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Apr 30, 2013 7:37 PM by Cameron Polom, KSBY News
Work to widen the Highway 101 Santa Maria River Bridge is coming along, but accidents there are starting to add up.
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"In the last year just on this northbound area, we've had 25 collisions," said Sgt. John Ploetz, Santa Maria CHP.
The state began widening the bridge to three lanes a few years ago and is slated to finish that project in 2014, but until then it's limited to just two lanes.
The Santa Maria CHP says they've been called out to four accidents in the last week at the northbound on-ramp at Broadway and Highway 101. They say speed and following too closely are the contributing factors.
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Andromaca at Palladio's Teatro Olimpico
October 14th, 2009
I looked forward with great excitement to the recent production of Euripide's Andromaca at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Not necessarily for the performance itself, which is a bit of a grim story especially for a non-Italian-speaking visitor, but for the manner in which the magnificent fixed stage set was to be utilised. The classical street scenes could surely be interpreted as the mythical Greek world.
However, a temporary, naturalistic and organic installation had been placed in front of the permanent set. It did have the aura of a barren and hot land, but, oddly, the drama made no reference to Palladio's masterpiece.
Blueprint for Vicenza
September 1st, 2009
The August issue of 'Blueprint' magazine features 50 of the Best UK Design Graduates, two of them, Sophie Corkhill and Matthew Duggan, being from the 'Continuity in Architecture: The City, the Building, the Room' group. The projects were intended to complement the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza in celebration of the quincentenary of Palladio's birth. Sophie's and Matthew's work was selected by Nick Johnson who praised it in the following terms.
A bold, brave plan wrapping inventively around the Palladio building. A 'stealth' building - as much 'this year' as the barcode facade was last, and the sloping roofscape before it - seems to work and be an appropriate and articulate response. A believable and convincing plan with a bold yet sensitive rendering.
In a world of architecture obsessed by itself and the veneer of stylistic appeal, this student started from a fundamentally different point of view, concentrating on the 'feel' of the space rather than the look. The light into, and the view out of, the space is fundamental. An antidote to so many students intent on stylistic rather than human responses to creating space.
An Architectural Gesture?
March 1st, 2009
If the commentators on this early photograph (1850s) of the Roman architect Luigi Canina (1795-1856) ascribe his discreet 'horn' gesture to superstition regarding the Evil Eye, what might be the meaning of Andrea Palladio's right hand in his portrait by El Greco (1570s) currently on display at the Royal Academy in London?
Terry on Palladio
January 30th, 2009
…at GABION includes a great picture of an architect's drawing materials (including portable heater).
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January 5th, 2009
Five Hundred Years of Andrea Palladio
November 30th, 2008
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, born 30 November 1508.
The Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. The red plan is Palladio's design as depicted in his Quattro Libri. The black plan is the structure as built, incorporating elements of the previous buildings on the site.
Graphic by Denis of CiA BArch Studio, Manchester School of Architecture.
Our other Palladio posts.
The 'high game' of Palladio
November 30th, 2008
The recent lecture by Peter Eisenman in Liverpool affirmed the current interests of one group of CiA students in the work of Andrea Palladio. Eisenman declared his faith in the value of drawing as a demonstration of thought, in contrast to the thoughtless production of computer generated 'architecture'. He furthermore asserted that he taught the work of Palladio (along with that of Vignola and Carlo Maderno) as an example of the unity of form and meaning, a relationship which is an increasingly rare commodity. This unexpected endorsement of the playful nature of Palladio's rules, that discipline of beauty which Lutyens characterised as his 'high game', will only amplify interest in an extraordinary body of work which has continued to delight and divert architects for 500 years since Palladio's birth on 30 November 1508. Here's to the next 500.
Palladio 500 Anni: La Grande Mostra
November 17th, 2008
The exhibition (LINK) celebrating the quincentenary of the birth of Andrea Palladio currently at the Palazzo Barabaran da Porto in Vicenza (until January 6 2009 and then transferring to the Royal Academy of Arts in London) is a stunning collection of work, which will renew interest and scholarship in its subject from both academics and practitioners. The magnificent setting in the piano nobile apartments of the palazzo are fully exploited to display engaging models and paintings of a significant portion of his work
The models, largely the property of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio housed in the palazzo provide sectional studies of the volumes and spaces of churches, palaces and villas, and amplify the brilliance evident in the superb selection of Palladio's original drawings (mainly from the RIBA Drawings Collection in London). The narrative sequence of the exhibition works well in the context of its setting and leads both the afficionado and the ingenue through the complex and specific context of work that changed the direction of architecture in Italy and Britain. This is a 'must see' show.
The RIBA promise a new online resource Palladio and Britain (LINK) coming soon.
(Even local Mancunian interest is satisfied for CiA by the presence of a pair of Canaletto's paintings from Manchester Art Gallery depicting Palladio's Venetian churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore).
Name Dropping
November 13th, 2008
In what can only be described as an architectural celebrity bumper period for the northwest, we have been honoured by a number of distinguished guests.
Peter Eisenman delivered the RIBA Annual Discourse 2008 at the John Moores University. His lecture entitled: "Textual Heresies: Le Corbusier and the Palais des Congrès-Strasbourg, 1962 to 1964″ was an extremely thorough discussion of the building. He also examined the relationship between available technologies and architectural design, not just technology in the construction industry, but also that, which is available in the architects studio. He commented that computers do tend to become the design drivers, complaining that: "Student work all looks the same to me, that's why I teach Palladio, I don't know what else to teach". Apparently the student retort to this one is "Drawin' Palladio poché aint gonna get me a job in Frank Gehry's office".
Charles Jencks introduced Peter Eisenman, describing him as "A conscience for architecture"…and… "A thorn in the side of cliché". I think that we can all agree with that.
Restauro della Basilica Palladiana
November 5th, 2008
Palladio's Basilica in Vicenza is undergoing an intensive period of restoration. The stonework is being cleaned and repaired and the famous curving roof is being replaced. On a recent CiA visit it was possible to witness the individual sections being lifted into position.
A tour guide was overheard explaining that during WW2 the roof of the Basilica was damaged. Immediately after the war it was replaced with a concrete structure. Over the last sixty years, this has created problems of its own: the internal structure was starting to sink! It was therefore decided to replace this structure with a wooden and metal construction that is not dissimilar to the original.
If you are visiting, CiA recommends the Ristorante Al Pestello, a small restaurant that serves delicious, traditional Vicenzan food.
CiA Studio 2008-2009
September 21st, 2008
And so the hustings are once again upon us at the Manchester School of Architecture. This year Continuity in Architecture will be offering two BArch studio units.
The first is a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio. The City The Building The Room is an exploration of urban and interior space in the Veneto. Projects will be based in Venice, Vicenza and Verona. Students will be asked to propose a new building on a site adjacent to the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza
The second CIA unit is running two cross-disciplinary projects, both of which are in conjunction with the MA Design at the Manchester School of Art. Ways of Worldly Wisdom is an examination of the qualities of a specific urban area in Manchester with the possibility of developing the site as an extension to an existing educational institution. Off the Beaten Track will investigate the notion of "The Illuminations", a phenomenon particular to seaside towns. The project will explore the viability of re-introducing this seasonal highlight into Morecambe on the north-west coast of England.
Studio staff (to be confirmed): Sally Stone, Eamonn Canniffe, Helen Felcey (Manchester School of Art), John Lee (Arca), Dominic Roberts (Francis Roberts Architects).
Distance & Detail: Basilica Palladiana
March 30th, 2007
The building exerts its presence at the urban scale - in the view from Monte Berico, at the local scale - in its relationship with its attendant piazza, and in the geometrical precision of its detail. For more images see: Guttae.


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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. What a spectacular setting. I was saying to Mark that I wish I had time to just roam around, because this is as beautiful a collection as I've ever seen. And I want to thank you, Mark, for the extraordinary -- Jon -- I want to thank Jon and Mary for the extraordinary hospitality. The Shirleys have been strong supporters for a very long time, and I'm very grateful to them for all of it.
I want to spend most of my time answering questions, so my remarks on the front end are going to be very brief. We are going through as tough a time as we have gone through in my lifetime, and -- looking around -- in most of your lifetimes. It is not just a national crisis, it is an international crisis that we've been managing for the last three years. And over the last two and a half, what we've been able to do is stabilize the economy, but stabilize it at a level that still leaves way too many people hurting.
I get letters from folks all across the country every single day, and the stories you get are just heartbreaking: People who are losing their homes; people who have lost their jobs; people who are wondering whether they can still send their kids to college, and whether they're going to be able to retire -- if they do.
And the steps that we've taken -- whether it's to yank this economy out from a potential depression, or expand opportunity for kids to go to college by extending more Pell Grants and student loans to young people; whether it's investing in clean energy, investing in bio research; whether it's making sure that we've got health care for ever single American that's affordable and accessible -- for all those steps that we've taken, we've still got a lot more work to do.
Now, when I was in Grant Park on that beautiful day -- beautiful evening -- and everybody was feeling good and everybody was feeling full of hope and change, I warned everyone this was going to be hard, that that wasn't the end of a journey, but rather we were just beginning this journey. And that, in fact, has proven to be the case.
Domestically, we still have a lot more to do to heal this economy and to deal with some of the structural problems that existed even before the financial crisis hit. We still don't have an energy policy in this country that will free ourselves from dependence on foreign oil, and can also generate new jobs in a new clean energy space.
We still don't have the kinds of trade strategies that will open ourselves up to new markets, but make sure that we've got trade that's fair, between ourselves and particularly the growing markets in the Pacific and the Asia region. We still have enormous challenges because middle-class families have not seen their wages and their incomes rise for the last 20 years, even as those of us at the very top have seen an extraordinary explosion in our wealth and our incomes.
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So what makes this tougher is our politics. I mean, Washington -- you guys have been witnesses to what has been going on lately. My hope when I came into office was, because we were in crisis, that the other side would respond by saying now is the time for all of us to pull together. There will be times for partisan argument later, but now is not the time. That was not the decision they made. And so from the moment that I took office, what we've seen is a constant ideological pushback against any kid of sensible reforms that would make our economy work better and give people more opportunity.
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I'm happy to contrast that with a vision that says somehow we've got to shrink our vision about what America is, that we can't afford a safety net, we can't afford environmental laws, we can't afford a fair tax code. I reject that vision, and I think most of the American people do as well.
Now, let me just close by saying this -- 2012 is going to be tough. This is going to be a tough. This is not going to be all good feeling -- although, I do have to remind people 2008 wasn't all good feeling either. (Laughter.) I mean, sometimes people -- those of you who are involved in the campaign, there is a lot of revisionist history that says our campaign was perfect and we never had any problems, and it was all just the big "hope" posters, and everybody was feeling good -- Bruce Springsteen singing. (Laughter.) That wasn't how it felt when I was in the middle of it. (Laughter and applause.)
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North Carolina-based Marc S. Stevens, MD, FACS, is one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country. Previously, while practicing in Little Rock, he was named Arkansas Physician of the Year. In addition to his orthopedic expertise, Dr. Stevens has developed a reputation as an expert in nutrition, especially as it relates to wound healing, bone and joint health, and healthy weight. To learn more about Dr. Marc S. Stevens go to www.DRSHealthInc.com
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Dr. Stevens: You have to go back to the 1980s, when proponents started to claim that good nutrition could do anything: "It will grow your hair back, it will make you taller, it will make you stronger, it will make you 18 again." Instead of getting involved and trying to redirect those outlandish claims in a more scientific direction, medicine kind of stepped back and said, "Well, we're not going to have anything to do with nutrition anymore. We're just going to go what's called the allopathic route and focus on what we do best."
As a result, we lost a chance to connect with an important aspect of health. Most doctors still grasp that nutrition is vital. The reason we call certain things "vitamins" is because they are vital minerals, essential to good health. We all check for them, and we treat deficiencies when we find them lacking. But when it comes to prevention and how nutrition can support wound recovery or preparation for surgery, we just don't typically think that way.
Because I have paid close attention to nutrition, I've been very excited over the past five years to see the infection rate and returns to surgery in my practice reduced to almost zero. That's because whenever I see people who are even close to having a problem, I put them on high-dose supplements and they get better. This concept benefits the patient so much that I've started using the phrase in lectures that "we're trying to bridge the gap between medicine and nutrition."
Nadia: What are the concerns for a person with diabetes before they undergo surgery? As a surgeon, what do you consider before you operate?
Dr. Stevens: The biggest concern we see among diabetes patients is "Will I heal?" Everybody has this concept that diabetics don't heal. I've actually had many diabetic patients tell me. "Well, you know I can't have surgery because I'm a diabetic." And that's just a complete misunderstanding. It takes the truth that sometimes there is an increased risk of slower healing way too far.
That isn't to say that fears about healing don't have a reasonable basis. Diabetes is a disease of the small blood vessels. It affects even the tiniest blood vessels, which are necessary for tissue repair after surgery. Those small vessels maintain the nerves, so when they're constricted and aren't working right, it affects the rate of healing and slows the process.
It can also cause more pain because the nerves are basically working in a oxygen-deprived environment. It's like if I take you down to a place where there's very little oxygen-you're going to be breathing heavier and working harder. And when the nerves get like that, they become more irritated and sensitive.
So, a diabetic often will heal well, but it just may take longer. Our main concern with slow healing is that it prolongs the time when a patient is vulnerable to infection. If I operate on you and your wound heals in two, three, or seven days, once the skin is closed your risk of infection is basically gone. But if you're going to have a slightly open wound for two weeks or maybe longer, that's just giving bacteria more time and opportunity to get into a wound and cause an infection.
So a surgeon worries about whether you might get an infection after surgery. In the case of extremities, such as the feet and hands, if a patient doesn't have good blood flow, that increases the risks of getting what we call wound breakdown. So it's critical that we do anything we can to help a diabetic be ready for surgery or any procedure, and then get them healed as fast as possible.
Nadia: Can you expand on what occurs in the body during an infection?
Dr. Stevens: In a regular infection, bacteria or viruses get into the body through our noses or gastrointestinal tracts. But what we're talking about here is when there has been an incision or wound in the skin that God designed to be a perfect barrier against almost anything. As long as the skin is intact, you have the best possible barrier there is against infection. When it's breached, the bacteria that are already on your skin or in the environment suddenly have an avenue right into your body.
Once a bacterium gets inside the body, it finds a wonderful world. It has all the nutrients and sugar it needs to start replicating very quickly. All of a sudden, it begins to spread-an action we call infection. If it gets into the bloodstream, it can become septic. Bacteria can spread through the body so rapidly that they can simultaneously affect vital organs-the brain, kidneys, and so on.
After the skin, the body's next line of defense is our white blood cells and immune system. After bacteria have entered the body, they're ready to attack. One thing they do is release chemicals that begin to cause damage to tissues. Ironically, the body's response to the attack also causes damage. That response, inflammation, is a very aggressive process. But in diabetics, when blood sugars go up, white blood cells actually lose some of their ability to track, hunt down, and kill bacteria. It's kind of like a worker who's intoxicated or hasn't slept very well. They just don't function as fast as they normally do.
So if you have somewhat disabled white blood cells in a high blood sugar environment, you have a perfect storm scenario for the bacteria. There's little opposition and lots of fuel they love-sugar-that lets them come in and grow rapidly. That's why we medical doctors are very aggressive about preventing infection in people with diabetes, and if we see any signs of it, quickly use antibiotics or surgical procedures to stop it-more so than we would with the normal population.
Nadia: Is there a correlation between a patient's A1C and the chance of increased postoperative infection?
Dr. Stevens: Anybody with diabetes knows that the A1C is an average measurement of blood sugar levels over a certain time. If it's elevated, that's an indication that the white blood cells haven't been functioning properly during that time. Several studies have shown that the higher blood sugar gets from that 150 mark, the more our immune system functions are impaired. Having a high A1C is a risk factor for infection, as well as for damage to your kidneys and eyes, and you're certainly putting yourself at risk for developing ulcerations.
That's why diabetics need to understand why it's so important to deal with a foot ulcer and get it healed. Developing an ulcer puts them at high risk of needing an amputation at some point-something we always want to avoid. If you get an amputation, there's a dramatic increase in the risk of a second amputation. If you have an amputation on one part of a leg, even if it's a toe, your risk for an amputation on the other leg actually doubles.
Nadia: Is there an A1C above which you won't operate?
Dr. Stevens: Well, as a trauma surgeon, there really isn't a marker where I'd say, "I can't operate on you because your blood sugars are high." In a trauma situation, we'd treat the patient with insulin and bring his blood sugar down to a normal range, proceed with the surgery, and then do our best to keep him in a normal range post-op.
If you're talking about an elective procedure, and you have a patient whose A1C has been up and down and all over the place on multiple checks by his primary care physician, then we would put off the surgery. To say yes, we'd need to see it demonstrated that you can control your sugars. If a patient is someone who has no regard for his diet, is breaking all the rules, and is not taking his medicine, his A1C is going to demonstrate that to us. And that would be a person you wouldn't want to do any kind of elective surgery on.
Nadia: What advice do you have for people with diabetes who are facing surgery?
Dr. Stevens: The first thing that I look at as a surgeon is how the patient is overall. There are a lot of people who have diabetes who are extremely healthy. They've managed the disease wonderfully well with medications, diet, and exercise. If they are healthy diabetics, we congratulate them and proceed to surgery expecting an outcome no different than what we expect with nondiabetic patients. Even though a lot of people believe that "I'm a diabetic; therefore, surgery could go bad," the truth of the matter is that if you're a diabetic who has been doing the right things, when it comes to surgery, you're OK. The risk level is not that much higher in a well-controlled diabetic than in a nondiabetic person.
Then there is the non-healthy diabetic, who very well can be somebody for whom control is hard no matter how much she works at it. If you're a type 1 on insulin and you just can't get your numbers under control, it's very important that you work with your primary caregiver, doctor or endocrinologist, and surgeon all together on how to get your blood sugars under control before, during, and after the surgery. The most critical time after surgery is those initial six weeks. If a patient can be very focused and diligent and work closely with professionals, she can get through that critical period in good shape.
Nadia: Thank you, Dr. Stevens.
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When running a chainsaw, trimming, pulling limbs, working with hand tools like hand saws, shears, etc. - I have terrible luck with gloves. They just don't last. Last year I sprung for some fancy gloves - they didn't last much longer than the cheapos. Anybody have any recommendations for some decent gloves that are commonly available at a reasonable price? Things to look for in a good (or bad) work glove? |
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I like using the Mechanix gloves. Auto parts stores have the traditional line, but they do apparently have a garden line as well. |
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I have had what I thought were the best leather working gloves from Home Depot and only got about a year before, holes and excessive wear. I am asking how much time would you expect handling firewood (cutting, splitting, stacking 3-4 cords a yr)? Or! Is leather the problem and not the best glove with wood? |
I like the gloves made from canvas with a leather covering in the palm and finger areas. They wear well and can be had for $2.00 a pair or less. Walmart has them for 2 pairs for $3.75 and Tractor Supply had them on sale at selected stores for $0.49 a pair. At that price, you can afford to go through a pair every month. |
I agree on the mechanical work gloves for delicate work if you must or need gloves. 1. Personally, I prefer no gloves to be honest and get a good feel and control unless they are needed. 2. Working firewood, I want some good leather in palms and finger areas but hard to find. 3. Home Depot�s best are in the rental section and only go out with Roto rooters machines vs for sale. 4. I got the next best pair that will probably not last a year since the best gold ones did not (but saves splinter/bruises). Not the best or worst at the link below. These similar cheaper ones might last one or two jobs. The gold better ones are at this price ea.. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202591315/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=work+gloves&storeId=10051 |
- Posted by garden-Den none (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 10:56
Rubber textured thermal garden gloves. Not the HF ones! Excellent grip on wet tool handles and firewood as well. Don't work well for pruning roses however as the thorns easily puncture the rubber. Dennis |
The last gloves I bought were the standard Chinese, leather palm and finger gloves. The leather is so supple, (thin + cheap) I used them to wrench on my truck . I also used them when painting my house. |
Follow-up: I return my thought to be Heavy Duty Leather Gloves to show the wear after about 10 minor firewood uses. They explained that they had no guarantee but replaced them. That Was Fair Enough! Now I know personally the 1.00 gloves last as long as the 5.00 gloves in this line of glove. The heavier glove felt heaver but the wear appeared as if the leather and etc was fake or rotted. They broke down in areas as the back w/o any contact. |
The cheap work cloves are working well with Duct Tape "layers" on the worn areas. Until the wear of the Duct Tape I never realized how much wear the gloves were taking. As mentioned, the natural feel is needed for safety. Which means, repetitive cutting small wood with the electric saw I feel safer w/o a glove on the switch hand? My New Gloves as replacements and gifts are stacking up as the Duct Tape Runs Low! |
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I personally like the all leather gloves from sams club. They are 10$ a piece and come in a 2 pair pack. If you keep them lathered up with baseball glove oil they will last a lot longer and stay really pliable. I have some pairs 3-4 years old that are still good event though really dirty for dirty jobs. They also can get really saturated with things like oil/chemicals and you can often get it off. |
Hey there! I understand what you mean about gloves wearing out easily. I used to live on four acres that required lots of manual labor. Abatix has some good gloves that are very affordable, here's one that might work for you [Link: "http://www.abatix.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=MAXDLP&catlist=668" MAX hand protection Gloves, Shoulder Leather Double Palm]. When looking for a good pair of gloves the thing that mattered most to me was that they had to be thick. Our property had lots of poisonous snakes and spiders as well as thorns and poison ivy, etc so it was really important that nothing would penetrate the material. I hope you find what you're looking for! |
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Something interesting is happening in Holt Village. Adell, the only human who hasn't become a demon, is working with his 'mom' to summon the demon Overlord Zenon. After filling their cauldron with Fairy Oil, The Shura Sword, Clown Shoes and a Wyrm Bone, something goes awry and they summon the Overlord's daughter, Rozalin, instead.
Bound by the parameters of the summon, Rozalin reluctantly pledges to help Adell find her father so he can defeat him in battle. It's a match made in hades – or is it?
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories by developer Nippon Ichi Software is a 2D isometric role-playing game that was originally released on Playstation 2 in 2006. Unlike its predecessor and successors, the game doesn't focus on the main character being a 'mid-boss' or offspring of the 'Overlord'. Despite being seven years old, Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories looks and plays every bit as good now than it did on Playstation 2.
Gamers who remember the original PS2 classic will enjoy the in-game antics of Adell and his group as you battle Netherworld monsters while using the now popular isometric combat system. The flexible combo system, and the outrageous magic effects and large rocks that explode from the ground during a team combo, look every bit as compelling as they did back then. Even the Geo Symbol system – where destroying or even throwing a specific colored Geo Symbol on a Geo panel acts as a stat modifier – is a reminder of how unique this series is.
Moreover, exploring the random dungeons in Item World, creating new characters with the Dark Secretary, and listening to Adell and Rozalin argue back and forth is still appealing (and if I may say, very entertaining). There is one thing that can be said about Disgaea 2′s graphics – they have aged really well, which is the case for most 2D games from the Playstation 2 era.
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is a worthy addition to the PS2 Classic library. It offers a compelling story and some of the best voice acting in a role-playing game. Whether you've played it years ago or are new to the series, you owe it to yourself to play this classic; it's worth the investment.
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Platform: Playstation 3 (Available on PSN)
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: NIS America
ESRB: T (Teen)
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We had a choice?
If not music, what else?
Olympic synchronized swim team.
What band names were left on the cutting-room floor in favor of your current one?
The Love Children of Dave Herrera.
Funniest/strangest gig story -- local?
Playing to 2,000 screaming women at the Paramount when we opened for Rick Springfield.
Funniest/weirdest gig story -- on tour?
We had a streaker at an out-of-town college show once. Whitest buns we've ever seen.
Worst gig?
We'll get back to you on that one, as we're about to hit the road full-time in a thirty-foot RV. The worst is inevitably yet to come.
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The lack of realization by so many that there is room for everyone here and an audience for every artist who wants to hit the stage.
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Any random facts we should know?
We collect string and we have a most stellar Street Team. Shout out to the paratroopers.
Avalanche or Broncos?
The Avs and your local synchronized swim team.
Parting shot/final comments?
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." -- Thoreau
And you are...?
The Railbenders: Jim Dalton, vocals, guitars; Tyson Murray, upright string bass; and Graham Haworth, drums and vocals.
How long has your act been together?
Established in 2000.
What are some of your noteworthy recent feats?
We just got a gig opening for the Charlie Daniels Band on June 26 at the Budweiser Arena in Loveland. As a result, we won't be able to play this year's Westword Music Showcase as we have for the past two years. We're happy about the gig, but disappointed about missing the showcase.
Recent recordings of note?
Segundo was released this year on Big Bender Records. We also have a new split CD release with Eddie Spaghetti (of the Supersuckers), which is out on their Mid-Fi label.
How do you pay the bills? What are your day jobs?
Tyson owns and tends bar at Tavern 13. Graham is a fish salesman for the Seattle Fish Company. And Jim is a bartender at night and a real estate appraiser by day.
What's the biggest crowd you've ever played for?
Probably opening up for Willie Nelson at Jazz Aspen in 2002. We were on early so it was a light crowd compared to Willie's crowd but that was an exciting gig for us. We also played this year in front of about 1,200 people in Tempe, Arizona, opening up for Roger Clyne.
Favorite places to play?
Denver will always be our favorite. There are too many great Denver venues to list. We had a great time in Nashville and want to go back again. Nita's Hideaway in Arizona was a blast too.
Why music?
Pretty simple, really. We just love playing!
Funniest/strangest gig story -- local?
I have never laughed as hard as the time Tyson and I were driving up I-70 to a gig, trying to catch up to some of our friends who had driven ahead of us after a gas station stop. Tyson got the wild idea that he wanted to moon them. We eventually spotted their Jeep Cherokee up ahead. As I pulled even with their car, Tyson pressed his ham against the window. As I looked over to see their reaction, I suddenly realized we had the wrong car! It was an older couple -- probably retired and on vacation. I burst out laughing, Tyson turned to look and said, "Oh, shit!" and sat down as fast as he could. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.
Funniest/weirdest gig story -- on tour?
That would have to be our buddy Matty flying all the way to Nashville to see us this past weekend and requesting "Piss Up a Rope," by Ween. The Nashville crowd was about the most conservative-looking crowd we'd ever played for. But we figured we had to play it for the one guy who flew all the way from Denver just to see us, so we did! The best thing is, they went crazy for it! A bunch of ladies who had to be in their sixties and seventies were laughing hysterically. Thanks, Matty!
Worst gig?
The ones where people ask you to play the "Boot Scootin' Boogie" -- or whatever the hell that line-dancing song is!
What do you love about the local scene?
The diversity of the music. There is a lot of great music, regardless of the style/genre. This is a very supportive scene among musicians.
What bugs you about the local scene?
Geographically, the venues are too spread out. It would be nice if there were one main part of town where everyone could go and have the luxury of walking to different venues and see many different bands (like Austin's 6th Street, and Nashville's Broadway) in a single night. It's difficult in Denver to see more than one show in a night.


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The perfect fall dessert. I always have at least one person ask me for the recipe! Submitted by ANDREWMOM Carbs: 28.5g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 131.6
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A heart-healthy one-dish meal made with lean top round beef, lots of vegetables, and an aromatic herb mixture. Carbs: 20.6g | Fat: 13.9g | Fiber: 5.7g | Protein: 43.7g | Calories: 384.7
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Very nice and definitely very useful as a public service! BTW, the green tissue is not the cambium (which is colorless), but is the cortex from which the bark will soon develop. |
- Posted by barbaraincalif Z 8/9, Lodi (My Page) on Mon, Feb 23, 09 at 17:21
Wonderfully done Dax! Your photo of a well-cut scion is a thing of beauty...I can smell the resin, feel the cuts on my finger... Please add more pictures as the grafts progress. Barbara |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Mon, Feb 23, 09 at 18:35
Thank you so much! Dax |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 25, 09 at 8:53
super tutorial ken |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Thu, Feb 26, 09 at 9:33
I thought so. The photos show it all. Have a 'something' day, Dax |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 3, 09 at 14:38
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 3, 09 at 14:44
Scions are refridgerated for up to one month. They should be collected the morning of grafting however, or grafted shortly thereafter. Dax |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Thu, Mar 5, 09 at 9:23
The timer I dropped to 15 minute intervals at 6:30 am; 9:30; 12:30; 3:30; and 11 pm. Links to my two grafting videos. I make my cuts on a cutting board unlike shown in the video. Don't wrap them with the bud strip like I did in the video either, take your time pinching the flap to the scion to make solid contact while wrapping the bud strip. Dax |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Wed, Mar 11, 09 at 11:44
- Posted by barbaraincalif Z 8/9, Lodi (My Page) on Wed, Mar 11, 09 at 12:24
Hey Dax...should I open the lid of my "grafting case" also? The humidity has hoovered around 85% in it, so I'm guessing no. I haven't watered yet, but some to the rootstock's new growth is a bit limp so it must be time. A few of my P. pungens scions flushed several days after being put in the case...my book says that isn't good, but time will tell. Wishing you the best environment for optimum growth! Barbara |
- Posted by gardener365 5a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 24, 09 at 18:43
Thanks Barbara, you too. Sounds like you're doing everything right except not watering enough. Make sure you open your chamber at least every other day to replenish the air. I ended up sealing my chamber back up this entire time. I was able to control Temperature Humidity and Light so that means I have a very optimum situation. My greenhouse being situated under a deck (it's an attached greenhouse) along with very thick, durable 50% shade cloth always covering the front, and southern exposure. Also remembering that I live in Illinois and this combination is ideal for me... I have 100% bud break on all soft pine grafts which I'm happy to say and all my other scions are in perfect condition, also. Good luck Everybody, it may take a few years but you'll get it figured out. I'll quickly mention that if your chamber is overheating (common) drop shade cloths over it as needed and open the chamber up during these periods. You wish to control the conditions, as best as you're able to do. My Greenhouse: Dax |
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And why do I love fishing? Other reasons: |
by the way, Bill, it's 2006 now. ;-) |
Very pretty. DH and I are heading up to Sebago for two days. This is such a great time of year in Maine. A huge doe was right outside our great room window an hour ago, and we saw a moose a few days ago. |
All the family are gathered on a wharf... the kids are getting a bit impatient and upset Why do you always catch the fish mum? Suddenly .........I feel a small tug on my line, I hook it. I say: "Sweety can you hold my line a minute?" Next moment "MUM!!!!!! I think I have a fish!!!!!!!" I say "What? you do? WOW!!! Reel it in then!!!" The children all excited and dancing about... So the saga starts again. : ) |
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Jul 17, 06 at 9:34
Sue-- you'll be right down the road, about 20 minutes from me. :-) Kathy-- I know-- I'm trying to figure out how I screwed that up!! Also, ya want birds? pair of loons Loon up close Ducks wandering among the boats on the 4th of july last year (waiting for the fireworks) This little duckling followed us around for about 2 hours during a tournament a year ago last month: |
Bill, Sebago was awesome. My DH's family rented a place on Brandy Pond and we went through the locks to Sebago and up under the bridge in Naples to Long Lake, where I found my dream house. I'm still trying to find the listing online. DH thought it was Bridgton, but I can't find the listing. Brandy Pond was 84 degrees. I was shocked by how warm it was. The lake where DH grew up, in York County, never gets that warm. The ride to the locks was interesting, but HOT. I'm going to try to get Friday off so we can head back up for another day or so. |
- Posted by bill_vincent (email@example.com) on Tue, Jul 18, 06 at 19:10
Same with where I was fishing sunday up in Litchfield at Cobbosee Stream. I've got a temp gauge on my trolling motor to give me water temp, and it said the same thing-- 84 degrees. For the first time I can remember, I couldn't WAIT for the tournament to end. As for where you were, you were alot closer than 20 minutes-- I LIVE in Bridgton, right on 302. :-) Matter of fact, friday night I was on Long Lake! Oh yeah-- one more thing-- that duckling pic was taken alot closer to where YOU live-- on Little Ossipee Lake in Waterboro. :-) |
- Posted by bill_vincent (email@example.com) on Tue, Jul 18, 06 at 19:12
Most likely, at some point this weekend, I'll be back on Long Lake. :-) |
Bill, That is so funny. DH's family rented a place right off 302, on the east side of Brandy. I wish I had the money to spend (don't we all?), I'd buy a place on the water there. The prices are much more reasonable than the lakes near Sanford. I guess Sebago is a long drive every weekend for people from Boston, but not for people in southern Maine! Oh well, I can dream. We are heading up Thursday night and staying with them until Saturday am, when they check out of the rental. Then we plan to do some driving around, checking things out. I've never really spent much time up there because DH's mother has her place on Wilson Lake (the one in Acton). The larger lakes are much nicer. Less weedy, too. |
I don't love fishing, but I still remember a friend's Rockfish dinner prepared fresh from a fishing trip. It was the best fish I've ever had in my life :) So I guess I love the results LOL!!! Beautiful photos everyone... |
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 17:17
Sue-- SO then you were right over by Moose Landing Marina? That's where I get all the work done to my boat. :-) As for it being nicer up here, here's another incentive-- you'd get another shot at decent neighboers!! LMAO (Besides-- I've got this place wired-- I could get you the best in contractors for everything from the GC right on down-- I even know a pretty decent tile guy!) |
- Posted by seekingadvice (My Page) on Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 21:20
Here is why I love fishing! Preliminary effort: no, I'm not baiting a hook with this thing, I am cleaning my first catch :) Soon thereafter, success! Was actually approached by numerous men asking for tips on my technique (no one else had any luck)(technique commonly referred to as Beginner's Luck). I caught my limit while the men (for some reason, everyone else was male) were getting nary a bite. Wives were sneaking over to "You go, girl!" me. A proud moment, though I felt sorry for my dh, who returned from a halibut excursion empty handed to learn that while I'd been practicing my cast, I'd caught a limit of salmon. Then, on two separate days, I was the only one to catch king salmon, much to the chagrin of the 2 men and my dh who were also trying. I had to put one back because it was over my limit. To his credit, my dh was very proud of me and likes to tell the story of my success. Oh, the above fishing trips took place in Alaska. |
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Jul 19, 06 at 22:21
Those are some sweet fish!! (except for the GUPPY in the first pic!! LOL) As for showing up your husband, been there done that. When my ex and I first started dating, it was just before opening day of trout season in Ct., and I never missed it, so she asked if she could come along (not quite our FIRST date, but close enough-- what else could you expect from me!!) Anyway, it was a little rainy, so for about the first hour, she sat there huddled up under an umbrella. At that point, I caught about a 10" brook trout-- nothing to write home about, but atleast I didn't get skunked. She decided that looked like fun, so I set her up, and showed her how to cast. 30 seconds later, she had a 14" rainbow on shore. I know how your husband felt!! |
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The European aircraft company says it won't contest the Pentagon's decision to award the hotly contested and very lucrative KC-46A tanker contract to Boeing.
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Since 2010, in July or August I've posted my interpretation of the Chinese year ahead. 2014 is a Universal Year 7, the Year of the Wood Horse.
Wood is related to tree or green therefore, 2014 is also called Year of Green Horse, or Year of the Green Wood Horse. The Chinese Year of the Horse will arrive on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
The previous Year of the Wood Horse was 1954; the year 2002 was the Year of the Water Horse.
The Horse is the seventh sign of the Chinese Zodiac. If the year ends in 4 it is a Yang Wood year and if the year ends in 2 it is Yang Water (2002). Yang is perceived as dynamic, bright and masculine. Expressed in Feng Shui, the Yang, masculine energy is white. Historical Events for Year 1954. The Horse Year calls attention to the liver and gallbladder.
Horses are "proud yet sweet-natured, arrogant yet oddly modest in their approach to love, envious but tolerant, conceited yet humble."
Horses are also multi-talented and hardly ever liars. Money is important to the Horse. Unlike other Chinese Zodiac signs, Horses Do Not thrive in their own year, Horses never have an easy time when their Chinese Zodiac sign is activated, particularly the Fire Horse. So if you have the sign of the Horse in your birth chart, exercise caution in 2014, avoid hazardous or unstable situations and of course taking risks with your money, play it safe next year.
Some societies believe horses are omens of death and evil. Another myth is that people born during the year of the Fire Horse are tarnished with bad luck.
People born during Fire Horse years are said to have ten times the creative genius, hardworking, energetic, rebellious, attractive, hard-headed, opinionated, self-centered, and more socially obsessive than other Horses. Whatsoever happens, this secretive Horse, the Fire Horse almost always overreacts. They say that women are especially unpredictable Fire Horses. They say that Fire Horses eat away at their family's savings and investments, neglect their children, and drive their father and husband to an early grave.
Fire Horses are born in 1966.
Famous Fire Horses: Adam Sandler, Halle Berry, Janet Jackson, Mike Tyson, Salma Hayek, Abby Lee Miller, Gordon Ramsay, Darius Rucker, Cindy Crawford, Donna Edmondson, Meg Cabot
Tiger, Horse, and Dog make up the Third Trine in Chinese Astrology, like-minded in their pursuit of humanitarian causes. The Horse has ill feelings for the Rat thus generally speaking 2014 isn't a good year for Rats. But before you Rat's write-off the year as unfavorable, verify your Chinese Astrology Lucky Element.
Tigers Born In: 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010
Sheep/Goat Born In: 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003
Rat Born In: 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
Ox born in: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
The malefic 16 is also hidden in 2014, it most often works through the emotions and typically brings sudden calamities or unforeseen events, illicit love affairs, scandals, humiliation, disappointment in marriage, and money losses. Don't be too overconfident in 2014.
The good thing is there is a significant potential for an upsurge in anything to do with the spiritual, and improvement in employment, agriculture and mining before yearend. On the other hand, the most difficult tasks in 2014 is keeping a clear mind, not forcing matters, amiably intermingling with others, and finding time to rest.
If you have 7 in your Blueprint, mysteriously it's your year in the spotlight! A phenomenon I discovered on my own, I didn't read about it or hear about it from anyone else.
But keep in mind when I write that 7 will grab the spotlight, 'spotlight' does not necessarily mean you'll be cast before the eyes of the world. For ordinary folks, it simply means that by and large, a certain circumstance in your life, or a significant event in your life demands your attention, and the spotlight is on that issue or event. And for the most part, whatever the situation, it is characteristic of 7 and affects the material plane – favorably or unfavorably.
7 rules flooding, oceans and waterways. 7 also rules fog, literally and metaphorically.
Next year worldwide everyone has to watch closely for themselves and with others for signs of gullibility, vivid dreams, delusions, mental illness, obsessions, phobias, feeling disoriented, and problems with the lymphatic system, feet/toes, gout, and pineal glands. This is particularly true for folks with a major 7 in their Blueprint, 7 Born, Ages that reduce to 7 (16, 25, 34, 43, 52, 70), and folks in a Personal Year, or Pinnacle 7.
7 can also be an indicator of ill health (particularly emotional/mental related issues), depression, clairvoyance, loneliness, rebelliousness, hopelessness, bitterness, anxiety, and/or fatigue.
Every year we get the opportunity to retrace our steps; in 2014 we reexamine a few unresolved matters from 2012. Suggesting to me that universally once again we'll reassess our collective deep-rooted attitudes and lifestyles and engage in a war of words. 2012 also brought to light that online social networking service, microblogging services, and video-sharing websites will play a significant role in the future so perhaps some matters turn our attention to in this regard.
I suspect the simple black dress is coming back and so is pastels in good taste and simple strait line dresses and pants.
October 2014 opens the door to 2015, a fast paced year, a year of big business expansion, large-scale projects, a boom in engineering jobs and projects, and advantageous alliances with foreign countries. 2014 starts the slow process of clearing the way for the Directive Cycle 9, a phase when opportunities span the whole world.
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And that's our future…
Someone needs some corporal punishment….
Hopefully this person never reproduces…
This person? There are 3 of them.
Then I hope none of them ever reproduce.
birds of a feather ….
They must be welfare babies or something. You go to school to learn how to work. Welfare babies are paid by the government not to work for the rest of their lives.
Chances are they'll drop out by the time they turn sixteen or around that age.
three future strippers!!!
How about a REAL high five to the middle of their faces for being proud of this!!!
Mean girls IRL? Maybe dumb and dumber and dumbest!
They need to grow up with a father like mine. I'm 42 and still terrified of my father. My parents raised me correctly. They raised me to have respect for my, paranets, teachers and for others. If I showed disrespect for my teachers… God help me when my dad got home for work.
Still. Terrified. Of. My. Dad.
Hummm "my, paranets" Interesting.
my parents
That's what it should have said.
They won't think it's funny with no education and unable to get a job without a diploma. Doing crap like that in school says not only are they stupid,they don't care about anything. I see a pregnancy in their future,and a posting on the proud parents site. What girls like these two need is the parents putting them in front of a juvinile judge.
when i got in trouble at school, i got sent to the superintendent's office (who was also my mom's dad). i got either a lecture or a whooping. then he called my mother at work and told her what happened. i was sent home with a note. since i was being watched between school and when my parents got home by my dad's mother, i got another lecture from her. then my mom got home and i got another lecture. then my dad got home and i got yet another lecture and sometimes, a second whooping. i can count on one hand the times i got in trouble in school between kindergarten and senior year. there are not enough ass whoopings going on in their households.
also in total agreement with joe. those girls are strippers OR hookers in the making.
Psshawww… they are all lame. I hacked the school attendance system, skipped four months straight (dysfunctional parents obviously), spent that time studying topics of personal interest to me in the city library, or exercising at the beach and, when I finally got busted, I was punished for ditching by being suspended for two weeks. And I went on to graduate from Oxford University.
Bet they all have tramp stamps on their backs.
Don't worry, they'll all be pregnant before they're out of high school.
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