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CraftSanity Magazine Holiday Edition PDF
Hello! I'm popping in to let you know that I made a special Holiday Edition of the CraftSanity Magazine just for you. It's available as a instant download on the left sidebar of this page for just $5. This mini, ad-free issue features crochet, knitting, ornament-making and baking, too. The age of the contributors ranges […]
Posted: December 17th, 2012 under CraftSanity Magazine, Crochet, Holiday Ornaments, Knitting.
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CraftSanity On TV: Last Minute Holiday Crafts And Treats To Whip Up On the Fly
We're headed to our first family holiday party today and I'm feeling like I could really use a little more time to prepare. I have yet to figure out how to freeze time, so I have to go with what I've got. I'm sure you know the feeling. Today Abby, Amelia and I are sharing […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2011 under Holiday, Holiday Ornaments, Paper crafting, TV.
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A Paper Piecing Tutorial for You at Petite Purls
The latest issue of Petite Purls went live today and includes a couple of my paper-pieced ornament projects. There's still time to make the flower ornament pictured above, and a related festive wreath ornament, too. So head over to Petite Purls for the directions. This issue is packed with great patterns including fun crochet "Foamies" […]
Posted: December 16th, 2009 under Crochet, English Paper Piecing, Holiday, Holiday Ornaments, Knitting, Paper Piecing, Sewing.
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New Video Tutorial for Dragon Boat Holiday Ornament
Hi folks! Check out my dragon boat video tutorial. This will hopefully demystify the project I've been blogging about and inspire you to whip up a batch of these fun holiday ornaments to display in your home and give as gifts. A special thanks to my husband, Jeff, for filming the video and our daughters […]
Posted: December 6th, 2009 under Holiday, Holiday Ornaments, Videos.
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The Dragon Boat Wrapped Holiday Ornament Tutorial
'Tis the season for handmade beauty. These dragon boat ornaments rank among my all-time favorite holiday adornments. Easy to whip up, they're great for decorating for the holidays and lovely to display in your home all year round. I learned to make these lovely ornaments about a decade ago from Julie Anderson, owner of the […]
Posted: December 5th, 2009 under Free Pattern PDF, Holiday, Holiday Ornaments, Tutorials, TV, Videos.
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Thread Wrapped Ornaments: A preview to an upcoming free tutorial
Last night I dusted off a holiday craft project that I haven't done in a few years. Check back Friday for a free tutorial and video demonstration. I forgot how addictive and fun it is to make these ornaments. They're a big hit with the kids, too, which is an added bonus. I ran today, […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 under Holiday Ornaments, Running.
Comments: 4
CraftSanity on TV: Weaving with Fabric on Potholder and Other Peg Looms
Yesterday I did my weekly "Take Five" craft segment on weaving with fabric on potholder and other peg looms. (I admit I'm a bit obsessed with the topic right now.) I'll be demonstrating this technique and selling looms from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday 9/6/09) at the Fulton Street Artisans Market near the […]
Posted: September 5th, 2009 under CraftSanity Looms, Fabric, Grand Rapids, Holiday Ornaments, Made in USA, Videos, weaving.
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Paper Clay Ornaments Part 1
Apparently I'm not the only one reading Martha Stewart Living in West Michigan. As I mentioned in a previous post, the feature about paperclay Christmas ornaments made with cookie molds in the December issue has become my latest craft obsession. I ordered the molds, but had to delay the project several days because my local […]
Posted: November 20th, 2008 under Crafting with Kids, Holiday, Holiday Ornaments.
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Martha Made Me Do It
I have a billion things on my to-do list this week and I shouldn't have removed the magazine from the plastic until Friday afternoon to avoid all possibility of distraction. But I got totally sucked into the December issue of Martha Stewart Living, specifically the short feature on paper clay ornaments on p. 98. I […]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Baking, Holiday Ornaments, Made in USA.
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England Deaf into second final
England Deaf continued their unbeaten Ashes tour, reaching Wednesday's Twenty20 Tri-Series final courtesy of victories over South Africa and Australia today at Geelong Grammar School.
Having beaten both in one-day internationals to book a place in Thursday's 50-over showdown, when they will play the hosts, Umesh Valjee's side repeated the feat in the shortest form.
They saw off South Africa by just six runs before a 50-run thrashing of Australia, with whom they drew the one-off Ashes Test last week.
Valjee, who had scored three centuries in his four previous innings of the tour, initially maintained that form as he and James Schofield punished the Proteas' decision to insert England by adding 50 at 10 an over.
However, when Valjee was caught off Shane Gangan for 17 and Schofield bowled by Sharmiel Howley for 31, the momentum was lost
Panic set in among the middle order and they slipped to 78 for six in the 11th over.
Andrew Wood was run out, Matt Everett caught off Howley, George Greenway bowled for a second-ball duck by Avinash Kallichurian and Paul Allen caught off Jeffrey van der Winter.
Daryl Sykes and James Dixon put on 13 before England lost their last four wickets with the score on 91.
Van der Winter, who took 3-10 in three overs, had Sykes caught behind for 12 and dismissed Chris Hughes first ball in the same manner. Dixon and Stephen George were then run out.
South Africa began their pursuit cautiously and George struck in the fourth over when Liam Backhurst took a smart catch to dismiss Ricardo Peters.
Two more wickets quickly fell as Dixon had Gangan caught and Neil Smuts was run out by Valjee's clever thinking to leave South Africa 26 for three after eight overs.
Eric Minaar and Rual Kumalo put on 40 before part-time bowler Hughes cleaned up the former for 23 with the score 66.
With the Proteas needing 26 from the last four overs, George bowled Rual Kumalo and Kallichurian before Dixon had Howley held for 12.
Wicketkeeper Wood ran out Colin Venter and Andre van Rooyen, leaving 10 required from the final over from which Dixon conceded only three.
England were also asked to bat first in their second game but this time produced a better performance, despite Matt Shenton having Valjee caught and bowled and Everett taken behind early on.
When Wood was held off Luke Trudgett with the total on 27, visions of the morning's collapse came flooding back for the tourists.
However, Allen dominated a mature partnership of 55 with Schofield before being held off Ross Churchyard for 40 from only 31 balls.
Greenway and Schofield constructed another half-century alliance before home captain Kym Daley had the latter held for a patient 42.
Greenway took 14 from the last over, including a six over long-off, as he finished unbeaten on 36 in a total of 154 for five.
Australia's chase began badly as Trudgett lifted Sykes to Backhurst at midwicket and Dixon bowled Justin Bergin for nought in the first two overs.
Worse followed for the hosts as Churchyard was run out at the non-striker's end and Adam Vero caught off Stefan Pichowski's second ball to leave them 24 for four from seven overs.
Bradley Trudgett and the classy Daley responded with a steady 60-run stand before the former was stumped off Pichowski for 33.
Dixon had Grant Thompson caught and bowled before Shenton and Daley were run out - the skipper for 42 by Everett's superb direct - effectively ending Australia's hopes.
Tim Regan was also short of his ground and number 11 Mark Theodossiou was lbw first ball for the third consecutive innings.
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Is a Sat/Sun a fixed statutory day off if your a Mon-Fri worker?working on a bank holiday or fixed statutory day off will be paid at time plus 50%;
Looked more closely nowFor the around 15,000 non-schools staff, the letter outlines their new pay, grade and terms and conditions. The 16,000 schools staff covered by the review will receive a letter about terms and conditions, and their job evaluation score will follow soon.
So all school staff just get the letter we got - saying sign now to agree new t&cs.
And we are promised another letter with our job evaluation score "soon" - what a wonderful word that - "soon".
So basically, the other council staff know where they've been put in the new setup - but we don't
Is a Sat/Sun a fixed statutory day off if your a Mon-Fri worker?working on a bank holiday or fixed statutory day off will be paid at time plus 50%;
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What if I don't voluntarily agree to the new terms and conditions?
If we reach agreement with unions on a new pay line and set of terms and conditions, these will apply to all staff (whether or not they are union members).
But if we can't reach agreement with the unions, you will receive a letter asking you to agree to new terms and conditions from a set date.
Staff who are not prepared to agree to the new terms and conditions will subsequently be given notice of dismissal coupled with an offer of immediate re-engagement on the new terms and conditions. If this offer is accepted then employment on the new terms and conditions will be continuous with no break in service.
You cannot appeal against the new terms and conditions but can appeal if your concern is about your job evaluation or the job profile you have been assimilated to.
Source : https://schoolsportal.lancsngfl.ac.u...8&pageid=29573
I think biggest question in terms of us ICT guys is for someone to find a source that says we are Phase 2 staff. I think we would all rest easier if this is the case.
If this is the case then we will be ok until 2012 if we also (dont see any reason why not) get the protection for 12 months.
Its certainly going to be interesting and in my opinion i dont see that many problems with the terms they have sent out in terms of ICT people. The only thing that stands out to me is that the a3 leaflet says "summary". Are we signing agreeing the summary or signing to say we agree to some other things that the council doesnt think are important enough to put in a "summary".
Another point that applies to us and everyone is that the "summary" seems to say that sick pay is only payable after 6 months. (I'm personally not a chronic sick day taker by the way).
I can however see problems for alot of LCC workers as the bank holiday rate is rubbish and for people have got used to have company cars etc.
A point that sticks in my mind with this is that somebody will always do your job for less than we do it. Rubbish i know, but has to be said.
Has anybody looked at birminghams results i posted earlier. If you look at LCC's new pay scales they have put on Equal pay site and relate birminghams scores to that then it doesnt look that bad. Just a massive range from lowest to highest pay.
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Again in response to simplesi. Source for phase 2 in a round about way.
The JE team has evaluated
14 posts of Admin scale 1 - 2,
4 posts of Admin scale 3,
4 posts of Admin scale 4,
8 posts of Admin scale 5,
2 posts of Admin
38 posts of TA 2,
22 posts of TA 3,
5 posts of HLTA ,
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Nice find but that's dated Sep 2008 so things might have changed since then
Hopefully, I'll get to see my line manager today (there might be a bit of a queue at his office mind!) and we'll see what he says
I dont like the bit that agrees to no backpay. The site support staff and cleaners got back pay why should we loose ours.
Not allowed to post links.
I'm a web developer at LCC and I've had my grade reduced today. Here is some information I've managed to find.
An article giving more detail on the NJC scheme.
Job Evaluation and Pay protection without the Bullsh*t
A Scoring and Weighting Matrix so you can decipher you scores.
If there are any web developers, web designers or graphics designers who have found out the NJC score, message me, I'm happy to discuss.
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My line manager didn't know what grade I'd be on in the new system and can't find anything in the information he's been given and has been unable to find out anything from HR
He gave me a copy of the new scales and I need to be placed in the new Grade 5 to keep my current salary - of course I'm hoping for Grade 6
well i was wondering if were all going to be evaluated in lancashire what everyone actually does and for what money because if we all do something similar they wont reduce our pay as it would be "equal" across the board.
I need to have a word with our union rep and see what the union is going to do.
Well my headteacher text me today and said I was going to be in phase 2 which he believes isn't happening until Nov
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Guest Entry – Is a Hand Held Light Meter Really Necessary?
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Is a Hand Held Light Meter Really Necessary?
By: Steve Russell
Recently Tiffany Joyce posted an article about determining correct exposure by reading histograms. She opened the article by questioning the need for the use of a hand held light meter. While I understand and agree with the point she was making, my reaction was more along the line of, "Wait a minute, I have a hand held light meter and find it useful under certain circumstances." It's not my most important piece of equipment, but when I need it, I'm really happy to have it.
After reading her article, I contacted Tiffany and during a back and forth exchange of thoughts and ideas through email we decided that I should write this article on the subject of hand held light meters, so here goes.
I would estimate that roughly 90% to 95% of the people that own cameras don't need a hand held light meter. The features and functions built into the camera generally provide what the person taking the photograph needs to obtain an acceptable image. When the camera doesn't expose the image properly the average person taking the photograph typically doesn't know why and merely deletes the image. However, the other 5% to 10% that step up and purchase a DSLR, usually learn more about photography in general and demand more from their photographic efforts.
A photographer only has two variables to work with – light and time. Time is linear and mathematical. We understand time from early childhood and even the most inexperienced beginning photographer can quickly grasp the importance and operation of time in photography. Light, however, is a much more difficult concept and its understanding is critical to successful photography.
Different sources of light have different color temperatures. High color temperature light sources (like the natural outdoors light on an overcast day) are on the blue end of the light scale. Low color temperature light sources (like a candle flame or an incandescent light) are on the red end of the light scale. Since this isn't an article on the color temperature of light or white balance settings I won't go into greater detail but wanted to use this to emphasize the importance of fully understanding light.
A hand held light meter is normally used to measure incidence or ambient light – in other words, the light falling on the subject. The metering system in a camera measures reflective light, or the light being reflected off the subject into the camera. Most of the time there isn't a measurable difference in the two readings – hand held light meter vs. in-camera meter. However, there are times where you will encounter difficult lighting situations and an incidence light metered reading would provide a more accurate exposure setting. In these cases a light meter can be quite useful.
Both metering tools provide a reading that is the correct exposure for 18% gray. In simple terms that means that both the meter and the camera are color and shade blind and try to read everything as gray. As a result, when you take a picture of a snow covered field the camera reads the snow as gray, underexposes the shot and renders the snow as gray in the resulting photograph. The hand held meter returns an exposure that properly exposes 18% gray as 18% gray and would properly expose the snow as white. This is because, unlike the in-camera meter, the hand held meter is reading the light falling on the subject, not the light reflected by the snow.
As Tiffany pointed out, reading and adjusting the histogram will solve the problem. However, I can pull my light meter out of my pocket, take a reading and take a photo faster than I can take a photo, switch to the histogram on my camera, adjust the exposure, recompose the picture in the view finder and take second photo.
The problem is reversed with black subjects. Let's say you want to take a photo of an American Bison or a black bear. The head is black, the nose is black and the eyes are black. Remember that the in-camera meter will read the black as 18% gray and the photo will be overexposed. Again, the incidence light will give a correct reading
Now, put the two extremes together in a single photo and where do you acquire the exposure? While you have a number of choices, if you're in the same lighting as your subject, the hand held light meter will give you the correct exposure. Or using Tiffany's example of the professional wedding photographer who can hold the meter next to the group, the hand held provides the correct exposure without having to worry about white dresses, black tuxes and different skin colors. Again the histogram works, but the time spent reading a histogram could cause you to miss the perfect photo.
While writing this article, I got to this point and asked, "What if I'm wrong? What if all the advancements in technology, software and algorithms have actually compensated for these exposure issues?" A good question with a relatively easy answer. Why not test my beliefs on this subject. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any snow and since I live in Florida I can't even find snow in January. To substitute for the snow, I decided to photograph a white building in direct sunlight.
For the first photo I used the manual setting on my camera because I wasn't using a tripod and wanted to use a fast shutter speed of 1/500 seconds and an ISO of 100. The first photo was taken using the reading of f8 from my hand held light meter. Note that the building is white without being overexposed or blown out. Also the door is red and looks like it was painted by someone that would rather be in an air conditioned room.
The second photo was taken with the camera set on Tv (shutter priority) at 1/500 seconds and an ISO of 100. The in-camera meter adjusted the aperture to f16 and I took the photo. Note that now the building appears gray in the photo, not the white my eye was seeing when I looked at the building.
There is also a situation where I believe a hand held meter is an absolute requirement for good photography. I've discussed this situation with a number of professional photographers and they all completely agreed. In a studio setting when you are using strobes, if you want to capture the best photos with the optimum lighting, you have to hold the meter near your subject (or where the subject will be) and fire the strobes to take a flash reading. Without using the hand held light meter, it will take a lot of trial and error to get the picture correct. I recognize that a photographer that works in the studio day-in and day-out probably knows that if the lights are in a certain position an f-stop of 5.6 is required and if the lights are moved to position B an f-stop of 8 would be required. However, for those of us that either use a make-shift studio or, in my case, a friend's studio, the light meter saves a lot of time and disappointment.
As a footnote, in the middle of writing this article, my twenty-five year old Minolta light meter died. After a lot of research and discussion with other photographers, I purchased a Sekonic L-358 light meter as seen in the photo below. The new meter is the one I used to take the photos accompanying this article.
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Holy cow! Good thing it was able to be cleared up kinda quick-ish but that must've been scary. I'd be on the phone with the store and the company. People need to know incase this isn't just your kids (sounds like it's the lotion).
I've never used any products under this brand but like I said, I'd be calling people as this may be a bad batch.
I'm with PP, call the store and the company. You could save other kids from having this issue. I would save the bottle and if the company can not find anything wrong in the product, I would take it and my children to an allergist.
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According to sources, it looks as though Star's report that former American Dreams actress Brittany Snow has been cast in the lead role of Lily van der Woodsen (Rhodes) in the forthcoming Gossip Girl spinoff is indeed accurate.
"Brittany is thrilled," a friend of the actress says.
"She loves the original show and thinks the 1980s concept sets the Gossip Girl spin-off apart from other series on television. She can't wait to wear all the fabulous outfits and really sink her teeth into the role."
Brittany Snow - who has appeared in movies including Hairspray and John Tucker Must Die - was the top choice for producers, who thought she would be the perfect choice for the part of young Lily, played on Gossip Girl by Kelly Rutherford.
She was reportedly offered the role without an audition.
"Brittany always thought she was going to continue her career in films," a source said.
"But this is a marvelous part and she just couldn't say no. This has the potential to be a huge show in the tradition of Melrose Place."
The "backdoor pilot" introducing the show will air as part of the Gossip Girl episode May 11 (episode 2.24, which will air one week before the Season 2 finale).
UPDATE: Michael Ausiello of more-reliable EW reports that Snow has indeed emerged as the front-runner for the role, though it is not 100 percent official.
SECOND UPDATE: Krysten Ritter, who will play Lily's sister Carol Rhodes on the show, confirms to E! that "They just cast Brittany Snow. It's definitely official, and I think I'm the first one to know that. It wasn't official earlier, I saw on the Internet, but now it is official."
What do you think? Can you see Snow as young Lily? Is she a good fit for the Gossip Girl spinoff role, or would you have preferred another?
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it has been officially announced that she is playing lily
i tink anyway ;)
god no she's no lily van der woodsen
OMG, wot da hell u tlkin bout? who cares bout eye colour?? its da actin not eyes!! shes a gr8 actress so im watchin it!!
omg i think that would be ah-mazing! she is such a good actress!
Now there is no question; i will totally watch the spin-off since Brittany Snow's going to be in it.
I love brittany snow, but this role just isn't for her! she doesn't look anything like kelly rutherford. :|
If you're trying to match Lily on the show, then Kelly has dark green eyes. But in the books, of course Lily has blue eyes like her daughter. Eye color doesn't bother me so much, because sometimes in some light Kelly looks like she has dark blue eyes. The one thing that has stayed true to the books in GG is that Serena and her mother are TALL. So that's the detail that irks me the most because Britt is hella short. Meh.
I think no one can replace Kelly. Brittany Snow may be a nice actress, but she is just not Lily...
OMG!!!What? This Brittany Snow is ABSOLUTELY horrible. I really don't see her playing a younger Lily!!! Brittany and Kelly don't look the same.
Maggie Grace would of been better!
I think Britt will be good! She was great on American Dreams. She doesn't look exactly like Kelly Rutherford, but who does? Has everyone heard that No Doubt will be on the original GG in May? How crazy is that?! Check it out: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?...


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Most of the great Lucinda songs are on it, and yes it's definitely on the edgy side, especially Lucinda's voice.
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Not only does it sound like she is trying too hard in the singing, but it does not have the feel of a live album.
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Playing .500 in the toughest division in baseball will put your roster under the microscope. Unlike most competitive teams in the league, the Washington Nationals are still lacking a true leadoff batter and are in desperate need for a shut down defender in the middle of the outfield. As the trade deadline approaches, one could argue that there are a few qualified upgrades available around Major League Baseball.
Centerfield, and more glaringly the leadoff spot in the lineup, is a position that has always been problematic for the Washington Nationals. Never has a player shown management that he has the tools and consistency to earn a long term contract since the team's arrival in 2005. Do the names Brad Wilkerson, Ryan Church, Nook Logan, and Lastings Milledge ring a bell as early failed experiments?
In 2011, Rick Ankiel was supposed to be the lockdown down defender with an incredible arm and was declared the starter when the team broke from spring training. He was swiftly replaced by Roger Bernadina after Ankiel suffered a month long slump to start the season. Bernadina has emerged this season as speedy player who can produce runs…if he's able to get on base. Bernadina's defense hasn't been consistent though, aside from the occasional spectacular play. Both have played in 63 games each, and both this blog and the organization recognize the problem in center may be reaching a boiling point. A jolt in the Nats offense – ranked in the bottom third in runs, batting average and on base percentage – is much needed, but it could come at a hefty price.
Ken Rosenthal reported on Monday that the Nationals are sending out feelers for a roster shakeup. Ian Desmond, Tyler Clippard and even Drew Storen have possibly been discussed as trade bait coaxing one of the following teams below into giving up their centerfielder.
Michael Bourne (28-years-old) – Houston Astros
94 games, .289/.350/.392, 1 HR, 28 RBI's, 35 SB, 60 R, 76 SO's
Bourne is the purest leadoff guy you'll see on this list, and one of the best in all of baseball for that matter. 2010 was the season Bourne distinguished himself as a star player. The lefty won a Gold Glove and appeared in the All-Star game. As of right now his batting average and OBP are the best numbers of his career. Bourne is visibly entering his prime, meaning that Houston's asking price could be through the roof.
I don't see a weakness in Bourne's game and I know he could thrive as the Nationals' leadoff man for several seasons. Furthermore, having a player who could win the NL stolen base title every year as well as get on base nearly 40 percent of the time might be more valuable than a relief pitcher like Drew Storen.
Two things that could derail a potential deal: Bourne is eligible for arbitration at the end of the season and his agent is Scott Boras, which may mean he will be looking for a long term extension. The final call on this deal may be up to the Lerner's. The Nationals do have a working relationship with Boras, but I'll guarantee he demands more than the 4.4 millions he's making now. Is management ready to shell out more money for an outfielder who is older than 27?
Colby Rasmus (24-years-old) – St. Louis Cardinals
89 games, .241/.326/.404, 9 HR's, 36 RBI's, 5 SB, 57 R, 75 SO's
Rasmus' superstar potential and age will make some officials in the front office drool over the prospect of his bat in the lineup. He's in only his third big league season and we probably haven't even seen the type of numbers Rasmus is capable of producing. He has tremendous plate discipline as well, averaging a walk in every 11.4 at-bats. So why would any team be hesitant to acquire such a player?
There are several reasons from the Nationals point of view. First, he isn't an ideal leadoff man. Why go and trade either Storen or Clippard and a highly touted prospect for a guy who whose main asset is power, a commodity the team already possesses? The Nats need a player who can regularly get on base, and use his speed when he gets there. He also rarely steals bases (5), as evident in his statistics above. Then there's this other issue with Rasmus; his attitude. I am completely against a potential trade for him.
BJ Upton (26-years-old) – Tampa Bay Rays
90 games, .246/.317/.412, 15 HR's, 52 RBI's, 22 SB's, 47 R, 94 SO's
If his OBP was better this season, Upton may have been the ideal choice as a centerfield upgrade for the Nats. His combination of power, speed and fielding ability makes him the most balanced guy on this list. A problem with Upton, though, is that he may have already reached his potential. Upton's 2007 season of gold put expectations on the centerfielder nearly as high as what Bryce Harper's will become. He just hasn't been able to live up to the hype, failing to even make an All-Star appearance in the four seasons since.
Depending on whether the Rays decide to become buyers or sellers, the asking price for Upton could be a lot cheaper than Bourne. A frustration within Tampa seems to have been increasing throughout the years with their former 2002 first round pick. Still, I'd stay away from this trade.
Roger Bernadina (27-years-old) – Washington Nationals
63 games, .264/.322/.378, 5 HR's, 20 RBI's, 15 SB's, 34 R, 52 SO's
Are the Nats jumping the gun on this issue? Is Roger 'The Shark' Bernadina really that bad of an option leading off? Take out Bernadina's first full month playing and the Nats leadoff hitter is actually a .274/.335/.404 player. Similar to the transition we saw with Mike Morse, Bernadina has batted .276 in 48 games at center as opposed to .200 in 43 games in left. Bernadina clearly has been a viable option when he's actually given the chance to play centerfield.
If somehow the Nationals can manage to hold onto Clippard and Storen while still obtaining Michael Bourne, then I'm all for it. If not, I'd rather stand pat. Losing one of those arms in the bullpen could have devastating effects, especially if Henry Rodriguez gets hurt. Rolling the dice on BJ Upton at this point in time doesn't seem worth it either. The Nationals potentially could have another Rookie of the Year candidate in Bryce Harper, and an all but likely Cy Young contender in Stephen Strasburg next season.


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Type 3 fire engine
Manufactured by HME in Wyoming, Mich.
Can last up to 20 years.
Has automatic transmission.
Anaheim has 72 personnel trained and qualified to operate Type 3 engines.
There's a new engine at Anaheim's downtown fire station – Engine 301, and it checks in at 10 feet tall, 35,000 pounds and is built to go off-road.
The engine is the fourth of its kind in the city and was designed especially for fighting fires in wildlands, such as the eastern parts of Anaheim.
These trucks have higher ground clearances, four-wheel drives and a shorter turning radius that allow them to drive on tight switchbacks. The Anaheim Fire Department added the fourth wildland vehicle, called a Type 3 engine, to its fleet last week. The other three arrived last summer.
With fall's Santa Ana winds, the new truck can make a big difference.
"It seems that every day the temperature gets higher than 80 or 85 degrees, a fire is popping up somewhere," said Battalion Chief Tim Butler.
The trucks won't replace the classic fire engines, which have the boxy fronts and are larger than the Type 3. Those remain the most efficient for navigating city streets and fighting structure fires.
But those engines can't make it up steep inclines on an unpaved path.
"It's a different tool for a different type of environment," said firefighter Jerry George.
The new engine carries such tools as drip torches to light backfires, chainsaws for cutting brush and bee veils. Because wildfires can last days, tents and cots are packed on top, along with medical supplies and, of course, coffee.
"It still has the new car smell," George said. "Pretty soon it'll go back to smelling like smoke and beef jerky."
The engine made its maiden voyage last week at the Fire Department's training course at Star Ranch, tucked in the hills of northeast Orange County.
"Prepare to be amazed," said engineer Brian Pennock before starting up the engine for the first trip around the course, which goes high up into the Santa Ana Mountains, overlooking the 91 freeway.
At one point, the 35,000-pounder has to tackle a steep incline.
"Come on, come on, climb," Pennock muttered.
It's a course that some pickups cannot complete.
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Rapid transit slowly arrives
Osborne Street Station a beacon in a system that could transform this city
We waited 15 years for an NHL hockey team. Now we have one. We waited 36 years for an IKEA. Next Christmas we will have one. We waited 53 years for a modern rapid transit system. In two weeks we will have one. Well, sort of.
After more than a dozen studies, countless advisory committees and an endless number of task forces, Winnipeg's first, three-kilometre-long rapid transit line will soon be running. This modest first step comes more than five decades after the now infamous 'Wilson Plan' first recommended the creation of a rapid transit system for Winnipeg.
Since that time, we have overwhelmingly built our city with a focus on car-oriented development. Decades of low-density subdivisions leapfrogging each other towards the periphery have resulted in Winnipeg's urban area growing disproportionately to its population. Between 1974 and 2006, the city's population grew by only 15 per cent, while its area increased by more than 50 per cent.
Winnipeggers engage in few topics of discussion with greater passion than they do the cost of gasoline, the pace of traffic and the physical condition of our streets, yet we continue to support the urban sprawl that compounds these issues. As our city expands outward, we drive farther, buy more gas, build more roads, navigate more traffic and emit more pollution. With a lower-density tax base, government budgets struggle to maintain basic services and infrastructure for an increasingly unsustainable city.
A convenient and affordable public-transportation alternative can reduce the number of cars on the road, helping to alleviate many of the challenges that follow sprawling urban expansion. In Ottawa, a city with an extensive rapid transit system, almost 20 per cent of the population takes public transit to work, compared to only 12 per cent in Winnipeg. With more than 430,000 people in the city's workforce, that eight-percentage-point difference can have a significant impact on traffic volumes, parking requirements and their corresponding effects on the city and the environment.
Rapid transit can also be used as an important catalyst to direct and influence the patterns of development in a city. As ridership increases, retail, commercial and residential growth is attracted to the pedestrian density generated at major nodes along the system. Urban planners can use this transit oriented development (TOD) as a tool to control sprawl by targeting areas for infill growth and neighbourhood densification with the strategic location of transit lines and stations.
Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver have used this strategy with great success, realizing billions of dollars' worth of construction along their transit corridors. Winnipeg's humble first line has already attracted a vital TOD, with the Fort Rouge rail yards soon transforming from a brownfield site into a dense residential infill neighbourhood.
Like many cities, we have spent considerable time and effort debating the relative merits of bus rapid transit (BRT) and light rail transit (LRT). The controversial decision to implement BRT was based largely on a significantly lower capital cost for construction, greater integration with on-street bus lines and lower per-capita operating costs.
Proponents of LRT assert its quieter, more comfortable ride, higher passenger capacities and "sexy" urban image would attract greater levels of TOD, alleviate the public stigma of bus transit and be a 'big-city' amenity consistent with that of other Canadian municipalities.
It has been shown in cities like Ottawa and Pittsburgh that a well-designed BRT system, with a dedicated corridor, distinctive transit stations, attractive branding and real-time schedule information can convey the image of quality and sense of permanence that attracts ridership and TOD, at a similar level to an LRT installation.
The stunning Osborne Street Station, a crown jewel of the Winnipeg line, will be instrumental in alleviating much of the criticism of the BRT system. The station designers, GPP Architecture and Friesen Tokar Architects, overcame the significant technical challenges of creating a building perched on a bridge above a busy street, while maintaining an architectural elegance that promotes transit use and encourages the community to take ownership of the building as a cherished neighbourhood amenity.
Transit-station design is often driven by the engineering requirements of passenger capacity and crowd dynamics, but Osborne Street Station also manages to successfully address qualitative issues of comfort, beauty and views. Its expressive roof structure references the machine esthetic of the great train stations of Europe, and its forest of arching round trusses evokes imagery of Winnipeg's great elm tree canopy, so familiar to the residents of Osborne Village.
Sloping glass walls create an impression of volume and openness and address issues of safety by providing clear sightlines into and out of the station. Sunlight floods the space through a translucent polycarbonate roof, transforming at night into a beacon that glows brightly against the prairie sky.
On April 8, Winnipeg will finally be introduced to rapid transit. The danger of such a modest first installation is Winnipeggers will judge its merits based on the performance of an incomplete system. A less than enthusiastic public response may stall momentum for further development.
The Osborne Street Station, however, will be a compelling reminder of the sophistication and quality a completed system can offer Winnipeg if a commitment is made by our community and our government to continue its implementation until the full benefits of rapid transit are realized in our city.
Brent Bellamy is senior design architect for Number Ten Architectural Group. Email him at:
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Although the ongoing lack of rain is worrisome from one perspective, from a contractor's point of view, it's a blessing, allowing work to progress without a hitch. The stonework around the building is nearly complete, with Daido Roshi's "Think Non-Thinking" calligraphy stone guarding the entrance into the gallery from the western patio. The dragon stone will be installed on the east side of the building, looking out at the forest and stream.
Installation of the cedar siding for the building, which will rest above the stone work, should begin next week. We have a good sense already of how the light brown cedar planks will complement the coolness of the bluestone, as the soffits of the overhanging bar building roof are already in place. Meanwhile, the details of the interior framing are being attended to. The framing of the art studio and its porch are now complete, and the body practice room is also framed and sporting a newly designed window. The performance hall windows on the north side near the ceiling are in place, and the walls are being prepared for the introduction of insulation. The electrical and plumbing work are ongoing, and will be for a long while…
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> On 30 Aug 2011, at 12:49, fbissey@... wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> So I was looking at the science overlay from my prefix on OS X.
>> And portage wanted me to upgrade my blas/cblas/lapack stack to the
>> new structure. I know they are marked ~x86 and ~amd64 but it doesn't
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>> So I may make things a little more prefix friendly (OS X in particular)
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> Hi Francois;
> With the CBLAS reference implementations, you may run into a problem
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> year (see
> http://icl.cs.utk.edu/lapack-forum/archives/lapack/msg00997.html),
> but I'm not even sure upstream recognises the problem. Please let me
> know if at least you can reproduce the issue, and then maybe we can
> try again to get it fixed.
Looking at that thread they don't seem to see a problem. I haven't tackled
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Subject matter and research aside, Pollan's style is simply lovely; the writing is far better than the usual journalism-nonfiction book, which makes it a pleasure to read and re-read. As for the substance, his subject is interesting; his research and reporting are well done and seem to have held up; and the book has been extremely influential to me and family as well as, apparently, many others. If authors are like dinner companions, he is welcome at my table any time. He manages to have a point of view without being dogmatic or ideological; he tells personal stories and anecdotes without being boring and annoying; he knows what he's talking about while leaving room for new information and interpretations; he displays curiosity, critical thinking, and good humor; in short, an extremely pleasant companion.
This book follows the journey of the author as he seeks to follow the course his food takes from wherever it is grown/raised all the way to his plate. The first part of the book, with its description of how corn has changed the way everybody in America eats (without us really knowing it), is very interesting and I'd give that part five stars. The rest of the book I'd give three stars.
It's not often that a book can immediately change the way you live your day-to-day life. But The Omnivore's Dilemma changed mine, immediately.
For me, it was just a matter of learning things I didn't know before. I didn't have to be convinced to change my behavior. I just had to gain full knowledge of what my behavior was supporting--its effects on my body, on society, on the environment, and on the world around me. And that was enough.
So much of the food we buy and eat today goes to such great lengths to conceal its origins and its larger effect on the world. Take some time to learn what you're putting into your body and what you're spending your money on. Then think about why. Then decide what you want to do about it.
Instead of going on about how important this book was to me (and completely avoiding any analysis of it as a work of literature), I think the best way to demonstrate some of the changes I've made is to share a few of the websites I've recently bookmarked. Once I started reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, I started researching on my own. How can I make practical changes in my own life? With more information and knowledge of local resources.
Ohio-focused info (I live in central Ohio, and naturally, I looked first for information about my local area. I'm sure a quick search would turn up similar resources for your area.)
I hope that small peek conveys an idea of the wealth of information out there. You don't have to buy into a corporate or industrial food system. You have many options whether you live in the country or the city. All you need is knowledge!
Anyone who can eat a steak while reading Animal Liberation by Pete Singer has a much stronger stomach than I do.
The premise of this book, according to its author, springs from a fundamental question "What shall we have for dinner" - ostensibly simple enough but today becoming increasingly a dilemma. In exploring how and why it's become so complicated, Michael Pollan in his best forensic style, sets out on an in-depth exploration of our three major food chains - industrial, organic and hunter-gatherer.
As he so rightly points out, today more than ever we're confronted by a "bewildering and treacherous food landscape". If we don't make the right choices, we risk compromising our health and that of our children, but more, the very future of sustainable life. In other words, we can't go on doing what we're doing, the system won't hold up. Industrial agriculture, the main source of the food we eat, is steadily devouring existing energy resources as well as abusing the logic of nature.
He covers a huge amount of ground in this book. While the omnivore's dilemma itself may be fairly succinctly defined, (for humans who are designed to eat pretty much anything, in a world where they can eat pretty much anything, what are the implications of our food choices, morally, economically, environmentally and politically) the answers necessarily involve a vast field of research.
In Pollan's case, as is his habit, much of this is first-hand. He's prepared to educate himself by getting his hands dirty in all sorts of expected and unexpected ways (chicken killing for example). He's a writer who goes to extreme lengths to experience and understand the issues he writes about, which makes his work compelling. Even if you don't agree with him or baulk at some of his statements, you have to acknowledge that he's worked damn hard to investigate every nuance of the questions he's addressing.
Where he and I parted company was in the chapter on hunting, where as part of his foraging exploration, he determines to hunt and shoot a pig and involve himself in its gutting. He's honest enough to admit the ambivalence he feels looking at the subsequent photo taken of him standing next to his "kill". The self-glorification of the hunter sits uncomfortably with the consciousness that he's slaughtered a defenceless creature all in the name of "sport" (or in his case in the name of literary research perhaps) but certainly not because it was necessary for anyone's survival.
His investigations involve him eating different types of meals at different times - the two most polarised being a takeaway McDonalds eaten in the car, and the meal he prepares at the conclusion of the book using food that's been hunted, gathered, bred, grown, or otherwise produced in ways in which he's been intimately involved as a witness or co-producer.
In comparing these meals, which he describes as being "at the far extreme ends of the spectrum of human eating", he essentially sums up what all this has been about. In doing so, he highlights something we should all be aware of. How we eat represents the "different ways we have to engage the world that sustains us." One way is based on knowledge and understanding, while the other is based on ignorance, an ignorance fostered by the industrial food system and one in which we can choose to remain, or not. Whether that ignorance is wilful or not, it does mean we're complicit in whatever actions are carried out to get the food we eat from its origins, plant or animal based, to our tables.
Anyone who cares about what they eat, where it comes from, how it's produced and what the impacts of those processes are, needs to read this book. It doesn't have all the answers, but it certainly raises plenty of crucial questions.
But for Pollan, the final outcome is less important than the meal's journey from the soil to the plate. His supermeticulous reporting is the book's strength — you're not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from.
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Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
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