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After meeting with first responders and family members who've experienced immense loss, the president spoke to a crowd at the Oso Firehouse.
"The country is thinking about all of you. It has been throughout this tragedy and we're not going anywhere," Obama said. "Very few Americans had heard of Oso before the disaster struck. We've all been inspired by the incredible way the community has come together."
Obama said the strength of the community should inspire all Americans. Besides thanking the strangers who donated time and supplies and the volunteers working on the debris field and feeding first responders, the president acknowledged some lessons that were learned along the way.
"Almost uniquely, we had coordination not just between state, local, and federal officials, but also coordination between volunteers and those officials," said Obama. "I know it required some improvisation and some kinks getting worked out, but it was important for the family members themselves and the community members themselves to be hands on and participate in this process."
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Obama is departed from Paine Field in Everett around 5 p.m.
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Headliner act from Milwaukee, Whiskey of the Damned, will perform Celtic rock Saturday at 8:45 p.m. at the Tilted Kilt Miller Lite main stage at Will County Celtic Fest at St. Joe's Park in Joliet. | Supplied photo
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There will be kilts-a plenty at the fourth annual Will County Celtic Fest on Saturday and Sunday.
Hosted by the Irish American Society of County Will, this is the first year the fest has expanded to two days. In its first three years, it was Saturday only. Because the event is held at St. Joe's Park in Joliet, many park regulars have shown up for weekly Sunday fests held by different church groups and other organizations. Celtic Fest organizers decided to expand to Sunday to have something for those regulars.
What started out as just light activities Sunday has shaped into a second, nearly full day, according to chair Mic Brophy. Saturday still will have a little more, he said.
For example, Saturday has a second stage, the Guinness Heritage Tent. It will have a full lineup of entertainment Saturday, such as a bagpipe demonstration and bluegrass performances. That stage won't have performances Sunday, though.
Both days will feature traditional Irish music, bagpipes and Irish step dancers. All weekend, there will be a combination of local talent and national acts on the Tilted Kilt Miller Lite main stage, according to Eric Johnson. Johnson's company, Flipside Works, organized the entertainment lineup.
Headlining this year is Whiskey of the Damned, a band out of Milwaukee that has continued to grow in talent each year, Johnson said. It has performed at Manahttan Irish Fest and has a local following.
Southlanders may know Alex Hoffer, who performs at 7 p.m. Sunday, and John Condron, who plays at 5 p.m. Saturday. Anne Hatfield is another local, made famous by performing the violin with the Trinity Irish Dancers and touring with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. New Lenox resident Casey Moss is a new-to-the-scene guitarist and will open from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Moss said he is known for performing classic rock and blues music that is popular in new and creative ways. For example, he uses his guitar as a drum during a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together."
Other national acts include Colm O'Brien from Dublin, via Boston. O'Brien made a name for himself playing with the Prodigals. Other top performers include the Ploughboys, Allison Flood and Cutthroat Shamrock.
The Allied Nursery Children's Area is featuring plant-a-shamrock and numerous other activities both days. Ron Plunk Jr., whose family owns Allied Landscaping and Nursery, said that these events are critical to promoting Irish culture, especially because the Irish American Society promotes student scholarships.
"This is my heritage," said Plunk, whose mother, Margaret Plunk, is from County Kerry, Ireland.
The kids area will have touch-a-truck, face painting, crafts, and bounce houses both days. Saturday also will have extra carnival-style rides and games, including an inflatable climbing wall adn a toddler-size Ferris wheel. There will be a Wee Folk Area surrounded by straw bales for toddler-sized activities.
The fest is open from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday.
On Sunday, there will be Mass in the grotto at 11 a.m., with gates open from noon to 8 p.m. Adult admission is $7 and $3 for chilcren ages 5 to 12. Kids four and younger are admitted free. All activities are included in the price of admission.


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Harbor Freight may not know it, but they have been supplying the indie filmmakers of the country with the most affordable lighting dimmers on the market. I would say that most of the smaller independent film & video productions --and certainly most of the student productions -- rely on lights in the 650-1000 Watt range to light their shots. These router speed controllers are rated at 15 Amps. 15 Amps x 120 Volts = 1800 Watts. So these are safe to use with any lighting instrument just shy of a 2K. A professional dimmer box for motion picture lighting starts at $400, so for those of us in the low-budget filmmaking world who aren't trying to light up a warehouse or a mountain side, these Harbor Freight router speed controllers are an excellent option for dimming the lights when necessary.As far as how well they work with your router table, I couldn't tell you!
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I just purchased this. It does not change the RPMs on any of the devices I tried. I had read mf70's review stating there was an open neutral and that the white wire was connected to the switch. My tester shows the same condition and on looking at the board the white wire is soldered to the switch. Only problem with his review, he did not say how he rewired the product. That would help. Headed back to the store.
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To mf70 I tested my speed control and yes it did show an open nutral. When I clicked the rocker switch to either vari or full my circut tester showed that it was wired properly. it only shows an open nutral in the off position. I see that as a non issue!
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I bought the HF 2hp router and the router speed control at the same time to install in a shop made router table. The speed control works as advertised. The mount is awkward so I drilled out the rivets, drilled through the plastic case and used pan head wood screws to attach the control to the side of the router table. I have variable speed and don't have to reach under the table top to turn the router on. If it lasts it will be quite a bargain. I'm well satisfied.
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Infinite speed control, Great value
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I used this with the 2 Horsepower Fixed Base Router Drill Master - item#68341. The speed control is amazing with this router allows complete speed control from barely turning to full blast. I found/felt the router was too fast/powerful for my needs at the single full speed.The speed control has infinite speed settings; it is a smooth control knob that adds more power as you turn the knob. It is not a 3 click setting as the colors on the face could imply. I have used this for a few weeks now and am very happy. One thing would make it better is to have a way to mount it with screws/bolts somewhere. It comes with a clip on the back exactly like a tape measure to secure it somewhere. It just so happens my table saw bench has a flat steel surface to attach it to otherwise it could be quite cumbersome.
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I am actually a pet groomer and I use this to control the suction on my shop vac that I use with a clipper attachment to suck up hair while clipping down the pet. The shop vac by itself is too strong so by dialing it down a bit, it is much safer and easier to get a good finish on my longer haircuts. I especially like using this on the cats. Saved me a TON of money because the clipper vac and taxi vac systems all retail between $500 to $800 and this cost me less than $200 with the attachemnts, hoses and special clipper that was needed!
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This speed control does the job. It also works on routers with variable speeds as well!I recently upgraded my saw by putting a router table at the end. I didn't like reaching or bending under the table to change the router speed for differnt types of situations. This thing ,for the money, works great, and just as good as some of those that are $60 to $80. Good job HF.
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Works great, and WAAYYY cheaper than the identical item sold on hose 'other sites'. Goes on sale all the time at HF.
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It does the job perfectly! It's really nice to have more than 2 speeds. Get one and don't forget to use a 20% off coupon.
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I have connected this device to routers drills and polisher/sanders. it works great.
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I have 3, bought over the last 5+ years, ALL still in use, almost daily, grinding & sanding steel, on my 4.5" angle grinders. They spend most of their time getting dragged or kicked around the floor, stepped on or tripped over ... look totally beat up, and still work!One "must have" DIY add-on is a piece of 2" ABS sewer pipe about 3/4" long glued to the face around the knob, so it doesn't get "adjusted" dragging it around. If it had that, plus switch protection, I'd give it an A++!Looks like the negative reviews just got a bad unit. I sure didn't ... just keeps going ... and going ...
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Purchased for use with electric die grinder. Works good for reducing speed to use wire wheels for rust stripping. Haven't put many hours on it but for the price, it should get me through a few tasks and pay for itself. Doesn't work on low for grinder but varies speed on medium and higher.
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As the name, the material is embroidered chiffon…. the whole dress is lined with some kind of soft polyester (came with the set). Chose a simple pattern coz the fabric frays very easily n dint want to cut it too many times. Its an A-line dress pattern but with slits from hip down on both sides. The lining is hemmed separately from the slits, the front neck line of lining is boat shaped and it is scalloped. The front neckline of the chiffon was hard work. Had to do it thrice to get it almost right. Had to hand sew also few places. I made a cut-out of the paisley design from the lining at back, held to the lining with little bit of hand sewing.The sleeves are unlined. the leggings/chudidaar are made from the same lining material.
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I just started sewing and taking a class which they only taught how to sew one skirt which is mc call 3341 pattern, which im still sewing, i wanted to know if you have youtube videos on how you sew so I could know how you sew, as i bought a butterick pattern 5817 and wasnt able to do anything on it after cutting it, I love your projects, also is there any patterns that you followed for the off white embroidered dress..
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Nov 12, 2013, 02.46 AMby Adriana Orozco
Hello my friend!! love the dress and the fa bric!!
Hey Adriana! hope you are fine. thank you for your comment
Nov 12, 2013, 02.33 AMby kisses
Lovely dress and it looks great on
thank you!
Nov 11, 2013, 09.54 PMby Ellen Hatteland
This is a fabulous dress! Love the back :)) Great work!
thank you!
Nov 11, 2013, 07.51 PMby Anna E
wow, this is lovely! Beautiful!
Nov 12, 2013, 02.59 AMby nishavinod2009
Thank you Anna
Nov 11, 2013, 05.42 PMby Mary Athey
It's gorgeous and so is the fabric x
Nov 12, 2013, 02.56 AMby nishavinod2009
Yes mary the fabric is very beautiful, the pictures dont do justice
Nov 11, 2013, 04.43 PMby liliv-1
It looks very luxurious! You made a lovely work with this difficult fabric!
Nov 12, 2013, 02.58 AMby nishavinod2009
It was hard deciding the pattern coz i wanted the beauty of the embroidered chiffon to be noticed.. thank you liv!
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Holiday hit, for any celebration.
servings3 pichers
Ingredients1 bottle Absolute Mango Vodka
3 bottles white wine (sauvignon blanc recommended)
3 bottles champagne (or cava or sparkling wine as you prefer)
3 mangoes
3 Barlett pears
3 tangerines
PreparationPeel, skin and chop fruit into 1 inch cubes. Soak fruit in the white wine over night in bowl (or two as needed) covered with saran wrap.
Before serving: Pour 1/3 of vodka in bottom of pitcher
Add 1/3 fruit+wine mixer, stir well
Add 1 bottle champagne, stir slowly
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main ingredients: Fruit
cuisine: American
holiday/celebration: Cocktail Party


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Nick & Vanessa Lachey Expecting Baby Girl
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Nick Lachey is preparing to be a father again. The 98 Degrees singer-turned-VH1 host has announced on Twitter that his wife Vanessa is pregnant.
Can't think of a better way to celebrate 3 years of marriage to my beautiful @VanessaLachey than this! #family pic.twitter.com/vWwnJoN11H— Nick Lachey (@NickLachey) July 15, 2014
The couple chose a special day to make their news public, as today marks their third wedding anniversary. Nick shared a photo of their toddler son Camden running on the beach next to some writing in the sand that reads, "It's a girl!," followed by "can't think of a better way to celebrate three years of marriage to [his] beautiful Vanessa."
Nick and Vanessa tied the knot in 2011 on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island.
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A particular flavonol, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one, found in several plants
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a yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid
Fisetin is a flavonol, a structurally distinct chemical substance that belongs to the flavonoid group of polyphenols. It can be found in many plants, where it serves as a colouring agent. Its chemical formula was first described by Austrian chemist Josef Herzig in 1891. Possible anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-viral properties of fisetin are under active scientific investigation.
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|9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
|9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
|10 Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
|10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
|11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
|11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector.
|12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess .
|12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
|13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying , God be merciful to me a sinner.
|13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
|14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted .
|14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Figureprints lottery is over {WoW}
Jan 16th 2009 8:49PM My roommate got one of these. Figureprints shipped the figure so that the dome was well protected in the packaging, but the figure was not (the dome comes sealed). It arrived at our doorstep in a battered box and when she opened it up, she found that the figure was - literally - in several pieces. The packaging for these things is hideous. Good luck getting one sent to you in one piece. On top of that, the quality of the pieces we saw inside was hideous. It was made of a porous material and the colors were all washed-out and awful looking, and there was little to no detail.
Maybe worth $50 for the novelty of it, but definitely not worth $130. She got her money back by taking pictures and sending them in, but I would NOT recommend anyone getting one of these.
Officers' Quarters: Riding the pine {WoW}
Jan 5th 2009 5:33PM Like I said, 5 was the /max/ we ever had. More often, we basically had three of us running the raid, but "running the raid" also means more than just the barking orders part. I'm including handling invites so that no one really /does/ sit out twice in a row, taking care of the loot system and managing, in part, individual roles (DPS, Healing, Tanking, etc...).
It actually made things go a lot smoother, from deciding who's sheeping what to handling Paladin buffs. Once done, we never had to coordinate that crap again. Conversely, when we started getting lower on officers, it became a headache again. "Who's sheeping X?", "Why do I have Salvation, I'm a tank!", etc...
At our best, the raid leader didn't have to do that crap, he just had to lead the raid. :)
But, yeah, the greater point is no matter how much you give and how much you do, there are still people who will claim favoritism.
Officers' Quarters: Riding the pine {WoW}
Jan 5th 2009 2:14PM I'll give you the other end of the stick, so to speak. I started a guild to combat exactly what this guild leader did. One of the reasons I loathe guilds is because, nine times out of ten, people start them for very selfish reasons, so that they can get everything they and their close friends want, but everyone else basically, gets second dibs. My idea was to have a much more fair guild.
We had three major policies. The first was that there were certain 'first stringers', people we always counted on. These were mostly guild leadership and the officers. They became leadership because they were 'first stringers', not the other way around. They were the ones who administered and ran our raids, so they had to go. There were a few other first stringers who were just the best of our best, but by and large it was the leadership (which consisted, at it's max, of 5 people). The second was that we would only keep about five extra raiders around at any given time. That meant that a MAX of five people ever had to sit out of a raid. The last policy was that if you sat out this time, you wouldn't have to sit out next time, which meant that people didn't find themselves 'riding the pine' all the time.
It worked great through a majority of TBC, but then people got sloppy, lazy and demanding. When the summer hit and people found they wanted to be outside more and raiding less, we had to cancel raids because there were 7-8 opt-outs. Then, people would argue (for no apparent reason, given the fact that the arguers rarely had to sit out, if at all) that the officers should all have to sit out as well (ignoring the fact that the officers ran and administered the raids - they figured they could do that without us, making us wonder why they needed us in the first place). In the end, I spent so much time making sure everyone else got to raid that I stopped getting to do the things I wanted to do. I didn't have time to farm for an epic flyer (yes, I was in T6 and had the base white gryphon), didn't have time to level and gear any of my alts (everyone else had at least two raid-worthy characters), and sacrificed a great many of my warm, summer Saturday nights for ... nothing. Not to mention the hours and hours I spent (with no help from the guildies) making sure that we had enough recruits to keep raiding.
It's true... give people an inch and they'll take a mile. I'm beginning to think organized guilds and organized raiding with people who are pretty much strangers is a lost cause. Find RL friends and do things with them. They're less likely to call you a bunch of names over a video game considering they have to see you face-to-face afterwards.
Breakfast Topic: Will work for Blizz {WoW}
Jan 3rd 2009 2:58PM I was actually approached by a Blizzard recruiter about four months ago, so I have actually had to face this question. It wasn't for CS (I'm a Software Engineer), but it was still for Blizzard. At the time, I worked for another large SoCal company that makes MMOs (and not very good ones, if you ask me). I said no.
At this other company, I got in on the ground floor. I worked first as unpaid help, then as a Systems Engineer handling the late-night rolling restarts and patches, then, finally, as a Software Engineer. When I started, I loved the game and anything made by the company. Within a few months, I stopped playing the game because, well, I was just /saturated/ with it all the time. You lose a lot of the magic when you get to Oz, pull back the curtain and find out that the same corporate maladies apply at your favorite gaming company that do everywhere else. Not to mention learning just how fragile MMOs and the platforms they run on can be.
Then, there's the idea of working in the game industry all together. First note... CS and QA get paid HORRIBLY. In order to live in SoCal and work at their jobs, they had to room with one another and eat ramen all the time. Many of my original friends at the company started in CS. What kept them there was their burning desire to move their way into the gaming industry. They all successfully got where they wanted to go many years later, but you have to want to spend your time in the horrible trenches in order to get there.
Secondly, even the technical jobs are underpaid. Perhaps not severely, but unless you're a manger you can bet that doing whatever tech job you do, you'll get paid better somewhere OUTSIDE of the gaming industry. I actually brought up that I thought I was underpaid and was pointed to an article in a game magazine pointing to the median income of people in my position. Basically, I was told that EVERYONE is underpaid.
Thirdly, you have to pretty much give up your life in order to dedicate your life to getting anywhere in the gaming industry. Despite the suit against EA demanding better working conditions, it's considered a badge of honor to spend more time at work than at home when you work on a game (maybe that's why Blizzard has so many nice amenities that are just like home).
I left the gaming industry four months ago, and I'm still tickled pink about it. I'm getting paid more to get back to being a web developer, and I'm working at a company that isn't 'Oz' to me, so when I go home and game, I'm not thinking about the people who made the game or the corporate policies that went into effect to get this to be used over that... I'm just having fun. :)
[1.Local]: Readers gone Blind {WoW}
Jan 2nd 2009 6:36PM I second this! I immediately hopped on my iPod to buy the whole album. It's a fantastic choice and it really fits in with the movie. People who take something as fun as this that seriously really need a hobby. Oh, wait...


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The Space Shuttle Oklahoma has just returned, and more than its crew is on board. Pierced by a meteor particle while repairing the Hubble telescope, one astronaut now carries the genetic seeds of extraterrestrial life. This rapidly-evolving insectoid form seeks out hosts for its next ravenous stage, and terror mounts as its numbers reach a terrifying THRESHOLD!
Get ready for a taut mystery-shocker that will keep you at your wit's end and at the edge of your seat. Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) survives a freak accident, but suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. As she attempts to resume a normal life, something terrible is happening - her friends are ruthlessly murdered one-by-one. Will she be the next victim or is she the killer? The terrifying truth is finally uncovered at Virginia's 18th birthday party and you're invited.
Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from balckouts due to a freak accident oneyear earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on....
An unseen killer stalks a group of college students at the prestigious Crawford Academy. The well-staged murders are mysteriously linked to the slightly off-kilter Virginia, whose disturbing past holds the key to the killer's identity.
At a summer resort, some teenage boys are drawn to a woman without a passport, whom they mistakenly identify as a prostitute. Under the imagined spell of her allure, they help her cross the border.
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Two years after he is double-crossed and left for dead by his dirty partner, gangster Lee Marvin seeks deadly revenge.
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Ten years ago this month, gas cost $1.59 a gallon, computer processors were 10 times slower and you didn't have to remove your shoes and dump your shampoo to get on an airplane.
Ah, the good old days.
Snug in front of our televisions watching with guilty fascination as the first of the reality shows, "Survivor," began plumbing the depths of everyday human shamelessness, we had no inkling that Osama bin Laden was about to impose a more deadly reality.
Before long, men and women from Montana and Wyoming found themselves half a world away fighting two wars. All these years later, with diminishing faith in a good outcome, we get mournful reminders when one of our own comes home in a flag-draped coffin. The Montana death toll so far is 40. Another 250 have been wounded, some of them grievously. Wyoming's death count is about 22.
As these new horrors unfolded, a bull market that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above 11,000 began to slow in 2001. But it soared again in the biggest rally of all time starting in 2006 and did not slam to a halt until after it topped 14,000 in October 2007. Then it all came tumbling down, and didn't hit bottom at 6,547 until March 2009. By the final days of this year it had rebounded to 10,547.
After 9/11, no event during the first decade of the new millennium resonated so strongly as the crashing economy. For Montana, and especially Billings, the severity of the recession was muted by a long history of conservative economic practices. There are no crumbling banks or ghettos of foreclosed homes.
But housing prices stagnated, construction ground to a standstill and consumers closed their wallets. Unemployment in Montana rose to 6.7 percent July through September of this year – 2.6 percent above the five-year average, but far lower than the national rate of more than 10 percent, according to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. It's down to 6.4 percent now. As of November, Wyoming's unemployment rate was 7.2 percent.
In Yellowstone County, the November unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, or 1.9 percent above the five-year average.
The duration of the recession is reflected in numbers from Montana's U.S. Bankruptcy Court. In fiscal 2008, the first full year of recession, the court juggled 1,894 filings. In fiscal 2009, the caseload has jumped to 2,593 — a 36.9 percent increase. Wyoming went from 774 cases in fiscal 2008 to 1,249 in 2009, a 61.4 percent increase. Nationwide, the increase was 34.5 percent.
The recession fell hardest on the poor and was most demoralizing for the working poor, who saw the odds of improving their lot diminishing.
Gary Drake, executive director of the Montana Rescue Mission in Billings said that the recession has contributed to homelessness, but said numbers were growing even before. The mission used to see seasonal fluctuations in occupancy at the men's shelter and the women and family shelter, Drake noted.
"We don't see that at all now," he said. "We seem to be full or nearly full all year."
Some of the homeless have jobs but don't make enough to put a roof over their heads.
"The middle class is rapidly disappearing," Drake said. "The disparity between the haves and have nots keeps growing."
The good news is that many organizations have formed in the past 10 years to combat homelessness, including a mayor's task force. But the shortage of affordable housing options continues, Drake said.
Topping 100,000
Part of the increase in homelessness can be attributed to population growth. There is no doubt about it, people are moving to Billings. U.S. census statistics indicate that Billings' population topped 100,000 in 2006 – an increase of 9.2 percent from census 2000.
The 100,000 mark put Billings on the radar of expanding and relocating businesses, said John Brewer, executive director of the Billings Area Chamber of Commerce. A drive down the length of King Avenue can attest to Billings' allure for national chains.
Yellowstone County had an estimated population of more than 142,000 in 2008, representing a 10 percent increase in eight years. Montana's population as a whole climbed 7.2 percent in the same period. Wyoming's went up 7.9 percent.
The city physically expanded by 9.081 square miles in the last 10 years, said Nicole Cromwell of the city-county planning department. That's about 5,812 acres. Some of the increase can be attributed to annexing existing subdivisions – Briarwood and Yellowstone Country Club, for instance. But new subdivisions on the West End and more recently in the Heights were rapidly expanding the city limits until recession burst the bubble, she said.
Billings has added 87 miles of new streets, 29 miles of storm drains, 76 miles of water line and 89 miles of sanitary sewer, said city engineer Debi Mehling.
"One big change we've made is that our street design has changed to accommodate all sorts of travel," she said.
There are now more bike paths, trails and pedestrian crossings for increasing numbers of bikers, walkers and runners.
A major new north-south corridor on the West End that connected Zimmerman Trail to King Avenue West was constructed. Shiloh Road evolved from a back road to a four-lane thoroughfare engineered with the city's first roundabouts as replacement for traffic signals. Parts of King Avenue and Airport Road were rebuilt, too.
After years of setbacks, Billings voters finally decided to replace Cobb Field with Dehler Park, a new downtown baseball venue. In the process, Billings lost aging Athletic Pool. No new pool replaced it, and attempts to build a pool in the Heights continue.
Center of growth
New centers of commerce have developed at Shiloh Crossing, including Kohl's department store and the Shiloh 14 multiplex theater, and at the Foursquare Development, which includes Cabela's and the soon-to-be open Sam's Club.
Billings came into its own as a convention center in the past 10 years, Brewer said. Stepped-up marketing efforts have sold the city for major national conventions and meetings. The American Bowling Congress in 2002 and two Gold Wing Road Rider Association meetings brought 60,000 visitors to Billings in the past decade, he said. Thousands more attended smaller conventions through the years, dropping tens of millions of dollars in their wake.
Although 9/11 and precarious airline finance has made air travel about as pleasant as a day in a sweatshop, Billings continues to boast an array of flight options rare in a city of its size. During the past 10 years, passenger numbers have gone up 21 percent, said Tom Binford, the city's aviation and transit director. That's a steady increase of 2 to 3 percent a year, even considering the drastic hit airlines took for a couple years after 9/11.
Some of the planes may be smaller regional jets, but the airlines are also offering more one-stop destinations, Binford said. Now passengers can fly direct not only to Salt Lake City, Denver and Minneapolis, but also to Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Seattle. Seasonal non-stop flights also take passengers to Chicago and Atlanta.
Nowhere is Billings' growth more pronounced than in medicine. No longer sticking strictly to the medical corridor, clinics and medical centers are operating or being constructed all over town.
Both hospitals continue to expand. Billings Clinic has a new Family Center, a new emergency department and new cancer care facilities. St. Vincent Healthcare launched St. Vincent Children's Healthcare to provide intensive pediatric care for children who would otherwise be flown to hospitals out of state. It also introduced a new neonatal intensive care unit. Technology at both facilities continues at the cutting edge. Fewer patients than ever need to find treatment elsewhere.
Schools remain strong
Billings schools still turn out some of the best-prepared students in the country, educators say.
"What we're doing in our schools is better than it's ever been," said Kathy Olson, School District 2 elementary education director. "We have better-trained teachers than we've ever had. People in other places are spending big bucks to get the quality of education we have in our public schools in Billings."
But the same basic problem that plagued Montana schools and Billings in particular 10 years ago remain. Schools are the only government entity that has to go to the public for some of its operating revenue and most new building projects. In the vast majority of Montana communities, mill-levy passage is a matter of course. Jack Copps, superintendent of School District 2, said 97 percent of all levies pass statewide.
Billings voters have persistently bucked that trend. They have turned down three of five mill levy requests for elementary school operations in the past 10 years and four of six high school levies. They also rejected a 2006 levy to build a fourth high school and remodel Senior and West high schools. Proposals for technology improvements at the high schools and elementary schools also bit the dust.
Meanwhile, the state keeps whittling away at the amount it contributes to schools. Historically, the state has kicked in 50.45 percent of the costs, Copps said. But for fiscal 2008, the state's contribution was just 33 percent.
"These are very uncertain times," Copps said. "There was greater hope 10 years ago that financial issues would be resolved at both the state and local levels. That hope has diminished."
Schools throughout the city are overcrowded. West and Senior are operating beyond capacity and freshmen are now bused off campus to academies. West End kindergartners are bused past filled-beyond-capacity neighborhood schools.
While the school district concentrates its resources on providing the best education possible with the money available, something else has got to give. In School District 2, it has meant putting building maintenance on the back burner. Deferred maintenance now totals about $121 million, Copps said.
The most significant changes in education in the last 10 years are No Child Left Behind and full-day kindergarten. No Child Left Behind, a federally mandated program, has made the district and its teachers more accountable for results by testing student's learning skills throughout their school careers. Although the program has its flaws, students are increasing their scores every year, Olson said.
Full-day kindergarten essentially added the equivalent of 500 students to the district when these 5- and 6-year-olds doubled their time in the classroom. Educationally, the change was welcome, but it exacerbated problems of overcrowding.
Battling meth
There is good news on one of the principal scourges of the last decade — methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Bill Mercer said a survey of high school students showed that fewer teenagers are trying the dangerously addictive drug, attesting to the influence of the Montana Meth Project anti-meth campaign that included graphic portrayals of meth addicts in television commercials, billboards and newspaper ads. Drug agents and prosecutors have also been doing a good job of cutting supply lines, he said.
"Methamphetamine definitely shaped drug enforcement for almost the entire period," Mercer said.
In the first half of the decade, an average of about 100 meth defendants were prosecuted federally each year, he said. This year, for the first time, the numbers are going down.
On the other hand, cocaine is seeing a resurgence, Mercer said. Prosecutions for cocaine, which have included such high-profile figures as a Carbon County attorney, have doubled from the low 20s to the low 40s, he said.
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The most dramatic change in the federal sphere is an explosion of Internet crimes against children — child pornographers or child predators trying to arrange sexual encounters with children.
"At the start of the decade we might have had two or three or four cases a year," Mercer said. "By 2003, it was 25 or 30. In a peak year, we had 50."
Putting that number in perspective, the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecutes no more than 400 defendants a year, he said.
"Our caseload has just exploded," the prosecutor said. "People are astonished that with a state of fewer than 1 million people how many of these cases we have."
Economic progress
Montana's economic mainstays – agriculture, energy and tourism — had a good run during the decade, at least until the recession snowballed.
Agriculture had it best year ever between the spring of 2007 and into the fall of 2008, said Jim Gransbery, retired Billings Gazette agriculture reporter.
"Farmers and ranchers were getting prices that were beyond belief, but input costs were going in the same direction," he said. "Prices of wheat and feeder cattle went to historic levels."
Agriculture saw a fundamental change during the decade, Gransbery said. Agricultural products have become "securitized" like all other commodities, he said. Prices have become so caught up in futures, options other complexities of the market that price has no real relation to the cost of producing the commodity, he said.
"So many things are out of the control of producers now," he said. "It makes risk management so much more difficult."
The oil patch sprung to life during the decade, more than doubling production from 15.8 million barrels in 2000 to 32 million in 2008. At its peak in 2006, the industry pumped more than 36 million barrels out of Montana oil fields, most of it from the Bakken formation in Eastern Montana.
The boom was the result of new technology that Billings petroleum geologist Richard Findley helped develop, said David Galt, executive director of the Montana Petroleum Association. It was Findley's idea to drill horizontally into the formation and to fracture the rock to release the oil.
With the price of oil rocketing to the stratosphere at mid-decade, the timing was right.
Demand edged down in the latter part of the decade and stabilized. But Galt said he thinks the state is going to see production go up again as soon as next year.
Natural gas production nearly doubled during the decade as well, Galt said. Old fields in northern Montana were refurbished, he said, and coalbed methane development began in southeast Montana.
Coal production increased during the decade from 31.7 million tons in 2000 to 44 million tons in 2009, according to Bud Clinch, executive director of the Montana Coal Council. That figure is likely to climb with the addition of the Signal Peak Mine between Billings and Roundup and the new rail spur connecting the mine to the market place. The mine could produce up to 10 million tons a year.
Plenty of visitors
Tourism, another of the state's big economic engines, had its share of tough breaks during the last few years but still pulls in an estimated 10 million out-of-state visitors each year. Gas prices went way over $4 a gallon in July 2008, resulting in a dismal tourist season. Recession kept a few people home this summer, although Glacier and Yellowstone parks had banner years. Tourist officials speculate that visitors to the parks may have been more regional than in other years and that they probably spent less once they got to their destination.
At Yellowstone, controversies that brewed in 2000 are still there. Wolves and snowmobiles still dominate discussion of the park's future.
On the wildlife front, things have only gotten worse for Montana hunters, said Bob Gibson, spokesman for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Fewer private landowners are permitting hunters. More farmers and ranchers are leasing their land for exclusive use of outfitters and other paying customers, he said. And tens of thousands of acres each year are purchased by nontraditional owners — investors or wealthy non-farmers who want a place to recreate or hunt. Many of them don't welcome hunters. Gibson estimates that hundreds of thousands of acres have been closed in the last 10 years.
Elk, deer and antelope head for those protected places with the first gun fire of hunting season, resulting in fewer animals and more hunters on public lands, Gibson said.
A dry decade
Montana's physical well-being took a beating in the first five years of the decade as pervasive drought shriveled the landscape. It dried up creeks and reservoirs, forced ranchers to sell herds a hundred years in the making and withered crops as soon as they sprouted. Wells and springs that had water even in the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s, went dry.
In Billings, three of those early years ranked among the city's 10 driest. In a normal year, Billings receives about 14.76 inches of precipitation. But from 1999 to 2004, Billings didn't even come close. According to statistics from the National Weather Service office in Billings, 2002, with just 9.3 inches of precipitation, was the fourth-driest year in history; 2003, with 9.74 inches, was the seventh-driest; and 2000,with 10.68 inches, was the 10th-driest.
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What else do I wish? Ah yes, it would be nice if the creative "juices" were flowing - I haven't done anything new on my stories for a week or so. I've managed to work on formatting of an HTML file of one piece (so it's easier to switch between Linux and Windows with said story), but I don't count that on the creativity scale!
Other than that, I hope that I don't feel like being lazy for quite some time; I'm afraid if I'm not doing something useful with my time, I'll think too much about how many days there are left till hubby's back. Two down...
I should get to my spring cleaning! I bought a hand vacuum last night, since I keep noticing all the dust and junk in the corners of our living room, and I'm anxious to use it some more (I tested it a bit after I got it home). We shoulda looked for one of these three years ago!! (It was only $40, soooo much less than a regular-sized vacuum.)
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I'm also wishing that I would be able to be healthy with all of the medications that I'm beginning to take for our treatment.
I wish that I had a good book to read. I'm reading the Proposal by Lori Wick, but I made the mistake of reading books 2 and 3 first. Hope I still like it.
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I'm not great with hot weather either - I like warm best!
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January 23, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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and I are getting married.
-We're two young university students (also known as poor)
-Professional photography unlikely to fit into budget, as they all seem to be around $2000 - $3000 for 6hrs.
-Getting married in Sydney, Australia, in October.
Now, I currently have two ideas for photography at my wedding. One is supplying a percentage of the guests with disposable cameras both at the ceremony and at the reception and asking them all to take photos.
Another is trying to find a student photographer and hiring them.
I accept that both of those options will likely result in lots of crap photos.
I'm just wondering, from the viewpoint of a photographer, what might be the pros and cons of those decisions?
Just how magical ARE professional photos vs amateur?
Any student photographers out there (or anyone, really) with any advice as to finding talented students?
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Feb 5, 2013
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Ask to see photos from whoever you hire. Some amateurs are better than some professionals. All that 'professional' means is that they are people who make a living from it. But hiring an amateur is more risky. They turn up with their camera - whoops! The battery ran out! Or whoops! one of their memory cards failed and you only got half the wedding pictures! Or whoops! A guest tripped over the tripod leg bringing the camera smashing to the cold stone floor and it won't work for the rest of the day.
A professional will have spare bodies, spare lenses, spare memory cards, on-site memory backup, third-party and liability insurance, maybe an assistant, and probably a bunch of other things I haven't even thought of.
I'm NOT saying, "Don't do it, it's too risky." I'm saying, "Be aware that it carries a risk." In the end it's your wedding and it's up to you to decide. Perhaps you'll decide that having photos from your wedding is critical to you, and you don't want to take that risk at all; it's not worth it. Or perhaps you'll decide that, in exchange for the lower price, you are happy with the fact that everything will
be all right and you don't mind there being a small chance of it going wrong. I just wanted to point it out to you so that you can make your own decision based on all the facts available,.
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Jan 29, 2013
Buy me the planeticket and I'll do professional weddingphotography for free...
Really, go for a professional photographer. This is your once in a lifetime event. Not getting a proper shoot done will make you look back and think "why"..
My offer still stands, tho'.
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Jan 29, 2013
will be much cheaper
they won;t have the quality an experienced photographer will have
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Jan 28, 2013
I'm not going to read all the post so some of this may be redundant...
"Just how magical ARE professional photos vs amateur?"
In general, there is no comparison.
Here are just a few reasons why:
A professional knows much more about how to shoot a wedding from start to finish than most pople would ever think. It not only knowing the camera. It's knowing it like the back of your hand. ISO, aperture, focal length, speed, camera angle and more. It's knowing how and when to use the right combination and being able to switch to that through reflex. A professional knows where to be (or not be!) and when to be there. They will have checked out the venue prior to your wedding. They won't have the venue not allowing them to shoot because they have no insurance. They will be prepared with back ups for everything so when a camera, etc. goes down they won't stand there and have tell you why they were only able to photograph up intil the moment just before you had your first as a married couple ad you'll have to just remember the rest. Weddings are very difficult to photograph because location, lighting and time are always changing. You can go from inside a church (Dark, and you must have the right equipment to shoot in the dark without a flash), to an outside reception (Very bright and need the right equipment to be able to balance your lighting with sunlight and know how to do that while keeping the details in a black tux an a white dress), to twilight lighting and on and on. A professional is thinking of your wedding album while shooting and knows what he/she needs to get to tell the whole story. They know how to direct and pose people for the formal shots. They'll often include a second shooter. No one can be in two places at once. This is helpful when you are having your formals taken and the guests are having a nice time standing around and talking. You'll never see those moments unless another photographer is getting hose shots. Also very important if you and the groom are getting ready in different locations and/or at the same time. Those are are often charished photos by the couple as well as the parents. They also know how to edit and print correctly (Very important). All this and so much more that I won't bore you with.
So, if you're going with a student/amature you will not be getting anything close to what you would get from a professional. That said, alot of people do go with cheap or free amatures for whatever their reasons are. If you do, just know what you're getting into and don't be an ass about it when they screw up, and they will. However, if you are lucky you'll find someone with potential and talent. That will meen that they will only get a small percentage of good shots compared to a professional but at least those will be good shots. If this is how you will go, you might want to think about finding a student and paying him/her nothing. Do it in trade so they have something for their portfolio. Spend your money on the disposable cameras for the guests table. That way you might get a few decent shots from the photographer and you'll have a bunch of fun snaps from the guests. It's kind of a "medium" solution.
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Jan 27, 2013
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Hello fellow Sydneyer!! I'd say go for students who are particular in that field. It will be a great way to start up their experience. You can try and get it for free or maybe more incentive if you pay (Not in the 3000 field but good enough). Alot of students can hire equipment from school (depending on the day/weekend/month) although I think October schools are still open (but of course you would know this) OR they have their own equipment. Speaking of students, I know plenty of students who would be absolutely willing to do some photography shoots for you! If you go to College of Fine Arts (UNSW) located in Paddington and post up some flyers, I'm more than sure you will plenty of responses. All you need is to do your research, ask the right questions and you may find a photographer as good as professional ones! I go to that school and know some talented photographers studying there, one who already jumpstarted her career with wedding photography (Check out
) . Anyway, essentially what I'm getting at is, make some posters and place them in art schools /art faculties in universities or colleges and I'm sure you can get some good photographers for your magic day.
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Jan 28, 2013
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Thanks for the advice, I'll definately check your friend out.
I actually had thought about doing this, this morning, haha. It was kind of nice to see your post.. just kind of makes me think that my postering idea mightn't be so terrible if other people think it too.
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Jan 26, 2013
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I see the option of the disposable cameras has been ruled out and that makes me happy as I seriously doubt that you would get any decent shots from such shoddy pieces of "equipment", if you can even call them that.
The problem with hiring an amateur would be the subject of price. While they might not ask for $2000 - $3000, you're likely not going to find many who are willing to go below $1250 for the basic portraits and a couple of spontaneous shots at the reception.
With the above stated, I have two suggestion:
1.) If your Uni has an art dept., ask the director of art if he could speak to the head of the Photography classes to see it he/ she may be willing to ask his/ her students if one, or a couple of them, may be willing to do a miniature internship as your wedding photographer.
Pros - You won't have to pay a dime (unless you feel that they really deserve it) and you still get good photographic mementos.
Cons - Your wedding photos will likely be made public as part of the photographer's portfolio.
2.) You can ask your guests to bring their digital cameras and take photos throughout the ceremony.
Pros - Your photos remain private and you still don't pay a dime.
Cons - The photo quality may not be up to par with that of a "seasoned" amateur (ie. shakiness and blur, out of focus, not close up, etc)
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Jan 27, 2013
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Thanks for the advice! I attend Macquarie University, Sydney. There is no fine art department, otherwise I totally would shamelessly take some art or art history electives.
However, being an artistic type I actually have recently discovered that I do have contacts with quite a few hobbyist photographers willing to do it for free, I've also had a very kind dA member from a town north of Sydney make an offer to photograph my wedding should things fall through.
I'll definately be doing the 2nd option no matter what. I was thinking I'd tell all my guests to take photos and to email me their files.. I'll put the best 50 on my tumblr.
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Jan 27, 2013
If you're not shy, and your husband doesn't mind, you might be able to trade modelling services for it. Might take a couple of weeks to work it off though.
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Jan 27, 2013
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Yeah, it depends on what kind of modelling. I'm certain that he would be even less comfortable with me doing nude modelling than I would be.
I also totally don't have the figure or complexion to be a model. Nor the time.
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