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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Painting in the Garden
The most exciting thing happened on Tuesday and I have been waiting all week to share it with you! A local artist asked if she and her art association could come paint our gardens and barn. I was so honored and thrilled! Not only do I love gardening but I love art. As a former curator, a studio and art history major, this was a dream morning for me. I took this picture from the attic window.
This artist first painted the garden and then moved on to a second painting of the barn. She included an amazing level of detail.
Heather Karp, painted this beautiful little gem of a painting depicting our garden and barn. And amazingly, she gave it to me! I couldn't believe it. I will treasure it always. She said it would take two weeks to dry. Once it has dried, we will frame it and hang it in our home to admire and enjoy, especially in the snow covered winter!
This was her perspective while painting. It was such a wonderful feeling to see the artists enjoying the yard and painting such beautiful paintings. You had better believe that I invited them back. I hope that they will take me up on it!
In other gardening related news, the kids and I decided to raise some Painted Lady butterflies this year and they emerged from their chrysalises on Monday.
A couple of hours after we released them, my son was playing with his remote control truck, giving some plastic animals a trip around the yard, when one of the butterflies landed in the truck! It stayed there for quite awhile (he stopped driving it). Doesn't it fit right in with the plastic figures? This picture makes me laugh.
If you'd like to link up blog posts about your gardens (fruit or veggie) do so below!
All About Linen
Finally, I found time to print my Vintage Collection screenprint in all three colorways on natural linen! I know it has taken awhile and there have been people waiting and I apologize. It's been a busy summer and we have just had a hot spell that made lots of heat setting with an iron seem really unappealing!
This is the first time I have printed Vintage Collection in orange on linen and I just love it.
I've been sold out of My Happy Place screenprint on linen for awhile too. This time, I printed it on 100% linen suiting in sand. It's just a touch lighter in color than the oatmeal colored linen and makes the print pop. The pictures really don't do it justice. The weight is a bit more substantial too and I think it would be great for pouches and bags.
All these prints are available in limited quantities in my shop.
If you have an Etsy shop, you know what a thrill it is to be included in a treasury. I've had the pleasure of being in a few lately and I wanted to share them with you because it's so fun to see how people group items!
Kitchen Towel Happiness
Royal Blue Home
Inspired by Sky and Sea
Lots and Lots of Phlox
In more exciting news, Penny from sewtakeahike finished up her amazing Dresden plate for her Ringo Pie bee and has included my Vintage Collection fabric! I am really excited about that as she told me that it would take her a long time to find the perfect project. Instead, she found one right away! I love to see my prints being used!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Blueberry Ice Cream
The kids and I gave my husband an ice cream maker for Father's Day. Since then, he's been making ice cream non stop. I went from never buying heavy cream to buying it on a weekly basis. This week, we went blueberry picking and he made blueberry ice cream with this recipe. Isn't it the prettiest color?
He makes pancakes, french toast, pizzelles, chocolate drop cookies, and now, ice cream. Heaven help us if we ever need to rely on him for "real" food though!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Duck Soup Complete
My little 35" square baby tumbler quilt is complete. I am calling it Duck Soup after the children's book by that same name, and of course the fat quarter bundle of Red Letter Day with all its adorable duck prints that inspired this quilt. I started with those fabrics and then added a little of this, a little of that, till I eeked out the 180 tumblers needed to get to baby quilt size.
I used my Go!Baby with the tumbler die to cut the fabrics for this quilt. I have to say that I was a little frustrated because a number of them didn't cut all the way through. Accuquilt suggested that perhaps I needed a new cutting mat but I had only used it to cut enough pieces for my Drunkard's Path pillow so that didn't seem right. I did find that it cut its best with about 4 layers of fabric. Fewer actually didn't cut as well. Even though I needed to snip many pieces after they were cut, the Go!Baby we still a major time saver. Also, the little notches on the edges of the tumblers made them very easy to match up. All my tumbler seams lined up with little effort.
I arranged the tumblers 15 wide and 12 long. I then layered my quilt top and batting with right sides together to the backing and stitched around the perimeter, leaving an opening to turn. Then I quilted with straight lines 1/4" from each seam. It was easy to do with a small quilt but would have been unpleasant on a larger scale!
What's my favorite thing about this quilt? Why this series of pictures...I asked my son to help me by holding the quilt but then his sisters wanted in on it too:
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Monday, July 25, 2011
For Krista
Krista, this one's for you!
Krista and I arranged for a private swap. We've been talking about it for a year now. At that time, I set aside this pink and grey quilting process silkscreen panel. She requested a mini quilt made with these colors for my end of the deal. Soon after, I set aside the fabric I had left over from binding my yellow and grey Lady of the Lake quilt because she strongly hinted at how perfect that binding would look on a certain pink and grey mini.
I asked Krista to tell me her favorite quilt block but she couldn't settle on one, so I took a different route. I made 3 blocks finishing at 3" square each. The first is a Canadian maple leaf since Krista lives in Vancouver.
Then I fussy cut the word "Poppy" from some seed packet fabric I have since Krista's blog is named "Poppyprint."
The next block is called Massachusetts, after my home state. I have to say that it was very fiddly to make this small!
The final block is the friendship block.
I am so grateful for the many friendships that I have gained thanks to blogging. While I haven't met you (yet) Krista, I consider you a great friend and I hope you will enjoy seeing this little quilt in your sewing room. It'll be on its way this afternoon. The ball is in your court...I am looking forward to my thread catcher!
I just wanted to mention that I only have two quilting process mini quilt kits left in my shop. I am not printing any more at this time but may again in the future. I am also considering revising the design a bit.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Hazy, Hot and Humid
Hazy, hot and humid describes this past week quite well. Unbearable comes to mind too. It's been in the 90s even reaching 100 degrees. I know from comments to my garden posts that many of you suffer from this sort of weather all the time so I am unlikely to get any sympathy! I am not used to it though, and neither are my plants. They are looking a little stressed right now. We also now have watering restrictions in place that are likely to become more strict in the next few weeks.
The good news is that these garden phlox (above) bloom even when not watered, phew. See the little sunroom in the background? That's where I sew!
These Black Eyed Susans are blooming in my kitchen cutting garden now. They are such a simple flower but so cheery.
I have a few new flowers blooming this week, such as my balloon flower. But mainly, the daylily show continues.
I forget the name of this pretty ruffled yellow one.
This is Little Fantastic. It's a miniature daylily and I was taken by its name. It might have something to do with the fact that I am only 5 feet tall. I love to see the words "little" and "fantastic" combined.
This is Wine Delight. It's such a pretty color.
And finally, Prissy Petticoats. The names get me every time.
If you'd like to share pictures of your gardens, please link up!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Hoop Up Your Vintage Collection!
First off, the disclaimer, this was not my idea! It was Linda's idea. She is a great supporter of my print making ventures and has purchased my Vintage Collection in each of the three colors. She mentioned that she was thinking of hanging them in hoops in her kitchen. What a marvelous idea! I thought it would be a great idea to share with you. It's another idea for those who are hesitant to cut into the handprinted material. It's not too stressful because you can get it all in the hoop and just the way you want it before trimming, minimizing the chances of making a mistake.
When I made mine, I backed the print with a layer of 100% cotton white and warm batting and a layer of Essex cotton/linen blend for a bit of body. It makes them feel more substantial. I also painted the wooden hoops to match the prints.
If you don't want to make your own but would like to hang them in your kitchen, I put one set in the shop. I will not be putting more in the shop in different color combinations. I just made this set up for inspiration!
I also wanted to mention that from time to time I will be adding "seconds" to my shop. They will be mainly tea towels with slight flaws, not noticeable to most but enough to bother me. Check my listings and you will see "SECOND" in the title. They are really a bargain. You get a three dollar discount for a pinhead sized touch of ink along the hemline, for example. One second just sold but there is one more in the shop at the moment. Bargain hunters, keep checking!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
It's Seam Ripper Day
Yes! It's the much anticipated seam ripper day here at During Quiet Time. It appears that my husband's seam rippers are in high demand!
He has made 11 more. There would have been an even dozen but the purple crush seam ripper cracked. These have been listed in my shop.
I have been asked how Mark turns the seam rippers. He purchases rectangular shaped acrylic blanks. They are very blah looking and the beautiful patterns and designs do not start to appear until he begins turning them. He uses his 1980s Craftsman lathe and a scary sharp blade to shape the blanks into a seam ripper handle shape.
Then he sands and polishes them, resulting in the beautiful shiny finish. The metal hardware is then inserted. Ta da, you have a most attractive seam ripper that will add a little joy to your seam ripping frustrations.
edited to add: I was asked to post a picture of what a closed seam ripper looks like. Here you go!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
It's Official
It's official, my Doll Quilt Swap 11 quilt is now complete. I had a little fun adding the required label to the back of the quilt. I made a magic carpet to coordinate with the 1001 Peeps fabric. I tied little knots along the edges with two colors of embroidery floss to create fringe. After taking this picture, I added "made for" and my secret partner's name. The front of the quilt is very geometric and precise and the back is whimsical and fun. I like the contrast!
Monday, July 18, 2011
DQS 11 Completed
I finished up my doll quilt swap quilt. It measures just 12" square, each block finishing at 3" It's an alternating pattern of churn dash blocks (a request from my partner) and chimney and cornerstone blocks (my addition). I found the inspiration in this Amish quilt. I was fond of the design but not the colors. I wanted a more modern look and to incorporate several of the colors on my partner's wish list.
I settled on diagonal lines through the centers of each block for quilting.
I used some Castle Towers in Turquoise from 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House for a touch of whimsy on the back. The binding is Kona Pepper to help make the little diagonal lines of squares pop. All it needs now is a label and then to wait for mailing day! I hope my partner likes it.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Daylily Heaven
It's daylily heaven around here. I counted and I have 18 varieties of daylilies in bloom right now! I will share just a few of them today. (That's June Melody above.)
Becky Sharp
Addie Branch Smith
Green Flutter
Wine Delight
I can't remember the name on this one. I will check and edit this in the morning.
Garden Phlox are just beginning to bloom. One of my favorite linocuts of all time was inspired by this flower.
This is my "Garden Phlox" handprinted linocut on fabric.
Here is a fun close up of the globe thistle.
This is a bluish dianthus from my aunt. It's quite the unique color. I have a problem with this plant though where it always flops in the middle. I can't figure out why. It doesn't seem to be a water issue. Sometimes our cats will sit in plants and that could be it though I have never seen them in this plant. Does anyone have this trouble with dianthus?
This is my favorite of all the ornamental grasses that I have met so far. It's called Karley Rose. It's pretty right into the fall.
I love this mix of colors here; fucshia, dark wine and golden yellow.
On the obelisk, I am growing a neat bean with purple pods. I will save the seeds and plant them next year because it's the most successful climbing vine I have had yet in this spot.
I hope you will link up this week and share your garden pictures!
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I've mentioned that I want to practice playing Jeopardy! standing up, in an attempt to mimic what it's like on the show. Well, check this out:
I got it at Walmart, and for only $15! Now I can keep track of my Coryat, keep notes for the blog, and play standing up. I think it is even light enough for me to take home each time I go, when I can play a whole bunch of recorded weekend episodes. I wish I'd known this thing existed sooner. The only minor (I hope) problem is that it's low enough that it makes my back hurt when I try to write.
Today's contestants:
Balaji Narain |
Jennifer Dockter (yet another stay-at-home mother, and a PhD!) |
Gabor Vari (a psychiatrist!) |
I was also excited about some of the categories today, including the very first one revealed: Car Talk. I bought a car in August, and my dad gave me some books about car care (at my request). I just read a couple of them (they're small) last week. I got all three clues right that were revealed, but time ran out and two were left covered.
I was also sweeping Libros en Espanol when Gabor found the Daily Double there. He had 1400, Balaji had 0, and Jennifer had -600. Gabor wagered everything on this clue: "A bestselling memoir: 'Come, Reza, Ama.'" I had the order of the words wrong at first, but I fixed it before Gabor gave his correct response. I would've swept the category, but I said "The Mouse on the Motorcycle" instead of "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" on this clue: "Beverly Cleary: 'El Ratoncito de la Moto.'"
By the first break, I had clammed on one, negged on one, and gotten the rest right. Jennifer gave a fist-pump and a "whoo-hoo" that she got out of the hole on the clue before the break. She had 0, though, while Balaji had 1600 and Gabor had 5600.
What did you think of Balaji's story about sleeping three nights in an airport terminal? That seems cruel of the airline to me. But anyway, I'd pay what I had to. Three nights in an airport? No, thanks!
I liked Gabor's story of Hungarians thinking he was mentally challenged because of his American accent.
Now, remember how I've been talking about reading the books that Best Adapted Screenplay winners were based on? And the first selection was Accidental Billionaires and The Social Network? Well, how about this clue today in Million Dollar: "This co-founder of Facebook agreed to donate $100 million to Newark Public Schools." I'm pretty sure I'd have gotten it right anyway, but I just finished the book last week!
At the end of the Jeopardy round, Balaji had 1600, Gabor had 10000, and Jennifer had 5000.
The Double Jeopardy round started well for me: World Geography! Normally this would elicit a groan from me, but I'd just been looking at a globe today and yesterday while answering geography clues in a Trivial Pursuit book. I would up clamming on 4 and only getting 1 right, but there should've been more (of course).
Jennifer said "Awesome!" when she found the first Daily Double, in If You Can Read This. She had 8600, Gabor had 10800, and Balaji still had 1600. Jennifer wagered 3000 on this clue: "If you can read this, you know this ancient language of the Bhagavad Gita, but may have trouble keeping up your conversation skills." Jennifer said "All right!" when ruled correct.
Mr. Trebek gave the "less-than-a-minute-to-go" warning just before Gabor uncovered the second Daily Double, in Prime Ministers of Great Britain. He had 21200, Balaji had 6000, and Jennifer had 17200. Gabor wagered 2000 on this clue: "This early 1830s PM lives on in the name of a popular tea." Gabor and I got it right.
Two clues were left covered again this round. Balaji ended with 6000, Gabor with 23600, and Jennifer with 17200. To complete the awesome category day, the final one was Classic Games! This was the clue: "Monopoly creator Charles Darrow's sole quote in 'The Yale Book of Quotations' includes this 3-digit number." Mr. Trebek said, "This should be a piece of cake for anyone who has played games." But I didn't get it right, and I'm a game-lover. Gabor and Jennifer both got it right. Balaji lost everything. Jennifer added 16000 to her score, but Gabor wagered enough with 10801. We'll see him tomorrow!
My Coryat today was 27000. Balaji's was 6000. Gabor's was 21800, and Jennifer's was 15800.
Recent Coryats:
10-20: Jay Peterson 14400 Jessie Christensen 14800 Lloyd Caesar 12600 Me 19800
10-21: Balaji Narain 16600 Heather Anstaett 8800 Jay Peterson 17800 Me 24400
10-24: Laura Bulkin 15400 Francisco Maldonado-Ramirez 13400 Balaji Narain 8800 Me 28400


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JOPLIN - John Iver Fusk, 85, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, when he was struck by a railroad train while walking into Joplin.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial will follow in the Joplin Cemetery.
John was born May 23, 1920, on the family homestead in the Alma community north of Joplin to Peter and Olianna (Gotsvosli) Fusk. John grew up on the farm and received his formal education at the nearby Tingdahl country school.
John helped on the family farm for a few years, then began working as a ranch hand for various farmers in the north Joplin community. In the 1950s, he moved to White Sulphur Springs, where he worked as a lumberjack and rancher for many years. John retired in 1985 and continued to live in White Sulphur Springs. In 1996, he moved back to Joplin to be closer to his family.
Although his eyesight and hearing had failed him in recent
years, John's physical health remained relatively good. He attributed this good health to his daily walks in and around Joplin. No matter the weather, these treks totaled 15-20 miles each day. On Friday afternoon, John was finishing a walk north into Joplin on State Highway 224. Although the railroad crossing warning apparatus was operational, John apparently believed he could get across the tracks before the arrival of a westbound freight train. He was struck by the train and died instantly.
In addition to his love of walking, John enjoyed gopher hunting. During his quiet time at home, he enjoyed reading, word-search puzzles and braiding bailing twine ropes. He was an avid fan of the Paul Harvey radio show and he enjoyed several news and game shows on television. After he retired, he kept busy shoveling walks and supplying firewood to many of the widow ladies in White Sulphur Springs. After moving back to the Hi-Line, he enjoyed his daily coffee breaks at the Joplin Bar or an occasional lunch at the senior citizens center in Chester. Although John enjoyed people, he was a little eccentric and appreciated his quiet, private life. He was proud of the fact that he had been a member of A.A. for the past 20 plus years.
John was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Harold and Donald Fusk, and nephew, Walter Bilden.
Survivors include his sister, Alice Bilden of Havre; brother, Cliff Fusk of Port Angeles, Wash.; nieces, Pat Meldrum, Janet Bilden, Christine Sapp, Debbie Dees and Ellie Keeley; and nephews, Whitey Bilden and Leonard Fusk.
Undesignated memorials will be given to the Bethel Church in Joplin.
Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel of Chester.


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The stone rejected by the builders has becomethe cornerstone.-- Psalm 118:22
Mass readings: Acts 4:8-12 / 1 John 3:1-2 / John 10:11-18
In spite of my attraction to the holy cards and illustrations of Jesus tenderly embracing His sheep, I can't fully grasp the concept: Jesus' complete and abandoned love for His beloved. Today's second reading -- ''we are God's children now'' -- moves me toward understanding. We have a sense of what it means to be a parent, to look after one's own. It's likely not difficult for us to conceptualize the type of selfless, constant love that parenting requires. While we can't literally put ourselves in God's situation, we understand the idea of being willing to give our life for our own child.
This is the love that the Father has for each of us. It is not something we can earn, or win, or work for. It simply is! We are God's children now.
Prayer: Thank you, Heavenly Father, for claiming me as Your own.
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So I just spent the last couple of weeks in the hospital, and can say that after that long the place feels like prison!!! On the real downside though, my internet is going to be disconnected for a couple of months or so... so my physical withdrawal symptoms should set in at any moment! Hope everyone is doing well... I'll see you all again when my internet is up and running permanently.
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An Introduction to Using Linux as a Multipurpose Firewall
We currently have a Linux PC, connected in the middle of two networks. It can see both, and both can see it. The PC is also wide open with all the default ports turned on. We want to restrict this as much as possible. People are always looking for new ways of breaking into systems. The more we lock down this firewall to the outside, the less vulnerable we are to attacks. Nothing is perfect, and the only true way to be sure people are kept out is to unplug your Ethernet connection when you are not there. Since that's undesirable for most of us, this is the next best thing.
What needs to be done now is disabling all services we don't need. If you are making this a true firewall, you can disable almost everything except TELNET and FTP, and these two will be limited to ports from only inside your LAN and trusted outside IP addresses.
The file /etc/inetd.conf, as shown in Listing 3, is where these ports are configured. This file affects traffic terminating at the firewall, not passing through it. Disabling something like POP3 or IMAP is acceptable, since when you go to get your mail from a PC inside your network, this traffic will pass through the firewall (but not stop) on its way to your ISP's POP3 or IMAP mail server.
Remember, the more ports and addresses you choose to leave open, the more closely you will need to watch your firewall for break-in attempts. We have left TELNET and FTP open, so we'll want to restrict the originating IP addresses on both networks to those we want to let in.
This is done by editing the files /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. By editing these files, you can deny access to everyone except a few specific addresses or range of addresses, or you can allow everyone in by default and disable problem IP addresses down the road when you discover unwanted access from those points. If this is the case, be sure to watch your system logs closely. See the "Setting Services" sidebar for more details. In one sense, we could have left inetd.conf alone and restricted people from those ports via the /etc/hosts.deny table; however, it is always best to lock down ports in multiple ways.
By default, most UNIX systems do not allow root to log in from anywhere but the console. If your system is not set up that way, it should be. You will at least want to slow down someone who might want in your system. If they can't log in directly as root, this is an additional security benefit. Check the file /etc/securetty. In Red Hat 6.0, look for pty1, pty2, etc. entries in the table. In Slackware, look for ttyp0, ttyp1, etc. entries in the table. If these entries are in place, root login is allowed on those TELNET ttys; therefore, remove the entries. The other remaining entries in the table cover your various consoles and serial ports.
Since you can't log in remotely as root and you do not have a console with a monitor and keyboard, it would be best to add a second user to the firewall to ensure you can "su to root" to do work on the firewall.
useradd -g 100 -d /home/USER -s /bin/tcsh -c\ 'YOURNAME' USER passwd USER
The -g controls which group this user will belong to. In this example, 100 was used, as this is the user's group in Red Hat 6.0. If this does not work for you, check out /etc/group to find a suitable group. YOURNAME is whatever you want to put in the Name field of the user account, and USER is the ID chosen for the user, i.e., I may choose to use jeff as my ID.
In a small system, the only processes we want running are ones that pertain to the operation of the firewall. This means disabling processes: all but one or two consoles, Sendmail and anything else you don't need. You can see what is running right now by typing:
ps -xa
To keep Sendmail from starting next time, you will need to move or edit the file where it starts. Linux usually starts up in runlevel 3. In Red Hat 6.0, you can check that by looking at /etc/inittab and looking for the line that reads id:3:initdefault:. The 3 indicates runlevel 3. Therefore, in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, there is a file called S80sendmail. Move this file to 80sendmail, as follows:
mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S80sendmail\ /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/80sendmail
Some programs like elm require that sendmail be running to operate properly. This opens up a potential hole to to the outside world since it also means port 25 will be open to possible attacks and possibly even mail relaying—allowing others on the Internet to use your firewall to send out spam mail. Turning off port 25 access is the easiest way to prevent this problem. Other solutions can be found at http://www.sendmail.org/.
In Slackware, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.M and change the line:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q15m
/usr/sbin/sendmail -bm -q15m
In Red Hat 6.0, edit /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S80sendmail and change the line:
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bm) \
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Wall Street a faceplant for skiers? Utah resorts say a cautious no - hope for big season [Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune]
October 27, 2008
Resorts test out snow-saving blanketThe people in Utah's ski industry are fretting, naturally, about what the economic maelstrom will do to business this winter.
But there is an underlying confidence that if any place in the country is positioned to weather the onslaught, it is Utah.
The main reasons - location and snow.
More than ever, the ease of getting from Salt Lake City International Airport to numerous Wasatch Front resorts is expected to be inviting to visitors more likely to shorten their stays than to cancel their beloved ski vacation altogether.
Having a big metropolitan area within a short drive of these ski areas also provides access to lodging of every price range, a luxury not shared by many resort towns courting thriftier-than-usual visitors. "You can't stay at the Motel 6 Aspen," quipped Ski Utah President Nathan Rafferty.
When it comes to snow, no ski region in the country can match the dependable consistency of Wasatch Mountain accumulations. A 700-inch season may be a rarity, but it's a snow total Utah ski marketers can cite legitimately wherever they go. And among the diehard ski community, it's well known that the leanest winter in Utah would be the best year some places have ever had.
"Our ski product is eminently saleable," said Rafferty, whose organization serves as the marketing arm of the state's 13 resorts and their extended $1 billion-a-year industry.
"The ski industry is going to have a tough time. Nobody knows how hard it will be, and I don't think anyone is immune," he acknowledged. "But we have options that other destinations don't have."
Rafferty is not alone in his restrained, somewhat hopeful, confidence.
Joni Dykstra, who handles marketing for the venerable Alta Lodge, said bookings actually are ahead of last year at this time (and it turned out to be a good year). "We have a great brand and a rich tradition and loyal guests," she said.
Bookings have been slower than usual at Utah Vacation Homes, which has economical-through-luxury lodgings around Salt Lake City and Park City. But assistant general manager Robyn Orme said her company expected that, given all the losses on Wall Street. The decline isn't a major reason for concern yet, she added, especially because ski people increasingly book late, waiting until snow conditions dictate when to travel.
"Past years have shown that snow trumps all," Orme said.
Her competitor over at Wasatch Front Ski Accommodations, Gayleen Johanson, sees things similarly. "I would have expected some kind of slowdown, but I haven't seen it," she said. "I'm seeing that people want fewer days. But if people are avid skiers, they're going to find the money to come out and ski."
Like most Utah resorts, Snowbird depends extensively on locals to make ends meet. So even before the bottom fell out of the stock market, resort officials determined that the deteriorating economy warranted more discount deals to entice Utahns to take up the slack from destination visitor losses.
The price of a young adult pass was cut from $1,000 to $625. A package for a family of four went from $2,500 to $2,000. Some early season lodging rates were lowered to $99 per night. That approach has helped to soften the blow, said Snowbird spokesman Jared Ishkanian.
"Bookings are slightly down, and Snowbird is certainly feeling a small effect of the bigger conditions on Wall Street," he said. "The good thing is that season pass sales are up. . . .We have a strong local pool of skiers. We're just trying to respond to difficult economic times, trying to make it as affordable as we can."
Other Utah resorts also are offering plenty of deals.
Resorts will need every edge they can get in what promises to be a highly competitive environment, the likes of which "none of us has ever seen before," said Ralf Garrison, organizer of last week's Mountain Travel Symposium for the hospitality industry.
"The storm clouds are a'coming," he said, noting that advance reservations in the Rocky Mountain states are 9 percent off last year's pace. In addition, "the [nightly] rate is down 2 percent, for the first time in recent memory."
Garrison's featured speaker was Peter Yesawich, chairman and CEO of Ypartnership, a marketing, advertising and public relations agency serving travel, leisure, hospitality and entertainment clients.
Addressing an online audience on a day in which the Dow Jones index plummeted 733 points, Yesawich said he was "deeply concerned about the short-term impact of what's happening in the markets now."
To survive the immediate crunch, he advised resorts to develop inducements for potential clients whose tightening finances leave them strapped for time and actively seeking the best deals they can get.
"Even more-affluent travelers will be far more value sensitive in the year ahead," he said. "They don't want to overpay. And people are now armed with the most important technology in commerce, the Internet, to make sure they don't overpay."
Yesawich's message also reinforced the importance of the accessibility issue highlighted throughout Utah's ski promotions.
"As we become more time impoverished, the radius of marketing efficiency is contracting. The maximum travel time is four to six hours, driving or flying," he said. "If people only have four days, and it takes a day to get there and a day to get back, that destination goes off the list."
Brian Head Resort is emphasizing proximity in its promotional campaign in Las Vegas, its primary source of visitors. The drive to the southwestern Utah resort is much shorter than it is to anywhere in California, said Brian Head spokesman Bob Whitelaw.
"As long as we can get that good snow, especially early in the season, and get people excited that we have everything open, people will come," he predicted.
Mindful of the time and money constrictions facing its target audience, the Utah Office of Tourism and its private-sector partners are poised to unleash their advertising campaigns on Nov. 5, the day after the presidential election.
In ads on national cable channels and in the all-important Los Angeles market, Utah's main theme will be, "You don't waste any time getting on the slopes," said Tourism Office managing director Leigh von der Esch.
Just as importantly, the campaign will emphasize "more value per mile," she added. "No doubt the economy is on everyone's minds. That's why it behooves us to show that you can get the family vacation you expect, and the value, in Utah."
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Hello everyone! In an attempt to post more personal stuff on my blog, I am starting a new feature called Thursday Thoughts, where each Thursday I'll chat about recent happenings, things that I think are funny, personal stories and photos, and anything exciting that is going on in my world. I will also include some things that I approve of, and some things that have induced strong dislike on my part :)
Here we go!
This past weekend, a group of friends and I took our annual trip up to Big Bear. Basically we rent a big cabin and then spend the next three days skiing, snowboarding, being lazy, and just generally hanging around. This trip, the popular thing to do was to play
Words With Friends
on our iPhones. It is VERY similar to Scrabble but with a slightly different board and it also has a chat feature :) You might think that this is lame (and actually a certain contingent of our members did too), and I'll admit that there was more than one time when 9 of us sat in a room and played one another on this game. BUT, it is FUN! By the end of the trip, even the haters were on board. You should download this app--it's quite addictive!
At the end of the trip, it started snowing. I mean, REALLY snowing, to the point where there were near white-out conditions at some points. We decided after our cabin lost power and the forecast called for 2-4 feet of snow to make a run for it while we still could. I kind of wanted to be snowed in for a week, but with some of us having weddings this Saturday, we played it safe and headed back. Here's a quick little photo of the view as we left--you can see Candice running down the stairs like a pack mule--we left rather abruptly :):
Here's the view of the road as we made our way through town-Michael drove very carefully and we made it home safe and sound, in plenty of time for a little poker game:
I received some photos back from the lab that I shot for fun over Christmas vacation this week! I had forgotten that I shot these, so they were fun to see. Here's one of Jeff's dad reading the Christmas story to the kids on Christmas Eve, before opening gifts:
We gave Aly a princess tent, which made Jeff really happy too. I don't really like to play princesses as much as he does, so he and Aly are quite a good match in that respect:
Kids somehow know that Jeff is just one of them:
We also made a visit to my Dad and Ruth, and while we were there I convinced my step-sister Liana to drag her baby out in the snow so I could snap a few photos. Maya wasn't sure what to think of it at first:
Once she was with her mom though, she seemed to think it was fun!
In other news, I reached 10,000 twitter followers today!
My goal is to increase that to 25000 over the next 2 years, so if you don't follow my Twitter yet, you can find it here:
Here's what else is on my mind:
-I need to take down the remainder of my Christmas decorations. I was trying to pass them off as "winter", but it's time for them to go, seriously.
-I'm annoyed at all the drama over the PDN "Influential" list. I do not think I deserve to be on it, but I am sad about all the nastiness it seemed to bring forward
-I went to the Utterly Engaged party last night, even though I swore off networking parties over the past few years and it was so FUN!
-A new PINK POLKA DOT cover is being launched in the Shootsacâ"¢ Newsletter tomorrow! If you want to receive it and snag a new cover,
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-I love s'mores. So much.
-Cyndie Norwood always beats me at Words With Friends. She is scary good at it.
-Jeff is awesome
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At first blush, the DeMeco Ryans trade has a lot to like. A lot. He was a Pro Bowler in 2007 and 2009 and AP defensive rookie of the year in 2006. Playing as a true middle linebacker in the 4-3 early in his career, he recorded more than 100 tackles each season. Equally importantly, according to reporters in Houston, he was a leader who ran the defense from the middle, something the Eagles sorely lacked last season. Jamar Chaney gave it a go as the commander in the huddle, but when trying to organize stars like Trent Cole, Jason Babin and Asante Samuel, he doesn't have the same kind of credentials as a former Pro Bowler.


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Someone that defy common sense and most laws of reality.
Someone to take back the night.
More from the article behind the cut.
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"Unbeknownst to DC Comics, a new sequel to The Dark Knight Returns is unfolding in the Brazilian city of Taubaté. Police have recruited 50-year-old military retiree and local Batman impersonator André Luiz Pinheiro to patrol crime-ridden neighborhoods.
And unlike other fictional superheroes who have made the jump to the corporeal realm — such as the Washington Deadpool — the gutsy Taubaté Batman will be on the beat in dangerous neighborhoods. According to the Brazilian news site O Vale, Pinheiro will hopefully become an approachable presence in these troubled communities and act as a recognizable beacon for lost children."
A grown man with military training walking around an actual crime ridden neighborhood, fighting crime and reconnecting with the citizens.
In full Batman costume.
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I am standing up and applauding this man and the sheer balls/guts it takes to bear the Mantle of the Bat, and yet sad that a community has become so desperate the Bat-signal has to be used.
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The complaint asserted that Mr. Chais was a primary beneficiary of the Ponzi scheme for at least 30 years, reaping annual returns on his family accounts that averaged 40 percent and were sometimes as high as 300 percent, The New York Times' Diana B. Henriques reports.
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I received your late letter in due time. You seem to be of opinion to defer to a future period the commencement of direct taxation. I acknowledge I am inclined to lay gently hold of it now. Leaders of the opposite party favor it now, perhaps, with no good design. But it will be well to take them while in the humor, and make them share the responsibility. This will be the more easy as they are inclined to take the lead. Our external affairs are so situated, that it seems to me indispensable to open new springs of revenue, and press forward our little naval preparation, and be ready for augmenting it. But, on the whole, I have always leaned to the opinion that half a million from direct taxes was not enough to begin with, nor should I have proposed more.
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How many electronic voting machines can dance on the head of a pin?
That's nearly how arcane today's raging, almost theological, arguments among progressives have become over the lost 2004 election. The debates continue over such admittedly worthy issues as whether the GOP's evil minions literally stole the election in Ohio from John Kerry in 2004, and if the blame for Kerry's loss was due mostly to his bungled campaign, rigged voting machines or voting suppression efforts that targeted black and low-income voters.
But these internal debates don't do anything to fight flaws in our nation's patchwork election system that threaten to rob millions of Americans of the right to vote in the upcoming November election—and weren't remedied by last week's House passage of the Voting Rights Act. Fortunately, we don't have to limit ourselves to wringing our hands, filing lawsuits against voting-machine companies, hoping for sweeping federal reforms or, as author Mark Crispin Miller says, "Going Ukraine" if the Republicans hold on to Congress.
Instead, there are a host of concrete steps you can take up through Election Day to keep votes from being robbed—and admirable national and local groups (see resources here) you can join to help prevent the sort of meltdowns that happened in Ohio in 2004.
Why is election reform—a key element of initiatives by MoveOn.org, Common Cause and People for the American Way, among others—so important? It's not just that it promotes fair voting and democracy. It's also essential for Democrats' hopes of winning back either house of Congress this year, especially in any close elections. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who knows a thing or two about gaining power, put the issue at the top of her speech at the Take Back America progressive conference last month: "The Republicans have absolutely no interest in changing the way we vote, in holding the machine makers responsible, in having a verified paper trail, in eliminating conflicts of interest [of partisan election officials]…" She noted that voting reform isn't going to pass Congress this year and urged, "So until we get back a Democratic Congress, we have to hold local and state officials accountable…Make sure you do everything you can in the next several months so we don't have a repeat of what happened in Ohio, what happened in Florida."
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Similar, if not always as comprehensive, limitations on voting rights are at work in other states, experts say, including Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Missouri, Indiana and Arizona. And under the guise of stopping voting fraud (in truth, quite rare), such states are basically saying, "They don't trust voters," observes Spencer Overton, a George Washington University law professor and author of the important new book, Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression.
In addition, 17 states are at risk of having unaccountable voting results because they use machines without voter-verified paper records (VVPR) and don't require manual audits of voting machine results, Common Cause reports. But thanks to groups such as Verified Voting, 28 states—representing a majority of American voters—now require VVPR. But that's still no guarantee of secure voting, because an authoritative report last month by New York University's Brennan Center for Justice found that all electronic machines, even those with paper trails, are vulnerable to hacking and need to be audited.
Even though the House last week passed a reauthorized Voting Rights Act, a variety of disturbing anti-voter trends are likely to limit voting rights as surely as 60's-era Southern thugs and politicians blocking African-American voters at the courthouse door. They range from sloppy oversight of flawed machines to penalizing voter registration drives. "We're going in the opposite direction [of the Voting Rights Acts] with things that are likely to heavily impact minorities and poor people," says Elliot Mincberg, the legal director of People for the American Way, a leading member of the election-monitoring Election Protection coalition. The potential crisis is so threatening that over 20 lawsuits have been filed challenging everything from voter registration restrictions to the use of faulty voting machines, according to a report issued this month by Project Vote, an organization promoting voter turnout and quality control of election agencies. "A lot of progressive groups focus on the week before the election, but you have to monitor election administration 365 days a year," says Project Vote's executive director, Jehmu Greene.
Some of the problems facing voters this year may seem obscure and technical, such as registration database fiascos, but they can block nearly 50 percent of new or re-registered voters from voting. And they can likely rob more people of the vote than the faulty electronic voting machines that have been the target of the most outrage. The Brennan Center has documented the numerous ways citizens are being denied the right to vote this year, along with the vulnerability of voting machines.
As one voting expert observes, "Machines don't steal elections, people do." On several fronts, state laws and election administrators are working—intentionally or unintentionally—to block voters, especially minorities, young people and the elderly, from either registering to vote or having their vote counted on Election Day. For instance, some states are adding requirements that new federally-mandated statewide databases must exactly match state motor vehicle department or federal Social Security records. While that may sound reasonable at first glance, in practice it's leading to widespread disenfranchisement: Los Angeles County's use of the database rejected a whopping 43 percent of those who registered to vote between January 1 and March 15. Election officials started scrambling to fix the problem and have made significant progress—but only because someone was holding their feet to the fire.
There are other state-approved voter suppression schemes underway. A small but growing number of states, such as Georgia, Indiana, Arizona and Missouri, have moved to demand photo IDs at polling places, even though a Georgia court has ruled that the state's law was the equivalent of the poll tax—and 10 percent of voters lack such IDs. On top of that, Florida and Ohio, echoed by a few other states, penalize independent voting registration campaigns that registered five million new voters for the 2004 elections by demanding felony charges or exorbitant fines if the groups miss deadlines. For instance, if a group such as the League of Women Voters fails to turn in any signed registration form, it will cost the group $5,000 per lost form—wiping out the League's Florida budget with just 16 lost forms, even if a hurricane has hit Florida. The League has sued the state and has suspended its longstanding registration efforts there. "These issues are affecting the right to register and vote," says Mary Wilson, the president of the National League of Women Voters.
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"We want to create transparency from registration through tabulation," says Courtenay Strickland Bhatia, the president of Verified Voting. "The power of being there and watching can't be underestimated."
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