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Brady named Henrico Christmas Mother
Terry McConnell Brady, a retired Henrico County math teacher, has been named the 2012 Henrico Christmas Mother.
A native of Abingdon, Va., where she grew up on a farm with three brothers, Brady resides in the Tuckahoe District and is a long-time member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and works in the outreach division. She also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and the American Cancer Society, and has been involved with the Henrico Christmas Mother program for three years.
Brady has been married to her husband, Patrick, for 48 years and they have three children and six grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family as well as reading and gardening.
The mission of the Henrico Christmas Mother is to provide new clothes, toys, books and food to qualifying families, the elderly, and adults with disabilities during the holiday season.
The 501(c)(3) organization is run by an all-volunteer Council consisting of former Henrico Christmas Mothers and representatives of each of Henrico County's five magisterial districts. This year's Henrico Christmas Mother Council officers include President Shelly Poole, Vice President Betsy Foster, Treasurer Mary Shaia, Assistant Treasurer Betty Lyon, Recording Secretary Robin Smith, Corresponding Secretary Karen Moore and Members-at- Large Charlotte Melton and Ruth Radzisauskas.
Donations of checks may be mailed to Henrico Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 70338, Henrico, VA 23255-0338. To make online donations or to learn about volunteering, sponsoring a family or applying for assistance, visit http://www.henricochristmasmother.org or call 236-9741.
HandsOn Day set for Oct. 17
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HandsOn Day 2015, which will feature 1200 volunteers serving more than 65 nonprofits in Greater Richmond, will take place Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Among the projects in Henrico or surrounding communities that need volunteers are: installing GardenFest lights Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, distribution center assistance at Feedmore, pumpkin carving with residents at SupportOne, work and play at Housing Families First, paint for independence at Heart Havens, spruce up the shelter and clean sweep at Harbor House at Safe Harbor, pinwheel project at REAP and Kidney Walk prep at National Kidney Foundation Serving VA. > Read more.
Online tool helps identify best native plants for pollinators
Citizen Staff Reports 10/12/2015
Virginians who want to plant beneficial plants for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds have a new resource at their fingertips. The online Virginia Native Plant Finder now lets users search for native plant species that benefit pollinators. The tool, which is managed by the Virginia Natural Heritage Program, is free and easy to use; searches can be completed on desktops, tablets or smartphones.
Native plants are those that grow where they evolved; they have traits that enable them to adapt to local conditions. The Virginia Native Plant Finder lets users create their own custom native plant lists by selecting from dropdown menus. > Read more.
The Volunteers of the United States Army Field Band to perform Oct. 15
Henrico County Recreation and Parks is hosting a concert by The Volunteers of the United States Army Field Band on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Henrico Theatre, 305 East Nine Mile Road in Highland Springs. This free concert will be held at 7 p.m. and will feature Soldier-Musicians from the U.S. Army Field Band.
Since its inception in 1981, The Volunteers has been telling the Army story through rock, pop, country, and patriotic music. Its members have performed for millions of listeners in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Kuwait, and Iraq. This group tours more than 100 days each year, bringing a powerful message of patriotism and support to communities large and small. > Read more.
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About 3 hours left until episode 2 starts. Who's ready?
When Prepared, Fear No One.
I caught up!! Watched all the episodes last Sunday and Monday. Easily my favorite show. Thanks to it I started watching Breaking Bad. Cannot wait till 8.
So this is on at 8:00 tonight? Does it re-air later? I want to watch the Cardinals game but would also love to see this tonight rather than online tomorrow.
If I remember right, last week's re-aired at 10:30pm and 12:30am that night.
I am less excited about this season. AMC is showing why they are AMC. They have been pushing to cut the shows budget in half for the whole off-season, and ran off the show runner(Darabont) because of this. I expect eh episodes will begin to look like a SyFy Saturday movie, and then everyone will stop watching.
Hopefully it's better than the season premiere!
Starts at 8, re-airs at 9, 10:30, and maybe later after that but my guide doesn't go that far.
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So this is on at 8:00 tonight? Does it re-air later? I want to watch the Cardinals game but would also love to see this tonight rather than online tomorrow.
If I remember right, last week's re-aired at 10:30pm and 12:30am that night.
It reairs only if your against the Cardinals....
Should be on right after, if the talk show isn't on. Last week might have been reaired just because it was the season premiere.
Very ready!! I loved last weeks episode..I really think this season will be so much better than the first. Can't wait!
Ready and waiting. This Vikings game is awful.
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The only answer to "who/what is GeronimusClone?" is in fact "GeronimousClone". You're like The Todd on Scrubs.
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GC, he's obviously all man. And I don't think Ellen would go *****, even for GC...
15 minutes... Any predictions if they find the girl?
Yes they find the girl at the house that they find help for Carl.
Off to a slow start, but overall good episode. Still more a mental show of what would you do in a situation. Love the very beginning to kind of give a glimpse of what happened. Can't wait til next week, looks good!
Wasn't there some other door those guys could go into at the hospital, rather than standing 3 feet from the dead?
I think there is too many people. They need to kill off or write out a few. They try and compact boring or pointless dialog/action just so some characters can have some screen time.
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Deep Roots, Inc.
P.O. Box 599 • Middletown, Delaware 19709
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.DeepRootsInc.com
Deep Roots, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501c3 organization
Our Federal Tax Number: 45-5115992
In January, 2012, a small group of adults, whose childhoods have been disastrously affected by homelessness, met to organize a new partnership with children and young people and their families who are currently or recently homeless. The project's purpose is to mentor relationships and community with these children to nurture the spiritual, emotional, and material means to a fulfilling life. Teaching and reminding each other that through right relationships, and the strength of our community, we can not only achieve personal success, but help to build neighborhood in a world growing poorer indeed for the lack of it.
Neighborhood is the realization that we are all one. Ending poverty and homelessness is not accomplished simply by social activism, but in the building of relationships and in genuine human meeting — beyond and across barriers of race, social class, and religion. Neighborhood enriches ourselves, all others, and the lives of all our children; it lays the foundation for the kind of gentle and peaceable world we long for: one in which the violence of poverty and homelessness have no more place.
Ending homelessness for children is not just about meals and shelter. The fallout of this crippling experience for children results in a deprivation of the means to a successful and fulfilling life, and leads to continuing homelessness as adults, a spiral of homelessness across generations. One of the leading advocates for homeless youth is Kristine Cunningham, Executive Director of "Roots," a shelter for minors in Seattle, one of the pioneering young adult shelters in the country. She describes homelessness as a self-perpetuating problem when it comes to children: "Children born to homeless mothers, or who experience multiple episodes of housing instability – couch surfing, staying in motels, or shuttling between households when they are young – often mirror that in their own adulthoods. Homelessness begets homelessness. People who don't grow up with stable homes don't develop many of the coping strategies that let them transition into stable home lives as adults. Some lack practical life skills as well. Many don't drive because the state restricts foster parents from teaching them. Many don't have conflict-resolution skills that it takes to survive in a workplace."
Further, in the United States, and especially in more rural areas such as downstate Delaware, Cecil County, and the Maryland's eastern shore, homelessness among families with children is growing into a problem of epic proportions. According the a recent study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty in Washington, D.C., children under the age of 18 account for 39% of the homeless population; 42% of these children are under the age of five. Moreover, this same study found that especially in rural areas, the numbers of children experiencing homelessness is much higher than in cities.
There is an indispensable need for a spiritual focus in empowering these children and young people. Such things as restoring confidence in themselves and in the world as a place in which they can be successful and fulfilled, identifying and addressing neglected educational and cultural skills, offering encouragement and a helping hand in completing high school and being able to move on to college, are just a few among many of the spiritually-based resources which Deep Roots seeks to offer as enrichment for their lives. Deep Roots is a project, not just of teaching others how to fish, but of making the pond itself accessible for them—opening the gates of possibility and potential. The intent of the project is to draw children into a vibrant, ongoing community of persons with varied experiences:
1) Successful and motivated adults who themselves were homeless as children. These persons are at the heart of this project as role models and mentors who can speak with great authority to children—offering the clear message that, in spite of their current circumstances, there is hope, and "here is how we found it for ourselves."
2) Trained volunteers who are ongoing mentors, who will partner with children and their families in tangible ways to end the residual powerlessness which homelessness creates in children.
3) Being part of a community of other children and young people who are or have been homeless to give them an opportunity, in a structured and friendly learning environment, to interact and befriend each other: human peer community being the most powerful of means to ending poverty in a person's life.
A Sample of Our Monthly Activities:
We have held monthly events since our founding, all well attended, averaging 25 – 35 young people per event in addition to parents and volunteers. A sampling of some of these events includes:
- A Day at Turner's Creek State Park in Kent County, Maryland in partnership with former Congressman Wayne Gilchrest. It was a program of environmental education, hiking, canoeing, and a picnic. The focus of the program was to give the young people a sense of their importance in the world in better understanding how we are interdependent with the environment, how we fit in to the cultural history of where we live, and our role as "stewards" of planet Earth and the human community.
- A learning-excursion to Ocean City Maryland for the day. The young people, some of whom had never seen the ocean before, went on the beach, swimming, and got wristbands to go on rides. The day ended with a "picnic" of pizza and French fries on the boardwalk! Our objective was to broaden their horizons to foresee a hopeful future in such things as envisioning the possibility of summer employment, and for them to just experience a time of being young, and how young people, through summer jobs, begin to create an independent life for themselves. The need for this particular excursion grew out of the importance our formerly homeless children on the board placed on such things, as they struggled to distance themselves from a life of chaos.
- A day trip to participate in a family "Renaissance Fair" near Bel Air, Maryland. It was an opportunity for families to be together with other families having fun in a day which included games, crafts, archery, and a picnic.
- Just before school began we had a day "camp" at Grove Point Camp in Earleville, Maryland. Our objective was a time of fellowship, relationship building, and fun before returning to school. The program included swimming in their Olympic sized pool, kayaking and waterfront games, hiking, a fossil hunt, and a campfire with hotdogs and "s'mores."
- Our fall program begins with a Halloween carnival day at in Oxford, Pennsylvania designed to keep participants in the summer program involved ongoing. 85 young people attended. We had a Christmas crafts day for the children to make gifts for their parents, a Friendship Day in February to think of Valentine's Day in a creative way, emphasizing the importance of friendship and right relationships. In March 2013 we held our first spring event at the Upper Chesapeake Water Ski Club on the Chesapeake Bay and emphasized the importance of relating to and respecting the world in which we live. It was a challenging day for the young people (and the adults!).
Program Overview Specifics:
Mission Statement: Deep Roots works with children, who are disconnected through homelessness or other similar marginalization: connecting hearts. Our program will challenge children to envision a brighter future, to sustain healthy relationships and to navigate a course towards personal and social responsibility through better life experiences, with mentors, providing healthy life-models for all future relationships.
Our Plan:
- Provide field trips for experiences that may otherwise not be available for the children and young people.
- Become another friend/adult mentor to the children, for another safe place to reach out to when navigating their lives.
- Have volunteer families, who help chaperone our field trips and activities, become mentor families as relationships are made comfortably and connections are found from things in common, a child the same age with similar interests.
- Stay in contact with the family and the child(ren).
- To provide as many privileges as we can, specialized to each child, both school and extracurricular.
- To keep a snapfish (photo) account of pictures for the child/family to be able to access freely.
- To be part of sharing good experiences and modeling different styles of life that may help a person break the cycles of poverty and homelessness.
- Volunteers will have background checks as that is our best way to protect the children from further traumatizing experiences.
- Lift spirits, share commitment, become community. Help the children build self-esteem, confidence and trust.
- It takes a community to raise a child well.
2013 Board of Directors:
D. Carl Mazza, President; Zoe Miller, Secretary; Laurie M. Smith, Treasurer
Tim Craig, Audrey Kulick, Tracey McCaw, Abigail Miller, Asha Miller, Edgar Oceanic, Derrick Smith, Louise Stevens, Rachel Sykes, Colleen Upp


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The EU cookie law was implemented over the weekend amid controversy over last-minute policy changes.
In a third version of its advice to websites on how to use cookies, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) rewrote a section on "implied consent", suggesting that websites can assume that users have consented to the use of cookies.
Michael Ross, director of trading solution provider eCommera, and founder of online retailer Figleaves.com, said that the only people to benefit from confusion over the legislation will be lawyers.
"The whole premise of the cookie regulation has moved from requiring informed prior consent to now accepting that implied consent will suffice for most situations.
"It is a banal end to a year of stress and anxiety for commercial players online where the only people to benefit have been the lawyers," Ross said in a statement.
"The banality of the ICO's approach is embarrassing. They appear to have decided that it is important for consumers to understand the intricacies of cookies before they are safe to use the internet. It is like expecting people to understand the basics of quantum mechanics before they can buy a microwave," he added.
However, Sally Annereau, data protection analyst at law firm Taylor Wessing, told Computing that the changes in the ICO's guidance did not equate to a significant shift in policy.
"I don't think there is a whole scale turnabout in policy. There was already recognition in the previous guidance that implied consent could work," she said.
"When a user has seen a clear notice and has actively indicated that they are comfortable with using cookies by clicking through the site, this is an implied consent mechanism effectively," she said.
In March, a survey by consultancy KPMG found that 95 per cent of organisations were yet to be compliant with the new law.
The ICO has recently confirmed that it has sent out a letter to 75 of the biggest organisations to ensure that they are moving towards compliance. The list includes Apple, Amazon, the BBC, the NHS, the Cabinet Office and the Scottish government.
"If your organisation has not yet achieved compliance, please provide an explanation about why it has not been possible to comply within time, a clear timescale for when compliance will be achieved, and details of specifically what work is being done to make that happen," the letter reads.
It explains that the companies each have 28 days to respond and warns them that there could be a penalty if they do not comply.
Annereau said that organisations should now be more proactive in complying with the law, as prior to it being enforced, many were sceptical about the advantages of complying before their competitors.


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Students in my ENTP 200 – Foundations of Entrepreneurship class had $5.00 and two hours to make as much money as possible. Students stepped up to the challenge, their ideas were:
- Selling raffle tickets to win entries to the Reno Santa Crawl
- Selling grilled cheese and tomato soup in Patterson
- Selling donuts, churros, and pastries
- Selling snowballs to throw at a team member
- Selling raffle tickets for a $30 Starbucks gift card
- Selling ski tuning services
- Selling pizza slices
Students quickly learned that identifying target markets and advertising were important. Students made over $300 in profit, which will be donated to the Pet Network in the name of Gracie Parada. Gracie is the beloved pet of one of our classmates who passed away last week.
Inspiration for this final project came from the Stanford Design School.
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Having lived away from home for almost 12 years now, I rarely have the opportunity to spend Mother's Day with my mom. With one son on the West Coast and another on the East Coast, my mom usually receives something in the mail from us. Lucky for my brother and I, our parents encouraged us to move away from home and expand our horizons. They're proud of what we're doing now and never sweat us being away for Mother's Day, birthdays…etc. (We do all typically spend Christmas and Thanksgiving together).
Each year my brother and I coordinate our gift for Mom. We've exhausted the flower option and there really is not much my Mom wants / needs. This creates our annual Mother's Day Dilemma… What to send home for Mother's Day?
Usually we're both so busy that the holiday creeps up and then we have a Thursday before Mother's Day scramble, but this year we're on top of it. My brother called me on Sunday afternoon with a gameplan. I quickly explained that I had also been thinking about Mother's Day a lot this year because we were receiving Mother's Day orders at ScanDigital and were even running some Mother's Day Specials. (Spoiler ALERT: Mom, if you're reading this before Sunday, please stop and come back later!) I then went on to explain my plan: Let's take all of our family photos and pre-load them onto one of the new ScanDigital Photo Frames. My brother quickly agreed this was an excellent plan and so it was decided.
Over the past couple of days I've been working on pulling together a bunch of family photos to load on the frame. It has been a great time and a great reason to enjoy all those family vacation memories. I think Mom is going to love the frame and I am thrilled that earlier this year she sent in a bunch of our family photos to be scanned. We scanned some negatives and slides from our trip to Europe in 1991 that turned out to be real winners. My Mom is still in the process of organizing a new batch dating back to the 1980s to be scanned. I can't wait to see those. It will be fun to load these onto the frame as the family's collection is archived and preserved digitally. I'm excited for the first time in a few years to be able to give my Mom a gift that is new and hip. This is sure to top the casserole dish we gave her last year! Here are some of my favorites for the frame:
How we ever convinced Mom to touch this pigeon, I'll never know
(St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy)
Mom is usually fairly calm, but couldn't help being nervous while I rode on the back of a motorcycle on the Autobahn at 12 years old
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Tokugawa Ienari
|Tokugawa Ienari
|11th Edo Shogun
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|Preceded by
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|November 18, 1773
|March 22, 1841(aged 67)
Tokugawa Ienari; 徳川 家斉 (November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest serving shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.[1] He was a great-grandson of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721-1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751-1827).
Family life[edit]
First wife[edit]
In 1778, the four-year-old Hitotsubashi Toyochiyo, a minor figure in the Tokugawa clan hierarchy, was betrothed to Shimazu no Shige-hime[2] or Tadako-hime, the four-year-old daughter of Shimazu Shigehide, the tozama daimyo of Satsuma Domain on the island of Kyūshū. The significance of this alliance was dramatically enhanced when, in 1781, the young Toyochiyo was adopted by the childless shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu. This meant that when Toyochiyo became Shogun Ienari in 1786, Shigehide was set to become the father-in-law of the shogun.[3] The marriage was completed in 1789, after which Tadako became formally known as Midaidokoro Sadako, or "first wife" Sadako. Protocol required that she be adopted into a court family, and the Konoe clan agreed to take her in but this was a mere formality.[4]
Other relationships[edit]
Ienari was known as a degenerate who kept a harem of 900 women and fathered over 75 children (in the Nemuri Kyoshiro film series starring Ichikawa Raizo, many of these adult offspring, both male and female, are the villains of the stories).
Many of Ienari's myriad children were adopted into various daimyo houses throughout Japan, and some played important roles in the history of the Bakumatsu and Boshin War. Some of the more famous among them included: Hachisuka Narihiro (Tokushima han), Matsudaira Naritami (Tsuyama han), Tokugawa Narikatsu (first to the Shimizu-Tokugawa, then to the Wakayama domain), Matsudaira Narisawa (Fukui han), and others.
Events of Ienari's bakufu[edit]
- 1787 (Tenmei 7): Ienari becomes the 11th shogun of the bakufu government.[1]
- February 14, 1787 (Tenmei 7): The Great Tenmei Pillow Fight - In celebration of his ascension to Shogun, Ienari barricades himself in the Ōoku for a period of eighteen days. When Bakufu counselors make an attempt to force Ienari out to perform his Shogunal duties, Ienari holds them off with the help of 600 women armed with pillows. They hold the only entrance (the Osuzu Rōka) for three days with brutal pillow fighting until Ienari was at last captured and dragged away. Within 2 hours Ienari was back in the Ōoku to continue the celebration.[citation needed]
- 1788 (Tenmei 7): Riots in rice shops in Edo and Osaka.
- March 6–11, 1788 (Tenmei 8, 29th day of the 1st month–4th day of the second month): Great Fire of Kyoto. A fire in the city, which begins at 3 o'clock in the morning of March 6 burns uncontrolled until the 1st day of the second month (March 8); and embers smolder until extinguished by heavy rain on the 4th day of the second month (March 11). The emperor and his court flee the fire, and the Imperial Palace is destroyed. No other re-construction is permitted until a new palace is completed. This fire was considered a major event. The Dutch VOC Opperhoofd in Dejima noted in his official record book that "people are considering it to be a great and extraordinary heavenly portent."[5]
- February 28, 1793 (Kansei 5, on the 18th day of the 1st month): Collapse of the peak of Mt. Unzen.[6]
- March 17, 1793 (Kansei 5, on the 6th day of the 2nd month): Eruption of Mt. Biwas-no-kubi[6]
- April 15, 1793 (Kansei 5, on the 1st day of the 3rd month): The Shimabara earthquake.[7]
- May 10, 1793 (Kansei 5, on the 1st day of the 4th month): Eruption of Mt. Miyama.[6]
- September 1817, the Shogun orders the expulsion of Titia Bergsma, the first European woman to visit Japan
- 1833-1837, the Tenpo famine
- 1837 (Tenpō 7): Tokugawa Ieyoshi becomes the 12th shogun of the bakufu government.[1]
His time in office was marked by an era of pleasure, excess, and corruption, which ended in the disastrous Tenpō Famine of 1832-1837, in which thousands are known to have perished.
Eras of Ienari's bakufu[edit]
The years in which Ienari was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[8]
- Tenmei (1781–1789)
- Kansei (1789–1801)
- Kyōwa (1801–1804)
- Bunka (1804–1818)
- Bunsei (1818–1830)
- Tenpō (1830–1844)
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Hall, John Whitney et al. (1991). Early Modern Japan, p. 21.
- ^ Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, p. 234 n12.
- ^ Screech, p. 11.
- ^ Screech, p. 221 n35.
- ^ Screech, pp. 152-154, 249-250
- ^ a b c Screech, p.154.
- ^ Screech, p. 155.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 420.
- Hall, John Whitney and Marius Jansen. (1991). Early Modern Japan: The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22355-3; OCLC 62064695
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1720-X
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
- Totman, Conrad. (1967). Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600-1843. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
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So it's real then? The guy shot an alien??
Nice!! Can't wait for the autopsy.. there will be one, won't there? I mean, if it's not cgi and the editing was not done to allow this?
Ahh seems to me you know something we don't!
Originally posted by TheHonestMan
It looks exactly like a Gremlin...
You know dogs I think they are reacting to a "non-threat" like a possum or racoon (some animal they are used to). After it's shot the dogs that want to play with it do, the other is just happy to be with his buddys. The way these dog act is the same way my dog acted when it had a possum or racoon corner and she was waiting for me to shot it.
Originally posted by Aarcadius
im sorry fake.
near the end after the shot the dogs are ripping into this thing all except for one which is strolling along left of camera.
for a dog to not react while in a group means 2 things... dog has eaten or no danger


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I'm in the mood to do a coastal backpack trip on the west coast somewhere. Canada's west coast trail on Vancouver Island is supposed to be exceptional. Can anyone compare that with the Olympic coast trail in Washington for me? The lost coast trail in California?
Edited by nsherry61 on 04/21/2013 00:40:08 MDT.
I have only done the Lost Coast in CA. Nice. But the other two sound more awesome.
I have only done the Olympic coastCanada takes longer to get to, is much more wild and muddy, you have to get a passport - how ridiculous
Yeah, I'd go to WA.
Some day I'm going to do the Lost Coast in CA, but it's so far away from Portland. Maybe some day when I have the opportunity to do a trip, it will be rainy in Oregon and Washington but nice there.
The West Coast Trail is much more of a physical challenge. I have done it 6 times and you will cross every condition you can imagine (except snow). Over 100 ladder systems, cable cars for some river crossings, etc.Mud? Sometimes but only at the south end. Having done both, I would highly recommend the WCT. But do it in May to mid June when there are fewer people around.Here is a trip report of mine:http://blog.hyperlitemountaingear.com/?p=1069
Actually, you don't need a passport to get into Canada, and Vancouver Island is little more than a ferry ride further than the Olympic coast. Although getting to the north end of the trail is a fair drive I guess.My real questions are based on beauty vs. popularity. The Canadian trail has a rigorous permit system to limit trail use to something like 50 people a day. I doubt there are more than 50 people per week walking the Olympic coast? So, is the Canadian trail really more spectacular, or is it just more publicized and used?
I've heard of full campgrounds in WA during the peak season.
If you have a Washington driver's license, you don't need passport to get into CanadaIf you have Oregon or most ever other state, you do need one, unless they've eased up on the requirement. Since 9/11/2001
"I've heard of full campgrounds in WA during the peak season."DefinitelyOne August I tried to get into Kalaloch at 10 AM - fullI did find a place at Lake Quinalt, but if you're a little late especially on weekend, good luck
"So, is the Canadian trail really more spectacular"Yes, in my opinion.
Who's up for a road trip?
Just looked at http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatraveloverview/qt/uscitizenborder.htmOkay, you're right, you don't need a U.S. passport to get into CanadaBut, you do need one to get back into the U.S.But, according to http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1082.html"If a U.S. citizen traveling to Canada does not have a passport, passport card, or approved alternate document such as a NEXUS card, they must show a government-issued photo ID (e.g. Driver's License) and proof of U.S. citizenship such as a U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or expired U.S. passport. Children under 16 need only present proof of U.S. citizenship. (Please see below for important information concerning re-entry into the United States.)"They also have a "passport card" that's easier to get but only allows reentry by ground from CanadaMaybe you're best off just getting a passport and avoiding possible hassle
International law requires country's to take their citizens in. That doesn't mean they can't take them in, then throw them in prison, but, they are required to take them in.Canada couldn't care less if the people crossing their border from the US have a passport as long as they have appropriate government issued ID. The US wants to require passports to get into the US from Canada, but, they can't very well deny reentry into the US for US residents, at least US citizens. So, in spite of all the "saber rattling" you can still cross the border both ways without a passport if you are a US citizen.Last week, my high school kid took a field trip from Oregon into Canada with about 30 other Oregon kids on a bus. They were not required to have passports going in either direction.Now, getting a permit to hike the WCT may be a different matter and a somewhat more complex and uncertain endeavor. That is actually one of my hesitations in planning to do it.
>> My real questions are based on beauty vs. popularity <<I think those are the wrong questions.The questions should be do you want a unique experience and are you up to the challenge?The WCT is truly a beautiful trail but as Family Guy has said the WCT can also be a test of your own mental and physical ability. The sign at the trail head office listing the number of people that have been "evacuated to date", pretty much says it all. I can't think of another trail that has such a high number of injuries considering the restricted number of hikers doing the trail. (I had to bail on my WCT trip last year because of a knee injury... I walked out, so I wasn't one of their statistics board and it's the first time a trail has ever beaten me). As a light weight backpacker you shouldn't have any problem physically but the root balls, rain, wind, fog, ladders, and slippery surfaces (everything is slippery) can take it's toll on you if you are not mentally and physically prepared. Many people leave the WCT very proud that they have completed the trail but during the hike they were miserable.The reason you should try the WCT is because of the unique experience it provides. I'm very familiar with coastal hiking/camping but the WCT is truly a unique hiking experience. It should be on every backpackers bucket list.The WCT is a truly international trail, so the people you meet will be a highlight of your trip. The terrain is incredible, with beautiful beach walks, west coast rain forest and unusual trail features (the ladders have to be seen to be appreciated). Beer, burgers, crab and salmon are also a highlight of this trail (just ask anybody that's hiked the trail!).If you go before June 15th you do not have to reserve a spot, just show up and go. There will be half the number of hikers on the trail at this time of year compared to prime time. Most people don't drive to/from the northern terminus, take the West Coast Trail Bus or a boat and save your car... again, both of these add to the adventure.
"International law requires country's to take their citizens in..."I've heard that too.I was just reading the official Canada and U.S. websites.The emmigration people can be real obnoxious (to use a polite word).Maybe if you're going to go to Canada it's better to just get a passport and avoid possible hassle.
I miss the pre 9-11 days when all you had to do when crossing the border was flash a driver's license. If you want to skip a lengthy response, then I would recommend traveling across the border with a passport. If you are a U.S. citizen and have no intention of traveling anywhere besides Canada or Mexico, then you can get by with a cheaper passport card. http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3926.htmlIf you're a glutton for punishment then read on....Crossing the border for law abiding Canadian and U.S. citizens should be a forgettable event 99% of the time. The other 1% is stuff legends are made of. There is nothing worse than having reservations for Disneyland and being told you can't enter due to a 20 year old conviction or because a cranky officer is having a bad day. Horror stories only get worse from there. Nothing I'm saying here should be considered legal advice. U.S. Immigration Law is considered by many to be second only to tax law as the most complicated body of law here in the U.S. I'll go so far as to say that an immigration attorney from Texas would have a very steep learning curve on the Washington/BC border due to all of the 9thCCA case law that they would not be familiar with. As far as U.S. citizens crossing into Canada goes, I can't tell you what they officially require but we travel enough to justify buying passports for our entire family. We are entering each other's countries under a visa waiver agreement and both Canadian and U.S. Immigration Officers have a couple aces up their sleeves if they want to turn you around. Among those, if they can articulate (doesn't take much) that you are trying to unlawfully immigrate to their county (happens) and don't plan to leave or that you don't have sufficient funds to support yourself while in country. Canada has been known to refuse entry to U.S. citizens who have been previously convicted of DUIs (I haven't heard of this in a while.) This is absolutely hysterical to me knowing how many Canadians are allowed to enter the U.S. with DUI convictions. Oh well... their country their rules. What I've found that works very well for me when traveling to Canada: 1. Faithfully obey all Canadian laws and don't try to smuggle anything in. This should go without saying but 1000s of Americans "forget" their pistol in the glove box, pepper spray, etc. Buying/owning bear spray in Canada is another topic for another thread. Be sure to declare everything you are supposed to declare. 2. Present passports for all passengers with everyone ready to answer any and all questions. Headphones off of the kids, sunglasses off, etc. You may be able to get away with a lesser document (driver's license) but the passport removes almost all doubt that the document before the immigration officer is valid. 3. Have hotel reservation printed off and ready to present if requested (never had to.)4. Printed copy of bank statement from ATM ready to present if requested (never had to.)5. If you have NRA, "Shall Not Be Infringed," "Glock Perfection" stickers all over your vehicle, then 1) let's meet up for some range time, and 2) be prepared for you and your vehicle to receive more attention in Canadian secondary. Now as far as entering the U.S. as a U.S. citizen is concerned without a passport. Yes, at some point you will be admitted back into our country. That will not stop CBP from sending you to secondary where you and your belongings may be removed from the vehicle for closer inspection. This is not to say that you will not be subjected to secondary even if you are carrying a passport but I've found that it's easier for everyone involved to just give CBP what they are asking for and to work with them instead of against them. It is also possible that they will wave you through with just a driver's license but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
Edited by IDBLOOM on 04/22/2013 01:30:16 MDT.
Mike & Ian,Thank you! You replies are both spot on helpful & informative.
I've done the WCT and it is not really that much of a challenge... more of a cakewalk really.It is beautiful though, I may do it again this year.
We did the WCT about 15 years back. We were subjected to plenty of horror stories about mud and slippery logs both in research and at the trailhead briefing.Having never backpacked along the coast, it was a different and very enjoyable experience. The cable cars and ladders were fun. For us the trail was much easier than had been advertised- but there's a good reason for that: Our trip was during the longest dry spell on record for the WCT. No rain, no mud, no slimy logs. I can definitely see it being a real challenge, with lots of risk if it was raining.We are hoping to do it with the kids soon- maybe next year. They will have good stories and the "chutes and ladders" will be lots of fun.The best part? Spending a few days in Victoria afterwards. We flew in via Seattle, spent a night in Victoria, took a van to the north end of trail, hiked, van back to the hotel where we had left a suitcase of town clothes, then ate seafood, tea, and scones for a couple days.
>> I've done the WCT and it is not really that much of a challenge... more of a cakewalk really << While I appreciate that everybody has different skills and physical abilities, I'm not sure how helpful a comment like this is to the average Joe that is doing their pre-trip research. People have run the entire WCT in less than half a day but they hardly represent the "average" backpacker on the trail.I have several sets of GPS tracks from the WCT that show my progress in sections of the trail as being between .5 and 1 Km/hour. As a guy that covers most trails pretty quickly, I wouldn't call that "a cake walk". Combine that with the number of people that are evacuated from the WCT every year and I think I'd rather make comments that are useful to the majority of the backpackers that will be hitting the trail, not just the exceptional crowd that finds it easy. Perhaps you were one of those lucky guys that managed to do the trail when it was dry... it's a different experience when dry, definitely a little bit less dangerous(but still difficult hiking because the root balls don't disappear).
Edited by skopeo on 04/22/2013 17:14:32 MDT.
If you want to crowds and bureaucracy and have a similar experience head north to the tip of the Island and hike the North Coast Trail. More challenging, equally beautiful.
"If you want to {avoid} crowds and bureaucracy and have a similar experience head north to the tip of the Island and hike the North Coast Trail. More challenging, equally beautiful."Now, that sounds like a fine idea!With the wife and 2 kids, there is over $600 in required fees and a lot of bureaucracy to hike the WCT. I have a really hard time swallowing that.I think the North Coast Trail may just be the perfect ticket! More remote, less traveled, lower fees (if any) beautiful scenery. I think I'm buying it!
The North Coast Trail has some hidden costs as well. It's a 350 mile drive to the trail head (the north island drive is tedious) so it will likely be a "next day start" for your hiking. You will also have to arrange a shuttle and a boat ride to get to and from the trail head. The WCT is more expensive but far easier to arrange the logistics (especially if you go before the mid June reservation date).The North Coast Trail is definitely more remote and devoid of crowds however if I was taking kids, I'd opt for the WCT. I was planning on doing the NCT this year but it has moved to next year for me. If you have less travel time and want a similar experience, read up on the Cape Scott Trail. It connects to the west end of the NCT.
"With the wife and 2 kids, there is over $600 in required fees and a lot of bureaucracy to hike the WCT. I have a really hard time swallowing that."Yeah its pretty nuts. That's the reason I've never done it. The costs for just my wife and I are:$160 - Shuttle ($80 ea for WCT Express Bus)$304 - Trail Fees ($127.50 + $24.50 reservation fee per person)$162 - BC Ferries (Car + 2 people x 2 ways)TOTAL: $622 not including regular expenses like gas, food etc.The NCT seems like a nice option. I've been up in Cape Scott and hiked a couple hours down the NCT but I haven't seen the bulk of it. Another option is the Juan de Fuca Trail, which is immediately south of the WCT. It's shorter (40km vs 75) and less remote (although sections seem darn remote), but the scenery is also spectacular and the logistics and costs are far more reasonable. There is a highway that parallels the shore, so shuttling is much quicker. With the WCT the shuttle takes a long circuitous route around the island. I've hiked the JDF twice and both times just hitch hiked it.Then there's the ultimate trip....starting at Carmanah and combining a walk thru Canada's biggest trees with a WCT excursion. Remote, awesome and nearly free. Also illegal.
Edited by dandydan on 04/24/2013 07:58:21 MDT.
Looks like I'll be in Victoria July 2014. I understand that the WCT is 47 miles long. Is it reasonable to try and hike it in two days or should I allow for three?
+1 on Juan de Fuca if you are taking kids. Depends how old and skill levels I guess but I would only take experienced teens on the WCT. I've done the JDF trail as a day trail run. It's very lovely without any of the permitting hassles and much more suitable for a family trip. Ferry costs and water taxi/ shuttle cost and logistics for the both the WCT and NCT are about equal. So I would not characterize these as hidden costs. There is no permitting fee or hassle for the NCT but the drive is longer, not sure if I would describe it as tedious to a first time visitor...but I would take the drive over the red tape and crowds anytime.Cape Scott is lovely either way.
Edited by drown on 04/26/2013 06:58:10 MDT.
"Looks like I'll be in Victoria July 2014. I understand that the WCT is 47 miles long. Is it reasonable to try and hike it in two days or should I allow for three?"I would plan for 3, you may find your average hourly mileage reduced due to pebble, gravel, rock, and sand beaches as well as ladders and likely very wet, slippery structures.
running trip but nonetheless a useful comparison of terrain. http://trailadventurer.blogspot.com/2008/05/north-coast-trail-run-may-10-2008.html
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A lot of commenters on this site are sympathetic to the husband and parents who want the brain dead mom and her baby extinguished because the mom said she didn't want to be left alive if severely disabled requiring life support, brain dead or comatose.
However that's her, now there is another human to consider. Inside her.
Lets' give the baby a name–pick one–George–Gracie–I can imagine that little baby objecting to some arguments made about the right of the father or the parents of the brain dead mom to terminate the mom and end its life when a little time and it could be a complete baby ready for life.
But you see, I look at sonograms, I know some stuff about humans and that's a human in there.
It's growing as fast as it can, hoping to make it past the grim reaper, in the case of George or Gracy.
It's easy to sympathize with the parents and husband–get it over, but who speaks for the life that cannot speak?
The state or society should if life is sacred.
Should we be able to talk and post about how that baby is not a human? That the baby is not a person, a citizen with legal person hood under the law, meaning the right to live and have it's life protected by the state where it resides. It does reside, you know, even if in utero.
Or am I missing something?
There is a point, whether before birth or after, when the interests of the human being become an interest of morality/ethics/the law/the society.
That's why these matters deserve our attention. Why the widespread practice of abortion has stirred up so much conflict and debate.
In the olden days before Judeo/Christian influence, when pagans ran the world, infanticide was common–you don't want the kid after looking it over, wrong sex, ugly, birth defect, you could leave the helpless thing to die on some hillside or even roll it into the fire and watch it die. Pagans did that, people do that now. Don't they? Peter Singer, now a chair in moral philosophy at Princeton asserts that animals and humans are equal and parents should be able to kill kids up to his arbitrary suggestion of 30 days after birth.
Singer has no problem with infanticide, and he surely has no problem with abortion at any time before birth. Singer is a self descried utilitarian, which means that moral and ethical considerations are whatever works for you and for the situation–relativism. Utilitarianism started with Jeremy Bentham and was most effectively articulated and promoted by Brit polymath genius politician utilitarian philosopher John Stuart Mill. You might say I think Mill was real smart, smart enough to be really wrong but never in doubt–utilitarianism is no morality at all.
The Judeo Christian ethic/morality built on the sanctity of human life caused some reorientation of rules and attitudes many millennia ago and cast a pall on some pagan and barbarian practices. Sometimes societies influenced by such morality passed laws that coincided with their sense of morality, that's what civilizations do. Laws passed and enforced reflect the society's sense of morality–that's what laws do.
Even some old but wise pagans, for example the Greeks respected human life. For example the old original Oath of Hippocrates that I keep on my wall (I can touch it from where I sit) in a frame, me being old fashioned, says what physicians should hold as a sacred obligations.
Third Paragraph of of the Oath of Hippocrates
"I will follow that method of treatment which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; furthermore, I will not give to a woman an instrument to produce abortion."
I know those words sound so old fashioned and violate the relativist canon of morality, anything goes, or the utilitarian version which means whatever works for you, whatever rows your boat–that's the funny thing about morality and ethics, they are substantial and constant. That is why relativist, utilitarian approaches sometimes violate the prohibitions that are the most clearly moral.
Now the secular/deterministic/utilitarian/post modernist/existentialist/nihilist/relativist approach creates for our society and modern civilization in general, a regression to those olden days when barbarians rolled helpless infants into the fire. You think there aren't places on this earth where babies are evaluated and then drowned for convenience or allowed to die of starvation and exposure?
Right here in the old USA we got all worked up about what Kermit Goznell did at his abortion clinic in Philly after some botched abortions resulted in live babies. We were pretty upset that they pithed those babies when they were alive (pithing means snipping the spinal cord up high so they die cause they can't breathe), but we ignored George Tiller in Wichita Kansas who killed thousands of mature babies quietly before birth by grabbing them by the shoulders, then sticking an instrument in the back of the neck, into their brains before they could squeal or take their first breath. Tiller was a little more skilled.
Kathleen Sebelius was a a big Tiller supporter and Tiller, who was a rich man, contributed heavily to her campaigns in Kansas, now she is our Secretary for Health–is she George or Gracy's Secretary for Health or might she be the Sec for Death for really little babies?
George Tiller was a more adept murderer than Goznell, wasn't he? But it was still murder of an innocent human almost born. In Texas we have another Goznell in Houston–he just isn't as clever or adept as Tiller, so he had to kill some born babies. We have a president that voted for the kill 'em even if they are born alive legislation in Illinois. How many reading this would be able to do such a thing–guess it depends–ever killed a kitten, a puppy ? Life goes out of an animal just like it does a baby.
You can say, and even feel comfortable with the idea that anyone can do anything they want in regards to the helpless, but if you were helpless and your life depended on the good will of other humans, perhaps you would hope that society would prohibit murder, infanticide, feticide, euthanasia, or extermination of the disabled or elderly or infirm or the useless eaters or political outcasts and undesirables.
It might be worthwhile to assess our values when we decide that a fetus is not a human–what about a retarded child or adult, a homosexual, a hydrocephalic, worse a microcephalic, a kid with spina bifida or trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), a political dissident, gypsy or a Jew? We have a new bioethics that is scoring people for age and quality of life, in preparation for medical care resource decisions? In a collectivist society–you bet–got to decide how to distribute the resources, best to leave it in the hands of professionals and central planners.
Itzhak Perlman got polio when he was 4,would Singer consider him a candidate for extinction? When he was 4 who could say what he might do, but he would be a burden for his parents. How bout this disabled guy Hawking? He can't take care of himself and he's been disabled for so long.
Sanctity of life is a tough one if it interferes with your schedule or your plans.


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Torine Helland (b. 1974) was educated at Bergen National Academy of the Arts and the department of Fine Arts. Helland explore different aspects of the artist's role. With an interest in this connected to a tradition of rituals and mysticism, her starting point is the artist's everyday work at their studio. Helland's main medias are installation, photo, drawing and video. She's had shows in Berlin, New York, Berkeley and in several Norwegian cities.
In the project room of Atelier Nord, Helland made recordings for a new video work based on installation and performance. Raw material for the installation was taken from her studio and consisted mainly of wrapped, stored pictures. The performance that took place at the project room made starting point for a video work that will be available on her homepage as soon as it's finished.


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Surinder Martignetti is the Manager of Performance Programs at the MCA.
The first thing you notice is his skin.
If it were soil, his is the earth brown you'd want to sow in.
A Chicago son, hard times, he does not blink.
So think of this brother brown, now see this mother black.
See how dark the day becomes when you bury the son?
—Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Oakland-based spoken word and dance artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Chicago-based visual artist and activist Theaster Gates collaborate to create a multimedia performance and visual installation addressing environmental issues from the perspective of communities of color. The performance, red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb), is presented at MCA Stage, April 12–14. The visual installation, a stage set created by Gates titled The Colored Museum, will be open for museum visitors to explore during the performance week. Over the coming weeks, visit this blog to explore ideas of community, the environment, and art through interviews, videos, images, and interactions with Bamuthi and Gates.
We invite you to answer the questions Bamuthi raises in his work: "What sustains life in your community?" and "What is your relationship to life in Chicago?" Our guest bloggers will include Kate Dumbleton from Chicago Jazz Ensemble along with community partners Jacinda Bullie from Kuumba Lynx, Mike Hawkins from YOUmedia, and Robbie Q from Young Chicago Authors. Additional perspectives come from our presenting partner MAPP International's Emily Harney in addition to MCA voices including Curator Naomi Beckwith; Curatorial Assistant Stephen Bridges; Performance Programs Intern Eboni Senai Hawkins; and Carron Little, one of the Lead Artists of the MCA's teen program The Creative Agency.
In the meantime, enjoy this video introduction to the project by MAPP International Productions:
I have spent the last week and a half wrapping up and reflecting on the Dance Exchange performance. It was wonderful to interact with so many different and interesting people. In the process I think I learned a few things about the universe, the history of atomic testing in the US, and about myself. I hope that in the past week that you have also had a chance to think about the issues and themes presented.
One (of the many) things I was working on for this production was wrangling different groups of volunteers for this very large scale production. The Tea Servers: a core of volunteer dancers who have been working with the company all week, and the Provocateurs who were discussion leaders during the second act.
Over the performance week I had the chance to get to know the Dance Exchange company members, crew, and all the volunteers. I met, had great conversations, and now worked with some really amazing, talented, beautiful, and interesting people. I am usually so caught up in making sure that everything goes smoothly, that everyone has what they need, and trying to solve problems before they happen that I don't often allow myself to step back and appreciate what is happening around me. Friday night at the end of the show I held a little thank you reception for everyone in the cast, circling the room chatting with different people over strawberries and cider. I finally allowed myself to stop worrying, and just enjoyed talking about the performance in a room full of new friends.
And it struck me later as I was driving home, at 11 pm, exhausted and happy…oh right…this is why I do this job…And I want to thank you all for coming on the journey with me.
You have seen the tea servers and provocateurs in rehearsal, now watch a clip from one of the performances.
Our presentation partners, the Chicago Humanities Festival, recently shared with us the musings of Gordon Kane. In addition to collaborating with Liz Lerman on The Matter of Origins, Kane is a professor of physics at the School of Art & Design and is Director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. His words are oddly soothing — leading us to believe that we can understand the complexities of science on our terms.
"Many people, perhaps most, want to gain insights into questions about the meaning of life and our place in the universe. As we have understood our universe better we have seen it apparently does not provide a base for meaning for our lives. It is not that physics does not tell us anything about meaning, but that the answer is not what we thought we wanted to hear. What we learn is that the meaning should arise from our relations to other people, rather than outside."
Read "Understanding Origins" by Gordon Kane
As individuals immersed in the world of art making, we already believe in the intrinsic value of what we see, hear, and work tirelessly on every day. To get out of our heads a bit (and escape the office), we shifted our focus to patrons in MCA's galleries.


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May 9, 2007 9:42 AM
Wow, in a few days I won't be a 1st year anymore!
Instruction was officially over yesturday. I can't believe I'll be a 2nd year in a few days. I mean no longer will I be able to make mistakes and say "oh, it's only my first year!"...Dang it!
I have a final I am studying for Monday and that's my last one. Organic chemistry..not a peice of cake. Of course I've already started studying for it. I want to be prepared for this test...but at least I'll get to go home Monday and just RELAX. Then I am coming back Friday for a few graduations I have to attend for my senior friends. And I am going to pack out of my dorm room then. We have to be completely out with keys turned in Saturday at 10 am and I have A LOT to pack. I am storing stuff I dont need to take back home in Berkeley like books, printer, comforter..etc. If you are still looking for storage call 1-800-586-3020 and they'll even pick up your stuff!
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Good luck on the Organic Chemistry exam! I'm sure you'll do fine!
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Marion Eckhardt : IMAGINATIONS - German silver screen stars arranged and photographed by Wolfgang Wilde
Hamburg-based photographer Wolfgang WILDE presents a series of 25 large format photographs of German actors to mark the 2009 Berlinale. Wolfgang is active on an international scale and is famous for his shots of celebrities, managers and politicians.
Wolfgang's photographs are precisely staged. Digital photo retouching is almost exclusively used for colours, as most of the scenes are photographed just as they are. The cinematic element of his pictures is emphasised through his choice of format. He orientates himself around the landscape format of the silver screen and implements his choice of image size as a style element. The smallest shown picture's size is 116cm X 155cm.
It is the first public display of his portraits of theatre and film actors, including von Hannelore Elsner, Udo Kier, Eva Mattes and Karoline Herfurth. Guests invited to the private view include Maria Furtwängler, Dominic Raacke, Til Schweiger and Johann Lafer.
The exhibition is supported by Urania and GoSee member RECOM ART (www.recom-art.de). The prints were produced as digigraphs on Epson Traditional Photo Paper material. The exhibition is curated by Marion Eckhardt. The Urania is one of Berlin's most popular event locations, with a unique education and culture programme.
German silver screen stars arranged and photographed by Wolfgang Wilde
04. February until 07. March
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Roll a potato across the floor using nothing but a cucumber inside a pair of nylons. Hilarious!
Create hilarious stories by randomly piecing the story together by several players.
See who gets the most points by tasting food.
Try not to say a certain word during a party! Lots of fun at a big party!
Hang as many clothing items on a line as possible while burping baby and talking on the phone!
See silly scenes acted out by people who have no idea what they are acting out.
Be the last person not to move when the music stops.
When the music stops, reach in the mystery bag and whatever you get you have to wear!
Auction off fun and hilarious prizes to the highest bidder. Lots of fun to wrap up a party.
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YOU recently published a letter from John Farmer, a resident of Oakhill, in respect of the wasted sites city-wide.
I endorse his comments and probably the largest site (or sight) is the wasteland that was once the famous Stoke City football ground, which is now a disgrace to the whole area.
I feel for the good people of Stoke who have to see this area daily, and it is a bad example for young children to view.
Some years ago I was invited to see official plans for semi-detached houses to be built there (four or six rows, I recall) and a boulevard with a proper footpath and a row of trees beside the River Trent.
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I appreciate we are in the middle of a recession, but surely some information for the general public would be appreciated. But now the council and the occupants of the 'white elephant' Civic Centre are preparing to vacate Stoke (for that already overcrowded Hanley), leaving the rate-payers to foot the bill for the councillors' profligacy.


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Self-organized criticality in a two-dimensional rotating drum model
In: Physical Review / E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics, Jg. 54 (1996) ; Nr. 5, S. R4504-R4507
Zeitschriftenaufsatz / Fach: Physik
Signatur der Zeitschrift: D30/67 Z 71
For a model of a slowly rotating two-dimensional drum the statistics of the potential energy dissipation in avalanches is studied. Self-organized criticality occurs only for the small disks in bidisperse fillings. The large disks in bidisperse fillings as well as monodisperse fillings show a stretched exponential distribution. This is due to the absence of niches on the surface which are able to trap these disks.


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Have any of you used this lab to test for brown PetDNA in Arizona from what I understand they have the ability to test for the brown part of agouti the reason I am asking is a friend on fb with a mare identical to my mare bourbon was tested there and results was a smoky brown I am thinking of submitting hairs to them when I send in my 5 panel to the AQHA. Was wondering if anyone here had used them and what you thought.
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Isaac Hayes, the singer, composer and actor who is most recognized these days for providing the voice of Chef on South Park is being treated for exhaustion in a Memphis hospital. Hayes won an Oscar in 1971 for composing the theme to the movie Shaft and still tours with his band. He recently did an interview with The Onion where he talked mostly about his music career and his response to South Park's recent tirade against Tom Cruise and Scientology (Hayes is himself a Scientologist). As it turns out, he has a sense of humor about it. I always kind of figured as much.


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This lyrical medley includes a seamless blending of three beloved Christmas carols, We Three Kings of Orient Are, What Child Is This? and Burgundian Carol (Patapan). Appropriate for Christmas or Epiphany, it is perfect for a service of lessons and carols. Great for school choirs, too! Includes an optional flute part.


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By Cy Holt
Seeing how I cant turn on ESPN (or any other news program for that matter) without hearing about the Patriots "deflategate", I decided to research the impact this scandal had on the fan favorite team for the Super Bowl. It seemed like after last years Super Bowl victory, everyone was cheering for them to do as badly as possible. It was as if everyone turned against them. Even up to the NFC championship game everyone wanted a Packers win.
When that didn't happen the world, to me, turned to the Patriots as the knights in shining armor that could take down the reigning champion Seahawks. But then it happened. The story leaked that the Pats could have purposely deflated several footballs in the AFC championship game against the Colts, making them easier to grip, throw, and catch in the cold New England weather. Whether or not they are guilty, there is a strange feeling in the air as America chooses a side for this years Super Bowl.
I wanted to see the reaction of the NFL fans… so I started local. I posted a picture on Instagram asking everyone to comment who they thought would win the big game. 43 people said Seahawks, Hawks, Seattle, or not the Patriots. Only 11 people commented for the Pats. It shocked me, because I feel that people who are rooting for the Seahawks (that aren't from Seattle) are considered bandwagon fans as of late. I wanted to then find out if that was just a local trend or if America agreed.
So I jumped on over to ESPN.com and found three polls on the matter. The first one asks, "Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?" Not surprisingly 55 percent of the nation predicted that New England would win. But the chart shifts to almost 55 percent in favor of Seattle when asked, "Who they will be rooting for?" The last poll compliments the second. It asks, "Do you consider the Patriots cheaters?" 63 percent of America said yes. 63 percent! That speaks volumes about who the fan favorite team is this year.
If the Pats win then 63 percent of the nation, in my opinion, will always say, "well, they did use those deflated balls". There will always be a mini asterisks in their minds. On the other hand if Seattle wins, it is a clean win. And the deflated balls topic will slowly fade away.
To conclude, I believe originally most people wanted to see Tom Brady and the Pats whoop on the very cocky, but very talented Seahawks at first. But now I believe that because of "deflategate" most people are backing the Hawks and want to see the so-called "cheaters" lose.