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Naval Academy Professor's Research May Help Predict Tornadoes
Posted on: July 17, 2013 08:00 EDT by Jessica Clark
A Naval Academy professor recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research that could lead to a model for predicting tornado activity in the U.S.
Oceanography Professor Brad Barrett's research was also published in the most recent edition of "Geophysical Research Letters," a leading scientific journal in the meteorological, oceanography, and geosciences communities.
There is currently no ability to predict tornado activity with statistical confidence beyond five or six days. To be able to do that would be useful for emergency planners in areas potentially affected by large-scale weather events such as tornadoes, said Barrett.
Central to Barrett's research is the relationship between weather and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a kind of cousin to the better known El Niño-Southern Oscillation in that it is also a large meteorological pattern that has global effects.
Barrett first considered the possibility that tornado activity in the U.S. could be impacted by the MJO in 2012, when he posed the idea to his senior capstone class. Two midshipmen (Michael Freedman and David Sumrall) volunteered to help with the research as their final project.
The MJO is driven by thunderstorms in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Northern Australia. As tremendous volumes of air repeatedly rise into the atmosphere, it eventually triggers a wave that travels east along the equator around the planet, said Barrett.
"Within one season, you'll have one or two of these Madden-Julian Oscillation events that will pass around the planet," he said. "As it goes around the planet, it affects mid-latitude and even polar weather."
The MJO is characterized by eight phases. The numbers correspond to the global location of the active, thunderstorm-producing part of the MJO during its 30-60 day cycle.
By analyzing tornado data from 1990 to the present, Barrett and the midshipmen were able to determine that different phases of the MJO could intensify a normal outbreak of tornadoes or reduce them in an area of marginal tornado activity.
At this point, Barrett called in a colleague, Vittorio Gensini, assistant professor of meteorology at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Gensini is co-author of the recently published article.
"He and I worked this spring on developing the statistical framework for the relationship between the large-scale atmosphere, the MJO, and tornadoes," said Barrett.
Barrett will continue working on this research in the upcoming academic year with Midshipman 1st Class Brittany Henley. Developing a predictive model is one goal of their research. They also intend to explore the relationship between the MJO and other weather events such as wind and hail.
"Some parts of the world don't see a lot of tornadoes but can still get hail and wind events that may be affected by the same mechanism," said Barrett.
For Barrett, it was especially gratifying to have the midshipmen involved in this project.
"To have them exposed to the science process early on – to me, that's great," he said.


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Cheddar Ham Chowder Recipe
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups cubed peeled potatoes
- 1/2 cup sliced carrots
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 can (15-3/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
- 1-1/2 cups cubed fully cooked ham
- In a large saucepan, bring the water, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are just tender. Remove from the heat; do not drain.
- Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Add cheese and stir until melted. Stir into the undrained vegetables; return large saucepan to the heat. Add corn and ham; heat through, stirring occasionally. Yield: 6-8 servings (2 quarts).
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Opponent: @ Carolina (8-14-4)
UPDATE: Marc Staal spoke with reporters early this afternoon and indicated that he plans to play this season but that his return is still a long way off. Staal said that the doctor ordered shutdown that kept him away from physical activity for a month was very difficult and that his conditioning suffered as a result. Staal also mentioned that playing last year was his decision. (12:49 p.m.)
UPDATE: Andre Deveaux has cleared waivers and the Rangers re-assigned him to the Whale. (12:30 p.m.)
UPDATE: Marty Biron will start tonight for New York. Mike Rupp took part in the morning skate wearing a white non-contact jersey. Marc Staal also skated on his own. (11:52 a.m.)
EARLIER: In the past a letdown might be expected after consecutive
wins over Washington, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
But if the 2011-2012 Rangers (13-5-3) are to continue making
the hockey world believe they are elite, then Thursday's contest against
Carolina is a game they should win.
The Hurricanes, predicted by most to be a borderline playoff
team before the season, have gotten off to a terrible 8-14-4 start and have
lost four games in a row.
Carolina management was so displeased with its performance
at the quarter mark that the organization fired Coach Paul Maurice on Monday
and replaced him with Kirk Muller, who had been the head man for the AHL's
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The Rangers and Hurricanes have met once previously this
season, a 5-1 victory in New York that was the sixth of seven straight
victories earlier this month.
In the contest, Sean Avery scored his first goal of the
season to the delight of the Madison Square Garden crowd and the Blueshirts
exploded for four third period goals on Cam Ward, who has been nearly
impenetrable against New York in recent years.
Prior to the five-goal outburst, Ward had put up these
numbers against the Rangers across the last three seasons:
2010-2011: 2-0-2, 2.18 GAA, .945 save percentage
2009-2010: 2-2-0, 1.49 GAA, .954 save percentage
2008-2009: 2-1-1, 1.72 GAA, .944 save percentage
But Ward has struggled this season along with backup goalie
Brian Boucher. The two have combined to
allow the 28th most goals per game in the NHL and their struggles are
representative of Carolina's early-season play.
Indeed it's hard to find an area where the Hurricanes are
thriving. Carolina ranks 24th in goals
scored, 29th on the power play and 26th on the penalty kill.
By contrast, the Rangers are firing on all cylinders.
The club has picked up the highest percentage of possible
points earned in the league and has won 10 of its last 12 games.
Henrik Lundqvist and Martin Biron have been brilliant in
goal and New York's undermanned defense has been more than up to the challenge
of playing without Marc Staal.
Better yet, the recent recalls of Carl Hagelin and John
Mitchell have suddenly given the Rangers four quality lines, each capable of
contributing offensively and each showing strong defensive responsibility.
Many around the hockey world looked at the brutal stretch
that concluded on Tuesday as a sure reality check for the Blueshirts, but so
far its been the team that has given us all a wake-up call.
- New York placed Andre Deveaux on
waivers Wednesday after the forward completed his three-game
suspension. The emergence of Hagelin and
Mitchell has pushed Deveaux from the roster and he'll likely be assigned to
Connecticut on Thursday.
- Marc Staal, Wojtek Wolski and Mike Rupp accompanied the team
to Carolina as they continue to
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1993—Pub. L. 103–82substituted "This part shall be administered by one of the Assistant Directors appointed pursuant to section 12651e (d)(1)(A) of this title. Such Director" for "The Director".
1989—Pub. L. 101–204struck out subsec. (a) designation before "The Director may", struck out subsec. (b) which related to replacement of applicants who become unavailable for service, and struck out subsec. (c) which related to age quotas.
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–288designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
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Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 322(b),Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 899, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the effective date of section 203 (b)." [Section 203(b) ofPub. L. 103–82is effective 18 months after Sept. 21, 1993, or on such earlier date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and announce by proclamation in the Federal Register, see section 203(d) ofPub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 12651 of this title.]
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A wave of accelerating bankruptcy rates continues to sweep across the nation, creating economic, political and social hardships.
At the local level, Utah has emerged as the number one state in terms of bankruptcies compared to the number of households.
Bankruptcy provides individuals falling on hard times with an opportunity to obtain a fresh start, free of existing debt. In order for the outcome to occur, people filing for bankruptcy are granted a complete discharge or release from specific debts or they are required to follow a repayment plan that grants protection from creditors.
While a discharge absolves an individual from repaying qualified debts, valid liens against property from a secured creditor are not discharged, pointed out the latest research report compiled byUtah Foundation's independent analysts.
Also, individuals are not generally able to discharge debts incurred based on dishonest or improper behavior, tax claims, debts owed for spousal and child support or debts owed for government funded or guaranteed student loans.
Bankruptcy is divided up into several different chapters, with the most prominent being chapter seven and chapter 13, explained the foundation analysts.
Approximately 70 percent of all debtors file a chapter seven bankruptcy, which allows for the complete discharge of all debts except those exempted from bankruptcy.
Of all chapter seven filers, 99 percent are granted a discharge of debts. Individuals cannot file for a second chapter seven bankruptcy within six years of a previous discharge of debts.
Chapter 13 bankruptcies are used primarily by individuals to reorganize finances by utilizing a partial debt repayment plan supervised by a trustee.
Chapter 13 repayment plans typically last three to five years and, at the end of the designated time period, remaining unsecured debts are discharged.
People with mortgages often choose to file a Chapter 13 because they are able to keep homes through the type of bankruptcy.
Utah has consistently ranked in the top quarter of states for bankruptcies since 1960, noted the association analysts.
In the 1980s, Utah broke into the top 10 among states, and then bankruptcies soared in Utah during the late 1980s.
After falling briefly, the state's bankruptcy rate accelerated in the late 1990s.
Utah achieved the highest bankruptcy rate in the nation in 2002 and 2003.
There is little variation from year to year with regard to which states round out the top positions in term of high bankruptcy filing rates, indicated the foundation researchers. A handful of states consistently report high household filing rates. Utah, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio and Tennessee not only post high filing rates, but have appeared in the top quarter of states since 1960. In other words, it appears that a state struggles with high filing rates during a long period rather than suddenly developing a problem with bankruptcy.
Many theories exist to explain the rise in bankruptcies nationally. The most popular response seems to be to blame irresponsible consumers who spend too much on luxuries and do not save money for emergencies. Affluenza, a PBS documentary and book by John De Graaf, David Wann and Thomas Naylor argues that Americans are caught up in a "painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more."
Americans do have greater debt than in past years and many financial analysts blame the situation on credit cards.
Credit card use is widespread throughout all demographic categories, though it is considerably higher among low income and younger households.
The United States Federal Reserve estimates that 76.2 percent of all American families have some form of credit card. But during the long-term, credit cards appear to have merely replaced other kinds of debt, such as installment loans.
American debt levels, in proportion to the economy, are larger than ever, but the increase is caused by increased mortgages and home equity loans. Mortgage debt has been steadily rising since the mid-1980s and has accelerated in recent years as interest rates hit historic lows.
By the end of the second quarter 2004, mortgage debt in the U.S. exceeded $7 trillion, representing a 33 percent increase since 2001. Coupled with increased debt, the U.S. savings rate has fallen dramatically in the past 30 years and accelerated in the last decade.
In 1990, the personal savings rate as a percentage of disposable personal income registered at 7 percent. By 2003, the personal savings rate had fallen to 1.4 percent.
While the authors of Affluenza paint the picture that Americans are spending more and more money in vain attempts to buy happiness, Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi in The Two-Income Trap paint a decidedly different picture. Warren and Tyagi argue that, while Americans are spending a fair portion of money on dining out, clothing and appliances, the percentage of income spent on those items is actually considerably less than American families spent 50 years ago.
American families - especially middle class households - are in financial trouble and the single biggest factor, according to Warren and Tyagi, is the cost of housing. More specifically, rising home prices are a problem for families much more than for childless individuals.
Warren and Tyagi's research demonstrates that, between 1983 and 1998, home prices for families with children increased three times faster than for households without children.
Other factors that seem correlated with rising bankruptcies are increasing divorce rates and the number of single mothers raising children.
In addition, medical emergencies create large debt loads for some families. A report by Teresa Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook indicates that more than one in five debtors listed medical problems as the primary reason to file for bankruptcy protection.
Utah's high bankruptcy rate is troubling, especially if it signals weakness in the state that could hamper the growth of the economy or the well being of residents. Some economic weaknesses are apparent, but an interesting legal phenomenon maybe equally responsible for Utah's high bankruptcy rate.
In Utah, approximately 32 percent of all consumer cases filed are currently in chapter 13 repayment plans. But a few years ago, the number was 40 percent.
Nationwide, approximately 29 percent of all consumer bankruptcy cases are filed in chapter 13. Chapter 13 bankruptcies locally and nationally have been on the rise since the 1970s, when the rate registered at 16 percent of filings.
The percentage of chapter 13 cases in Utah escalated through 2000 before falling to 32 percent in 2003.
One theory explaining Utah's high bankruptcy rate is that many chapter 13 filings fail to result in a discharge of debts. Failed bankruptcy cases have the potential to drive up the filing rates in Utah. Even though a bankruptcy case fails, a family or individual may still be in financial distress and the only viable option is to re-file.
Of the total chapter 13 filings in Utah in 1997, only 23.8 percent of the cases were completed and resulted in a discharge of remaining unsecured debt. The remaining cases were dismissed or converted to a chapter seven bankruptcy.
Nationally, one-third of chapter 13 filings reach a successful discharge.
Research indicates it is possible that the number of refilings due to failed Chapter 13 cases is inflating Utah's bankruptcy rate. Economic factors also have an influence on the state's high bankruptcy rate. Utah has the largest family size in the nation at 3.57 persons per household as compared to 3.14 nationally. About 46 percent of all Utah families have a child younger than 18 years of age living at home, compared to 36 percent nationally. Larger families frequently have higher debt levels due to increased need for larger homes, bigger cars to accommodate all members and additional expenses for clothing, food, medical expenses and other items
The state has larger than average home sizes and Utahns also have a higher than average number of vehicles per household. In addition, the average cost of raising a child to age 18 can cost a middle class family as much as $165,630 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Utahns also struggle with low rates of pay. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that average annual pay in Utah sits at 82 percent of the national average and has been declining relative to the nation for 20 years.
Furthermore, Utah has one of the largest gender wage gaps in the nation with women earning 70.3 percent of male counterparts as opposed to 76.2 percent nationally. In 2000, median female earnings in Utah were $24,872 as compared to $36,935 for men for full-time, year-round workers.
In addition to legal and economic factors, several social phenomena may influence bankruptcies. The Catalogue for Philanthropy ranks Utah eighth in the nation in charitable generosity. It is interesting to note that seven of the top 10 most generous states are also states that have historically high bankruptcy rates.
There are no simple answers to the bankruptcy question in Utah. The foundation, Utah State University and several organizations plan to continue exploring the bankruptcy phenomenon to provide needed data and analysis . Hopefully, the research will help to not only understand why Utahns file bankruptcy at high rates, but have the potential to offer insights on policies that may curb future high filing rates.


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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
It has been said that a good politician is a person who has something for everyone.
For some however, they just don't have enough.
I watched as tears came to some of the eyes in the audience at the Carbon CountyChamber luncheon at the Holiday Inn last Thursday. Those tears came over the loss of what many in the county consider a good friend to the area, Bob Bennett.
Now I have never personally been big on Bennett. I interviewed him a few years ago while he was here for one of the Rural Economic Summits and I felt like every question I asked him was either glazed over or avoided. And in the past his politics had been a little to far right for me. However in recent years either I moved more toward what he was thinking or he moved my way, but I found myself agreeing with him on many things. Maybe I was just gaining "political maturity."
As I have worked at this newspaper I have found something I didn't know before I did so. A politician's position is more to an area than just the one person that they are. This is because they as individuals are often represented by others in the local area.
The tears in the audience that day came to peoples eyes because Donna Sackett, the sitting Senator's representative in the eastern Utah area spoke and told us all how much she and the Senator had appreciated Carbon County and how much we meant to them. She said we had a special thing going in our part of the state; that we were able to bond and blend together to get things done better than any other group she had worked with during her time in the Senators employ. She said she was happy about having worked with us, and sad in having to go.
Her remarks weren't just about the job, but about relationships she had built over the years with people in our area.
Bennett of course is out of the running because he was defeated in the Republican convention last summer by two much more conservative candidates, one of which is now running as his party's nominee. How the Mike Lee/Sam Granato election result will turn out, many say they know. But until the votes come in, no one can really be sure.
I have never liked the fact that one party dominates politics in this state, or at least since the 1970s it has. I believe good government comes from a diversity of opinion that ends up creating compromise. That particular attitude about overall governance however, has little to do with the individuals that reside in various offices. I can see a lot of fault with both sides of the aisle and even with the third party candidates whose supporters have been inundating my office with letters this fall complaining that they are not getting a fair shake in debates, exposure or news stories.
But there are people on both sides of the aisle that I really like, that I trust and believe want to do the right things for the people. There are also some that are so self-absorbed by their life style and persuasions that they could never make a good decision for the American people.
Sackett became Bennett's familiar face in our area., supplying answers to questions, and often solutions to problems. She has been a joy to work with both from the point of view of those who were organizing things and the media. I believe she was part of why Bennett chose Carbon County for so many of his Rural Business Conferences. While I don't know for sure, I am guessing her influence had a lot to do with those conferences being here, as well as their success.
What will happen in the future with a new Senator in place is anyone's guess.
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Suppose you buy a gallon of gas for $3. How much did it cost you? You say, "Williams, that's a silly question. It cost $3." That's where you're mistaken, because there's a difference between price and cost. To prove that price and cost are not the same, consider the following. Suppose you live and work in New York City and routinely pay $15 for a haircut. Imagine you were told that there's a barber in Boise, Idaho, who can give you the identical haircut for just $5. Would you start going to the Boise barber? I'm betting you'd answer no because even though the price is cheaper, the cost is greater.
We might think of price as the money that's actually given in exchange for the transfer of ownership. When you purchased the gallon of gas, you simply transferred your ownership of $3. What the gas cost you is a different matter. One way to determine the cost of a gallon of gas is to ask yourself what sacrifice you had to make in order to have $3 to buy it. Say that your annual salary is $75,000. Your total federal income tax, state income tax, local taxes and Social Security and Medicare taxes come to about 35 percent of your salary. That means that in order to purchase the $3 gallon of gas required that you earned about $4.60 in order to have $3 after taxes. That means a gallon of gas costs you $4.60 worth of sacrifice. But that's not so costly as it is to a richer person — for example, someone earning a yearly salary of $500,000. He has to earn more than $5 before taxes in order to have $3 after taxes to purchase gas.
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The renowned director of England's National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Peter Hall, produced and directed this unusual film, adapted from the book Akenfield, which summarizes a sociological study of village life in Suffolk. The amateur cast mostly play themselves or close facsimiles, and the work of generations of farming and rural people is revealed through their depictions of daily life and conversations. Everyday life in the 1970s alternates, through flashbacks, with the more strenuous but nearly identical lives of the players' forebears in Edwardian times.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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My family LOVES Disneyland. It is seriously my mom's favorite place on earth! Growing up, we made a trip to California about every other year to visit that magical place.
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Adapted from: Disney Parks
Makes 8 servings
1 pound bacon, roughly chopped
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
3/4 cup diced celery
4 large Russet potatoes, diced
4 medium red potatoes, diced*
1/4 cup flour
2 cups chicken stock (broth works fine too)
Salt and pepper, to taste
4 cups heavy whipping cream
1 (15 oz) can corn, drained (optional, I just added it because it sounded good!)
Optional garnishes: chopped chives, bacon bits, sour cream, shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese
- In a 6- to 8-quart stockpot over medium heat, fry bacon until crisp.
- Remove bacon and drain on paper towels, reserving half for garnish. In bacon fat, cook onions, carrots, and celery until the onions are translucent. Add potatoes and cook for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Whisk in flour and stir constantly over low heat until the flour is cooked and the mixture has thickened slightly, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add chicken stock and half of the bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
- Over medium-high heat, bring the soup to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes or until the potatoes are soft. Mash some of the potatoes for thicker, creamier texture. Add whipping cream (and can of corn if you want it) and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Adjust thickness by adding water or stock. Soup should have a creamy consistency.
- Season to taste, and garnish with toppings.
Cooks' notes: Soak diced potatoes in cold water until ready to use to keep them from turning brown. To make bacon easier to chop, lightly freeze.
*I really think that this would still taste amazing even if you used only one kind of potato. I just happened to have both kinds on hand, so that's how I made it . . . but I really don't know if it would taste that much different.
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Amar'e Stoudemire had his second practice today with the Knicks' D-League team, the Erie Bay Hawks, according to Marc Berman in the New York Post, but will not be ready to re-join the team for the end of the Knicks' homestand this weekend. Stoudemire has been out all season after suffering a ruptured cyst in a preseason game in October. He had surgery to repair it November 1.
Still the Knicks are pleased with his progress, and though he is still experiencing soreness, Stoudemire believes he is nearing his return, telling Berman:
"The most important thing is we're winning,'' Stoudemire said. "That allows me to have more patience than if we were losing. Knowing I'm (close to) 100 percent, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm getting better and better each day.
"I want to make sure I'm 100 percent. I'm not there yet but should be there soon. It's how you feel. The better shape you get in – cardio is king – the better chance of helping.''
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Butterscotch Owl Pops September 28 2012, 1 Comment
Owls, butterscotch and autumn just seem to go together don't you think? Every autumn I get the urge to make things featuring woodland animals!
This is my first time working with butterscotch candy melts, new to our shop this year, and oh my.. they are so incredibly sweet and yummy! Perfect for these little owls! I found the butterscotch candy melts a bit stiffer when melted than others, so I would consider them much more ideal for molding rather than dipping.
I think my very favorite use for bakers twine is tying sweet bows on chocolate lollipops!
So adorable!
Follow our Basic Chocolate Molding Tutorial if you're new to chocolate molding.
Tips: Roll the lollipop stick once in the mold to coat the whole top of the stick with chocolate, this makes the stick more secure. Get yourself more than one mold if you plan to make a lot, waiting for the chocolate to harden can become time consuming.
♥ Supply List
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• Small Owl Lollipop Chocolate Mold
• White Paper Lollipop Sticks
• Disposable Decorating Bags
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Happy Thanksgiving! November 25 2010, 0 Comments
Hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving filled with lots of yummy treats! Kristen will be helping her local wing of the family eat some turkey and we are off to my mom's in Wisconsin. We always make homemade lollipops on Thanksgiving.. can't wait!
We used our Tiny Letter Chocolate Mold, Orange Candy Melts, Yellow Candy Melts, Milk Chocolate Candy Melts, Orange Non-Pareils, and Yellow Non-Pareils to wish you a happy Thanksgiving!
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Orange Chocolate Owl Pops November 22 2010, 4 Comments
Aren't these chocolate owls just so cute and 1960's looking! We are super happy with how they turned out.. its kitsch on a stick!
We didn't take any "in process" pictures of these beauties because they were just so easy. You just melt your Orange Candy Melts, add a drop of Orange Flavoring Oil, pour your melted candy melts into a Disposable Decorating Bag, and pipe into your Owl Lollipop Chocolate Mold. Add your Lollipop Sticks and place in the freezer for a few minutes until they pop right out when inverted.
For more detailed instructions check out our Chocolate Mold Tutorial.
These owls would look great in any color, but we think this orange is just perfect for Thanksgiving!
Ooo.. they would probably be extra cute with a little Cappuccino Brown Bakers Twine bow tied around the stick!
These little owl friends make us smile!
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By JOHN SERFUSTINISun Advocate associate editor
You might reasonably guess that the total personal income of Carbon County is the sum of all the paychecks collected by all the employees in private industry and government here. That's not even close.
Even if you add rents collected by landlords, savings account interest, stock dividends, and employer benefits like health insurance and pension contributions, you still get a little more than three quarters of the total. Here's where the rest comes from.
Somewhere between a quarter and fifth of total personal income in Carbon County comes from federal and state transfer payments. Those are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Pell Grants, unemployment compensation - all the so-called safety net programs that provide basic support directly or indirectly to individuals.
That proportion of transfer income in this county has just about doubled over the four decades between 1969 and 2009, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2009 - the most recent year with complete figures - total personal income was $680.9 million. Of that, transfer receipts here accounted for $152 million, or 22.3 percent of the total. Divide that by the county's population of about 21,000, and you get the equivalent of $7,240 for every man, woman and child living here.
By way of contrast, those transfer payments made up 11.2 percent of personal income in 1969.
Why the increase, and why is Carbon's proportion of transfer payments higher than the statewide average of 13 percent?
For one thing, Carbon County is "grayer" than Utah as a whole. The 2010 census showed that fully 13.6 percent of the county's population - a little more than one person in eight - was 65 or older. Statewide, that proportion is 9 percent. That means we have about 50 percent more oldsters in the county's population than the state has overall.
We're also statistically poorer than the state average. Utah averages 10.8 percent of its population living below the poverty line, while Carbon County has a 12.6 percent rate. Our median income - the level where half make more and half make less - is about $42,000, while the state's is around $56,300.
With age come the qualifications for Old Age, Survivor and Disability Insurance benefits (Social Security). In 2009, those benefits amounted to $53.4 million, roughly 7.8 percent of the county's total income. That's up slightly from 1969, when OASDI was 6.1 percent of the total.
While those retirement and disability payments are made to individuals, the biggest increase in transfer payments came from the payments through individuals. That means Medicare for seniors and Medicaid for low income persons, which pay health care providers for services. Back in 1969, the two programs together accounted for a little more than 1 percent of total income - Medicare was .89 percent and and Medicaid, .34 percent.
Rising costs of health care changed that. Forty years later, Medicare benefits zoomed to 5.3 percent of total income, or $36.4 million. Medicaid and other medical vendor payments went to $25.2 million, 3.7 percent of income.
Using 2009 figures for these programs does distort the comparison. That was the year the nation and the county ran into the great recession. Transfer payments here surged 12.76 percent from the previous year. State unemployment compensation, which had been $1.9 million in 2008, hit $5.5 million in 2009, for example.
Incidentally, here are the figures for a few of the items at the center of much congressional and campaign talk these days. Unemployment compensation was 0.84 percent of the total county income, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly called food stamps) was 0.52 percent, and other support contributions such as supplemental nutrition for women, infants and children; earned income tax credit; child tax credits and several other items added up to 1.02 percent.


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All the good jobs are taken by goats.
There, I said it.
They just eat. That's it. It's the cushiest job since panda-pooping (a topic covered extensively as both a radio broadcast and a previous blog). And the perks are amazing: free housing, free food, free milking, and free end-of-life care -- in that their lives will be ended for my carefully constructed gyro. And they eat anything, including weeds, brush and shrubs, as well as the olive and grape leaves that many farmers don't want to feed them.
And that's fine -- they were never competing with us for jobs because goats have a rare skill set including dairy production and being delicious. We just can't compete with them there. But soon they'll be taking jobs from hard working humans.
But first, here's a little story about meat-sauce.
This one time, I ate meat sauce (that is not the end of the story). Also, I had apparently contracted a stomach bug and it chose that night to strike. For years, I couldn't even look at the stuff. Hamburgers and other ground beef were fine. Ravioli? Meatballs? Not an issue. Even sloppy joes, which are basically meat-sauce on a bun, never bothered me. But put it on pasta and it never felt right. My saucy catastrophe happened in grade school and I'm still not a fan.
See, when you eat something and get sick, your brain associates that food with the sickness, even if the two were unrelated. If smelling or tasting a particular type of alcohol makes you nauseous due to a particularly bad experience, then you might know what I'm talking about. That's called conditioned taste aversion, and it's your brain's way of telling your hunter-gatherer self:
"Oh hey, about those berries you found, the one that turned your digestive tract into Pompeii? Your stomach and I have been talking and, um...yeah that was awful. Just...just really awful. We want to believe that it'll never happen again, but we're not sure how much we can trust the guy in the fuzzy speedo, so we're going to make sure that it doesn't. No offense."
This same property works for lots of animals: rats, sheep, and even goats. So, researchers took those goats who eat everything, and convinced them to avoid the olive crop, making goats clear the fields of unwanted brush and weeds. It's just a matter of time until we employ these goats in massive numbers. "But won't you have to make those poor goats sick?" Yeah, that's called job training, and it makes me sick too.


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Effect of an Online Video-Based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Peru
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for the greatest burden of the HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) epidemic in Peru. Current interventions that promote early identification and treatment of these diseases target a limited number of this population because they rely solely on peer education. To assess the use of the Internet as an alternative tool to reach this population the investigators propose to conduct an online randomized controlled trial to compare the effect of HIV-testing motivational videos versus standard public health text, both offered through gay websites. The methodology the investigators will use is divided in: (1) the development period, where the investigators will select gay websites for banner advertisement, create and refine effective recruitment messages and design the online survey and the video-based intervention (2) the intervention period, where participants who meet the eligibility criteria will be randomized into a video or a standard public health text. The videos will be customized for three audiences based on self-identification: gay, non-gay and trans and will be framed within the health-belief model and the stages of change theory (3) in the outcome evaluation period we will compare the 'intentions to get tested' and 'time to HIV testing at the clinic' among MSM of each of the trial arms. If the Internet is an effective venue to reach MSM for HIV testing, Peruvian health programs that target this population may start considering the delivery of web-based interventions and other online prevention services to this under served and hard-to-reach population.
HIV Infections
Device: HIV-testing motivational videos
Device: Standard public health text
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Primary Purpose: Screening
- Time to HIV testing at the clinic
- Intentions to get tested for HIV
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
|Device: HIV-testing motivational videos
|Active Comparator: B
|Device: Standard public health text
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|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Be a man and report having had sex with a man
- Be a resident of Lima, Peru
- Answer the survey from Lima, Peru
- Have not been tested for HIV during the last year
- Have an email address that when typed twice matched and
- Do not report being HIV positive
Exclusion Criteria:
- Do not meet the inclusion criteria specified above
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00751192
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|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Magaly Blas, NGO Via Libre and University of Washington
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|Study First Received:
|September 10, 2008
|Last Updated:
|October 8, 2008
|Health Authority:
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Peru: Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by NGO Via Libre:
Men who have sex with men
HIV testing
HIV Seronegativity
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
But it was impossible to paint the scene on location for a simple reason: The only place to set my stool was a busy sidewalk that was only two feet wide.
Because the road was so narrow, and because it was the main thoroughfare for the coastal route out of Bantry, huge trucks were forced ride up onto the sidewalks to allow other vehicles to pass.
There was a real risk of being clipped by a rear-view mirror, and I didn't want to force pedestrians to step into the street. So I had to give it up and look for another motif.
I call such an impediment a "gamestopper." It's something that shuts down a plein-air effort, and it has nothing to do with issues of technique or composition.
I'll list some other examples, and I'm sure you'll have more in the comments. Every one of these has happened to me:
1. Menaced by bull in the middle of a field.
2. Heavy downpour starts (fatal to watercolor) and wind blows rain under umbrella (eventually shuts down oil painting).
3. Forgot the chair, and no place to sit down.
4. High wind makes easel impossible to set up.
5. Subject (person, vehicle, animal) departs.
6. Drunk guy in bar keeps bumping hard into sketching arm.
7. Tide comes in, eliminating setup area.
8. Donkey puts head in lap.
9. Sketching from drawbridge; drawbridge lifts.
10. Goats keeps nibbling sketchbook.
11. Kicked out by guard/ harbormaster/ cop/ farmer/ railyard bull—and once ejected by a nun!
12. Easel blown over washed down waterfall.
13. Scheduled steam train (my ride home) must depart.
14. Folding chair collapses in museum.
15. Biting insects become too unbearable.
16. Unseen people on overlook above keep spitting on me.
17. Forgot key supplies (brushes, solvent, paints, or panel).
18. Fog comes in and covers view.
19. Shop opens or doorway becomes active.
20. Sub-freezing temperatures freeze watercolor.
21. Automatic sprinklers turned on in garden.
22. Car or truck parks in front, obstructing view.
23. Lights turned on, killing mood; or turned off, obscuring sketchbook.
24. Tour bus unloads gaggle of annoying tourists who hover around snapping pictures and asking inane questions.
25. Portrait subject approached, waving a finger, superstitious about being drawn.
45 comments:
- The fearless threader said...
I once was sketching a bowling green in Bakewell when a woman approached me and snatched the sketchbook out of my hand, "to have a proper look". I was a bit miffed with that and rather lost the urge to carry on drawing.
- August 17, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Super Villain said...
haha, best post yet hilarious!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Irina said...
I did not realize my hobby is so dangerous and unpredictable... :-))
And even people attacking (The fearless threader example :-))
Smog in the city wiped away my dreams to sketch today.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- Sketchguy said...
What a wonderful post!! I thought this kind of thing only happened to me, especially the truck parking in front of the subject, LOL!
The sprinkler one happen to me too, and it scared me so bad I just about did a flip out of my seat. Then, of course, I calmly looked around to see if anyone was watching.
I can't believe people were actually spitting on you, now that's pretty rude.
And your chair collapsed in the museum?! Ouch!
Well, here's to better painting in the future... and the exciting adventure plein air can be. :)
- August 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Cristy said...
Love these!
Experienced many of them...
would have to add: Little kids keep putting fingers into paint.
My favorite is the donkey - aren't they something? It takes a pretty hard-hearted painter to shoo away a tenderly affectionate donkey.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- James Gurney said...
I should have explained that the spitting was unintentional. The tourists in Death Valley didn't know Jeanette and I were sitting in the only patch of shade down below the overlook. When we looked up, they said, "Goldarn, there's a couple artists down there."
- August 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- Fawzan Barrage said...
The one I hate the most are the tourists. If I get asked one more time if I am a painter I will flip. No. I am an MI5 agent disguised as a painter! Its called surveillance people!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- swade said...
I can't explain it buy my biggest gamestopper is the age-old question, "Ooh, what's that a drawing of?" after a stranger looks at your sketchbook. I know it's meant as a polite conversation starter but it just takes the wind out of my sails. Especially if you happen to be sitting under a gigantic bridge, drawing the gigantic bridge and somebody asks, "What is that?"
Usually I smile politely and say, "Ducks" or "The sunset" or some other imagery that is not at all what I'm drawing.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- The fearless threader said...
I like Swade's comment. People do ask silly questions.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- donm said...
i would love to have goats nibble at my sketchbook!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Rich Adams said...
I have to add, my showstopper is typically when someone walks up and asks with all sincerity, "Are you drawing that?" It's hard to grasp the unknown, but this is the one situation that makes me question the meaning of it all...
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Tom said...
James, are you considering painting this from the photo reference?
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Tom said...
James, are you considering painting this from the photo reference?
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- James Gurney said...
Tom, no, I would lose interest in the subject if I had to work from the photo. To tell you the truth, I kind of enjoy the low-level chaos that I face outdoors or in a busy pub, as long as it doesn't ratchet up to Gamestopper level.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- John Stone said...
I haven't really been field painting (hoping to try this weekend) but I sketch on the DC Metro on my commute to and from work just about everyday.
The most "gamestoppers" I get is if I have to hang on to the rail. (unless i learn to draw and hold my sketchbook with one hand :op) or if the sketch subject doesn't like being sketched and gives me dirty DC looks I usually oblige and choose a different subject. Most of the time people are sleeping though and make for some good subjects for sketching.
Even though there is not a lot variety in the poses there're are so many different kind people to choose from its awesome.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- T Arthur Smith said...
I guess the worst thing happening to me had to do with going to Italy as part of a school group. They'd take us to the most stupendous places, then shuffle us back up the road or in the bus, just a couple minutes into my sketching, and I didn't have a camera back then. The worst was going to Assisi, the church is up on a cliff, and a restaurant nearby sits right on the cliff itself. The view was incredible, all of Italy, with an incredible sun and rays of light filtering down. And the Prof didn't want to eat there because it was too expensive (as in a euro or two more per plate than the other place). She refused my offer to pay for everyone, and wouldn't let me go on my own... She said I could come back some other day (you'd think an art history prof would understand the difficulty in getting the same weather/light). I've never been back. Maybe in another ten years.....
The lesson I learned is, when traveling/painting through Europe, do it alone.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- António Araújo said...
Have to add this one, fortunately only happened once:
26. While drawing pretty girl, boyfriend comes around, doesn't want her portrait done; she wants her portrait done; domestic dispute ensues.
(artist departs, rolling eyes)
- August 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Kate Higgins said...
My personal favorite game stoppers are: falling a sleep in the sun and losing my great light, having a horse decide my hair hair is straw and trying to eat it, having the boulder that I was sitting on suddenly decide to slide downhill (nothing was damaged but my pride), dropping my portable watercolor box overboard and watching it sink and last, but not least, remembering everything for a nice day of painting outside BUT forgetting the paper.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Lanz said...
"8. Donkey puts head in lap."
For some reason I find this one absolutely hilarious.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Mark vanderVinne said...
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- August 17, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Mark vanderVinne said...
The wind shattered my glass palette on a brick road, after I just got the paints put out on it. Another time it broke my whole easel.
Bugs. Especially at dusk when you're trying to capture that perfect sunset and have to stop to smack your neck or ankles every 5 seconds.
The bump on a train right when you're defining that important line.
Agree that the donkey is just plain funny.
- August 17, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Michael Chesley Johnson said...
I was about to do a workshop demo of a quaint little Victorian house when a septic pumper truck pulled up and parked directly in front of my subject. I continued...and so did the pumper. No sooner than I finished my demo, than the pumper truck finished its work, too. Gamestopper? Nah.
- August 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- =shane white= said...
You should illustrate these, kind of like what Rockwell would do.
Yeah, I'd say I had similar experiences.
I'd add:
1)Losing interest in subject.
2)Subject looked better before you started painting.
3)Forgot brushes
4)The full moon moved too far to the right changing what little light it gave off.
5)In Guatemala too many people started crowding me I couldn't see subject anymore.
6)Became nauseous from the moving van/too much sun/not enough water.
7)Needed a restroom but I was not in a private enough location or a public enough location.
8)Tour groups would not stop asking what I was painting and insisted on jumping onto the floating dock to find out.
9)A hay baler started cutting the field I was in.
10)The threat of being attacked/mugged by homeless/transient types
- August 17, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Farv said...
Great post.
I would add something from my personal experience -
Sub-freezing temperatures freeze drawing hand.
Drawing next to a road where big loud trucks are passing by.
- August 17, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Bill Guffey said...
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- August 17, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Bill Guffey said...
My 8 year old daughter had to go to the bathroom after I got everything set up, standing in about 6 inches of water in the middle of a creek.
- August 17, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Mary Byrom said...
A pickup truck drove up and parked in front of the tree I was painting. A guy got out of the truck, pulled a chain saw out of the back of it and proceeded to cut down the tree. I couldn't believe it was really happening- did someone pay him to do that? ... I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard.
- August 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- T Arthur Smith said...
Once in Boston, I was interrupted at night by a large, mentally-handicapped man, who kept shaking my hand, and then started asking if I was his friend. I said, yeah, and next thing I know, he's asking, "Are you my girlfriend? Are you my girlfriend?" So I got the hell out.
One night I decided to draw a landscape for a girl I liked, and didn't stop even though I was eaten alive by mosquitos. Only my hands were exposed (planning) but by the end I counted over 40 bites on each hand. In the end... the girl lost it, and then started dating some bass guitarist...
- August 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM
- Cavematty said...
My girlfriend, her best friend and I made a brief visit to Japan last year and, all being creatives, managed a few plein air sessions.
One such location was Miyajima where there is a famous shrine gate whose foundations are underwater at high tide. We were there approaching sunset, with high tide reflecting the colours of the darkening sky and the brightly artificially illuminated Torii. Perfect. The sightseers out snapping pics of the iconic landmark started taking just as many photos of us, until another local attraction started to interfere.
Tame deer came up and one took a specific liking to my girlfriends moleskine sketchbook, trying to eat it right out from under her brush. She got decidedly irate when she could not startle the tame animal, though the tourists around us were more easily disturbed. Together we managed to herd the beast away, though the light was failing fast and the moment had passed.
In my opinion the memory is better with the deers hijinks, but my girlfriend surely feels differently.
- August 18, 2010 at 2:21 AM
- Noemí said...
A boy asked me a piece of my Arches watercolor paper to become a joint. Just a bit... please...
A man asked me to be engaged. He didn't care I was married. He was not jealous.
Very hilarious post!
- August 18, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Fi - WhereFishSing.com said...
Hilarious. Reminds me why I really have no patience with painting outside and quite a lot of admiration for those who do.
- August 18, 2010 at 3:18 AM
- Dit said...
Hilarious post and I find the donkey incident charming too.
I was once attacked by geese. And once my subject thought drawing him was my way of trying to ask him out. I just thought he had an interestingly shaped head but how do you tell him that? I certainly prefer sketching unaware people.
- August 18, 2010 at 4:16 AM
- Bill Guffey said...
Got knocked to the wet ground by a juiced up electric fence. Big bulls in the lot so it was cranked.
Looked at the tree in the corner of the field and saw the top strand of barbed wire nailed in, so I thought it was safe. Little did I know the middle strand was hot. As I lifted the top strand and was ducking under, I pressed down on the middle strand with my left hand. POW! Ended up in the mud. Luckily not laying on the fence.
Still painted after that though. ;)
- August 18, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Daroo said...
Early one morning, I set up my Open Box M and unrolled my brush holder on a nearby log, anticipating the golden light that would give form to the wooded path that stretched out in front of me.
With the sun's light came its heat and what I assumed to be biting flies. I absentmindedly swatted them, all attention on my painting. Then WHAM! One bit me on my back! Through my shirt! It really hurt!
I glanced over my shoulder, toward the log and GHEEAHGGGGG!! -- a swarm of yellow jackets (who were none too happy about having my brush holder spread out over their nest)! In one panicked movement, I grabbed my painting rig in one hand and made a grab for my brush holder as I bolted away.
If you've ever seen somebody pull the table cloth cleanly out from under a fully set table -- leaving the dishes, silverware and glasses in place, then you can picture what happened to my brushes -- most of them stayed perfectly in place in the middle of the log as I tugged away the brush holder. Looking back over my shoulder as I sprinted down the path, I could see the brushes' ferrules, sparkling in the sun as angry yellow jackets swirled around them.
- August 18, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Lydia said...
I as well love the donkey comment. - in fact the whole list was amusing to read
People asking inane questions is a big one for me. especially the dual comment 'are you an artist? I can't even draw a stick figure'.
I know they mean well...
I'm strangely inspired to paint out more.
- August 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Daniel said...
I just had number 9 happy to me last week! Great list and so true. The perils of working on location.
Having said that there's nothing quite like working that way. I love it.
- August 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Andrew Wales said...
I would like to see each of these illustrated -- in your spare time of course! :)
- August 18, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- MANu said...
Perfect time to tell my story. I was sketching some hyenas at a zoo and the border was pretty small. I sketched them for a long while and thought it would be cool, (warning this is stupid) to reach in and have the hyena leave its mark on my sketchbook... Kinda like when Fred Flintstone clocks in at his work. Well it didnt go that nice....bye bye sketchbook. I think I had too much sun that day.....
- August 19, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- dgderrick said...
Yes yes, well said. I comend your bravery in the name of art. Drawing out of doors is full of unpredictable dangers.
- August 19, 2010 at 12:59 AM
- Gene Snyder said...
Thanks for the post and list Jim!! Hope your trip was fun.
I hiked about 3 miles into a national park, got all set up, placed the panel on the easel, set up the stool, opened the paintbox and realized I didn't have Titanium White or any other white for that matter!! I still ended up completing the oil painting. Not having white made me think about how much I always used it. This forced me to rethink how I painted. The painting is actually one of my favorite ones that I've done.
Thanks Jim.
- August 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- HKP said...
Seems people have been having problems like this for a long time: Near the beginning of Goethe's travelogue Italian Journey, he sits down to sketch the ruins of an old fort, and the local villagers assume he must be a spy and haul him off to the police!
- August 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- timothy parks said...
Great post. I have had 10 out of your 25 "incidents" happen to me too while trying to paint outdoors. My favorite and funniest incident was when I was trying to paint a street scene at the corner of 29th and 3rd in NYC, when a woman pulled up and parked her car at the parking meter right in front of me. She jumps out of her car, (she is in a real big rush) runs over to me, and forces a handful of quarters into my hand while yelling, "You'll be here for a while. Feed my meter while I'm gone"! And runs away. Well, I know that I didn't paint the rest of that morning, but I don't remember if it was because I was laughing too hard, or because I was too busy feeding quarters into the parking meter all day.
- August 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Jose said...
I've looked over your paint box and can't find what you're missing... but more than that I must say it's comforting to know that even an artist of your caliber still runs to into these kinds of problems.
- September 10, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- Voir Rouge said...
The thing I hate most is being asked if I'm a student, or if I go to the local Art & Design school. It's infuriating.
- September 11, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Jenna Berry said...
Sure an old post, but still rather amusing to read and see all these comments on the matter.
Big "game stoppers" I've run into are:
• sitting out, all nice and comfortable, midway through working on section (either sketch of colours) and kids start playing a ball game nearby with obvious results
• bugs, as many have issues with ..once sat in an ant nest, luckily only black forest ants, but the crawling became unbearable and they were everywhere!
• the sun. I was painting under an overcast sky, totally unaware that the second hour into the painting the sky would clear up, dry my paint pretty much on my brush and scorch my skin ..relocating ruined it for me, even if I got most of the colours right
• angry people who disagree with whatever property is drawn, ripping the page right out of my sketchbook
• out to paint in watercolours, totally forgot the water ..often forgetting a rag or tissues (for small sketches I use my pants)
• drunk/intoxicated people insisting on sparing some change or other "services" (I'll spare you those details)
• boat departs with me on it, not only changing perspective and view, but also getting in trouble for fare
• Belgian roads; there's hardly any straight stretch of smooth road, it's bendy and bumpy and doing anything in either waters or ink is a pain, pencils can even go right through thin paper books ..or you get travel sick because of looking away from the movement
• hunger/fatigue/other body functions — it's crazy how many artists out there have had those interfere with their "flow" and it's hardly mentioned here
• cramps ..they ruin anything!
• impatient people; climbing with a friend who didn't care that I wanted to sketch that awesome scenery, he wanted to climb too; people leaving you behind (and stranded) because you take too long (outdoor sketching isn't exactly trick-shooting, it's a little slow), so you either have to stop drawing or be left to find your own way home — especially bad when cleanup takes too long too and they do leave after you've already put half of your things away
And of course I've had my share of some of those mentioned above, from people asking "are you drawing? I think he's [sic] drawing [whatever my subject is, or not even]! ..can I have a look?" and inviting their friends or asking other such questions, sometimes even in group, to dangerous flying critters — be that birds or stinging insects, even the chair issue was familiar.
Many of these are my reasons to be reluctant setting up an easel anymore, even if I really should. I try to do everything smaller and on my lap or in my hand to avoid all the trouble. Steering wheels on bikes can come in handy too though, but it's not so comfortable.
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42 U.S. Code § 254n - Private practice
(a) Application for release of obligations; conditions
The Secretary shall, to the extent permitted by, and consistent with, the requirements of applicable State law, release an individual from all or part of his service obligation under section 254m (a) of this title or under section 234 [1] of this title (as in effect on September 30, 1977) if the individual applies for such a release under this section and enters into a written agreement with the Secretary under which the individual agrees to engage for a period equal to the remaining period of his service obligation in the full-time private clinical practice (including service as a salaried employee in an entity directly providing health services) of his health profession—
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(b) Written agreement; actions to ensure compliance
(1) The written agreement described in subsection (a) of this section shall—
(A) provide that, during the period of private practice by an individual pursuant to the agreement, the individual shall comply with the requirements of section 254g of this title that apply to entities; and
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If an individual breaches the contract entered into under section 254l or 254l–1 of this title by failing (for any reason) to begin his service obligation in accordance with an agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section or to complete such service obligation, the Secretary may permit such individual to perform such service obligation as a member of the Corps.
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The Secretary may, out of appropriations authorized under section 254k of this title, pay to individuals participating in private practice under this section the cost of such individual's malpractice insurance and the lesser of—
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The Secretary shall, upon request, provide to each individual released from service obligation under this section technical assistance to assist such individual in fulfilling his or her agreement under this section.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 338D, formerly title VII, § 753, as added Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, § 408(b)(1),Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2285; amended Pub. L. 96–538, title IV, § 403,Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3192; renumbered § 338C and amended Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2709(a), (d),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 908, 910; renumbered § 338D and amended Pub. L. 100–177, title II, § 201(2), title III, § 307,Dec. 1, 1987, 101 Stat. 992, 1005; Pub. L. 101–597, title IV, § 401(b)[(a)], Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3035; Pub. L. 107–251, title III, § 312,Oct. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 1650.)
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Section 234 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, § 408(b)(1),Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2281, effective Oct. 1, 1977.
Section was formerly classified to section 294v of this title prior to its renumbering by Pub. L. 97–35.
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A prior section 338D of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 338E by section 201(2) ofPub. L. 100–177and is classified to section 254o of this title.
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–251added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to written agreements, regulations, and actions to ensure compliance.
1990—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 101–597substituted reference to health professional shortage area for reference to health manpower shortage area wherever appearing.
1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–177, § 307(1)–(3), made technical amendment to reference to section 254m of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act, in introductory provisions, in par. (1) inserted "who received a scholarship under the Scholarship Program or a loan repayment under the Loan Repayment Program and" after "individual" the first time it appeared as the probable intent of Congress, and inserted "or in the case of an individual for whom a loan payment was made under the Loan Repayment Program and who is performing obligated service as a member of the Corps in a health manpower shortage area on the date of the application of the individual for such a release, in the health manpower shortage area selected by the Secretary", and in par. (2) inserted "selected by the Secretary".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–177, § 307(4), inserted at end "The Secretary shall take such action as may be appropriate to ensure that the conditions of the written agreement prescribed by this subsection are adhered to."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–177, § 307(5), inserted reference to section 254l–1.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–177, § 307(b), designated par. (2) as entire subsection and struck out par. (1) which read as follows: "The Secretary may make such arrangements as he determines are necessary for the individual for the use of equipment and supplies and for the lease or acquisition of other equipment and supplies."
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–35, § 2709(d)(1), inserted provision respecting requirements of applicable State law, substituted references to sections 254m (a) and 234 of this title, for reference to section 294u(a) of this title, and in cl. (2) struck out priority requirement under section 254f (c) of this title.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 97–35, § 2709(d)(2), inserted "(i)" before "shall not" and added cl. (ii).
Subsecs. (c) to (g). Pub. L. 97–35, § 2709(d)(3), added subsecs. (c) to (g).
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–538substituted in par. (2) "which has" for "which (A) has" and struck out subpar. (B) which referred to a health manpower shortage area which has a sufficient financial base to substain private practice and provide the individual with income of not less than the income of members of the Corps, and struck out provision following par. (2) which provided that in the case of an individual described in par. (1), the Secretary release the individual from his service obligation under this subsection only if the Secretary determines that the area in which the individual is serving met the requirements of cl. (B) of par. (2).
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Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 408(b)(1) ofPub. L. 94–484, set out in part as a note under section 254l of this title.
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Johnny Drama fans, check out the Entourage Men's Special Edition 'Illegal To Look This Good' T-Shirt. The working actor's working actor, Johnny Drama has done his time and is now enjoying his moment in the sun. This Entourage Special Edition T-shirt features Johnny Drama flexing more than his method acting and the fan favorite quote: "In certain cultures, it's illegal to look this good." Look even better in your own Entourage Men's Special Edition 'Illegal To Look This Good' T-Shirt.
- This soft and comfortable t-shirt is 100% cotton
- Please note this is a slim fit shirt, order one size up for a roomier fit