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Lombok Schoolboys
We were in Senggigi, Lombok, for six days. Each day, this same group of boys would walk by, heading to school on the beach. Sorry. Not school-on-the-beach. They were walking on the beach to get to school.
I love how their shoes are in hand.
I love being a parent
Those are my kids. We were walking back from a short visit to Pura Batu Bolong, a Hindu temple near our hotel in Lombok. They got ahead of my wife and me. They are incredibly great kids. When I became a parent, I had no idea how much happiness my children would bring me. The happy is immeasurable.
Education blues…
These girls, and the boy in the background, all attend a school that is run by the Bala Keselamatan (Salvation Army). They are a few of the more than 2000 students who attend the school in Palu, Sulawesi. It is a remarkable school, but what's more remarkable are the students.
Beautiful, curious, enthusiastic, and energetic, their stories will inspire and break hearts. Many of them do not live with their parents. The reason? Their parents know that an education is important, but living in rural Palu with little means to a good education has left parents with one option – send their children to Palu to live and learn. Many of these children rarely see their parents.
They choose an education over family. That is a choice I'm glad I don't have to make.
Too sick to write…not to sick to post.
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"Travel is fatal…
…to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. "
So said Mark Twain, and I agree. I think that there are other agents for the fatality of negative human attributes, like education and education. And I should be clear – some people can travel the world looking for McDonald's restaurants and Macy's stores and Holiday Inn hotels. They can avoid all the culture and ethnicity and find North America everywhere they go, complaining that no one speaks English. Sadly, I've been around some of those people as I've traveled around South Asia.
I've also had the pleasure of traveling with and around people who are looking for a better understanding of the world and its people. It may be, though, that it's the attitude of the traveler that will determine whether prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness are fatally eradicated. Mark Twain, from what I've read, seemed to be the kind of man who was willing to challenge himself as well as others. Some people, sad people, do not have any desire to upend their tiny understanding of the world.
Tiny motorcyclist
Before I moved to Indonesia, I had seen photos of South Asian families riding on motorcycles. The whole family. Parents, kids, babies with groceries, backpacks and whatever else all packed on what we, in Canada, referred to as a scooter. Some little 125cc Honda.
Then I got here and witnessed it for myself. One part of me is excited at the prospect of getting a motorcycle and riding around Jakarta streets. The parent in me has little, maybe no, interest at getting my kids on my bike and riding with me.
How does the saying go? When in Rome? or Jakarta?
Kids! Happy! Yay!
I took this shot while driving back to our villa from Borobudur temple. We stopped to take some photos in a town of tile-makers. After wandering through one of the shops, I noticed these kids. They were trying to not be noticed, but were still following me around.
I asked them whether I could take their photo. One little guy wanted nothing to do with the photos. These three were incredibly agreeable. I got some brilliant shots of them, which I might share with you over the next week or so.
Fountain Fun!
Captured at KLCC. They show this "Bellagio" style light and music show every night. The kids go crazy and try to get wet without getting wet. It's very fun to watch.
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These are my kids. They're mine. They're also my wife's, but they're mine. Mine, mine, mine. Until the day comes that they leave the house, decide to get married, and move far aw…nahhh…they'll still be mine.
Who's up for a little fun?
This is purely a family project. It's not a great photo. It's not the best photoshop job…but it is my son. Today, at the pool, I set the camera to hi-burst mode and took shots of my kids jumping in the water. My wife snapped off a couple of me too, but I won't post those here as some people may not have strong stomachs.
As my family, my parents and sisters and their families, wakes up in a couple of hours, this will greet them in their email in-boxes. I'm posting it for them. Mom and Dad, Kerry, Alison, brothers-in-law, niece and nephews, we miss you and love you and we're having fun.
Playground fun
This is that thing in the playground where you hang on and then slide across while keeping your feet off the ground. I am 38, so it doesn't work for me anymore, but it seems like a cool idea.
Is it awe…or ahhh?
My son and I went for a hike Monday and we had a great little walk and talk. I have to admit that I'm more out of shape than I'd like to be, but I am working on it.
My son, however, kept telling me how tired he was, but spent the entire hike swinging a stick at everything and taking three steps for every one of mine. He exerted himself far more than I did and then came home to jump on the trampoline. I came home and sat down on the couch.
The photo above is him checking out our local cedars. They're always beautiful and smell so great. He was ooh-ing and ahh-ing over their height.
Monster riding an escalator!
I haven't got a clue where he came from, but directly below me, riding the escalator backwards, was a monster. He tried to look vicious, but it just made him look cuter. He flashed his fangs and tried to intimidate me, but I stood my ground and took a quick photo. I survived the encounter, but just barely.
If you're near the Granville station, watch out. He might be lurking.
Once more, we go out to Ben at the lake.
The best part of this shot is Ben's puffy vest. When my wife first got it for him, he looked unsure of what he was supposed to do with it. The only thing he has that looks like this vest is a sleeping bag, and he seemed to think we were pulling a prank on him. Why I love it is that Ben's the kid who needs some extra size to him. He's the skinniest boy I know. I was, apparently, just like him when I was little, but you'd never know it now. It's hard to believe the kind of changes that I will witness as he grows up.
I wonder what my parents thought as I grew up?
Small children flying through the air
Two very excellent professional photographer acquaintances of mine (Jason and Darcy at Revival Arts) are a huge photographic inspiration to me. I am in awe of the shots they think of, let alone take. While we were on the Oregon Coast, I thought I might try emulating some shots I've seen on their blog (which you should totally check out – it's over there, on the right).
What do you think? Did they work?
That's Ben. At first I was sure this was going to be a remake of White Men Can't Jump because Ben could not get off the ground. He managed this shot pretty well.
And this is Hannah. I set the camera on high speed continuous shooting and managed to pull out a couple of good frames. She was game to keep jumping, but I think that may have been because she was so psyched to be at the ocean.
Went hiking; found life (and pain and exhaustion and sweat).
The hike up to Lindeman Lake, which we did not reach, is beautiful. It's a 215 meter gain from the bottom to the top of the trail and I think we made it about 2/5 of the way. My kids had two reactions: 1. This is amazing! Why is it so green? Ohmygosh that's water flowing downhill at a rapid rate! Can we do this again? and; 2. Let's run up here as quickly as possible!
My wife and I, on the other hand, were gasping, hyperventilating, gasping, sweating (well, she was glistening) and thinking of the pain we were going to experience on the next day. We slowed the kids down and they, wonderfully, waited for us and looked at us like zoo exhibits (the mid-30's sloth comes to mind). We convinced them we'd come back another day and finish the hike because there was no way we were finishing the hike.
The photo above shows what the scenery is like on the hike up. It's beautiful.
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f5.6; ISO 400; 1/50 sec.
Empty fields means empty kids.
When I was in my first year of teaching a decade ago I was idealistic and academic. I taught English to grade eleven and twelve students and was content, maybe arrogant, enough to believe that the only way students would become better humans was through academics. I offered time after class and after-school sessions for exam prep. I inspired students through my passion and enthusiasm for literature, and even let them read books with swear words (because it was relevant and would help them relate) in them. Students loved me and some even began to learn how to read and write better. Some wanted to know what I thought they should read beyond what they were assigned.
One major stumbling block, as I saw it, were organized sports. Rugby, basketball, volleyball, soccer, football, they were all culprits in taking students' minds off of what was really important – learning. There was nothing to be learned by throwing a ball around or hitting others at full strength and speed. Schools should be places of learning, and the community could work out the sports. And if they couldn't do it, well, it wasn't my problem to work out.
Now that I have children, a daughter who's nine and a son who's six, and I teach student leadership I realize how short-sighted and naive and ignorant I was ten years ago. Kids love to play. And, shockingly enough, kids learn so much while playing. My kids have learned confidence, patience and teamwork. They're learning that their dad is a bit slow and out of shape and that they have to play nice with me or I get hurt. I've learned that life has to be experienced not just read about. I've learned that if our fields and gyms are empty, so our kids will be. And I learned all of this from experience in the field (sorry about the pun).
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f9; ISO 100; 1/640 sec.
Hannah and I went out to the park; she practiced on her inline skates, I broke in my new running shoes. After the park I gave her the choice for dinner and she chose sushi. We ordered Salmon and California rolls, tempura yams and some steamed rice, along with tea and ginger ale. She tried it all. Apparently she's not such a big fan of the salmon rolls and wouldn't go anywhere near the wasabi, but she tried sushi twenty years before I ever did. I'm always so proud of her (well, when she's not dropping clothing on her floor). She's my "kiddo".
Pentax K20D; Pentax M SMC 28mm; f2.8; ISO 400; 1/25 sec.
Lego: just hangin' around
We had gotten up at 4:00 am to get to the plane on time, spent a couple of hours flying, a couple of hours waiting for luggage and then in transportation to the hotel. We had packed our luggage into the hotel and then had a few hours to kill. I thought my kids were going to falter, spaz out, start crying uncontrollably.
While killing time, we traveled to "Downtown Disney." My children, who minutes earlier were begging to be carried and asking when we could go to the hotel to lie down, started dancing to the soundtrack of my wife's life (think '80's and '90's top 40).
Ben, who begs to be carried and to go home at the best of times, saw the Lego Store in the offing and broke into a sprint. I thought of calling after him. Instead, I broke into a sprint as well, and tried to beat him to the store. Childlike excitement, 1; maturity, 0.
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f6.3; ISO 100; 1/125 sec.
Disneyland has an attraction called "Jedi Training Academy." Both of my children were called up, along with a couple dozen more, to the stage, given Jedi robes and lightsabers and taught to fight like Jedi.
I liked this attraction. Actually, I loved this attraction. After the kids have been trained, the Imperial Death March starts up and two stormtroopers (above) run down the aisle and onto the stage. The stage floor starts rising and Darths Vader and Maul jump out and duel with every one of the Jedi trainees.
I, overcome with emotion and joy, leaned over to my wife and quietly exclaimed, "I think I just peed myself a little."
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f5.6; ISO 100; 1/250 sec.
Main Street
Nothing witty. Just a photo of why I love this place.
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f3.5; ISO 1600; 1/30 sec.
Ben (my son) had his birthday party last weekend and we hosted a shindig at a local community center for Ben and ten of his closest friends. While we were there, a lacrosse practice started in an adjacent room in the building.
What amazes me most is not that these kids give up part of their Saturdays to practice, but that one of them ends up in goal. These poor little goalies, dressed head to shin guard in armor, have all of their teammates use them as target practice for about two hours. That's like asking for the firing squad, but knowing the bullets won't kill you, only hurt like crazy.
Pentax K20D; Pentax DA 18-55mm AL II; f4.5; ISO 800; 1/60 sec.
Go Canada!
Amazing performance by all Canadians today, but huge kudos to Alex Bilodeau and his gold on the moguls.
I'll admit that I wasn't too thrilled to have the Olympics in Vancouver, but I've caught the fever and I'm addicted to CTV and their coverage.
This shot, by the way, was taken back in December at Robson Square. My kids have been the "torchbearers" (pun intended) in our house for Olympic excitement.
Pentax K20D; Pentax M SMC 28mm; f4; ISO 100; 1/80 sec.
We had a dance at school last week. I used the school's Nikon D50 to shoot the dance. I have to say I love my Pentax more every time I use that Nikon.
This was handheld, btw, and I did the b&w in Photoshop CS4.


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General Hospital
General Hospital
Premiered:April 1, 1963
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- Network: ABC
- Category: Series
- Genre: Drama
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Created by Frank Hursley & Doris Hursley
- Subject Matter: Serial
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GENERAL HOSPITAL follows the passion, intrigue and adventure that takes place in the fictional town of Port Charles in upstate New York. On Monday, April 1, 2013 at 2pm ET/3pm PT, GENERAL HOSPITAL celebrated its Golden Anniversary as the longest running American soap opera currently in production and the longest running scripted drama on television currently in production. As part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, SOAPnet aired a 50-hour marathon of classic episodes, starting Friday, March 29th at 10pm ET/PT and running through midnight Sunday, March 31st. Plus, on its 50th Anniversary, GH reprised the immensely popular Nurses Ball, a fictional charity event complete with musical performances from the illustrious citizens of Port Charles dedicated to HIV/AIDS awareness. This event marks the first time the Nurses Ball was linked to a non-fictional charity, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
- Kristen Alderson - Starr Manning
- Bradford Anderson - Damian Spinelli
- Brandon Barash - Johnny Zacchara
- Maurice Benard - Sonny Corinthos
- Julie Berman - Lesley 'Lulu' Spencer
- Sean Blakemore - Shawn Butler
- Brianna Brown - Dr. Lisa Niles Patrick
- Steve Burton - Jason Morgan
- Nathin Butler - Dr. Ewen Keenan
- Leslie Charleson - Dr. Monica Quartermaine
- Lisa Lo Cicero - Olivia Falconeri
- Jason Cook - Dr. Matt Hunter
- Chad Duell - Michael Corinthos
- Michael Easton - John McBain
- Sonya Eddy - Epiphany Johnson
- Jane Elliot - Tracy Quartermaine Spencer
- Anthony Geary - Luke Spencer
- Nancy Lee Grahn - Alexis Davis
- Rebecca Herbst - Elizabeth Webber
- Finola Hughes - Anna Devane
- Kodi Kitchen - Dr. Maggie Wurth
- Kelly Monaco - Samantha McCall
- Julie Mond - Dr. Lisa Niles
- Scott Reeves - Dr. Steven Webber
- Kirsten Storms - Maxie Jones
- Kelly Sullivan - Kate Howard
- Jason Thompson - Dr. Patrick Drake
- Laura Wright - Carly Corinthos Jacks
- John J. York - Malcolm 'Mac' Scorpio
- Dominic Zamprogna - Dante Falconeri
Other Titles
- Previously known as Emergency Hospital
Production & Distribution
- Produced by Selmur Productions
- In association with ABC Television Network
- General Hospital - Port Charles, New York USA
Firsts, Lasts & Notable Notes
- Most watched daytime TV show. (more than 30 million viewers watched Luke and Laura get married.)
- First interracial couple to be married on daytime TV.
- First soap opera character (Robin Scorpio) to be HIV-positive.
- Last broadcast by 'SOAPnet.'
Births, Deaths & Weddings
February 5, 1965: Audrey March and Steve Hardy are married
February 13, 1976: Caroline Chandler and Lee Baldwin are married
November 24, 1976: Audrey Baldwin and Steve Hardy are married
August 26, 1977: Audrey Baldwin and Steve Hardy are married
November 16, 1981: Laura Baldwin and Luke Spencer are married
February 7, 1983: Holly Sutton and Robert Scorpio are married
June 6, 1983: Celia Quartermaine and Dr. Grant Putnam are married
June 20, 1986: Felicia Cummings and Frisco Jones are married
October 6, 1986: Barbara Jean 'BJ' Jones is born
October 16, 1987: Anna Devane and Duke Lavery are married
February 26, 1988: Simone Ravelle and Thomas Steven Hardy Sr. are married
December 28, 1988: Tiffany Hill and Sean Donely are married
June 15, 1989: Felicia Jones and Colton Shore are married
October 13, 1989: Barbara Jean Spencer and Anthony Jones are married
April 26, 1990: Lucy Jones and Alan Quartermaine are married
June 28, 1991: Anna Lavery and Robert Scorpio are married
October 25, 1991: Tracy Quartermaine and Paul Hornsby are married
February 21, 1992: Jenny Eckert and Edward (Ned) Ashton are married
February 15, 1993: Dominique Stanton and Scott Baldwin are married
November 16, 2006: Laura Baldwin and Luke Spencer are remarried


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31 Dec 13
Bill O'Brien Will Be the Next Houston Texans Head Coach
Happy New Year's, Houston.
29 Dec 13
Penn State Would Reportedly Be Interested in Greg Schiano if Bill O'Brien Leaves
We are Schiano Men?
28 Dec 13
If Bill O'Brien Goes To The Texans, Could James Franklin Replace Him at Penn State?
Not a bad fallback plan…
03 Dec 13
Roundup: Alabama Fan Kills Another Alabama Fan After Auburn Loss, Verne Lundquist Talks Iron Bowl & Maria Bello's Modern Family
The last video is great, I suggest you start there.
04 Sep 13
Roundup: Jay-Z Sells Stake in Nets, 'Wrestlecast' and Tiger's Daughter Wore Red on Sunday, Too
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that went really wrong!! Hahahahahaha!!
Well, I've always been the photographer for my family and friends and I longed to have someone to photograph me for a change. But no one could really take a good shot of me. It definitely can't be my camera that is not doing a good job, and I definitely look good enough for the camera!! LOL!! So, it must be the person that's behind the camera right? Just kidding! ;p
Well, some people have an eye for photography, some don't. So, I can't expect too much from everyone to be good in taking pictures and I can't tell my family and friends "Hey, go brush up your skill!!".
So, out of desperation, I tried taking shots of myself in front of the mirror in my bathroom!! LOL!! I'm serious!!
And my mum was wondering what the heck I was doing in the bathroom, standing right in front of the mirror snapping away tons of pictures of myself!! And I have to explain to her and she just shook her head and walked away looking in disbelief that her daughter is actually 'crazy'!! LOL!!
So, here I am scrapping that very picture, which I quite like it despite only half of my face is visible!
For this simple layout, I used Magistical Memories Fleur de lis chipboard and distress it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I layered my layout with my favourite line, Hamblys overlay and paper with other mix of products from Making Memories Journal Book paper, epoxy from SEI and Love Elsie, AC Thickers alpha chipboards and other letter stickers.
I think I seriously need someone to volunteer to take really nice full-faced photos of me!! If you're free, please let me know so we could have some photo-taking outing alright? Yes, I'm that DESPERATE!! LOL!!
Thank you again for taking time to drop by my blog and leaving me wonderful comments!!
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Marvin Bernard, better known by his stage name Tony Yayo is an American rapper and member of the hip hop group G-Unit. Though his appearances on mixtapes announced his return on the street level, it was not until the release of "So Seductive" that his return received wide recognition. In August, Tony Yayo released his debut, Thoughts of a Predicate Felon. Tony Yayo has confirmed that work is in progress for his second studio album.The album was originally called Godfather of the Ghetto, then I Am 50's Tax Write-off, finally leaving Tony Yayo undecided on a title.
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Ariana "Airflow" Washington at the 2013 World Youth Championships.
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I pray before I run too…usually that I don't die during it, but like same thing.
Go head girl! Keep Hod at the head of all you do!
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Dr. Renata Bratt, Kuumbwa Jazz Artist in Residence for 2012-2013
Kuumbwa Jazz is proud to announce Renata Bratt as the Artist in Residence for 2012-2013! The Artist in Residence works year round for two years to support Kuumbwa's education programs. Dr. Bratt is a respected cellist and educator who works performs clinics and concerts nationwide. We look forward to Renata's guidance and support of Kuumbwa's education programs for the next two years.
Renata will begin her residency with a Pre Concert Talk exploring the concept of, "The Jazz Violin, a short history", prior to the Mads Tolling Quartet on Thursday, January 19th. The talk is free to ticket holders.
Mads Tolling Quartet: A Tribute to Jean-Luc Ponty
Thursday, January 19, 7:00 p
$20/Adv $23/Door
Pre Concert Talk beginning at 6:30 pm.
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Cellist and composer/arranger Dr. Renata Bratt, is both an accomplished performer and a nationally recognized, well-respected educator. Along with performing and touring with New Almaden Trio and rocker Cindy Lee Berryhill, she has shared the stage with luminaries such as Liz Carroll, Darol Anger and Alasdair Fraser and has played back-up with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, David Sanborn, Lyle Lovett, and Dionne Warwick, prompting Rolling Stone to dub her an "ace performer".
An in-demand clinician, Bratt teaches national clinics and string workshops for children and adults, including the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), MENC and Suzuki institutes and conferences, the New Directions Cello Festival, Alasdair Fraser's camps, the Mark O'Connor String Conference, Wintergrass and the National Cello Institute. She is a past president of the Suzuki Music Association of California and the International Association for Jazz Education String Caucus. She will be a featured clinician and judge at the 2012 ASTA Eclectic Styles Festival. Amazingly, in addition to her busy performance and teaching schedule, Bratt has managed to find the time to record several excellent CDs—Pacific Cello, A Slice of Summer, Great Big Taters and Jazz Trio 2006.
Renata has been involved with Kuumbwa for many years, both as a Board Member and as an active member of the Education Committee. It is indeed a gift and a pleasure to have her talents strengthening our programs and we look forward to having her serve as Artist in Residence over the next two years!


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Theme: RE:Emergence
Kansas City, MO, United States
April 18th, 2013
About this event
TEDxYouth@StateLineRoad will host a series of 10 bi-weekly salon events to build community and awareness around our TEDxYouth@StateLineRoad event this fall. This is the second in the series.
Venue and Details
Lucille Bluford Library
3050 Prospect Ave
Kansas City, MO, 64128
United States
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While Chris "I hate winter and everything it stands for" Lam is dying inside, Chris "W00t, I'm leaving this miserabletown for Las Vegas" Lam is jumping for joy. My fellow
Cholas Americans… (and bloggers) Xenia, AJ, Julie, and Marlita, and I are hopping onboard a Megabus and leaving town. Don't burgle our homes – our families are still living there.
We'll be staying at The Plaza in Downtown Las Vegas – another first for me. I've never, in the 3947394910th times I've visited Vegas, stayed in Downtown. I have, however, run through downtown Vegas during my 2010 Las Vegas Half Marathon- that was fun.
This is part of our 72-hour itinerary:
- Inglot session – I'm always looking for the perfect red lipstick
- Madame Tussauds – there's a new Avengers exhibit!!
- Absinthe – The Wife is very annoyed that I'm going to see this without him
- Shooting range – some of these bloggers need an outlet for their
- National Geographic's 50 Greatest Photos exhibit – art is important
Our weekend will be packed to the gills, which is good for YOU because…
The Cholas and I are giving away a trip to Las Vegas! Yeah! So when you win your trip, you can follow our footsteps! Or choose your own adventure!
Stay tuned this weekend – keep us in your hearts and Twitterfeed. Follow the hashtag #runawaytovegas and watch as we experience Las Vegas this winter!


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Roy Lichtenstein art hues came back to life for Spring '13. Here the best eye-catching and bright outfits of Fashion Week. Great inspiration to dress happy, fun, bubbly, pop...and OH SO SO TRENDY! :)
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We are a family owned and operated full-service bookstore located in Walla Walla, Washington. Since 1973 we have been filling the literary needs of this wonderful community and giving birth to the beginnings of a book empire through Last Word Books in Olympia. Join our struggle to change this world with words.
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
Independent Booksellers Week
This is in the UK, but I thought it might be of some interest to booklovers on this side of The Pond.
Welcome to Independent Booksellers Week!
Independent Booksellers Week 2014 will take place from 28th June to 5th July this year.
Independent Booksellers Week is part of the Books Are My Bag campaign, and seeks to celebrate independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland. We do this with events, celebrations, reading groups, storytelling, author signings, literary lunches and face painting! Your local bookshop will have their own way of celebrating, and we encourage you to visit to celebrate with them.
To find your local independent bookshop, check here
You might also like to VOTE for your FAVOURITE Bookshop – our colleagues at National Book Tokens Caboodle are running a competition for consumers to do just that – check it out here
And if you are interested in the fabulous books stocked by indie bookshops, check our our IBW Book Award Shortlist and visit your local indie bookshop to pick up a copy of one of these wonderful titles – here
The Guardian newspaper is publishing a supplement on Saturday 28th June, featuring the best of children's books, reviewed by some of our leading children's booksellers. Look out for the Guide this weekend.
And you may have seen the very exciting news about James Patterson donating £250,000 to independent bookshops in the UK & Ireland – make sure to help celebrate these wonderful places by visting your local bookshop during IBW, and every week! See JAmes Patterson talking about his gift here
Check out our Twitter account – @IndieBound_UK – for regular updates on IBW event and bookshop happenings, including the Bookshop Crawl on Saturday 5th July, our Great Bookshop Debate at Foyles on 2nd July and our IBW Literary Death Match on 3rd July – here's more info on all of those:
If you are a publisher interested in getting involved in IBW for 2015, please email email@example.com. If you are a bookseller who would like to register to participate in IBW 2015, or to receive the 2014 IBW POS Kit, again email Sharon and she will register you.
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Amazon Overlord
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By Gary Phillips
June 23rd, 2014
There's an ongoing dust-up over the selling price of e-books between publishing giant Hachette and retail behemoth Amazon. While Hachette author Stephen Colbert can give Amazon the double finger on his show, the rest of us might not be so bold. Not for the first time in a fight with a member of the Big Five, Amazon has shown it is not to be effed with. It has taken away the pre-order buttons on upcoming Hachette books – includingSilkworm by bestseller J.K. Rowling, and current Hachette books are said to be not in stock or new copies are not for sale.
While it would seem that a big, to use the baller term, like Hachette wouldn't blink and promote its titles on other sources like Barnes and Noble online, iTunes and such, it seems Amazon has it by the short and curlies when it comes to the ebook versions of their cataloge. For reasons that are painfully technical, I reference what sci-fi writer and social commentator Cory Doctrow wrote on this matter in the June 20 Guardian.com:
"Hachette, more than any other publisher in the industry, has had a single minded insistence on DRM [digital rights management] since the earliest days. It's likely that every Hachette ebook ever sold has been locked with some company's proprietary DRM, and therein lies the rub. Under US law only the company that put the D
RM on a copyrighted work can remove it. Although you can learn how to remove Amazon's DRM with literally a single, three-word search, it is nevertheless illegal to do so, unless you're Amazon…It is precisely because Hachette has been so successful in selling its ebooks through Amazon that it can't afford to walk away from the retailer. By allowing Amazon to put a lock on its products whose key only Amazon possessed, Hachette has allowed Amazon to utterly usurp its relationship with its customers."
There's a well-done article by George Packer that ran in the February 27 issue of the New Yorkerabout the irresistible rise of Amazon. Entitled "Cheap Words," the piece begins with this portentous statement, "In the era of the Kindle, a book costs the same price as a sandwich." Packer goes on to further note that its founder Jeff Bezos intended for Amazon to sell books as a way of gathering data on affluent, educated shoppers. That books would be priced close to cost, in order to increase sales volume.
As an example of how Amazon utilizes its prized data, this past week they released the Fire smartphone. The phone comes with an app called Firefly – not to be confused with Joss Whedon's cult TV sci-fi show of the same name — that can identify a song from a few lyrics or, I guess, if you point it at a particular crystal vase, hipping you want kind of bric-a-brac it is. Of course these items for just a few clicks away can be ordered, paid for by your credit card on file, and delivered (maybe same-day) to your home or office from Amazon. As a sales incentive, any picture you take with the Fire phone will for free be stored on one of the retailers' mighty computers.
Hmm, I wonder if facial recognition software will ID a Hachette author you might snap a pic of and the phone sends you a note urging you to buy a book from a Holtzbrinck author?
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
Local book published recently: Treasure: Orion's Legacy (Volume 1) by William H. Combs
Star Trek, 2001 A Space Odyssey, ET and Star Wars are all fictional examples of space exploration and encounters that entertain and stimulate our imagination. The legacy of this genre is further enhanced by the author William Combs. In his story, Treasure: Orion's Legacy, William takes us on a compelling space adventure with the main character Bob Collins.
Written in an easy to read style, William's book is full of astrophysics what ifs, techno wonders, and aliens. Imagine if you can, being placed in "Balanced Suspension", a form of long term hibernation where the body neither ages nor dies; using advanced medical science to reduce age by genetic manipulation; and using host DNA to create exact body parts with no rejection. This makes possible the ability to increase life spans, not by years or decades, but by centuries. The use of artificial intelligence, (AI), will manage space travel and perform all manner of functions to meet human needs. BOTS as automated tools can carry out repetitive and mundane tasks.
In Williams story, travel in our current dimension is only possible at about 85% light speed. However, with 26 known dimensions, several of these are not subject to the limits of light speed. Thus it becomes possible to travel 40.9 light years, or 245.4 trillion miles in 24 earth hours. Applying advanced manipulation of gravity wells will make "normal" movement sensations possible during extremely fast space travel. With hundreds of known nearby stars similar to our sun, there are several containing habitable planets for dispersing earth's crowded population. All of this scientific wonder is wrapped around a love story with devotion to spouse and family.
William Combs imagines a better life for all mankind, not just the privileged few, in our world and worlds to come. The benevolent use of advanced scientific knowledge will reduce ignorance, violence, poverty and suffering for all mankind. Phil Eagon. Friend.
About the author:
If you visit Walla Walla, Washington and stop to buy gas at Main Street Conoco, chances are you'll meet me, William Combs. I've worked here for 24 years and I'm well known in my community. If I'm not working on a car or pumping gas, I'll be reading a book. I love the written word. My favorite genre's are Science Fiction, Westerns, Action/Adventures and World War II Aviation History. I am 60 years old and the father of three grown daughters who I am very proud of. They are the joy of my life. I came from a large family and have 5 sisters scattered across the United States. As a hobby I build and fly radio controlled model airplanes. Prior to becoming a mechanic, I worked in the medical field as an emergency room technician at a major trauma medical center in Southern California. I am a former Boy Scout, 1/4 mile Drag Racer and Civil Air Patrol member. One last thing, Chevy's Rule.
Earthlight Books is located across the street and one door down on Main from Combs' Conoco service station. He has been our mechanic for many years now and we are proud to carry his book!
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Monday, June 16, 2014
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? Kurt Vonnegut's Advice to the Young on Kindness, Computers, Community, and the Power of Great Teachers
by Maria Popova
"Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy."
Kurt Vonnegut was a man of discipline, achampion of literary style, a kind of modern sage and poetic shaman of happiness, andone wise dad. After the publication of his now-legendary 1969 satirical novelSlaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut added another point of excellence to his résumé: He became one of the country's most celebrated and sought-after commencement speakers, and like other masters of the genre — includingNeil Gaiman, David Foster Wallace, Debbie Millman, Anna Quindlen, Bill Watterson,Joseph Brodsky, and Ann Patchett — he bestowed his gift of wit and wisdom upon throngs of eager young people entering the so-called "real world."
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (public library) collects the graduation addresses the beloved writer delivered at nine different colleges over the quarter century between 1978 and 2004, among which are his poignant and heartening remarks to the women of the graduating class at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, delivered on May 15, 1999 — the speech from which this entire collection borrows its title.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Most Famous Book Set in Every State
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Maps like these are designed to get people arguing in the comments. So, have at it. Do you agree with the book chosen for your state?
The Afternoon Map is a semi-regular feature in which we post maps and infographics. In the afternoon. Semi-regularly. Today's book map was created by Business Insider's Melia Robinson and Melissa Stanger and designed by Mike Nudelman.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
original article: http://www.biblio.com/book-collecting/basics/what-are-points-of-issue?utm_source=Complete+List&utm_campaign=a5b2743c8d-Bibliology_book+collecting+resources&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c63007520b-a5b2743c8d-50739121
In his landmark work Principles of Bibliographical Description, issued in 1955, Fredson Bowers scoffed:
"The craze for first impressions of first editions, and first issues of first impressions of first editions, and first states of first impressions of first editions, has occasionally resulted in speculation and bibliographical absurdity among collectors and dealers.... Any minor change made in the course of the original printing is immediately seized on as constituting an 'issue.' A trial binding used for perhaps twenty copies of salesmen's samples becomes a rare 'first issue.'"
But as anyone who has read him knows, Professor Bowers was a cantankerous old blowhard. (And, I have it on authority, notoriously slow to reach for the check at dinner. Just saying.)
"Edition," "impression," "issue," and "state" are terms with very precise bibliographical definitions, to be sure (for a concise discussion, see Terry Belanger's essay, "Descriptive Bibliography," pp. 97-99, in Jean Peters' Book Collecting: A Modern Guide). But for the modern collector, "first issue" is, for all intents and purposes, synonymous with "first edition," and when it comes to edition, First is King.
So. Let's pretend, for a moment, that you're a book. Let's pretend you're a very lucky book. You have been blessed with an editor with impeccable taste, a proofreader with an eagle eye, a printer whose inks are clear and true, a binder who checks his work not twice but thrice, and, most of all, an author who never, EVER, changes his mind.
You are, in all respects, PERFECT.
Yes. Well, that's that then.
Now let's pretend you're kind of, well, an ordinary book. Your editor has two kids under the age of three at home and hasn't slept in six months; your proofreader had a couple too many at bingo last night; your printer sometimes mistakes the green ink for the blue, or vice-versa; your binder has so many jobs waiting in the queue that he considers it a moral victory when he manages to get the title page bound in somewhere near the front half of the book; and your author just had a fight with her husband and, halfway through the print run, has decided to dedicate you, you poor abused, luckless tome, to the local cat rescue facility, instead.
Which brings us to the "points of issue."
First edition of The Great Gatsby
This means that those earliest copies - the ones with the typos, the heavier-weight paper, the incorrect dust-jacket - are out there in the wild, ripe for the picking by the astute collector who knows that the true first issue of Ben Hur is dedicated "To The Wife of My Youth." (Later issues were re-dedicated "To The Wife of My Youth - Who Still Abides With Me" after Lew Wallace received thousands of letters of condolence - and not a few marriage proposals - from fans who thought that Susan Wallace - still very much alive - had died.)
Famous examples of first-issue "points" include...
- A plethora of typos in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (as well as a missing blurb on the rear panel of the dust jacket)
- A missing dedication page in Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beams Carpenters (later issues have the dedication page tipped in, hastily and wastily, at random spots)
- Hemingway's Men Without Women has a number of points of issue, including a paper change which resulted in the earlier issue being heavier (printed on 80# paper) - so that copies printed later weigh only 15.8 ounces apiece.
More Resources for Points of Issue
There are field guides that can help you sort the wheat from the chaff, such as Bill McBride's Points of Issue and Allen and Patricia Ahearn's Collected Books, and of course there's much useful (though sometimes misleading - caveat emptor!) information on the Internet.
But sometimes a full-on author bibliography is called for. For instance, the Ahearns' guide will tell you about the addition to the wording in the dedication to Ben Hur. What they neglect to mention is that the first edition of the book (with the 6-word dedication) went through no fewer than 5 (or possibly 6!) different binding cloths, colors, and styles; at least 3 different states of the advertisements (bound in at the rear); and 2 different states of the title page. For that information, you need to turn to the definitive Wallace bibliography, the dauntingly titled Bibliographical Studies of Seven Authors of Crawfordsville, Indiana: Lew and Susan Wallace, Maurice and Will Thompson, Mary Hannah and Caroline Virginia Krout, and Meredith Nicholson, by Dorothy Ritter Russo and Thelma Lois Sullivan.
And, though Professor Bowers might be left cold by "These works [which] ... are a series of signposts leading the collector from 'point' to 'point' of the correct state of the impression to purchase," in this case, the collector (or dealer) might be forgiven for wanting to know the difference.
Because when it comes to market, a first edition Ben Hur with the correct dedication, title page, advertisements, and the pretty china-blue floral binding is an entirely different animal, price-wise, than all the rest!
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10 Creative Ideas for Holiday Centerpieces
Replay GalleryPhoto: Nicole Hill Gerulat; Styling: Elizabeth MacLennan
Gooey Graveyard
It's a little scary just how sweet this fun-to-create Halloween centerpiece can be to make. Start with a casserole dish, add
a layer of black licorice flavored jelly beans, and then pop in wafer crackers and chocolate covered graham crackers (as the
tombstones). For the finishing touch (and because it wouldn't be Halloween without those Peeps), stick a few friendly ghosts
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The leadership at the University of Northern Iowa is in transition.
Monday was President Ben Allen's last day..
During Allen's seven years with university, he was under a lot of criticism for last year's budget cuts where he cut many programs--including Malcolm Price Laboratory School.
Allen stands by his decisions though. In a recent interview, he said the cuts he was forced to make will make UNI stronger for the future.
Incoming president Bill Rudd will officially start on May 31.


text: Anyone on this page will do well to ignore the editorial review from Amazon. Prong is just another one of the countless metal bands that had an extremely underrated career and never got the recognition they deserved; much like bands like Helmet, Faith No More, Corrosion of Conformity, Biohazard, etc., and while "Cleansing" isn't perfect, it's still exceptional metal listening. Laced with some jazz/blues-esque grooves, "Cleansing" is probably the best album to come from this band masterminded by Tommy Victor, with "Whose Fist is This Anyway?", "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck", "Cut-Rate", and "No Question" being solid tracks, even if it does wear thin towards the second half of the disc and some of the songs outstay their welcome. Despite that, Prong was just one of the many ignored and underrated bands that deserved attention while pretenders like Korn and Limp Bizkit blew up, and if your a fan of Pantera, Slayer, Helmet, or COC, then you should definitely give Prong a try.


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New York Jets
Antwan Barnes - #95 - LB
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Vikings sign CB Sheppard
The Vikings found CB help on the eve of the draft, signing ninth-year CB Lito Sheppard, who was cut by the Jets this offseason.
Report: Taylor to sign with Jets
Former Dolphins OLB Jason Taylor will sign a one-year deal with the Jets as early as Wednesday, Taylor's agent, Gary Wichard, told the Miami Herald.
Sanchez on schedule for training-camp return at latest
Mark Sanchez has a talented, but troubled, new target to work with in the recently acquired Santonio Holmes, but the two likely won't be able to get on the field to practice together until training camp.
Jets RB Washington to sign tender
After waiting to see if any other team would present him with an offer sheet, Jets RB Leon Washington will sign his restricted free-agent tender from the Jets Thursday.
Report: Jets QB Clemens signs tender
Jets QB Kellen Clemens, a second-round pick in 2006, signed his original-pick tender, which is worth $1.176 million, Tuesday, according to a Scout.com report.
Steelers reach breaking point with Holmes
Apparently tired of WR Santonio Holmes' off-field problems, the Steelers took drastic action, trading him to the Jets for a fifth-round pick.
Holmes receives four-game suspension
The league confirmed reports that WR Santonio Holmes will be suspended for the first four regular-season games in 2010.
Jets acquire WR Holmes from Steelers
The Jets have acquired WR Santonio Holmes from the Steelers for a fifth-round pick in next week's draft, Jets owner Woody Johnson confirmed Monday, just as the NFL announced a four-game suspension for Holmes.
Thirty years ago: Johnny 'Lam' Jones
Thirty years ago, the Jets sent two first-round picks in the 1980 NFL draft to the 49ers in exchange for the No. 2 overall selection, where they took Texas WR Johnny "Lam" Jones.
Jets' Washington in no rush to sign tender
It doesn't appear RFA RB Leon Washington will be signing the second-round tender he received from the Jets until the deadline for another team to send him an offer sheet passes.
Jets to be featured on 'Hard Knocks'
HBO viewers will get an inside look at what goes on in the Jets' training camp this year.
Report: Jets WRs Edwards, Smith sign tenders
Jets WRs Braylon Edwards and Brad Smith have signed their restricted free-agent tenders, according to a report.
Jets S Smith signs tender
Jets S Eric Smith signed his tender late Thursday.
Jets OLB Pace sad Jones is gone
Calvin Pace said he was disappointed to see Thomas Jones go, but doesn't think it will be a situation that lingers and causes friction between players and the Jets' front office.
Jets agree with FB Richardson
The Jets have agreed to a one-year deal with FB Tony Richardson.
Barnes was placed on IR with a hamstring injury.||||||| Barnes played in 11 of 12 games this season. He had three sacks among six total tackles, including two sacks in a loss to Baltimore on Nov. 25.
San Diego Chargers linebacker Antwan Barnes has been ejected against the Oakland Raiders following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Barnes was leading the Chargers with 11 sacks this season.||||||| Officials whistled Barnes for the penalty following a 27-yard run by Louis Murphy in the first quarter Sunday. The 8-yard penalty gave Oakland the ball at San Diego's 7-yard line, leading to a Raiders touchdown. He took off his helmet and was yelling back at officials on the field following his ejection. It was not immediately clear exactly why Barnes was ejected.
Barnes was fined $5,000 by the NFL on Friday for unnecessarily striking St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford in the chest and neck.||||||| Barnes was whistled for roughing the passer on the play in Sunday's game, which came on third-and-goal from the Chargers' 13. The Rams scored a touchdown two plays later to take a 17-0 lead en route to a 20-17 victory that dropped San Diego to 2-4.
The Eagles acquired Barnes from Baltimore for an undisclosed pick in the 2011 draft on Saturday.||||||| Barnes has played in 38 games in three seasons and has five sacks, including three in his last five games in 2009. "We always had our eye on Barnes, ever since he came into the draft (in 2007)," GM Howie Roseman said. "He's got rare speed, and it's hard to find guys who can consistently get pressure on the quarterback. And it goes back to our philosophy here, that we're going to make sure our defense is able to get pressure on the quarterback."
Barnes hurt his ankle Wednesday and did not practice with the Ravens, according to the Baltimore Sun.||||||| The team does not think the injury is serious, so he should be back on the practice field soon.


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Minneapolis police are asking for your help in finding a more than 100-year-old violin that was stolen from a parked car earlier this month.
The theft was reported on Aug. 5. On that day, the victim made two stops between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. -- one on the 2700 block of Lyndale Ave. S. and another between 38th Street and Pleasant Ave. S.
The violin was made in the late 1800s and is valued at $5,000.
- "Bretton" inscribed on the interior of the violin
- 3/4 size chin rest
- Rusty red-orange color
- Some repaired cracks on the sides
- Tailpiece is the same color as the rest of the violin (not the common black)
The violin case is distinctive with a black bottom and beat- up wood top. The exterior once had a leather strap and the remains are on each side of the case's handle. The violin is encased in a zippered section lined with green flannel and the rest of the interior is lined with green velvet. Inside one of two small compartments in the interior are stored extra, distinctive, tuning pegs that are the same color as the violin with carved with balls on the ends.
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SALEM — Join the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem for its ninth Annual Holiday Breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Club's Eclipse Teen Center.
This fun-filled family event will include a fabulous breakfast, arts and crafts, games, raffles and a visit from Santa Claus.
This year's breakfast is sponsored by Salem Centre for Orthodontix of Salem.
People do not have to be members to attend the breakfast, butare asked to pre-register by calling the club at 898-7709, Ext. 10. Tickets are $5 per person for those age 6 and older, free for children 5 and younger. Tickets will be available on Dec. 6.
For more than 45 years, the Boys & Girls Club has been providing a safe place for the youth of Greater Salem with affordable programs for preschoolers to teenagers.
Their programs focus on character and citizenship, healthy lifestyles and academic success. They offer swimming lessons, sports camps, cooking lessons, homework help, sports leagues and art programs. Children have the opportunity to join community service groups and clubs such as the Keystone Club, Torch Club and the Ski & Ride Clubs.
Club membership fee is $30 a year (financial aid is available).
All program registration rates and information is available at salembgc.org. The Boys & Girls Club is at 3 Geremonty Drive.


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Okaloosa County authorities are trying to determine the identity of a woman whose body was discovered in Choctawhatchee Bay on Sunday.
According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO), the body was discovered behind a house located at 4105 Indian Trail in Destin. A house guest found the body partially in the water and partially across a rock seawall, the OCSO said.
The body was turned over to the 1st Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner's office for examination and identification.


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Texas Rangers Game
The Dallas alumni chapter invites you to attend the Texas Rangers game on Friday, September 5th.
The Dallas alumni chapter invites you to attend the Texas Rangers game on Friday, September 5th.
Enjoy a seven-night cruise on a spacious five-star ship from Vancouver, Canada, to Juneau, Alaska.
Civil air patrol aerospace educator, Lt. Col. Kathleen Beauford '69, ME '79, is featured at conference.
We provide free access to CareerShift, an online job resource.
Lost touch with Loyola? We want to reconnect.
View the latest photos from our alumni events
Certified public accountant and astute recruiter Allison Plaisance '00 was appointed the new president of the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association Board of Directors.Read More »
Lt. Col. Kathleen Beauford '69, ME '79, Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Officer, participated in the National Aerospace Education Officer Conference at the Pensacola Naval Air Station during the week of June 24, 2014.Read More »
The Loyola Preparatory Ballet Program's Placement Audition for new students and Registration Day will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2014.Read More »


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Friday, 20 September 2013 09:36
Plenty of ducks, geese and swans will be available to hunters in Utah this fall. But how long will the birds stay? That's something hunters are wondering about as the start of Utah's general waterfowl hunt approaches Oct. 5.
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Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:54
Despite a dry year, this fall will bring great fishing to Utah as the weather cools down and water levels rise. Drew Cushing, warm water sport fisheries coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, has consistently seen fall produce some of the biggest catches and fastest fishing of the year.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013 16:52
Good news, chukar hunters: The number of chukar partridge in Utah keeps climbing. During a helicopter survey over western Box Elder County on Aug. 29, Division of Wildlife Resources Biologist Jim Christensen counted 16 chukars per square mile. That's almost double the nine chukars per square mile he spotted in September 2012.
Thursday, 12 September 2013 14:01
Wildlife biologists are going to release about 1,000 chukar partridge across Utah soon. Five areas in Carbon and Emery counties will receive a total of 400 of the pen-reared birds. The areas where the birds will be released provide good chukar habitat and good access for chukar hunters.
Friday, 30 August 2013 09:25
You might be allowed to have more fish in your freezer next year. And you might not be required to eat fish you catch at waters that have catch-and-kill regulations. Those changes are among several fishing changes Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are proposing for Utah's 2014 fishing season.
Monday, 09 September 2013 16:02
Hunters 15 years of age and younger will have Utah's marshes — and the ducks and geese that go with them — all to themselves on Sept. 21. That's the day Utah hosts its annual Youth Waterfowl Hunt.
Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:10
You don't need binoculars or a spotting scope to see kokanee salmon in Sheep Creek — the bright red fish are easy to see once they enter the stream. In addition to the salmon in the stream, you might see some bighorn sheep in the distance. And it's a great place to go birding.
Friday, 06 September 2013 14:28
About 800 kokanee salmon have swam up the Strawberry River from Strawberry Reservoir over the past few days as part of their annual spawning run. You can see hundreds of these bright red salmon — and possibly other wildlife, too — at the annual Kokanee Salmon Viewing Day on Sept. 21, 2013.
Thursday, 29 August 2013 11:08
More than 4,200 tiger muskies have a new home in Utah. On Aug. 23, biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources stocked 3- to 5-inch tiger muskies into three reservoirs in the state.
Friday, 06 September 2013 14:19
Thousands of hawks, eagles and other birds of prey fly through Utah's crisp, clear skies every fall. You can watch as rehabilitators with Great Basin Wildlife Rescue release at least two rehabilitated Swainson's hawks and a great horned owl at Raptor Watch Day on Sept. 21, 2013.
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Do you use lifting straps?
If so for what exercises?
Barbell Shurgs, after I do a warm up with 225, for my next three sets of 315, 405, and 415. I just use them for my full three sets of heavy lifting.
"No maybe I can't win, maybe the only thing I can do is take everything he's got. But to beat me, he's gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he's gotta be willing to die himself." Rocky 4
" You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!" Rocky
straps are a must IMO. i use them for anything that i might lose my grip on, mostly shrugs and some rowing movements though.
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i used to be like that, now i never use my straps anymore.
buy a set of those hand grippy things and use them while your driving or watching tv....youll see your grip strenth grow tremendously.
i shrug 260 now and dont use grips. last month i couldnt shrug 200 without straps.
work on your grip and try and strenthen your hands and forearms (unless you have tendonitis or something)
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This is a @Time reporter. Remarkable. RT @MikeGrunwald: I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange.—
Mosharraf Zaidi (@mosharrafzaidi) August 17, 2013
Time correspondent Michael Grunwald quickly decided better of his tweet suggesting he was looking forward to writing about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being taken out by a drone strike.
@MikeGrunwald @juhasaarinen Hopefully someone will take you out with a meat grinder—
Bear_Code (@webwildink) August 17, 2013
@MikeGrunwald I can't wait until your mother dies of suffocation from me throat fucking her—
Cholo Weed (@DankBuds420) August 17, 2013
@MikeGrunwald Having a laugh thinking about you sweating over the shitstorm you just created for yourself. Game over, fascist.—
Anony Mister (@anonymisterz) August 18, 2013
Tough crowd. Grunwald decided to delete the tweet, but not without further antagonizing Assange's supporters and others.
Fair point. I'll delete. @rober1236Jua my main problem with this is it gives Assange supporters a nice safe persecution complex to hide in—
Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) August 17, 2013
Wow, psychopath @MikeGrunwald admits he deleted not because he advocated murder of a journalist, but because of reaction. cc: @TIME—
Meanwhile … (@crockettoo_) August 18, 2013
Demand @Time cut ties w/ @MikeGrunwald – psychopathic "Journo" who tweets about craving the death of Julian Assange. #BoycottTime @AssangeC—
Decentralise Occupy (@endarken) August 17, 2013
@ggreenwald @mikegrunwald that's sick. Truly sick. Not sure how this man can call himself a journalist. Clearly not interested in truth.—
Shelley Osborne (@shelley_ozzy) August 18, 2013
@MikeGrunwald I'm an Assange supporter and I'm not hiding. Seems you're the one trying to hide by deleting your tweet advocating a murder.—
nothing to see (@charnyr) August 18, 2013
@MikeGrunwald Assange may be a blowhard, but you're a fascist. Stop writing for Time and go away.—
JonathanDanielBrown (@JonathanDBrown) August 18, 2013
@MikeGrunwald so you want Snowden killed now too?—
(@chickeee) August 18, 2013
@ggreenwald @MikeGrunwald @Time must cleanse itself fr this fascist former journalist whois happy 2report on state sanctioned murder b4 fact—
Arthur Klein (@theGuruWithin) August 18, 2013
@wikileaks @MikeGrunwald #Assange Please report him to the Police for inciting murder.—
amer husain (@timeofaquarius) August 18, 2013
@MikeGrunwald We all saw what you did there. You can't escape the justice.—
Juho Mikkonen (@Alrahambra) August 18, 2013
Hey @Time I won't be reading your magazine again until you fire @MikeGrunwald – he seems to promote the killing of journalists.—
Asim Haneef (@Asimhaneef) August 18, 2013
@MikeGrunwald is being a huge douche bag. No surprise from a wealthy cis American white male.—
Ellie M (@kadybat) August 18, 2013
.@TIME must show that journalists calling for the murder of other journalists, or, indeed, anybody, is never acceptable. @TheTinaBeast—
WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 18, 2013
Drone strike = "The murder " in non Orwell speak -can't wait to defend "drone strike that takes out Julian Assange" huff.to/1cW2WFN—
John Cusack (@johncusack) August 18, 2013
Grunwald linked to a piece he published earlier this year arguing that the government is obligated to limit individual freedoms to protect lives, but the "don't tread on me crowd" wasn't impressed.
Thanks for your input, Don't Tread on Me crowd. Here's a sense of why I disagree with you. ti.me/ZM56MT—
Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) August 17, 2013
.@MikeGrunwald You seem to be under the impression that only "the Don't Tread on Me Crowd" objects to preemptively defending murder.—
Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) August 17, 2013
I hope @MikeGrunwald isn't punished. I want other media figures comfortable revealing their attitudes. We'll see who the real radicals are.—
Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) August 18, 2013
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After withstanding the closest thing Twitter has to an unmanned drone strike, Grunwald apologized.
It was a dumb tweet. I'm sorry. I deserve the backlash. (Maybe not the anti-Semitic stuff but otherwise I asked for it.)—
Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) August 18, 2013
No. It was dumb so I took it back. "@m_i_c_h_a_e_l_m: @MikeGrunwald bet you only tweeted this after speaking with your supervisors at Time"—
Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) August 18, 2013
I didn't need a boss to tell me it was dumb. I mean, @blakehounshell called me derpy! Again, I apologize. Good night, everyone.—
Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) August 18, 2013
nobody is going to drone julian assange, btw—
Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) August 18, 2013
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FARGO, ND - Summer fireworks sales have drawn enthusiasts to stores for years, and now a new North Dakota bill will allow stores to begin selling the popular pyrotechnics as soon as this week. That's good news for people looking to ring in the new year with a bang.
The new bill permits the sale of fireworks to state residents during a special sales window from December 26 through January 1. David Reuter of Memory Fireworks says it's a good chance for people to pick up supplies they may forgotten during the Independence Day holiday.
"I've talked to quite a few people throughout Fargo that were glad to hear we're open because they usually stock up on the Fourth to have stuff for the New Year's [sic] to light off," Reuter said. "Part of the reason we wanted to do this is just to give the customers the opportunity to not have to do that."
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If you've never had the opportunity to watch a silent-era film under the stars on a warm August night, now is your chance.
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Mann Biomedical Park will transform into a jazzy, snazzy Bourbon Street bash on Saturday, Aug. 22 when the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center Foundation presents, A Hot August Night."
The SCV Youth Project is mixing together a tasty treat for Santa Clarita Valley residents when they hold their first inaugural Sweet Charity Cake Auction and Competition on Saturday, Aug. 8.
Special Olympics gymnastics competition came to the Santa Clarita Valley recently as three dozen athletes gathered for a regional meet at Gymnastics Unlimited in Valencia.
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The Reynoso Family of Santa Clarita are ready to battle against The Harden Family of Los Angeles on the nationally syndicated Family Feud, beginning on Wednesday, July 29, at 6 p.m. on KCAL (Channel 9).
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Anna Novaes, daughter of Rod and Heidi Novaes of Valencia, was named to the Dean's List at Smith college for her academic achievement for the 2008-2009 school year.
Wade Hatch likes to tell tales - with a paintbrush, with leather tools, with his voice. He conveys scenes of the 1800s west, when men were men and working with your hands meant taking care of the land, not texting on your Blackberry.
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The Tao of Tao Okamoto: A Sneak Preview of the Japanese Supermodel's Photo Exhibition Celebrating Her Fifteen-Year Career-------
Tao Okamoto is a "model" in every sense of the word. Since she began appearing on runways and in glossy editorial spreads fifteen years ago, the Japanese beauty has become one of the industry's most sought-after faces (and helped break down barriers for Asian catwalkers). In recent years, Okamoto has extended her influence beyond fashion. In 2011, she helped raise funds and awareness for victims of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked her home country. Last summer, Okamoto made her acting debut in the X-Men blockbuster The Wolverine. Keeping up her silver-screen streak, she was cast in the upcoming action flick, out in 2016, Batman vs. Superman, and also made her first TV appearance in the new Japanese miniseries Chi no Wadachi.
Adding to her already-full plate, Okamoto has found time in the past year to do a special series of shoots—commissioned by her New York agency, The Society Management—with fifteen emerging photographers to honor her fifteen-year-long career. The resulting exhibition, Tao Okamoto 15, will be unveiled tonight at Hudson Studios in Manhattan and is open to the public for one day only. On view are unique images lensed by up-and-coming talents including Max Snow, Victor Demarchelier, and Santiago & Mauricio. An exclusive sneak peek of Tim Richardson's portrait debuts here on Style.com. Below, we spoke with Okamoto about her latest showcase, balancing acting and modeling, and more.
Do you have any interesting on-set memories from the photo shoots for your new exhibition?
I remember the Maurizio Bavutti [shoot]. It was just the day before my movie premiere, and it was a funny experience because I looked totally different from one day to the next—from being covered in clay, which was an edgy, artistic look, to a glamorous Hollywood look.
Had you collaborated with any of these photographers before, and did you enjoy working with any one of them in particular?
I hadn't worked with any of them before, but each and every one of them surprised me because they all had very unique, exciting ideas, so I can't pick only one. I just followed and fit myself into each of their worlds.
How have your recent acting roles changed your outlook on modeling?
I think they've allowed me to become more fearless and to express myself in a bigger way. Acting has also freshened me up to the subject of photography.
You sat in quite a few front rows during the Fall '14 shows [Chanel, Givenchy, Stella McCartney, and Calvin Klein, to name a few]. What was it like watching fashion from the sidelines as opposed to walking down the runway?
I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry, and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.
Are there any designers whom you admire or credit for your success?
I cannot thank Phillip Lim enough for bringing me to the stage I'm at right now. He also made a special dress for my movie premiere in Japan last summer. There are a few more designers who I have strong relationships with, as more than just a model. I will always remember how they appreciated me at the beginning of my career, and I would love to repay them as an actress somehow if I can.
Do your fans miss that signature bowl haircut you sported a few years ago?
I hear that a lot and really appreciate it, but I don't plan to return to that haircut at the moment. I'm enjoying my new look!
In general, how do you unwind?
When I feel stressed, I [do] karaoke and sing for hours!
Tao Okamoto 15 debuts tonight (7 to 10:30 p.m.) at Hudson Studios, 601 West 26th St., 13th floor, and will be on view to the public through Friday, May 9.


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The total value of trade in the commodity futures market rose 20 per cent to Rs 44.03 lakh crore in the first three months this year, led by gold and silver, market regulator FMC has said.
"The value of trade during January to March 2012 was Rs 44.03 lakh crore as against Rs 36.78 lakh crore in the corresponding period last year," Forward Markets Commission (FMC) said in its latest bulletin.
Trading in bullion contributed a major share in the total value of trade in the market, it said.
The value of trade in bullion was the maximum at Rs 21.45 lakh crore as compared to other commodities.
Bullion is largely traded at MCX, the country's leading commodity bourse. The turnover from gold and silver was Rs 9.29 lakh crore and Rs 11.64 lakh crore, respectively, on the exchange in the review period.
While the value of trade in other metals on the 21 commodity exchanges was Rs 8.54 lakh crore in the January-March period, the turnover from farm items was at Rs 7.24 lakh crore and energy commodities at 6.80 lakh crore, the FMC data said.
FMC, which regulates 21 commodity bourses, said the five national level exchanges — MCX, NCDEX, NMCE, ICEX and ACE — made a total business of 43.87 lakh crore and the remaining 16 commodity exchanges achieved a turnover of Rs 0.16 lakh crore in the review period.
The regulator said it granted permission to the exchanges to launch 54 commodity contracts both agricultural and non-agricultural items in the first three months of 2012.
Prominently traded farm items were refined soyaoil, mustard seed, chana, soyabean and pepper, followed by mentha oil, guarseed, kapas, crude palm oil, guar gum and cotton seed oilcake, it added.
To protect individual traders, the Commission said it has issued directives to the national exchanges for setting up of Investor Protection Fund, sending every day details of trade to traders and quarterly settlement of individual trader's account by brokers.


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The team's success this season will depend on how far the team's best and most experienced unit - helmed by Eric Atkins and Jerian Grant starting their third year together - can take them.
After their annual mid-January lull and the loss of 6th year senior Scott Martin, Notre Dame gets back on track with two consecutive wins over USF and Villanova.
Fighting Irish Basketball Goes 3-0 in 5 nights as Jack Cooley officially turns into a Big East POY favorite
Mulitple scoring punches off the bench power #20 Notre Dame past visiting Monmouth
So while walking through the halls of school Monday morning, multiple people congratulated me on the win. This means 1) that I've successfully made it known that I am a Notre Dame alum and 2) they...
After denying Tim Abromaitis' 6th year request last month, the NCAA has approved Scott Martin's request. Martin will return to the Fighting Irish this fall and anchor the team's defense while continuing to provide veteran leadership. After struggling for most of the early part of the season Martin stepped up his game midway through the conference schedule and became one of the top defenders not only in the conference but in the country. His return is good news for Fighting Irish fans everywhere
RT @BGI_WesMorgan: #ND forward Tim Abromaitis told me his request for a 6th year was denied by NCAA and he won't appeal the decision.— Jason Sapp (@Jason_Sapp) May 1, 2012
Mike Brey and the team hoped to have the sweet shooting back for a 6th year but the NCAA denied his request and thus prevented Abromaitis from getting his 19th degree from Notre Dame. Abromaitis was a model student-athlete who deserved to go out on his own terms but with both a BBA and MBA already in hand from the prestigious Mendoza College of Business (shout out!), he probably already has Fortune 500 firms lining up for his services
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Noah Ackerman had a busy summer.
With 4-H projects and continued school work, he did a lot. He will even be representing the local 4-H at the Indiana State Fair in a couple weeks.
And he swam in the family's small pool to keep in shape for football season. But this home-schooled student will not be able to play football with his friends this season for Washington Junior High School.
The decision made by Washington schools administrators and made public last week is an example of the issue for home school families and their interaction with public schools. In this case, it is extracurricular activities.
In June, Noah's parents, Brant and Renee, asked the Washington School Board for a waiver to allow their son to play junior high football. In their presentation, they had support from the seventh grade football coach and even said the varsity football coach had given support.
They went to the board because earlier this year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's Executive Committee voted to allow home school students to take part in IHSAA-sanctioned activities if certain criteria were met, including taking one class at the school and taking part in the ISTEP testing regiment. The school also has to allow the student to take part, even if the student is in junior high and not part of high school yet.
Days after making that request, Brant said, they were contacted by school administration and told their request was denied.
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In Pittsburgh, despite numerous miscues and a performance you would expect out of a rookie QB in his first playoff performance, the Steelers slipped by in overtime, thanks largely to a nightmarish finish by Jets placekicker Doug Brien. Roethlisberger got off to a horrible start, completing just four of his 12 pass attempts in the first half. And while he did bounce back for a less-than-impressive 17-of-30 for 181 yards on the day, it was his two critical interceptions that should have cost the Steelers the game.
The first came late in the third quarter with the Steelers driving and the score tied at 10. On a second-and-ten pass play, after buying some time with his feet before breaking out of the pocket under pressure, Roethlisberger rolled to the right, and throwing on the run --something he has done very well all year-- he under threw his intended receiver and was picked off by safety Reggie Tongue, who returned the ball 86 yards for a touchdown.
The Steelers appeared to be on the verge of scoring, and possibly tying the game, on their ensuing possession as they marched to the Jets 22-yard line. But future Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis fumbled the ball, and defensive end Shaun Ellis recovered it for the Jets. To the credit of Roethlisberger and Bettis, they did pull it back together the next time the offense took possession of the ball. The Steelers did most of their damage on the ground before Roethlisberger connected with Heinz Ward on 4-yard shuffle pass to tie the game with just over six minutes remaining in regulation.
New York quarterback Chad Pennington quickly worked the Jets into field-goal position right before the two-minute warning, but a 47-yard attempt by Brien hit the crossbar and bounced back, keeping the score tied, 17-17.
Roethlisbergers second critical mistake came on the Steelers first play after the kickoff when he was picked off at the Jets 39-yard line by cornerback David Barrett, who took it back to the Steelers 37, putting New York in great position to set up the winning score. But this time, Briens 43-yard field goal attempt went wide left as time ran out in regulation.
In overtime, the Jets won the toss, but their drive stalled at their own 41. And after a Toby Gowin punt pinned the Steelers back at their own 13-yard line, Pittsburgh put together a game-winning drive behind the strong running of Duce Staley, capped by a 33-yard Jeff Reed field goal.
In Atlanta, there was far less drama as the Falcons rolled over the Rams with an incredible 327 yards on the ground and an amazing 8.2 yards per carry. Michael Vick showed just how devastating he can be as an offensive weapon right away as he set up an 18-yard TD pass to tight end Algae Crumpler with a 47-yard scramble on a third-and-2 from his own 32-yard line.
The Rams showed early signs of life by bouncing back with a 57-yard strike from Marc Bulger to Kevin Curtis, but it was short lived as Falcons running back Warrick Dunn ripped off a 62-yard touchdown run less than a minute-and-a-half later.
The Rams defense struggled to stop the run all day, while the Falcons defense did a good job containing the explosive St. Louis offense. Dunn stretched the lead to 14 early in the second quarter with an 18-yard TD gallop, and the Rams tried to fight back with a score of their own on the ensuing drive. But a 68-yard punt return by Allen Rossum once again opened a 14-point spread. The Rams closed out the first half with a field goal, making the score 28-17, but they also closed out their scoring for the day and would never seriously challenge the Falcons in the second half.
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So, last week I talked about KDice. I had a few people sign up and play. They enjoyed it and I encourage more people to try it out (www.kdice.com).
This week, I'm going to turn you onto another free internet game called Maplestory. The game is extremely addictive and amazingly free. It's a 2D MMORPG. That stands for massive multiplayer online role playing game. There are tons of users who all start out in a training system that shows you how to use your weapons and how to run around in the world. After finishing training, the game transports you to the real world that is populated with all the other people who are playing the game. Thus, you can walk around and chat with anyone else standing around and then go off to defeat the boss together or just walk around. It's interesting to note that you can trade goods that you have found or if you want, buy in the cash shop. If you are really into the world and some of the friends you meet, you can even buy a marriage ticket and marry someone in the virtual world. The graphics and animations are cutesy and the world reminds you of NES era Mario with touches of anime. Your character is completely customizable and you are able to change his/her look and appearance over time through the purchase of new clothes, haircuts, and more.
It's well worth taking a look at and after all, it's completely free! You never have to buy anything in the game to enjoy it and since its free, there is never a lack of people who are on it to chat with and adventure with.
Another extremely exciting part of the whole Maplestory universe is that it has recently been branched off into a card game, also called Maplestory. The card game is also a whole lot of fun and gives you special codes for the PC game. Each booster pack of cards has at least one code that you can redeem online for a special item. As of now, Game On (208 West 1st) is the only store in McCook that carries these cards.
I am an avid player of both the card game and the PC game and best of all, they are simple enough for the young and old to play and enjoy together!
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This past weekend I was in Montreal for our homies Sweet Technique's Jam Skill-O-Meter (review coming soon) and my homie Gadget introduced me to one of the ILLEST to ever do it—Megas from Boogie Brats Crew. Megas was so ahead of his time that let's just say HIS FOOTAGE IS STILL AHEAD OF HIS TIME… Sadly, he is no longer active but if he was it would almost be safe to say that he wouldn't be "One of the Illest" but THE ILLEST. Check out the footage below and bare witness…. VERY IMPORTANT! Listen to the opening intro because his words are very relevant!
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Dream Car. Dream Vacation. Not Dreaming. Volvo Overseas Delivery.
Pick up your new Volvo dream car in Gothenburg, Sweden and extend your vacation to Stockholm or Paris for 3 additional nights.
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