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Article In Green Builder Magazine Online
Here's a short article about straw bale construction in the most recent version of the on line Green Builder magazine. Short but sweet. The article starts on page 44 and can be viewed at this link.
Here's a short article about straw bale construction in the most recent version of the on line Green Builder magazine. Short but sweet. The article starts on page 44 and can be viewed at this link.
For those of you who have been wondering what it will take to help straw bale homes become more mainstream, this may be a part of the answer. David Arkin and Annie Tilt (Arkin-Tilt Architects) are well known for their beautiful and functional designs. They have received many awards over the years and their straw bale homes have at least twice graced the covers of Fine Homebuilding Magazine, this time in the fall 2014 edition of Small Homes Cabins and Cottages.
I have said for many years that we as a group of individuals, a community of straw bale fans, really need to focus on bringing straw bale construction into the light of everyday people. One way to do that is to start with inspiring design. As an example, when I would walk prospective clients through a home of mine, I would leave out the words "straw bale" and focus on the beauty, energy efficiency and overall design of the home. Once the prospective clients were drawn into those details, the words straw bale had much less scare factor to them.
Let's keep building on this exposure that Arkin-Tilt Architects, and others with a similar passion for straw bale construction are sharing with the world. Getting the word out to the masses will take time and effort. Every time a beautiful straw bale home is shared with the world, that steep mountain we seem to be climbing gets a little smaller. Keep it positive. Keep it beautiful.
And of course, way to go David and Annie! Feel free to congratulate them yourselves…
I recently met a bale broker during the New York straw bale workshop. He delivered the bales for our project in Montgomery, and I was very happy with the bale quality. In fact, they were the best bales I have seen all season. I assumed he was a local farmer until he visited the site. That's when I learned that he is actually a bale broker and that he can arrange for bale deliveries all over the United States. He works with over 120 different farms across the country and many different trucking companies. They not only deliver the bales but stack them on site as well. He is definitely worth the call if you are looking for quality bales.
Last year's straw bale construction workshop season started with a huge project: the Eco Learning Center at Ferncliff outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. I recently hear from the host of that workshop that the 5300 Sf structure is just about finished. I am amazed at how quickly the project has moved towards completion, especially having read the mind-numbing facts that the host shared with me. It's a great example of some of the "behind the scenes" numbers that go into building a house. I hope you enjoy the numbers.
-The slab has 3,300 fee (.62 miles) of ½ inch PEX tubing that was tied with 5000 zip ties in a serpentine fashion for the 3,900 square feet of hydronic radiant floor heat. The 5300 sq ft building is heated with a wood furnace/boiler with pumps using less than 7% of the power the 12 solar panels can produce.
-The total weight of the steel framing is 28,000 pounds and it was all hand-carried from the staging area to the slab, then assembled.
-The Straw bale "toe up" consists of 89; 4×4's each 10' in length running twice end to end around the 445 foot perimeter. To fasten these timbers to the concrete, 380, half-inch holes were drilled in the concrete, 380 wedge anchors driven and 380 more holes drilled in the timbers. For "grabbers," 2,136 large nails (20 penny) were partially driven every 5 inches into the 4×4 timbers.
-4.26 miles of baler twine was used for "sewing" the walls and re-tying custom-sized bales.
-556 ceiling panels 30"x30" were milled out of OSB and pre-painted, two coats on each side adding up to 13,900 square feet of surface area painted. This is for the ceilings over the bedrooms. 95% of this painting was done by volunteers. and 95% of that was done by two women (Carol and Jo).
-25 pallets of rice hulls at 800 pounds per pallet equal 20,000 lbs. or 10 tons of material. This material was toted, poured, slung, scattered for interior wall and attic insulation. Another perspective: A five gallon bucket of rice hulls weighs 7 pounds and carried two at a time would constitute 1,429 trips to its final destination.
-Approximately 43 tons of sand and 14.5 tons of hydraulic lime, plus water were handled into a mixer, wheel barrowed to work area, transferred to scaffold to hawk and trowel to wall. This was done to plaster an 8,888 feet of straw bale wall area three times (26,664 square feet). It took 120 for the plastering and walls were wetted down at least twice per day during this process.
-Each of the four large bedrooms employed a different locally available material. A rock floor was made with rock salvaged from the old camp pool. A cement stepping stone clock was put in the middle of the floor to make it a "Rock Around the Clock" room. Another floor was made by putting about 3000 beer bottles bottom up in sand and then mortaring them. The third floor was made to look like field stone but is actually made from paper mache. The fourth floor was made with used conveyor belt that was cut into tiles laid over compressed gravel.
For those of you who support the important work of protecting the Earth, this is a subject close to home for me. The bakery that is mentioned in the video is a friend of ours. The people in this video are the people of our community here in Southern Oregon. The acres that are being clear cut are here, in OUR community. I hope you will be inspired by the humanity of this video and do what you can to help maintain balance on the acres in question.
Thanks for your support.
Did you know that there is an International Straw Bale Registry? Just a quick note to remind those of you who have built a straw bale house to register that home with the Straw Bale Registry. This is a great resource for people who are considering building and are looking for local contacts in their area to connect with. Please consider sharing your experience with the next person to help simplify the process and grow the exposure of straw bale construction around the world.
This is a great resource for those of you looking to build as well so be sure to reach out to those already registered on the list in your area. Click here to check it out today.
Many of you will remember the publication The Last Straw and may have spent many hours reading through the informative articles over the years. Some of you may have never heard of it because it has been "on sabbatical" for some time. The good news is that it is coming back. Please take a few minutes to read the information below from the new editor, Jeff Rupert.
Here at TLS we are working feverishly to get Issue #62 out. If you are a subscriber, expect to receive it around the beginning of February. Many of the articles are already up on our website and are accessible to current subscribers.
To re-start The Last Straw we knew it would require more resources than we would collect through subscriptions alone. That is why we have always planned to ask for donations. This is your chance to support us and ensure we will continue delivering your favorite natural building journal.
Here in the US (and in many other countries), straw bale construction is pretty widely accepted. There are supporting building codes, resources and products sold in English. But this is not the reality in many countries around the world and it is up to highly motivated, passionate folks like our friends Maria and Grzegorz to pound the pavement and get the word out there.
Grzegorz and Maria have done an awesome job of getting the word out in Romania and now are asking for support in the form of an IndieGoGo campaign. They are raising money to be able to go to one of the largest building expos in Romania where they can get information about straw bale construction in front of a huge amount of people. We hope you will support them reach their goal and take a step towards making Romania one of the hot spots for straw bale construction.
To visit their campaign, please click HERE
Do you love straw bale construction? Do you love tiny houses? Do you like what I have to share (you know…for the most part??) Then listen in while I am interviewed by Ryan Mitchell of The Tiny Life and Macy Miller of MiniMotives! We have really enjoyed getting to know those two and love what they are doing to help recalibrate the world's view on housing size. We would love to have your company!
The show will air at 8pm Eastern Time Monday, January 20th, 2014. To join us go to:
"As you reach forward with one hand, accept the advice of those who have gone before you, and in the same manner reach back with the other hand to those that follow you; for life is a fragile chain of experiences held together by love. Take pride in being a strong link in that chain" –Author Unknown
Linda Phelan, the host of our Rhode Island workshop, is the founder of the Healing Co-Op, a very special center dedicated entirely to providing women and their families a supportive space where they may begin their healing process through and beyond cancer. She is cheerful, loving, and kind. Strong, resilient, and compassionate. Dedicated, trusting, and sincere.
After her own diagnosis at the age of 28 in the 80s, it was recommended that she attend a support group. The only one available to Linda convened at the local hospital. Her experience at the meeting left much to be desired. The women were wallowing. The social worker (who herself had never had cancer), was consumed with telling the women what they needed to do and how they needed to feel. Linda felt unsupported and realized that she needed something entirely different. In that meeting was birthed the vision of a nurturing, loving, cancer support center set in a home like environment.
Linda created the Healing Co-Op on the foundation of community. When women and families walk onto the beautiful property, they feel like it's their place. At the center, all emotions are welcome. There are no agendas, right or wrong ways to be, or people without experience with cancer. It was also founded on the principle that it always be free to everyone that walks through its doors. All funds to run the center come through donations.
When I asked Linda for a poignant story about the center, she shared this one. A few years ago, she asked one of the groups what, if anything, they would like to do within the art program (art is a large component of what the Healing Co-Op offers). This group comprised of 17 women shared something in common; they all had advanced stages of cancer and had experienced a reoccurance of their cancer, some as many as 5 times. One of the women responded, "Theater" and elaborated; Theater because it was a place where they could share their story, their voice. To say what they wanted to say to friends, family, and the community within a container that encouraged honesty and creativity.
Linda wrote the play based on the stories of the 8 women who wished to challenge themselves in this way. With the help and emotional support of their "sisters" in the group, each of the 8 women played themselves and were the stars of their own stories. The process of writing the theatrical production was incredibly healing and beautiful for all involved. Linda's sister, a Canadian singer/songwriter, wrote the musical score. The play was described as "An open, honest, hysterical and poignant dialog which represents an actual support group meeting of the women". In the end, the play, titled "Chemo Brain", was performed on Rhode Island's largest stage in front of an audience of 1,500. Family, friends, co-workers, and members of the general public all attended to honor this brave group of 8. What a sight that must have been!
Being given a prognosis of just 3 years to live at the young age of 28 while raising two young girls, Linda's priorities in life shifted and became crystal clear. One of the core principles she embraced was to lead a life that leaves the smallest footprint on the planet possible. Straw bale construction fits that bill for her. Building this straw bale house is a dream come true for Linda, tying in her love for the Earth with cherished childhood memories of spending time in her grandparents' naturally built home in Germany.
Linda's 1,200 sqft, one story straw bale house will be run entirely on solar power. There will be a grey water system as well as rain catchment and solar hot water. Its heat source will be wood. Most of the building materials will be from reclaimed wood and locally-harvested and milled lumber. The south facing part of the home will have lots of windows to take advantage of the passive-solar opportunities the land has to offer. Designed by Chris Keefe, this home embodies grace, simplicity and elegance. Linda describes this home as her forever home.
Linda loves the idea of hosting a workshop because she lives and breathes community. It seems only fitting that such an amazing person who has done so much for the greater world, even in the face of her own adversities, would have people come to help build her house. We feel tremendously honored and proud to be a link in the chain of experiences held together by love by bringing a straw bale workshop to her. For every participant that signs up, we will donate $100 to the Healing Co-Op. For more information on how you can help us build Linda's forever home, please click here.
p.s. Last year alone the Co-Op supported over 1,600 women and their families. If you feel inspired to donate, financial contributions are very welcome. You can click here to read more about the center and to donate.
We want to wish you an amazing, beautiful, fulfilling and peaceful holiday! We feel incredibly grateful to have made so many wonderful friends in this incredible community of straw bale enthusiasts. The experiences we have had with all of you since we started strawbale.com in 2004 have been beyond our wildest hopes.
Just for fun, we went back into our archives and pulled up our very first newsletter ever. Do any of you remember this one?? The newsletter was called "The Innovator" and our first issue went out to 444 people. At the time we were psyched and blown away that there were a few hundred people in the world that were interested in straw bale construction!
We had no idea what was in store for the future of strawbale.com and never did any initial market research to determine if there was even an audience out there (an extremely risky move looking back!). We just kind of went for it because we saw a need for step by step instruction for people to learn how to build their own dream homes.
Our first production was filmed with a $200 video camera. Neither of us had any experience with camera work, editing, producing, etc. We also had never started a web site and knew nothing about internet marketing, or e-commerce. But we were passionate and that fueled the whole process. The right people always showed up at the right time and with a lot of time, effort, support and encouragement it all ligned up. We haven't looked back since! A lot to be grateful for.
Scholarship Opportunities
One of the many ways we like to express gratitude to our readers is by offering scholarship spots in all of our workshops. If you have been unable to attend one of our workshops for financial reasons, we hope you'll apply for a scholarship. We have had an amazing time with our scholarship winners so far and feel that this is an incredibly rewarding program for all parties involved. You will find all of the information and application deadlines here. We look forward to reading the applications!
Workshop Updates
As promised, here is list of workshops and update on space availability in each.
This post below was written for us by our friend Scott Allison. As we all know, straw has multiple uses and this is a pretty easy/economical/functional use for bales. This is a quick a simple project that you can do to extend your growing season. The details below are for a simple, what I would call "annual" cold frame. In other words, this would need to be rebuilt each year because it is not plastered and protected from the elements. That said, it could be upgraded with ease to be a permanent structure if that's what you are after. Here's what Scott had to share:
As a sustainable builder I have always loved working with natural materials and I myself have a fondness for reusing as much as I can whenever I can. So when my friend and long time client asked me about building a cold frame on the south side of her little urban farm I thought it would make sense to work with straw bales.
The project took me just a few hours to complete and I was working by myself.
First I built what I understand to be a Ben Franklin style foundation with out infill other than a few cross red bricks to keep my spacing. With hindsight I would suggest a few screws and fastening some 2×4 spacers to keep the foundation from falling on its side while placing the bales.
Second I placed the bales side by side. Two high on the north side and a single row on the south. Then I took apart a single bale and stepped the sides down, filling in where I needed to.
Next, I placed wooden spacers on the top of the north and south rows and screwed them into wooden 1×1's so they would support the poly carbon plastic panels on top. The 1x material can be doweled into the bales to keep it in place and the poly roof attached with roofing screws (with washers) to the 1x runners.
I planted a few broccoli, arugula, lettuce, collard greens, and chives and they all seem really happy. The night that I built the cold frame turned out to be the second frost in our area; however, the temperature inside the cold frame stayed well above freezing. The broccoli is now blooming so I think it's gonna work pretty well. I intend to place some red brick towers in the north side corners as thermal mass and I imagine a few candles (in coffee cans of course) might go a long way to make for a really warm place to grow food during the winter.
I hope you enjoy the concept and creation,
Sustainably yours,
Scott Allison
The world is without one of the most incredible people to ever grace its shores. Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes and a man who lived well outside of the average man's world. He created his reality and change the reality of a generation. Below are some of his quotes. Words cannot truly express the core of Mandela, but it is what we have now that he is gone.
"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."
"One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself."
"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished"
Rest in peace Nelson Mandela.
I received this email today and want to share it with you all. We can all play a part in saving a piece of straw bale history: a bale home built in 1920 in France. This is not the first time I have posted this request and I am glad to see that the campaign is still moving forward with the goal of purchasing the home. You can read more below and see how you can get involved in saving a piece of straw bale history! (more…)
We would like to introduce you to one of our readers, Tim, and to share with you a letter he recently sent us. Tim is a pilot flying in Afghanistan and living on a base in a converted 20′ shipping container. Threats of attack are a part of day to day life and the sounds of war are nearly constant. In reading his letter, we were moved, touched and inspired to feel gratitude for so many of the things we sometimes take for granted. Living in a converted container, Tim has been inspired not only by his experience of inhabiting a tiny home but also by seeing how the locals inhabit space. Upon his return to the US, he looks forward to being able to sell his 4,000sqft home and building a well designed and small straw bale home on land in the Grand Canyon region. We hope you enjoy reading Tim's story as much as we did.
I have been interested in building something off grid for some time and a series of "visits" to a certain part of the world has opened my eyes to living more simply. I am a pilot and am currently flying in Afghanistan. Fewer places in the world demonstrate the ability to live simply. Many have no running water, no power, and build homes using what the earth provides..and many of these structures are centuries old. They have stood the test of time and the ravages of near constant war. By contrast, we live in the relative comfort of a base, and we live in a very small space, that being a 20 foot converted storage container. There are two of us in here and although we have very little, we are comfortable. It has proven to me that I do need the vast majority of what is in my 4000 square foot home back in Arizona. When I go home, I feel foolish and selfish…we simply do not need that much space.
Another aspect of being here has driven my desire to simplify life…and that is life itself. We are surrounded by daily struggle, poverty, and too much death. These people are subjected to things you cannot imagine. They are tribal by nature and share much of what they have, which is not much. They live a simple life…so can we.
Lastly, I want a quiet place and with clear skies. You can never escape the sounds of war. The rumbling trucks and constant noise of airplanes is deafening at times. On occasion, the base comes under rocket attack which sends people scrambling and alarms wailing. Its just never quiet and it does take a mental toll. Ironically, the things that make this place so desolate sometimes lends itself to the wonder of the stars. There is very little cultural lighting here that when we climb above the ever present dust, the stars are brilliant and abundant. If Afghanistan were secure, this would the ideal place for a telescope.
So, I envision a home, made from the earth, sitting quietly on a small footprint of reddish dirt near the gateway to Grand Canyon. A place where we can spend sunny days exploring and quiet nights looking up at the celestial gift of the heavens. In fact, we want to call our home "Casa en las estrellas"..home in the stars.
Tim, Donna, and Sydney.
World, meet Rebecca…
Rebecca is a Colorado native who currently resides in Carbondale, Colorado. Her wide-ranging administrative support roles in education recently led her to a 9-12 experiential learning based boarding school in Carbondale, where she serves as the Executive Assistant to the Headmaster.
She became captivated with straw bale home construction after visiting and staying in one in southwest Colorado when she was in her 30's. Further interest developed after visiting a retreat center in California and doing volunteer work on a structure for four days.
Rebecca stated, "For as long as I can remember, I've always been happiest and most fulfilled when working with my hands and building things; whether that was a garden, a stone patio, or a dinner for 20. Being part of a workshop team will be my next step in putting the puzzle pieces together for a new career I'm building for myself. The opportunity could not have come at a better time, and I'm thrilled to be this month's winner."
It's not everyday that people come together and build with each other. Not in these "modern times" at least; however, that is precisely what happened this last week outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 40 people came together to learn, connect, have fun, and share in the experience of building a 5,300 SF Eco Solar Learning Center at the Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center. With a common goal in mind (to bale and plaster the Eco Solar Learning Center), the group put out an amazing effort to bale a space that will help teach both adults and children about living green, getting power from the sun, and the effects of our actions and inactions on the earth we all walk on together.
People from different walks of life and different countries came together to work side by side. What we received was far more than an education in straw bale construction. We connected with each other and gained friendships that span across borders to Mexico and across the seas to the UK. We learned about different religions from Prespatarian Christians to Buddhists. We worked side by side with young adults volunteering their service through Americorps, as well as with retired men and women, architects, builders, and many other individuals: again, all inspired by a common goal.
"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream." –Paulo Coelho
Jack has always had a strong desire to use his own hands to build his and his wife Nancie's forever home. But, for most of their married years together, they were fulfilled and busy with raising their three kids and supporting the family. Nancie shares that to have built their own home when the kids were younger would have taken too much of their precious time away from raising the family.
The kids are now all grown, living exciting and wonderful lives of their own. The large home in which they raised their beautiful family no longer meets Jack and Nancie's needs and, in fact, poses several challenges to them. A one acre parcel of land that they fell in love with and purchased in 2007 has been calling to them more and more over the years. That calling has finally culminated in their realized dream of building their own home.
I spent a few hours cruising through online news sources recently to get a sense of what is happening in the world. I try to stay in touch with environmental and health issues as well as home design, spiritual growth & deepening, and other topics close to my heart. Unfortunately, I'm finding that there are more and more articles that concern me about the health of our planet and our people. Here's a quote from a recent article from the newspaper The Telegraph. "Shares in a Chinese face mask manufacturer have soared as investors looked for opportunities to cash in on the severe air pollution that has blanketed large swathes of China." I was immediately impacted by the obvious: the fact that the air quality in parts of China is so bad that many, many people choose to wear masks to stay "safe and healthy." What hit me later was the disturbing reality that companies, i.e. people, are moving to profit from the situation. It seems to me that investing in technologies to reduce the air pollution is a much better course of action than investing in face masks.
As we draw towards the end of 2012, I have been reflecting on what an amazing year it has been. I've also been looking at my goals for 2013 and how I might set my self up properly to achieve them. Through all of this, I have tried to live up to perhaps my most important life goal: staying present. My good friend Chris Keefe gave me a bumper sticker many years ago for my birthday. It reads "live in the present." I never stuck it to anything because I figured that whatever I stuck it to would eventually, sooner or later, not be effectively in "my present life." That seems to have been a good idea because it still sits here in front of me at my desk each day, reminding me to stay present to all that is around me and within me. A powerful gift, indeed. So as I sit here sharing the story of this birthday gift from years past and its influence on me today, I'd like to take a look back at 2012 and share with you a few stories from a fabulous year.
For those who like bullet points, I'll layout the stories I plan to share with you here so you can decide if you want to read the entire year in review or simply jump ahead to a specific spot.


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The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 29 calls for service, issued one citation and made one arrest on Nov. 13, 2012.
The SPD received 14, 911 calls.
Calls for service:
• Animal cruelty — 1000 block of FM 1544.
• Assault — 1600 block of Grand.
• Unattended death — 600 block of Haskell.
Arrested by SPD:
• Derick Jones, 20 — Possession of marijuana/driving under the influence minor.
The Nolan County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) had seven calls for service, served one civil paper and made one arrest on Nov. 13, 2012.
Arrested by NCSO:
A memorial service for Maurice Sligar, 95, of Sweetwater, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Ward hayes officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
Sligar died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.mccoyfh.com.
Ira Hale, Jr., 89, of Helotes, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 13, 2012, surrounded by his family. He was born Nov. 9, 1923, in Eskota, Texas, the son of late Ira Hale, Sr. and Nannie Imogene Gunnels Brumfield. He was the oldest of three siblings. On June 1, 1948, he married the love of his life, Vernice Irene Hanna, and has been happily married for 64 years. He served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation radio operator in the 1940s. After his discharge, he was employed by Santa Fe Railroad for 37 years, retiring in November 1983.
Back in mid-August, there were at least three good reasons to think the 2012 football season would be nothing special at Blackwell:
• Two straight losing seasons, including a 1-9 rec-ord in 2011 where the only victory came by forfeit;
• A lack of senior leader-ship, with just three of them on the roster;
• The growing pains of adjusting to an all-new coaching staff.
Yet three months later, the Hornets are still going to practice and preparing for their first playoff game in four years.
Two Nolan County varsi-ty girls basketball teams are off to 3-0 starts after winning again on Tuesday, as Sweetwater held off Wichita Falls Hirschi 40-32 on the road and Roscoe pulled away in the second half to defeat Robert Lee 30-19 at Roscoe's gym.
Also, Highland (2-1) defeated Aspermont 56-44 while Blackwell (0-1) lost to Hermleigh 65-43 in its sea-son opener on Tuesday.
Sweetwater trailed Hir-schi 9-8 after one quarter, but led 20-12 at halftime and was up by 10, 29-19, at the end of three periods.
A pair of Sweetwater Middle School girls basket-ball teams defeated Big Spring in season-opening action on Monday.
Sweetwater's eighth grade Red team won 25-19. Kensi Chowning had 12 points, Maddie Berry nine and Brit-tany Peeples and Kaitlyn Foster two.
The seventh grade Red girls team also defeated Big Spring, 26-17. Jaelyn Page scored six points, Angela Blueford, Sonora Medellin and Jessica Poe four and Alexe Alcala, Ainsleigh Nel-son, Eva Ornelas and Texas Williams two.
Expect mostly sunny skies on this Thursday, with a high near 64 and southern winds around 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 41. Winds will be from the southeast around 5 mph.
Get a weekend weather preview now at weather.gov.
Cinnamon Ice Cream
Homemade cinnamon ice cream with a custard base, cream, milk, sugar, and cinnamon.
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
• 1 cup of whole milk
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 2 cups of heavy cream
• 6 egg yolks
1. Place the cinnamon in a small, dry skillet, over low heat. Keep the skillet moving just until the cinnamon becomes fragrant. Take off heat (note that too long in the pan will burn the cinnamon).
Texas State Technical College West Texas (TSTC) has collaborated with the Sweetwater Texas Theatre Acquisition and Renovation (STTAR) board of directors to install a digital sign along Broadway in front of the Texas Theatre, which should benefit both organizations.
The sign will benefit the theater and the entity that owns it, STTAR, by giving them another avenue to advertise showings and fundraisers held for theater improvements. It will benefit TSTC by providing students of a digital signage class real-world experience.
Sweetwater Animal Control currently has three dogs available for adoption.
Available for adoption is a female chihuahua mix, a male Pomeranian mix and a male chihuahua mix. According to Sweetwater's animal control officer, Don Kite, animals that are picked up are kept for a minimum of three days, but he tries to keep them from a week to 10 days.
Dogs and cats are available for adoption for a $15 fee and the cost of getting the pet vaccinated for rabies.
The pets are required to have their vaccination before they leave to their new homes.

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Open Source Roots to Enterprise Security Leader
The first version of Tripwire was written by Gene Kim and Dr. Eugene Spafford at Purdue University in 1992 and released to the open source community. Since 1999 Tripwire Inc. has continued to innovate and expand on the platform to a complete suite of security solutions. Tripwire Enterprise combined with Tripwire Log Center and the new VIA platform help organizations manage incident detection, security policy enforcement, reduce the attack surface and automate regulatory compliance. Tripwire's platform helps connect security to the business, providing visibility of an organization's security and compliance stance while simultaneously automating complex security tasks, reducing overall risk.
Which Tripwire Is Right for You?
SecureCheq is a fast, simple utility for Windows servers and desktops that answers that scans the system for common configuration risks.
Tripwire Open Source
Open Source Tripwire is suitable for monitoring a small number of Linux servers, where centralized control and reporting is not needed and professional support or system automation is not a requirement. Source code is available on Sourceforge.
Tripwire File Integrity Monitoring is the solution for IT organizations requiring heterogeneous server monitoring across Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX platforms. It provides detailed reporting and centralized server management across all IT devices including directory servers, databases, network devices, firewalls and virtual infrastructures. In addition, Tripwire FIM provides best of class service, integration options, and support.
Tripwire Enterprise is a complete security configuration management solution. It builds on the Tripwire foundation to not only audit changes and ensure system integrity, but also assess all IT configurations against known benchmarks, security standards and best practices. It continuously monitors configurations for drift, vulnerabilities and risk-inducing changes, and provides a suite of workflows to simplify change reconciliation, incident investigation, and daily management.
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Growing up in a family of race fans, watching the Daytona 500 on TV was something we always looked forward to. Mom always made these wings to snack on during the race. Once upon a time these were called Wing Dings, but somewhere along the way they were renamed Daytona Wings.
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Rising: Elite Gymnastics
By Carrie Battan on August 24, 2011 at 1:40 p.m. EDT
Elite Gymnastics: So Close to Paradise
After reading some Hipster Runoff posts about chillwave early last year, Minneapolis-based electronic-pop duo Elite Gymnastics decided it would be funny to slap a picture of bikini-clad surfer girls on the cover of their self-released Real Friends EP and call their website Psychedelic Surf Club. But anyone expecting to hear laid-back, beach-friendly tunes from this pair is in for a surprise. Instead, Elite Gymnastics make intensely varied, uptempo, and largely sample-based tracks that draw upon everything from jungle and house to Waka Flocka Flame and Korean pop music.
James Brooks, 27, and Josh Clancy, 24, started casually making music on a laptop together in 2008, and have put out a handful of self-released EPs on their Tumblr in the last year, along with a 34-minuted mix called ALL WE FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS KPOP WHITEHOUSE AND OUR CATS. Their forthcoming 12" Ruin is a gussied-up compilation of previously released EPs Ruin 1 and Ruin 2, and it's out early next month via Acéphale. We recently spoke with Brooks and Clancy about feminism, Lil B, K-pop, and "Mad Men" GIFs.
Florence and the Machine Announce New LP
By Ryan Dombal on August 23, 2011 at 11:55 a.m. EDT
This November, Florence and the Machine will release the follow-up to their hugely popular (and huge-sounding) debut LP, Lungs. The as-yet-untitled album is out November 7 in the UK via Island, and Universal Republic will release it sometime the same month in the U.S. Listen to the first track released from it-- the festival-ready, gospel-choir-infused "What the Water Gave Me"-- below.
While Lungs featured the input of several different producers and showed off various sonic styles, the new album has the band working solely with studio man Paul Epworth (Adele, Bloc Party), whose work was featured on many of Lungs' best tracks including "Cosmic Love" and "Blinding". Frontwoman Florence Welch promises a more cohesive affair that zeroes-in on the booming mystic-pop that highlighted her debut. Along with "What the Water Gave Me", the new record features live favorite "Strangeness and Charm" (listen to a high-quality live rip of that track here.)
We spoke with Welch last week as she was putting the final touches on the new record, "fiddling with the tiniest bits that only I would probably notice," she said. Read on for our brief interview:
DJ Shadow Talks New Album
By Larry Fitzmaurice on August 22, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. EDT
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It may have been a long time since DJ Shadow dropped his last full-length, 2006's divisive, hyphy-heavy The Outsider, but he hasn't exactly been slouching. He's spent a lot of time touring, threw his support behind the now-defunct DJ Hero video game franchise, and most recently, played venues in the Shadowsphere, a giant revolving orb that features 3D projections amidst an array of visual effects. (The above picture was taken during his performance at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival).
On September 27, Shadow gets back to the album-making thing with The Less You Know, the Better, his fourth proper solo LP, which will be released on Verve. (Listen to album track "I'm Excited" above.) Like The Outsider and 2002's The Private Press, it's a bit of a left turn again, featuring collaborations with Talib Kweli, De La Soul's Posdnuos, Little Dragon, Afrikan Boy, and Tom Vek that span sounds dark, abstract, pop, and psychedelic. Our recent conversation covered topics ranging from the new album, the internet, notions of selling-out, and turntable.fm (why not).
(On a related note, Shadow will guest on East Village Radio from 2-4 p.m. Eastern today.)
Justice Talk New Album: Audio, Video, Disco
By Ryan Dombal on August 9, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
Xavier de Rosnay, Justice manager Pedro Winter's grandmother, and Gaspard Augé
When I first heard Justice's debut single "Waters of Nazareth" blasting in a record store, I thought the shop's speakers were broken. The track's signature synth beams were so blown-out, so over-the-top, so corrosive, they almost sounded like a mistake. But they also felt immediate, propulsive, and right, combining extreme levels of hard rock with ADD dance. It was stunningly immediate music. I bought the single right then and there.
The ensuing album, 2007's †, was equally huge, but it also brought up a conundrum: How do you follow up something so unabashedly big? Four years later, we finally found out with Audio, Video, Disco-- due October 25 on Ed Banger/Because/Elektra-- an album that filters 1970s arena rock and prog through Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay's sledgehammering electro style. From "Parade", which nicks Queen's "We Will Rock You" hand-clap beat, to the Eagles-y loop and harmonies that run through "Ohio", to the prog-like "Canon", which recalls the swirling solos of Yes, the record plays like an animatronic amalgam of every band that caused people to raise their fists in the 70s. The album also features guest vocals from Diamond Nights' Morgan Phalen, Vincenzi Vendetta of Midnight Juggernauts, and UK singer Ali Love on first single "Civilization".
Last week, we chatted with de Rosnay via instant messenger. He talked about Justice's new sound, the album's arduous construction, and why triple-necked guitars freak him out. The Q&A is below, along with a picture of his taxidermic IM avatar, and the video for "Civilization". (Listen to the title track here.)
Director's Cut: Best Coast: "Our Deal"
By Ryan Dombal on August 9, 2011 at 9:20 a.m. EDT
Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Drew Barrymore on set
Director's Cut features conversations with music video directors about their creations. The men and women behind the camera are often overlooked in today's YouTube era, so we aim to highlight their hard work here while showcasing the best videos currently linking around the Internet. A little behind-the-scenes dirt couldn't hurt, too.
It just makes sense that Drew Barrymore's first music video would be for Best Coast. There's the California connection, and both Barrymore and BC's Bethany Cosentino have an airy casualness to them. It's not hard to imagine Best Coast soundtracking one of Barrymore's romantic comedies.
Their youthful sensibilities align in this clip, which features a pair of teenage sweethearts torn apart by rival gang affiliations-- think West Side Story meets The Warriors. It's buoyed by performances from a slew of Hollywood's most promising up-and-comers, including Donald Glover (Troy from "Community"), Tyler Posey (the teen wolf from "Teen Wolf"), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly from "iCarly"), Alia Shawkat (Maeby Fünke from "Arrested Development"), and especially Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass), who steals the whole thing with the kind of gutsy acting rarely seen in music videos.
The clip was shot for MTV's Supervideo series, and Barrymore made both four-minute and ten-minute versions. The longer edit is below, along with our chat with the director, who talked about loving Shazam and Duran Duran, and why it's good to scare the shit out of yourself sometimes.
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Talks Solo Project
By Tom Breihan on August 5, 2011 at 12:15 p.m. EDT
Craig Finn, the joyously erudite frontman for the Hold Steady, recently headed down to Austin, Texas to record something that sounds a whole lot like a solo album, though he hasn't quite decided whether he'll put it out under his own name or an as-yet-undetermined band name. Finn laid down the Americana-style tracks with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead) and members of Centro-matic, Phosphorescent, White Denim, and Heartless Bastards mostly over the course of a quick five-day session, and he hopes to release the results early next year.
Meanwhile, the Hold Steady continue to march on; they'll spend the rest of the year touring and writing another record, and the singer is quick to point out that his own album is a side project and that the Hold Steady remains his first priority.
We recently caught up with Finn to talk about the new album, as well as the Hold Steady's future plans, and the underwhelming reaction to their 2010 album Heaven Is Whenever. Check out our interview below, along with current Hold Steady tour dates, and footage of Finn performing the solo song "One Single Saviour".
WU LYF Talk Mystique, Unintelligible Lyrics
By Ryan Dombal on August 3, 2011 at 9:10 a.m. EDT
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Manchester four-piece WU LYF are probably best known for their mysteriousness, but that's changing. Over the past year, the band tried to bypass typical Internet hype cycles by not giving interviews or doing photo shoots as an increasing amount of websites blew bandwidth on trying to figure them out. But, of course, the "mystique" angle has become as tired as any other. "If you keep your mouth shut, people start talking for you," singer Ellery Roberts says. "And it was getting ridiculous." So here he is, along with bassist Tom McClung, sitting in a pizzeria in Bushwick, Brooklyn, talking to Pitchfork, and setting things straight.
It's a disgusting, sauna-like day in New York, and Roberts has the sleeves on his white undershirt rolled all the way up. The 20-year-old is lithe and tall and a little feral; his eyes are constantly scanning the room. He looks scrappy. "I wasn't going around punching kids in the face," he says of his high school days, "but the bad kids respected me for not taking any shit off of them or the teachers."
Unlike many mystery bands, WU LYF's music is not cloaked in disguising effects. It's wildly communal in its mix of Godspeed You! Black Emperor crescendo and Modest Mouse wailing, all hinged on Roberts' almost comically serrated and unintelligible outbursts. The band's recent debut album, Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, which received our Best New Music distinction, will be released physically in North America September 6 via the band's own L Y F Recordings. They're touring England and North America this fall.
Rising: Youth Lagoon
By Tom Breihan on August 1, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. EDT
Trevor Powers, the 22-year-old Boise, Idaho native who records as Youth Lagoon, came to prominence very quickly after posting his world-swallowing single "July" as a free Bandcamp download a few months ago. The song absolutely does not sound like the work of a single unseasoned young man. It's a massive track, confident and sure-footed in its build from organ-hum to shouting-down-mountains chorus. And it's one of many such tracks on The Year of Hibernation, Youth Lagoon's debut album, which arrives September 27 in North America, via Fat Possum. (In Europe, it'll be out on Lefse.) We recently spoke with Powers about Boise, the Cocteau Twins, and his badass government name. Our interview is below, as are Youth Lagoon's September tour dates.
Director's Cut: Mastodon: "Deathbound"
By Tom Breihan on July 28, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. EDT
Director's Cut features conversations with music video directors about their creations. The men and women behind the camera are often overlooked in today's YouTube era, so we aim to highlight their hard work here while showcasing the best videos currently linking around the Internet. A little behind-the-scenes dirt couldn't hurt, too.
If you love puppets-- and who doesn't?-- you will either love Mastodon's video for "Deathbound" or you will hate it with a fiery passion. Beyond a short introduction from drummer Brann Dailor, nearly unrecognizable as a "Mister Rogers"-style kids'-show host, the band doesn't appear in the video. Instead, the clip concerns itself with the effects of a solar eclipse on the felt-and-vinyl residents of a puppet town. These effects are not pretty. In this once-idyllic community, the earth opens up, murderous anger flares, and a litany of menacing figures shows up to kill everything in sight. The video is soaked in bright colors, but its comedy is as dark as it gets.
We spoke with directing team Authority Films, aka Thomas Bingham and Jonathan Rej, who'd previously directed Mastodon videos like "Blood and Thunder" and "Seabeast", about their insane and disturbing vision.
Portishead's Geoff Barrow Talks American Tour
By Tom Breihan on July 22, 2011 at 5:45 p.m. EDT
They haven't put out any music since the single "Chase the Tear" about a year and a half ago, and they don't have any immediate plans to release anything else, but British trip-hop originators Portishead are still having a relatively busy year. They've teamed up with All Tomorrow's Parties to curate and headline two big festivals called I'll Be Your Mirror-- one in London this weekend and one in Asbury Park, New Jersey in October. And last week, they announced their first North American tour since 1998.
Pitchfork spoke with producer and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow about the tour, the festivals, and the possibility of new Portishead music. And how he really hates Coldplay. A lot.
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SEATTLE (AP) - Scuffles broke out and police were brought in to quell unrest that nearly turned into riots across the nation Friday following the release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes - a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordans ever made.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Now that the Green Bay Packers have wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the NFC, Mike McCarthy is free to rest some of his starters in the regular-season finale.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs were eliminated from playoff contention Saturday, their roller-coaster season taking one more dip when they lost to the Oakland Raiders in overtime.
HONOLULU (AP) - Kansas State isn't ranked in the AP Top 25, but the Wildcats appear destined to be there soon.
HONOLULU (AP) - Guard Angel Rodriguez scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half and Kansas State used a late rally to beat UTEP 78-70 in the semifinals of the Diamond Head Classic Friday.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Greg Childs doesn't think there's anything special about the way he has behaved this season.
The last time the Detroit Lions were poised to make a run at the playoffs, Barry Sanders was in their backfield.
MIAMI (AP) - Nearly two dozen former NFL players are suing the league over severe and permanent brain damage they say is linked to concussions suffered on the job.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio has been killed in a car accident, according to the university.
PHOENIX (AP) - The Phoenix Suns have waived swingman Mickael Pietrus after reaching a financial agreement with him.
MIAMI (AP) - Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton has agreed to terms with the team on a $325 million, 13-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday, the most lucrative deal for an American athlete.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Kevin Harvick jostled his 2-year-old son on his lap, egging him on to speak into the microphone and tell the world his daddy was the NASCAR champion.
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LAWRENCE (AP) - Aaron Green ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns, Cameron Echols-Luper returned a punt 69 yards for another score and No. 5 TCU turned back a spirited upset bid from Kansas in a 34-30 win Saturday that kept the Horned Frogs in playoff contention.
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WICHITA (AP) - With six newcomers, five of them freshmen, coming off his bench, Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall was prepared for some inconsistency in the season opener.
LAWRENCE (AP) - Rarely has there been a college basketball season that has been more anticipated in the Sunflower State than this one, which begins in earnest on Friday night.
LAWRENCE (AP) - Michael Cummings has never been the go-to guy at Kansas at the beginning of the season.
MANHATTAN (AP) - When Curry Sexton looks back on his senior season for No. 13 Kansas State, he'll recall at least four 100-yard receiving games and more production than his first three years combined.
No. 5 TCU (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, CFP No. 4) at Kansas (3-6, 1-5), 2 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Chiefs won their first nine games a year ago, streaking toward the playoffs under new coach Andy Reid.
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Pre-drinking 'pernicious'
Chugging on the cheap before hitting the bar quite common -- and quite dangerous -- study finds
They call it "pre-drinking," "pre-gaming" or "pre-partying," and it usually involves chugging cheap alcoholic drinks before heading out to a bar, club or sporting event.
While addiction experts estimate 65 per cent to 75 per cent of college-age youths engage in such boozy behaviour, a Swiss study concludes that such "pre-loaded" evenings are far more likely to end in blackouts, unprotected sex, unplanned drug use or injury.
"Pre-drinking is a pernicious drinking pattern," said coauthor Florian Labhart, a researcher at Addiction Info Switzerland, in Lausanne. "Excessive consumption and adverse consequences are not simply related to the type of people who pre-drink, but rather to the practice of pre-drinking itself."
The study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, examined the drinking habits of more than 250 Swiss students.
For five weeks, the test subjects were surveyed via Internet and cellphone text messages. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, the students were questioned hourly about how many drinks they had just consumed.
Researchers found when students drank prior to going to a bar or club, they drank more than they would otherwise. On average, pre-drinking students consumed seven drinks, and students who drank only at a bar or event consumed just over four drinks.
This increased drinking was associated with a greater likelihood of blackouts, hangovers, absences from work or school or alcohol poisoning. Pre-drinkers were also found to engage more often in unintended drug use, unsafe sex, drunken driving or violent behaviour.
The study found while students who drank only at a bar or club stood an 18 per cent chance of experiencing negative consequences, students who drank beforehand stood a 24 per cent chance of seeing their evening end in mishap.
Study authors cited several motivations for pre-drinking, which practitioners also called "pre-gaming," "pre-loading" or "frontloading."
"Reasons given for pre-drinking include saving money, getting in the mood for partying, becoming intoxicated and socializing with friends or facilitating contacts with potential sexual partners," the authors wrote.
Shannon R. Kenney, a sociology professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, said pre-drinking behaviour was likely as prevalent, or more so, in the United States, where the legal drinking age was much higher. In Switzerland, youths can legally purchase alcohol at age 16. Kenney, who did not participate in the study, said the concept of pre-drinking has only recently been studied by addiction experts. Because of its risky nature and prevalence, she said, it warranted closer examination.
Study authors noted several possible shortcomings in their study. Among them was that only students with Internet capable cellphones could participate. Also, the study questions were extremely short, so that they could be read on a small cellphone screen or answered by someone in an intoxicated state.
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This was my first time in K.W. and I flew down with my girlfriend for a last minute weekend getaway. We were on the budget for an inexpensive weekend away and looking for a hotel close to the center of action on the island, yet far enough away to be quiet & relaxing and to provide us with that Key West feel and also be within a reasonable price range. This hotel was perfect fit for all that and more. The location is just a short couple blocks away from Duval Street (where all the action is). The look & feel of this hotel is just how I imagined Key West to be.
We stayed in the main 2 story building but loved the small individual cottages on the property, next time we are in K.W. I would definitely stay in this hotel and request one of the cottages as they look so cool. Room was clean and simple with nice dark hardwood floors and nice bed & furniture. No weird or musty smells. Our room was on the 1st floor so we had a secluded porch with some chairs shielded by the tall bushes in the front. Breakfast was served under a canopy out by the pool. Just some fruits, bagels, muffins, juice & coffee, nothing fancy but it was enough. I loved the property of the hotel, lots of greenery & shade from trees, nice woodchip walkways, and hammocks to lounge in. Didn't swim in the pool as it's not heated and the water was too cold in November. Wish the hotel had an outdoor hot tub for the "colder" months of the year. The only quirk was that the hotel management is very "picky" about people parking centered exactly on the parking block. They repeated it to us several times even though we were parked properly. It could be because they have a small parking lot and can't waste any space. Over all I will say if I am ever in Key West again, I will definitely come back and stay at this hotel again.
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- Key Lime Inn is a 37 room historic hotel in the center of Key West's Old Town area, just two blocks from amazing Key West nightlife on the world famous Duval Street. You can walk to restaurants and nightlife and enjoy the quaint houses in Key West's historic neighborhoods. Rooms are situated in several buildings spread out on an acre of grounds, giving the property a very tranquil, spacious feel. Garden paths and tropical foliage separate buildings and quiet resting spots. A large heated pool is surrounded by palm trees, and has plenty of deck space for comfortable chaise lounges. ... more less
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The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command confirmed to FoxNews.com that its team currently working in Saipan has received "possible human remains" and material evidence consistent with an unresolved case from World War II.
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