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After three weeks of increases, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel fell 0.9 cent to $2.87.
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The price, which has climbed 15.3 cents since Dec. 21, is 56.5 cents higher than the same week last year.
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What wisdom do we hope this year's nominees, snubbed hopefuls, and breakout stars take away from one of the most exciting awards races in recent memory?
'I'm sorry, you're not on the list.'
Are these the front-runners for Best Picture?
'I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes.'
The Producers Guild just announced their nominees for Best Picture — and they include 'The Dark Knight.'
Why the end of 'Benjamin Button' totally blew it.
'I was like, 'I signed up to work with Brad Pitt. Where is he?'' she told us at a screening last night.
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Recent 'Benjamin Button' screenings made everyone look greenish and un-Oscarable.
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The Festival Area at Stage 4 is Proud to Offer the Largest Beer Garden in the History of Colorado Springs!
Thursday, August 21
Festival Details (Pikes Peak between Cascade & Tejon) : 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Multiple big screen TVs showing live broadcasts of the race
- Kid's Zone featuring inflatables, Strider Bikes, and other family fun
- Multiple vendor and merchandise booths
- Three beer locations provided by Sierra Nevada
- A Wine location provided by Infinite Monkey Theorem
- Live entertainment by Maxxis BMX Stunt Team (12:00 pm, 2:00 pm)
- Complimentary Bike Valet at Acacia Park from 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thank you to H.E.R. for helping us serve beer in the festival area!
Celebrate Colorado Springs Cycling Ride - 11:30 am - 12:00 pm : Free community ride through downtown Colorado Springs featuring cycling organizations: USA Cycling members, USA Triathlon members, cycling clubs, BMX clubs, adaptive riding groups, unicycles, etc.
Riders will stage at Acacia Park (Platte & Tejon) at 10:45 am. The ride will begin at 11:30 am and go south on Tejon St. from Acacia Park to Colorado Ave, west on Colorado Ave. to Cascade Ave, north on Cascade to Bijou St., east on Bijou St. to finish at Acacia Park.
Participants are encouraged to wear cycling jerseys, costumes, etc. and use the free bike valet in Acacia Park after the ride.
Miss-n-Out Invitational Criterium - 12:00 - 12:30 pm: Short criterium course (0.75 miles/lap) within downtown Colorado Springs. This will be an invitational race limited to 50 riders with riders dropped periodically until 10 riders will race each other over the final laps to determine a winner.
The race will start at the Pro Challenge Finish Line with riders heading south on Tejon St. to Colorado Ave., west on Colorado Ave. to Cascade Ave., north on Cascade Ave. to Bijou St., east on Bijou St. to Tejon St. and south on Tejon St. to the UPC Finish Line.
Invitational Sprint Tournament - 12:30 pm : Four heats of five riders (male & female) will sprint 430 meters from Platte Ave. to the UPC Finish Line with the top two males & females from each heat advancing to the Finals. Cyclists placing in 3rd through 5th place in each heat will compete in the Minor Finals.
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Start (12:50 pm): 1st Street & Lake Avenue
Finish (3:30-4:15 pm): Pikes Peak Avenue & Tejon Street
Not So Pro Cycling Challenge (coordinated by Colorado Springs Independent) - 4:15 - 5:00 pm - 11 teams of four
"cyclists" will compete a cycling course on tricked-out kids's bikes on Tejon between Pikes Peak & Kiowa. The teams
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expert cycling analyst for the Tour de France, Tour of California and USA Pro Challenge, to celebrate the excitement
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Hyancinth's Boutique and Spa - Get 25 % off any spa service (massage, facial, manicure, pedicure and waxing)
Jack Quinn's Irish Pub and Restaurant - Burger and a pint for $10
YAMA Training and Wellness - Increase your efficiency with more flexible leg and back muscles! $40 for your first assisted stretching session (regularly $70)
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - Staging and After Party on the Café 36 Balcony overlooking Monument Valley Park. Bar, food offerings, direct proximity to the park for race viewing, galleries open
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My DSis does bridal work and told me she started using ballpoint needles for fine fabrics, now uses them for everything. What do you think of this? I have only used them for knits in the past.
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That's one of the reasons why I use Schmetz universal needles. They are not as pointed as Singer red band needles. But not as rounded as the stretch/knit needles. Best of both worlds. The serger I use for bridal takes Singer yellow band needles. I also use small needles, either 9 or 11. 9 in the serger and 11 in the sewing machine.
At home, I also use 11 Schmetz universal needles for wool, linen, and cotton. Even to hem jeans. My serger at home takes Schmetz needles as well. It's nice to only have to buy one brand of needles. Unlike at the bridal shop.
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"I'm so confused. This is a mashup"
I could not make heads or tails from this book. I actually gave up halfway through the book. There are too many story lines. We have aliens from outer space, zombie-like humans, drug companies fighting pitched battles in the streets, humans with super human capabilities, autistic children with special abilities. The list goes on. I would call it a "mash up" of just about every end of the world genre of books. World War Z meets E.T. with a little Hunger Games thrown in.
"Just as good, or perhaps better than John Grisham"
This is both an international spy thriller and a courtroom drama book. The author does a great job of combining the 2 genres into one compelling novel. If you like John Grisham or Tom Clancy you will like this book.
After the crash of Marine One and the death of the president a witch hunt begins to assign blame for the crash. The likely target is the helicopter's builder and a French company World Copter. Was it a plot by the French to kill the president or just a bad design? (The story is partly based on reality because there was a big hoopla over who would build Marine One, and the contract was given partly to an Italian company. The trial in the novel also brings up the cost of the helicopter which in reality at $400M each costs as much as Airforce One, the president's 747).
The lawyer called on to the defend the company, Mike Nolan, is a helicopter pilot himself, and quickly realizes that something is not quite right. As in any good courtroom drama, the truth comes out, and the culprit's are not the ones anyone suspects.
The narration is quite good. If this book was from a better know author I am sure it would be on the top seller list since it is actually better than many of the ones there at this time.
Fast pace and fun and well worth one credit for 12 hours of listening..
"Great, but one too many plot twists"
This book starts fairly slow but picks up the pace rapidly. Once you start its hard to put down ( or stop listening). Having lost his wife and not sure she is dead or alive, Will Innis must run away because he assumes he will be the most likely suspects in his wife disappearance. (Just like the husband in Gone Girl). He is put on the hunt for his wife by a rogue FBI agent and then the action never stops. The plot is highly believable and keeps you guessing.
I would have given this one more star except for the ending. The author insists on one more plot twist (won't give away) that is unnecessary. If I had edited this book I would have cut last chapter. However, this is a great thriller and worth the credit. I would compare it to Gone Girl. Slightly more violent though. I can see this being a movie some day.
The Narration was 5 stars. Narrator handles both men's and women's voices quite well.
"This must be Google"
Although there is a thriller plot to this book, you need to like computers to enjoy this. The Avogadro Corp basically runs most the on-line applications (webmail) and searches on the Internet. Basically, it really reminds me of Google. The CEO of the corporation is even a Russian wonderkid.
The corporation has developed an on-line application for email that basically searches other peoples email so you can write winning proposals. Although sounding far fetched, its probably something Google could do today. Take a email addressed to a gmail account, search the recipients gmail and then make suggestions based on that search. Frightening but doable. The story goes a little SCI FI when the application starts to take over the entire internet and starts ordering people to do things like arm floating server farmers with automated missiles and machine guns. It gets even more far fetched by the end. It does give you an idea of the massive scale that firms like Google have to handle web traffic throughout the world.
So in summary long on techno facts and thin on plot, but still enjoyable if you like books about computers taking over the world. Sort of surprise ending which I won't give away here.
"Moderate action unlikely plot"
Unless you have a semi believable plot, a thriller is not so thrilling. It is more like science fiction. This book starts with an airliner being blown out of the sky by what are thought to be arab terrorists. In reality, they are paid mercenaries who are hired by a secretive group bent of creating world chaos so they can financially benefit. The group consists of greedy American businessmen, Russian Mobsters, and even the Israeli secret service. THis plot has been many times and this novel does not improve on it. (James Bond aka Dr. No) If you want to make money by being extremely violent then there is always the drug traffic. So after a few chapters the author introduces this group and your reaction is "oh come on, this is silly." They even meet on a Caribbean island where they build a multimillion dollar retreat and then blow it up after one day's use as a meeting site. You ask, "why". There is no logical answer.
The other half of the book seems to be about the "hero", Michael Osborne and his whining lawyer wife. She gives him a hard time when he is ordered by President to meet with the alleged terrorists. She has to miss an appointment at a fertility clinic because he is called into action. Most of the book she spends crying. And then there is Michael who has been sitting at a desk job in the CIA but of course has super ninja skills and can kill men with his bare hands. Why are there never any CIA agents who are overweight and who couldn't beat up an old lady let alone a deadly international assassin?
Then there is the assassin who is trained from birth to kill. He goes to great lengths to hide is identity, but then kills people with the same three shots to head, thereby telling everyone, hey it's me killing all these people. At the end he can collect his millions for his hits and just go into hiding, but no, he has to track down Michael and his wife as a new vendetta. You can guess how it ends. Good guy shots bad guy and kills him. NOT. Even though the CIA agent makes the claim of being a great marksman he can't hit the guy with two whole magazines of bullets while he is less than 30 feet away. (Of course it's in the the typical blinding rainstorm on a dark and cloudy night) He escapes, and we are told the evil group of men who hired him have killed him to silence him. But no, he's not dead and reappears in the last chapter. Totally confusing so I guess so we can now have a just as stupid sequel.
"Why I own a Ford, Actually 2 of them"
I thought I wold listen to this book since business books is not my favorite genre. This book does a great job of explaining how Alan Mulally did a great job in saving Ford motor company. The basic lessons in the book are that
-Eventually every big organization will be complacent
-Board of directors are mostly in it for the money and prestige and are mostly clueless
-An organization that does not tolerate failure will eventually fail
-When you surround yourself with "yes men" you are disengaged from reality
-Sometimes smaller is better, Being big for the sake of being big is foolish.
The basic problem with Ford at the time of arrival of Mulally is that the company was out of touch with the market. Most of the top managers did not own or drive a classic "Ford" preferring the luxury brands of Jaguar and Range Rover which the Mulalay dumped as Ford divisions. He makes them drives Fords and even competing brands. When they do, they realize that at the time Fords kind of sucked. Ugly, poor quality, and no fun to drive. Most of America had come to that realization years earlier. No one was ever held accountable for failure at Ford because no one ever failed. He implements a management tracking system that makes it difficult to hide problems such as delays in car launches, quality issues, and cost problems. At one point he asks how many models of cars the company sells. Nobody knows so he goes to all the company web sites and prints out a picture of every model and shows it to the board. There were over 400 different models.
Its a good listen if you like cars and business. It does get tedious at times but you can just skip forward
"Plot no, Dialogue Yes"
Virgil Flowers is just the younger version of Lucas Davenport. John Sandford has the problem that his mainstay character is getting older and in doing so is getting more conservative. I have read almost all the books in this series and the Prey series and while I enjoy them all, they are basically mindless reads, or listens. This book is not much different.
I would rate this one of the better Virgil Flower books based on the dialogue. At some times it is actually funny. The villains in this book are a bunch of dog nappers, a murderous school committee and a bunch Meth cookers. The links between the three are rather tenuous at best. It's mostly that they commit their crimes in the same rural town in Minnesota. Virgil gets called to the town to solve the dog napping case and then gets caught up in the other two crimes. Nothing really that sinister here but a bunch of "hillbillies" and middle aged murderers trying to cover up a theft of school funds.
However, the banter between Virgil and the other characters is humorous at times in the fashion of "oh christ not again." Also about every third line seems to have the F#$# word in it. There are humorous scenes of not so fast chase in boats that putt along and then in golf carts. There are also scenes of breaking up an illegal dog auction and hundreds of dogs escaping.
So in summary, if you like this series you will like this book. If you are looking for a good detective thriller there are much better options such as Jon Nesbo, Jussi Olsen, Lisa Gardner. Having said that I am sure I will listen to the next Virgil Flowers book.
"A more reflective and melancholy Stephen King"
Although this book has some of the usual Stephen King supernatural aspects, inherently it is a book about growing old. It starts with the lead character at age 5 and follows his life, with the book having many flashbacks as the character narrates the book at the end of his life. The writing as usual is great, but the "suspense/supernatural" aspects are almost an afterthought, The reverend who discovers a new for of super electricity appears and then disappears for large portions of the book. His invention of a new form of electricity reminds me of John Galt in Atlas Shrugged. The story telling also reminds me of John Irving, another great American writer.
I would not view this as a thriller or even as a suspenseful book, but more melancholy narration about getting older. I suspect it is because Stephen King himself is coming to terms with his own advancing age. I would recommend this book for both the narration and writing skills, but it is not the Stephen King of old. That does not make it bad, just different.
"Kill a mocking bird meets Stephen King"
This book reminded me so much of Stephen King's It. Instead of the killer clown we have The Rainbow Man. It's an interesting story but has a rather religious theme just to let you know. Visions by a young girl predict the happenings in a small town in Virginia. Again it reminds me of a Stephen King book Under the Dome. The mayor in both books is named Big Jim. So if you want a Stephen King book with a Christian theme, this is your ticket. There is also tension between the young girl's parents that is never really explained other than the father has a job and has to work to support his family. He keeps getting in trouble just because he has to see his patients as a therapist. This makes the other two characters sound like a duo of crybabies.
The narration is quite excellent going from a young girl with sutter to an old man.
"His other books are better"
This book was sort of "disjointed". Although we have the same characters Psychologist Joe O'Laughlin and the retired police detective, the plot is hard to follow. Actually it really does not make that much sense. It involves money being stolen from Iraq banks so of course we have the arab terrorists, double crossing CIA agents and your other usual characters including the beautiful arab girl. I would say it is not a "terrible" book but the others from this author are much better. I preferred Shatter and Bomb Proof. If you have not listened to those start there first. If you don't like those than you won't like this. The narration of all these books quite good.
"Good End of World Thriller"
I like this genre, but after reading so many they get sort of repetitious. This one had a different slant and I found it interesting. THe basic theme is that there is a plague that is slowly wiping out the world's population. However, this one is different in that it is not actually transmitted from person to person but is triggered by a different method, resulting in what are called dead zones. People within a certain radius of just a few hundred yards almost instantly drop dead. Obviously this can cause mayhem if people are operating cars or other heavy machinery. So we have a thriller that involves the typical chaos when lots of people start to die, the world taken over by gangs bent on murder and mayhem, and a science thriller of tracking down the cause of the deaths.
It's a long book (26 hours) and the author has a tendency to add too many unneeded details, but it holds your interest. The narration is fairly good with the single narrator able to have a rather large range of voices. So if you like books like Stephen King's The Stand, or "plague" books you will like this. No zombies however, (Not sure I can take another Zombie Book) The length of the book makes it a good "bang for your audible buck." . You need a little patience in the beginning as the author introduces the major characters, a CDC doctor and a Nobel Prize winning Scientist.
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Description: This is a telling of the Jessica Savitch story, the newswoman who, in the 1970's, became the "First Woman Anchor". Sally/Tally is taken under the wing of Warren in a Miami newsroom and becomes a news star on TV. Despite her love for Warren, she takes the big chance and moves on to Philadelphia, where he follows to rescue her ... (more)
Release date: 1 March 1996
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Michael Russo has covered the National Hockey League since 1995. He has covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005, after 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. He uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN (100.3 FM) radio and seen weekly on Fox Sports North.
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In losing 6-zip at Detroit, the Wild suffered its third six-goal loss in history tonight at Detroit – tied for the second-most lopsided loss in team history. The biggest margin of defeat was the 8-1 treat at the X to Montreal last night.
Right from the opening shift, the Wild was chasing when Josh Harding gave up a rebound on a harmless-looking Henrik Zetterberg shot. Valtteri Filppula got to it and tucked it behind Harding, who gave up six goals on 29 shots before being pulled for Matt Hackett 5:30 into the third.
What to say about this game? The Wild was awful, never had the puck, was pinned in its own zone for what seemed like 60 minutes. Other than that, things went well.
Harding has given up 38 goals his last 10 appearances and is 0-6-2 on the road since Dec. 6. Matt Hackett has stopped 100 of 102 shots in five NHL appearances, including 6 for 6 tonight in mop-up duty. I wonder if he starts Sunday against Colorado.
Cal Clutterbuck and Nick Palmieri were lost with upper-body injuries tonight. Coach Mike Yeo didn't know the extent or if they'd miss Sunday's game. But with no practice Saturday, the Wild may need to call somebody up tomorrow if it's not sure if they can play. The Wild does have Erik Christensen has an extra.
Just an ugly game. Read the game story for all the details.
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Average Draft Position, or ADP, is a tool that everyone in the fantasy game is using these days. For those of you who don't know what ADP is, here you go:
ADP takes into account a whole bunch of drafts. You add them all up and come up with the average draft position of a player. As an example. Let's say that in four drafts Matt Cain is taken 39th, 79th, 51st and 67th. You add up the four draft slots, which equal 236, divide by the number of drafts (in this case four), and come up with an ADP of 59 for Cain. Simply enough right?
One of the industry leaders in ADP data is Mock Draft Central. In what follows I will break down some of the early ADP numbers for 5x5 mixed leagues (there are 471 qualifying drafts under consideration here that took place from 1/12 to 1/26).
Today, I'll talk hitters. Tomorrow, pitchers.
Joe Mauer (82.4 ADP) seems like quite the bargain if Buster Posey is coming in at #60 don't you think? Both guys are coming back off injury plagued seasons, but last time I looked it was Posey who suffered the catastrophic injury, right?
Three of my favorites at the catcher's position: Ryan Doumit (238.2), Chris Iannetta (239.1) and Carlos Ruiz (241.9). I'd take all three of those over Wilson Ramos (210.3).
Albert Pujols (2.4) is ahead of Miguel Cabrera (3.1). With word that Cabrera will play third base this year for the Tigers after the addition of Prince Fielder (14.9), there has been a groundswell of support for Cabrera to go #1 overall, so he'll likely pass Pujols soon.
Mark Trumbo is #11 at first base right now. That's gonna have to change. Trumbo doesn't have a lock on a daily spot in the Angels lineup, and he's coming back of a lower-body injury. I'd be hard pressed to have him in my top-20 at first right now.
Three second baseman are going in the top-25: Robinson Cano (9.9), Dustin Pedroia (19) and Ian Kinsler (24.7). The next time a second sacker is being called out is at 54.1 – Dan Uggla.
Ben Zobrist (83.2) is being taken behind Rickie Weeks (78.9). Really? Why? The last three years Zobrist has produced an average 5x5 line of .267-19-86-89-20. Weeks is well behind at .269-19-52-72-7. That's not even close. Plus, Zobrist qualifies in the outfield as well.
Alex Rodriguez has an ADP of 60.6, rounds ahead of Mark Reynolds (119). I know it's Arod, but does his production the last three years warrant the ADP difference here? He has a sizable average advantage - .277 to .228 – but that's really it. Arod has hit 30 or less homers each of the past three years. Reynolds has had at least 32 HR each of the last three years. Given the health issues of Arod, he's also averaged 96 RBI, 73 runs and eight steals, behind the average numbers of Reynolds (91 RBI, 87 runs, 12 steals). I'm just saying.
Looking at ADP, I can say without question that there is no one outside the top-11 right now that I would want starting for me at the hot corner in a 12-team league. Here are guys in the 12-16 range, any of them excite you? Ryan Roberts (196.5), Mike Moustakas (209.3), Lonnie Chisenhall (216.4), Chipper Jones (219.4) and Chase Headley (224.2). OK maybe Headley interests me, but you know I have a crush on him (see his Player Profile).
I've made the argument elsewhere, so I'll say it again here. I know that Elvis Andrus (44.7) is a much safer bet than Dee Gordon (149.3), but I certainly wouldn't mind waiting on my shortstop for 100 picks to select the Dodgers' youngster.
Some early values at shortstop: Yunel Escobar (215), Ian Desmond (236.4), Alcides Escobar (240.1).
There are two guys in the top-10 that call the outfield home that I would be surprised if they returned first round value: Jose Bautista (4.2) and Jacoby Ellsbury (8.6).
You take Ellsbury at 8.6 and give me Andrew McCutchen at 26.3. Heck, I'll take the value play of B.J. Upton at 67.3 if I'm looking for return on investment.
Michael Bourn (58.1) gets no respect. He's the elite stolen base threat in the game, and because of his wheels he's been a top-50 overall performer the past three years. Still, his ADP is outside the top-50 and he is being taken behind guys like Jay Bruce (40.4) and Desmond Jennings (55.9). That's a mistake in my book. Speaking of Bruce, I know he is young and people love to think that he has another level to take his game, but why in the world is he being drafted ahead of guys like Shin-Soo Choo (65.3), B.J. Upton, Adam Jones (74.6) and Shane Victorino (74.8)? Hell, Lance Berkman (92.4) was better than Bruce last year and he also qualifies at first base.
Bruce: .256-32-97-84-8 Lance: .301-31-94-90-2
If all this ADP talk has you excited next week is going to be huge for you. I'll release my 2012 BaseballGuys Fantasy Baseball Guide in the coming days. That's when the real fun gets going.
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I'm not sure what time it was when the light started coming into the bedroom. It was morning. It was when the earth turned. It was when the wildlife woke. It was whenever it happened.
I saw it through the windows of the Seth Peterson Cottage, because there are no shades or curtains, which is how the designer, Frank Lloyd Wright, wanted it.
The house was quiet, as it had been the day before when my wife and I rolled into the snowy drive. It was as quiet as it had been for the twenty-four years the cottage lay abandoned and rotting in the middle of Mirror Lake State Park.
It's a place with a strange story: The house's namesake was a young computer programmer at the Department of Motor Vehicles who wanted to study architecture at Taliesin but was rejected. So instead, he commissioned the cottage from Wright but committed suicide before it was finished in 1959, the same year Wright died. After that, it was sold to another family, who finished it, then sold it to the state in 1966.
For the next twenty-four years, the cottage sat empty, becoming more and more a part of nature, until a Milwaukee woman who owned a cottage on another part of the lake doggedly took up the cause of its revival restoration.
After we'd arrived, we brought our things inside and stood staring out the window on the south side of the cottage. It's a massive wall of glass that looks out into the woods that surround the cottage and run down to Mirror Lake, which you can see through a break in the trees. The way the light comes through these windows gives the space a feeling that's hard to describe. Energy? No. Symmetry? Not quite. Calm? Not exactly. It's some convergence of these things that makes it feel restful and exciting at the same time.
Whatever that balance is, the Seth Peterson Cottage feels like Wright done right. It's small—880 square feet—and built of wood and stone and glass that give it an earthy, grounded feel. It's like a solid island floating on the splashy river of fun that is the Wisconsin Dells.
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you," Wright is said to have told his apprentices. It's a sentiment that couldn't be further from the rest of the animatronic nonsense that goes on in nearby Lake Delton. "I believe in God," is another oft-quoted Wright line, "only I spell it Nature."
That is the sentiment at the heart of much of Wright's work. He called it "organic architecture," which makes it sound like something found between the produce and patchouli aisles at the Willy Street Co-op. I think the description is misleading, because at its heart is a lie: The belief that there is something inherently good in nature, that it is superior to the human-made. Philosophers call this the "naturalistic fallacy," and it has caused much confusion among Dane County politicians, attachment parents and hippies the world over.
Because if you truly believe nature will never fail you, you must redefine "fail." Nature will kill your children and wipe out your species without a second thought. It will turn your building into a pile of wormwood in half the time it takes to marry three different wives. Nature doesn't care. Nature is value-neutral.
And yet as I sat in the Seth Peterson Cottage, looking out the window as the sun stretched across the frozen surface of Mirror Lake, I couldn't help but feel like there is genius at work in this place, like Wright was on to something. After all, when all his contemporaries could think to do was re-create little Europes across America, Wright looked out into the trees and saw something new. He looked at the land and saw something great. And he looked into the wild and saw beauty.
Is that it? Not that nature is good or that it's God but that it's as beautiful as it is terrible? Certainly part of it is that Wright found a way to showcase that beauty while protecting us from nature's cold heart.
Maybe that's why the Seth Peterson Cottage feels so much more right than other works in Wright's oeuvre. It is a simple structure, stripped of pretension and devoid of grand ambitions. There is an elegance to the way the rooms flow like a nautilus shell. There is a simplicity to the way the light pours in during the day and the shadows play on the stones.
I got out of bed, walked out of the room, and stood again at the window. It seemed ironic that so much tragedy went into the genesis of this cottage, and that so much desperation and sadness could result in an apotheosis of all that Frank Lloyd Wright believed: A building that felt fully alive.
Or maybe not. Maybe that was the most natural thing of all.
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Creeping Charlie often makes its first appearance in a yard on an open patch of shady, moist and fertile soil. It also easily can creep in from a neighbor's lawn. The plant has long stems and sends out roots at each leaf node making attempts at removal extra challenging. Raking, mowing or hand-pulling the weed can backfire on a homeowner, as all of these methods can actually create new plants where only one had existed. Any small section left behind is a complete plant.
This perennial weed has round to kidney bean-shaped leaves and scalloped leaf edges. Like all members of the mint family, creeping Charlie has a square stem and a minty scent when crushed. Tiny blue to purple flowers appear in late spring.
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Telescope Basics: Friday, 09/05/2014 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Suitable for students 12+ and adults. Fee: $5.00 per person (Free if you have purchased a 'scope from H.M.S. Beagle). Presenter: Leif Bahl.
Learn the basics of using your telescope with The Beagle's astronomer Leif Bahl. Explore the world of telescopes from eyepieces to filters as well the basics of locating planets, stars, and other features in the night sky.
Star Party: Friday, 09/26/2014 - 7:00 pm. Join us for our last Star Party of the season. Bring you own 'scope or share one of ours. Beagle astronomer Leif Bahl will present a short program beginning at 7:00 pm. After the program we'll move outside to to view the planets and starrs and locate some satelites. This month the focus will be on Saturn and Mars.
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Participants will learn a bit of the history of pigments particularly as they relate to paints and painting. They will be given limited variety of pigments; and in one case they will actually learn how to prepare a pigment by starting with one chemical form and transforming it into a suitable pigment.
Participants will learn to grind and mix the pigments into suitable media that will allow the mixtures to be used as either oil paints, acrylic paints or water colors. Emphasis will be on basic pigments derived from nature or created in the lab. We will not be studying synthetic pigments that give us the enormous varieties of colors available to modern artist. Our pallet will be limited as the pallets of the earliest artists. .
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355 vs. 406 w/vortec heads
I have my 355 apart and it needs a few more things than I had planned. Actually, it only needs one piston(skirt has a crack) and all the basic overhaul items. No big deal. I was just about to pull the trigger on all the needed parts, But then over the weekend I went to a garage sale at a neighbors house and saw he was selling a complete 400 core for $100. Supposedly he drove it home, but it smoked. I started thinking that if this 400 core was in fact useable I could gain 51 cubes with just some new pistons and the typical block machine work + balancing... the other stuff i need to buy anyways. The engine is used in my K30 truck that is mud raced and sometimes street driven. i could always use more torque. My new cam set-up is probably gonna be rpm limited by the lifters, so I am thinking the larger displacement may really help me. Just looking for some opinions on rather the potential gain is worth the cost. I have no experience with the larger small blocks. I dont have alot of money, but i could make this happen if its worth it.
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10.68 CR @ .038 quench (was planning to mill for 11.2)
062's w/stock valves bowl blended to 88% throat.
RPM air gap
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10" converter (3400 stall)
street hyd roller lifters (recommended for 6200-6500 max)
new custom cam is 240/244 @ .05 108lca .535" w/ 1.6 rockers std. base circle. IVC 74 abdc.
went to a hydraulic roller for reliability, and i really hate setting the lash on a lifted truck. I already had appropriate springs.
old cam was solid tappet, 248/256 @ .05 106lca .550/.572"(net)
You will really like the 400SBC. Build with 5.7" rods and -18cc dished pistons.
will work very nice with what you got.
Hyd cams are for the girlie man. ;)
thanks guys i appreciate the input.
very good stuff there. But unfortunately, i don't see them in my future. I know my stuff is less than ideal, but its what i have.
read this. Bigger heads on a 406 worth 60 hp with a moderately sized cam. Would be even more with a bigger cam.
Chevrolet 406 CI Engine Build - Chevy High Performance
Anything over 0.525" is a "Waste of lift" on vortec heads.
First things first- go get the 400 before someone buys it out from under you. If it's a good engine (block and crank mainly, stock heads are junk), it's well worth $100.
The vortec heads will only support so much HP like Tech already mentioned.The 350 will make as much power as the 400 just at a higher RPM.The roller cam you bought will likely make power sooner than the solid you had.I bet the 400 will be all in by 5800- 6,000.
Work with Tech on the CR thats best suited to the fuel you will use.If you want more power then get better heads.
I dont see any improvement,unless lower RPM is an improvement?You can buy very good cast iron heads
like most people you probably don't want to hear this, but your cam is WAY too big. You'll make more power if you lose about 15 degrees duration on the intake and exhaust.
So many people overcam Vortec heads, they are good STOCK heads, they are NOT a race head.
To handle the cam you have those heads need to be ported out to the max, pick up about 25-35cc's of runner volume and maybe a larger valve after that.
Your combo really should have large port bowtie vortecs, not the tiny 062 vortecs.
Restricted heads DO NOT want more cam, they work best with smaller cams and less compression. If you want more cam, compression, and RPM then you need a bigger head. For your RPM range on a 350 a 190cc port is about right- hence that is one of the most popular intake port sizes. Even then your cam would be too big though, a HR in the 235/240ish range would be about as big as you would want to go.
If you don't mind me asking, what cam company spec'd the cam you're currently using?
My 406 screams with my vortec heads on it.
revs right up to 6700rpm. pulls like a frieght train. well past 6000 rpm.
The vortec heads are ported but not max ported by any means.
The solid roller cam that you have will work really well in the 400 with your vortecs.
re valve lash:
I trust you were not trying to set the lash "hot".
Its a lot easier to set the lash "cold" a lot more pain free.
You won;t hate doing it either.
Set the lash cold about .004" tighter than the hot lash spec.
I'd reconsider using that cam in your 400 w the vortecs. IMHO it is just right for your 400 w vortecs.
Ap72 has no clue.
The Hyd roller you got is just dandy too. Just not my preference.
These cams are just right.
If you liked the vortec heads on your 350, you are going to really like them on a 400SBC.
Use a -18cc dished piston on your 400 for pump gas compatability with 64cc heads.
A flat top piston 400 with vortecs will need about a 100 octane fuel to keep it happy.
A bit much for pump gas.
One thnig with the 400 is when using stock style 5.7" GM style rods in the 400 you must check for cam lobe to connecting rod bolt clearance. A few of the rod bolt heads will need to be clearance ground to clear the cam lobe
unless the cam is a small base circle cam.
many of the aftermarket rods like scat H beam etc etc are designed to clear the cam in a 400.
Its no big deal to clearance the "stock" chev style rods (rod bolt head), but must be checked.
Just something you need to be aware of.
On my 400SBC I did not drill the 400 steam holes in my vortec heads.
But I did do a very simple heater hose reroute that achieves the same thing.
Just connect the heater hose or by pass from the top of the water pump to the drivers side rear water port on the intake manifold by the distributor.
The cooling system works a lot better overall and the 400 does not get the steam pocket cooling issue.
Its simple but again a must do.
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|Normally the tree choices clue me in if a place is even worth it. But the bounty of Mescal Agave / Agave neomexicana, with assorted low cacti and some volunteer golden wildflowers got me to stop.
And trees - (1) always tough Arizona Cypress / Cupressus arizonica ssp. glabra L, (2) Pinon / Pinus edulis C, and (1) Ponderosa Pine R. The first two thriving, the last hanging in there. Just like the same in Abq.
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|Another view of the Brownspine Prickly Pear and Mescal Agave, with numerous pups to be relocated, and a splash of golden Desert Marigold / Baileya multiradiata that seeded in, just like back home.
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I wonder what else needs to be added here? My initial thoughts to make this space sing:
1) widen the walk 2X, change to flagstone or crushed granite; create a patio in front of the adobe buttresses
2) create broad water harvesting swale(s) or basin(s) in the open areas, instead of draining it to the street
3) move the agaves to accommodate the new walk
4) add low, evergreen shrubs and a sculptural native tree at the patio in one of the basins or swales
5) fill in flowering plants like lantanas, more desert marigolds, damianitas, globemallows
6) line one side of the new front walk with a long mass of flowering plants, surrounding the agaves there
7) unify the front, by weaving a mass of clumping Bush Muhley or Alkali Sacaton in the basins / swales
I like the idea of decorative gravel not only as an effective and colourful mulch, but also as a form of slowing water down down those heavy downpours so that almost everything soaks into the earth and no runoff flows over the sidewalk into the streets.
Possible water harvesting from roof runoffs and other areas somehow to be channeled to those Pinyons which have a higher water requirement than those agaves and prickly pears.
4) I'd try some sort of Manzanitas or even if you can find a low growing form of Sugarbush (Rhus ovata) although I doubt such a one has been found or created(see Monsanto - kidding) Manzanitas have to have mycorrhizal inoculum. Like Arbutus they have no root hairs like other plants and therefore rely on fungal mycelia. I failed for ages trying to establish them until I found the right mix from Mike Amaranthus.
I like Lantanas and globemallows. Surprisingly I imagine most don't take globemallows seriously, but once established take care of themselves. If one naturalizes, I always left it alone as an added bonus.
I would imagine that you could remove the gravel from the surface and create mini-swales and berms and then cover them over again with the gravel with some added fresh gravel. Thank God for leave blowers for maintenance of gravel. I never see them here. Everything is always wet and blowing or moving anything almost impossible.
BTW, my wife just reminded me it's time to bring the slug eaten prickly pear that we got in Tenerife back inside if we want it to live. We're already getting frosts. not that that will necessarily kill the cacti, but why leave it out.
#2 - exactly, and allows more percolation into root zones. #4 - not sure those sugarbushes exist...yet. But manzanitas and Rhaphs can work. #5 - those wildflowers are underrated in Abq, but not AZ.Delete
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I would have stopped too.
Very true - I need to figure out their language. My photos don't do it justice, but you can see thru that.Delete
I like your ideas.
This looks like it has great potential. But, it's a bit haphazard and flat. Some berms, with the same plantings 'arranged', would look better.
And, the front of the house needs something. Your patio sounds like a good answer.
Did you leave your card?
So....I can't help myself....Hook 'em Horns!
Have a great weekend.
I should leave my card next time! Your comments very true, esp. flat!
Horns - next time...
I love this house! I have never been to New Mexico so not sure of the native stuff there except from what I learn from you. I love all your ideas. The only thing that gets me on this is that it is coniferous city....but again, my sense of place there is non-existent and maybe that is all that would make it near the mountains there? Could a Palo Verde tree or two work....or a desert Willow or two work here? Maybe flanking your patio or on each side of your new walk by the street? Break up all those conifers. Then again...maybe it is too cold there. I do love this house and property...all those agaves ROCK!ReplyDelete
All of your plant ideas would work, except way to cold in Socorro, even Las Cruces, for Palo Verde. Maybe a sketch is in order...Delete
There is so much to love here! Of course I see plenty of open space where a few more plants could easy be placed. And I love your idea of a patio out front, the world would be a better place with more sidewalk neighborly interaction.ReplyDelete
Exactly...too much in the way of voids. And not enough interaction w/ neighbors.Delete
Definitely needs some warm colors with gray foliage. Pineleaf penstemon, ocotillo,agastache, and definetly some muhly.ReplyDelete
All but the pineleaf penstemon work well on most warm exposures in central NM. Good plant ideas!Delete
Just love Opuntia phaecantha - saw it in Berkeley Botanics a few weeks ago. Such an architectural plant and the purple fruits are fabulous.ReplyDelete
Yes, architectural yet under-valued in favor of big O. engelmannii or O. violaceae (not hardy in central NM)Delete
I know what I like about it, feels like it is far out of town. Kinda of a cabin feel.ReplyDelete
That feeling of remoteness is something I had not thought of...may be the conifers and street setback?Delete
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|01209 831274
|Contact:Hannah Benham
|Iyengar Yoga classes running out of Helston, Leedstown and Praze-an-Beeble, also convenient for Hayle and Camborne. Classes are of a general level which is suitable for most students and also a Junior Inter .. More about Yogahannah
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| Yoga Classes in Saint Agnes Cornwall
9 kilometers Away
|Yoga Style: Mum and Baby, Toddler, Pregnancy, and postnatal yoga
Miners and Mechanics Institute
Saint Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0TJ
|Contact:Amy Jones
|Mum and Baby, Toddler, Pregnancy, and postnatal yoga (just for mums) offered by an experienced British Wheel of Yoga teacher, with specialist training in pre and postnatal yoga
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| Yoga Classes in Truro Cornwall
13 kilometers Away
|YOGA FOR HEALTHY LOWER BACKS Teacher Training
|Yoga Style: For British Wheel of Yoga (+ Iyengar)
Truro, Cornwall
|Contact:Alison Trewhela
|Experienced Yoga teachers are offered the opportunity to learn yoga used in a UK research trial into low back pain over two weekends with a requirement of home study. Learn how to help newcomers to yoga wit .. More about YOGA FOR HEALTHY LOWER BACKS Teacher Training
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|Lazy Daisy Active Birthing Classes
|Yoga Style: Pregnancy
|07976 834567
|Contact:Becky Bennett
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|Yoga Style: Active Birth Yoga
Idless Mill
Truro, Cornwall TR4 9QS
|01872 240625
|Contact:Gillian Nevin
|Antenatal Yoga Classes taught by qualified Active Birth teacher in a peaceful garden studio in Truro. Afternoon and evening classes available.
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| Yoga Classes in Falmouth Cornwall
14 kilometers Away
|Jane Lane
|Yoga Style: Iyengar Yoga
1 Penrose Road
Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 2DU
|07769 803806
|Contact:Jane Lane
|Yoga classes in Falmouth and Truro to build strength and flexibility and learn the art of relaxation.
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|Amanda Brown
|Yoga Style: Iyengar Yoga and meditation
2, Mt Edgcumbe Terrace
Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 2BS
|01326 318776
|Contact:Amanda Brown
|Wide range of classes in the Falmouth/Penryn area. Experienced, established Iyengar teacher/ Cranio Sacral therapist. Also occasionally offer retreats and private workshops. Meditation tuition/mindfulness .. More about Amanda Brown
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| Yoga Classes in Newquay Cornwall
23 kilometers Away
|The YOGA Matrix
|Yoga Style: Kids, Mum & Baby Yoga
Fistral Beach Hotel
Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1PT
|Contact:Tanya Beresford
|We offer Kids Yoga and Mum & Baby Yoga in various locations around Newquay. We are also delighted to host Master Yoga Practitioner Doug Swenson for a 200 hour teacher training this November, at the Fistral .. More about The YOGA Matrix
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|Love Yoga Cornwall
|Yoga Style: Hatha, Private
34 Bezant Place
Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1SJ
|07947 647 697
|Love Yoga Cornwall offers yoga classes to groups and private tuition to individuals, as well as teaching in hotels, schools and the workplace. The basis of our ethos is that a little bit of yoga can be .. More about Love Yoga Cornwall
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|Synergy Yoga Studio
|Yoga Style: Hatha-Beginner to Intermediate
Newquay, Cornwall
|07564 259042
|Synergy Yoga Studio Pentire Hotel Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday mornings 9:30-10:30am Thursday evening 6:00-7:00pm Friday evening 5:30pm - Level 2 New classes frequently added to our timetable, pleas .. More about Synergy Yoga Studio
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|Shine Yoga
|Yoga Style: Hatha and Vinyasa Flow
Newquay, Cornwall TR7
|Contact:Jennifer Austin
|At Shine Yoga we love to teach fun and feel goo yoga classes in Newquay and retreats around Cornwall and abroad. We teach Stand Up Paddle Board and Beach Yoga. Joyful and challenging join a Shine Yoga clas .. More about Shine Yoga
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| Yoga Classes in Penzance Cornwall
19 kilometers Away
|Yoga weekends in Cornwall UK
|Yoga Style: Hatha
15 Primrose Close
Penzance, Cornwall TR20 9JL
|Contact:Phil Aston
|Yoga lessons, yoga and Spa Weekends, corporate yoga, anxiety consultation help with panic attacks and depression.
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| Yoga Classes in Newlyn Cornwall
27 kilometers Away
|Kernow Yoga
|Yoga Style: Satyananda
West Terrace
Newlyn, Cornwall TR18
|07760 360131
|Classes for everybody, mind and spirit.
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