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The Sustainability Program
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Tucson, AZ 85701
P.O. Box 27210
Tucson, AZ 85726
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City Vision
Green Building designs and principles of Smart Growth are tools to make our community more sustainable by reducing resource consumption and increasing green space. The built environment can be an asset to the community, offering healthy spaces and places that connect with nature. Mayor and Council endorsed the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement in September 2006 (click here to view the Resolution). The goals related to green building and smart growth in the MCPA are guiding the City's efforts to improve internal operations and City planning.
Smart Growth and Green Building-related elements of the Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement:
• Reduce sprawl, preserve open space, and create compact, walkable urban communities.
• Promote transportation alternatives to single-occupant car use.
• Improve municipal energy efficiency.
• Purchase only Energy Star equipment and appliances for City use.
• Practice and promote sustainable building practices, such as through the LEED program.
• Maintain urban green space and promote tree planting to increase shading and to absorb CO2
Green building designs often focus on energy efficiency, an area in which the City has been a leader for decades. In the 1990's, the City developed and adopted the Sustainable Energy Standard (SES) for all new City buildings. In 2006, Mayor and Council adopted a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver or higher rating for all new buildings and any renovations greater than 5,000 sq. ft. To view the policy, click here. The new Conservation Learning Center at Reid Park Zoo achieved the highest LEED standards and has a Platinum rating. These are just some of the steps the City is taking to conserve energy and maximize project design so development meets the needs of the community.
This page is dedicated to providing information about the City of Tucson's departments, codes, plans, programs, and resources related to Smart Growth and Green Building. Please also visit the Transportation Alternatives and theEnergy and Climate Change pages of this section for more related information.
City Departments
Planning and Development Services Department
This Department is responsible for current and long-range land use planning functions for the City of Tucson and provides assistance to the community for the building and development process, including permits, zoning, and inspections, and monitors compliance with the land use code, development standards, and building codes.
Housing and Community Development Department
The Department of Housing and Community Development is the City of Tucson Department responsible for administering housing, community development and social services programs.
Advisory Committees
• Community Design Review Committee (CDRC)
The CDRC is composed of City departments, public and private regulatory agencies and utility companies. CDRC reviews all subdivisions and development plans except site plans.
• Zoning Examiner
Site Reviews
Rezoning and Special Exceptions
• Planning Commission
Advise Mayor and Council and the Department of Urban Planning & Design on the adoption of long-range plans, policies, specific plans, and regulations that affect land use and development.
Planning Commission Infill Subcommittee
City Plans, Codes, and Programs
Residential Gray Water Ordinance
Requires the installation of gray water "stub-outs" in all new residential construction beginning on June 1, 2010.
Commercial Rainwater Harvesting Ordinance
Requires all new commercial development to prepare a landscape water budget and supply 50% of the landscape water needs with harvested rainwater beginning on June 1, 2010.
Earthen Wall Structures Residential Building Code
The City amended the 2006 International Residential Building Code to include Section R614: Earthen Wall Structures. This section of the Code begins on page 3 of the amendments. A full copy of the International Residential Code is available in the City Clerk's Office.
Houghton Area Master Plan
The HAMP is an area plan for 10,800 acres of mostly undeveloped land on the southeast side of the city. The HAMP policies call for master planning of the land and include provisions for the preservation of washes based on the identification of ecological envelopes. This protects not only the riparian vegetation in the channel but also associated overbank vegetation.
Master Planned Communities
These planned communities generally contain a full range of residential and nonresidential land uses, open space, and public services and facilities. Recent master planned communities associated with neo-traditional design or new urbanism stress open space preservation, integration of land uses to reduce auto trips, a walkable pedestrian network that leads to an "urban village center," and other design and architectural details that foster social interaction. Civano is an example of a master planned community in Tucson.
Flexible Lot Development (FLD) option
The purpose of the Flexible Lot Development (FLD) option is to provide greater flexibility and creativity in the design of clustered residential development by:
A. Providing incentives to achieve community goals, such as historic and archaeological preservation, preservation of natural vegetation, barrier-free housing, development within low-income areas, and in-fill housing projects. B.Implementing the goals and objectives of the General Plan. C. Consolidating open space and providing for visual, and where achievable, physical connections to open space areas on adjacent properties. D. Efficiently using land and public facilities by means of a more economical arrangement of buildings, circulation systems, land uses, and utilities. E. Preserving to the greatest extent possible existing environmentally sensitive areas and landscape features and amenities, such as significant topography, protected peaks and ridges, natural vegetation, washes, riparian areas and floodplains, and integrating such features with structures and other improvements. F. Permitting flexible residential lot development in exchange for the preservation of natural open space and active and passive recreational amenities on the site. G. Providing usable and suitably located recreation facilities and other public and common facilities. H. Coordinating architectural styles, building forms, and building relationships within the development and with surrounding land development, and I. Encouraging high-quality development within the city.
For more information, please contact the City's Planning and Development Services Department.
Downtown Area Infill Incentive District
Mayor and Council created this Incentive District on October 24, 2006 to encourage development in the downtown area. Developments that occur within the district boundaries may be eligible for fee waivers and expedited permit processing as well as other incentives.
Rio Nuevo Overlay District Design Standards
Development Standard Number 9-10.0 establishes design standards for development in the Rio Nuevo and Downtown Zone.
Infill Fee Waiver Program
Mayor and Council initiated the Infill Fee Waiver Program in 1997. They identified an area encompassing approximately 22% of the city, where a reinvestment strategy could be used to spur building and rehabilitation. The program waives fees for plan check and building permits for single family homes.
Urban Design Program
The goal of this project is to update and revise the existing Design Guidelines Manual into a clearer and more usable document, which will be adopted by the Mayor and Council as official policy. This program also includes Community-Based Design Programs, which encourage a broad base of community participation and awareness of urban design through partnerships with public, private, and non-profit groups.
Brownfields Program
The City of Tucson, Environmental Services manages a citywide Brownfields Program, which enables successful redevelopment of adversely impacted properties. The Brownfields Program encourages infill through the redevelopment of brownfield sites. Brownfields redevelopment spurs economic benefits, revitalizes surrounding areas, and reduces development pressure on undisturbed desert areas.
Vacant and Neglected Structures Program
The Vacant and Neglected Structures (VANS) program involves the survey of properties with residential structures, an assessment of the structure's state of neglect, and contact property owners to advise them of their responsibility to restore or remove the neglected structures. Expansion of this program to commercial properties is planned.
Citywide Housing Sustainability Program
The purpose of this project is to provide financial and technical assistance to low income homeowners faced with an urgent housing repair situation. Eligibility will be limited to cases involving owner-occupied homes within the City of Tucson, families of limited income and assets, and homes with a hazardous and/or unsanitary condition threatening the life and/or health of their present occupants.
Back to Basics
This program is funded through State and Federal funds which are used for neighborhood improvements that residents plan and request.
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program
HUD's funding of the City of Tucson Community Services Department's application for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program, will target and serve low to very-low income families with children under six years of age— residing or frequenting owner occupied or rental housing built prior to 1978.
Other Government Programs
Pima County Green Building Program
Pima County Sustainable Action Plan for County Operations (pdf)
Pima County Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, mindful of the factual correlation between growth and the consumption of natural resources, gives high priority to preserving and protecting our most important natural resources. Growth should be directed to areas with the least natural, historic, and cultural resource values.
Arizona Growing Smarter
In 2004, Governor Janet Napolitano requested the Growing Smarter Oversight Council initiate a statewide conversation toward a vision for Arizona, and to develop a set of Guiding Principles to help Arizona not just grow, but reach for the next level in developing quality growth.
EPA WaterSense
Saving water also saves energy because it takes energy to deliver water. Look for the WaterSense label to choose quality, water-efficient products.
EPA Energy Star
Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
U.S. Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement
EPA Smart Growth Website
EPA helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity, protect public health and the environment, and create and enhance the places that people love. This site has information related to smart growth including: research, tools, partnerships, case studies, grants, and technical assistance.
EPA Urban Heat Island Effect Information
For millions of Americans living in and around cities, heat islands are of growing concern. This phenomenon describes urban and suburban temperatures that are 2 to 10°F (1 to 6°C) hotter than nearby rural areas. Fortunately, there are common-sense measures that communities can take to reduce the negative effects of heat islands.
U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation. The USGBC manages the LEED Green Building Rating System.


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An intimate rehearsal room reading of a new play by Brett Neveu starring Donal Logue and Dulé Hill has been announced.
Set in the Rock and Anvil Boxing Gym in Lafayette, Louisiana, The Opponent follows the combative relationship between a young fighter (Dulé Hill) and his hard-bitten trainer (Donal Logue) as they prepare for a do-or-die fight that ultimately changes the direction of their lives.
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
From the Kirk Douglas Theater:
Written in 2010 as part of Center Theatre Groups Writers Workshop, this intimate reading in the Kirk Douglas Theatre rehearsal room (only 50 seats!) is the next step in the plays development.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with the playwright and a representative from Center Theatre Groups Literary Department. Elephant Theatre Company Artistic Director David Fofi directs. Tickets for this general admission event are just $10.
The venue is the Kirk Douglas Theatre, located in Culver City is the newest of the Center Theatre Groups family of theatres. The 317-seat venue, located in a newly renovated historic theatre at 9820 Washington Blvd. in Culver City.
Playwright Brett Neveus most recent productions include The Earl (The Inconvenience), Odradek (The House Theatre) and Do The Hustle (Writers Theatre). Mr. Neveu s work has also been produced at The Royal Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company and American Theater Company.
Dulé Hill (Donell Fuseles) starred in the original Broadway cast of Bring in Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk. Additional Broadway credits include Black and Blue, Shenandoah, The Little Rascals, Dutchman and The Tap Dance Kid. He stars in the USA Network series "Psych." He received an Emmy Award Nomination for his role as the Charlie Young on ABCs The West Wing. His film credits include Edmond, The Guardian, Holes, Sugar Hill, Shes All That, Sexual Life, Remarkable Power.
Donal Logue (Tremont Tre Billiford) has had many stand out roles in both film and television, most notably his starring role in The Tao of Steve, the story of a larger-than-life, philosophizing lothario, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and won Logue a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance. Some of Logues other film credits include Sneakers, Gettysburg, Little Women, Jerry Maguire, Blade, Runaway Bride, Reindeer Games, The Million Dollar Hotel, The Patriot, Comic Book Villans, Confidence, Just Like Heaven, Ghost Rider, Zodiac and Charlie St. Cloud. In television Logue most recently starred in Shawn Ryans critically acclaimed show "Terriers" for FX. Logue headlined and executive produced the ABC comedy The "Knights of Prosperity" and starred in the Carsey-Warner produced show, "Grounded for Life." To learn more, visit www.donallogue.com.

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Hillary Clinton has been talking about her wealth—or relative lack thereof—a lot lately, and her responses have done more to raise eyebrows and encourage additional follow up questions than to satisfy the questions and put a close to the issue.
The topic came up during an interview with Diane Sawyer earlier this month, and Secretary Clinton fumbled the answer:
DIANE SAWYER: "It has been reported you've made $5 million making speeches, the president's made more than $100 million."
HILLARY CLINTON: "Well, if you — you have no reason to remember, but we came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. We had no money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education, you know, it was not easy. Bill has worked really hard and it's been amazing to me. He's worked very hard, first of all, we had to pay off all our debts which was, you know, we had to make double the money because of obviously taxes, and pay you have at debts, and get us houses and take care of family members."
Mrs. Clinton may be right on the facts—but no one is likely to relate the struggle of the average American family to a former U.S. president and first lady exiting the White House with enormous future earning potential.
And did she say houses, plural? That tone-deaf answer is stupefying given that John McCain famously committed the same gaffe (he couldn't remember how many homes he owned) and that Mitt Romney infamously said his wife drives two Cadillacs.
Mrs. Clinton doubled down in an interview with The Guardian this week:
"With her huge personal wealth, how could Clinton possibly hope to be credible on this issue [income inequality] when people see her as part of the problem, not its solution?
"But they don't see me as part of the problem," she protests, "because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off."
Is she saying that with their millions of dollars, the Clintons aren't truly well off? That's a subjective claim. If she's comparing her family to Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, she has a point. But I'd guess most Americans are comparing her to themselves, not to the Buffetts of the world.
(In fairness, that quote could also be read another way: that she's saying she is well off, but unlike others in her economic class, her family pays income tax. If that was her intent, the ambiguity of her statement is her responsibility.)
What should Mrs. Clinton say?
She should stop the phony pose of pretending she's just like the average American. She's not, and I can't imagine many potential voters expect her to be. Instead, she should simply say: "My husband and I have done very well financially since Bill left the White House. But I understand firsthand the challenges that families face, and I support policies that will make it easier for them to succeed in this economy." That's it.
She should also look at the tape of her husband's 1992 town hall presidential debate, during which a woman asked: "How has the national debt personally affected each of your lives? And if it hasn't, how can you honestly find a cure for the economic problems of the common people if you have no experience in what's ailing them?"
Mr. Clinton didn't discuss his own financial situation—even though it was presumably much less impressive at the time. Instead, he discussed his personal experience with people who were hurting and described how his policies would help them.
I wouldn't be opposed to Mrs. Clinton describing her modest upbringing. But describing their obvious wealth as anything less is a bad strategy destined to backfire.
What do you think? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Tags: Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, political analysis
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Karl Rove, the former top advisor to President Bush, launched a new smear campaign against Hillary Clinton late last week. Speaking at a conference, Rove brought up Clinton's 2012 health scare, during which she spent several days in a hospital. From The New York Post:
"Thirty days in the hospital?" Rove said, according to Page Six. "And when she reappears, she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what's up with that."
The headline of that piece, "Karl Rove: Hillary May Have Brain Damage," was exactly what Rove sought. That headline triggered many others (American Thinker went with "Might Hillary Clinton Have Suffered a Stroke?"), and forced the story into the mainstream media. Suddenly, outlets including The Washington Post, Politico, Fox News, and MSNBC were talking about Mrs. Clinton's health.
Here are some facts: Hillary Clinton was not in the hospital for thirty days; she was in the hospital for four, and physicians anticipated a recovery with "no long-term consequences."
To be clear, there are legitimate questions about Clinton's health and age. Similar questions have been posed about Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, and John McCain (among others), and it isn't sexist or ageist to pose such questions.
But Rove's smear wasn't a genuine attempt to raise questions about Clinton's fitness for office. It was a classic Lee Atwater-like tactic intended to damage his party's most likely opponent. (Atwater, also a former Republican strategist, repented for his brand of scorched-earth politics on his death bed.)
True to the tactic, Rove quickly backed away from his statement and dissembled, claiming he never used the term "brain damage." (That's true; he said "traumatic brain injury," which conveys the same message.) There's no need for the person who launched the gossip cycle to defend it once people are already talking about it; he can walk away, pretending his hands are clean, while others carry the message for him.
Hillary Clinton's Team Did Something Similar
In 2008, Hillary Clinton's Senior Campaign Strategist, Mark Penn, appeared on Hardball and repeatedly mentioned the fact that Barack Obama had used cocaine—and he did it in that sleazy political way of pretending that he wasn't talking about that issue:
"We've made clear that the [unintelligible] related to cocaine use is not something that the campaign was in any way raising."
Catch that? Penn simultaneously raised the issue of cocaine use, which helped it remain a media story, while disingenuously pretending that his campaign didn't want to talk about it. (It wasn't the first time a Clinton confidante employed that strategy; Clinton later apologized.) Joe Trippi, John Edwards's senior strategist who appeared on Hardball next to Penn, confronted Penn for using that tactic.
(Exchange begins at 3:54)
The Smear Cycle
This tactic is used by politicians on both sides of the aisle, and it's often effective. The smear cycle looks something like this:
That cycle is unlikely to change. But at least we can diminish its power by recognizing when it's unfolding before us.
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Tags: Hillary Clinton, Joe Trippi, Karl Rove, Mark Penn, political analysis
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Some Republicans have hatched a new plan to defeat possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton — by saying she's too old and "out of touch" for the job.
According to Saturday's New York Times, some Republican politicians, strategists, and media figures are already trying to weaken the former Secretary of State. Here are some of their noteworthy comments:
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): He "ridiculed the 2016 Democratic field as "a rerun of 'The Golden Girls.'"
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA): "The reality is, when you look at the Democrats, they've got old, tired ideas being produced by old, tired candidates."
Rush Limbaugh (Radio host): "Asked his audience in April whether the American people 'want to vote for somebody, a woman, and actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?'"
Now, I may surprise you by saying this, but questioning Hillary Clinton's age is appropriate, and doing so isn't necessarily sexist. (Rush Limbaugh's quote, however, is a good example of going way over the acceptable line.)
Older men have faced identical scrutiny—in fact, Mrs. Clinton's husband used similar attacks to win the presidency against George H.W. Bush in 1992 and to win re-election against Bob Dole in 1996. John McCain's age was also a factor in his campaign, as was his health record (like McCain, Mrs. Clinton recently had a rather serious health scare).
If men's age often becomes a campaign issue, it seems acceptable to make a woman's age a campaign issue as well.
But Is It Smart?
Republicans may be able to credibly defend themselves against charges of sexism for making Mrs. Clinton's age an issue. Nonetheless, I suspect their strategy will backfire, and probably badly. As any smart man should know, few women respond favorably to negative comments about their looks or age. And even though the attacks may be "valid," attacks on a woman's age have a different potency than similar attacks on men; I suspect that even many Republican-leaning independent voters will bristle at them.
There's a history here. Women resent men acting condescendingly toward a female candidate.
In 1984, for example, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro ripped George H.W. Bush, the incumbent Vice President, for his patronizing tone:
During a New York Senate debate, Republican candidate Rick Lazio aggressively approached Ms. Clinton's lectern. He handed her a paper pledge to refuse any soft money to the campaign—but the move was widely seen as inappropriate and boorish. Mr. Lazio lost the once-close race by double digits.
After winning the Iowa caucus, Senator Barack Obama was widely expected to win the pivotal New Hampshire primary and cruise to an easy nomination. But after taking a gratuitous swipe at Senator Clinton's likeability in a debate held just days before the vote, female voters handed Ms. Clinton an unexpected victory, helping to extend her campaign for months.
Playing Into Clinton's Hands
Republicans are playing a dangerous game, and I can't help thinking that the Clinton people will welcome this attack. As the 2008 example shows, Mrs. Clinton is adept at using public sympathy for her personal political gain.
Plus, she has one convenient fact in her back pocket: She'd be 68-years-old when sworn in for her first term. Conservative hero Ronald Reagan was 69.
What do you think? Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
Tags: bobby jindal, Election 2016, George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, mitch mcconnell, Rick Lazio, Rush Limbaugh
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Guy walks into a bar. He sees a birther, a civil rights activist, a country singer, and a cabinet secretary.
Wait a minute. That would never happen. Where else could all of those people be spotted in the same place? Right here, on the month-end disasters list!
Here are the five worst video media disasters of October 2011:
5. Hillary Clinton Spikes The Football
I know a lot of readers will disagree with me for this choice, but I found U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's on-camera reaction to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's death distasteful. Was Gaddafi a bad man? You bet. Am I sad that he's dead? Not particularly. But I do believe that it diminishes us to, in the words of President Obama, "spike the football" by celebrating the death. Let's do what we have to do, do it professionally, and let the actions speak for themselves.
4. Rick Perry Yuks It Up By Joining The Birthers
Nothing spells funny more than questioning the legitimacy of a duly-elected American president by dredging up discredited rumors about his citizenship status. Gov. Perry quickly walked back his comments, but his comments that it's "fun" to tweak the President about his nation of birth aren't helping to resuscitate his under-performing campaign.
3. Lawrence O'Donnell Attacks Herman Cain's Civil Rights Record
If you're black and old enough to have lived through the Civil Rights era, should you be attacked if you decided not to march? MSNBC Host Lawrence O'Donnell sure thinks so, and went after GOP candidate Herman Cain for choosing not to actively participate as a Civil Rights activist. Which raises another question: Why hasn't Mr. O'Donnell asked white candidates about their choices during that era? (Fast forward to the 6:00 mark to see the fireworks.)
2. Herman Cain Blames The Jobless and The Poor
Herman Cain may have been the victim of bad media behavior this month, but he didn't help his cause by uttering the sound bite below about the unemployed and the poor. His introduction to the clip, "I don't have the facts to back this up," became a fun Internet meme thanks to Jon Stewart. (Another Cain clip, in which he tried to explain his position on abortion, didn't help either).
1. Hank Williams, Jr. Compares President Obama to Adolf Hitler
Country singer Hank Williams, Jr. was fired up during an appearance on Fox and Friends. When reflecting on a golf match between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, Mr. Williams quipped, "It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu." The Fox hosts looked shocked and distanced themselves from his statement, and ESPN promptly dropped him as their Monday Night Football opening act.
Bonus #1: Sean Penn Says Tea Party Wants to "Lynch" Obama
Bonus #2: Herman Cain's Awesome Ad
This is one of the nuttiest political ads I've ever seen. I'm not sure whether the best moment is the puff of smoke or the slow-mo smile – but either way, I can't stop watching it.
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Tags: Hank Williams Jr, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton, lawrence o'donnell, media training disaster, media training disasters, Rick Perry, Sean Penn
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Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) fell into a predictable gender trap earlier today when he slammed the body of a female competitor for his Senate seat.
Here's the background: In 1982, long before he became a U.S. Senator, Mr. Brown posed nude for Cosmopolitan Magazine. During a Democratic primary debate earlier this week, Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was asked how she paid for college, given that Mr. Brown stripped to pay his tuition.
"I kept my clothes on," Ms. Warren quipped, to the delight of the audience. (Video here, about 15:15 in).
During a radio interview earlier today, Sen. Brown responded:
Hosts: "Have you officially responded to Elizabeth Warren's comment about how she didn't take her clothes off?"
Scott Brown, laughing: "Thank God."
With that broadside, Mr. Brown stepped into a gender minefield that threatens to alienate many female voters. To be sure, Ms. Warren's swipe was unnecessary and gratuitous – and the question itself was sophomoric. But regardless of whether or not Ms. Warren opened the door to Mr. Brown's response (she did), the political price will be paid almost solely by Mr. Brown.
The list of male politicians who lost support by mistreating a female competitor is long. Here are three examples:
1. Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama (2008): After winning the Iowa caucus, Senator Barack Obama was widely expected to win the pivotal New Hampshire primary and cruise to an easy nomination. But after taking a gratuitous swipe at Senator Clinton's likeability in a debate held just days before the vote, female voters handed Ms. Clinton an unexpected victory, helping to extend her campaign for months.
2. Hillary Clinton vs. Rick Lazio (2000): During a New York Senate debate, Republican candidate Rick Lazio aggressively approached Ms. Clinton's lectern. He handed her a paper pledge to refuse any soft money to the campaign – but the move was widely seen as inappropriate and boorish. Mr. Lazio lost the once-close race by double digits.
3. Geraldine Ferraro vs. George H.W. Bush (1984): During the Vice Presidential debate, Vice President Bush took a patronizing tone with Rep. Ferraro when discussing foreign policy. Ms. Ferraro used her razor sharp tongue to let him know she didn't appreciate it, earning her the applause of the audience and him the enmity of many opinion writers. In the end, it didn't matter – Mr. Bush was part of a winning ticket that won 49 states.
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Last year, President Obama signed into law a health care plan that requires citizens to maintain health insurance. In conservative and Tea Party circles, that "individual mandate" – which gives the government the power to fine Americans who don't purchase insurance – may be the single most unpopular decision Mr. Obama has made as president.
Mr. Obama wasn't first to pass an individual mandate. In 2006, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney passed a law that required his state's citizens to purchase health care insurance.
And that presents Mr. Romney with the single biggest challenge of his likely run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
Mr. Romney has three choices. He can:
1. Defend Unequivocally: Mr. Romney can defend his state's 2006 health care bill without making any excuses for the bill.
2. Defend Partially: He can defend pieces of his legislation while attempting to distance himself from the more controversial parts.
3. Admit He Was Wrong: Mr. Romney can admit he was wrong regarding the individual mandate and say he has learned from the mistake. Problematically for Mr. Romney, this option opens him up to the recurring charge that he is a "flip-flopper."
Mr. Romney's approach so far has been to partially defend his bill. He's made the case that his law in Massachusetts is different than President Obama's, since states have the right to enact a mandate whereas the Federal Government doesn't. He's said, "Our experiment wasn't perfect – some things worked, some didn't, and some things I'd change."
But positioning himself in the middle leaves him vulnerable to attacks from both sides. His likely 2012 rivals, including Haley Barbour and Mike Huckabee, have denounced "RomneyCare." And President Obama has offered purposefully unhelpful compliments about Romney's approach to health care.
So What Should Romney Do?
The 2008 primary bids of John McCain and Hillary Clinton offer some guidance for Mr. Romney.
In June 2007, John McCain was polling in single digits in Iowa. His candidacy was largely regarded as dead, mostly as a result of his support for immigration reform – which was wildly unpopular among the GOP base. McCain dropped his support for the bill bearing his name, and the immigration issue receded in importance as primary voters went to the polls. He went on to win the Republican nomination.
During her failed attempt to win the 2008 Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton rejected several opportunities to apologize for her vote to authorize the war in Iraq. Her position was counter to views of the Democratic base, and the issue remained a top priority for Democratic primary voters. She lost her bid for the Democratic nomination.
Mr. Romney has two choices, both fraught with risks.
He can continue defending his health care law in the hopes that the issue becomes less important to primary voters. But barring a big international or domestic event, that seems unlikely.
His better choice is to disown his Massachusetts plan, calling it well-intentioned but wrong. Like John McCain, he should do it early in the campaign cycle (now) to take some of the charge out of the issue. Both 2008 examples (McCain and Hillary) suggest that ideological purity – even in the face of a position change – is more important than ideological consistency.
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It's spring, and Big Fish Games wants you to get out on the golf course again. Fairway Solitaire HD has received a 1.1 update, and there's enough new stuff to make a good-sized game all by itself.
The heart of the update is two new course packs with a total of 18 courses. The game's signature gopher "McDivot" is back in the Gopher Broke Pack, and there's a new "Spring Bonus Pack" that can be unlocked with Golf Bucks. The new courses don't introduce any new gameplay, but they're challenging and themed for the season.
Other additions include new store items and five new trophies. Most of the awards can be earned on any course, and some– like the "Great Scot!" trophy– encourage you to go back to and replay previous courses. The most useful new item is the Midas Touch, which will fill your bag with utility golf clubs for $0.99. It's an expensive but powerful edge.
There are some cute extras, such as spring-themed card backs. (The Easter egg card theme suggests that this update went live a little later than expected.) But overall, this update doesn't change much. It just gives you more of a great game.
Feeling like you've done it all in Fairway Solitaire? Big Fish Games has fixed that problem. The version 1.2.1 update released on August 7 doesn't just add new levels, it adds a new way to get new levels.
Fairway Solitaire has introduced a Daily Challenge, which takes the form of three short golf courses each day and an unusual objective for each course. There are also extras like a new trophies and a fan-designed card back.
Daily Challenge courses are unlocked with the in-game currency of Golf Bucks, and they're cheapest on the day they're released. (In fact, each day one of the three courses is free.) Any course you don't buy on the day of release costs 500 more Golf Bucks the next day, then another 500 each day after that. If you don't buy and complete the course in a week, it disappears, presumably to reappear at some future date.
The new courses are entertaining, though some of the holes bear a strong resemblance to holes seen in previous courses. Each course also has a challenge assigned to it, which can range from getting an exceptionally good score to putting together unusual runs of cards. If you complete a challenge, you get a little trophy, and accumulated trophies unlock a bonus pack with even more new courses to play.
Fairway Solitaire was already a great game, and nothing's changed about that. But with a few new puzzles available every day, Fairway Solitaire now has everything it needs to keep its fans busy for months to come.
Mark Twain called golf 'a good walk spoiled,' but he did like card games. We think he would have liked Fairway Solitaire HD, which gives you the atmosphere of a professional golf tournament in a card game.
The game starts you off at the 'Golf Academy,' a clear and well-organized tutorial. You begin a hole of golf, but instead of using swing meters and shot type controls, you receive a solitaire hand. You play through the hole by capturing runs of cards and clearing the layout.
Each card in the run must be one number higher or lower than the previous card. A 5 can capture a 6 or a 4. A Jack can capture a 10 or a Queen. Aces can capture 2s or Kings. You can only capture a card if no other cards are on top of it. Long runs that capture many cards get rewarded with Golf Bucks, the in-game currency.
The loneliest game.
Some cards represent sand traps, water hazards, or rough grass. These are locked until you capture a special card hidden in the layout or a special combination of regular cards. The tutorial does an excellent job of teaching you how to deal with these situations, and they contribute a lot to the feeling of playing golf.
The golf hole ends when your draw pile is empty or you capture all the cards. Each hole has a 'par rating,' which is how many cards are likely to be left over at the end. You don't have to make par on an individual hole, but the holes are organized into golf courses, and you have to score below the total par for each course to unlock the next course. There are 3-hole, 6-hole, and 9-hole courses, offering a variety of difficulties and play times.
The layouts get more complicated as you progress, and you'll soon find you need golf clubs. In keeping with the theme, the clubs are your irons, and they run from 2 up to 9. Each club can be used as a card to capture other cards. You'll find them hidden in your solitaire hands, and you can also buy them for a small amount of in-game currency.
Follow the gopher.
The layouts are busy, and you will miss plays. Fairway Solitaire is a forgiving game, though, and it lets you take one 'mulligan' per hole to fix a mistake, avoiding a lot of potential frustration. That friendly attitude carries through the entire game, creating a great casual play experience. The game is colorful and easy to learn. There's no time pressure or ticking clock. Trophies, rewards, and mini-games pop up naturally as you play, and the game celebrates when you play long runs of cards or get a perfect score.
Fairway Solitaire also lets you customize your game with different playing card designs and a Golf Shop full of in-game purchases. Most of the 24 items in the shop are bought with Golf Bucks, which the game is generous about giving out. However, you can buy special items like Gopher Repellent with cash as an in-app purchase.
One in-app purchase you should make is the full game upgrade. The initial download is free with nine beginner courses, but an in-app purchase of $2.99 unlocks 54 more courses with hundreds of holes to play. If you're enjoying the game, you'll want those.
Fairway Solitaire HD is a superb game, offering hours of play, colorful graphics, entertaining voice-overs and a demented gopher. Unless you hate golf even more than Mark Twain did, you'll have a lot of fun with this game.


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I'd actually like to have my first car back. It was a piece of junk but it had character and was fun to drive.
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- Driving song: Rammstein - Benzin
- Car movie: Vanishing Point (1971)
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- Format:
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- Cast: Herbert Lom, Peter Cushing, David Knight, Clifford Evans, Janette Scott, Heather Sears, Peter Woodthorpe, Oliver Reed, Moira Redmond, Yvonne Romain, Noel Willman, Martita Hunt, Duncan Lamont, Yvonne Monlaur, Thorley Walters, Jennie Linden, Patrick Allen, Liliane Brousse, Catherine Feller, Brenda Bruce, Jennifer Daniel, Alexander Davion, Sandor Eles, Edward De Souza, Freda Jackson... More
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The Complete Hammer House Of Horror (1980)
Category: TV | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No
The British film studio synonymous with fright turned its attention to the small screen with this short-lived anthology series, featuring fear-filled shock stories with an array of guest stars that included ... more
Hammer Feature Film Set: 3 Horror Classics
Category: Horror | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No
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Kung fu goes batty in the energetic Hammer Films/Shaw Brothers production "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" (1974), as Professor Van Helsing (Cushing) finds a clan of bloodsuckers under the command ... more
NEW RELEASEThe Hammer Horror Series (Four-Disc Set)
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"Brides of Dracula" (1960) stars David Peel as a young man who inherits the bloodsucker's mantle; with Peter Cushing. An illegitimate child is marked with "The Curse of the Werewolf" (1961); Oliver Reed ... more
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Academy Award ®Nominee: Best Actress (Nancy Kelly), Best Supporting Actress (Eileen Heckart), Best Supporting Actress (Patty McCormack), Best Cinematography (Black and White)The Bad Seed (1985)
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Nine-year-old Rachel Penmark is an outwardly sweet and kind girl, but her gentle exterior hides an evil persona that strikes out--lethally--against those she dislikes. This chilling made-for-TV revamping ... more
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Colorado has an important ceramics tradition that stretches back a century. But the ranks of the top artists in the field have taken some big hits over the past decade: Betty Woodman retired from teaching in Boulder and moved to New York; Rodger Lang and Jim McKinnell died; and Nan McKinnell and Paul Soldner are getting on in years and are less active than they once were. And now Martha Daniels is planning to move to New Mexico. (For more news about Soldner and Daniels, see page 45.)
At least there's one constant in the ceramics world: Colorado Clay 2008, at Foothills Art Center in Golden. The show, which has been mounted regularly since the 1970s, definitely has something to say about the topic, even if this year's statement comes from the somewhat skewed perspective of Richard Notkin, the celebrity juror. Notkin, who lives in Montana, studied with the likes of Ken Ferguson and Robert Arneson, which explains why he considers himself a sculptor even though he is best known for his teapots. Truth be told, though, these are hardly ordinary teapots: Notkin uses delicately done pictorial imagery in bas-relief and often incorporates left-wing political content. He illustrates his anti-war point of view, effectively turning these vessels into sculptures.
The exhibit in Golden includes a standalone adjunct consisting of examples of Notkin's oeuvre in the form of gorgeous unglazed tiles that refer to current events or the history of art. It used to be a longstanding tradition in Colorado Clay for the juror's work to be on view so that visitors could figure out where he or she was coming from. That aspect of the show was dropped for a while, and I'm glad it's been brought back.
To his credit, Notkin has been up front about his prejudices, writing in his juror's statement that he "gravitated towards sculptural works with figurative imagery, implied narratives, and tight craftsmanship." Additionally, he rejected artists who did strictly functional ceramics — as opposed to nominally functional things like anti-war teapots — though there are a handful of exceptions in the form of three undeniably accomplished vessel-makers who find themselves among the twelve included ceramicists.
Given that Asian ceramics has been the predominant influence in American studio ceramics over the past hundred years or so, it's not surprising that these three are riffing off of Chinese and Japanese traditions. One of the best-known potters in Colorado Clay, Connie Christensen, throws simple cups, trays, tumblers and lidded boxes finished in earth-toned colors that she shapes and alters while the clay is still malleable. Even more consciously Asian in feeling are the gorgeous little black teapots by Shane Porter, which Notkin points out are responses to traditional unglazed vessels done in Yixing, China.
The last of the vessel-makers who made Notkin's cut is Jonathan Kaplan, and I'd say his work is the major revelation of the show. Kaplan, who runs Plinth Gallery on Brighton Boulevard, is represented by a quartet of monumental and spectacular baluster bottles. The basic forms are freely and expertly thrown before handles are added; then the entire piece is finished, mostly in monochromes. On two of them, the handles are exquisitely modeled birds, while another has fish; the last of the group has handles made of serrated geometric elements. An active ceramicist and designer for about thirty years, Kaplan is a relatively new name in Denver, but, judging from his high standard of both art and craft, one that I'm sure will be firmly established in no time.
Annie Chrietzberg is also associated with Plinth, but for her, industrial decorative ceramics are more significant an influence than Asian aesthetics. This is definitely the case with her most successful work in Colorado Clay, "Butterflies," an oil-and-vinegar cruet set in which simplified butterfly shapes sit atop a fluted planter shape. Enhancing the industrial look, her multi-hued glazes refer back to mid-century kitsch pottery made by the thousands in ceramics factories in Ohio and California. There is also an industrial feel to the geometric constructions by Jenna Perstlinger, in which she stacks up flat steps of clay to form architectonic compositions. These are amazing examples of craft.
In contrast, most of Notkin's chosen artists use representational imagery in their pieces and look to modern and traditional figural sculpture for inspiration. The most obviously Notkin-esque artist in the show is Mike Keene, who makes urns and other ceremonial-type pieces covered in shallow bas-relief sculptures. Like Notkin, Keene is interested in raising political issues with his work.
A standout among the figural sculptors is Caroline Douglas. Her eight sculptures are examples of magic realism, in which children's storybook characterizations are given an edge through, in her case, incongruity of scales and the remarkably beautiful glaze effects she conjures up. "Night Ride" depicts a child riding a huge red fox, which may sound silly or even in bad taste, but looks very elegant anyway. Her tour de force is an enormous and elaborate three-part sculpture recalling Noah's Ark, titled "Slow Boat to China," in which expressively modeled animals crowd the deck of a boat.
Stylistically related to these figures are the odd busts by Marie E.v.B. Gibbons, who combines casts of readymades with custom-done elements. There's a gothic quality here, notably in "Divine," a buxom bald figure in a low-cut blouse, and "Façade," a bare-breasted woman with hands arrayed around her head. Maybe it's the simplification of the faces or the bulbous shapes of their bodies, but they made me think of Elie Nadelman's early modernist sculptures done almost a century ago. I've long respected Gibbons's imaginative work, and these are no disappointment.


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Ignoring the obvious.
Conservative 'fringe' sites have written about the scandal of priest-monk Bob Pierson who has gone public in his rejection of Church teaching by his public support of gay marriage. No one in Catholic media seems to pay attention. Michael Voris pointed out that fact when he covered the scandal last week in a Vortex episode. Finally, a mainstream Catholic blog, by a Catholic husband and dad is calling attention to the situation: Acts of the Apostasy - click it and go see what Larry has to say about it.
Bringing it up again...
Why is it important to get some answers and see some action concerning this issue? Because St. John's is a major abbey with a University - they teach your kids. It is a liturgical center as well - they influence the Church in the United States and other English speaking countries, and that influence affects your parish, your pastor, your liturgist, your parochial school - you and your kids.
Religious havens.
Traditionally the religious orders have been the place to accept and ordain men who are ssa - homosexual - gay - what have you. Fr. Pierson admits that he knew he was gay when he was ordained. I'm sure the entire community did as well.
"I knew that I was gay when I was ordained," Fr. Pierson stated, after saying that he was "offended to learn" from a 2005 Vatican document that the Church has declared that men with deep-seated homosexual tendencies cannot be priests. - SourceMany gay men have been ordained within their religious order, only to leave and get themselves incardinated as secular priests in dioceses across the country. Many have done so without problems or notoriety - consider Fr. Sirico - a guy with a sordid past makes good as Catholic priest-economist, EWTN celebrity. Unlike Pierson, he does NOT defy Church teaching and endorse same-sex marriage.
Public statements.
Does Pierson really defy Church teaching and get away with it? Pretty much, even when the Archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis protests. From another source I found the following exchange:
Father Pierson, in addition to his penchant for nude gurus, has a Facebook relationship with another dissident silenced by the Archdiocese, Lucinda Naylor, who was terminated as "artist" in residence at the Basilica of St. Mary's in downtown Minneapolis [...] Naylor asked about his situation, he wrote:
Dear Lucinda: That sounds great! Thanks for your words of support. Yesterday I finally heard from Archbishop Nienstedt. "He is not amused." In fact, I no longer have permission to minister anywhere in the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis. Abbot John is supportive of me, but wants me to avoid any more public talks. The amount of negative publicity has been over-whelming. These rightwing Catholics are a really vicious bunch of people. Anyway, in August I am free on August 7, 14, 15, 28, 29,& 30. I hope one of those dates works with Dale's calendar. He and I have met briefly before, but it will be good to visit over dinner, and wonderful to be with you and Maura as well. THANKS for the invitation. Blessings!How does St. John's get away with it?
Archbishop Nienstedt is proactive, to be sure, and he does what he can. Yet St. John's has gotten away with a lot over the years - decades. I've heard the stories and I've known some of the players. The Abbey retains its prestige; it is well founded, and well endowed. Likewise, the University enjoys a good reputation, and more importantly, as I suggested, it is well supported by influential donors and alumni. We've seen in the Sandusky scandal at Penn State how scandals can be glossed over, hushed up, by institutions more concerned about reputation and status than they are about ethics. Perhaps this explains why St. John's Abbey has gotten away with so much through out the decades? Or have all the stories been exaggerations, rumours, even lies told by disgruntled former monks and students?
Despite its reputation, I've never heard of any canonical investigation regarding the abbey - monastic visitations are not made public, therefore one wouldn't be aware of their occurrence, nor conclusions. It is my understanding that an abbey is autonomous, answerable to the Holy See, but not necessarily the local ordinary. I'm not a canonist, so I do not know all the legal technicalities.
What I do know is that Fr. Bob Pierson, O.S.B. is a monk who ran the abbey guesthouse, scheduled retreats, worked with youth, and is active in at least one gay and lesbian support group, who publicly stands against Church teaching regarding sexuality and same sex marriage - yet, as he apparently noted to Lucinda Naylor, "Abbot John is supportive of me, but wants me to avoid any more public talks." In other words, lay low and this too shall pass.
Sounds like the Abbot runs a pretty tight ship up there. Not.


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Tales of the Dragon's Bard, Vol. 1: Eventide (Hardcover)
by Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman
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When a traveling bard stumbles into a dragon's den, he is forced to tell stories to the fire-breathing menace or end up being eaten. Eventually running out of tales to share, he makes a deal with the dragon: for his freedom, he will return with new sagas of adventure, romance, and bravery.
Tales of the Dragon's Bard is the story of one man's quest to collect the most exciting stories he possibly can, and Eventide is the first town he encounters. With wish-women, gnomes, a centaur farmer, a resident Gossip Fairy, and a blacksmith dwarf, those living in Eventide have enough going on to keep the Dragon's Bard busy collecting—especially if he can liven up those adventures a bit with his own ridiculous plots.
Deseret News book review of Eventide by Ryan Morgenegg (Click Here)
Product Details
- Size: 6 x 9
- Pages: 306
- Released: 04/2012
- Book on CD: Unabridged
About the Authors
Tracy Hickman is a New York Times best-selling fantasy author who has published more than 40 novels, many of the co-authored with Margaret Weis. He published the first of his solo novels in 1995.
Tracy and his wife, Laura have been collaborating on fantastic works of fiction since their marriage in 1977. Together, Tracy and Laura have written role-playing games, screenplays, and works of fiction, including their first co-authored novel in 2004.
Laura Hickman is credited as the first female designer of a published role-playing game module. Laura and her husband, Tracy wrote and edited the first science fiction movie filmed in space, and a copy of their DNA is currently in orbit on the International Space Station. They are the parents of four children and live in Utah.
Laura and her husband, Tracy have been collaborating on fantastic works of fiction since their marriage in 1977. Together, Laura and Tracy have written role-playing games, screenplays, and works of fiction, including their first co-authored novel in 2004.
The Dragon's Bard's
Most Sincere Overture
I know what you're thinking! You've never seen a dragon at all—let alone any Dragonking named Khrag. You'd be right, friend, and it's my calling day and night to see to it that you don't! Now, you can discern with your own eyes that I'm no dragon slayer, but I keep old Khrag from burning down your door and savaging your town more surely than any knight who ever tilted a lance!
How? Why, good friend, I'm Edvard the Just! You've no doubt heard of me . . .
But surely you've heard of the renowned Dragon's Bard, purveyor of peace—the Minstrel of Mystery who wanders the land in search of places, people, and their tales. The tales that save all innocents from the dragon's wrath.
That old and terrible monster Khrag, king of dragonkind, lies atop his hoard of inestimable wealth in a cavern deep among the roots of Mount Okalan, the accumulated treasure of a hundred wars beneath his deadly, ancient claws. It is as desirable a place as any dragon might long for all his long days, but dragons are creatures of adventure. Khrag lives for the stories told of the sunlit world so far above him and grows restless and angry when he is bored. But so long as his curiosity is satisfied, he'll rest at his ease in his dark home deep in the ground.
I chanced upon Khrag quite by odd circumstance. The humorless brothers of a discomfited young lady took umbrage at finding her name prominently featured in a fictional story of rejected love, and they unthinkingly threw me into the lair of the Dragonking. Khrag was then and remains an imposing creature who, upon my rushed acquaintance, was quite prepared to eat me at once. As he raised his razor-toothed head to strike, I said to him—for dragonkind all understand the language of men—I said:
"It is entirely too bad to come to so quick an ending, for this would have made an excellent story."
I stood humbly before the dragon, believing that I had told my final tale.
Yet the dragon—to my amazement and yours, too, I see—did not eat me! Instead he sat me down before him, surrounded by the gold of unnumbered kingdoms, and asked me, his great eyes gleaming, "You have stories? Perhaps I shall eat you later . . ."
Khrag hungered for stories, and I began immediately to tell him all the tales I knew. I told him all the great tales—those same epics and sagas you yourself have known since your youth. Tales of the House of Eldris—how Aubrey and his companions rallied the shattered and dispirited army of Duke Jonas the Unyielding in the Great Epic War and led them against the Nightmarch Warriors of Xander the Shadowmancer. Khrag became annoyed, and there is nothing more dangerous than an annoyed dragon. The tales were old to him. Indeed, Khrag had participated in many of these tales himself and was, I must tell you, frankly bored to dragon-tears with the same old legends of the great and powerful. So I switched at once to the tales from places of which no one has heard and of creatures whose stories are sung and praised only around small fires. Day and night were uncounted in the cavern, for my knowledge of stories is voluminous.
At last my tales ran dry. By this time I was haggard, thin, and quite worn out. I gazed up at the dragon with horrible expectation.
The dragon blew a puff of smoke from his left nostril, then spoke. "Good story—but now you have grown too gaunt, and eating you is no longer appealing to me. I think I shall find a nice village to terrorize with flame, burn to the ground, and utterly destroy."
Now, I did feel significant relief at not being eaten on the spot, and the inclination of any lesser man would have been to flee at once. I nearly gave in to such an impulse when a thought came to me: What of those villages, towns, ports, and cities? What of the women and children who lived their lives peacefully, not knowing that this Dragonking was planning to sweep all that they held dear away from them forever?
What a fine story that would make!
But, no! My great heart swelled within me and courage took hold in my breast.
"Mighty Khrag," I said, "there are many more stories across the land surrounding your lair. If you savage the countryside, they will be lost to you—to everyone. They are growing like unseen sweet truffles all around. All you need is someone to sniff them out for you. But if you go stomping about the world, you might ruin many quests and spoil their stories."
"I want more stories!" The dragon's great, greedy tongue flicked across his massive jowls as his eyes gleamed nearly as golden as his belly. Khrag reached forward, hooking one talon through my coat, and drew me closer as he growled, "You bag of bones! I'll leave your precious villages alone if only you come back every midsummer with your skinny carcass, a bag of truffles, and a head full of stories."
So it is that now I travel the face of our land, going from village to town, experiencing the lives, sights, and sounds of each place so that I might take them back to Khrag and . . .
I beg your pardon? Who? Oh, that! That is my apprentice, Abel. He is not terribly promising as a bard, but he is a faithful scribe—his ability to write and bind books is proving a somewhat useful addition to my already celebrated skills.
Oh, so you read? But of course you do! I knew at once that you were of that learned and educated class that has been trained in the art. Then perhaps I might interest you in this volume of mine, a true and accurate portrait of a village that might amuse you. You may have occasion to visit this charming locale, and such a book would serve you well, for it would acquaint you not only with the hamlet itself but with the inhabitants who live there. You would know where best to dine; where you might take your lodgings; the important eccentricities of the town's broken wishing well; the peculiar customs regarding gnomes, pixies, and haunts; and whom you might trust there, should occasion arise.
And the citizens of that village! This book will acquaint you well with them all: Tomas Melthalion and his tragic confrontation with the Highwayman Dirk Gallowglass over his daughter, Evangeline; the dwarven blacksmith Beulandreus Dudgeon, whose arts extend beyond iron and anvil; Jep Walters and the haunted adventures of the Black Guild Brotherhood; the gentle farmer Aren Bennis, whose past is a mystery; my good friend Jarod Klum, whose love will drive him to desperately glorious deeds; and, of course, Caprice Morgan, who keeps the wishing well supplied along with her two sisters. Indeed, Khrag himself said just before he fell into a satisfied sleep that he felt he knew them so well as to make the collection on the whole a treasure of inestimable worth.
And I have many such volumes now of different places where I have traveled, which may be made available to you at a price so trivial as to . . .
My pardon! The name of this town? But of course, you may read it plainly for yourself on the cover. Upside down? Really? Allow me, then . . .
It's called Eventide.
Quirky, Humorous Read
by Marianne - reviewed on July 22, 2012
This is a delightful beginning to what promises to be a fun, twist-filled series about a dragon bard's journey from town to town collecting (or rather creating) stories to save himself from a dragon. Eventide is a great town to start with. the characters are a ragtag and amusing bunch that you find yourself cheering for despite their occasional ridiculousness. The plot is full of surprises and somehow the disconnectedness of the sections seems to fit just right with the quirkiness of the town. Looking forward to the next town/book.
by Stephanie - reviewed on July 20, 2012
Author Tracy Hickman brings us a fun work of fiction in his new book, Eventide-Tales of the Dragon's Bard. A fantasy story following the adventures of Edvard the Just and his unlikely apprentice Abel as they travel the country-side in search of exciting stories to share with the mighty, man-devouring dragon, Khrag. Passing through Eventide, Edvard is certain he has found his next greatest story in the awkward Jarod Klum and the lovely daughter of the High-Wish Woman, Caprice Morgan. As the bard sets the scene and arranges his cast of characters - the scene is set for his next greatest story... Fantasy is not my favorite genre and I did find this a bit difficult to read as it is written with an "olde English" kind of style dotted throughout and it started a bit slow BUT I did enjoy following the sweet romance between Jarod and Caprice once the story got going.
Dragon Story-teller
by Shauna - reviewed on September 08, 2012
As to NOT be eaten the story-teller entertains the dragon with wonderful stories. Needing more stories to share the Bard goes into the town of Eventide to record their stories. Along the way you will meet trolls and gossiping faires, and gnomes, etc. Of course the tale wouldn't be worth telling if it didn't have "matters-of-the-heart!" If you love fantasy... you will LOVE this book!


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Because I have NO self control, I came home from Lowe's with a blueberry tree. It says on the tag just plain old blueberry, but it does mention the university of florida making this variety for florida. Or something to that affect. Can anyone recommend the best way to plant this. Should I put it in a raised bed or can it go straight in the ground? And, what about soil? Any type that I should buy or mix together? I am under the impression that they need acidic soil. Thanks! I'm pretty impulsive with plants, and my son was almost squeeling with delight over the idea of eating blueberries from our yard. Cathy :) |
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- Posted by gcmastiffs z10 Florida (My Page) on Thu, Apr 3, 08 at 12:56
Blueberries do require acidic soil. I planted mine in a raised bed filled with pine bark, pine bark fines, and peat. I mulch heavily with pine bark. Some varieties do well in containers, but your unknown may be one of the large ones that can get 4-5' tall. There are quite a few Blues available for zone 10. I have at least 7-10 varieties. You will find that one Blueberry plant is not enough! You will want more(G). You can buy them reasonably priced as bare root plants in winter. I got some Sunshine Blues last month bare-root, and they are loaded with berries already. Hopefully your new treasure will produce well for you. Congratulations! Lisa |
Yogacathy, I also have a 4 and 1/2 year old son, who loves to garden. We live in Palm beach county. We could get together sometimes, if you are not too far from us. Veronika |
I left the tree at Lowes even tho I was tempted. Everything I read seems to tell me I'm in the wrong zone. I mean 10b had practically no chill hrs. this winter. The trees at my Lowes were from Pine Island, which is farther south than where I'm located, so how did they get them to fruit? |
- Posted by gcmastiffs z10 Florida (My Page) on Thu, Apr 3, 08 at 17:27
Blueberry shrubs from Pine Island sure will fruit in zone 10. There are quite a few varieties that need 150 hours or less, of 45 degree weather. If it doesn't stay chilly long enough, that year you get a poor crop. We had a very warm winter here in Jupiter, but the Blues are happily fruiting away(G). How much were they at Lowes? Lisa |
Thank you Lisa! I went back out and bought the pine bark and the peat moss, but I'm not planting it till tomorrow. At my Lowe's it was $32. It has a ton of green berries on it, but I dont' dare to get excited yet ;) I'll post a picture when I get it in. Thank you again for your help!! Veronika~ I would love to get together and I'm sure my son would too. But, we live on the other coast. We are in Charlotte county. I wouldn't mind making the drive sometime or meeting somewhere though! Cathy :) |
- Posted by gcmastiffs z10 Florida (My Page) on Thu, Apr 3, 08 at 19:30
Cathy, "ouch," that is expensive! I bought mine from Bay Laurel for $12, and have purchased from other nurseries for around $7. Og course, potted ones will be more, but bare-root plants really take off quickly. They are easy to grow, I'm sure yours will do well for you. Lisa |
Lisa, I didn't realize it was expensive! I always get taken, I swear. I'm going to have to check around for some more nurseries. I'll have to REALLY enjoy this tree! :) Cathy |
I have been wanting blueberries... (sigh) I have PLENTY of pine needles, but I figure they want alot of sun though and I haven't figured out where I could put them. Now Bay Laurel says their shipping season has ended... |
- Posted by ladybugfalcon 9b FL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 10, 08 at 22:23
I've done some research and found that 'southern highbush' varieties, such as Gulf Coast, require between 70-150 chill hours. Do a search for "blueberry" on IFAS's website; they have a very good article on recommended varieties for Florida. Some varieties of blueberry require two or more plants of different species to set fruit too. |
- Posted by sdstarfish 10 (My Page) on Fri, May 16, 08 at 15:11
Does anyone know how to control blueberry pests organically (other than netting)? And how well does netting work? Do iguanas go after the berries too? Thanks. |
- Posted by abejadulce_z9b (My Page) on Sun, May 18, 08 at 17:29
Can any of these varieties be maintained at 36-40"? I'd like to plant a few and use them as foundation plantings. Beatrice |
- Posted by gcmastiffs z10 Florida (My Page) on Sun, May 18, 08 at 22:06
Netting will only protect B-Berries from birds, and making a frame over the bushes works 100 times better than just laying the netting over the plants. If the netting touches the berries, or is close, the birds will still get them. Netting does not stop squirrels, large chickens (G) or human thieves. Beatrice, Sunshine Blues top out at around 36 by 36. They are VERY productive, pretty and easy to grow if you have the correct Ph. I use pine bark, peat moss and pine needles for mine. My Sunshine Blues did not drop leaves in winter, but most other varieties do. I'll warn you in advance, a "few" will not be enough(G). Lisa |
How neat! Blueberries in zone 10? These must be new varieties. Some of you guys are actually getting REAL blueberries in our sub-tropical climate? Where in zone 10 do you all live? I'm in Fort Lauderdale. As I'm sure you know, we get very few chilling hours here. Would love to see some pics of your blueberry trees. (They are trees and not bushes, right?) Sheri :) |
- Posted by gcmastiffs z10 Florida (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 08 at 7:23
Sheri, Blues are bushes/shrubs, not trees. My largest ones are only about 3' tall, due to being too shaded. They can get about 5', depending on variety. There are lots of Low-Chill fruit varieties we can grow here, including Apples, Peaches, Plums, Pears, Kiwis and many grapes. Pine Island Nursery is in Miami. By looking at there website you will find Tropical fruits that have growm well for them in zone 10. Lisa |
- Posted by abejadulce_z9b (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 08 at 17:59
Lisa, Thank you so much! The sunshine blues sound ideal. With a lot that's 90x100', there's only so much I can cram in. I'm considering taller edibles to plant between my house and the street as a privacy screen. B |
Lisa, that is really interesting to know. One of my next projects will have to be buying some blueberry bushes! :) Thanks for the info. Sheri |
- Posted by abejadulce_z9b (My Page) on Mon, May 26, 08 at 17:09
What a font of valuable information! One last question - is there a nursery or mail source that ny of you recommend for blueberries? I saw that one of the big name mail nurseries had the sunshine blues. Beatrice |
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Cosmo is already house- and crate-trained, and he loves children. He has been returned to the shelter twice; once because his adopters were allergic, and the second time because his new adopter got divorced and couldn't keep him. Cosmo loves car rides and playing with his toys. People describe him as a lap-loving dog. He is already neutered, microchipped and up to date on vaccinations! He can go home to a loving family today, and be happy curling up in your lap.
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Former Congressman Mike Ross once received a perfect score from abortion opponents, but recent remarks ahead of a heated primary for Arkansas' governor's office are drawing fire from the right and the left.
When Ross entered the race last week, he portrayed himself as a defender of abortion rights and criticized legislators who passed abortion bans at 12 and 20 weeks into a pregnancy.
Ross supported a measure in Congress that would have banned most abortions in the District of Columbia 20 weeks into a pregnancy, but said Gov. Mike Beebe was right to veto a similar Arkansas ban. Ross said jobs in Congress and the Statehouse are different, and suggested his vote against abortion rights in Congress represented his district's views, not necessarily his own.
Ross shifts on abortion as he runs for Ark. gov.
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Members of the Minnesota Orchestra, led by Osmo Vänskä, practiced in 2012. "Osmo may have to leave," Richard Davis, chairman of the orchestra's negotiating team, told the Star Tribune this week. "The board is resolved to know that that is a risk."
The definition of fungible: able to be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. Exchangeable or replaceable for another of like kind.
This week Minnesota Orchestra CEO Michael Henson told the New York Times: "When we get up and running again … I'm sure we will get an astonishing bunch of individuals who will want to perform and live in this great city."
In other words, our great musicians and Osmo Vänskä are fungible — easily exchangeable.
We've lost Burt Hara, his eloquent haunting melodies and galvanizing leadership of our woodwinds. Not fungible.
We've lost Gina DiBello, her elegant silky sound and relaxed leadership of the second violins. Not fungible.
We've lost Stephanie Arado, her vibrant and compelling leadership in the first violins. Not fungible.
That's just the beginning of the list of beautiful artists already lost to the signature sound of the Minnesota Orchestra. Each contributed something unique to the fabric of sound that defined our orchestra.
Yes, each can be replaced, but each replacement alters the sonic chemistry. And you could also rip out parts of a Monet or a Picasso masterpiece and graft onto that canvas a lesser artist's work. That might be called artistic vandalism.
This has got to stop. We as a community must say that we value great art, and that we value the unique contribution of each of our artistic leaders.
We must say that we are not a throwaway society — that individuals are not fungible. We must reaffirm that artists inspire and delight and heal us, and that by nurturing and supporting them, we aspire with them to reach our human potential.
The most-talented people attracted to Minnesota in recent decades came and stayed because they admired a state that prized and invested in its artistic and natural resources. We must remind our leaders not to squander the investment we've already made in our arts institutions, and to prize the unique character of each of our artists.
Last weekend, concerned members of the public launched the SOS: SAVE OSMO (Shape Our future Symphony) pledge campaign on Facebook, asking for funds from the public to sustain the Minnesota Orchestra while its board changes its course and innovates for the world-class orchestra of our future.
In 10 days, pledges of small donations by Minnesotans wanting to support a world-class orchestra have already totaled nearly half a million dollars.
Pledgers have promised to help sustain the orchestra for three years if our orchestra's leadership commits to a period of innovation and reinvention, and if it recommits to its former mission — to enrich and inspire our community as a symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.
These community members pledged to give money if a new endowment campaign is mounted to ensure strong financial grounding for the future.
They pledged asking that board and musicians negotiate, quickly, a settlement ensuring that our musicians continue to rank in the top American orchestras, and that Vänskä remains as our dynamic and catalyzing conductor.
They don't think Osmo is fungible, easily exchangeable for another. No, he's unique — a human treasure.
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