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Good post from reader backtocali here. What's your take?
The BBWAA voted for King Felix and Lincecum for Cy Young Awards in years where they didnt profile as the typical BBWAA award winner. In 2011 will the BBWAA do the right thing (as they did with the two votes mentioned here) this year, and vote for Matt Kemp as the National League MVP?
Granted, we are only 2/3rds of the way through the 2011 season, but the Dodger Center Fielder is having the most impressive season of any player in the NL, and it shouldn't really matter that he isn't playing on a contender, or that his team is 11 games below .500.
There's no telling how much the MVP voters might discount the fate of the Dodgers, when voting for Kemp as a viable "most valuable player." The last time serious consideration was given to a player from a non contending team (in the NL) was in 2005, when Derrek Lee had his run at the triple crown onoa sub par Cub squad. In the last 20 years the NL BBWAAvoters have given serious consideration to only 2 other players for the MVP award that came from losing teams: 2002 with Sammy Sosa and1995 with Dante Bichette. And we all know about the last time a winner came from a losing team (NL only again) was the 1987 award given to Andre Dawson who played for a Cub team that went 76-85.
Maybe if Matt Kemp were a Cub he would get some votes. This point, as sarcastic as it may seem, sheds more light on why Kemp is andshould get serious MVP consideration this year. Matt Kemp (if he stays on track) will compile his amazing offensive numbers while having played over 72% of his games in pitcher friendly parks. Kemp's closest competition for the award right now is probably Ryan Braun, who plays in a much more hitter friendly park, and has plenty of road games in the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Wrigley Field andMinute Maid Park in Houston. In fact, Kemp's 5 closest competitors for the award (Braun, Joey Votto, Justin Uptonand Prince Fielder) play a much higher percentage of games than Kemp does in hitter friendly environments.
Even if you take out the hitter park vs pitcher park argument, Kemp's numbers are just better all aroundthan his competitors for the award. He leads the leage in RBI (on a really bad offensive Dodger squad), he is 2nd in HR and 4thin the league in hitting. So he is obviously doing well in all of the counting stats that the voters like to look at. But he is also doing extremely well with Sabermetricones as well: leading the league in Runs Created, 2nd in WAR (first in WARP and VORP with Baseball Prospectus) and he is 3rd in the league in Win Probability Added.
You could possibly question his "luck" or his defense. His .361 BABIP is in the top 10 in the league, but among players in the hunt for the MVP award, isntall that outside of the norm. And among top MVP candidates, only 4 of them have what Saber-heads like myself would consider good defense (Upton, Matt Holliday, Shane Victorino and Troy Tulowitzki). But the typical MVP voter for the BBWAA doesn't know what BABIP even is, and defense is at the very bottom of their priority list.
So will the voters penalize Kemp for an award he richly deserves simply because the Dodgers are owned by Frank McCourt, and Rafael Furcalwas hurt all year, and James Loneycontinued his slide into irrelevance, and the team couldnt find an MLB caliber catcher to receive the wonderful pitching staff they have on hand? And will they hand deliver the award to a player who plays a ton of games in hitter friendly parks, with numerous games against the 2 worst teams in the league, in the weakest division in the NL andis followed up in the lineup by another MVP candidate? Yes, they probably will, and with extreme prejudice.
As of right now, Matt Kemp is the National League MVP. It's a shame that he will never have the 2011 award on his mantle.


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Haha! I haven't seen things like cork since HD! Guess I gotta get back into that mindset!
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Its like working on that jeep you have , all the same period, remember I am not far away if you need help
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Congrats on trying to resurrect the family Cub--and a Demonstrator at that!!
I know you're busy this weekend, but if you get a chance to get a clear photo or write down the info on the cement mixer and PM me (or post), I would appreciate it.
You have a treasure trove there, which I sense you are aware of. That's good. Keep it all together and focus on getting the Cub up and running first. Those implements will still be there when you're ready for them.
Have a great Independence Day holiday and welcome to the Forum!!
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Thanks tim, i appreciate it!
I can do that, but not sure where any numbers would be on that thing, it's pretty cramped and dark in there. Any spots to look for?
Having what someone called the gas/water separator cleaned out right now. The bowl and solid fuel line connected from the left side of the tank. I didn't realize that bowl was glass! It's totally black. I'll grab the carb at lunch and do the same. After work I'll see if I can find a few things locally. If not ill check out TMs site a little bit more.
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Appears to be a tag on the leg in the picture below...
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Hah, good call! I never paid much attention to that thing, but now I see it clear as day.
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The mixer looks like it may be a Homart distributed by Sears. Very similar to the Homart I have.
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Here are a few from last weekend/today...
Manifold was blown out, and gunked. Looks like there may be a pinhole so will probably leak. Not a big worry at the moment. Later down the road can get it welded.
Sediment bowl was already off, that and the carb were cleaned today at work. Carbs scared me in the past, but this seems like its easier than those found on bikes. Got a new screen and cork gasket for the bowl. A coworker was thinking the gasket in between the bowl/body was in good enough shape to re-use. I'll still probably hunt one down once I place an order for other parts.
So I guess theres the magneto! Anything I should do with that, like new cap, before trying to start?
I am headed back either tomorrow after work, or Thursday morning. I will call a local parts store that has some parts if they have an oil filter, plugs, wires and some 90 gear oil. I have sae 30 motor oil, do these things prefer a detergent or non detergent?
I will boil some water and dump it straight through the radiator a few times to "flush."
I will pull the air cleaner off and bring it back to clean.
I will gunk the motor, and degrease as best I can with a toothbrush and bucket (no running water).
Other than that, I will continue to clean up from sandy, cut some more grass, have some beers, and play with fireworks!
More pics to follow.
And as always, and input/advice is appreciated. Just found out a coworker has a 53, so he has offered help as well!
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Brian, I have all the parts here for the carb, stop by if you want and I will go through it for you
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Post a pic of the pinhole in the manifold, it may be the drain you are seeing.
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Suggest you change the copper fuel line for a proper steel line. Copper is not a good substitute. Yes, you might get by .. but since it has been parked for a longish time and the age of the line is unknown for sure, I wouldn't trust it at all. See this search from the archives on threads for Copper Fuel Lines
See Tim about the carb parts and he can help you with a making a new steel line. Pretty easy - How To Upgrade A Cub Fuel System. Take the fuel sediment bowl with you
Some things to consider -
Spark Plug wires - make sure that they are not carbon composite but copper cores. Mags do not like carbon composite wires.
Magneto - well, you will need to check the points and the condensor as well as the rotor. Might want to take that to Tim's as well Check the cap for spark tracks and cracks. If none then the cap may be ok.
Manifold - is supposed to have an allen head screw in it. That may look like a small hole. Don't weld that as it is the vacuum port for connecting things like a milker. Or it could be the drain hole.
Parts - check Cub FAQ's #1 on ATIS Par 7 - Are parts available? - the cross ref's are there for Points, Rotor, Condenser, Oil Filter etc.,
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This pic shows the hole that should be there.
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Thanks Tim, I may give you a call over the weekend. I basically take 84 straight to the PA border, pretty sure it pretty much passes right by you.
That's the hole! One less thing to worry about!
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Boy - you ain't kiddin'! I feel like I went back to 1957 looking at your pics! That's pretty cool, I'm glad for you. Welcome to the forum!
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Cement mixer is from sears. I sprayed engine bright but it's no match for the grease! Little by little clean it by hand. Didn't get much done, a bear cub ran by so I was on high alert for the mother. Not to mention it was pretty damn humid in there! I took some pics but no Internet connection here, I'll post up when I'm home.
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Nas and Damian Marley's upcoming Distant Relatives album has reportedly been pushed from its original March release to later this year.
According to reports, the duet project has also been green lit for a lead single.
It seems the title was changed from 'Only The Strong' to 'Strong Will Continue'. This is the rumored first single from the upcoming Distant Relatives album produced by Damian & Stephen Marley. I'm feeling this. Exclusive info: Album has been pushed back to April 20th. (Hip Hop N More)
Last month, Nas spoke on being unsure of what his fans would think of the project's release.
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Nas described the progress of Distant Relatives and the feedback he's received from fans on the Rock The Bells 2009 tour last summer.
Nas estimates it's about 90 percent done, Marley guesses a more conservative 75 percent, with songwriting contributions by Marley's brother Stephen and a guest feature by rapper K'Naan. "I just think it was me and Damian finding our way," Nas said about the project. "When you have two different artists working on a record when they're used to doing their own thing their own way, it's not as easy as people may think. We just flowed, and the next thing we looked up and there were so many songs done or so many songs started and worked on...we just decided to keep it going. It's not reggae. It's not rap. It's different sh*t for each of us...I know people are kind of like, 'What's happening? What's Nas doing? What's Damian doing? Is this really happening?' ... So just being out here on the road we get a good feel from people about this whole thing." (Billboard)
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May 11, 2013
Malcolm Shabazz, 28, died tragically in Mexico on Thursday. His funeral will be held in Oakland later this coming week. The Bay Area has much love for young Malcolm, as this is where he began to become an outstanding speaker, known as El Hajj Malcolm El Shabazz for his stirring accounts of his pilgrimage to Mecca. The Bay View was honored to sponsor him on speaking tours arranged by Bay View associate editor and the People's Minister of Information JR, his close comrade over the past several years.
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"We must leverage our athletic success for economic development in our community," says Magic Johnson. Everett L. Glenn, president of the National Sports Authority, a division of ESP Education & Leadership Institute, is applying that principle to construction of the 49ers' new stadium under construction in Santa Clara.
April 26, 2013
Fascist repression can only flourish when the voices of its victims have been brutally silenced and isolated within the concrete confines of a man-made construct where the scrutiny of the media cannot transcend the walls. But contrary to the fascist intent, the voices of resistance reverberated within the depths of this concrete hell as New Afrikan revolutionary prisoners since our arrival have refused to remain silent and have waged a continuous campaign to put an end to this racial injustice. And for over 20 years the San Francisco Bay View has played a critical role in allowing our voices to be heard.
March 20, 2013
For the second week in a row, one of the largest audiences for any show on KPFA was disappointed not to hear the People's Minister of Information JR Valrey and his Block Report on the air Wednesday at 8 a.m. Instead we heard an announcement by interim general manager Andrew Phillips that JR has been suspended. Getting punished for doing "too well" happens to Black folks much too often. Sign the two petitions to end the suspension of JR Valrey from KPFA and attend the Town Hall Meeting, Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m. at Laney College. This story is constantly being updated with new signatures and comments.
March 10, 2013
I have learned profound lessons from Zaharibu in the short three months I have known him. In hearing more about his story and the horrendous conditions he lives under, I have been driven to learn more about solitary confinement, why it must be abolished and the resistance against it. I have also been moved to become a part of that resistance in any way I can.
December 7, 2012
Monday, Nov. 26, at the Bay Area Black Media Awards event hosted by Greg Bridges and sponsored by the San Francisco Bay View and Block Report Radio, it was so wonderful to see all the media friends and family for an evening of celebration. KPOO, KPFA, New California Media/Pacific News Service, Wanda's Picks Radio, Oakland Post, Globe, Poor News Network, Oakland International Film Festival, Black Panther newspaper alumni and others were in the house as "Best" this and "Best" that were saluted.
November 28, 2012
From the powerful voice of Mumia Abu-Jamal opening the event to jazz rapper Do D.A.T.'s video-illuminated revelations on life in the hood, from beloved journalist Kevin Weston's story of his escape from death's door to renowned filmmaker Kevin Epps' telling about his first job delivering the Bay View, Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi's Nov. 26 saw stars like Panthers Big Man and Emory Douglas, Phavia Kujichagulia, Walter Turner, Donald Lacy, Wanda Sabir, Greg Bridges, JR Valrey and Dr. Willie Ratcliff place Black media on the front lines of the struggle for justice.
November 18, 2012
It is time for all the staff and listeners to embrace the democratic victory that was won for us in legal and street battles of 1999-2001 and by the people who formed the original "Save KPFA" in the mid-1990s. KPFA was not sold from under us, and thanks to their efforts, it never will be. It is time to bring peace to KPFA and Pacifica and help strengthen this priceless resource.
November 7, 2012
Since 1949, KPFA has been bringing incisive political analysis, vital cultural perspectives, and an amazing variety of music to the Bay Area and beyond. To keep KPFA responsive to community needs, the station needs community participation, and one of the ways to participate is to vote in the board elections.
October 24, 2012
"Champion ended his strike Oct. 19, after having lost over 51 pounds and having at least one major demand met: He has been promised that he will be released from his highly restrictive confinement after seven years of being held in 'the hole.'"
October 14, 2012
"The idea of this agreement going around is a positive start to a new beginning for all inmates. If we could maintain this valuable peace treaty within the prison system, why not work on spreading the word outside the prison walls so that we may put an end to the gang violence and work on becoming a bigger force?" writes a prisoner in the Pelican Bay SHU. And in a large rally outside the LA County Jail, youth called for a "parallel cease fire in the streets" to correspond to the end of hostilities inside the prisons. Prisoners need this news. Please copy and mail this story to a prisoner.
October 8, 2012
Word has just reached us that Steve Champion, a prisoner on San Quentin's death row well known as an inspirational advocate for justice and as one of the trio with Stanley Tookie Williams and Anthony Ross, began a hunger strike last Thursday, Oct. 4. His demands – still unmet – are listed in "The struggle never stops," published in the July Bay View and reprinted here, and he asks that all who believe in justice flood the San Quentin warden and Corrections Department (CDCR) spokespersons with calls and emails.
September 20, 2012
My husband, Robbie James Riva, who currently resides at Calipatria State Prison, has maintained his innocence for the past 11 years. After his appeal was denied in 2009 and there was no more money to pay an attorney, I decided to take it on myself. We put our minds together, our strength, our love and we told each other we could do this and we did. He wrote his appeal himself with the documents I sent him.
July 21, 2012
The State Department announced today that the U.S. "has cut this year's planned military assistance to Rwanda amid concerns that the government in Kigali is supporting rebel movements in neighboring Congo," according to the Washington Post. A three-year campaign by advocates for peace in the Congo and an end to the plundering of its mineral riches culminates successfully in today's announcement. They have been pressing for implementation of the only law sponsored by then Sen. Obama allowing denial of aid to Congo's neighbors that destabilize the Congo.


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Heya Bucs, just a couple of questions for you as we enter the weekend and look forward to the up and coming game. What happened to your running game last week? Is Blount having problems or is there some other reason you just couldn't get it started? How do you like your chances against Allen and the defensive lines ability to put pressure on the QB. Who do you think your break out player will be and who do you think you'll need to be a solid player to make sure you win? Last, I don't know much about your defense how solid is it and what do you think the main strengths are?
Anyway thanks for answering any of these questions, and if you have some about Minnesota feel free to ask I would be happy to share anything I know (or think I know)


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The Texas A&M Aggies are still ranked No. 17 in the polls, but considering they already have two losses this season and are currently trailing the Iowa State Cyclones, that luck probably won't last for long. The Aggies trail 7-6 midway through the second quarter after being forced to settle for their second field goal of the game.
It probably won't stay a low-scoring affair for long as the Aggies have been known for putting points on the board as of late, but as of now, James White and the hosting Cyclones have something to be proud of -- a lead in the Big 12 after losing their first three intraconference contests.
The Cyclones picked up the lead when running back James White took a hand-off 19 yards to the end zone after Iowa State started the drive on its own 17. Jared Barnett was the quarterback on the drive after starter Steele Jantz was benched when he went 0-for-4 with an interception to start the game.
For further reading, news, discussion and more, visit Texas A&M blog I Am The 12th Man and Iowa State blog Wide Right And Natty Lite. Here's this week's college football TV schedule, and stay tuned to SB Nation's college football news hub for more.


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Today is my birthday.
If you've been a reader here for more than a year or two, you might have noticed that some years, I ask for something for my birthday here, and not usually something that's a thing, like a pony, a fire hoop, a scooter with a sidecar for my little dog, or a life-sized Fozzie Bear I could tell bad jokes to while going wokka-wokka (though I'd oh-so-gladly accept all of those things, for the record).
If and when I have a birthday where I blow out candles, the wish I make when I do is usually something around positive social change, and often positive social change in regard to sexuality. In a word, what I usually really, really want for my birthday is for people to have happier, healthier sexual lives, to feel better about sex and whatever their sexualities are, and to be more accepting and supportive of the diverse sexualities of all people.
One of the very biggest problems we have in most of our cultures and communities around sex and sexuality is silence, secrecyRead more...


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Body Found Off Highway 1 Where Car Registered To Elderly Missing Man Went Off Road
A body has been found off of Highway 1 in Marin County where a vehicle registered to an elderly man missing for more than a month went off the road.
Marin County Teen Pushes Forward After Becoming Paralyzed In Crash
Life can change in an instant for any of us. For 16-year-old Louie Vaccaro of Fairfax, it happened on Christmas Eve last year. The Marin County teenager was with a group of friends when the SUV they were in overturned on Lucas Valley Road and rolled two-and-a-half times.
Torrential Rain Triggers Flood Advisory For North Bay Cities
he National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Marin and Sonoma Counties Saturday until 10:45 a.m. as a heavy band of rain moves through, swelling urban and small streams.
Wildfire In Remote Hills Near Fairfax Is Fully Contained
Fire officials in Marin County say a wildfire burning in the remote hills west of Fairfax since last night is now fully contained.
$200k Approved To Study Return Of Streetcars To Marin County
The Transportation Authority of Marin has authorized a $200,000 study to determine the need and feasibility of a ten-mile trolley line that would link three communities in the county.
Marin County Girl's Charity-Infused Lemonade Gets Supermarket Boost
A Marin County girl who started a lemonade stand in front of her Fairfax home last year, in a crusade against child slavery, is on the verge of seeing her product bottled for sale in some big name grocery stores.
Bad Wiring From Pot Growing Operation Suspected In Fatal Fairfax Fire
Electrical wiring configured to power a marijuana-growing operation is suspected of sparking a fire that killed the male occupant of a small cabin in Fairfax early Friday morning, fire officials said Tuesday morning.
Marin County, San Francisco Mop Up Mess From Weekend Storm
While the Bay Area is getting some respite from the heavy rains, work crews in the Marin County and San Francisco are trying to clean up damage caused by this weekend's storm.
Body Found Inside Burning Structure In Fairfax
A body was discovered inside a burning structure in Cascade Canyon in Fairfax early Friday morning, according to the Marin County Fire Department.
Marin County Town Pushing For California 'Homeless Bill Of Rights'
A Marin County town is pushing the State Legislature to adopt a "Homeless Bill of Rights" similar to the one recently adopted in Rhode Island, according to San Anselmo-Fairfax Patch.


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cql-rb v2.0 released!
cql-rb v2.0 has finally been released. This is the first release to support all the new features in Cassandra 2.0 like result paging, mixed batches, SASL authentication.
Read the full release notes on v2.0
The next step is to add LZ4 compression support – it's already completed, but the lz4-ruby gem didn't release a compatible version in time to include it in v2.0, and there will be support for connection strategies, routing strategies, and hopefully support for encrypted connections, as well as support for the new features that will be introduced in Cassandra 2.1.
This release is forwards compatible with all versions of Cassandra that support v2 of the CQL binary protocol, which includes Cassandra 2.1 and most likely all releases in the coming year or two.


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A New Revolution in Tank Cleaning
May 17, 2010
The Clean-In-Place (CIP) rotating tank-cleaning machine combines high impact cleaning efficiency with extended operating life, reduced life cycle costs and simple on-site service. It is ideal for large tanks (up to 130 ft. in diameter) often found in the food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries where superior cleaning with reduced cycle times and low water, energy and chemical consumption are important considerations. Simple in design and operation the unit has a minimum number of moving parts and can be completely stripped and rebuilt for maintenance ON-SITE in less than 15 minutes, according to the manufacturer. Operating life is maximized through fewer, carefully designed internal parts with greater wear resistance. The unit is self-cleaning and media lubricated for trouble-free operation in even the most demanding hygienic applications. The materials of construction make it safe for use in hazardous areas. Available in ten standard models in a 2- or 4-nozzle configuration. Typical applications include CIP duties for process vessels and storage silos in beverage industries; brite tanks, coppers, fermenters and conditioners in the brewing industry; fluid storage, spray drier tanks, process vessels and silos in the food industry; and cleaning coatings and paints from vessels and silos in the finishing, surface treatment industries.


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Rosenberg police are seeking help from the public to identify a person who attacked someone outside of a Starbucks Coffee shop.
The aggravated assault was reported around 4:15 a.m. on Oct. 18 outside the cafe on the Southwest Freeway frontage road near Plaza Drive in Rosenberg.
The suspect, a male, walked up to someone and punched him in the face multiple times with his fist closed. Police describe him as a medium-built male who wore a baseball cap, a blue jersey, shorts and white shoes. The jersey may have the number 36 embroidered on it.
Anyone with information about the beating is encouraged to contact Detective Jonas Castillo with the Rosenberg Police Department Criminal Investigation Division by phone at 832-595-3720 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-8477 (TIPS).
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text: To light a fire under the players to at least make them compete. Heck I don't know give your opinion on his job so far. Coaches do make a difference. I wander if his lack of coaching experience in the NBA has helped us achieve this great record we have? We seem lost a lot on the court and that effort from night to night just isn't there. Do you think it is the lack of talent or coaching?


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By Nardine Saad
Los Angeles Times
8:13 PM EDT, August 5, 2013
Kerry Washington may be keeping quiet about her recent marriage to Nnamdi Asomugha, but that sparkly wedding ring on her finger is making a whole lot of noise.
The "Scandal" star was spotted at Sunday's ABC party at the Television Critics Assn. in Beverly Hills wearing a diamond ring paired with an orange and white Giambattista Valli dress and Christian Louboutin pumps, according to E! News.
The "Django Unchained" actress, 36, secretly married San Francisco 49ers cornerback Asomugha, 32, in Idaho on June 24. The couple are said to have been been dating for about a year.
The TCA party marked her first official public appearance since the nuptials and thanks to the power of photography and zoom-in technology, fans got to get a glimpse of two bands on her ring finger: a diamond-encrusted band and a simple gold band.
However, Washington refuses to say anything about the nuptials in person or on social media.
"So... I just wanna say: its great being back & I LOVE reading all your tweets but...FYI I still dont talk about my personal life on here," the actress tweeted in July, adding "I seriously <3 you guys!"
Washington, who followed up her "Django Unchained" Oscar nomination with an Emmy nod for "Scandal," is also grateful for her recent success and was dubbed the "the hottest woman on TV" by Elle magazine last May.
"I'm the luckiest broad in Hollywood now," Washington said in the June issue of the fashion mag. "To be the lead actor on 'Scandal' and to be in the highest-earning Tarantino movie — I don't get to ask for more."
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i don't know why i am smiling, but i'll have you know it feels so good
It's been a long few weeks.
The Apache-sized hole in our lives hasn't begun to shrunk yet and it was really noticeable yesterday. I had a half day, so I was alone in the house for several hours before J & Guinness got home. It was pretty traumatic. I kept looking for him, listening for his bark or his tags jingling, just those little things that remind you you're not alone in the house.
I decided to rework UkieGirl to make it easier to have a photo gallery. I'm using a stock template and another tutorial. (I HATE the new Expression Engine - there's just enough that is different and it's tripping me up left and right.) It's nt anywhere close to being done yet, but in the meantime, for a quick break, I did redo the current blog to combine some "channels" and add some more navigation. There may be errors. I don't care. It's not like the blog is getting any traffic right now.
I'm a little pissy about the half-reboot because I asked for help on combining the channels and all I got in the EE forums was BS. I responded to the first answer I got with basically, "I don't know what the fuck you mean. I know it's not as easy as you make it sound. I have [boring tech shit here]." The response I got to that made my blood boil. That same unhelpful person wrote back, "Well, I guess you need to research how channels work."
I've been using EE since it was in fucking BETA. I have googled what I'm looking for. More importantly, I only post questions to the forum when I'm really confused and want my hand held. Smart ass answers help NO ONE.
I couldn't even respond to his post, I was so angry. I even ended up unsubscribing to my own thread. I don't want to know what other brilliant answers are out there.
While I'm on the topic of things I'm probably over-reacting to, let's talk about Soulmate Boy.
He had been doing fairly well in a halfway house and being a productive member of society while he counted down the days remaining on his sentence. His wife decided to divorce him (which is not my story to tell, but I totally saw that coming.) After threatening to commit suicide several months ago, and creating all kinds of havoc in my life. I mean SERIOUS HAVOC, he wound up back in prison, in a mental health ward.
I fought with J because of him. I never fight with J. It's probably due to the dynamics of the fact that he's the youngest and I'm an only child… I'll leave that for the shrinks to decide. The fact remains that we argued quite a bit over the things I was promising SB to get him to calm down and think rationally. I meant every single one of those promises and I was going to deliver on every single one J would agree to.
Finally, we negotiated down to adding him to our cell phone plan. In March. Before he got locked up again.
He wouldn't write me directly, choosing instead to dictate letters to me through his mother. I got email after email after email begging me to get him a damn cell phone.
Did I mention he wasn't going to be free / able to use a cell phone until August 18th? This shit started in MARCH.
We went and upgraded our iPhones, looked at new plans, looked at phones for him, etc. If the girl at the AT&T store hadn't been such a fuckhead, I probably would have had every thing all set for him. In July. When I got sick of the bullshit. (And did I mention, he had to have a CT phone number because he was afraid that a NH number would violate his probation or some such shit? So, that added an extra layer of bullshit to deal with. We live in NH. My account is in NH. Getting a CT number required some work.)
The very next day, I got an email from his mom telling me he convinced his aunt to get a cell phone. Supposedly, she didn't know about him begging the aunt.
My blood literally started to boil. My heart acted up. I was unable to calm down.
I just couldn't believe how selfish he was. I was going to lose my AWESOME cell phone plan (unlimited data, text, voice, iPad, roaming, etc) because we were adding a line and that plan wasn't offered any more. Granted, in the end, it became a moot point, but for fuck's sake what if the girl at the AT&T store hadn't pissed me off? I'd have an extra phone, an extra line, and a shitty plan because of him.
I'm still angry thinking about it, and it's been almost two months.
The other night, I was watching a Queer as Folk episode where Ted is pissed off at the gang for some reason or another. (I don't remember the episode and I turned it on halfway through, so forgive my vagueness.) Ted's friend, Blake, runs into Michael and Ben at the gym and says, "You're a reflection of those things that he wants to forget. It doesn't mean that he doesn't care about you."
And holy shit. Light. Fucking. Bulb.
I only have two words: Windsor Locks.
Again, probably not my story to tell, but the highlights include a midnight phone call, and hour drive to an apartment complex, and a threat of attempting suicide.
I think you can put the pieces together.
He's definitely a reflection of those things I want to forget… I need to forget Windsor Locks. While the details are hazy, the emotions are very much there. Very powerful. Very unforgettable.
Let's put it this way, if I ever needed to learn the Ukrainian word for suicide (самогубство), his face would be my mnemonic device.
To put it in psychological terms, he is a trigger. A trigger for all the bad things I am capable of. For all the bad things my body can do. (Dude… thank Dog for my heart pills or I would have gone to the ER that afternoon.)
I need to walk away, but because I do care, it's hard to stay away. We've been doing this stupid dance for decades now. If I don't find him, he finds me.
Right now, he's on my facebook restricted list but I'm about an hour away from defriending him and blocking his new phone number. If he tried to email me, I'd even report him as spam.
I just can't have him in my life any more… and every one says, "Oh, if he's that toxic, dump him." Then, I tell them about the blocking and the spam reporting, and I get told I'm overreacting. The only way to remove him from my life is to really ensure he can't find me.
Obviously, there aren't any easy answers where he's concerned, and there never have been.
In happier news, I officially own my car.
I now have only one car in my life that I've never held the title to.
Most of the time, I get the title and trade the car in, but I really don't want a car payment right now. Maybe I can frame my title and use it as inspiration to save the $24K that firm is going to charge me to get a Ukie passport. *grin*
OK. Enough stalling… back to terrible 80s horror flicks and html.
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The best part of a new series of Doctor Who is the never-ending deluge of NewWho episodes in the days and nights leading up to the premiere. (Well, at any rate, it's better than seeing a never-ending list of ST:TNG episodes in the TiVo menu.)
Tonight, we watched "Vincent and the Doctor". (I've blogged about my love of this episode before.)
It's kind of timely… for me at least. And here's why:
Robin Wiliams committed suicide. It was all over the news. It sparked discussions about depression. Both good and bad.
Maybe you have to be clinically depressed/suicidal to understand why someone who seemingly had it all would kill themselves… but if you don't, take a lesson from Eleven's time with Van Gogh:
At the end of the episode, the Doctor brings Vincent to Paris in 2010 so that he can see the exhibit about his art. In front of Vincent, Eleven asks the curator his opinion on Van Gogh. The curator says, "To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived."
Think about that for a minute.
One hundred and twenty years after he kills himself, Van Gogh is brought to Paris to see a celebration of his art, hears that he is the world's greatest artist, and it isn't enough for him. He still kills himself when he is returned to his own time. He still kills himself, fully aware of what people think of his art, of HIM, a century later.
Did you catch that, internet?
All the love and admiration in the world, and it wasn't enough to free Van Gogh of his demons.
So why should Robin Williams be any different, huh?
(And yes, I know the difference between fiction and real life, but in this case? Not such a big stretch.)
Friday AM while I was getting ready for work, Apache scared the shit out of me and we made an unplanned trip to the vet.
He was having massive trouble breathing, and she was able to hear it. She was concerned but thought she could bring him out of it. I was ready to let him go then, but she pointed out that he did have some other health issues we've been working on and to just give it time. They sedated him in an effort to relax him so he wasn't breathing so hard. (The harder he tried to breathe, the less air he got, the harder it was to breathe…)
We brought him home, with a fresh batch of scripts, and hoped for the best.
It didn't get better and at 1AM Saturday, we brought him to the emergency vet and said our good-byes.
Apache was a weird dog. He was a lot of work. He was an asshole when he wanted to be.
He was nothing like Arsey, yet I think the hole he's leaving in our lives is much bigger than the one she left.
Rest in peace, Apache. We're going to miss you a whole metric-fuck-ton.
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This is all the Pronunciation Platypus's fault.
I stopped stalling and started researching what I needed to do regarding moving forward with the claim for Ukrainian citizenship.
Found a law firm with offices in both Moscow (yuk) and Ukraine that handles citizenship. After a few emails were exchanged, it was decided that for the low, low price of 18,000 euros, I could hire them to do the legal bullshit. Three to five months of paperwork wrangling, I get to keep my US Passport, and I get to pay in two easy instalments of 9,000 EUR.
With the exchange rate today, that's $24K. I don't have $24K.
I feel better about life in general after receiving this news, but a little discouraged by the price tag.
Oh well. There are other law firms. Right?
Getting my MBA will be equally expensive, but more rewarding… might be time to suck it up and go back to school.
I went to a book signing last Thursday - Benny Lewis was promoting his new book, "Fluent in Three Months" (named after his popular blog.)
There weren't many of us there - maybe seven, tops - so it was more of a hang around and chat sort of thing. He's an awesome guy. Really sweet and he does seem to genuinely care about our language learning journeys. He and I talked in-depth for a bit about the challenges of finding a good teacher, life on italki, and how much memrise fucking rocks.
His book came into my life at a good time and he really reignited my language learning spark… I'd been so down on myself about wasting my 30 hours and my never ending struggle with the vocabulary, that it was nice to stumble upon a book that gave me new ideas on how to get started. And, yes, I bought the actual book. Found it when I was looking for a new, updated, Ukrainian-English dictionary and a newer version of Colloquial Ukrainian. I could find both of those things on Amazon, but we were at Barnes and Noble because I was desperate to walk amongst the shelves. Every once in a while, I need a book. A real paperback book. I love my Kindle, but part of me will always be a little old-fashioned.
Since I read the book for the third time - I always find something new and inspiring - I started getting up early to do a few exercises and make breakfast. Eventually, I hope to add jogging or some sort of workout (WiiFit?), to my morning routine. Why I couldn't do this with my wicked expensive tutor? I have no fucking idea. I'm doing it now though… and I suppose that's what matters.
I spent hours yesterday combing through blogs Benny recommended in his weekly newsletter and I have more ideas on how to move forward.
I just hope I can get through a decent conversation by September…
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First, let's get the unpleasant stuff out of the way…
I have been keeping an eye on what's going on in Ukraine to the point where I know what's going on over there better than I do what's going on in my own country. (Selfishly, yes, because their joining the EU and introducing visa-free travel is important to me, assuming I can gain citizenship. Hey, at least I'm honest.)
I have to say, I've been blown away by Putin's actions since February. He knew he was losing Ukraine to the West, so he wigged out and tried to distract them. Call it a simple view of a complex problem, OK? The fact that he went after an area that was where his naval base is located was pretty obvious, but didn't seem as important as his insistence on protecting "ethnic Russians". I'm sorry, but that's like Ireland invading Boston to protect "ethnic Irish people". From what I can tell, he was "leasing" the area the Russian Navy was using from the Ukrainians. If they joined the West, he might have lost that. The rest of it? Pure bullshit.
This thing with the Malaysian aeroplane being shot down? Until it is proven otherwise, I firmly believe that Russia was behind it. There's too many coincidences, the main one being that there was a missile being fired at a plane in an area where several planes had already been attacked. Plus, it's not like Putin hasn't (allegedly) been behind the killing of innocent civilians to get what he wants. ("According to the theory, the bombings were a successful coup d'état organised by the FSB to bring future Russian president Vladimir Putin to power. Some of them described the bombings as typical "active measures" practised by the KGB in the past.")
I need to stop now before I go on an incoherent rant. I can't stand getting into political discussions because I become all passion and less fact (even if I know exactly what I'm talking about before I start.)
In other unpleasant news, our old man has been having problems breathing. It's to the point where I'm cancelling plans just so I can have as much time with him as possible.
The problems are intermittent and it's been very hard to find a pattern, but when they happen they're fucking scary as fuck. Our vet has seen him three times, we did a trip to the Emergency Vet, and we've even brought him to a 'specialist'. While they couldn't agree on the best course of action, and were not quite sure what it was being caused by, we finally landed upon a diagnosis: laryngeal paralysis. Basically, his larynx isn't working as well as it should be and it's blocking his airway. Once it gets bad enough, our only option is surgery. Aussies live anywhere from 12 - 20 years depending on who you talk to, and Apache is 13. Arsey died a few days before she turned 13, so to say we're worried is an understatement. I don't want to subject him to surgery if we don't have to, but I don't want him to essentially suffocate, either.
It's not been pleasant, to say the least.
We've started with little things: keeping the house cool so he doesn't overheat and pant is the main one and seems to be working well, even though it's 100 degrees outside and the humans are bundled up in blankets when we're home. The other big thing we did was invest in the best vacuum we could find. I did a shit ton of research before we invested in a Dyson Animal. (We paid a metric fuck ton to get the version with all the extra attachments, too so we didn't have any excuses not to dust.) Arsey was allergic to pet dander (YES! She was basically allergic to herself.), so trying to keep the master bedroom spotless is a priority since that's where a lot of the problems occur. The amount of dog dander in there is probably unhealthy… despite our best efforts, we have trouble keeping the room clean. Two dogs'll do that to you.
To get back on topic:
After dropping $700+ on a vacuum - dude, my dad would keel over dead if he wasn't already at the price - I was hoping it would live up to the hype. It sucked up like 10 canisters of fur and dust. Our 10+ year old Hoover used to get overheated, blocked, or otherwise useless after the first five minutes. I ran that damn thing for half an hour and the carpet probably has more shit in it, but I got grossed out. Seriously, the fur situation in the bedroom was so bad, the Wonder Hubby used to take the dog's brush and literally brush the fur out of the carpet, just like it was the dogs' undercoat.
We also bought a second fan for the bedroom. It seems that the combination of a VERY clean carpet, fresh sheets and the extra fan to move the air around worked well last night. He didn't wake me up with his wheezing and the room smelled better than it had in a very long time. It wasn't nearly as stuffy as it gets, either, so BONUS! All this to say, our life is about to become housecleaning hell, but it's worth it. HE'S worth it.
Damn dogs and their short life expectancies.
In happier news, I took over 1,100 pictures at Ukie Fest last weekend. I couldn't get through them all, but I got a few great shots of the dancers. There was guy sitting in front of us who kept moving so I lost a bunch of shots because the camera would autofocus on him. I tried to focus the lens on one point and switch it to manual but it didn't work well with the dancers.
I had what we jokingly called "Ukrainian-American Tourette Syndrome" - I kept yelling out the Ukrainian words that I knew. I struggled a lot and I didn't find anyone to talk to. It was obvious we didn't belong there - Suzy-Q is a resort and the same families have held court there for generations. I know that much from what I heard growing up… and I lost my rightful place when my mother stopped going. My proudest moment was when I bought a patch for my GORUCK Radio Ruck and the guy told me how much my purchase came to. I also said "дякую" about a thousand times. Good practice, if nothing else, for a word I struggle with. (I blame the fact that the 'y' is pronounced 'oooo' - it's something I consistently stumble over, no matter how many fucking words it's in.)
While I'm STILL not where I want to be with the language, I wasn't nearly as miserable as I was in 2009. I'm making strides to regain what I lost, and I can't be upset over that. I'm proud that I understood about half of what I heard, even if I struggle to say what's on my mind.
There's some stuff going on at work that I can't talk about online, but it's making me miserable, too.
I can't escape the situation because of my position in the company, but I did discuss it with one of the people involved.
Will it change things?
I don't know…
I going to stay with the company long enough to have them pay to get me out of the US, but once I start the Ukrainian citizenship ball rolling, I may lose that patience. That's probably why I'm stalling on requesting the birth certificates…
Right now, I struggle to find my happy at work, and I don't want to be unhappy there.
Life goes on - I'm working with Memrise, trying to stay active on italki, and failing miserably at both..
I'm writing my Drarry fan fic and while draft FIVE is still not behaving, I'm happier with this version of the characters. Are they still out of character? Yep. But they're still close to my head canon, so I'm going with it.
Yesterday was both Benedict Cumberbatch and Jared Padalecki's birthday. It sounds weird to say this, but both men changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. At the very least, meeting C & L at Supernatural's BosCon got me hooked on tumblr and (re)introduced me to fan fic… which then - after travelling a very long and windy road - led to me become a 'published' author of Benedict Cumberbatch character focussed fiction.
It also led me to attempting GISHWHES twice. I'm forever changed by those experiences as well…
However, it's heartwarming to be part of such wonderful fandoms. I know I've said this before: the SPN fandom may be as dysfunctional a family as they come, but I feel more at home with them as I had with my own family. And the Cumbercollective? Same thing. SuperLock forever, bitches!
OK… I need to stop stalling.
Off to spend time watching a bunch of language videos I bookmarked but haven't set aside the time for. Seems like the best way to spend a Sunday…


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One of the joys of knowing Greek is to be able to follow all the internal links that an inflected language gives us. Because of attributes such as case, number, and gender, Greek often gives clues to meaning that cannot be brought into English, unless your translation philosophy is very dynamic.
Philippians 4:13 is a good example. Paul has been encouraging the Philippians towards joy, reasonableness, lack of anxiety and God's peace, to focus on that which is true. He thanks them for their financial gift — prisoners in Rome were responsible for their own expenses. Because Paul's culture was so quid pro quo — I give you a gift so that at the right time I can require one back from you — he quickly follows with a disclaimer that he was okay without the gift; he has learned to be content in all situations.
Within that context Paul says, "I can do all things (panta) through him who strengthens me." "All things"? Run faster than a speeding bullet? Leap over tall buildings?
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March 13, 2014
The prestigious Oakland International Film Festival brings hard-to-find films from around the world to the big screens of Oakland and surrounding areas. This year one of the headliners is "Toussaint L'Ouverture," the movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, about one of the fathers of the Haitian Revolution. David Roach is one of the founders and the director of the Oakland International Film Fest. Check him out in his own words about this year's festival.
March 3, 2014
Russell Maroon Shoatz is out of solitary confinement! Hugo Pinnell had his first contact visit in 40 years last weekend. Kiilu Nyasha announced this wonderful news at a reception following the second public hearing on solitary confinement called by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Feb. 11.
December 4, 2013
David Roach is one of the pillars of the Black community in the Bay, especially Oakland, first with his Mo Betta Food Market, which connected West Oakland's Lower Bottoms neighborhood with California Black farmers and the historic annual Oakland International Film Festival, which profiles some of the biggest films and names in the Black cinema world. His newest project to date is 1st Saturdays.
April 27, 2013
The 11th Annual Oakland International Film Festival opened at the Grand Lake Theater on April 4 with a myriad of dope narrative flicks and docs including "Watching Phoenix Rise," "Mugabe: Villain or Hero" and the most popular movie in the festival hands down, "The Licks," and thousands of cinema lovers in the audience.
March 6, 2013
Ramasses Head has been a pillar of the Oakland film scene for the last half decade at least, with hood classics under his belt like "Town Biz" and "Basketball 3:16." Now he is premiering his new film, "Watch Phoenix Rise," at the Oakland International Film Fest on Thursday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. at the Grand Lake Theater and on Sunday, April 7, at 9 p.m. at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley.
February 8, 2013
One of the best events that is held annually in Oakland is the Oakland International Film Festival (OIFF). Since 2002, thousands continue to attend the OIFF each year. Oakland filmmakers and filmmakers from around the world continue to benefit from contacts made during the OIFF. Who will be there this year? Time will tell. Until then, read the words of the founding director of the OIFF David Roach …
December 7, 2012
Monday, Nov. 26, at the Bay Area Black Media Awards event hosted by Greg Bridges and sponsored by the San Francisco Bay View and Block Report Radio, it was so wonderful to see all the media friends and family for an evening of celebration. KPOO, KPFA, New California Media/Pacific News Service, Wanda's Picks Radio, Oakland Post, Globe, Poor News Network, Oakland International Film Festival, Black Panther newspaper alumni and others were in the house as "Best" this and "Best" that were saluted.
November 28, 2012
From the powerful voice of Mumia Abu-Jamal opening the event to jazz rapper Do D.A.T.'s video-illuminated revelations on life in the hood, from beloved journalist Kevin Weston's story of his escape from death's door to renowned filmmaker Kevin Epps' telling about his first job delivering the Bay View, Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi's Nov. 26 saw stars like Panthers Big Man and Emory Douglas, Phavia Kujichagulia, Walter Turner, Donald Lacy, Wanda Sabir, Greg Bridges, JR Valrey and Dr. Willie Ratcliff place Black media on the front lines of the struggle for justice.
November 25, 2012
Terry Collins, co-founder of KPOO 89.5FM, and Willie Ratcliff, publisher of the San Francisco Bay View, blessed the airwaves last Tuesday afternoon with a warm and revealing discussion of life and resistance and the upcoming Black Media Appreciation Night, honoring the champions of independent Black media. Black Media Appreciation Night is this Monday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m., at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland. For tickets and more information, go to http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/3104.
November 21, 2012
The fiery writing of JR Valrey began appearing in the Bay View a dozen years ago. JR made our original vision for the Bay View reality: to inspire Black youth to build a powerful Black community. As the Bay View's associate editor and one of KPFA's most popular programmers with his provocative Block Report Radio shows, JR and the youth who grew up on his empowering words and pictures are growing in influence, making a difference every day – and they're just getting started.
November 7, 2012
Since 1949, KPFA has been bringing incisive political analysis, vital cultural perspectives, and an amazing variety of music to the Bay Area and beyond. To keep KPFA responsive to community needs, the station needs community participation, and one of the ways to participate is to vote in the board elections.
March 16, 2012
In a Hollywood Reporter article, Spike Lee is quoted: "In 1989, 'Do the Right Thing' was not even nominated [for best picture]," said Lee, with some mock outrage. "What film won best picture in 1989? 'Driving Miss Mother F-ing Daisy!' That's why [Oscars] don't matter," said Lee. "Because 20 years later, who's watching 'Driving Miss Daisy?'"
October 10, 2009
We got wit' Samm Styles to do this interview, because we wanted our readers to be educated and understand the importance of the Oakland International Film Festival to movie-goers, filmmakers and local business, specifically.
October 7, 2009
David Roach founded the Oakland International Film Festival to "create new opportunities for up and coming filmmakers." It runs Oct. 8-14 at five venues. See www.oiff.org. Catch Minister of Information JR's new film "Operation Small Axe" on Saturday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., at Merritt College; Sunday, 7:00, at the Uptown; and Tuesday, 6:30, at Jack London Theater No. 1 – see you there!
May 28, 2009
Marcel Diallo is a legend in Oakland for having put in over a decade of cultural work with the Black Dot Artist Collective, and now he is the main architect of a Black cultural district, the Village Bottoms Cultural District in the Lower Bottoms of West Oakland, near the old Army base.
March 20, 2009
Guests on Friday's Wanda's Picks Radio are Tovi Scruggs, M.Ed., and Sharon Morrison Parker, directors of ASA Academy, who talked about an exciting conference next week: "MAN UP! First Annual Black Boys Conference: Extending the Arm of Brotherhood to Achieve Manhood" on Saturday, March 28.
January 16, 2009
Theme for the week: "Martin King to Barack Obama, from 'I Have a Dream' to 'Yes, We Can.'"


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Today you need to focus on being a team player. You want to stand out from the pack, but this isn't the time. Take a step back, look at the bigger picture, and don't get attached to the circumstances of today. Try some give-and-take now; later you'll have a chance to shine.
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On Monday two significant astrological events will unite into a single theme: Carpe diem! Now is the time to actively participate in the creation of our own future. Whatever our heart's desire, we must harness the profound power of this period and take greater responsibility for our lives and our happiness.
Cancer, the star sign ruled by the moon, will cradle the new moon on Monday. This strong lunar emphasis presents a time of tremendous emotional force, as life's most fundamental elements —home, family, the care and feeding of the soul — come to the fore. During this time, our feelings can run to extremes, and moods may careen from melancholy to mirth. But we would be wise not to waste this precious moment on emotional excess; instead, we should use the new moon's power to concentrate on manifesting our deepest goals and dreams.
Assisting us with this process is Saturn, which on the same day will go direct, ending his almost five-month retrograde journey. Because Saturn is the planet of manifestation and reality, his positive forward movement means that a great new wave of productivity will spur us onward. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief and now just get on with things. The combination of the new moon with Saturn's direct movement tell us to leave the past, embrace the possibilities of the present, and prepare for future prosperity.


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|The US Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (OSU) are cooperating to convene this conference to bring together scientists, managers, and other interested parties to learn about developments in our understanding about the environmental effects of marine renewable energy development off the Oregon Coast.
It has been five years since the last workshop designed to examine these issues, and a great deal has changed in the interim. The Conference will provide a venue for the discussion of these issues and reporting on completed and current projects, and we solicit abstracts for poster and oral presentations. It will also provide perspectives on agency needs for environmental information, and breakout groups of invited experts will evaluate critical needs. The first day of the meeting will be open to the public but limited by available space, controlled by registration. Register Now
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Marine renewable energy is planned for development on the Outer Continental Shelf off Oregon and much of the Pacific Northwest, focused on extraction of energy from wind and waves. Multiple issues related to siting and environmental considerations remain to be resolved. Research programs are addressing diverse questions regarding environmental effects while state and federal entities more forward with plans and processes for project siting and permitting. These developments, most of which have taken place in the last five years, create a need to gather this information together, assess the current research inventory, and identify the gaps and priorities for new research associated with marine renewable energy.
The Oregon Marine Renewable Energy Environmental Science Conference has three major goals.
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Abstracts for posters and/or 3 minute 'lightning round' highlights to be presented the evening of November 28 are encouraged. We are particularly interested in papers that describe recent (completed in last 5 years) or current research on environmental effects of wave or offshore wind in the Pacific Northwest. Abstracts for evening posters or lightning round summaries are now being accepted.
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Gov. Chris Christie Talks New Jersey Accomplishments
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Springfield - Thousands of gun owners from across the state were in Springfield Wednesday.
They said if the other 49 states have concealed carry that Illinois should too.
That's something a federal court ruling agreed with, placing a deadline of June 9th for the state of Illinois to finalize concealed carry into law.
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That's something that representatives in our area said needs to stop.
Champaign Republican Representative Adam Brown said,"concealed carry needs to be passed as a clean bill that allows law abiding citizens to protect their families and protect our communities."
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Other pieces take hours, result in six finished mixes. Even the poet has his hands all over the board which is beginning to resemble a glass bead piano and it's headache hungerdrome at 3 am.
The first half of Bob Holman is now mixed, so we take off a few weeks to listen, then return to Prairie Sun. Kathy dies, Jeff Buckley dies. Let sadness seep in, and love's fight. One day I cook a barbecue and Jenni Muldaur hops into the recording booth and we're making That's Why and the next it's all over and I'm flying back to New York.
Work in sequencing, shaving, even back into the studio for a more taping, the Chinese poems of Poetry by Number. This is where Bill Adler weighs in, shaping the CD like a book with Foreword and Afterword, his exquisite ears meshing the totality of the album. Bill is the key man at Mouth Almighty, and every album that we produce is lifted by his taste and vision.
While listening to The Impossible Rap with text in hand, the words fall to the floor. Reading them, they now say, In With the Out Crowd. We've got a title, and it was in our own backyard the whole time!
So I walk in wonderment into Tip Dunham's show at the Metro Pictures Gallery, around the corner from the Mouth Almighty offices, and the album cover is hanging on a wall! It's The Wanderer, of course. But Tip has a better idea—he'll make a new painting. It's called Bob Holman!
Over the next months it's art and marketing and clearing samples. I work closely with Jeff Schulz at Mercury on the booklet, the insert, the j-card. Sekou feels it's not respectful to miniaturize poem fonts to fit in the CD booklet, but I want them in there, an arbiter for late-night poetry scrabble sessions, a gift that counters We cry now in your beer with We cry now on your bier.
Marketing is neither art nor science, and marketing poetry is filled with all the horrors of the triumph of capitalism. Mouth Almighty is the first poetry label attached to a major, which gives us unprecedented distribution, but the idea of poetry on CD is still finding its audience. Is that audience in Kmart and Tower, where the bulk of CD's are sold? Do cafes and poetry bookstores want to crossover to retail CDs? Can Mouth Almighty be major (only!) publisher of poetry CDs in poetry world and be the small press of rock'n'roll? These and other questions can only be answered by you and in time.
Corey Llewelyn, new media maniac at Polygram, comes up with the idea for a Web site contest: First Prize, Immortality (I write poem). And Ken Weinstein, product manager at Mercury makes trims: cardboard album covers with poem and Mouth Almighty logo on back, and gets behind a rock-style poetry tour.


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Whether you enjoy the ballet, classical or contemporary music, dance, or a fun-filled festival, you will find the performance for you. Mention the Virginia Arts Festival to receive a special rate during your visit.
Beach Music Weekend
We, at the Oceanfront Inn, are proud to be the host hotel for 20 consecutive years of the Beach Music Weekend, providing you with the best access to the 30th Street Stage on the beach.