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The 33rd Annual Razzie Awards Nominate All the Usual Crap
Movie News By Nathan Adams on January 9, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWhile many would like to think that snark was something born of the Internet age, the fact that the Razzie Awards for Worst Achievements in Film are now in their thirty-third year pretty demonstrably proves that to be untrue. There's an uncomfortable truth at the center of all this, which is, to snark, to pass judgment, to make fun of things that fail publicly and spectacularly—it's all kind of fun, at least in a sick way. If it wasn't, something like The Razzies wouldn't be able to stick around this long. In recent years, however, the film industry's laser focus on building franchises and sticking to the same formulas has taken a little bit of the fun out of seeing who gets picked on for being the worst of the year. A crop of usual suspects has developed, making the announcement that the latest Twilight movie and the latest Adam Sandler comedy have earned the lion's share of the nominations something of a tedious formality. So, here we are, having yet again sat through another Twilight movie and another Adam Sandler comedy, and, sure enough, it seems that they've once again gotten the bulk of the nominations. If there's any new narrative going on, it's that Madea's Witness Protection seems to have annoyed the people who vote for the Golden Raspberries more than usual. Perhaps that's due to Jack & Jill making men in drag a more contemptible offense after last year, or perhaps it's because they're trying to set […]
Year in Review: The 12 Worst Films of 2012
2012 Year in Review By FSR Staff on December 26, 2012 | Comments (30)Years from now, cinema fanatics will probably look back at 2012 fondly, remembering that this year brought us new films from Spielberg, Bigelow, Anderson (P.T.), Haneke, Affleck, Anderson (Wes), Van Sant, Arnold, Tarantino, Johnson, and many, many more. But amidst all the good stuff (and, rest assured, there was plenty of good stuff to go around), there were plenty of rotten, silly, messy, sloppy, boring, and insulting films to fill our theaters and empty our heads. The worst, if you will. Just the worst. Settle in, gird your loins, and prepare yourself for The 12 Worst Films of 2012, as determined by your faithful Rejects. Oh, 2012, you really packed some doozies.
This Week In Discs: Moonrise Kingdom, Obama's America, Chernobyl Diaries and Two from the Scream Factory
Features By Rob Hunter on October 16, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWelcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Moonrise Kingdom It's 1965 in New England, and two young lovers have run away from their homes. They're twelve years old, and they live on an island, but it's the thought that counts. Their decision sets in motion a chain of events involving Bob Balaban, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Ed Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis, a scout troop and an impending storm. A spectacular cast isn't the only thing going for Wes Anderson's latest film though as he weaves a beautiful, romantic and bittersweet tale complete with a sonderful score by Alexandre Desplat. It's a sweetly funny visual feast guaranteed to put a smile on your lips and in your ears. [Extras: Featurettes]
Box Office: 'That's My Boy' and 'Rock of Ages' Fail to Break Wind, Let Alone Defeat 'Madagascar 3′
Box Office By Neil Miller on June 18, 2012 | Comments (1)It wasn't quite the kind of fruitful summer weekend the likes of Adams Shankman and Sandler had hoped for. Running up against a smattering of lackluster reviews and some stiff competition, their films — Rock of Ages and That's My Boy, respectively — failed to gain momentum in their opening weekend, ending with less than stellar results and a few bumps and bruises, thanks to Ridley Scott and some animated jungle creatures.
Andy Samberg: Give 'Hot Rod' a Criterion Release
Features By Jack Giroux on June 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAndy Samberg's comedic sensibility isn't exactly what one would label as mainstream. From the epic Laser Cats series, the Lonely Island sketches, to the overlooked Hot Rod, his brand of humor can be somewhat of an acquired taste. Since leaving SNL, it'll be interesting to see if he'll stick with that tone or, as he says he hopes to, give a grounded Apatowian performance someday. In the latest Happy Madison Picture, That's My Boy, Samberg doesn't give that realistic performance he's talking about. When you're acting with Vanilla Ice or going one-on-one with James Caan, realism certainly isn't the goal. But, as Samberg explains, the film also features the sentimental side Sandler's broad comedies usually play up. Here's what That's My Boy star Andy Samberg had to say about his knack for taking a beating, over thinking comedy, and why an even more bizarre cut of Hot Rod deserves a Criterion release:
Movies to See Before the World Ends: Billy Madison
Apocalypse Soon By Robert Fure on June 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe Mayans, the wise race of ancients who created hot cocoa, set December 21st, 2012 as the end date of their Calendar, which the intelligent and logical amongst us know signifies the day the world will end, presumably at 12:21:12am, Mountain Time. From now until zero date, we will explore the 50 films you need to watch before the entire world perishes. We don't have much time, so be content, be prepared, be entertained. The Film: Billy Madison (1995) The Plot: Billy Madison (Adam Sandler), is an idiot, a slacker, and heir to a grand chain of hotels. With his father eyeing retirement, Billy expects to be next in line to take over the company, but the weasel Eric Gordon (Bradley Whitford) raises some legitimate doubts about Billy's mental capacities. To prove to his father that he's capable of taking over the family business, Billy must complete grades 1-12 and graduate High School on an accelerated time table.
Review: Revolting, Imbecilic, and Offensive, 'That's My Boy' Is a New Low For Gross-Out Cinema
Movie Reviews By Kate Erbland on June 15, 2012 | Comments (50)It's no secret that Adam Sandler's resume is studded with films that the critical mass has turned firmly against – of his thirty most recognizable starring roles, only four have managed to ring in as "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, and his last run of films (including Just Go With It, Jack and Jill, Zookeeper, and Grown Ups) have signaled that Sandler the actor has no interest in continuing any of the thoughtful, nuanced work he turned in with stuff like Punch-Drunk Love and Funny People. If that's how he wants to play, that's just fine – Sandler's career decisions are his own and good luck with them, but things have simply gone too far with his latest feature, the revolting, moronic, despicable, deeply unfunny, wildly offensive, and frankly disturbing That's My Boy. Make your money how you want to, Sandler, but count me out of watching it – forever.
'That's My Boy' Red Band Trailer Includes a Lot of Cursing, Is Still an Adam Sandler Movie
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 6, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe first trailer for That's My Boy showed us what would have happened if a pubescent Adam Sandler had become a father. The results…well, they looked a lot like an Adam Sandler movie. But at least it seemed like Sandler was finally going back to his raunchy roots and not giving us something as saccharine and lame as his most recent works (though I'm certain That's My Boy's third act will segue into Sandler's trademark sentimentality). Well, the marketing team behind the film is back, and this time they've given us a red band trailer that provides us with an even better idea of the depths of depravity Sandler is willing to reach with his latest endeavor. The material here is certainly dirtier than what we got the first time around, but unfortunately it doesn't appear to be any funnier. Sandler's silly voices, sexual references, and slapstick humor feel like relics of the '90s at this point, and dressing it all up with a bunch of F-bombs only goes so far toward making you forget how many years ago it was that we all first listened to "Fatty McGee" and laughed at the foul-mouthed crudity. At this point, Sandler's best chance at continued relevance is likely to come from acting in other people's films, rather than putting these lackluster – though I'm sure more profitable for him personally – Happy Madison movies together.
'Three Mississippi' Swaps Mark Wahlberg For Adam Sandler As Trade Deadline Looms
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on May 31, 2012 | Comments (3)Once upon a time, Adam McKay's upcoming football comedy Three Mississippi was going to be a glorious re-teaming of not only Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell's dueling idiots act from The Other Guys, but also a re-teaming of Wahlberg and Alex Baldwin's meathead chemistry from The Departed. But now Mark Wahlberg is dropping out of the movie, and heck, it isn't even an Adam McKay comedy anymore. Just when things were looking so promising too. What happened? It's a sad tale of other movies taking priority. With Peter Berg's Battleship sinking at the box office, Universal got cold feet when it came to financing his next movie, Lone Survivor, which is about a Navy SEAL on a doomed mission. Without Universal fronting the bill, Berg needed a big name attached to the project in order to procure some new financing, and he got that in the form of Mark Wahlberg. As part of the deal, Wahlberg had to agree to make Lone Survivor his next project. The other movie that took the wind out of the sails of Three Mississippi is McKay and Ferrell's upcoming Anchorman sequel. For the longest time nobody thought that movie was going to happen, but then it got unexpectedly green lit and suddenly McKay found himself in the position of having to drop out of Three Mississippi. Ferrell's own commitments to that film made it pretty impossible for he and Wahlberg's now inflexible schedules to synch up, so something had to be done.
Trailer: 'That's My Boy' is the Unofficial Sequel to 'Big Daddy'
Movie News By Scott Beggs on March 6, 2012 | Comments (1)It wasn't until watching the newest green band trailer for That's My Boy that everything became clear. Underneath the baffling, annoying voice Adam Sandler makes through the whole thing, the simple truth remains: this is the unofficial sequel to Big Daddy. In that 1999 comedy, Sandler played a terrible man-child who let his fraudulently adopted son become the smelly kid in class by being lazy and moronic. In the film from Sean Anders and John Morris, Sandler plays a terrible child-child who becomes a father after knocking up his middle school teacher and now (many years later) has to deal with an estranged, very successful son played by Andy Samberg. In a movie world where Sandler doesn't evolve or grow up in Big Daddy, this is what little Frankenstein would have become. He ate the terrible candy he wanted to, he dressed how he wanted to, he had zero discipline and here's how it all turned out:
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With reports of Tori Spelling's recent money woes, TMZ has learned that it was her first wedding that got the ball rolling in the rift between the "90210" star and her mother -- eventually leading to Tori's inheritance being torpedoed.
Tori was married to Charlie Shanian in July of 2004 at the Spelling's 56,000 square foot Holmby Hills estate and Candy Spelling planned the whole thing. She opened her wallet big time, hiring famed wedding planner Mindy Weiss and the tony Mark's Garden for the floral arrangements. We're told Candy dropped a cool mil on the affair. But a family friend tells TMZ, Tori felt utterly shortchanged. The friend tells TMZ that Tori thought the wedding "wasn't big enough."
Candy, on the other hand, felt slighted that Tori did not include enough of Candy's friends on the guest list. The two fought the entire time leading up to the wedding, at times not speaking to each other.
In an issue on newsstands today, Us says that Tori will receive a cash inheritance payment of $200,000 and $600,000 in private investments Aaron had set up for her. A family source tells Us this is not what Aaron had intended, but rather "a move that her mother, Candy, sole managing executor of the estate, had designed as revenge against her long-estranged daughter."
But don't think Candy has had the last laugh. There are reports that Spelling had Alzheimer's when he died. So don't rule out a challenge by Tori, who might argue that her dad was not mentally competent to cut her out.
TMZ is awaiting a response from a representative for Candy Spelling.

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Angels' 6-2 win over White Sox a walk in the park
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — As if 10 walks Saturday weren't enough to make pitching coach Don Cooper scratch his head, an unexpected source — right-hander Jake Peavy — piled on five more in the White Sox' 6-2 loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Angels.
Peavy (5-2), who had been 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA in his previous five starts, walked No. 8 hitter Chris Iannetta leading off the Angels' two-run third, then walked four in the Angels' two-run fourth. Iannetta's walk in the fourth was his fifth in a row in the last two days.
Peavy had issued eight walks entering the game.
''The frustrating part is I felt so good, was so close,'' said Peavy, who felt like his slider was the best it had been all season. ''Obviously, the walks kill you. I have all the respect for Chris Iannetta, but you have to make him hit the ball.''
Right-hander Brian Omogrosso walked one in relief, bringing the Sox' total to 16 in two games.
The result gave the Angels a split of the four-game series after the Sox had won the first two. The Sox (19-23) went 4-3 on a road trip that started with three games against the Minnesota Twins.
Alex Rios extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI double, one of five Sox hits. Angels left-hander Jason Vargas (3-3) held the Sox to four hits in seven scoreless innings.
Dunn returns
After leaving the game Saturday with back spasms, slugger Adam Dunn was back in the lineup as the designated hitter. He went 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts.
Dunn said coming out of the game Saturday was more painful than the back itself. Because of his history of coming back from ailments too soon, it was somewhat surprising the Sox didn't give him a day off to play it safe.
''There are times where the 'Tommy Tough Guy' doesn't work out too well for you,'' Dunn said. ''So I was really making sure I like where everything is. I don't want one game to screw up three weeks. But I felt good enough to think I'll be fine.''
Don't let it slide
Right-hander Matt Lindstrom is more accustomed to starting a clean inning rather than coming in with runners on base. He said coming into a game with runners on base could force him to use a slide step while warming up.
''I'm a high-leg-kick, come-after-you-with-my-fastball guy,'' he said, noting his delivery allows runners to get better jumps.
Lindstrom (4.76 ERA) is tied for second in the American League with 21 relief appearances. He said he likes the workload.
''You worry about August and September, but we're more worried about having too many days off and not staying sharp,'' he said.
Manager Robin Ventura said a decision about whether to activate left-hander John Danks to pitch this weekend against the Miami Marlins at U.S. Cellular Field might be made Monday in Chicago.
† Second baseman Gordon Beckham went 3-for-5 in Class AAA Charlotte's 11-6 loss at Buffalo. He had two hits Saturday.


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Districts also play a key role in promoting and carrying out federal programs, including, but not limited to:
EQIP—Environmental Quality Incentives Program: The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality. This program is available to farmers, and offers financial and technical assistance to install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. Applications for EQIP can be made at local NRCS offices.
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MRBI-Mississippi River Basin Initiative:
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REAP—Resource Enhancement and Protection Program: REAP is a program in the State of Iowa that invests in, as its name implies, the enhancement and protection of the state's natural and cultural resources. Iowa is blessed with a diverse array of natural and cultural resources, and REAP is likewise diverse and far reaching. Depending on the individual programs, REAP provides money for projects through state agency budgets or in the form of grants. Several aspects of REAP also encourage private contributions that help accomplish program objectives.
Based on their submitted proposal and allotment, REAP funds may be available for soil conservation practices through Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
For more information regarding REAP visit: http://www.iowareap.com/
WHIP—Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program: WHIP provides cost-share reimbursement for wildlife habitat practices. A portion of Iowa's WHIP allocation will be set aside for woodland wildlife habitat improvement. WHIP will also cost-share on wildlife practices that improve grasslands, riparian corridors, shelterbelts, windbreaks, native prairie restoration, and aquatic habitat.
For more information on WHIP visit: http://www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip.html
WRP—Wetland Reserve Program: Iowa landowners are interested in the wetland restoration programs for both environmental and economic reasons. The primary reason for participation is economic. Continuing to farm wet or frequently flooded marginal soils gives less financial return than does a wetland easement in a USDA program. Also important to the farmers entering the programs are the benefits wetlands give to wildlife and water quality.
Iowa's wetland restoration goal is to reestablish wetland ecosystems. Restoration activities typically include tile breaks, ditch plugs, shallow excavations, water control structures, and seedings of native grasses and forbs.
Under WRP, administered by the NRCS, landowners can restore wetlands by signing a permanent easement, a 30-year easement, or by restoring the land under a restoration cost share agreement.
For more information on WRP please visit: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/states/ia.html


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Essaouira's glory years ended with the coming of the French, who, under the guise of making Morocco a protectorate, occupied and essentially colonized the country in 1912. They also built new ports—to the south at Agadir and to the north at Kenitra. No longer an important business center, Essaouira turned bohemian. Orson Welles shot much of his Othello here in the early 1950's, and director Julian Beck based his avant-garde Living Theater troupe here in the 1960's. Jimi Hendrix hung out at the same time: "Castles Made of Sand" is said to have been inspired by a ruined sultan's palace just south of the city. Indeed, the sixties saw Essaouira reign as an insider alternative to the hippie scene in Tangier, the much more famous Moroccan beach town to the north.
But when the hippie era waned, so did Essaouira's brief comeback. "In the 1970's and 80's, it was a city that was dying," says André Azoulay, an Essaouira native who is currently special adviser to King Mohamed VI. Azoulay, who is Jewish, was particularly concerned about his hometown's deteriorating infrastructure, including the houses of the old Jewish quarter, the Mellah, which were not only crumbling but literally falling into the sea.
"It was at that point that my wife and two of her friends wrote a book about the city of their childhood," says Azoulay, "in which they examined Essaouira's many dimensions. The book created a bit of a stir and we were able to form an association of people who loved the city and wanted to keep alive its very modern and lovely spirit of the co-existence of religions, cultures, and peoples from all over the world."
Thanks in part to these efforts, Essaouira began to enjoy a renaissance in the early 1990's. A master plan for the town's restoration, which came out of the Rio Conference on sustainable development, was implemented in 1992. In 2001, the city was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Today, while much still needs to be done, Essaouira looks better than it has in years. Most of its imposing ramparts have been restored, as have some of its abandoned consulates and old mansions. In all this, local people have been involved in decision-making as well as in the actual work, through programs that are training unemployed young people as artisans and restorers. (Essaouira's redevelopment plan has become a model for other cities in Morocco.) At the same time, the city has started to attract a new generation of aficionados, people beguiled by its vibrant life and art scene.
"I love it—it's the best place in the world," says Guy Bellinkx, who with his partner Ivo Grammet, a well-known collector of North African art, runs the five-apartment Riad Gyvo in a former customs warehouse in Essaouira's medina. The two expatriate Belgians discovered the town in the late 1970's, when they frequently traveled through southern Morocco and Mauritania in a camper van, in search of Berber and Judaic art. Finding Essaouira an ideal base for their wanderings—not to mention Bellinkx's windsurfing passion—they rented an apartment here in the 1980's in a building they wound up buying.
"We didn't think of turning it into a guesthouse at the time," Bellinkx says. "But right after we bought it, a series of storms damaged the property so badly that we had to restore everything. So we made apartments for our friends and family."
Since its official opening in 1998, Riad Gyvo, which is now one of a growing number of small medina houses turned hotels, has hosted everyone from windsurfers and backpackers to VIP's in the Moroccan government and the international art world. But for Bellinkx and Grammet, the joy of living in Essaouira has to do with the Souris (as the locals are known) themselves. "People here treat you like family," Bellinkx says. As much as he loves it, though, he adds, the place isn't for everyone. "Some people come here and say it's cold—it's windy. Clearly Essaouira is not part of their world." But for those who do fall under its spell, the town exerts a powerful pull. For André Azoulay, something as simple as sitting on the seawall to "watch the sunset and forget everything" can be a unique moment. For others, it's a quiet walk on the vast beach, passing the impromptu soccer matches, out to the dunes where hooded horseback riders offer bonjours and a shimmering lagoon is filled with birds. Or it's the plaintive calls of the gulls, which provide a constant sound track to visits here. Or poking among the monolithic slab graves, with their strange inscriptions, said to be Phoenician symbols of eternal life, in the ancient seaside Jewish cemetery.


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noun \ˈär-(ˌ)hət\Definition of ARHAT
: a Buddhist who has reached the stage of enlightenment
— ar·hat·ship \-ˌship\ noun
Origin of ARHAT
Sanskrit, from present participle of arhati he deserves; akin to Greek alphein to gain
First Known Use: 1870
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In Buddhism, one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence, has achieved nirvana, and will not be reborn. Theravada Buddhism regards becoming an arhat as the goal of spiritual progress. It holds that a seeker must pass through three earlier stages before being reborn in a heaven as an arhat. Mahayana Buddhism criticizes the goal of becoming an arhat as selfish and considers the bodhisattva to be a higher goal because the bodhisattva remains in the cycle of rebirths to work for the good of others. This divergence of opinion is one of the fundamental differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.
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This is a fairly old clip, but definitely awesome. Sometimes, you just have to do something ill-advised. It may turn out for the better. This clip speaks to that. A fixed gear bike going across 750 miles of California, I can only imagine what that feels like. Just ride!
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Some footage brought to you by Red Bull, GoPro, the 2012 Sea Otter Classic, and others.
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Some people like giant RVs, but I find this is the better way to go. This is the vehicle which will propel me about 900 miles throughout California in about a month and a half, various parties included. In about a month I'll have to live entirely off this thing, as my only form of personal transportation. And it makes one hell of a beer transport device. Butterflies people, butterflies.…
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This makes me hate to not be in Texas. It's a fundraiser for the 1Love Tour, and if you're in Austin, you need to go. So go...otherwise watch the video and know how awesome it is without actually being there. Live vicariously, like me.
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What a success! You don't have to watch the whole video, but the sheer number of cyclists participating in this event/race is awesome. You can just sit and watch over a dozen light changes without a stop in the steady stream of people. Truly amazing.
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This clip was an equipment check Macaframa did a while back. I watched it for the first time in a while today, and I'm reminded of how much I miss warm weather. Bobby Womack's cover of California Dreaming isn't too bad, is it?
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I feel as though I've neglected those BMXers out there, so here's a clip for you. I'm pretty sure these guys shred pretty hard. Perhaps Shredfest is the proper term. You be the judge. I also dig the music they put to it "Ultimate Spinach - Visions of Your Reality." So good. The team is Fiend BMX. Enjoy!…
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Sixty acres of land has been given the "go ahead" by city staff.
This was possible with the San Jose Parks Foundation, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, the San Jose Police Department, and San Jose city councilman Sam Liccardo, who represents the downtown district.
Since it's a "cyclocross arena" that means it's devoted, as in YEAR ROUND.
Just saying. Proposed layout:…
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Continue"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
-Henry David…
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I didn't get a chance to ride Santa Rosa during my tour. It looks like I would have loved it.
Who doesn't love that weightless feeling you get coming out of a switchback? It definitely makes things interesting. And the cattle grates.
I can identify with Andy on two things: I am just riding my bike to explore,…
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I wandered down to the Rapha coffee shop today. There was great coffee and snacks, books, cycling apparel (who would have thought it?), and some nice photography/art. I went up into the gallery, and who do I see there? My old buddy Joe Dombroski all over the wall. People are watching you now Joe, you are definitely on the radar. Keep up that good work!…
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I love all the MASH videos. They have the killer combination of speed and horsing around. It's what we all want to do on our bikes. They balance it well, whether it's making time in a pace line or skidding around and taking goofy detours. MASH is known for their DVD where all the bikes don't have brakes, cycling clothes or helmets. If you'll notice in this video, they all have cycling clothes. And although in this video everyone is brakeless, you can see that some of these guys have…
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The way I see it, if you're on two wheels most of the time, you're part of a culture. There are many facets to biking, and sometimes people get myopic in their scope. To me, riding a bike is a common interest and something which brings people together far more than most things in life. Not to get all deep and dramatic about it, but if you think about it, you know there's truth to that statement. There's a sense that when you're on a bike, life is a lot simpler, and people are more…
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Only 72 days till I ride out on day one of ALC 11!!
The first week of June, I will participate in a life-changing, weeklong celebration of life as I ride my bike down the California coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles in this year's AIDS/LifeCycle. The goal: to raise money and awareness in an attempt to end the disease of AIDS that has now officially reached pandemic proportions.
Co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, the two…
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I would bet that anyone who rides BMX can tell you they've had this problem from time to time.
Finding a place to ride that's worthwhile is a problem most cyclists share, whether it's road, mountain, or whatever. Sure, you might get away with riding some where for a while, but there's…
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There is a new transportation system being proposed in London by Foster and Partners. The new system would be constructed over the existing train lines. The system would be nearly 137 miles in length (220km). It would be nearly 50 ft wide (15m) and feature over 200 entrance points.
Lofty, isn't it? I…
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Courtney and I rode from San Francisco to San Diego on Monday. We plan on doing another ride today, details to follow. It was a great day to ride. We more or less doddled the first 50 or so miles, but then we realized we had to make it another 30 or so in 2 hours before the sun went down, so we pushed the pace. The first part of the ride was more interesting, my man Volker told us of a way around Devil's Slide, which I was glad to take. He lovingly referred to it as the "Planet of the…
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You know that London has invested nearly £ 1 billion for bicycles and alternative transport in…
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I LOVE THIS PHOTO of Lt. Col. Heidi Grimm of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program as she leads and beats Air Force Capt. Lara Brown during the bike portion of the Armed Forces Triathlon Championships at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California.
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In the deer stand, we remember how much of life's richness exists in memory and anticipation. It's difficult to communicate the joy I feel seated alone in the darkness of northern Wisconsin on the third Saturday of November. I've come to these woods bordering the Brule River State Forest nearly every fall since my father first brought me here, in 1972, when I was 13. Of the hundreds of things he's done for me over the years, introducing me to these dirt roads and logging trails, these ridges of oak and maple, poplar and birch, is one for which I'm most thankful. I can't imagine not being here. I have a backpack filled with food and gear, a rifle across my lap, a song in my heart. I found this stand location, a brushy ridge overlooking several well-worn deer trails, one October many years ago. I built a large nest of fallen timber a few feet down the ridge, facing northwest, so the rising sun would warm my back. Now I sit on a chair here in the cold. The main trail traverses an oak ridge and turns east to follow an overgrown logging road marked by four or five large scrapes. Six years ago, with my oldest son sitting beside me on his first opening morning, I shot a nine-pointer on that trail. Two other trails pass through thick cover to the west, and fresh rubs shine in a tangle of alders nearby. None of this is visible yet. If I look straight up through the branches, I see a black sky spangled with stars. I inhale deeply and smile. Except for patches of early snow shrouding north-facing ridges, the forest floor is a rusty blend of fallen leaves. This mat of decomposition is the secret to the scent of the autumn woods—the spice of oaks and maples, the smoky, almost lavender odor of blackened poplars. This is the odor of decay, but the scent is warm and welcoming. Beneath that surface layer, the leaves will soon return to the dark earth they rest upon, as will we all. I kick a boot through the leaves, and the sweet elixir fills my lungs. The woods are so quiet I can hear the tick of a falling oak leaf careening off branches, the muffled squeak and rustle of a curious mouse beneath the leaves near my feet. If I'm lucky, I might also hear the hooting of an owl, the yipping of coyotes, even the howl of a timber wolf. If snow flurries blow in, the hiss of snowflakes on leaves will sound like the static of a distant radio station, the falling snow drawn around me like a gauze curtain. The temperature is 20 degrees, a mild morning for November in northern Wisconsin, yet the cold air feels like steel against my face. My breath billows, steaming the bottoms of my glasses. Below zero, the trees would be popping, a phenomenon I love but don't understand. So much of the world's beauty fits into that category. Opening day of 1985 it was 15 below, and the trees popped like firecrackers. I smile again as I remember a hunt a decade earlier, my sister's first gun season. Our great-uncle found her sitting covered with two inches of falling snow, her fingers dipped in a steaming cup of cocoa. She dislikes the cold and doesn't hunt anymore, but memories like that, and dozens more, are partly what make deer hunting so joyful. The seasons accumulate, the ritual builds upon itself, becomes so much more than any one season, any one deer killed. Deer hunting reminds us how much of life's richness exists in memory and anticipation. I don't know if it's true that the hour before sunrise is the coldest time of day, but it usually feels like it. It may be the darkest, too. I huddle deeper into my orange coat, burrow my gloved hands into pockets, tuck my chin into my collar, close my eyes for a time. Two of my sons, my father, two brothers, a brother-in-law, and four nephews—11 of us in all—are scattered throughout these dark woods. A couple miles away, my older brother is perched 20 feet up the same tree he's climbed for over 15 years, in an area he calls "Buck Valley." (Among his many colorful habits—wearing a lucky belt buckle, belching to imitate a grunting buck—he insists on naming his favorite locations. There's the "Valley of the Big Pines," and the "No Bucks Here" stand. This year he found a spot for his oldest boy he calls "the Cove.") From his precarious climbing stand high above "Buck Valley," he has killed the most and the largest bucks of anyone in our group. His patience is legendary, his aim less so. The first time his .30-06 booms, he's just warming up the barrel—shooting freehand from a swaying tree challenges his accuracy—but after three or four shots, he usually has a big one down. I think about my father in his elaborate ground blind, complete with a raised wooden floor, and how much being surrounded each night at the cabin by sons and grandsons means to him. He cooks breakfast every morning at 3:30, wakes us with his happy singing, the smell of frying sausages. He's 73 now, with a bum leg, so he hunts closer to the road than he once did. Not that long ago, it seems, he had the strength of a bull and could roam these ridges without tiring. A religious man, he's now happy to sit still all day, thankful simply to be surrounded by God's creation. I can see in his eyes the bittersweet understanding that his past deer seasons outnumber those in his future, which makes each opening morning all the more special. Dad's killed many nice bucks and had his share of adventures, few as baffling as the eight-pointer he bagged several years ago. He set down his rifle and walked the 50 or so yards to where the buck lay dead, arriving in time to watch it struggle to its feet and run away. We still don't know what happened, but we figure maybe Dad's bullet hit the buck at the base of the antlers and knocked it unconscious. As he watched his resurrected buck bound over the ridge, Dad shrugged with his endearing humility and said, "Well, the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away." My son Tyler, 19, and stepson Riley, 13, sit a couple hundred yards apart, a half mile north of my father. By leaning to the side, each has a small window through the trees to see a sliver of orange worn by the other. Both are comforted by this proximity. Ty arrived at his love for this November morning somewhat later than I did, but he's now as addicted to its pleasures as I am. He shot his first buck at age 14. Over the years, the highlights of his hunt included regular visits to his ground blind by white-footed mice (he was feeding them almonds to quell his boredom) and a surprise encounter with a curious weasel that sniffed his boot. He already understands that many of deer season's joys have little to do with shooting deer. Toting a .270 that once belonged to his grandfather, Riley is excited to be hunting alone for the first time. He hunted with me last year, one of the coldest seasons in memory, and spent most of the time deep inside a sleeping bag. He loves everything about the hunt, though, especially the evening poker games. His biological father doesn't hunt, but Riley carries his dad's Buck Knife, and he and Ty hope to use it this afternoon to gut Riley's first buck. I have no doubt that somewhere his deceased grandfather will be pleased that the .270 he once carried in the piney woods of Virginia proves just as accurate on the oak ridges of Wisconsin. East of my father, my younger brother sits near his youngest son. My brother-in-law, likewise, sits with his youngest son, and my two grown nephews are out here, too, waiting silently in ladder stands, their chests swollen by the expansive hope that comes with this day. Bringing your boy into the woods is a little like introducing him to someone you love. You want him to love her as much as you do, and you hope he'll introduce her warmly to his own boy someday. My younger brother has killed his share of deer over the years, but like me he's happiest now to see his son in the woods, sharing what he loves. The earth continues its slow roll to the east. I take another breath and open my eyes. A soft gray glow now spreads beneath the horizon. I can begin to distinguish individual oaks, poplars, and birches along the ridges, spruce and tamaracks in the lowlands, the towering white pines behind me. Far away, I hear the rhythmic crunch of something moving on the frozen leaves: another hunter heading toward a stand, perhaps, or a deer nervously seeking a place to bed. My heartbeats quicken. I hold my breath to hear, strain my eyes to see. But it's too dark yet, and the sound grows fainter. I take a deep breath, close my eyes again. The daylight sneaks in almost imperceptibly. I can barely tell the difference from one minute to the next, yet each time I open my eyes I can see a bit more clearly. Gradually, the blacks and grays become a wash of color, a trick of light that delights no matter how often I see it. A breath of wind moves across my face and through the trees. On still mornings, the breeze seems to arrive with the dawn. A lonely, lovely, peaceful sound high in the pines. I load my rifle, return the hammer to the uncocked position. It's a lever-action Marlin .30-30 purchased secondhand for $75 when I was 12 years old. I'm 50 now. The rifle still sports an old 4X Glenfield scope, slightly fogged and in need of replacing, but I've killed so many deer with this rifle I'm reluctant to make any changes. I killed my first buck with it, and Ty killed his first buck with it, too. When his time comes, my youngest boy will use it for his first deer as well. And someday I trust a grandson or granddaughter will be holding this rifle somewhere in the woods on this November morning. I hear the steady whoosh of wings overhead and look up in time to see a raven passing over the treetops. Two nuthatches appear, noisily sliding up and down the tree trunks like feathered little elevators. Chickadees and a downy woodpecker compete to make the most noise. The woodpecker taps its sturdy beak into a dead birch, while the always-curious chickadees flit so close I can see the golden glint of the new sun in their tiny dark eyes. I hear a muffled ka-whump in the distance, the first gunshot of the season. I sit up higher in my chair, grip the rifle tighter, and begin scanning the surrounding ridges for movement. I am joyful, hopeful, as content as I'll ever be. The earth has rolled over and awakened, and I have been seated on the edge of the bed in sweet darkness, waiting. It's opening morning, again. n __________ Ron Rindo hunts and fishes in Wisconsin, where he and his wife live on five acres with five children, six Shetland sheep, and a small flock of chickens. His latest short story collection is Love in an Expanding Universe (2006). He chairs the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. |
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Ah, yes, the batteries! If your digital camera takes small batteries, such as AAs, take several sets with you. These cameras eat batteries like M&Ms. To avoid carrying many AAs, consider buying rechargeables. Although they're more expensive than nonrechargeable AAs, the additional cost will pay off in the long run. Two or three sets will serve you nicely.
If your digital camera came with a rechargeable proprietary battery, buy a second one. I know that these batteries aren't cheap, but you will need a second battery. It's not so much a spare as a necessity when the first battery wears down. And always take the charger with you, even on short trips. You never know when you'll need it.
Incidentally, rechargeable batteries don't hold their charge forever. These batteries should be charged every two to three months to keep them in operating condition.
For each trip you take, make a checklist of the photo equipment you take with you. Leave a copy at home, and put a duplicate in your gadget bag. Check the list from time to time to make sure you didn't forget or lose anything at a location or in a motel room someplace.
My check list might look something like this, but in column form so I can check the items: Digital Canon camera, auxiliary wide-angle lens, second battery, battery charger, 2-512 MB Compact Flash Cards, Velbon tripod, spare 35mm camera (I have a couple to choose from), small flashlight, auxiliary flash, AA batteries (for flash and flashlight), lens cleaner and tissue or micro fiber cloth, pad of paper and pencil, reference cards with basic camera information.
When shooting digital, the camera settings you choose can have a profound impact on the resulting pictures. For example, if you choose the highest settings, you'll get the highest quality images, but at the expense of using more space on the memory card. Selecting lower settings will give you more pictures, but with lower quality. Less important for storage space is the ISO setting, but there is a quality factor here too. A low setting, such as ISO 50, will provide the best quality images, and an ISO setting of 200 or higher will provide for more flexibility in low light situations, but the image quality may not be as good (only true with cameras up to 5 megapixels).
I tend to go for the highest quality images, so I set the camera for the super fine resolution, and the highest area resolution, which on a 6 megapixel camera would be 3000 X 2000. Even with a low ISO setting, I get very few fuzzy shots due to camera shake because I use good camera-holding techniques, and I use a tripod when shooting at night, or whenever possible if there is a chance of camera shake.
Of course, not all the pictures we take will be 8 X 10s, but we never know which ones will, and which will only end up as snapshot prints or ultimately discarded. For this reason, it's a good idea to shoot everything as though it will be printed for display in the den or on your office wall.
If your camera has a RAW setting, ignore it. Presumably, this setting would provide the highest quality images, but they wouldn't be much better than the highest quality JPEG images. Besides, you'll be able to get many more JPEG images on a memory card.
On an extensive trip where you could run out of storage space on your memory cards, consider buying a portable hard drive. There are many battery-operated devices on the market that provide the capability of downloading your photos soon after you take them. You would just insert the card into a slot, push a button, and the transfer is made. Many laptop computers also provide this option, so if you wanted to, you could view and manipulate your images on the spot.
By the way, never go on a trip with a new camera, or one that you're not familiar with. All cameras are different, with differing capabilities. Similar functions are found in various locations. Always arrange time before any trip to check out new equipment, and make sure that equipment you're familiar with is working properly.
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This is a 100A subpanel used for A/C, electric heat, and 2 other 20 A circuits. Service entrance cable was used and the bare aluminum is connected to the isolated neutral bus- and of course there is no ground. I know this has to be fixed, but running the proper new cable will be very difficult- But a single wire could be more easily managed. My question- Is it permissible to run an insulated neutral wire outside and alongside the SE cable to the isolated bus and move the twisted uninsulated alum to a new ground bus properly bonded to the box? If no- then how about a 10/2 with all 3 conductors twisted together to provide the missing neutral? |
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- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 10:38
No and HELL NO. |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 12:09
One simple correction is to use Type SER cable to completely replace the existing sub-panel feed. |
- Posted by whispertoo (My Page) on Fri, Jun 21, 13 at 6:43
OK- Thanks for these replies. One last question. If I remove all 120V breakers and just devote this subpanel to 240 -2P loads (no neutral and thus no neutral current) does it still need a neutral wire from the main to meet code? Here is a pic- obviously not done by a good electrician. |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Fri, Jun 21, 13 at 11:57
WHOH Not done by a good electrician? Not done by an electrician at all. In addition to the improper grounding, it's only a matter of time until that piece of NM running through the naked hole wears through and electrifies that panel (hopefully tripping a breaker in the process but given the dumbass grounding procedure, there's no indication that it will happen before killing somebody). I fear that if I had more of that picture, I'd find more dangerous, stupid, and otherwise illegal stuff going on. Get thee to a qualified person! |
- Posted by whispertoo (My Page) on Mon, Jun 24, 13 at 13:39
Yes ronnatalie, That's what I meant- There is one other 20A cable coming in the same way lower down in the box. Can anyone give an opinion about my last question? |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 12:40
If there are no 120V (or other loads requiring a neutral) you MIGHT get away with it, but frankly I suspect an inspector will give you a hard time on a panel wired as such because nothing stops some unsuspecting person from adding such a load later not realizing the goofball cob job this is. |
- Posted by whispertoo (My Page) on Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 14:11
We removed the subpanel and used the SE cable with a 60 A disconnect at the A/C location to serve the AC with 240V. Changed breaker from 100A to 60 A in the main panel. Other circuits were rewired to the main panel. Looks better now. Thanks to all who replied. |
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An article in the Independent says that pollution is causing the flowers to lose their scent, thereby confusing the bees. Very sad, if true. |
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personally, i think the article is a bit of a stretch; at a moment in time, they tried to blame ccd on cell phone and microwave towers. i was thinking bees relied more on their visual sense than olfactory. also, i notice that bees do not visit the flowers of my most fragrant plants. i do not see honeybees on banana shrub, gardenia, dianthus, etc. they seem to be most fond of flowers with open, central discs surrounded by rays of petals(echinacea, daisy, zinnia = lotsa pollen), clusters of many small florets (spirea, lantana, clover) or certain tubular shapes(lonicera, polygonatum, gaura), many of which are lightly scented, at best. i expect that whatever fragrance is emitted by these flowers do not waft for 1000 m. |
Well, it is probably a simplification to link bee colony collapse with air pollution. Two things should be kept in mind, though. All kinds of insects pollinate plants, not only honey bees. And the scent of flowers really is being masked by pollution. That seems really conclusive. Oh, and there is a reason why flowers have evolved to be scented. Honeybees and other insects do use scent as well as visual communication. They are pretty remarkable animals, really. Bees actually have a symbolic language of dance by which they communicate with each other. (Rudolf Steiner, by the way, thought that our beekeepers' square hives are harmful to bees, which in nature make rounded hives.) There is a good summary of the bee problem from a 60 Minutes program on Youtube I have also attached another interesting link about humans, bees, and scent. |
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