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Lemon Butter
Top Rated Preserve Recipes
Submitted by: lee.rob
- Use on toast of course or muffins.
4 eggs
¾ cup sugar
½ cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
125 g chopped butter
- Place eggs and sugar into a heatproof bowl.
- Place bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and whisk constantly until sugar has dissolved.
- Add lemon juice, lemon rind and butter. Whisk mixture for 20 minutes until smooth and the butter has melted and thickened enough to coat the spoon. Do not allow the mixture to boil as it will curdle.
- Pour warm mixture into hot sterilised jars and seal immediately.
Recipe notes
Makes 2 cups.
Takes me back
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So addictive
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So easy!
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Yummo! Taste just the same as my nan used to taste!
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Just like Nanna used to make
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Its her bag, she got it probably for free or discount and even if- she can afford it. Whats the problem for her?
I dunno…I think Lindsey looks pretty great in these pics, and I'm glad her bag is kinda worn. I personally think they look better a bit broken in rather than all stiff.
I think she deserves credit for finding work. Don't bag on her for carrying around a purse she has well-loved either!
Perhaps a knock-off???—she has hit the hard times and booze, drugs and rock and roll cost big money.
on second thought, i might be with you on this one, luv! another olivia palermo perhaps?
i don't really enjoy the posts that this new author writes… i'm not trying to criticize but i just find that the writing has a cynical or negative tone to it.. it just differs from the original writers' posts. anyway regarding this post .. i don't see what's wrong with lindsay or her bag. she uses it and loves it. what's the problem. people need to seriously give her some slack
I agree. I wonder why we have to be sarcastic? We only judge the bags, not the people :(
Agreed. And who cares if the bag is a bit worn in. Judgey!
Thanks for the feedback – it is all in jest, but we hear your concerns and will def keep them in mind for all future celeb posts!
THANK GOD im not alone!!! i made a comment about the writers negativity on a post on Hilary Duff not too long ago. Emily, why so much venom? your writing style doesnt suit purse blog at all! and its just a damn bag!
Yikes! what a catty post… Between this and the Miranda Kerr post, I'd think I was scrolling through Perez Hilton circa 2007.
As much as I like TPB's critical approach to accessories, this mindlessly sneery, Mean Girls "editorializing" is the stuff that trashier blogs are made of. There *is* a way to talk smack artfully (see the NYT's scathing review of Guy Fieri's new restaurant); then there's the lowbrow way. My hope is that TPB continues to improve its level of content without relying on the latter to boost its SEO or click-through rates… you can do better than this, girls!
I would agree with all of the comments below–no point in being smarmy, catty, and downright mean. No value-added whatsoever.
I didn't mind the above post. I hate it when people, regardless of their financial status, treat expensive items like trash. However, I didn't find her look awful or anything. I guess it is a matter of opinion and I respect everyone's opinion.
I read purseBlog for its clever and, yes, delicious gossip! It's a virtual lunch with the girls, sharing our lives, laughter and juicy tidbits. And, lets face it, we can't trash Lindsey Lohan any more than she has trashed herself. Keep up the great posts ladies!
I thought bags were supposed to be used? Stop the Hermes worshipping. It's just a bag. I hope Lindsay gets back on track.
amen to that! Hermés aren't babies for crying out loud!
You either read the blog… Or you don't… This is want the writer of this post wanted to say… Their opinion!! Leave it alone. Too many darn opinions. Annoying…
I have to agree with others, in particular Crystal. I used to find Purseblog great infotainment – I learned something about fashion and design and was greatly entertained at the same time. But the recent development – I do not know. It is too much about gossip and celebrities and less and less about fashion. However, there are already enough celebrity blogs/mags. Perhaps you get more readers that way – then it might be worthwhile.
About this article: I actually find the Birkin nicer when it is a bit worn in, when it is brand new, it often looks too stiff. And Ms. Lohan – just for a change, she looks good in these pics.
I think it's a copy because there's no Hermes logo on top of the bag.
The logo is hidden because the flap is out. Most people carry their birkins with the flap tucked in (which is why the logo is exposed.)
I'm a long time reader of this blog and I rarely ever comment and state my opinion but I do have to agree with what the other are saying about this post. It is a very negative blog entry and thats not what I read this blog for. I like to read this blog for the quirky posts and the charming sense of humour that the writers display. This post feel very tabloid like, in my opinion, and that not what I've come to know and respect about purse blog. That is just my opinon though.
I wish PurseBlog would go back to being a bag blog. I don't really get why you have to review RHOBH or the Kardashians or some other reality show. Not everyone watches them, so not everyone can relate. BAGS we can relate to. Please, more bag reviews!
Lindsey looks good here. Really good. And that's nice to see as she has struggled. I love that she's using up and enjoying her bag. As that's what they are for. We all make the mistake of saving and coddling our nice bags. How many pristine things have you good willed? Love her new "old" hair. Hope she gets her groove back!
She looks great in the pix!! What's wrong with that??
I love she uses the bag with irreverence -as it was intended. It shows the bag off as being as tough as it needs to be. Personally I load mine up with whiskey.
I love the look of her well used birkin. I wonder what it would say if it could speak.
What an ugly person wrote this? Disgusting to read.


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12So, Uh, Justin Bieber Wanted You to See His Butt
Happy Sunday, you guys! Did you have a good night last night? Did you get into anything wild and crazy? Me, I just went out to buy hair dye and milk and then I watched Just Like Heaven, that romantic comedy with Reese Witherspoon where she's in this coma and her spirit has to get Mark Ruffalo to save her with the power of love. But I bet you guys went wild.
Oh, this post? Yeah, this is just Justin Bieber showing off his ass. He put it on Instagram. I don't know why, but there it is. I know it's not the whole thing, but it's still something special. It's something special to me.
But hey, how long do you think it will be till Justin does a dick pic, Chris Brown style? Probably not long, right?
January 20, 2013 at 8:00 am by Emily
12 Responses to "So, Uh, Justin Bieber Wanted You to See His Butt"
I really don't like to burst bubbles (sometimes it's fun) but this guy doesn't quite look like Buttser… The nose seems off… And the arms… Too long and veiny. But then again, I wouldn't really know. Because… well, it's Justin Bieber.
hei i am abig belieber and i wish that i could come to his consert in stochkolm but i wont i dont have ticket to me and my sister bur we live in SWEDEN so hot and…….. as hi has PLEASE COME TO GOTHENBURG IN SWEDEN JUSTIN !!!!! PS:i love you !!!!!!!!!!!:-)
He does know he's a pasty white Canadian boy? EH!!!
Haha I like how you followed up the question about a dick pic with the comment "Probably not long, right?"… (that's what she said)
Doesn't look like him
But I didn't want to see his butt. Doesn't he care about what I want?
you can tell it's him by the shitty tattoo on his shoulder(i think the tattoo artist secretly hates him because i've seen his work and he's better than that)
but more importantly GROSS but probably not as gross as the comments from the thousands of pre teens that follow him(where are your parents?!?)
Must I be forced to look at punk ass ?
Where can I sign up for the Dick Pic notification?
This boy (yes, boy) is so going down the Lindsay Lohan route.
Justin bieber has a tiny penis i have had sex with him
he is cute


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Last night President Obama called on Congress to send him legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution — identifying the development of clean energy solutions as one of the three areas critical to our nation's future. Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, has this response:
"President Obama's speech last night contains the long-awaited promise of American leadership to address the critical challenge of climate change. A warming planet and rising seas imperil our communities, our children's future and the natural world. Presidential leadership has never been so important. We applaud the president for calling on Congress to deliver urgently needed legislation that caps carbon emissions and thereby establishes the conditions for a clean energy economy for the 21st century.
"This issue cannot wait. As one of America's largest conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy stands ready to support the president and Congress in their efforts to enact a bill this year that caps carbon in order to sustain America's long-term environmental and economic health and protect our natural resources.
"A cap on carbon will stimulate the investments in conservation, efficiency and new technologies that America needs to renew its economy while also guaranteeing that we do our part to reduce emissions. Creative solutions — such as tapping the power of forests to store carbon and thereby saving some of the world's greatest storehouses of biodiversity — can play a special role, and we must move swiftly to address the already emerging threats from climate change to ecosystems and communities."
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MASON CO., Ill. -- Riverfront Park is usually a hot spot in Havana, but visitors are going to have to wait.
"It's an inconvenience," said Greg Griffin, the Mason County Emergency Services Manager.
And getting to and from Havana could take up to an hour longer, while the main bridge remains closed for river flooding.
Further south, authorities are still evacuating families along the river.
Along Matanzas Beach in Mason County, the water was one of the last places to crest on the river.
Waters have risen rapidly, almost overnight and took families by surprise.
"You think you're okay, because they tell you it has crested and everything," said Art Bechtel, "and within 8 hours overnight, here it is in my house up a foot deep in the basement."
Bechtel says the waters have never gotten this far before, and he had to go out of town to find sandbags.
Another family nearby is trying to assess damages at their home, which is submerged under 8 feet of water.
Mason County authorities are keeping an eye on the levee.
River levels in Havana and Mason County have broken record levels and are not expected to start falling until Monday.
In the meantime, it's more watching and waiting.


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PIXEL COUNT: Video Game News Roundup for October 24, 2011A game news article
Happy Monday, kids! I hope that your weekends were full of Riddler trophies and Achievement points in Batman: Arkham Asylum. But the weekend is over and the real world begins. You know, the one where you're NOT a caped vigilante who beats the hell out of people who work for dudes that want to kill you. So, I hope you did not punch anyone at work this morning or hang them by their ankles over the side of a building until they tell you where your stapler is. I know work would be more enjoyable if you could do that, but since you can't, try to enjoy your work time by reading the newest edition of the Comics Bulletin and Infinite Ammo video game news roundup that we here like to call...
Original Kid Icarus to be "3D Classic" on 3DS!
The original NES classic, Kid Icarus, will be converted into one of Nintendo's "3D Classics" for the Nintendo 3DS. No date on when it will be available here in the States, but if you're in Japan, there may very well be a way for you to get it before its official release...
(bit from Siliconera)
Limited Edition Super Mario 3DS's! But, you don't get one! No!
Nintendo is making three different Super Mario-themed 3DS systems, but unless you're in Japan, you'll have no way of getting one outside of selling a kidney and using the funds to bid on eBay. Members of the Japanese Club Nintendo can enter to win one of these between now and January 15, 2012 by registering two 3DS titles with the site. The beautiful thing about it is that everyone who enters, whether they win or lose, will each receive a copy of the upcoming 3D Classic Kid Icarus.
There will be a Mario, a Peach and a Toad version of the consoles and each will have a 1000-count manufacture limit. No word on if this contest will make its way to North America or Europe. But let me just save you the effort: it won't.
(bit from CVG)
If you have an iOS device, trophy hunting in Batman: Arkham City just got a whole lot easier...
If you have been playing Batman: Arkham City this past week, then you know just how many trophies are spread across all of Arkham City. But, if you are a completionist with an iOS device, then you may be in luck. For $2.99, an official map application is now available on iTunes. The app shows off all of the collectibles within the game, with the ability to mark off each item you get from the map and to zoom in and out of maps. Happy hunting, iOS users! As for us Android aficionados, we'll just have to keep searching.
(bit from Kotaku)
Diablo III officially headed to consoles!
In an interview with some Blizzard folk at last week's BlizzCon11, the lovely Tara Long got a chance to speak with the "Lead Console Designer" on Diablo III. Yes, that's right! Lead Console Designer! Normally, I would include this (since the news is all on video) in the VIDEOBITS part of the post, but this is something that genuinely is big news. Blizzard has opened up to development on consoles. And Diablo IIImay not be the only game that they could be doing this with. Here is the interview:
(bit from Destructoid)
Mass Effect 3 co-op details revealed!
BioWare recently announced co-op play will be available in their upcoming and highly-anticipated title, Mass Effect 3. After many a question was asked, they took to their forums and answered a few. Here are a few details:
- Only 2 guns and 3 powers available to use at a time.
- No ring menu. Hold button to switch weapons and powers.
- Fallen comrades can be revived by team members.
- Level cap at 20.
Many more deets can be found on BioWare's forums and on the @ME3News Twitter.
(bit from EGM)
Sonic Generations to have Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis game as unlockable!
Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka revealed at Paris Games Week that the original Sonic the Hedgehog will be available as an unlockable item in the upcoming Sonic Generations. As a classic video game geek, this is pretty great news. Not so much for those like me (who have played the game to death), but for the new gamers out there who will buy this game. One thing that can be said about titles of old is that they never held your goddamned hand like games nowadays do. Let's give those young gamers out there a chance to throw their controller at their television screens out of frustration by playing that 2D platformer. I never get that feeling anymore! On a related note, I had a chance to play Sonic Generations during this year's San Diego Comic-Con at their pop-up Sega Arcade. I was able to play both the 2D and 3D versions of "Green Hill Zone" and I loved every minute of it! I am really hoping this game does not suck. Team Sonic has really been disappointing me in recent years...
(bit from Destructoid)
Get Sonic Generations on Steam and get 2 (other) FREE Sonic titles!
While you have the opportunity to unlock Sonic the Hedgehog in-game, Steam has decided to offer up both Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic 3 and Knuckles to those who buy them game from them. As a matter of fact, if you pre-order now, you can play them both immediately! PC gamers, you have no excuse...
(bit from Game Informer)
Hulu Plus coming to Wii and 3DS!
While both systems already have Netflix, it was announced that the Nintendo Wii and the 3DS will be able to stream content from Hulu Plus by the end of the year. The service will only be available to those of us in the US and, of course, only to those who are monthly subscribers to the Hulu Plus service. I don't know if this will get people to buy a 3DS, but it definitely could not hurt the cause.
(bit from GamesIndustry.biz)
Got a lazy eye? Video games could fix that! No, really...
At the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Opthalmology, Somen Ghosh presented his study that found that amblyopia (or "lazy eye") could be corrected in older children. In a year-long study of 100 participants, ages 10 to 18, had good results -- 60 percent of which showed some vision improvement and that a third of the children were able to make significant vision gains! So kids: when your parents tell you that video games will ruin your eyesight, tell them to sit on it.
(bit from Destructoid)
Portal 2 given the Game of the Year Award at this year's Golden Joysticks!
After more than 2 million votes came in, Valve's phenomenal sequel -- Portal 2 -- took home the Ultimate Game of the Year Award at this year's Golden Joysticks (the world's largest publicly voted on video game awards)! If you have not yet picked up this game, FOR SHAME! And you call yourself a gamer...
(bit from GamesIndustry.biz)
Portal 2 Level Editor to be out in 2012!
It seems that this year's Game of the Year (callback!), Portal 2 will have some more DLC out next year. This time, players will get an in-game map editor that will let players create their own puzzles and environments for single-player and co-op gameplay. However, this has only been announced for the PC gamers out there. Hopefully, this will make its way to console versions in time. No answer on whether you can tune your voice to sound like GLaDOS and insult your players as they move threw the map. But we can dream, right?
(bit from IGN)
Don't listen to rumors! Id/Bethesda says Doom 4 is on its way!
Many rumors were circulating last week -- due to the less-than-stellar reception of Rage -- that Bethesda had suspended development of id Software's Doom 4. It seems that those at Bethesda were not amused. The vice president of PR and marketing Pete Hines said in a tweet: "Complete bollocks". Later, id's Matt Hooper said in a tweet:
"Doom4 rumor is a bit silly... We're still cranking away on Doom & Rage ... and btw, we're still looking to hire even more talent."
A shame on Kotaku for presenting such a rumor as "news." This coming from the least professional video game news reporter you all know...
(bit from Edge)
Are PlayStation games coming to other devices? Sony says "Yes"!
SCE chief Kaz Hirai said at a Hong Kong press conference today on Friday that Sony is looking to branch out its original PlayStation games to devices outside of their current "PlayStation Certified" devices. Hirai says, "This isn't an ecosystem where we want to keep everything within the Sony family...This is not just for Sony devices." I'd like to see some of those games that are up on the Android Market to come on down to those of us who don't want to buy an Xperia Play or "PlayStation Certified" tablet. It doesn't make sense for them not to do it. Sure, maybe you will sell a phone or tablet, but as it is going, you're just not selling those double-dipped games you put up already. Also, Sega owns the rights to the Super Monkey Ball franchise, which seems to be tied down to iOS devices right now. Give Android users that, too!
(bit from Kotaku)
Kinect Holodesk makes me think my dream of a holodeck in my home might come true!
As a kid who grew up on watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, I hope Microsoft lets this tech flourish and give me my first holodeck before I die a miserable old man. This is all on you, Microsoft!
Modern Warfare 3 Launch Trailer
Here's the new launch trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was a slow weekend for videos...
- Battlefield 3 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Dance Central 2 (Xbox 360 Kinect)
- Kinect Sports: Season Two (Xbox 360 Kinect)
- House of the Dead: OVERKILL - Extended Cut (PS3)
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (Xbox 360, PS3)
- Just Dance Kids 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
- Disney Universe(Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC)
Until next time, kids...
Nick Boisson grew up on television, Woody Allen, video games, Hardy Boys mysteries and DC comic books, with the occasional Spider-Man issue thrown in for good measure. He currently roams the rainy streets of Miami, Florida, looking for a nice tie, a woman that gets him, and the windbreaker he lost when he was eight. He sometimes writes things down on Twitter as @nitroslick.


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Cool FM's Gareth Stewart to take to the stages!
March 6, 2014 by Andrew Bushe
Cool FM's Gareth Stewart will be going rallying in 2014
Cool FM breakfast show host, Gareth Stewart will be in at the deep end this season as he experiences the 2014 McGrady Insurance MSA Northern Ireland Rally Championship from different perspectives. The Bangor based radio host is keen to compete, and will have his first experience of the sport on the opening round at Bishopscourt on the 15th March. Here... [Read more...]


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A Newberry County Sheriff's deputy was not injured when a driver crashed into his patrol vehicle as he directed traffic at a crash scene on Interstate 26.
As the deputy attempted to direct traffic off the interstate onto S.C. Highway 34 last night, Sheriff Lee Foster says a driver was going too fast, ran off the road, up an embankment and crashed into the deputy's vehicle. Foster says the deputy jumped out of the way.
The driver, 24-year-old Kayla Ann Havill of Travelers Rest, was cited by the South Carolina Highway Patrol for endangering emergency personnel. Foster says she was not injured in the crash.
"The perils of law
enforcement continue to increase," said Sheriff Lee Foster. "Many people think
of officers being shot, but the reality is inattentive or speeding drivers can
cause a substantial likelihood of harm or death to a law enforcement officer or
any public safety worker. We are very blessed that no one was injured in this
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05-12-2010 5:31
i'll have a try and see how it works...i believe there is no 6th version of garmin on s60v5
24-12-2010 9:07
24-12-2010 22:30
chrisinleedsuk wrote:
Why would you use Garmin over Ovi? I tried it and found it to be really unstable.
1) Different map set which may be more accurate in your particular area.
2) On certain devices postitional acquisition can be faster.
3) Automatically changes to night mode illumination.
4) Satellite reception icon.
Happy to have helped forum with a Support Ratio = 42.5
06-01-2011 15:29
06-01-2011 15:43
07-07-2011 16:10
I have been using Garmin XT since the launch of the Nokia n95-1, was using tomtom on the famous 6600 with external GPS, stopped using as not enough maps availabillity (India).
With the N95-1 downloaded Garmin XT, loads of maps available, updated the versions as & when available. Now using Nokia N8, only today updated to v5.00.60s6 This sorted out the portrait to landscape, text is cleaner. Drop me an email for updates / vehicles / or for a full install of Garmin XT v5.00.60s6. This is only for Nokia handsets with built in GPS...
20-09-2011 8:10
Hi Neil10528,
I'm also using Garmin Mobile XT 5.00.60 on the N8 but it's unstable. When scrolling and zooming the map it hangs pretty soon and when doing a text Find it doesn't return any results.
On the E52 it worked perfectly.
The N8 has a basic configuration with nothing else running at the time and Garmin Mobile XT also has a low-resource configuration based on the factory defaults. The N8 is on Symbian Anna 024.001.
Do you have any advice for fixing these problems?
27-09-2011 11:31 - edited 27-09-2011 11:33
To prevent the last post from causing undue concern, I've come across some remedies in the meantime. See Garmin Mobile XT hangs on Symbian Anna N8.
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SHE was born in Europe just prior to the start of World War I and survived the bombing of her home in World War II, so to celebrate her 100th birthday was quite the milestone for Tamworth resident Melanie Kuiper.
Mrs Kuiper celebrated her special day with family and friends at the Square Man Inn on Saturday, with a niece and two nephews coming from her native Netherlands, a niece and her husband from San Francisco and others from Melbourne, Brisbane, Wollongong, Newcastle and the North Coast.
Granddaughter and Tamworth resident Toni Kuiper said several other Dutch relatives wanted to attend but were unable to make the trip.
Mrs Kuiper was born in the Netherlands in 1914, she and her sibilings spending a lot of time on houseboats as her father travelled around as a dike builder.
Not long after she was married in 1943, the war that had engulfed Europe came knocking on her door, a bomb destroying the home of her and husband Bert and another bomb hitting the shelter they'd moved into shortly after.
They survived but Bert and their young daughter had to be hospitalised and Mrs Kuiper had to be dug out from under the rubble, suffering permanent hearing loss in one ear.
The Kuipers and their two children immigrated to Australia in 1950, spending several months in migrant camps in Bathurst before moving to Erina after putting a "pin into a map".
They bought a block in the Central Coast town and lived for two years in a tent as they saved enough money to build a house. A goat farm at Wingham became their home many years later, where sadly Bert passed away.
Mrs Kuiper moved to Manilla in 1985 and then Tamworth about 12 years ago.
So, what does she put her longevity down to?
Well, Toni says she doesn't drink or smoke, watches what she eats and takes vitamins regularly, which she jokingly refers to as her "lifesavers".
"She also sees the funny side of life," her granddaughter said.


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Going the Distance on Bay & River Trails
Original post made by Janet Lafleur on Jul 6, 2013
That's still how I feel when I venture out on the creek and bay trails, exploring to see just how far they'll take me. You'd probably be surprised to learn how far your bicycle take you starting directly from your front door even if you stick to off-road bike trails. Little known fact: you can ride 20 miles from downtown Mountain View to downtown San Jose and only leave the trail for about 1/4 mile, provided you and your bike can handle riding on some gravel sections.
Exploring trails is also a great way to increase your fitness. You don't have to be training to race the Tour de France, where riders average 100 miles per day for three weeks every July, to see health benefits from amping up the distance. By gradually increasing your mileage five miles each week you can go from 10 miles this weekend to 50 miles by Labor Day. And you can do it all on trails.
The trick to going long off-road is to take the Stevens Creek Trail to Shoreline Park, turn right and cross the footbridge onto the gravel Bay Trail to head south behind Moffett Field. Then continue through Sunnyvale to catch the newly paved Guadalupe River Trail down to San Jose. Out-and-back is close to 40 miles from downtown Mountain View, but there are good turnaround points along the way. If you're like me and don't like out-and-back routes, you can also ride further, then bail out by taking Caltrain or VTA Light Rail home.
Here are some highlights of the route. Note that all mileage is approximate and starts at the downtown Mountain View Caltrain/VTA transit station.
Mile 5: Moffett Field
Built in the 1930′s to house dirigibles, Hangar One is so massive that folks say clouds form inside. Once slated for demolition, they've torn off the toxic shell leaving its graceful and impressive lattice framework exposed. If you're lucky you may catch military, research. or other aircraft taking off or landing from its long runway.
Turn around here for a 10 mile round trip.
Mile 7: Sunnyvale Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater draining from indoor sources in Sunnyvale flows through sewer pipes that direct it to this plant for treatment before being discharged into San Francisco Bay. The odor-free plant has two treatment ponds on the bay where you can add an extra 3-4 miles per loop.
Turn around here for a 14 mile round trip or ride 1/2 mile to bail out at the Borregas VTA Light Rail Station.
Mile 11: Alviso
There's a lot of history in the unassuming town of Alviso. Back in the 1800s its port was the hub for the Santa Clara Valley, with steamboats bringing passengers and goods on daily trips from San Francisco. During the depression what was once the country's third largest cannery closed, the salt pond operations expanded, the port silted up and the town's regional economic role declined. It's still a one-of-a-kind place to visit, though, and a perfect place to add extra mileage on the large salt pond loop.
Turn around here for a 22 mile round trip or ride 2 miles down the Guadalupe Trail to a bail out at Lick Mill VTA Light Rail Station on Tasman.
Mile 16: San Jose International Airport
The Guadalupe River Trail runs for 10 miles from Alviso to just south of downtown San Jose and passes alongside the full length of San Jose International Airport. The trail's proximity to the runways means great views of airplane takeoffs, approaches and landings. The airport viewing location near the Hwy 880 underpass has seating plus interpretive signs to keep you entertained between airplanes.
Turn around here for 32 mile round trip or ride 1 mile to a bail out at Metro VTA Light Rail Station.
Mile 18: San Jose's Little Italy
As the Guadalupe River Trail approaches downtown San Jose, it crosses through the former River Street area, home of dozens of Italian immigrants who came to San Jose in the late 1800's to work on farms and orchards throughout the Santa Clara Valley. Many immigrants first stayed in the Torino Hotel, which is now the home of the iconic Henry's Hi-Life BBQ.
Turn around here for a 36 mile round trip or ride 1/2 mile to bail out at Diridon Caltrain Station.
Mile 19: Children's Discovery Museum
Inside this bright purple building is a world of fun for the little ones, with interactive exhibits designed for open-ended explorations. If you stop in, check out the exhibit featuring skull, femur and pelvis fossils from Lupe, a Columbian Mammoth discovered along the Guadalupe River near the Trimble Road in 2005.
Turn around here for a 38 mile round trip or ride one mile to bail out at Diridon Caltrain Station.
The Guadalupe River Trail continues south to Almaden Valley with several on-street segments required. With a little adventure and a good map, you may surprise yourself with how far you can go. Keep adding 5 miles a week and by Thanksgiving you could be riding 100 miles in a day.
Tips for Going the Distance on Your Bike
* Carry water and refill wherever available. Plan to drink 1 bottle of water per hour of riding.
* For trips longer than one hour, carry snacks. It doesn't need to be sports bars, just portable and easy to eat.
* For trips longer than an hour, consider wearing padded bike shorts. If you don't like the tight lycra look, you can wear bike shorts under loose-fitting shorts.
* Go long and try transit for the return trip. It's a lot more fun to see more new places instead of doing an out-and-back. If you've never taken transit with your bike, come back to Bike Fun next Thursday for details on how to get started on transit with less stress.
How far from home have you ridden on your bike? Have you ever followed an unknown path and found an interesting new route? What has been your most interesting discovery?
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on Jul 7, 2013 at 6:48 am
I wish there was a way to bridge the creek/river mouths along the jetties. I think the soft ground and changing channels prohibit it, but if they could, we could ride from SFO down to Alviso, all on jetty trails without having to go around the creeks.
We've been riding these jetties since we were kids on our bmx bikes circa 1972 and though it was a bit more exciting with a bigger sense of discovery back then(not all jetties were nice and smooth back then and some were behind gates) but its still a wonderful addition to our local riding options.
Good stuff, keep the great articles coming :)
on Jul 8, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Is there a map to go along with this article? Would love to look at each mile marker referred so I can get a visual before I get out there.
on Jul 8, 2013 at 2:00 pm
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@Samantha Yes, there's a link to a Google Map in the RESOURCES section at the end of the story. Web Link
If you click on the "thumbtacks" on the map you'll see the mileage to that point and a photo of the feature of interest. You can also use the "streetview" feature of the Google Map to see what the area looks like. Just drag and drop the little orange man that's on top of the zoom in/out bar.


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We are looking for new exhibits for the Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) exhibition hosted at IMAGINARY. The exhibition launched on March 5, 2013 at the UNESCO in Paris and presented modules from a competition. The exhibition is still open for new exhibits!
jsurf is the core of the SURFER program and many other projects for visualizing real algebraic surfaces. It is able to produce images of a single algebraic surface quite quickly and robust. This projects aims for extending the capabilities of jsurf towards rendering of multiple implicit surfaces with transparencies.
We want to write a book based on the program SURFER. It is based on so called SURFER experiments which are short and creative tutorials on how to create a variety of surfaces. It shall be an open source book written by the community. The SURFER book will be available for free download in pdf format. There will be a printed version to be bought (for low cost).
The idea of Mathcraft is to create paper sculptures of algebraic surfaces, which can be rebuilt at home. The way from the equation to the surface to the 2d mesh and the surface-sculpture is described and a series of standard and non-standard surface meshes are built to share with the community.
SURFER is a program for visualizing real algebraic surfaces. The user interface is primarily designed for exhibitions. It does not offer advanced options for more professional users. In addition, its implementation is based on the JavaFX 1.3 framework which has been abandoned by Oracle in 2010. In order to continue development on this wonderful program, the user interface needs to be rewritten using a different user interface (UI) toolkit.


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PLATTSBURGH — ADK Vision Care recently marked its one-year anniversary.
Co-owners Dr. Douglas Franz and his wife, Renee Franz, opened the business at 2 Healey Ave. on Dec. 19, 2011. They designed and renovated the former LaBarre's Meat Market.
"When we got it, it was an empty shell," Dr. Franz said.
The office features hardwood floors and pleasant, pastel-green walls.
The start of a new practice provided the opportunity to invest in new, state-of-the-art equipment. That includes an optical coherence tomography scanner, a device that allows a doctor to view cross-sectional views of the retina.
"Only about 30 percent of doctors have that. It allows us to check our patients more thoroughly," he said.
The practice features a waiting room, reception desk, three exam rooms, post-testing room, contact-lens room and break room. They display art from local artists throughout the building, with selections that change every month.
"It's nice for us. I get to see new art every month," Dr. Franz said.
ADK Vision Care is a full-service eye-care clinic, Dr. Franz said. Services include routine eye exams, optical services, contact lenses, urgent eye care, dry-eye management, diabetes and glaucoma management, children's eye care and refractory surgery co-management.
Dr. Franz said they offer co-management care with Burlington-based Dr. Juli Larson and Saranac Lake-based Dr. Duncan Winter. Dr. Franz said he and Winter are scheduled to give a presentation on the optical coherence tomography technology at CVPH Medical Center on March 1.
They now offer telemedicine with Dr. David Weissgold and Dr. Michelle Yong of the Retina Center of Vermont as well.
The patients mainly visit the Plattsburgh office for post-operative follow-up care. Franz is able to send images to the doctor for
advice on the patient's progress and future care.
The Franzes moved to the Plattsburgh area four years ago after a 20-year military career. Dr. Franz is a licensed optometrist and Mrs. Franz serves as office manager.
The office is almost completely paperless following conversion to an electronic medical-records system.
A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Franz then studied and graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He then joined the U.S. Army for three years, followed by 17 years in the Air Force.
One day a month, Dr. Franz continues to work as an optometrist for the Vermont Air National Guard. He is fully licensed to treat eye diseases and glaucoma in New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
A job at Eye Care for the Adirondacks brought Dr. Franz to Plattsburgh. He worked there for about 18 months, then held various jobs in Plattsburgh and Burlington.
Dr. Franz even has a 15-minute radio show on WIRY at 10 a.m. on the last Tuesday of every month.
Thomas Becht is the optician at the practice. He has the ability to cut simple prescriptions the same day, although more complicated ones such as bifocals may take a bit longer.
Becht is also an Air Force veteran and was last stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. He has more than 23 years experience as an optician and was formerly the optician and office manager at the Pearle Vision Center in the former Ames Plaza.
Dr. Franz said his goal is to ensure that patient care comes first, not the pursuit of profits.
Melissa Zielinski and Melissa Tourville round out the staff.
"We have a fantastic staff. They are all well trained," Dr. Franz said. "I've known them for several years."
One of the benefits of owning his own practices is the ability to bring Oliver, his Labradoodle, to work with him.
"He enjoys the patients. He makes them feel more comfortable, especially the children," Franz said. "He's been a really great addition to the practice."
ADK Vision Care is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The practice takes most forms of insurance and major credit cards.
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I think the article makes a good point. I was recently speaking with someone about what they intended to do about their inheritance if they ended up having to go into a nursing home because they got sicker. The answer was "What good will money do me if I am in a Nursing Home and too sick to enjoy it?" One does hear about Medicaid "Spend Down" etc. a lot when you speak to attorneys but it's not like you are preparing to go on a jaunt to Hawaii! For this reason, I think we should save, and enjoy what makes us happy "now" and IF we end up in a NH, we may be broke but we will at least have happy memories as we lay in that God-Forsaken bed for what we hope will be a "short" rest of our life. People who desperately do the Spend Down thing do it to try to have something for their children when they are gone. My feeling is give as much as you can legally to them while you are still here and can watch them maybe have a better life. Money is just a means to a way and if we take the wrong way, we can spend eternity regreting our choices.
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Rory McIlroy completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the British Open to capture the third leg of the career Grand Slam.
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With a remarkable rally, Tiger Woods won the Memorial and tied tournament host Jack Nicklaus with his 73rd title on the PGA Tour. Nicklaus told Woods that Tiger's birdie from the rough on 16 was the best shot he'd ever seen on the course he designed.
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NEW: 38 Studios' SJ Advisors Have Ties To Licht
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Linda Port, one of two professionals listed with SJ Advisors, has in her bio 25 years experience as a bond attorney -- including as a partner at Mintz Levin.
President of Mintz Levin ML Strategies is David Leiter, Licht's former chief of staff while Lieutenant Governor.
Records indicate that Mintz Levin gave over $5,000 to Richard Licht when he was a politician.
In a release sent out by the State following SJ Advisors testimony, Port's resume does not include Mintz Levin in her past work experience.
Contract Award Called into Question
Former SEC lawyer and Forbes contributor Edward Siedle, who last fall conducted an investigation into General Treasurer Gina Raimondo's hedge fund strategy, said he offered to conduct the 38 studios investigation directly to Licht, but was turned away.
"I submitted a proposal to do the work for $50,000 with an impeccable resume, when no one else had submitted a proposal," said Siedle. "So I reached out to [Licht] with the proposal, and he told me there's currently no contract out to bid, but if you want to send a proposal for review, please do. He acknowledged that he got it," said Siedle.
"Next thing I see, SJ Advisors gets hired -- for $75,000. Not only did I not get an opportunity, they hired a firm for 50% more," Siedle continued. "My quarrel is not with SJ Advisors -- the state can prove their own due diligence in this case for the costs. But if officials are telling the General Assembly and voters there was only one applicant, that's simply not true."
"It is my recollection that the Governor's office announced that SJ Advisors was the sole applicant at the time," said House Oversight Co-Chair Karen MacBeth. "I wasn't the chairwoman when this happened, so I had to ask them for the RFP. When I got it, I alerted them to the fact that on page 4, it said it was a "confidential" document."
"Just to play devil's advocate, [Siedle] may not have filled out a formal RFP -- but he reached out to the state," said MacBeth. "However, if there was someone who is qualified, or more qualified, it would be up to the state to consider them."
Related Slideshow: INVESTIGATION: Fox, Corso and 38 Studios
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Fox was emerging as a powerful leader in the House via his role on the Finance Committee and later as Finance Committee Chair. Corso served on the management team at developer's Buff Chace's Cornish Associates.
The two worked together to write and pass the Historic Tax Credit Legislation.
Bio attached from the early 2000's - Cornish Assoicates Website.
Insiders Had Hands All Over Schilling's 38 Studios Deal
The owner of the construction company that was awarded a contract to work on the interior of 38 Studios' downtown headquarters has close ties to House leadership and other prominent local politicians, GoLocalProv has learned.
Steven Nappa, who owns Nappa Construction Management, has contributed over $16,000 over the last decade to top politicians including House Speaker Gordon Fox, Congressman and former Providence Mayor David Cicilline, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, former House Speaker William Murphy and former House Finance chairman Steven Costantino. In June 2011, Nappa also contributed $1,000 to the Fund for Democratic Priorities, a political action committee maintained by House leadership.
Nappa is also connected with Michael Corso, a Providence lawyer who has made a fortune helping to sell state tax credits and was involved in the earliest meetings between Schilling and Rhode Island officials. The two hosted a private fundraiser at the Peerless Lofts for then-Majority Leader Fox in 2007. Nappa also helped build the movie screen located in the open space next to Tazza, the downtown café owned by Corso.
Corso himself has contributed $11,625 to Fox, Cicilline, Taveras, Murphy and other local politicians in recent years.
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Corso and Movie Tax Credits
The Providence lawyer who pledged more than $14 million in Rhode Island motion picture tax credits that had not actually been issued as collateral in order to obtain an $8.5 million loan for Curt Schilling's 38 Studios is now playing a behind-the-scenes role in a Michael Corrente movie that is slated to receive $625,000 in state tax credits, GoLocalProv has learned.
Michael Corso, a top tax credit broker whose loan agreement with BankRI is among several 38 Studios-related matters currently being investigated by state and federal authorities, is one of seven producers for "Backmask," a horror film currently being shot in Exeter, according to IMDB. Corso's business partner, Anthony Gudas, is listed as the executive producer and former State Rep. John Loughlin has a small role in the film.
On Monday, the Rhode Island Film and TV Office confirmed the film has received an "Initial Certification Letter" for the tax credits. Corso did not respond to a request for comment.
Tazza Fundraiser
Questions Surround Speaker Fox's Relationship with 38 Studios Insider
Several weeks after initial inquiries from GoLocalProv, House Speaker Gordon Fox still isn't answering questions about a 2007 fundraiser held for him by the lawyer who would play a pivotal role in bringing Curt Schilling's 38 Studios to Rhode Island three years later.
In March 2007, Michael Corso, Steven Nappa and Robert Britto of Nappa Building Corp. and former State Representative Ray Rickman were listed as the hosts of a private fundraiser held in the Peerless Lofts for the then-Majority Leader. The event, which helped Fox rake in approximately $10,000, was catered by Tazza, the downtown café owned by Corso.
But while Fox's campaign finance reports from the time include details about several other fundraising events held during the first quarter of 2007, there is no information listed about expenses incurred for the Corso-hosted event, which may constitute a campaign finance violation.
"Speaker Fox has been extremely busy entering the final two weeks of the session, but he will soon be checking the campaign records from five years ago," Fox spokesman Larry Berman told GoLocalProv on June 4. "If corrections are necessary to the report, he will make them."
Fox and Corso
38 Studios Insiders Have Been Connected Since May 2009
The lawyer at the center of the deal that brought Curt Schilling's 38 Studios to Rhode Island had a business relationship with a top executive at the video game company a year before a piece of legislation that expanded the EDC's Job Creation Guaranty Program was pushed rapidly through the General Assembly.
On May 29, 2009, Michael Corso, a top tax credit broker whose relationship with House Speaker Gordon Fox helped steer 38 Studios to the Ocean State, struck a deal to purchase credits handed out for the multi-million dollar Stone House hotel project in Little Compton from the Round Pond Management Corporation, whose President was Tom Zaccagnino.
By June of that year, Zaccagnino, who was also the co-managing director at the Wellesley Advisors Corporation in Maynard, MA, had become Vice Chairman and Lead Director of 38 Studios. A month later, Haymarket Capital, an LLC with the same address as the Wellesley Advisors Corporation, was involved with the seven-figure bridge loan a group of Rhode Island investors provided to 38 Studios.
In March of 2010, Zaccagnino and Schilling met with Speaker Fox and former EDC director Keith Stokes in Corso's downtown law office. By May, the General Assembly had expanded the EDC's loan guarantee fund from $50 million to $125 million, the exact amount the EDC awarded to 38 Studios later that summer.
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Comment #1 by michael riley on 2014 05 13
Comment #2 by Max Diesel on 2014 05 13
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Comment #4 by David Beagle on 2014 05 13
I note today's news indicates all 3 Democratic candidates want to use taxpayer funds to bail out the 38 Studios bondholders even though we don't have to, the 2 Republicans don't. For an independent like me, that is significant.
Comment #5 by barry schiller on 2014 05 13
Ted Siedle went on to say RI is one of the states whose treasurer is secretive with pension system dealings. RAimondo's handling of the Och Ziff hedge fund is one good example of her secrecy. The Och Ziff hedgefund money is in a firm being investigated with the SEC and the Justice Dept. Their stock dropped 21% and Raimondo is remaining secret in this..she said people don't have to know how it works, that's my job. I am the watchdog...She is some watch dog! Why people are not angry at this secrecy is beyond me...
Siedle asked where is the media in this? They should be after her on the secrecy of handling the pension system There is no media asking what is she doing to keep this secret...Cianci said they are all in bed with Raimondo. The Projo is supporting her for governor and so are the other news media/people like Nesi, etc and boy is Buddy right on target....The question now is will Speaker by "quick coup" Mattiello vote to pay these bonds?
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Comment #7 by Robert Anthony on 2014 05 13
Is Siedle on the State bid list? You can't just send them a napkin with a number on it and call it a bid.
Comment #8 by Jim D on 2014 05 14
Comment #9 by Gary Arnold on 2014 05 15
Comment #10 by michael riley on 2014 05 15
As for the second part of the article, I don't know how Seidle has appointed himself master of all things RI Investigations. Digging up dirt on Raimondo's pension investments is a far cry from what is needed to investigate 38 Studios.
Lastly, I am surprised that no one has brought up Raimondo's Chief Investment Advisor's book in which she states that the best returns on investments are found in companies that mistreat their employees and offer the least benefits. Shouldn't that be newsworthy?
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Playbill.com is remembering Loudon and her career with the following performances on video.
Read our Playbill Vault feature on Loudon here.
At the 1977 Tony Awards, Loudon was joined by Annie co-stars Robert Fitch, who played her brother Rooster, and Barbara Erwin, who played Lily St. Regis, for a performance of "Easy Street." The Tony performance concluded with Annie's signature song, "Tomorrow," featuring Andrea McArdle and the company.


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The time she missed: how a circus shooting "mistake" led to a horror game without violence
Dene Waring spent his childhood in a New Zealand circus troupe. Now, he lives at the edge of an Australian rainforest. From this dramatic locale, he works to finish his first video game, Huntsman: The Orphanage, a horror game without blood, gore, or guns. Huntsman is a first-person title that has you rescuing orphans who have been trapped in an alternate dimension by a supernatural entity known as the Huntsman. The children are portrayed by real-life actors, and can only be seen through the screen on your cell phone. You can see a brief game play demo below:Jungle creatures cawed in the background as we discussed the game, and how Waring's family past, as well as New Zealand culture, have influenced its design.
Born into violence
Sophie Prell: You mentioned to me in the emails we sent setting this interview up your personal history with violence. It sounded really… I don't even know how to describe it. Can you talk about your personal history with violence?
Dene Waring: I was born into and spent my early childhood through to my mid-to-late teens in sideshows and then the circus. Of all things, my father came up with the idea of a sharpshooting act as a circus act that was gonna make us some real money, and it was very successful. It was a very polished and highly-skilled act. It took a couple years of solid practice. My mother would stand on another guy's feet when he's lying on his back with his legs straight in the air, and shoot into a heart box that my father would wear while he's standing on a revolving pedestal. She would fire shots into that heart box, which would spin him faster and faster on his pedestal because of the off-center position of the heart box.
Heart box?
It was a square box about two inches deep with no front face. It was made of heavy steel plate. The box is strapped onto your chest and positioned over your heart, and bullets are fired into that small steel box. It was the size of a packet of cigarettes. On the inside back face of that – so when you look inside the box – it had a heavy-duty, steel knife blade running vertically down the middle of the box. We would place a small birthday candle in the bottom of the box on each side of that blade and light them, and my father would stand onto a free-wheel pedestal holding onto two handles to stop himself from being knocked over by the impact of the bullets. My mother would stand on the feet of another acrobat who was lying upside down on the floor with his legs straight up in the air. She would climb up and stand on his feet, what we call a foot-to-foot. She would have her 15-shot Ruger semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle. She would fire the first shot into the box, which would split the bullet in half on the knife blade. Each half of the bullet would fly sideways, and nip the wick off the birthday candles, and extinguish their flames. That was how the public and audience could see that the first shot went into the heart box, because it split the two candles in half. That first shot would, because it's off-center on a human body, spin my father around on his pedestal and it would slowly almost come to a stop when he was facing the rifle again. A second shot would go in, and he would pick up a little more speed and come back around to the front again, and a third shot would go in and he'd pick up a little more speed, and the fourth, and fifth, and sixth, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen… he would spin faster and faster and faster, and a bullet had to go into that box each time he spun around and was face-on to the rifle again. As he picks up speed, he's only facing the rifle for a small fraction of a second. The last five or six shots are practically at semi-automatic speed, so the precision and judgment that would be required to know when to squeeze that trigger was quite exceptional. It was our show-stopper, our grand finale to the half-hour show. It was a show-stopper, it really was. We had been performing it for some years, it had taken 18 months of practice before it was even presented to the public. After several years, when I was 11, one particular performance, it was a national-scale performance at a very large show, we were on for maybe a 10-day contract and around day six or seven, my mother missed a shot into the heart box and my father was shot in the chest. He managed to get backstage, my mother and I took our bows and rushed backstage to see what was going on. When I came around the back of our big steel backdrop which catches the bullets so they don't go astray, there he was on the floor, propped up against that wall. Our satin, sort of Gypsy blouse shirts we wore, very loose and flowing, it was filled out like a pouch with very thick, dark brown blood that was pumping straight out of his chest. He was put on the back of a circus truck and driven to a hospital because the ambulances couldn't get through the crowds at this big, national show. They operated on him and removed a bullet that stopped one millimeter, actually less than that, of the wall of his heart. He was a very barrel-chested, athletic man. He was only 5'2" but he was built like a brick shithouse, built like a barrel, and the unusual depth of his chest, from years of trapeze work and so on actually saved his life. On any normal build person the bullet would have been inside his heart and that would've been the end of it. The truth of the matter is my father was a very violent man, and an alcoholic. And he was an abusive guy. Many, many years later, my mother is still alive at 82, and now that he's passed away several years ago, she can actually talk, and she says it wasn't an accident.
Oh, jeez.
It was the only way out of a violent relationship, and she took a gamble. It was a very extreme way out of a very intense situation. It was a pressure cooker; we were living in a 1931 schoolbus, only 16-feet long and 7-feet wide, and we were living that way for a decade. So a very intense environment. I guess she took the path that was open to her. So guns as a solution, violence as solution, I've had some perspective and plenty of time now to be able to consider the perspectives. And it's… I have six kids myself, two of them are still at home, they're 17 and 12, they love their video games. They play them all the time. When I look over their shoulders, and I look at the game mechanics and the mode of operation, what many games seem to fall back on… I look at them and I go, 'It just seems like it's the same old.' Don't get me wrong, I'm not out there crusading. I'm not advocating burning games, which is a topical subject at the moment, but I do keep seeing the same old mechanic. It just seems there aren't many alternatives. There seems to be basically one way: gore, violence, ultra-violence, and shooting. Surely there must be alternatives. And if there aren't alternatives, why not make one? This game is a personal experiment to see how we can get those creepy feelings without using violence.
Is that why you went the route of using real actors and real video?
That one is actually more a case of me trying to work out a methodology that was going to enable me to pull the project off. The project started with zero funding and no other people involved apart from my own family. At that point I thought, to create the range of characters that I want in this game, in this story… to have a dozen orphans, a caretaker, a cook and so on, that's a lot of CG. And then I see bad CG characters and I've lost my immersion. I don't feel immersed anymore because I'm so conscious of the clunky graphics. Therefore they need to be bloody good… like, really world-class, or don't go there. So I had a dilemma, because I didn't have funds, I didn't have CG experience, I didn't have a team to build the game. I thought, 'Well, I can shoot video. I can edit video, I can use after-effects, maybe the way to do this is to use live actors, and find a method to integrate them into the environment which I could build in 3D, and I'd have live actors in a 3D environment, but not just copy and pasted on top. They're from another dimension; thread of time and space, I like to say. You can only see them through your phone's screen. You can't see them standing in the environment. These orphans, that are lost, they're focusing, they're using all their energy to communicate with you. They're struggling through this veil of time and space to try and reach you, to plead for your help. That plot device enables me to use video in a CG environment and hopefully have it add to the story rather than detract. So there were pragmatic reasons, and then I started thinking about it, and I thought, 'You know what? This actually helps the whole storyline. There's a logic that allows this to happen in the story.'
So if they're trapped in another dimension and not of this plane anymore, it would make sense… You know, when you place actors into a scene and surround them with CG, there's something off about it. It seems like you've turned that into your advantage?
There's a very pioneering attitude in New Zealand. Being that most of the colonists came from England… once you're dumped on the shores of New Zealand as one of the first settlers, there's no 'Gee, I forgot the milk' and ducking back to the corner shop. You want supplies, you're gonna have to wait maybe a couple years, and they might never come. So everybody got used to making do, and looking at the resources they have, and seeing how they could think laterally to exploit those resources to create some tool, function, or solution to a problem. We call it 'Number 8 fencing wire,' 'A bit of Number 8.' When you say in New Zealand, 'That's a Number 8 solution' or 'a Number 8 fencing wire solution,' that's a reference to 8-gauge fencing wire, which farmers used for just about everything. When their tractor falls apart, you know, the back axle falls off when they go over a pot hole, they'll wire it back on with Number 8 fencing wire. It's become the in-joke in our country that you can fix anything with a bit of fencing wire, you just have to sit down and look at it and think. When I sat there going, 'I don't have the resources to be able to create 13 totally convincing, beautifully-animated human beings in a first attempt indie game, so I have to think about how I'm gonna do this.' That's where the video solution came out, and then it was, as you said, a matter of turning it around to being an advantage instead of a disadvantage. It's a cultural approach. Instead of saying, 'I must raise money so I can hire the best CG artists in the world,' you just go, 'What can I do with what I've got?'
Using Number 8 fencing wire.
Yeah! Yeah, basically.
How has the reaction been from Greenlight?
That was the test, the litmus test, for us. We woke up one day and checked our Greenlight and Valve was publishing the placement figures. All of a sudden there was a little stat box and it showed us sitting at 32 out of 860 games at that time. You could've knocked me over with a feather. Thirty-two? I thought we'd be 860, 832, 800. We didn't think this concept would get to where it is. They all know there's no guns, there's no blood, there's no violence, there's no corpses, there's no guts, there's no gore. And yet, they still want to see what the game's gonna be like when it comes out, so that spurs us on. You can check out the Huntsman's Greenlight page and vote for the game's inclusion on Steam. The images in this story were scanned from Waring's personal collection, and he also shared a newspaper clipping describing the shooting incident.


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McPHERSON - Two things couldn't happen, providing Great Bend High School wanted to upset No. 2-ranked McPherson on Tuesday night in a Class 5A sub-state tournament game.
HAYS - The Hays High School girls junior varsity basketball team pulled away in the each quarter to lead, but never by more than three points against Great Bend on Friday night.
You remember the game, don't you?
HAYS - The Hoisington High School wrestling team finished in a five-way tie for 23rd place at the Class 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament on Saturday.
HAYS - With second place in the Western Athletic Conference at stake, you knew it was going to be a Hays barn-burner on a cold, wintry Friday night out west.
HAYS - Too bad for the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team that they started lighting up the Hays High Gymnasium with 3-pointers just a little too late.
PARK CITY - The scene at the Class 6-5A state wrestling tournament at Hartman Arena was more than exciting.
SALINA - Both the Great Bend High School girls' and boys' bowling teams took first place at the regional meet in Salina on Thursday afternoon.
Don't be surprised if the Great Bend High School-Hays boys basketball game tonight goes down to the wire.
When the Dodge City High School-Hays girls' basketball matchup was canceled on Thursday night, it could have an effect on the seedings for next week's Class 5A sub-state tournament, where Salina South is the host.
HOISINGTON -The high school basketball game between Hoisington and Larned that was scheduled for Thursday night has been canceled due to inclement weather.
GREENSBURG - The Macksville High School volleyball team won two out of three matches at the Kiowa County quadrangular on Tuesday evening.
HAYS - The Great Bend High School girls' golf team opened the season on Tuesday, competing at a Hays tournament.
LYONS - Great Bend High School head tennis coach Shannon Schartz always has an extra meet on his schedule.
The long-time tradition continues tonight.
There is more than one way to band a team together.
Panther Cards are still available in the activities office at the Great Bend High School.
The Panther Booster Club Ice Cream Social/Mixer will be held in the Great Bend High School Commons at 3 p.m. on Sunday for athletes planning to participate in sports during the 2014-15 school year and their parents.
Great Bend High School football season tickets are on sale in the activities office.
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Police say a 25-year-old man who was last seen early Sunday at a North Halsted Street bar appeared "very agitated" and not acting like himself as he ran down the street near the bar in the Lake View neighborhood.
Christopher Evans was last seen about 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Roscoe's bar in the 3300 block of North Halsted Street, according to an alert from Area North detectives.
His friends told police that when they last saw him, he was not acting like himself and seemed very agitated.
"Christopher told them there was danger all around and something bad was going to happen and that they had to get away from him and they say he shot off like a bolt of lightning and that was the last anybody saw of him," Christopher's mother, Anita Evans, told FOX 32 News.
He was last seen running east on Roscoe and has since had no contact with friends or family.
Christopher's mother says his disappearance is not something he would do purposely.
"His radical behavior, the way he changed, they said that they had never seen him behave like that before because he's very quiet and mild mannered," Anita explains. 'They said they knew that somebody must have put something in his drink."
On Wednesday afternoon, family members, friends and fellow classmates put up missing person fliers near Roscoe's.
Evans is a graduate student and financial analyst at Loyola University.
"He did not come to work Monday or Tuesday," Christopher's classmate, Meridith Ewers says. "The thing that's kind of concerning us is that it's a busy weekend, we had the Blackhawks parade and rally and then the Pride was Sunday afternoon so it's kind of disconcerting to us that he went missing off of the street."
Evans is described as a gentle giant - cool, calm and collected. His brother says his disappearance doesn't make sense.
"I have no idea where he would go," Jason Evans says.
"Everybody feels like something bad happened that weekend and I just want to find my son," Anita pleads.
Evans is a black man, about 6-feet tall, 220 pounds, with a medium complexion and brown eyes. When last seen he was wearing a black button-down dress shirt with a white T-shirt underneath, and blue jeans.
If anyone has seen him they are asked to contact Area North Special Victims Unit detectives, at (312) 744-8200.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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The Schools program promotes dialogue amongst students about race based discrimination and the impact this may have on both the school and broader community. Students will be provided an opportunity to understand and reflect on different perspectives of identity and diversity by creating and sharing content using the Portable Studio platform.
The studio will tour schools in Brimbank, Casey, Melton and Hume in 2013-2015.
Schools participating in 2013 were Essendon Secondary College, Overnewton Anglican Community College, Hampton Secondary College and Casey Grammar. In 2014, participating schools are Kurunjang College and Sirius College.
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Ethnicity, stereotyping and racism.Image: Tatiana MauriSource: Museum Victoria
Heather Hawkins, Campus Principal, Christie Widiarto, Fellow and Emma Beddows, Transmedia academic.Image: Tatiana MauriSource: Museum Victoria
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Donation helps kick off bee project at middle school
Eagle River Lions Club Treasurer Matt Kluetz, right, presented a $1,000 check to Northland Pines Middle School science teacher Todd Wilfer to help fund the recently-established honeybee project at the school. —STAFF PHOTO
The Eagle River Lions Club recently donated $1,000 to help fund a recently-established honeybee project at the Northland Pines Middle School.
The funds will be used to purchase equipment and materials for the bee project that students will use first-hand, according to middle school science teacher Todd Wilfer.
"This exciting new project will allow students to actively participate in experiences that will be practical and long-lasting," said Wilfer.Students will learn the intricacies of life in the bee hive and understand the dynamic connection between events that occur in a local ecosystem and the impact these have on the
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I can't stand to listen to him so I don't. Never heard about the steroids. Battling with steroids? Are they like an addiction? That would explain the death of brain cells.
1. He's from the U. 2. He's an ass & a jerk. 3. He's from the U.
Quote from: psymun on November 22, 2006, 11:43:38 AMSo UMGuy... What has Al Davis done without GruAllen?Same thing he did with them, not win a Super Bowl?
So UMGuy... What has Al Davis done without GruAllen?
So no mater what we have to love Gruden? Â Get over it, being a fan has nothing to do with likeing the head coach, just like being against the War doesn't mean you hate the troops or the USA. There are a lot of die hard Gruden fans who can't see the guy does not have the temperment for a HC, he would be a great OC under a strong HC who would put him in his place when he puts his ego ahead of him brain. I don't like him as a head coach I think the players don't put it all on th line for him and most don't truly trust him as a man. That is just my opinion.
the Glazers know nothing about football.
Quote from: keeponbucn on November 22, 2006, 12:03:48 PMKeep thinking that. This MB is for all to spit the hate at the HC, it's all good. No, he's wrong, the MB is to hug Gruden all the time. Never to question what he's doing. Gosh, why won't he just get that message?
Keep thinking that. This MB is for all to spit the hate at the HC, it's all good.


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HEAT oven to 350ºF.
HEAT skillet on medium-high heat. Add onions; cook 5 to 7 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Add cream cheese, broth and mustard; mix well. Remove from heat. Add potatoes; toss to coat. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
MIX remaining ingredients; sprinkle over potato mixture.
BAKE 50 min. to 1 hour or until potatoes are tender. Let stand 5 min. before serving.