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Greetings from Plano,TX. Hi90's 45%humidity, very dry
Some time ago I put my 26x up for sale.
i did see some comments of others to others, that pegleg my not even sail or may be selling for someone else.
A short time later my son-law called and wanted to take a trip down the tombigbee to pensacola , starting at Epes, al.
Well, that trip has become a reality, son-in-law is a retiered Master chief off of Uss Missuori, and later in charge of dismanteling the navy training center in san diego.
We started at mm 251 boat ramp. Motored to Demopolis yacht basin in 6 hrs,mm33 mi. No showers , but has motel on site.
left DYB 7:30am , locked trhu lock and dam , had to wait for tow to go thru .Floating bullards made locking easy.
Arrived Bobbies fish camp,no showers or elc ,just nice dock and gas, mm119 ,7pm , using 25 gal ,at 7.2 kts to 8.2 kts with the 25 hp merc.
left 8am , locked thru coffeville , waited for another tow,staring toget dark at mile 14 rr bridge, tender was asleep,didn't hear horn, started to lower mast , train came thru, tender opened swing bridge. continued on , 1/2 moon, good visibilty.no one else in site.
Found our way to the Mobile river (same as tombigbee river) just different name change . Times is about 11pm , and seeing lights ahead of Mobile, Al.
We pick our way towards the shiping channel. Lots of activity , tows puting together barges , barges with cranes working on constrution and maybe dredgeing. go uder Rt 9o and over I-10 tunnel .
Now waves and wind are stronger, see more tows and tugs movment, huge freighters are docked on both sides. a little harder to steer with waves comeing at us from different directions and force. Tugs gives us assurance we are doing ok, and to stay to the right in the shipping fairway but within the green lits on nuns. we follow a freighter going out to sea and pass a freighter coming in with tugs, till we get to the channel to Dog river marina.
Time is now 2am. we tie up to transeit slip. Rest and shower the nextday. Take curtesy car for goodies and buffet. Boy did that shower feel good, and real food tasted great.
Sailed Mobile bay the next day , across to the east shore in the upper narrow part, run out of wind so motored back.
took mast down .
decide to rent car and travel back to get truck and trailer , 223 miles by land 251 by water .
trailered over to pensacola Naval staion next day,sliped for 3 days. sailed 2 days across Pensacola Bay , alot more room, and not as much barge traffic, 17 to 26 ft depth. comapred to Mobile bay at 7 to 9 ft and lot of crabpots.
Ts alberto gave us some good wind on Sunday , just a trace of rain .
Toured area of past mmenories fir my son-in-law, on monday , took mast down.
trailered back to lake palistine,Tx, dropped off boat , drove To dallas , home by 12midnight . 700 miles
A great experince and a learning one as well.
The boat is not for sale, .
So , now you know the rest of the story .
Fairwinds to everyone . Pegleg
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underground formations are being investigated for permanent CO2 storage: (1) oil and gas reservoirs, (2) saline formations, (3) unmineable coal seams, (4) organic-rich shales, and (5) basalt formations.11 Carbon dioxide has been injected into oil and gas reservoirs for several decades to enhance oil recovery. Current large-scale CCS projects in the United States are focused on injection of carbon dioxide into saline brines in regional aquifers. Carbon dioxide must be in the supercritical (liquid) phase to minimize the required underground storage volume; this requires a fluid pressure of greater than 6.9 MPa (about 68 atm12) and temperature greater than 31.1°C, which can be achieved at depths greater than about 2,600 feet (~800 meters) (Sminchak et al., 2001). Because no large-scale CCS projects have been completed in the United States, no data or reports on induced seismic activity are available. Chapter 3 reviews in more detail the CCS research and development projects ongoing in the United States, as well as three small, commercial CCS projects overseas.
In the United States, seismicity caused by or likely related to energy development activities involving fluid injection or withdrawal has been documented in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas (see Chapters 2 and 3 for details). Appendix C lists documented and suspected cases globally and in the United States of induced seismicity, including, for example, seismic events caused by waste injection at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Healy et al., 1968; Hsieh and Bredehoeft, 1981; Box 1.1) and in the Paradox Basin of western Colorado (see Appendix K); secondary recovery of oil in Colorado (Raleigh et al., 1972), southern Nebraska (Rothe and Lui, 1983), western Texas (Davis, 1985; Davis and Pennington, 1989), and western Alberta (Milne, 1970) and southwestern Ontario, Canada (Mereu et al., 1986); and fluid stimulation to enhance geothermal energy extraction in New Mexico (Pearson, 1981), at The Geysers, California (see Box 3.1), and in Basel, Switzerland (see Box 3.3). Suckale (2010) provides a thorough overview of seismicity induced by hydrocarbon production. Investigations of some of these cases have led to better understanding of the probable physical mechanisms of inducing seismic events and have allowed for the establishment of some of the most important criteria that may induce a felt seismic event, including the state of stress in the Earth's crust in the vicinity of the fluid injection or withdrawal; the presence, orientation, and physical properties of nearby faults; pore fluid pressure (pressure of fluids in the pores of the rocks at depth, hereafter referred to as pore pressure); the volumes, rates, and temperature of fluid being injected or withdrawn; the pressure at which the fluid is being injected; and the length of time over which the fluid is
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Q: I'm a beginning downhill skier from Colorado who recently had the chance to hit the slopes out East, in Maryland of all places. Yes, there's something there that somewhat resembles a mountain. (OK, it was more of a very large hill, but I still had a blast). Since I'm accustomed to skiing in high-elevation locales where it naturally snows, I was a bit confounded as to how this perfectly lovely mini-mountain in Maryland was completely covered in powder, even though the area immediately around it was snow-free. I'm guessing the answer is snow that's artificially produced on-site — either that or they truck it in from Vermont — but I've never been quite sure as to how that works. Care to fill me in?
A: Although I'm anything but a seasoned ski bunny (blame poor coordination and the fact that even riding the chair lifts frightens me), I grew up in a family of skiers and snowboarders in Washington state, where just 90 minutes or so from my home were some pretty serious mountains on par with what you're used to in Colorado. Like you, I was astonished when I laid eyes upon my first East Coast ski resort (it was in New Hampshire). Not that it was in any way less than adequate when it comes to winter recreation, just very much topographically different … more gently sloping than vertical in nature. And like you, I wondered "sure, it's cold out but not snowing, and I'm certainly not in 'the mountains,' so where in the hell did all this snow come from?"
The answer? Snow guns! Snow guns, also known as snow cannons or snow machines, are devices that produce the white stuff using — no surprise here — water and pressurized air. The use of snow guns is quite common at ski resorts in need of supplementary snow, or all of the snow as is the case in climate-controlled indoor ski slopes. And yes, even resorts in not-so-vertically-challenged areas — the Cascades and the Rockies — use snow guns from time to time to ensure the consistency of the top level of snow.
The act of artificial snowmaking was born in the early 1950s at a resort in New York's Catskill Mountains and has become more advanced and more efficient since then. Still, despite being heavily computerized and much more efficient in recent years, snowmaking is a tricky process that involves nucleators (proteins that ensure a maximum amount of water droplets freeze and turn to snow before reaching the ground), chilly temperatures combined with low levels of humidity (measured by the wet-bulb temperature), and a heck of a lot of energy and water to replicate what a snow cloud would normally do.
Most of the energy in snowmaking operations is consumed by electric water pumps that move water from a reservoir through a pipeline to the snow guns; an air plant that produces cool, pressurized air and moves it through a separate pipeline to the snow guns via hydrant stations placed along a ski trail; and by the snow guns themselves, which often, but not always, require electricity to power a fan with nozzle attachments that propel a snow-ready mist at a greater distance before it reaches the ground. (These are usually called airless or fan guns because they don't require compressed air.) Depending on the type of snow gun, and yes there are a few types, the device may be installed close to the ground or high up on a tower.
Snowmaking at a ski resort is serious business, and despite the simple elements involved — water and air — it can get quite complicated and more science-y than you might think. HowStuffWorks has a great overview on the technical and meteorological particulars of artificial snowmaking. And aside from ski resorts, I'm guessing you're wondering if one can actually make snow with a snow gun at home? Yessir, for anywhere between $400 and $1,000 (plus the cost of accessories like pumps and compressors along with electricity), you can blanket your very own backyard with the white stuff and create Frosty, the machine-produced snowman, using a residential snow cannon. But just like large-scale snowmakers, Mother Nature still has to fully cooperate on the temperature and humidity fronts when it comes to creating an artificially induced winter wonderland.
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For the first time, the Registrations and Stamps Department has registered a major dip in its targets with respect to collections from registration of land and properties in Hyderabad because of the prevailing political scenario.
The yearly collections from Hyderabad district have never gone down from 90 per cent of the set targets but there has been a crash by 40 per cent in the last three months. Overall revenue collections between March and July too have seen a dip of 25 per cent.
The number of property documents received by the department for registrations, which every year used to hover between 90 and 100 per cent against the targets and many times even more, is now 60 per cent. Officials fear that if the trend continues, they would hardly be able to achieve this year's targets.
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Thread: JUAN2.0 Sketchbook - 2007
July 4th, 2007 #1
JUAN2.0 Sketchbook - 2007
Hola! My name is Juan and I have a confession to make...I'm an art addict...
Newest stuff at the end of the thread!!!
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Here's a few more...is there a limit to how many images we can put on each post? I know a lot of sites don't like more than 3 or 4.
July 4th, 2007 #3
Few more I found. These are my first attempts at trying to use a Wacom tablet...I just got it a few weeks ago and I've been trying to figure it out in my spare time (what little I have of it).
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And last but not least this is the promo image for my - Juan's Art 2007 Sketchbook - which will be released July 31st with the grand re-opening of my website. Limited to only 25 copies worldwide and each one comes with an original sketch right on the cover! w00t!
July 12th, 2007 #5
Some sequential page work...
Not very happy with how things turned out, but I did the best I could with the time I had to get it done by. Still needs to be greyscaled, but I may end up redoing all the pages at a later date.
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nice work! the anatomy is well done, not out of place or distorted! I like the creative flow you got going in this thread... look forward to more!!!!
July 19th, 2007 #7
Some sketch stuff.
July 19th, 2007 #8
More sketchbook stuff.
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July 19th, 2007 #11
yep...even more...
July 19th, 2007 #12
Oh yes...even more...
July 19th, 2007 #13
You know it...
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July 19th, 2007 #16
love your stuff man ...i love all the marvel stuff .....been a big fan comic book art for a while....
keep up the kick ass work..oh your thumbs dont show up.. maybe u need to repost them
Please visit my sketchbook .I love the feed back
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July 19th, 2007 #17
The thumbnails? I can see them all on my comp... :confused:
July 19th, 2007 #18
Nice sketchbook you have going. I think I remember your stuff from penciljack a few years ago when I used to go there.
I much prefer your looser stuff in here, the marker spidey and the Ashley Wood style robot really stood out for me. The tightness of the pencils in the other stuff detracts a bit from your original fluidity in the thumbnails and roughs, and makes the image a tiny bit stiff. Keep posting, you seem quite prolific
July 19th, 2007 #19
I love your inking style, very sharp and crisp. Some excellent comic strips there. I especially like your Hellboy. Great character. Keep it up!
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July 19th, 2007 #20
Your artwork is very crips and professional, and I think that the scans of your sketchbook work is very interenting and impressive.
I am definetly going to subscribe to this thread, and am really looking forward to seeing more of your stuff. I am very inspired!
BTW, are you a pro?
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July 19th, 2007 #21
monstertree - Yep, that's me. I've been on PJ for what seems like forever now and everyone keeps telling me to branch out, so that's why I started this thread to hopefully find someone to notice my work over here who will give me a paying jobby job.
Chymo - thanks. All my inking are 99.9% digital now...been trying to work with the Wacom because I can't stand making a mess with traditional inks...much easier on me this way. Glad you like the stuff.
Bones Weep Tedium - I am not an official published pro yet, but I work like one. This is all I do every minute of the day I can get. I don't watch tv. I don't play video games. I don't go out with friends. All I do all the time is stay home and draw, draw, draw just because this is what I want to do for a living all the time so hopefully that dream will become a reality soon.
Thanks for the comments guys. I'll go see if I can find some more stuff to post up for you.
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July 19th, 2007 #22
Found some more stuff...
July 19th, 2007 #23
Some more...
July 19th, 2007 #24
Here's some newer stuff I've been working on.
July 19th, 2007 #25
Been working a lot on this Iron Man story lately...
July 19th, 2007 #26
More IM...
July 19th, 2007 #27
A couple rough layouts I did tonight:
July 26th, 2007 #28
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that my 2007 sketchbooks are ready for sale if anyone on here is interested.
More information can be found on my website:
July 26th, 2007 #29
My first attempt at coloring in this style.
July 26th, 2007 #30
OKAY!. First thing I would like to say is that when I first opened your sketchbook I thought "hmm it looks mediocre"...that being said the only image I do not like is the very first one....any single image after that I absolutely love. Your art is quite fantastic and reminds me a lot of marvel art.
Personally I only started to not go out and spend all my time drawing recently but man...you're practically my twin when it comes to what you do, how you approach it and what you wish to do for a living .
As for the wacom pad stuff. I know you don't have much..I recently started painting as well and I found that if you wish to blend then experimenting with opacities and different kinds of brushes is essential. Layers aren't even necessary when you try to blend...personal preference. I also noticed that when I read marvel art the colouring is done as if only gradients were used.....just an observation but keep an eye out..maybe you can shed some light on it yourself.
As for your style. Its very nice and very consistant...love how you approach your shadows in large blocks...I have a difficult time with that and my absolute favourite drawing of yours is the Skull batman....gorgeous....
I wish you the best of luck. Perhaps someday in the future we will meet and collaborate . I look forward to what else you have in store. respect.


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NAIROBI, Kenya – Leaving the bustling arrivals gate, a dump truck joins a fleet of airport taxis full of deep-pocketed safari goers, business travelers, and missionaries departing from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the largest hub in east and central Africa and a proud symbol of Nairobi's growing economy and global presence.
Carrying food waste from the day's flights, the truck eventually turns toward the city slums, while the cabs continue to the capital's affluent business district. Their routes expose two very different, yet interwoven, narratives to the rise of east Africa's most populous city.
At roughly the same time every day, the unfinished salads, sandwiches, bread, yogurt cups, and refuse from Nairobi's incoming flights are transported to the Dandora Municipal Dumpsite — the capital city's only dumping location.
Far from the expressways and skyscrapers of downtown, the truck meets a landscape of smoke-filled horizons and metallic, waste-born mountains. Smoke from burning piles of trash scratches the inside of the throat and obscures the bent backs of human and animal scavengers scattered across the smoldering lot. When the sun is overhead, the smell of four decades of waste is overwhelming.
As the truck arrives, children — who've skipped out of school for the occasion — meet it on a rutted dirt road just outside the dumpsite's entrance. The older ones clamber up the truck's sides as it waits to enter the dump, pulling directly from the pile — a half-eaten brownie, an un-opened, liquefied yogurt cup — while the youngest sort through waste tossed on the ground.
Once entering Dandora, the scraps hardly make it out of the truck bed before dozens of men fight over the haul. Baked by the heat of the Kenyan sun and reeking of spoiled milk, the congealed food waste is thrown into mouths or placed in strewn Kenya Airways bags for later.
Avoiding the frenzy, women wait for both the kids and the competitive pack of men to disperse before picking through what remains.
One woman pockets a handful of wrapped candies.
"School work rewards," said Rahab Ruguru, 42, a mother of six. "Working here is how I am able to feed my children. Of course it is not a usual job. Dodging pigs, used condoms, eating what I find; no, it's not good for me. But it is a job and I have to persevere."
Ruguru and the other rummagers sort and place into large sacks the materials that cannot be eaten, but can be sold for recycling — metals, rubber, milk bags, plastics, meat bones, and electronics tend to be among the most sought after.
This informal chain of middlemen and women — an estimated 6,000 people — has long done the dirty work for recycling companies. Hundreds of self-employed pickers scavenge the sprawling 30-acre dumpsite from 5 a.m. to sundown. Community buyers purchase their day's work at nearby weigh stations, eventually selling a larger aggregate stock to informal truck drivers who are ultimately paid upon delivery by the recycling companies. None of the workers make much more than $2.50 per day.
This largely invisible survival ritual — essential to the upkeep of the dumpsite, but not officially condoned by the city — has continued since the first trash started arriving at Dandora around 37 years ago — 22 years longer than international environmental law allows and 11 years after the site was declared full by the Nairobi city council. Over the next five years, the city hopes to finally decommission the crude dumping site, raising a fraught debate between the haves and have-nots of this east African boomtown.
Dandora is a symbol of a larger problem: Even as Kenya touts continued economic growth and cultural influence — including proudly hosting the Nairobi Securities Exchange, the financial hub of east and central Africa, and regional headquarters for the likes of General Electric, Google, Coca-Cola, the United Nations Environmental Program, and U.N.-Habitat — its poorest citizens have been left behind by their country's rise.
A new constitution, accelerated advances in information and communications technology, East African Community integration, and the discovery of oil have many optimistic that Kenya will continue to be the regional powerhouse economy. Nearly two thirds of Nairobi's population, though, will continue to live in the city's slums.
International organizations have long been working to bring attention to these neglected voices — including Amnesty International's "Kenya: The Unseen Majority: Nairobi's Two Million Slum-Dwellers" report and the World Bank Institute's "Putting Nairobi's Slums on the Map" project — yet this attention has often focused primarily on Kibera, the city's largest slum. On the opposite side of the city, however, reside more than 1 million people living in informal settlements around Dandora.
"If you look at economic growth statistics then you might think things are getting better, but this wealth is clearly not trickling down to the poor," says Aggrey Otieno, a human rights activist born in Korogocho, one of the slums bordering Dandora. "We have a lot of people investing in Nairobi. Malls, KFC's, Apple stores, factories; they are being built citywide, but without a solid waste management plan, without a focused desire to truly improve the living standards of all Kenyans, we will be dealing with these problems for a long time."
This isn't just a debate about trash — it's a debate that captures how Nairobi and other fast-rising African cities treat their most disadvantaged citizens, says Otieno. And that is why a seemingly mundane municipal issue like the fate of a trash dump can turn into a political flashpoint.
"[Trash pickers] are squarely situated in the informal sector, which cities have consistently demonstrated an inability to govern," says Rosalind Fredericks, an assistant professor at New York University who specializes in the political economy of development. "Many African cities just cannot keep up with the population growth they are seeing and urban up-grading in sub-Saharan African cannot be done by simply erasing informal settlements; they have to be somehow absorbed into the economy and operations of the city."
Nairobi city council members recognize the problems, but in the same breath blame the megapolis's rapid population growth — the city has grown from 827,775 in 1979 to 3.2 million today — and the city's overwhelmed bureaucracy for their slowness to act on Dandora.
"Population growth has superseded our facilities, and it is because of the inadequate capacity of the city council that we are here," says Mutabari Inanga, an environmental and public health officer in Nairobi's city council. "The infrastructure of waste management in Nairobi is not well structured at all. There has also been very poor cooperation between city council and residents, and as a result [Dandora] has become an environmental and health crisis for which we have had no one to take responsibility."
Inanga says the city is prepared to decommission and relocate the site, but that it is waiting for the final go-ahead from the new dumpsite's projected neighbor: the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Airport officials fear the new site will attract birds that will interfere with air traffic. So the plan remains on hold.
The endlessly pending relocation has led a variety of voices, from across Nairobi's fractured class system, to weigh in.
On one side are Nairobi's political reformers and slum advocates. Health studies in-hand, frustrated human rights organizations and Dandora community leaders claim that the decommission process is long overdue. A 2007 study by the U.N. Environmental Program is among the most comprehensive analyses of Dandora's impact on the surrounding communities. The report revealed that Dandora soil samples contained fatally high levels of lead, and found that 154 of the 328 children observed living near the dumpsite suffered from respiratory problems and had concentrations of lead in their blood that exceeded internationally accepted levels.
A well-known reformer and the country's newest chief justice, Willy Munyoki Mutunga, said he believes Nairobi's urban reformers should take a stand on the removal of Dandora in the country's coming county elections.
"It is time the pro-poor leadership seize political power in Nairobi," says Mutunga. "The dump site reflects Kenya's unacceptable status quo. That dump site is a violation of the constitution and I hope my compatriots in Korogocho will task the Legal Advice Centre to move to … remove this site of death, poverty, ill health and the current unacceptable distribution of national resources."
But on the other side, the trash pickers worry that their needs and livelihoods aren't being fully considered. They are fully aware that Dandora is not good for their health, but a slow death is better than no life at all.
Julius Macharia was born in one of Dandora's bordering slums. He grew-up eating leftovers from Nairobi's airline passengers and is now one of the dump's gatekeepers.
The dumpsite is controlled by an unofficial cartel of local residents who claim to provide security to the pickers; though they mostly use intimidation to control who is permitted to pick where, often to the detriment of the women. They charge city dump trucks — and even journalists — a small fee every time they enter.
Macharia, who prefers the name Tiger, is one of the cartel leaders. He proudly displays a pool table he moved to the center of the dumpsite and the shelter he constructed for it using scattered scraps. Trash pickers pay 10 KSH (about $.12) a game to use the table during breaks and rainy weather.
While Nairobi's business district dithers and shirks responsibility for the fate of Dandora, Tiger worries about what will happen to those who depend on it should the government ever really take an interest in their affairs.
"If they come, what will happen to us? We are like these birds and pigs to this city," he says, gesturing toward the animals that scavenge for food side-by-side with the pickers. "They don't recognize us as people. They don't care what happens to us, and if they relocate this place then we will have nothing."
City officials have long-term plans to turn the dumpsite into a park, but the pickers hardly see how they will achieve such a goal, nor frankly what use they would have for a park.
Inanga says the city has also "earmarked money to sustain the livelihood" of the pickers who lose their jobs. "I can't pin-point what exactly, but something will be done," says Inanga. "We envision some of them fitting in at recycling points [at the new dumpsite] … others will be given something to help sustain their livelihoods."
Ruguru rolls her eyes at the prospect. Weighted with candies for her children in a pocket, a collection of milk bags and bones in two different sacks on her back, and a blue plastic bag in-hand, full of cabbage she found earlier in the day and plans to cook for dinner, she walks home as the sun starts to set.
A mother of six children between the ages of four and 17, she moved to a small home directly bordering Dandora after the country's 2007 post-election violence forced her family from their Eldoret farm near the western border of Kenya.
"Look at my leg," says Ruguru, pausing to reveal a large wound she received at the site two years ago. "I know working here is bad, but I am here because of hunger."
She lost her newborn son to tetanus last November. Ruguru's doctor said he contracted it from her, likely from the wound on her leg. She returned to work at the dumpsite only days after he was buried.
Asthma makes life even harder for Ruguru. Toxic smoke from small fires of burning waste spreads to every corner of Dandora and across the surrounding communities.
As a mother, she worries daily about the toll that the site will take on her children's' health and spirit. But what bothers her most is the foul language her children pick up as a result of working alongside adults.
Save her four-year-old, the entire Ruguru family scavenges Dandora with their mother on weekends and after classes to earn money for school fees, books, and uniforms. Her 12 year-old daughter, Sophie, hates working at Dandora, but the dumpsite has hardly worn her spirit. She has plans for her future. "I don't want to become a doctor, I plan to," she says with a sack of milk bags on her back.
No matter what regulations the bureaucrats in Nairobi may issue, Ruguru doesn't see a time they will stop picking through the leftovers of her country's success story.
"I really don't like that [my children] hear how adults talk by being out here, but we have no choice," she said. "If this site moves then I will move with it — or we will not survive."
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The Philadelphia Eagles suffered yet another deeply disappointing, albeit very different type of blow to their receiving corps on Wednesday. Four days after losing Jeremy Maclin for the season to a leg injury over the weekend, a video has surfaced of a sleeveless Riley Cooper using one of the ugliest words in the English language. The clip, which first appeared on CrossingBroad.com, was shot June 9 during a Kenny Chesney concert in Philadelphia where Cooper argues with an African American security guard and says, "I will jump that fence and fight every n—– in here." And as you'll see in the uncensored video below, Cooper wasn't talking about fighting ninjas. "I am so ashamed and disgusted with myself," Cooper said in a statement released by the team. "I want to apologize. I have been offensive. I have apologized to my coach, to Jeffrey Lurie, to Howie Roseman and to my teammates. I owe an apology to the fans and to this community. I am so ashamed, but there are no excuses.
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"I t is essential that we enlighten and create widespread awareness on education among all sections of society, particularly in rural areas and among the urban poor." This statement by former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam sparked the idea of I am Kalam, an 87-minute Hindi feature film. A production of Smile Foundation and Eleeanora Images Private Limited, I Am Kalam, with a whopping budget of 1.2 crore, will make its world premiere at the 63rdCannes Film Festival starting May 12.
The film's producer and director, Nila Madhab Panda, who has to his credit over 60 short films, documentaries, television dramas and films for the BBC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel, now makes his "feature film debut" with the film. Among others, Panda has brought together an interesting star cast which includes Harsh Mayar, a boy from a Delhi slum in the title role of Chhotu, a dhaba worker. Veteran Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover plays Bhati, the dhaba owner, and child actor Hussan Saad of Delhi 6 fame plays Prince Ranvijay. It also features French actress Beatrice Ordeix.
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A native of Bergen County NJ, STATIC has been a part of the School of Rock family for several years as a guitar instructor and show director for the South Hackensack and Waldwick School of Rock. As the guitarist and soundscape artist from the band Ours and Jimmy Gnecco, STATIC has been a part of an extensive and exciting tour schedule since 2003. Touring in the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom, STATIC has been a part of premier headlining acts as well as support for A-Ha, Marylin Manson, Filter, Blue October, Circa Survive, Dredg, Never Ending White Lights, Lucas Rossi, AFI, and Live. STATIC has shared the stage with all-star line ups including Iggy Pop, Slash, Leslie West, Wayne Kramer, Perry Farrell, Jerry Cantrel, Tom Morello, Joe Lynn Turner, and Muz Skillings. His guitar playing can be heard on Columbia Record's release of 'Mercy" from the band Ours (produced by Rick Rubin and Jimmy Gnecco), as well as appearing with Jimmy Gnecco on the tracks "Our Final Hymn" and "Dove Colored Sky" from the Canadian group Never Ending White Lights. STATIC has been playing guitar for over 20 years and enjoys performing on many other instruments and gadgets especially when experimenting with the usages of mutli-effects and their applications.
Elena Pagonis has been in the music business as a recording artist, performer and vocal coach for over 20 years. She has toured with some of the greatest players from New York to Nashville and recorded her music in the legendary Electric Lady studio in New York working with producers Eddie Kramer and Dave Rosenthal. Having studied with vocal coaches Katie Agresta in NYC, Jerry Janson, Paula Florea Bel Canto opera, Bob Fitzgerald and MaryJo DuPrey (UCLA), she incorporates the techniques of these renowned voice teachers into her voice lessons. She also specializes in harmony and plays guitar, conga/percussion, and bass. With her great love for music she still performs in NYC and North and South Jersey venues including Circus Maximus at Ceasars in Atlantic City, Wonder Bar, Rodeo Bar, Stone Pony and many others.
Susan Marlett teaches voice and piano at the Waldwick School of Rock. She began teaching woodwinds in 1981. She added vocals and keys in 2000. Susan was classically trained on Flute and has played with several orchestras and bands from North Carolina, Baltimore, New York & California. She plays all the Woodwinds (including bagpipes, ask her how long it is to the top if you want to rock and roll). Susan graduated with three degrees from The New School For Social Research and Parsons School of design; with additional study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. She has also worked with the highly acclaimed vocal coach: Mercedes Hall. Susan has performed both vocally and on flute with numerous acts including world famous flutist: Hubert Laws. These days she can be heard on most Wednesday nights singing and playing Jazz flute in New York. Susan has experience in classical, Jazz, rock, Broadway and pop. She has run ensembles and creative workshops for groups of 200+ people, as well as coached individuals preparing for theatre and TV auditions. She has organized theatre groups and high energy vocal group performances.
Joe McLaughlin has been playing keyboards for 40 years, and playing guitar and singing for over 30 years! In addition to playing guitar, he also plays mandolin, trumpet, and ukulele. His influences range from the 50s to the 90s and include everything from rock, blues, country, metal, and more. Joe comes to School of Rock after teaching formerly at The Music Den in Parsippany. When he doesn't have an instrument in his hand, Joe enjoys cooking, sy-fy movies, and cats.
Born and raised in Bergen County, Chris Goodlof is both a guitar & bass instructor and show director at the Waldwick School of Rock and the Saddle Brook School of Rock. Chris has been a part of the School of Rock since he was in high school, when he joined as a guitar student at the South Hackensack School of Rock in 2006. As a student, Chris got the opportunity to play onstage with greats like Leslie West from Mountain, Carmine Appice from Vanilla Fudge. At the young age of 23, Chris has a positive attitude and a unique ability to relate to and inspire our students. Chris has come a long way since his days as a guitar student. He is a member of the band OURS, where he plays bass and guitar. Chris has had the opportunity to tour all over the United States with OURS. Before joining OURS, Chris studied under David Bowie's guitarist Carlos Alomar at Stevens Institute of Technology where he majored in Music and Technology. Chris also has a background in recording, mixing, and engineering.
Franky Hernandez received his first round of music education from Berklee College of Music from 1978 to 1980. While there, he studied with John Neves, Bruce Gertz and Rich Appleman. He then went onto William Patterson University to study with Rufus Reid, Harold Mabern, Steve Bagby and Ron Naspo. Franky has performed with some notable acts such as Chet Atkins, The Mamas and the Papas, and Lou Christie. He has also played with tons of oldies groups including Fabian, The Angels, Little Peggy March, The Coasters, etc.
Brett Romnes has been a musician for over 18 years with his primary focus on percussion and music production. He is currently the drummer for recording artist I AM THE AVALANCHE. He has toured with bands such as: Paramore, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, Minus the Bear, Senses Fail, Billy Talent, Bayside, Saves the Day, Lamb of God, A New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, The Bouncing Souls and many more.
Dean has been playing guitar for 17 years and has since grown into the local music scene. Dean specializes in 6, 7 and 8 string guitars and 4 to 6 string basses. Most of his influences come from bands that play with these instruments such as Slipknot, Meshuggah, Megadeth, Metallica, and more. His range of influence also includes contemporary hard rock artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson and classical music such as Beethoven. Dean has played with bands in the metal, punk, blues, and acoustic genre. Currently, he plays with the band Darrow Chemical Company. On top of playing guitars, he has been a roadie and tech for countless local bands working on lighting, sound and all equipment set up and repairs. In his spare time, Dean enjoys working on classic cars, drawing, painting and writing as well as hanging out with his son.
Hailing from Pompton Plains, Dennis Zimmer has been playing drums for over 30 years! He received his musical education from Jersey City University and cites Tommy Lee, Chad Smith, and Steve Gadd as his prime influences. During his time of being a full time musician, Dennis has played with Lita Ford and toured with the band OURS. When he's not playing drums, he's working on vocals and spending time song writing.
Eric See's interest in drumming began at age three. Although, he's mainly self-taught, this energetic and creative drummer drew a lot of inspiration from rock heavy weights like, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and KISS, as well as early Motown records. He later fine-tuned his skills by studying other styles, including R&B, jazz, hip-hop, and drum'n'bass.
Throughout his young career, Eric has played in many bands, and he has done numerous sessions in the US and Europe. Some of the notable artists he's worked with are Adam Hawkins, Peter Mew, G.E. Smith, T. Bone Wolk, Janek Gwizdala, Rob Bailey, Steve Holly, Anthony Esposito, John Eaton, Laura Dawn, Jam Master Jay, Randy Allen, JIVEjones, Lee Horrocks, and The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Currently, Eric's explosive drumming can be experienced on tour with Just Kait and his own band, Mag Animus.
Guitarist and songwriter Charlie Jones has been a mainstay of the tri-state club scene since the 1970's, and has appeared with many top jazz and R&B greats, including: Bettye Lavette, Big John Patton, Illinois Jaquette, Jimmy McGriff, Bernard Purdie, Jesse Morrison, Larry Young, and Lonnie Youngblood. His performance credits include playing in the Jimi Hendrix Alumni Band and performing at the Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert at Carnegie Hall with Bettye Lavette. He's been teaching since 1974 and has taught at New York University from 1995 to 2004. He's been teaching at Ramapo College in Mahwah on and off since 1999.
Peter is a Bergenfield native that has been playing drums for over 40 years. He studied at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, CA and is well versed in rock, fusion, latin, metal, and prog rock styles. His musical influences are John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Simon Phillips, Vinnie Coliauta, Mike Mangini, and more. Peter has toured with Billy Sheehan, Vinnie Sarzo, Jake E Lee, Rhett Tyler, Allied Forces and more. He has also played with the Rockland Conservatory of Music in symphony shows. Outside of teaching at Waldwick School of Rock, he spends most of his time gospel drumming for jail and church ministries.
Matthew Maroulakos is an American songwriter. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Matthew attended William Paterson University, from which he holds a B.A. (magna cum laude) in Musical Studies. Since 2004 he has released 3 records and traveled the country sharing the stage with musical groups such as Katy Perry, The Meat Puppets, and Swedish natives The Sounds.
Mike D'Agostino comes to The Waldwick School of Rock with 40+ years of musical knowledge and experience. Mike studied drums with famed drum instructor Gary Chaffee and Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock) and was a percussion major at SUNY Fredonia and SUNY Potsdam. Mike's influences range from Peter Gabriel to Led Zeppelin to Miles Davis to Yes and many more. He has toured and played with Mark Egan (Sting, Roger Daltry), Trey Gunn (John Paul Jones, King Crimson) and Carlos Alamor (David Bowie), and Vernon Reid (Living Color) just to name a few. He has 2 bands – Inneroute, a jazz fusion band which he plays drums for, and Blue Halo Effect, which he plays drums, composes and sings for. In addition to playing drums, keyboards, and singing, Mike also composes music & is an established songwriter. He programmed electronic drum sounds for Herbie Hancock, KISS and Yoko Ono. He has composed music for 20th Century Fox's "The X-Files" and most recently music for the indie film "Sweet Lorraine" featuring Tatum O' Neal. When he's not doing something music related, Mike likes to fish and hike.
Jim DeSalvo is a highly skilled mastering, mixing, and tracking engineer and a university-level professor of Pro Tools software and music recording technology. Here at The Waldwick School of Rock, Jim teaches a Tools of Production seminar, teaching Pro Tools to those who are interested in learning the software and becoming true audio engineers, even if they do not know how to play any instruments. Jim picked up most of his knowledge working at EMI Music in New York, having access to the area's best recording and mastering studios. He went on to meet and collaborate with engineers from The Hit Factory, BMG Studios, AES events, NAMM Shows and more. He has been the guest speaker at the mastering workshop for the SAE Institute for Audio in New York City and taught class at The Film Makers Educational Cooperative, (FMEC) in Bridgeport, CT. Jim's artist and writing credits include: Jon Anderson of Yes, Eddie Cascio (Michael Jackson), Phill Collen of Def Leppard, De la Soul, Bobby Caldwell, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Jackson Brown, The Misfits, and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and more. His network credits include CBS, MTV, The History Channel, and SyFy Channel.


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I knew the risks and they do help.
- I have spinal stenosis and have been having these injections every 3-4 months. They do help a lot because before the injections I couldn't even stand in my kitchen in the morning to make myself a cup of coffee. After the injection, I can do anything I want. I was informed of the risks and except for the cortisone flare, never had any other side effects.
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Was Informed, In Writing
- I have been getting cortisone shots every 3 months for a ruptured disc--I don't want surgery. The shots help a lot and only a day of discomfort. I read and signed all the risks. If anything was bad, I wouldn't keep going back.
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Never Again
- I had the injection at for plantar fascitis and I was not warned of the side effects. The injection was more painful than I expected, and now I am being told it could be days before I can walk on it comfortably.
- —Guest Andy
I will not have one again
- I had the short three days ago in my shoulder and I was never informed of any of the side effects. Now I'm still in pain and its almost worse than it was before and now I am just being told give it another week to see any signs of it working. If I had known I would go through this I never would have had the shot in the first place.
- —Guest K
Absolutely Not!
- I wasn't told about all the side effects or I wouldn't have done it. I had cortisone flare, extreme fatigue, clots, shooting pain and prolonged menstrual bleeding. And no relief from tennis elbow.
- —Guest JM
Negative Side-Effects
- I have had cortisone shots before, and I've had a number of different side-effects... I thought I was really ill until I read about these side-effects. It really does help with the pain, but I never expected any of these side effects.
- —Guest Charlene Bianchi
Felt Tricked
- I am upset. My doctor informed me that if a cortisone shot helped, I would be a candidate for surgery. I was told about no possible side-effects. I feel like I was tricked into having this shot.
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Wish I Had Known...
- I had a shot in my knee to try to reduce the pain prior to knee replacement. About 7 hours after I felt my face flush and my heart race. Wish I would have known about the side effects so that I could have been prepared.
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I Was Told, But Still Concerned
- I received the cortisone shot on the side of my wrist. This was my 3rd shot, but this doctor was the first that explained the possible change in my skin pigment. I actually thought it would just be in the spot of injection, however it is covering about a large space on the side of my wrist. The lost of pain was immediate and I do not regret the shot, I just didn't know that the color change would be so drastic.
- —Guest Val
I would never have had the shots.
- Absolutely not. All hell broke loose in my body after receiving two cortisone shots for carpal tunnel. I would NEVER have had those shots if i knew this could happen.
- —Guest Eleanor
Not Told About Skin Problem
- I was not told of the possible side effects of a cortisone shot into my elbow...otherwise I would have opted not to have the shot. Now I have a circle of light skin where the pigment is gone.
- —Guest clschneider
Was Warned, But No Relief
- I'd just had my 2nd shot in 6 months and the doctor was informative. He warned me of the side-effects, including steroid flare. I was in such pain and desperate for relief. I will never have another shot again; I need to find alternative relief. The 2nd shot made very little difference to the pain.
- —Guest Yolande Ruiters
- I had a steroid shot yesterday for an inflammation in my shoulder. Today I have a flushed face-like a heavy drinker. No-one warned me about the side effects of the injection.
- —Guest brenda yavry
- My doctor explained all the risks/side effects listed here, as well as the potential benefits. At this writing, I got the shot in my right knee joint about 12 hours ago. Other than some injection site pain and increased feeling of 'stiffness', nothing remarkable in terms of symptoms. Remains to be seen if I benefit from it.
- —Guest DaveInMinneapolis
Had Cortisone In Both Knees
- I will have to get my knees replaced and plan to do so in March, however, the shot did wonders for my knees. However, I am still experiencing face flushing, excessive sweating of my head and neck, tend to start to lose my voice in the afternoons and my hearing sometimes sounds "tin" like. Would I get the shots again? You bet! So much depends on your knees and when they don't function, you realize how your mobility is decreased, lifting and pulling cease, going up and down stairs are almost impossible and sitting or standing for long periods cause excessive fatigue. I can handle these side effects just fine, thank you!!
- —Guest Joyce Hanselman