 5 years, Twitter still has a purpose. I've gone through many phases with its use, but it's still unbeatable in terms of reaching certain groups, colleagues, resources and perspectives.
What are your preferred social media tools? Do you still see a place for blogs?
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Pixelpost for a photoblog
Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Brandon.
I've decided to go forth with redesigning a photoblog from the ground up. I know there are easy solutions out there like Tumblr and Posterous, but I am a stubborn fool and prefer more of a challenge for some masochistic reason. Perhaps I enjoy teaching myself new skills, or maybe I'm a control freak?
Per John's suggestion, I've taken a good look at Pixelpost instead of going the WordPress route. According to their description, Pixelpost is: "an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible photoblog application for the web." Sounds good to me. Let's hope it works out well. If not, I'm very open to other suggestions.
I'll be playing with the design and uploading content soon. In the meantime, my sandbox is located here if you'd like to view the mess in progress.
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Photoblog (not this blog) down for a while
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Brandon.
Unfortunately, my photoblog has been taken down for a while. As you may remember, I had a separate photoblog dedicated to just the images via thejavajive. It was receiving decent traffic, had a design which I thought was pleasing, and received helpful commentary regularly.
You also may remember that it became infected with code-injection – malicious code – in June 2009. (feel like I'm in The Matrix saying that). I tried my best to resolve the issue, even bringing in my web host, web developers and coders, and yet no one could fix it.
My only brutal method of clearing things up was to completely shut it down and remove it altogether from my web hosting package. I couldn't leave it as is, and this is a sure-fire way of clearing things up.
However, now anyone who had linked to that site (including many of my flickr images), will arrive with a broken link. I'll do my best to figure something out, but even if I rebuild it, I fear I'll lose the permalinks.
What do you think? Should I strive to rebuild the same site after disinfecting it?
Should I start from scratch and build something new altogether?
If I go that route, does anyone have suggestions for a great way to showcase images without Flash and preferably in an easy to update way?
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Redesigned and sterilized
Posted on 21. Jun, 2009 by Brandon.
In order to completely rid myself of the malware plaguing this blog for over a week, I took dramatic action: reinstalling WordPress and installing a completely different theme, rather than try to fix the other. Dreamhost has been very little help and the problem is documented as having affected over 20,000 other WP blogs (some of which were hosted by Dreamhost). It's disappointing that I have to struggle myself to fix such problems, when no one else can help.
If the problem happens again (which is a possibility), and Dreamhost does not take action to help me, I will definitely switch hosts. There have been a few incidents with them that are almost proving enough to switch. (accidentally charging customers' credit cards, etc).
At any rate, the new design is definitely not finalized – I realize it's a bit fugly and messy. However, with my mediocre coding, it's slow going. I sincerely apologize if you received any type of malware after having visited my site. It's really unfortunate, and I hope not too many people will be scared to return. All should be clear now.
A few quick issues I want to fix:
If anyone has design suggestions, by all means, please drop me a comment or criticism. I need all the help I can get.
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Choosing WordPress themes – paid vs free
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by Brandon.
Changing your blog design is a bit like redecorating your home; invigorating, frightening, and possibly expensive. After all is said and done, the redesign probably makes you wonder why you didn't do it earlier.
Despite being trained as an industrial designer, my web design skills are quite beginning level. I can work my way around code by trial and error, but never having been formally trained, things can get ugly quickly. Not to mention the fact that it takes me for.ev.er. to figure out these changes since I'm doing it mistake by mistake.
The route I've taken with this blog since 2002, is "if it ain't broke…. leave it alone!" and I've strived to focus on content, writing, and photos.
As I mentioned, things lately have become broken, whether due to someone breaking into my FTP login, through third party software, or simply due to me being slow to update the WP software. It's been giving many people 'malware warnings' and surely will begin turning some of you away.
In the past week I upgraded WP twice, now to the latest – 2.8, and also upgraded K2 (the theme I use) to the latest nightly. However, with these upgrades, I also realized that K2 no longer seems to be as usable as previously. (unless it's just me).
I find it time for a redesign. Something fresh. Perhaps daring and bold. But the bottom line is that it still needs to be easy to navigate, and should focus on maintaining my 7 years of archives. This is where I begin to falter.
If my images from years' past are all 500px fixed width, how can I easily bring those into a new theme without things getting ugly? Not all themes will work nicely with photos, and dealing with the archives will be my weakness. If anyone has thoughts on integrating a new theme with my 7 years of blog posts, I'd be very appreciative.
At the moment I'm trying to decide whether or not it's worthwhile to pay for themes. In some ways it goes against the WP philosophy of open source sharing, but the reality is many paid themes will be more carefully designed and perhaps have better support in place, and updates on a regular basis.
The themes that draw my attention first and foremost seem to be heavily based on the visual; incorporating large photos and visual based navigation. These may or may not be inviting to the typical user and I'm guessing they may not load as quickly as more text driven sites. However, looking at my current blog, I have no less than 8 larger images on the front page, so the other themes may actually be faster loading if I limit the size and number on the loading page.
The other thing that I'm unsatisfied with, is the fact that I have always had thejavajive.com set up to bounce to /blog – and never used thejavajive.com as the splash page – seems more fitting. I also have a photoblog that is geared more towards just imagery. However, the code I use for that is not holding up well with newer versions of WP.
If you were in my shoes, would you stick to a separate blog and photoblog, or go for a blended medium between the two, limiting things to one site?
I have a two week window in which I can work on this stuff. After that, I'll be flat out on the Manila transition for a while. So, it's all or nothing at the moment. If all else fails I'd at least like to rid myself of the ugly blue header – the code for my rotating header images also isn't working.
Shouldn't this all be a little easier?
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Code injection? Sphinktersayswhat?
Posted on 08. Jun, 2009 by Brandon.
It appears this blog has been attacked by some sort of *&#$@# malicious spam injection. Many people have written to me with concern, screenshots, and ponderings on what is going on. I believe I may have cleared the issue up, by removing the code and upgrading to the latest version of WP, but at the expense of the design of the blog. I am putting function over form at this point until I have the time to fix the aesthetics.
If you happen to notice a malware warning, etc, please email me or drop me a comment; if it's still happening I may have to rope in some additional help.
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On netbooks, TouchBook, Mac tablet, Macbook Mini, and a Mac user switching to Windows (for the netbook only)
Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Brandon.
Apple has a large gap in their hardware line-up. Between the iPhone and Macbook is a massive hole that they may or may not decide to fill with a tablet/netbook/ultra-portable. There are many reasons, theories, and opinions on whether they should or shouldn't attempt to fill the void. More on this later.
With today's economy, more and more people are turning toward the use of 'netbooks' – ultra-portable, generally slower, more economical laptops. Even without the economy in shambles, many people (myself included) are interested in using them simply for battery life and portability.
And coincidentally, for work-related reasons, I've found myself needing to gain more experience in the Windows world once again. From 1994-2004 I primarily was a Windows user. However, as I've mentioned in many posts, I've grown much more fond of the Mac platform for a variety of reasons that I won't ramble on about in this post. I realize BootCamp and Parallels are two excellent options for using Windows on a Mac, but that still doesn't resolve the portability and battery life factor.
I use MacBook Pro as my primary home computer, Novita has a MacBook, and I use an iMac at work. Obviously, it's a tough transition to move back to Windows, even for only a portion of my work life. I'm seeking as many open-source, multi-platform apps as possible to make this less painful and to maintain productivity.
After thorough research into netbooks/ultra-portable notebooks, I settled on the 10″ screen form factor. 7″-8.9″ seemed just too small, if not for the screen, then because of the keyboard. I have larger hands and the smaller netbooks that I tried were just too cramped. I found 10″ to be portable and with great battery life in general. The 12″ were still quite nice, but were already moving up into the realm of Macbook territory in regard to less portability. I did, however, settle on a few 10″ netbooks.
My initial choices (in order of interest):
Some of the other netbooks had only 3 cell batteries – 2 or 3 hour battery life isn't acceptable for a netbook's purpose in my opinion. I was shooting for 4 hours minimum under reasonable usage. These four all had decent reviews, all were acceptable in design, weight, and features. In fact, at this level, there's not really many striking differences amongst them. Most have:
- 6-9 cell battery
- 1.6GHz Atom processor
- 160GB hard drive
- Windows XP
There are some slight differences, including a claimed 9 hours battery life with the Asus!? I toyed with the idea of throwing OSX on one of these little guys, and tinkered with thoughts of the Dell Mini 9 for that purpose. However, at the end of the day, it's not a priority at this time. I'm still waiting (hoping!) to see what Apple comes out with before the end of the year.
Once I started playing with these models hands-on, I was drawn much more to a model not on my list – the ASUS N10J. It has similar specs to the others, and yet manages to trump them with a 256MB nVidia discrete graphics chip, an express card, and HDMI. A surprising feature is the onboard integrated graphics that allows you to switch between the GPU or integrated graphics for extra battery life. Gaming on a netbook? Impressive!
While not as sleek as a MacBook Air, I found the design to be less toy-like compared to some of the others I checked out. It's definitely not as slim or lightweight as some, but the overall design is still quite compact and lightweight. I immediately threw in another gig of RAM to bring the total to a more comfortable 2GB. With Xp already locked and loaded, it was ready to go after slapping down my credit card to the tune of $650.
Now, I won't lie – I love OSX and it's not easy to pick up a netbook with XP and get to work like I can with my Mac. However, I've found that for basic tasks, email, web, and movies, it fits the bill quite well. The 5-7 hour battery life certainly doesn't hurt either. It picks up wireless signals stronger than my MBP, and with the express card slot – can be mobile with 3G in no time. All in all, it's proving to quite the little machine.
Jumping back to the Mac side of the conversation. I love my iPhone 3G. It's far and away the best phone I've owned. All the hype is real – I don't care about any of the elitist, status, etc side of things one bit – it's about the actual usage and productivity that the iPhone allows. If I could get by with just that as a netbook, I would. Unfortunately, as it stands, I can't fully get by without a proper keyboard and the memory limitations for work purposes – need to output to a projector, etc. It's perfect for 60% of what I need to do on the go, and yet, I'd gladly shell out $799 for something that bridges that gap and allows me to be completely mobile, productive, and get through the day without a charge.
Hence the rant on Apple's netbook gap. There exists a large hole for users (such as myself) that need the portability and lightweight practicality of the iPhone, and yet don't wish to carry around a Macbook – or perhaps don't need the power and cost of one for something on the go. I don't enjoy carrying around a $2000+ Macbook Pro when all I need to do is some light work, emailing, and document creation. I want something I can toss in a bag and forget; something that will get 6+ hours of battery life, and yet will come in at under a grand. Taking the computer with you all the time dramatically increases the risk of damage and theft. I'd rather lose $800 than $2300.
Coincidentally, as I was creating this post, news broke of "Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product" Apple has notoriously denied the netbook form factor as being of interest.
From AppleInsider:
"Asked about the sub-$500 netbook market, Cook answered, "We're watching that space, but right now from our point of view, the products in there are principally based on hardware that's much less powerful than we think customers want, software technology that is not good, cramped keyboards, small displays."
Cook added, "We don't think people will be pleased with those products. It's a category we watch, we've got some ideas here, but right now we think the products are inferior and will not provide an experience to customers they're happy with."
However, historically, they did the same thing with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and look where we are today. "Steve Jobs says it again: no video iPod"
My guess?
I think they'll do some sort of tablet design that will completely turn the industry on its head. Think of something blurring the lines between an iPhone and Macbook. Something that may not use the traditional dock like OSX, but rather a combination of the iPhone navigation and Leopard (or Snow Leopard). A device that does not cannibalize sales of either the iPhone nor the Macbook. Something that will interact with the hugely popular App Store. Something that may give the Kindle a run for its money.
One of the main problems with netbooks is the very small profit margin companies receive. Apple surely won't try to compete with the $350-500 price range. They'll offer something that is quite different from the rest, and the price will reflect that. I wouldn't expect it to come in at under $600. I'd assume it would come in at around $799, give or take $100.
While people may think, "Why would Apple attempt to charge such prices in a category that offers products for half that cost – especially in a recession!?" Have you seen Apple stores recently? Most that I've frequented are constantly brimming with customers.
So, are we finally seeing the development of some sort of tablet, netbook, 'Touchbook', 'Macbook Mini'…. or is it yet another round of speculation by Apple fanboys? Time will tell…
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10 Things you may not know about me
Posted on 15. Oct, 2008 by Brandon.
I very rarely agree to this type of post, which is exactly why I accepted the invitation from Chibi Alfa. They're a bit long winded compared to most.
- I almost never existed. Let me clarify – my family is full of pilots and a love for aviation. My grandparents were both in the Navy; flight instructor. The day after their wedding, they were flying to their honeymoon, when the fuel tank malfunctioned. They almost died that day, and I never would have been here typing this.
- I am obsessive about my passions. When I get involved in something I enjoy, it's absurd. I forget to eat, will ignore other responsibilities, and will spend as much time as I can learning / experiencing the subject. Past obsessions? Photography, design, reading, technology, web design, cars, planes, mountain biking, travel, music, fitness, Mac, books, etc. Photography has been the longest standing passion of this caliber.
- I can bench press over 360lbs. (163kgs) – Not bragging, but it's something I work hard at, and since I'm not as toned as I used to be (the middle age effect is creeping up!), at least I can take pride in my strength. It's not in vain, it's not for athletics – it's for me, and me alone.
- There's a tremendous amount of my life that is never shared on this blog. Despite having written this blog for 6 years straight, I made a very careful decision long ago to keep much of my personal life off the eyes and memory of the public and Google – much of this stems from the fact that I use my full name on this site. Those of you who have known me for a while, feel free to ask for more info.
- I'm very close with my family, and yet none of us live near each other. My parents are in the States, my brother in Tokyo, and my sister is wandering around Australia / SE Asia. A few years ago, my mother lived in Cape Town, South Africa so we were even more separated. Makes holidays a bummer.
- I saw my father crash his airplane when I was 5 years old. The memory is still very strong. He lived.
- I was a frat boy. Not always proud of that fact, and those that know me well, know that it doesn't necessarily reflect my personality. But yes, there was a time in my life when Animal House wasn't far off.
- I lived with a drug dealer. It was a mistake – a friend pulled me into renting the place with his 'friend' who turned out to be a very busy dealer. Police raids, strung out girls having threesomes in my living room (not with me!), gangs of a dozen dudes crashing in my living room baked out of their minds for days on end. Luckily, I never got into that scene, and if anything it turned me off. Seeing an 18 year old girl whig out on shrooms and acid isn't appealing. When I went to class, my clothes reeked of the stuff – surely earning me a reputation that wasn't deserved.
- I've always loved 'ethnic' girls. Maybe it's because I grew up with all blondes, who knows. Since I was young (had a French girlfriend who was 17, when I was only 10), I always chose brunettes over blondes. I was 'that guy' trying to date the Brazillian exchange students who barely spoke English. Obviously that attraction never changed, as I've been with Novita since 2002.
- My home burned down on Christmas Eve 1998. I lost everything, including all childhood videos of our family. In a strange way, it altered the course of my entire future, and had that never happened I'd probably be working as an engineer in the States, having never been offered the chance to come to Indonesia. It's hard to be thankful for such a traumatic event, and yet I am. Every day.
The purpose of this was post was to continue a viral blog posting idea. Like I said, I usually don't entertain these ideas, but since I did, I think a few others should keep the ball rolling. If you're not on my list below, but decide to do it, please let me view your link. Can't be out in the cold all by myself.
A few candidates:
Ian – my good friend that spent many years in this crazy city. 10 bucks says he won't do it.
Treespotter – just to give him something new to rant about.
Brett – he's not busy enough lately.
Lao Ocean Girl – we gotta get this tagging thing out of Indonesia! (plus I think she digs this type of thing)
Nadia – she doesn't update her blog enough – let's get her posting.
Adrianna – just cause she's one cool girl.
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List of impostors
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An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but just as often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement.
- 1 Notable impostors
- 2 In fiction
- 3 See also
- 4 External links
- 5 References
Notable impostors[edit]
- Frank Abagnale (born 1948), who passed bad checks as a fake pilot, doctor and lawyer
- Gerald Barnbaum (born 1933), former pharmacist who posed as a doctor for over twenty years after stealing the identity of a licensed medical professional
- Cassie Chadwick, who pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's daughter
- Ravi Desai, a journalist who passed himself off as Robert Klinger, a fictional CEO of BMW's North American division, in a series of diary entries for Slate magazine
- David Hampton, who pretended to be the son of Sidney Poitier
- Joseph "Harry" Jelinek (14th October 1905, Vlasim, Austria-Hungary–1986, Guarene d' Alba, Italy), who is alleged to have fraudulently sold the Karlstejn Castle to American industrialists. Over 500 complaints were levied against Jelinek, but each was revoked or resolved amicably.
- Victor Lustig (1890–1947), who sold the Eiffel Tower
- Richard Allen Minsky (born 1944), who scammed female victims for sex by pretending to be jailed family members over the phone
- Arthur Orton, also known as the Tichborne Claimant, who claimed to be the missing heir Sir Roger Tichborne
- Frederick Emerson Peters (1885–1959), U.S. celebrity impersonator and writer of bad checks
- Lobsang Rampa, who claimed to be a deceased Tibetan Lama possessing the body of Cyril Hoskins and wrote a number of books based on that premise
- James Reavis, who claimed he owned Arizona
- Christopher Rocancourt, who pretended to be a member of the Rockefeller family
- Michael Sabo, who was known as a "Great Impostor" with over 100 professional aliases listed with the FBI
- Leander Tomarkin, fake doctor who became the personal physician of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Albert Einstein assumed the honorary presidency of one of his medical conferences in 1931.[1]
- Wilhelm Voigt (1849–1922), who masqueraded as the "Captain of Köpenick"
False nationality claims[edit]
- Korla Pandit (1921–1998), African-American pianist/organist who pretended to be from India
- George Psalmanazar, who claimed to be from Formosa
False Royal Heritage Claims[edit]
- Anna Anderson, who may have really believed she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
- Bardiya (died 522 BC), ancient ruler of Persia, widely regarded as an impostor but may have been genuine
- Alexis Brimeyer (1946–1995), Belgian who claimed connection to various European royal houses
- Bhawal case, concerning a "resurrected" Indian prince who may have been genuinely who he was claimed to be
- Mary Carleton who was (1642–1673), amongst other things, a false princess and bigamist
- Count Dante is the real name of John Keehan. In his campaign to promote his system of martial arts (1939–1975), he also claimed victories in various secret deathmatches in Asia, and mercenary activity in Cuba, none of which carried documented proof.
- False Dmitriy I, False Dmitriy II and False Dmitriy III, who all impersonated the son of Ivan the Terrible
- Harry Domela (born 1905), who pretended to be an heir to the German throne
- Tile Kolup, also known as Dietrich Holzschuh, was an impostor who in 1284 began to pretend to be the Emperor Frederick II
- Eugenio Lascorz who claimed connection to the royal house of the Byzantine Empire
- Terence Francis MacCarthy, styled himself MacCarthy Mór and "Prince of Desmond"
- False Margaret (13th-century–1301), who impersonated the Maid of Norway
- Pierre Plantard, the mastermind behind the Priory of Sion hoax who claimed to be Merovingian, a pretender to the throne of France
- Raiktor, an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Byzantine Emperor Michael VII
- Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), who is better known as Baron Corvo
- Lambert Simnel (c. 1470–c. 1520), pretender to the throne of England
- Eugenia Smith, another woman who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
- Charles Stopford (born 1962), American man who has claimed to be an English nobleman since 1983 using the name of a dead infant
- Perkin Warbeck (c. 1470–1499), pretender to the throne of England
- Yemelyan Pugachev (1740–1775), who claimed to be Peter III of Russia
- Šćepan Mali (fl. 1766–d. 1773), who claimed to be Peter III of Russia, and managed to rule Montenegro.
Academic impostors[edit]
- Dr Charlotte Bach (1920–1981), fringe evolutionary theorist who was not a doctor
- Marvin Hewitt (born 1922), who became a university professor without any credentials
- James Hogue (born 1959), who most famously entered Princeton University by posing as a self-taught orphan
- Marilee Jones, Dean of Admissions at MIT and best-selling author who claimed advanced degrees in science fields. After ten years in the post, she was revealed to have only a high school diploma.
False minority national identity claims[edit]
- Forrest Carter, author of The Education of Little Tree
- Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), writer and self-styled anthropologist
- Iron Eyes Cody, Italian American actor (the "crying Indian" in anti-litter public service announcements (PSA) who claimed to be a Native American
- Jamake Highwater (aka Gregory Markopoulos, Jay Marks, c. 1940–2001), author
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, an African American who claimed to be a Native American
- Two Moon Meridas (died 1933), herbalist and faux Amerindian
- Grey Owl, an Englishman who wanted to be Ojibwa
- Ward Churchill (born 1947), former professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado who claimed to be Cherokee, although his genealogy shows no non-white ancestry
- Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), a liberal politician and former law professor, claimed that she was Cherokee during her law career only on the basis of family lore.
Multiple impostors[edit]
- Frédéric Bourdin (born 1974), "the French Chameleon"
- Barry Bremen has entered multiple sporting events pretending to be an MLB umpire, an NBA All-Star, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader among other things
- Ferdinand Waldo Demara (1921–1982), "The Great Impostor"
- Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, German who claimed to be a member of the Rockefeller family among other things
- Stanley Clifford Weyman (1880–1960), American multiple impostor who impersonated public officials, including the United States Secretary of State and various military officers
- Laurel Rose Willson, who claimed to be victim of satanic ritual abuse "Lauren Stratford" and The Holocaust survivor "Laura Grabowski" (see also Binjamin Wilkomirski)
Women who lived as men[edit]
Many women in history have presented themselves as men in order to advance in typically male-dominated fields. It is unknown whether they identified as transgender in the current sense. See also: List of wartime cross-dressers.
- Joan of Arc (1412–1431), famous French heroine who disguised herself as a man to fight the English
- James Barry (surgeon) (c. 1790–1865), who successfully lived as a male British military surgeon
- Frances Clalin, who served in Missouri artillery during the United States Civil War
- Nadezhda Durova, a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars
- Catalina de Erauso, Basque nun-soldier under Spanish colonial army
- Dorothy Lawrence, an English journalist who wore uniform during World War I
- Hua Mulan, who disguised herself as a man to join the Chinese army, when her father was too old for it
- Deborah Sampson, a female soldier during the American War of Independence
- Mary Anne Talbot, an Englishwoman who became a sailor during the Napoleonic Wars
- Billy Tipton (1914–1989), jazz musician
- Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who supposedly was a Confederate soldier under the name "Harry T. Buford".
- Pope Joan, a woman who allegedly ruled as pope. Most scholars doubt the historicity of this account.
Military impostors[edit]
- Joseph A. Cafasso, former Fox News military analyst who claimed to have been a highly-decorated Special Forces soldier and Vietnam War veteran. He actually served in the U.S. Army for only 44 days.
- Wes Cooley, a former US Congressman who claimed to have fought in the Korean War. He served in the U.S. Army for two years, but was never in Korea.
- Brian Dennehy, a famous American actor who claimed to have fought in the Vietnam War. He served in the United States Marine Corps for four years, but was never in Vietnam.
- George Dupre, who claimed that he worked for the SOE and the French Resistance during World War II. Dupre served in World War II, but he was never in France or with the SOE.
- Joseph Ellis, American professor and historian who claimed a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. He served in the military during the war, but never left the United States.
- Jesse Macbeth, anti-war activist who claimed to be an Army Ranger ordered to execute innocent civilians in Iraq. He was discharged from the Army as unfit for duty before completing basic training.
- Alan Mcilwraith, a call centre worker from Glasgow who, among other things, claimed that he was a decorated captain in the British Army. Mcilwraith had never served in the military.
- James Shortt, Director-General of the International Bodyguard Association, who at various times made false claims to have served in the British Special Air Service, Parachute Regiment and military and law enforcement units around the world. Shortt also made false claims to a number of knighthoods and titles of nobility as well as academic, medical and martial arts qualifications and also styled himself as the "Colonel-Commandant" of a fictitious ancient order of bodyguards pledging their loyalty to the bogus Irish chieftain Terence Francis MacCarthy before being exposed in the media after being dismissed as a consultant by Eye Spy Magazine in 2009. Shortt's actual military experience only amounted to a few months' part-time service in the British Territorial Army, during which time he did not complete basic training.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt was a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as "The Captain of Köpenick" (1849–1922)
- Micah Wright, an anti-war activist who claimed to be an Army Ranger involved in the United States invasion of Panama and several other covert operations. He was an ROTC student in college, but never took a commission and never served in the military.
- Bampfylde Moore Carew, a Devonshire man whose popular Life and Adventures included picaresque episodes of vagabond life, including his claim to have been elected King of the Beggars
- Alan Conway (1934–1998), who impersonated Stanley Kubrick during the early 1990s
- Chevalier d'Eon, who lived the second half of his life as a woman
- Anoushirvan D. Fahkran, a 27-year-old Iranian porn actor who legally changed his name to Jonathan Taylor Spielberg and posed as the 14-year-old nephew of legendary Hollywood director Steven Spielberg to enroll in high school.
- Robert Hendy-Freegard, who posed as an MI5 officer
- John Howard Griffin, who darkened his skin and traveled in the American South as a black man in 1959 to write Black Like Me
- Alicia Esteve Head, known as Tania Head, who claimed to be a survivor of the 9/11 terror attacks
- Pavel Jerdanowitch, the father of the Disumbrationist movement
- Ashida Kim, believed by many to be Caucasian author and self-proclaimed ninja Radford Davis (alternate pen name Christopher Hunter), who wrote numerous books on ninjutsu during the '70s and '80s, noted for refusing to provide details about his teachers, or the lineage of the martial art in which he claims expertise
- Enric Marco (born 1921), who presided over an association of Spanish survivors of the Nazi camps when he went to Germany to work in the Nazi war industry
- Steven Jay Russell (born 1957), who has impersonated judges and a doctor among others
- Treva Throneberry (born 1969), 31-year-old woman who became 16-year-old Brianna Stewart and impersonated other teenage girls
- Arnaud du Tilh, who took the place of Martin Guerre in the 16th century and lived with Guerre's wife and son for three years before being discovered when Guerre returned
- Binjamin Wilkomirski, a fake Holocaust survivor
In fiction[edit]
- The Count of Monte Cristo, an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas
- Man in the Iron Mask (17th-century–1703), name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670
- Impostors are a common theme in the Blandings Castle series of novels and short stories
- A Knight's Tale, A peasant poses as nobility to compete in a jousting tournament
- Big Momma's House, Martin Lawrence disguises himself as a rotund grandmother
- Catch Me If You Can, True story of Frank Abagnale Jr. who successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor
- Changeling (film), Based on true events, a Los Angeles woman is reunited with her missing son only to realize the boy is an impostor, while the police try to cover up the whole ordeal
- Coming to America, A rich African prince pretends to be poor
- Connie and Carla, Two women pose as drag queens
- Dave (film), A look-alike fills in for the President
- Face/Off, John Travolta and Nicolas Cage pose as each other
- House Guest, Sinbad pretends to be a rich dentist
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Two straight firefighters pose as homosexual lovers
- Impostor (film), 2001 Gary Sinise film based on a Philip K. Dick short story of the same name.
- The Imposter (2012 film), documentary about the 1997 case of the French confidence man Frédéric Bourdin
- Just One of the Guys, A female high school reporter poses as a teen-aged boy
- Juwanna Mann, A male basketball player dresses as a woman to play in the WNBA
- Little Man (2006 film), A diminutive, but adult, criminal pretends to be an infant
- Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams disguises himself as an old British nanny
- The New Guy, A high school geek poses as a dangerous criminal to be more popular
- Overboard (film), A poor carpenter tricks a rich heiress into believing that he is her husband
- The Ringer (2005 film), Johnny Knoxville pretends to be mentally challenged to enter the Special Olympics
- She's the Man, A female soccer star pretends to be a boy to play on their team
- Sister Act, A Reno lounge singer pretends to be a nun
- Some Like It Hot, Two men pretend to be women
- Soul Man (film), A white man undergoes treatment to appear black
- The Associate, A black woman disguises herself as a white man to get a job on Wall Street
- The Secret of My Success (1987 film), A kid from the mail room pretends to be an executive
- Tootsie, A struggling actor pretends to be a woman
- Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey, Jr. plays an Australian actor who undergoes a "racial transplant" to play an African American role
- True Identity, A black man who disguises himself as a white man to escape the mob
- Two Much, A man wants to date two different women, so he pretends to have a twin brother
- Victor Victoria, A woman poses as a drag queen
- Wedding Crashers, Two party crashers trick a wedding party into believing they were invited
- While You Were Sleeping (film), A subway fare collector fools a family into believing she was engaged to their comatose son
- White Chicks, Two black men disguise themselves as young white women
- Working Girl, A secretary takes the role of her boss, a player on Wall Street
- Zelig, A man yearning for social acceptance develops the ability to imitate features and habits of the persons around him
See also[edit]
- Capgras syndrome
- Charlatan
- Doppelgänger
- Miriam Coles Harris
- Confidence trick
- Identity deception
- Identity theft
- Impersonator
- Impostor syndrome
- List of messiah claimants
- Political decoys
External links[edit]
- Anzmi.net, more on cases.
- Heroes or Villains?, list of military impostors
- Revelations of imposture and substitution in field of history and culture
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Impostors.
- ^ von Lüpke, Marc (1 November 2013). "Doktor Dreist" [Doctor Brazen]. Der Spiegel (in German).


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Milo - says:
Do you believe that it is a necessity to know theory in order to write good songs?
xxxx says:
no, look at xxxx [Name lef out as to not offend fans of band or creat arguments]
Milo - says:
He knows no theory? Im talking about actually knowing the names of scales and bullshit like E Minor Deminished [whatever that is] and crap like that. I say as long as you play good you don't need to know shit.
xxxx says:
I don't think he ever did until he hurt himself
but I guess overall it depends on what you are trying to write. If its uber complex progressive metal then there is no chance, if its simple slam then thats easy
Milo - says:
But I don't know any theory, I caouldnt tell yuo what a chromatic scale is and like thats the best known one or whatever, but I could write a necrophagist or psycroptic song and just as complex, or whatever and I don't know shit. Hmm, oh well.
xxxx says:
I think that scales are the basis of any good solo, but for generic riffs and stff you can probably do it without that knowledge
Milo - says:
Sure, I know how scales work but I never read anything on it. I mean you simply pick that up through guitaring, you know how notes fall in with each other and crap like that. It comes from playing. But I never would be able to tell you what scale is which, or I know no set scales or anything, I just know how notes fit together
xxxx says:
if the music sounds good then who cares if it conforms to scales or not - provided you aren't writing prog, which you already stated you are not
Milo - says:
Well, Im saying I could write some hyper complex blast beating song [whether I could play it is another thing:p] and I know nothing about theory. Through playing I have simply picked up the way notes fall together and what sounds good together. Thats about anything close to theory I can get.
*Useless bickering that didnt accomplish anything, OR just me being pedantic.
Is this you and someone from a famous band talking?
Because I know a form of theory, even when I try to write something crazy and weird and a-tonal, it comes out melodic anyways so eh....
its not ESSENTIAL, if you give someone enough time and patience they can come up with a mozart piece, but theory is a huge short cut to getting there
I completely agree with guitar demon. It really makes writing music a LOT easier. I can use theory to help me achieve the feel for a song I'm writing quickly.
Example, if I want something happy and uplifting, I will probably use the Ionian (Major) mode or the Lydian mode. If I want it to sound dark, I'll probably use some sort of diminished or Aeolian (Minor mode). You can also use various scales that you have learned (most people stick to major, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and diminished) to really spice things up.
The bottom line, though, is NO, you don't need theory to write good music, it just helps a LOT to know what you're doing. I also like using theory when looking at other bands tabs and seeing how THEY wrote that riff or how THEY wrote a solo. This way, I can make a mental note of why the song they wrote sounds so damn good and apply it to my own writing/learning :)
Just my 2 cents though.
Even if you don't know theory from a book, anyone who is really an accomplished song writer knows theory. They may not know what the scale is called, but they know how to come up with things that have a certain sound. As you progress as a musicial you basicly teach yourself theory without any names or terms, but once you know your shit you know how to get certain sounds just from experimentation over years. But obviously its alot easier if you know the stuff beforehand.
What you said in the first 2 sentances is pretty much what I was saying, from simply playing guitar you get the way notes and scales work.
I view music theory in much the same way as I do mathematics. In mathematics, anybody can be given a set of formulae and calculate values sufficiently but not many will be able to derive those formulae. It's the same in music; everybody knows how to use a scale but not many know how it is constructed.
At the end of the day, the application of the end results of music theory should be enough for the vast majority of musicians to get by on.
both of the people in that conversation are tards.
connect the dot`s,connect the F#$@% dots
Shut up you fool! You posted that already.
Real fucking useful.
connect the dots if you want to have a crazy out of key solo thats all over the place and makes no sense.
Way to use music theory!
He's got to be a drummer.
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WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans' jobs at risk.
Yet the lawmakers cautioned that years of hurt feelings were unlikely to heal simply because Obama dined last week with Republican lawmakers. They also said they would not to rush too quickly into Obama's embrace during three scheduled, and unusual, visits to Capitol Hill next week to win them over.
"He is moving in the right direction. I'm proud of him for doing it. I think it's a great thing," Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said. "I'm welcoming (him) with open arms. I think the president is tremendously sincere. I don't think this is just a political change in tactic. I think he would actually like to solve the problems of this country."
The White House charm offensive comes as automatic spending cuts have begun to take hold, and if Washington does not block them, they could cut jobs as varied as air traffic controllers, meat inspectors and Head Start teachers.
"I hope that this is sincere," said Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, who lunched with Obama at the White House last week. "We had a very good, frank exchange. But the proof will be in the coming weeks as to whether or not it's a real, sincere outreach to find common ground."
His close friend, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., said lawmakers were unlikely to become fast friends with Obama after four years of being vilified in private and, in some cases, public. "I hope that he's genuine. But I don't think we're going to be doing the Harlem Shake any time soon together," Gardner said.
Obama hopes this week to woo lawmakers to help avert a coming budget showdown — the next deadline is March 27, when the current short-term budget extension expires and a government shutdown looms.
Yet Congress is scheduled to leave town on March 22, meaning the president is working on a shortened timeline to avert the latest crisis. And the automatic spending cuts, known as sequester, remain in place despite both parties calling them ill-conceived and -executed.
Senate Democrats said they were ready to pass a spending measure to pay for day-to-day federal operations through September. The measure would impose automatic cuts of 5 percent to domestic agencies and 7.8 percent to the Pentagon
"At the end of the day, we're going to have to find a balanced solution," said Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat whose state economy is closely tied to military contractors. The budget cuts are expected to be devastating to Virginia if they are not reversed.
Coburn said he was puzzled that it took so long for Obama — whom he called a friend after last week's dinner — to make the effort to work across party lines.
"It shouldn't be news that the president is reaching out in a bipartisan fashion," Coburn said.
Obama seems to be making up for lost time after four years of frosty relationships with Capitol Hill. The White House said Obama planned to meet with the Senate Democratic Caucus on Tuesday, House Republicans on Wednesday and Senate Republicans and House Democrats on Thursday. Last week, Obama had Ryan and the Budget Committee's top Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, to lunch at the White House the day after he dined with a dozen Republican senators.
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As the fall harvest season comes to a close, the Wabash Valley Food Hub is seeking input to determine how the future local food organization will be structured.
Food hub organizers said in a news release that they have scheduled sessions throughout the region for early December at which producers and buyers will gather to generate ideas and begin to define how the organization will go about bringing more local foods to the Wabash Valley. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
The food hub has the potential to expand the market for local foods in the region and satisfy the craving for fresh, locally sourced food products, the organization said in the release.
"We have said since the beginning that the food hub is going to be producer- and consumer-driven. The organization will need lots of ideas and input in order to be successful," said Jennifer Hale, a project manager for the food hub.
The organization is working with the Purdue University and University of Illinois extension offices in west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois to host the meetings.
The Wabash Valley Food Hub is one of several initiatives of Indiana State University's Rural-Urban Entrepreneurship Development Institute, which aims to develop and support the entrepreneurial culture within rural communities.
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By Debra Minor Wilson
FAIRMONT — No matter where she goes, Stephanie White is never alone.
"I always have a part of church with me," she says.
Now 22, since she was 6, she has been active in her church. By helping her mother with dinners and Ladies Aid meetings, she became a member of the United Methodist Women at a very early age.
Church has always been important to her, she says.
She first realized this one rainy summer day about 16 years ago. Her mom was cooking for Marketplace A.D., a conglomeration of hundreds of children from many denominations held at Baptist Temple to recreate a biblical marketplace.
"We had so many kids coming, from so many churches, they couldn't eat inside. There wasn't enough room.
"Then we had one of the worst rainstorms of the ... well, ever," she says, laughing. She laughs a lot. "I prayed, 'God, don't rain on my church.'
"As we drove to the church, trees were falling down around us. But there wasn't a drop of rain on the church. There was this light shining on the church.
"That was a sign ... most definitely."
She and her mom had started attending church when White was just a little girl.
"Mom worked all the time, so I stayed at another church's preschool. I could go there, and still have some kind of church involvement.
"I've always active in church ... the children's choir, the praise team. With all the experiences I've had in life, I had to be active."
Several years ago, on their way to a horse show, she, a friend and her mom were spared from an accident that could easily have been fatal.
"We were on I-79, on the stretch of road called the wind tunnel. Mom was driving a Blazer and had a camper on the back. A paper truck hit us and we started in a tailspin. She got that under control and then a tractor-trailer passed and nicked her, and we went into another tailspin. We hit the guardrail for the third time and Mom just let go of the wheel and said, 'God, I can't do it.'
"Only Mom could have done this, but she rolled the Blazer and the camper in a way that she was off the road. Thank goodness nobody was in the camper. It would have killed them instantly."
Everybody was OK, but they went to the hospital just to be checked out.
"I remember my friend and I crying, 'We're not going to the horse show now, are we?' But we actually got to go."
Something special happened one summer night in 1999, at an event appropriately called Creation that she was attending with her mother and some high school friends.
"I'm a very strong Christian. The very first night I stood up with a friend of mine. I was resaved, reborn. My faith was renewed that night.
"A lot of friends didn't understand what it meant to be in church. I was friends with everybody, from the poorest to the richest kids. And I always knew I was safe. I had friends with the weapons and had friends who knew the people who had the weapons." She laughs again.
"I've always had a part of church in me. I knew probably that with everything that was going on, I could always have somebody to turn to."
Her laughter stops as she wipes away some unexpected tears.
Her mom and dad divorced when she was 2, and she has been more or less estranged from her dad and brother.
"My brother is 16 years older than I am and we never related real well. With my father especially I always had to be tough. I knew that I could always turn to my mom but I could never turn to my brother or my father.
"In 1999, Mom had surgery for fluid around her heart. When she was going in for surgery, she looked at me and said, 'I don't know if I'm going to make it.' I always knew that if I had God in my life, everything could go to hell and back, that there was somebody I could turn to."
In church she's found a family that she wouldn't have otherwise.
"With the church, it never mattered what you looked like or how much money you had or where you came from or who you associated with. They always loved you.
"I know my brother had been in a lot of trouble. When I started high school, I had an instructor look at me and say, 'I hope you're not like what your brother was.'
"I never realized how people can judge you like that. I'd never been compared with him until that time."
White is now president of the United Methodist Women at her church, the youngest president in the state. She's making some changes in the organization, small ones, nothing too radical.
"Our first program was a covered-dish dinner. We always had dinners, but not covered dish. There were only 20-some people, but we had enough food to feed 50."
The group is working on producing a church cookbook. She also wants to set up a church book club. She's also working on writing two novels.
This year's Mother's Day dinner was a change from the norm, too.
"It's usually a mother-daughter thing. But I invited everybody. That meant mother-daughter, mother-son ... everybody. I didn't care. A couple of people thought it only should be for mothers and daughters. I don't care who came in the door. It was food and it was just a time for gathering.
"I love the interaction of the younger generation and the older generation."
When she first joined the church, she didn't really know what the organization was all about.
"I knew we cooked and we raised money." She laughs.
"We always have fund-raisers for something. A lot of the ladies, when we went to Anaheim, they said, 'We'll just have another bake sale.'" She laughs more.
The UMW helps missions in the area, such as Scott's Run Settlement House in Morgantown, Heart and Hand in Philippi, and HOPE Inc. in Fairmont. UMW also helps missions in China, Cuba, Africa and Austria.
She's also active as a board member of the Wesley Foundation at Fairmont State.
"The Wesley Foundation is a good organization. We help with spaghetti dinners (to raise money to help students). There's that food and fund-raising again!"
The foundation is also offering free soup and sandwiches for lunch on Thursdays.
She returned last week from the Assembly of United Methodist Women held May 4-7 in Anaheim, Calif. The three-day meeting is held every four years, with the next in St. Louis.
With the theme "Rise! Shine! Glorify God!" the event brought together thousands of women from all areas of the church and society to confront them with areas of critical need and concern, to challenge them to responsible action and to help achieve a sense of unity in worship and in mission.
White had a scholarship to go. But to get there, she had to fly. Not something she likes to do ... or had even done before.
"It was very nerve-wracking. I'd never flown. A friend had never flown before, either, but she was cool with it. She just looked out the window and was fine.
"We get in the air and I started praying. 'Just let us land OK, at the right spot, at the right time.' Then we had a layover in Missouri. Once I got in the air, I was OK.
"I was more worried to leave my mom than anything. She had (a medical condition) and just had surgery on her teeth for infection."
Not all Christians are understanding, she says. Some are downright hypocritical, as she found out at the assembly.
When she got a wash-off tattoo or bought some, she was greeted with icy stares and Bible quotes.
"I've got a close friend who knows somebody in what's called the biker church ... a biker who preaches. He has more tattoos.
"And I wanted to ring home a bottle of California wine, whether I drank it or not. The ladies I was staying with couldn't understand."
She enjoys her life in church, she says.
"I've always been able to relate to people. In high school, I had a friend who was Catholic, one who was Protestant, one who was Methodist and one who was atheist. He'd always talk to me. One friend started preaching to him. He said, 'Can you make her stop?' I said, 'I can try.'" She laughs again.
"When we graduated, he actually started going to a church.
"But I never preach to anybody. I try to explain my circumstances or my experiences. They have to make their own choice."
E-mail Debra Minor Wilson at firstname.lastname@example.com.