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On Nov. 22, Sgt. Michael Baylous and Trooper L.W. Price with the West Virginia State Police discussed the growing problem of methamphetamine labs in the Mountain State.
Baylous said looking at the data from a quantitative and qualitative research aspect, meth labs seem to be centered in the Kanawha County area — but that's not necessarily true.
"It would be easy to jump to the conclusion a lot of them are centered around the Kanawha County area," he said. "It's more of a widespread problem than you might think."
Baylous said thanks to the public as well as confidential informants, troopers in the central part of the state were able to take about a month to focus in on just how large the problem was.
"Troopers (were) taken from regular duties to see what kind of results we'd find in a month," he said.
Focusing in on Troops 3 and 6, officers arrested more than two dozen people.
As a result of their efforts, police arrested 14 people throughout Webster, Pendleton, Randolph, Braxton and Webster counties. Two meth labs were found. Of those arrests, there were 28 felony charges, two misdemeanors and more than $1,000 in cash seized.
In Troop 6's area of Greenbrier, Raleigh, Fayette and Summers counties, 18 people were arrested resulting in 47 felonies. Nine meth labs were seized and three were discovered abandoned.
"We want to stress it doesn't mean we created a task force," Baylous said last month. "We just took troopers away from assigned daily duties."
Price said the most common lab seized during their efforts was the one pot method. About 345 one-pot or "shake and bake" methods were discovered in the past year alone, he said.
As of Nov. 17, almost 500 meth labs were seized.
Baylous said in order to take care of the clean-up of these meth labs, troopers have to be educated in the dangers of the chemicals. He said although Kanawha County has the resources to teach troopers how to respond properly, other rural areas in the state aren't as lucky.
"It takes a lot more time and is more costly to address in rural areas," he said. "You can't take someone off the detachment and have them go into meth lab sites and address problems — there are hazards."
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Police officers aren't the only people dealing with the deadly hazards of cooking dangerous chemicals.
Fire officials agree, responding to meth-related incidents can be a hazard for firefighters not used to the chemicals and how they might react when used improperly.
Mark Lambert, with the West Virginia Fire Marshal's Office, said fire laws dealing with meth tread on shaky ground. He said when a fire occurs from meth, the cause of the fire is determined to be accidental.
According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the number of meth labs seized throughout the country has gone up and down in the past several years.
The DEA reported in 2007 there were 6,858 meth labs seized; in 2008, there were 8,810; in 2009, there were 12,851; in 2011 there were 13,390 and in 2012 there were 11,210 meth labs found in the nation.
The numbers show the labs had previously gone up, while in the last few years they have started to go down.
Taking a closer look at the numbers for West Virginia, there were: 2012: 59, 2011: 92, 2010: 207, 2009: 139, 2008: 116 and 2007: 111 meth busts.
In 2008, the U.S. government reported about 13 million people over the age of 12 had used meth — 529,000 of those being regular users. In 2007, 4.5 percent of American high school seniors and 4.1 percent of 10th graders reported using meth at least once in their life.
Meth is the most widely abused and most frequently produced synthetic drug in the nation according to the DEA.
The state's local fire departments deal with the repercussions of meth cookers on a daily basis.
Capt. Tim Flinn with the Parkersburg Fire Department said meth users develop new ways of producing the drug, which usually involves fire or other chemicals in danger of exploding.
"The people using meth are going to extreme measures to get (the drug) and (don't realize) the dangers that they are exposed to," Flinn said.
Banning meth-making materials
A new poll conducted by Mark Blankenship Enterprises and funded by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association showed 604 West Virginia voters indicated between Nov. 9 and 12 that they would oppose any law that would require all consumers to obtain a doctor's prescription before buying cold and allergy medicines that contain pseudophedrine.
A 65 percent majority said it would be somewhat or very inconvenient to obtain a prescription for those popular medicines.
An overwhelming majority of West Virginians, about 80 percent, said they support a separate proposal that bans criminals from purchasing pseudophedrine without a prescription for 10 years after being convicted of a drug-related crime.
Other key findings from the poll include nearly nine out of 10 people in the Mountain State who have read, seen or heard "quite a bit" or "some" about methamphetamine labs and meth use in the state; 56 perccent oppose prescription legislation while only 40 percent support it.
"The West Virginia findings are consistent with what we've seen across the country," said Scott Melville, president and chief executive officer of the CHPA. "The clear majority of law-abiding consumers oppose the precription-only approach because it leads to significant economic burdens produced by unnecessary time off work and additional copays.
"Moreover, consumers understand that such restrictions are not an effective solution to address West Virgina's meth problem. Penalizing honest consumers for the crimes of a criminal minority will not solve the state's problems."
Lawmakers look to reform
In a committee meeting last month, Dan Foster, a physician with the Kanawha County Substance Abuse Task Force and also a former senator from Kanawha County, spoke to lobbyists and lawmakers about the state's growing meth problem.
Foster said a team worked throughout the past several months to see what the best long-term solution for solving the state's drug problem could be. The team wanted to present its findings to state lawmakers to give them an idea of the reality of the problem by taking a look at the numbers.
Among his list of suggestions, Foster presented policymakers with several reasons why they should work to change the laws about certain drugs commonly used in making meth. He said red flags should be put on people who want to buy materials commonly associated with making meth, including the drug pseudoephedrine.
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Graveyard Train will soon be heading back up to Tamworth to renew the band's volatile relationship with the local and visiting country music population. It's an association guitarist and vocalist Nick Finch says has its ups and downs – but that's what makes it fun. "We've been there three years in a row," Finch says. "We go down pretty well there, but there's definitely a group of people up there who really don't like us. There's a country singer called Reg Poole who wrote a song about us called Don't Let Them Murder Tamworth, which is about us ruining country music – which is quite flattering, really. I don't know what they'll think of our new album, because we really take liberties with the whole country thing," Finch laughs.
Graveyard Train's new record, Hollow, continues in the band's idiosyncratic country music path, though this time around the zombies and werewolves of previous albums have been replace with themes of mortality and religious salvation. Finch comes from a Catholic family, though professes to have little ongoing religious affiliation. "I'm not really religious, but I'm quite interested in religion. I grew up with all these religious icons in the house – I like the symbolism of religion," he says.
Finch says it's his interest with that symbolism that underpins the religious aspects of the songs he contributed to Hollow. "I was writing a lot about death on this album," Finch says. "Even with Hollow Wind, I tried to write a song about my missus, but it ended up being about death," he laughs. Perhaps the high point of such themes is the captivating Stooges-esque The Doomsday Cult Blues. "I think that death and the end of everything were on my mind – not that I'm a very morbid person. With the religious overtones, what attracts me is the symbolism – it's really powerful stuff. Religion ran the world for a while – and it still does to some extent. Tacking the big issues – that's the Graveyard Train!" Finch says.
The recording of Hollow followed a welcome break in Graveyard Train's touring schedule where the band members aggregate disparate and nascent songwriting ideas with a view to putting together a new album. "It's been two years since the last album," Finch says. "We went through a dry patch with songwriting because we were touring really heavily. It was that whole endless on the road thing. But when we decided to do another album, about half the album came together pretty quickly."
As a seven-member band, Graveyard Train has to navigate the fine line between democratic consensus and individual leadership. "We're sort of a democracy," Finch says. "We've got a mum and dad in the band – I'm the mum and Josh, our banjo player, is the dad," he laughs. "You need some sort of leadership, or otherwise it's like herding cats. You need some sort of dictatorship, but you don't need to take it to the Billy Corgan level." Finch says Hollow was a return to the 'fun' style of previous Graveyard Train efforts. "It was a really fun process doing this album," he says. "We spent a lot of time together – we felt like were back in the very early days."
With its relentless touring regime, including regular forays across Australia and trips to the United States and Europe, Graveyard Train has established itself as one of the local music scenes hardest working bands. While Finch says Graveyard Train has tried to curtail some of its more excessive on tour behaviour, the band retains its fondness for the touring circuit. "We're certainly not sick of it," Finch laughs. "But it can be physically brutal. This band basically started out as a drunken idea between friends – we never expected to be serious musicians. There are always been a lot of benders on tour, but we've been cutting down because we're getting older. We're trying to tour a bit smarter, and I've even given up smoking. I think we're getting older and wiser," Finch says.
Graveyard Train's recent tours overseas have provided a particular highlight – Finch nominates a gig in a Belgian town he describes as 'the Bendigo of Belgium' where an enthusiastic crowd of punks showed their affection by hurling glasses as a notable touring moment – and even Tamworth, with its occasional Bundaberg rum and coke encounters with the locals, has its special moments. "Any gig is a good gig – like pizza," Finch laughs.
While Graveyard Train has plenty of fans across Australia, and overseas, Finch doesn't see that the band has escaped the clutches of musical poverty quite yet. "It's always fun, but there is definitely a point you go through when there's this horrible patch when you get fired from your job because you can't be around all the time, but you're only playing to 20 people in Toowoomba," Finch says. "We're still in that period to some extent, but hopefully there's an end to it. I think it's hard for most musicians to get beyond that point and make a living from playing music."
In the short term Graveyard Train is hitting the road again to promote Hollow; a few irons in the fire should hopefully see the band return overseas to both the United States and Europe. Beyond that, there's always a chance of a radical image change. "We were overseas recently and we were laughing at ourselves, and what we were doing," Finch says. "We came up with the idea of a new band called The Normal Men, and we'd write songs about really normal things like forgetting the shopping list at the supermarket."
GRAVEYARD TRAIN play The Hi-Fi on Friday June 1 and Saturday June 2. Hollow is out now through Spooky Records.


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Lansing Community College is pleased to announce our college night for fall 2014. We cordially invite you to participate in our college night event at LCC, Thursday, October 9, 2014 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. You will have the opportunity to visit with representatives from 50+ colleges and universities from around the state.
High school students, parents, families, current LCC students and community members are all welcome! Free parking will be available in the Gannon Ramp located at the 600 block of N. Grand Ave. Also, city meters are free after 6:00 p.m.
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College Night 14 is being held at Main Campus, where there is ample opportunity to visit with representatives from several colleges, universities and post-secondary education institutions from around the state.
Free parking is available in the Gannon Ramp located at the 600 block of N. Grand Ave. Also, city meters are free after 6:00 p.m. Please join us for this exciting college night event.
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Forget Skyrim, play Fate of the Norns: Fafnir's Treasure to roleplay as a Viking hero
Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok Saga: Fafnir's Treasure
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It is the Sword Age of Ragnarok, the second of four such Ages. These are my peoples' prophesied end times. I am Sigyn, a Maiden of Ratatosk. Muggers approach. Time to pull runes from a bag and place them on a player mat to determine how I attack.
Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok is the third edition of Fate of the Norns, a tabletop roleplaying game by Andrew Valkauskas set during the apocalyptic age of Ragnarok, a mythic time described in real-life Viking lore. It's also turning 20 years old this year. There will be three books released in 2013 to celebrate the game's 20th anniversary, the first of which is Fafnir's Treasure.
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Fafnir's Treasure is a pre-generated adventure, complete with characters, history, and revamped third edition rules. Think of it as an introduction to Fate of the Norns in the same way that games like Pathfinder and Star Wars: Edge of the Empire have beginner boxes. Fafnir's Treasure, however, is far more exhaustive.
The book is available in both PDF and physical format, and while I used the PDF version, you owe it to check out the physical book if you can. Not only will it be easier to follow along and flip back and forth between pages, but Fafnir's Treasure boasts some incredible art, and it fills almost every page.
These drawings aren't the crisp and ultra high-resolution images of modern day, but are instead stylized to look like medieval carvings or simple wall paintings. They also go a long way to absorbing you in Fate of the Norns' world; it's one thing to tell readers the signs of the end times, but it is another thing entirely to depict a cosmic wolf devouring the sun in a style evocative of an ancient civilization.
The game doesn't use dice like most tabletop RPGs, but instead utilizes proprietary designs for Viking runes. You still look to these to determine outcome of events just as you would a d20, but the rules are more complex. Each rune is linked to a different stat of your character: red for physical, blue for mental, green for spiritual. Your character sheet will determine which and how many of the runes you'll use.
The difficulty of each task is determined by the Game Master, or Norn, on a scale of 0 to 5, 0 being a success and 5 labeled as "unlikely." A player pulls from a pile of runes to determine success or failure, and the number of runes associated with the task determine success. For example, let's say the character I played, Sigyn, wants to jump from rooftop to rooftop. The game master declares this will be a physical challenge, determined by Athletics, with a rating of 2: an "easy" feat for her.
Sigyn has a destiny value of 2; destiny is the stat which determines how many runes you can draw to determine success or failure, so Sigyn can draw 2 runes. I pull two runes from my bag and reveal them; I've pulled one red rune. Sigyn has an Athletics rating of 1, which reduces the rating from 2, "easy," to 1, "trivial." The red rune, which is associated with physical feats, further reduces the rating, this time from 1 to 0. It's determined that Sigyn has succeeded in her jump.
My favorite skill though? Drinking/Wenching. Yeah, it's a real stat. Use it to drink your buddies under the table and cause a ruckus at whatever tavern you come across.
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you
Combat works in much the same way. Again, you're using runes, not dice, to dictate your actions. You draw from the player bag to determine your hand, the same way you would a deck of cards. Each character can do different things depending on their available runes and the combinations you want to play.
Sigyn, for example, can do specific actions when she draws the rune that looks like a capital N. She can still make basic attacks even without that rune, but her unique abilities are tied to six specific runes, as are all the other characters' unique powers.
So let's say I do have the N rune. That means I can perform Sigyn's "Satisfying Attack," which allows her to perform an Attack action and Heal +2. If I add a physical rune to this play, I'll double the numbers so that my attack does twice as much damage and I heal for 4 instead of 2.
The system is also particularly brutal and stressful, in a very good way. In D&D, when you get hit, you lose health, and that's it… unless you apply special rules. In Fate of the Norns, taking damage means you move runes from the "in-play" pile downward, away from you. This means that if you take enough damage, you might not be able to pull off that sweet attack you've been planning.
The fact you can always be set back forces you to play smart, and not go rushing in, swords and axes swinging. You want to be careful about how you attack, and the sense of loss when you're hit feels more damaging than losing 10 hit points out of 176.
And hear the lamentations of people confused by the rules
It's a complex system that will take some study, and honestly, this is just scratching the surface. A lot of tabletop games are focused on making the rules easy to learn, easy to pick up, and easy to dive into. Fafnir's Treasure, for better or worse, doesn't. Even after playing out several scenarios from Fafnir's Treasure, you may not be completely confident in your understanding of the rules.
My group, for example, spent upwards of ten minutes just figuring out how to utilize the Void rune, a special rune that acts as extra destiny or generic rune for whichever character is using it at the time as a sort of wild card. There will be many "wait a minute"s and "hold on, can I re-read that"s being said around the table the first, second, or even third time you play. Keep in mind Fafnir's Treasure is meant as an introduction and even simplifies some rules.
The good news is that pulling runes from a bag is absorbing, and when combined with the art and flavorful text of the book, it makes for a deep and engaging experience. Once you start to feel more comfortable with the game's rules, things flow quickly and keep you on your toes.
I was skeptical of a Viking-based RPG, and Fate of the Norns has had several changes over the years, from a system which used dice to one which featured a distinctly low-fantasy, history-oriented setting. The third edition, Ragnarok ups the stakes by making the game high fantasy during an apocalyptic time period, and everything fits together in a wonderfully cohesive package. The art, text, even the rules feel like something mystical and ancient.
Fafnir's Treasure serves as a fantastic introduction to the Fate of the Norns game, if not a thoroughly complex and borderline confusing one. Don't worry, this game isn't as boring as your history class on Vikings, nor is it stale and lifeless like a museum exhibit. This game makes Vikings… well, pretty damn cool.


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Union Bay Networks, a stealthy Seattle startup led by several former employees of F5 Networks, has scored $1.85 million in cash from Madrona Venture Group, Greylock and Divergent Ventures. Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel also participated. The company, formed just two months ago, is led by former F5 Networks Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Tom Hull. Other… Read More
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Shares of F5 Networks are tumbling in after hours trading after the Seattle maker of networking equipment announced that revenues will miss targets for its second fiscal quarter. The company siad that it expects revenues of $350.2 million, below the guidance of $370 million to $380 million. Earnings per share is expected in the range… Read More
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F5 Networks CEO John McAdam: Why Seattle works for his $1 billion company
F5 Networks has been operating in the Seattle area for more than 15 years, quietly building one of the biggest success stories of the tech community. But even though it boasts a market value of $9.25 billion and employs 2,800 worldwide, few people — even those in its home town — really know what F5… Read More
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Steve Ballmer was right. It's all about developers, developers, developers these days. In fact, the market is so hot that companies like Amazon.com, Twitter and Facebook are doing "acqui-hires" — like the one today of TeachStreet — just to gobble up key engineering talent. But that's not really the norm, and most tech companies are… Read More
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When was the last time an overbearing Jewish mother giving her schlemiel of a son a hard time about not being married was a major component of a big Hollywood film? So to behold Streisand's New York mom Joyce Brewster hectoring her homely visiting son Andrew (Rogen) about his myriad personal shortcomings is to revisit a musty mind-set that the minor updates in Dan Fogelman's woeful script can't begin to freshen up.
The early scenes of Andrew's return from California to his childhood home are so embarrassing that you wonder if such impressive consistency can possibly be sustained. Andrew knows what he's in for, but that still doesn't help when Mom immediately starts in asking what happened to former girlfriends X, Y and Z, complaining that he went to UCLA just to get as far away from her as possible, pointing out that she hasn't had a date since her husband's long-ago death and then recommending that Andrew get therapy. Enough, already.
In an effort to connect with Andrew, Joyce unloads what she considers a bombshell of a secret: She actually had a boyfriend before she met her husband and loved him so much she named her only son after him. Considering it odd she never tried to look him up after his dad died, Andrew does research that reveals he's an executive in San Francisco. With an ulterior motive in mind, he invites Mom to join him on a drive across the country, during which he'll make stops in Virginia, Texas, Santa Fe and Las Vegas to hawk a nontoxic cleansing liquid product he has created to potential retailers.
To save a few bucks, she insists they rent a compact rather than an SUV, forcing them to share very close quarters.
The climactic visit to San Francisco to track down Joyce's former beau predictably plays on, and aims to stimulate, bittersweet emotions. At the same time, the easy-to-get point of the enterprise is to stress that the mother and son's prolonged time together has forced them to break through their various barriers, grudges and expectations to arrive at a more honest satisfying relationship.
"Guilt Trip," is rated PG-13 for language and some risque material, opens Friday at Brenden Theatres Vacaville 16.


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Nearly four years after Congress passed the Adam Walsh Act, no state has complied yet with the tougher standards for registering sex offenders.
Texas got a one year extension last July and just got another year extension this month. In the past couple of years, the Austin Police Department's Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration or S.O.A.R. unit, has been making more compliance checks.
In 2008, they made more than 3200 compliance checks. That number increased in 2009 to more than 3900. And so far in 2010, detectives have made more than 3000 checks on sex offenders. But S.O.A.R. detectives are expected to see a drastic increase after the state of Texas complies with the Adam Walsh Act.
APD Sgt. Jon Herring said, "Registered sex offenders in Austin will be changing from having to come in once a year to more like 2 to 4 times a year so our in house visits will increase."
"It will effectively double the amount of appointments that we currently achieve on a yearly basis and that's going to be extremely difficult for a unit our size with three detectives and one administrator to be able to take that burden on," said Detective Mike Summers.
The unit keeps tabs on about 1300 sex offenders in Austin. The new federal law would create a national database of sex offenders and stricter guidelines for them to follow.
Detective Summers says they are ready to fall in line with the federal law, already asking sex offenders for their emails and other information not required right now.
The law is named after six-year-old, Adam Walsh, who was abducted and killed in 1981.
In 2008, a federal grant funded Operation P.R.I.S.M. That made it possible for detectives to monitor more sex offenders. That program was so successful that when the federal money ran out, the City of Austin gave the unit more money to continue the compliance checks in Operation Mini Prism.
Detective Summers, "The first year with the federal grant, personally I think I wrote over 90 warrants. This year alone I wrote one warrant with Mini P.R.I.S.M."
"All the things that we're doing is throwing them off their game so they don't know from day to day whose going to be knocking on their door."
That money is set to run out in September. But the S.O.A.R. unit plans to continue its vigilance, keeping track of sex offenders and ensuring the safety of the public.
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Physicians for Human RightsUsing science and medicine to stop human rights violations
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Mexican Authorities Urged to Conduct a Serious Investigation into Death of American Journalist Brad Will
Cambridge, Mass - 02/19/2010
(Cambridge, MA) Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) urges Mexican authorities to conduct a serious investigation into the shooting death of US journalist Brad Will. In going forward, the Mexican prosecutor's office (Procuraduría General de la Republica – PGR) should take into account the forensic findings reported by PHR's International Forensic Program.
Yesterday, an appellate judge in Mexico ordered the release of Juan Manuel Martinez, who had been wrongly accused of shooting video journalist Brad Will at close range during the protests in Oaxaca in 2006. The judge cited lack of evidence against the accused. This is supported by PHR's independent forensic findings in the case.
As previously noted by PHR, the arrest of Juan Manuel Martinez by the Mexican General Attorney's Office (PGR) ignored physical evidence and forensic findings discovered by PHR's forensic experts in 2008.
The prosecutor's office had insisted from the beginning that a bystander, near Brad Will, shot him. The PGR ignored PHR's finding that one of the projectiles that struck Brad Will was a ricochet, suggesting the shot originated from a distance.
"It has been clear from the onset that the Mexican prosecutor's office was blatantly ignoring scientific findings that went against its hypothesis that a bystander was the perpetrator," says Stefan Schmitt, Director of Physicians for Human Rights' International Forensic Program. "The appellate judge's ruling acknowledges this and I just hope that the prosecutor now initiates a serious investigation. After all, Brad Will's murderer is still likely at large in Oaxaca."
Brad Will was one of at least 13 individuals who were fatally shot during protests in Oaxaca in 2006. By making unfounded accusations based on the misrepresentation of fact, the PGR has attempted to make Will's death look like a singular homicide and has failed to look at the possibility that his death could well be linked to the clear pattern of unsolved gunshot-related homicides at that time in Oaxaca.
Physicians for Human Rights' International Forensic Program mobilizes the skills of medical and scientific professionals to investigate human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The IFP provides evidence to a wide range of legal institutions and is often able to settle the difficult questions of survivors searching for missing relatives.
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an independent organization that uses medicine and science to stop mass atrocities and severe human rights violations. We are supported by the expertise and passion of health professionals and concerned citizens alike.
Since 1986, PHR has conducted investigations in more than 40 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, the United States, the former Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe.


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So this weekend I saw Anna Karenina. Although I did enjoy it and it was beautiful, the fact that the majority of it takes place on a theater stage was disrupting and confusing at several points. Anna Karenina is one of the few novels that I can read year after year and never tire of it. I'm not going to compare the book the the movie because you just can't, it's impossible, especially with a book 900 pages long. But, if I had not read the book, I think that many of the plot points would have been entirely lost on me.
Conversely, I was really excited that they actually had so much of the Kitty/Levin story because I love his character so dearly. I don't really remember any of the other film versions spending much (if any) time with that plot. Also, Keira Knightly is the shit. I think I'm in love with her. Honestly, this whole post should just be dedicated to her. She is so good at looking in love and then looking batshit crazy within seconds.
But, I'm here to talk about men. I was initially beyond thrilled when Jude Law was cast because I love love dangerously love that smarmy smirk of his. Thankfully, he is safely ensconced in my television. Unfortunately for ladies everywhere, they really made him look like good ol' dutiful Karenin. So instead of this:
And that hairstyle is responsible for everything that happens for the entire rest of the movie.
So after finding out that Jude was to be the old, cold, and empty husband; I thought for sure there must be some kind of super hottie as Vronsky. Upon Googling I was left with two thoughts: "Who the hell is Aaron Taylor-Johnson?" and "What is that hair???"
Seriously, what is THAT! It looks like a nest for wild cats. I wasn't excited at all. Not at all. But then, the movie started, and those blue eyes changed everything. Not bad, not too bad at all.
A haircut and a uniform can do wonders for a man. Also, he's in Savages with that jerkface who stole Ryan and Tim Riggins. Riggins rarely wears a shirt. Actually, they both rarely wear shirts. Totally worth the rental fee.
Additionally, I spied a Weasley.
Yeah Levin, I love you!
And Oblonsky was adorable in that fantastically unapologetic and mischievous way. Fantastic 'stache.
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In this 1,000-year-old medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage site, the Advent in the Courtyards event reveals the world inside the walls. On the three weekends before Christmas, Quedlinburg's historical courtyards open to the public and become festive marketplaces for exquisite items and rarities. Advent is celebrated in true style in Quedlinburg. The sounds of seasonal music and organ recitals ring out from the churches. Christmas music can also be heard every day on Schlossberg hill, when a new half-timbered house opens its door to become part of the Quedlinburg Advent Calendar. No less fascinating is the 'Magic of Christmas', when shop windows across the town display a lovingly assembled collection of old-fashioned dolls' kitchens and toy grocery stores.
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Most workers in Anderson will back up this claim: Breakfast jump-starts the day; lunch is a signal that the end of the work day isn't too far off; and dinner is best when all the day's labors are over.
But at that midway point, when lunch is beckoning, wouldn't it be grand to share a meal with others who feel the same way we all do about work? That brings to mind the city-sponsored effort known as Food Truckin' Thursday.
Once a week, vendors are rolling their way downtown to sell food from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Citizens Park Plaza at Main and Ninth streets. The effort showcases local food vendors and gets cooped-up workers a chance to walk in the fresh air. Or bike. Or even drive and sit outdoors while eating.
As simple as it sounds, this meet-and-eat is just the right item for workers whether it's $2 tacos, $3 pizza or $2 ice cream.
More than 60 people showed up for the first event last week. They were entertained by local guitarist JT Sifuentes.
The concept was inspired by Levi Rinker, the local artist who now works with the city parks department. He brought residents the popular Walking Man art project last year. Rinker, who has the city's arts interest in mind, now has our appetites on his menu.
But for an idea as simple as this to work — bring food within an easy reach for workers — residents will have to make an effort in getting to the trucks. Once there, enjoy the food and atmosphere.
Keep on truckin', Anderson.
In summary Food Truckin' Thursdays is a perfect way to spend a lunch.


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That's a feature in Magic Lentern that seems useful to me, but I haven't used ML.
The big disadvantag of the ml software solution (and manual focusing) in comparison to a macro sledge is that the former has to reconstruct data that isn't there since the size of the image changes when focusing - in some cases this will show, esp. when having a object in the foreground occluding the non-bokeh background. Magic Lantern works great for "simple" shots of a tilted plane like this watch.


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You can just have the Trunk-or-Treat part outside or you can have a combined indoor/outdoor party. Here are some fun Halloween activities you can do:
- Let people know the estimated number of children that will be there so they can know how much candy to bring.
- If Halloween is on a Sunday you can hold the Trunk-or-Treat activity on Saturday the 30th.
- Those who don't have trunks (or cars) can also hand out candy by standing in-between the cars.
- People can even decorate their cars!
- Pumpkin Carving Contest: People can bring their previously carved pumpkins to be judged and prizes can be given out at the end.
- Bat Craft: These are easy to make and decorate. Their wings flap too!
- Bobbing for Apples: A barrel, water, apples, and lots of towels.
- Halloween Carol Sing Along: Common songs where the lyrics are replaced with Halloween words. Here are some links:
- Halloween Carols 1
- Halloween Carols 2
- Type "Halloween Carols" in quotes into a search engine to find even more!
- Other Crafts and Activities:
- Easy Pumpkin Craft From DLTK's Crafts for Kids
- Spooky Spider Races (From the Oct 1995 Friend)
- Pumpkin Golf
- Penny Pitch
- Type "Halloween Crafts" in quotes into a search engine to find even more!
- Trunk Decorating Contest: You could make this an optional activity for those who would like to decorate the trunk of their vehicle for the Trunk-or-Treat part of the activity and prizes can be given out.
Wondering about the LDS Church's policy on Halloween? See a previous post called, "Is it Okay to Celebrate Halloween?"
See the LDS Activity category for more ideas.