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March 30, 2012
Opportunity seized for Lombard
Pete Sampson
It's not a matter of if Christian Lombard will start this fall, it's a matter of where.
Barely two weeks into spring practice the junior offensive lineman has already established himself as one of the replacements on the Irish line that must fill a couple holes without right tackle Taylor Dever and right guard Trevor Robinson. Notre Dame is banking on Lombard holding down one of those spots, it's just not clear which one.
"Christian's got the length to play tackle but he's got the ability to bend his knees and play guard," said offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. "That's what you always worry about, a taller guy, can he get low enough to handle a (defensive tackle) and hard, low charging defensive linemen? He's showing that he can do both. His versatility is really good for us."
Now, after taking a red shirt freshman season and barely hitting the field last fall, Lombard is looking at a three-year starter's career somewhere on the Irish line. Recruited as a four-star tackle out of Fremd High School outside Chicago, Lombard played guard at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl before heading to South Bend.
Lombard doesn't care which position he takes this fall, just that he takes one.
"My main goal is just to get on the field and play," he said. "Whatever they want me to do, I'm going to do it. As far as guard, I love it. You've got to be pretty explosive. That's a trait that I have and I'm taking everything as it comes.
"It's my turn. It's my turn to prove that I can play and I've got a lot of potential."
Lombard showed up at right guard during the opening spring practices with Tate Nichols at right tackle. This week Lombard has moved outside with Conor Hanratty at starting right guard. As Lombard switched out, sophomore Nick Martin moved in. The younger brother of Zack Martin has swung between both positions on the second team.
Hiestand said Lombard cross-trains at virtually every practice.
Brian Kelly insists Lombard's rise isn't much of a surprise to the coaching staff despite the fact he couldn't crack the lineup for meaningful minutes last season.
"We were very confident in his ability last year, but you had two senior starters coming back," Kelly said. "So what he's done is he's seized the opportunity."
As much as taking virtual back-to-back red shirt seasons could have frustrated Lombard, he arrived at Notre Dame expecting to wait his turn. The Irish snared a commitment from Lombard a full year before his National Signing Day when he committed at the U.S. Army All-American Combine in San Antonio, earning a spot in the game the next season.
Every workout and every rep since has been in preparation for this moment. That long wait hasn't been a frustrating one.
"It's part of the process," Lombard said. "Offensive line, it takes a while. It's not like a wide receiver. There's a lot of technique to it. I feel comfortable with where I'm at right now."
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Made using Cinema 4D and some touchups in Photoshop....a cube + tracer + lathe nurbs + atom array......I hope you like it!!
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Thanks as always for any comments or faves!!!
looks amazing !
Excellent work!
Absolutely awesome! Coincidentally, and almost unbelievably, a friend of mine online was trying to do a surrealistic spider web in 3dsmax, and the results turned out more abstract that expected, and very much resembled this shape. I thought it was the same render at first, but upon scrutiny, yours is a lot more interesting (don't tell him I said that) .
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Thanks....really trying to dig into C4D.....need to do some stuff besides shiny balls!!!!
You are welcome D..yeah i need get into it but just have had no inspiration and been sick with the flu so that sucks...I have seen may deviations lately and none i have wanted on my desktop till this one so it is on two desktops windows and ubuntu
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He wants to make the right decisions in the present so he has a better future and is not one of those pondering over what could've been if he didn't do those drugs or if he didn't procrastinate
With this epiphany Kendrick realises that he doesn't want to be trapped in this cruel labyrinth for the remainder of his life. The music possibly been more of a novelty at this point in his life and he wants to dedicate himself to the craft and attempt to make something of it rather than rapping on the corner with friends. One day when it's too late regretting the missed opportunity and most likely being ignorant of how high the ceiling of his artistic vision and lyrical ability was.
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Yes, Everyone Can Be Stupid for a Minute – NYTimes.com
This Corner Office interview with a silicon valley tech CEO has stayed with me for a long time. Basically he reckons everyone says something stupid in a meeting occasionally and this guy has a rule that you can say – That thing I just said was stupid. Let's move on. Otherwise politics kicks in, people defend their positions, etc. He's also good on teams. Worth having a look at some of the other Corner Office interviews too.
imagivation – drewwylie.net
Andrew Ormston recently blogged on the two types of innovation and the need for a theory of innovation that is more than just positivistic is very provocative. It resonates with Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold's observation that innovation can only be identified in retrospect, and that in the 'now' we are actually improvising. It also resonates with the work of Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, who for 50 years have been making works about places. They say,
We hold that every place is telling the story of its own becoming, which is another way of saying that it is continually creating its own history and we join that conversation of place.
All of this requires at least a concept of 'responsible innovation' if not a much deeper discussion of the stories we want to tell of our futures. Andrew's blog is here: imagivation – drewwylie.net.
Thinking about failure
Slides of a paper on failure co-authored with Dr Gemma Kearney and presented at the NSEAD/iJade conference in Liverpool.
London LASER reflections
The two other speakers at the London LASER took us on a tour of the edge of two different human experiences.
Los Ferronautas, who are currently working with Arts Catalyst, took us on a journey of exploration of the railroads of Mexico, largely abandoned post the neoliberal-driven privatisation in the mid 90s. An extensive passenger network now lies in ruins because it was not 'financially viable'. It only provided a means for Mexicans to get around their large and mountainous country. Somehow you know that the automotive industry had something to do with this. Los Ferronautas built a hybrid vehicle (SEFT1), an "abandoned railway exploration probe" that could travel on road and rail, and used this to explore what remains of the network. They found that it also acted as a "transmitter of stories." In parallel they explored the visual representation of the network including early 20th Century paintings celebrating the engineering (initially exported from Britain and Ireland).
Cristina Miranda de Almeida took us on a journey around our increasing hybridity as the internet of things emerges. She explored the emerging interval space between 'here and there', 'you and me', the past, present and future, different scales and durations. She started with the beautiful analogy of data emerging from under water (behind a screen) to become part of our everyday lives, quoting Manuel Castells saying that soon computing will be paint on the walls.
For me the real moment of joy was when she show an image of a CAD rendering of a building entitled 'spam architecture.' As I'm sure we all have, I've notices the 'flows' of subject lines in my spam folder and wondered what could be done by exploring the patterns that lie in amongst this waste material. The way Alex Dragulescu has worked with this aspect of 'big data,' turning it into a proposal for architecture, put a big smile on my face.
We also had a good, if too short, discussion on multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinarity which I found really helpful in pushing my thinking further, so thanks to those who asked really good questions. My presentation is below. Thanks again to Heather Barnett for putting the programme together and continuing to make the London LASERs well worth the trip.
What have I read?
I met Townley and Bradby at a Collaborate Creatively seminar at firstsite in Colchester, part of a-n's Granted! programme. They were Associate Artists with firstsite working on social practice projects. One of the projects they presented was Turf Twinning, and they just sent me the publication. Jonathan P Watts' excellent essay, Six Cuts, takes us on a journey that encompasses Durer and Haacke as well as Nash to position Turf Twinning in a longer field of practice. The publication should be available from firstsite.
Presenting at Enhancing Lives Through Arts & Health, Houston, TX
My proposal for a paper "Scottish artists bring nature into healthcare" has been accepted for the Global Alliance for Arts & Health 25th Conference in Houston, Texas in April.
The abstract is,
Scotland has a strong portfolio of arts and health projects including both public art installations within healthcare buildings and participatory programmes, in particular with people with long term conditions. This presentation will focus on public art installations by artists and designers which use biophilic and other design approaches to bringing nature into buildings. It addresses the conference themes of Patient Care, Healing Environments and Caring for Caregivers.
It is well known thanks to the work of Robert Ulrich that views of nature contribute to patient recover, and it is clear from the work of Stephen Kaplan that views of nature can play a role in restoring our ability to give our attention. OPENspace Research at Edinburgh College of Art (http://openspace.eca.ac.uk/ ) has further substantiated the connections between nature and wellbeing focusing on inclusive access to the outdoors.
In Scotland there have been a number of projects in the context of Healthcare where artists and designers have specifically sought to use art and design to bring nature into buildings in addition to what the architects and landscape designers are able to achieve.
Four key examples are:
Thomas A Clark's (http://thomasaclarkblog.blogspot.co.uk/) project with the architects Reiach & Hall, 'A Grove of Larch in a Forest of Birch,' for the New Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow integrated poetry and visual arts into what the architects described as the architecture of waiting. The Aim was to create spaces in which users of the hospital could wait for appointments in "a place apart having the brightness and stillness of a woodland glade."
Alexander Hamilton's (http://www.alexanderhamilton.co.uk/) Designing for Dignity (http://designingfordignity.co.uk/Inspired-by-Nature) is an approach that draws on a deep understanding of the Victorian poet and artist John Ruskin and of the more recent Biophilia Hypothesis. Hamilton is currently developing designs including furniture and art for the Quiet or Family rooms in the New South Glasgow Hospitals based on an extensive programme of creative engagement. Hamilton is also working on the design of a healthcentre in Glasgow.
Dalziel + Scullion's (http://www.dalzielscullion.com/) practice is increasingly focused on addressing nature deficit disorder. Their work encompasses exhibitions and public art. Their scheme for the wards of the New South Glasgow Hospitals will bring the whole landscape of Scotland into one building. Their project Rosnes Benches, currently being installed in the landscape of Dumfries and Galloway, they have also contributed work to the Vale of Leven Health Centre (http://www.wide-open.net/index.php?page=vale-of-leven)
Donald Urquhart has completed public art projects for four mental health hospitals including most recently Midpark Acute Mental Health Hospital (http://www.wide-open.net/index.php?page=healing-spaces) and developed Sanctuary spaces for both hospitals and universities. His award winning design for the Sanctuary at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary has become a benchmark (http://www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk/projects/royal-infirmary-edinburgh).
These artists and others demonstrate key aspects of the role of art in bringing nature into healthcare contexts including focus on characteristics of nature such as colour, pattern and movement. As artists they use attention, framing and synthesis.
In addition to sharing these developments with the conference audience I hope to identify other artists exploring similar issues.
I'm very much hoping to find other artists and designers working along these lines with the depth of thinking as well as the quality of work.
HANGING OUT WITH TIM ROLLINS AND K.O.S. – The Brooklyn Rail
One of the earliest entries in this blog, back in 2004, resulted from reading a text by Tim Rollins that formed part of the Civil Arts Enquiry at the City Arts Centre in Dublin.
I had the privilege of attending a workshop at the Talbot Rice in Edinburgh with Tim Rollins and some of the Kids of Survival in August 2012.
Now Brooklyn Rail has published an excellent article, Two Days in the Lives of Art as Social Action, which name checks the event in Edinburgh.
Practising Equality
Over the past year I've been working with Prof Paul Harris and Prof Anne Douglas to explore common issues across art, design, architecture and media/Web 2.0 focusing on issues of co-creativity and participation. This short video made for a presentation at the Moving Targets Conference earlier this month highlights a few key thoughts and the paper will be published imminently in Participations Journal. I'll post a link in due course.
I just finish posting up this link to work we've been doing on participation and co-creativity, go back into my email and there is an Art&Education announcement of a major conference in Montreal entitled The Participatory Condition http://www.pcond.ca/ . Interestingly they have in their blurb aligned participation with democracy, something which we seek to question in our paper, and although they use the term relational, they don't raise questions of the aesthetic of participation, questions which are critical within the art discourse but have not impacted on the discourse in design, architecture let alone media/Web 2.0.
Deep Routes: research, scale and indigeneity
The Financial Times at the end of 2012 carried a review of an exhibition by Zeng Fanzhi at the Gagosian Gallery. The review opens with the following couple of sentences,
It has finally happened – a solo exhibition of a Chinese artist whose power and interest does not depend on Chinese themes or subject matter. Since the 1990s, China has been the promised land of the global arts scene, but not one of the numerous group shows staged in the past decade – at Tate Liverpool, the Saatchi Gallery, the Hayward – has been able to make a case that artists from the region are of more than local concern.
The image that accompanied the review is of one of Zeng's paintings, a reworking of Durer's ubiquitous Hare some 4m square, the surface appearing to be deeply cracked. Whether this was an ironic statement on the import of the canonical tradition of Western Art from the perspective of the East, or an aesthetic judgement, or the quality of the reproduction on pink paper, I don't know. I didn't see the exhibition and I haven't read the press release.
It may be that in the ambit of art criticism published in the FT and moving elegantly between the transnational art fairs and galleries that construct value through those environments, this artist is significant. It may be that because this artist reworks iconic images from canonical western art that they are therefore of 'power and interest.' Their 'power and interest' might perhaps lie in the exquisite development of the surface of the canvas through brilliant brushwork, or their use of colour, seeming to soak the hare in the night-time neon lights of Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York or LA.
This painting, and the others in the exhibition, and in fact all the work for sale in Gagosian, or in any of the other key galleries and art fairs, only exists at the global level. As the review rightly states what is important at this level is that the work cannot be of local concern, it must speak to The Universal, the abstracted, deterritorialised. It will exist in no-place because thanks to the hard work of the FT reviewer and the hard work of the Gagosian curatorial team ensuring that their merch is only seen in the right places, it's value has nothing to do with an specific locality, any personal intimate space, any town or region. It might hang in a domestic interior for a period, but it is more likely to go into storage in a warehouse somewhere as an investment: value stored for future exchange.
The reviewer wouldn't have to highlight this point reviewing a Richard Serra exhibition (such as the one that opened Gagosian's London space). It would be taken for granted that Serra was of global interest and power, an important element moving in the circuits of value of the international art world. A Chinese artist has now been allowed into this club.
Claire Pentecost, in her essay (pdf: Pentecost Notes on Continental Drift) Notes on the Project Called Continental Drift offers an alternative structure for thinking about art. Her structure, and the wider structure of the book Deep Routes: The Midwest In All Directions (Compass Collaborators, 2012 see bottom for ways to get a copy), precisely values an analysis which is interested in multiple levels (p.17),
We aim to explore the five scales of contemporary existence: the intimate, the local, the national, the continental and the global. Within the mesh of scales, we want to understand the extent of our interdependence, how any action we may take has effects on and is shaped by all these scales at once. We attempt to understand these dynamics so that we can understand the meaning of our own actions, the basis for an ethical life.
But for Pentecost, global is not the exclusive realm of 'power and interest'. Rather her global is a scale at which it is necessary to look to see the entwined flows that articulate our everyday lives. She wants to look at the food on our table (perhaps the jugged hare) and through following the lines of connection to see that we are connected to the workers making ceramics in China for sale in IKEA in Long Island City (cf Ai WeiWei perhaps). And through that examination to see the Phillippino crews of container ships continuously circumnavigating the planet (cf for instance Allan Sekula). For her the global simply cannot exist in isolation. No artist's interest and power should be divorced from local themes and subject matters. It is simply not possible – those elements can be ignored, but they still exist – practically speaking iron ore is mined, corten steel is produced in foundries, barges, trucks and planes move sculptures. There are social and environmental interactions. A sculpture can be a sign separated from all the realities that are involved in it's production and presentation – deracinated – separated from all considerations except value to enable it to circulate freely in this global space.
And where the exhibition at Gagosian and the review in the FT are elements in the urgent construction of capital, Pentecost takes us on a detour into a mis-remembered quote trying to latch onto an articulation of a different way of dealing with signs and the value they convey, or actually deferring dealing with signs and value (p.23),
… to the point where many of us aspire to practice an intricate, processual, and research-motivated version of art that resists evaluation by the prescriptive teams of institutions and markets.
Where for the critic and the gallery the essential acts are focused on the carefully orchestrated production and affirmation of the sign as value, Pentecost following the French artist Francois Deck, suggests that the most important act is to operate at the point before the sign is 'finalised' and value is conferred. So the artwork is always unfinished, it is always a project, precisely because at the point we confer value, that thing, whatever it is, whether food or art, moves into warehouses and other structures designed to enable and enhance the mobility of capital.
Pentecost's essay is one of two that open up Deep Routes. Pentecost establishes some key points in a landscape characterised by the financial crisis and the occupy movement. The themes and contexts of the book are focused by the specificity of the midwest of the United States of America. Reading the book we get to know particular places such as Beardstown, IL, exploring through Ryan Griffis and Sarah Ross' glossary of terms the 'vertical integration' of a small town into global commodities markets through 'the cold chain,' 'engineered tiling,' GMO, chemical fertilizers and GPS mapping. Matthias Regan's narrative offers a different trajectory, of a Greyhound bus journey from Chicago to Detroit. This is a gentle, reflective meditation on breakdown in which (p.188),
The future does not emerge from amongst the technocratic elite; it will not be driven by new inventions in digital media. We should seek it instead in what is meager and humble, tentative and transitioning. Not rushing away from breakdown, but opening ourselves to its after effects.
The other key trajectory established from the outset in Deep Routes takes us into indigenous experience, practice, pedagogy and critique. Alongside the spatial, economic and experiential journeys of the other authors, Dylan AT Miner's interviews with First People's organisers punctuate the book. Miner has been pursuing a project of imagining that we can all be indigenous – it's not a condition restricted by genealogy, but rather a practice and a philosophy – a way of making sense of the world.
Near the end of the book, in the last interview, Jill Doerfler and Miner discuss tribalography, a methodology developed by by LeAnne Howe. Jill studied with LeAnne and explains the emergence of tribalography (p.228),
LeAnne has explained that tribalography grew out of the Native propensity to connect things together. It is the idea that Native writers often tell stories that combine autobiography, history, and fiction; we tell stories that include all these elements and also work in collaboration with the past, present, and future. …
Jill goes on to say,
These stories are not generally about finding out what really happened but are meant to teach us something and show us our place within our families, communities, nations, and the world. I found that in addition to serving as a critical lens for literary study and as a theoretical framework for cultural analysis, tribalography can also serve as an abundantly fruitful methodological approach relevant across the interdisciplinary field of American Indian studies.
I happened across Deep Routes staying with Sarah Ross and Ryan Griffis in Chicago in the autumn of 2012 (I was introduced to them by Brett Bloom when I asked him for help finding somewhere to stay in Chicago). They had just received delivery of a number of boxes from the printers. There was one on the coffee table. I picked it up and started reading. I realised it was the sequel to MidWest Radical Culture Corridor: A Call to Farms, which I had come across a few years ago. I was in Chicago for the International Sculpture Conference, but in many respects this book is better art than much of what I saw in the conference presentations. Not only did I meet Sarah and Ryan, but also Claire and Brian Holmes who came up with the concept of Continental Drift, and is the 'embedded' critical theorist.
We ate preserved pears from the tree in their back garden and Sarah articulated some of the stress of working as a volunteer artist in a maximum security prison on her days off from teach at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
For me the description of tribalography tallies with my experience as an associate of a practice-led research programme. Practice-led research in the arts is autobiography. It is often history (contextualising practices in relation to precedents). It moves across the past, present and future (it has been said that practice-led PhDs are ways for artists to reinvent their practices). Truth in the sense of replicable experiment is not at the heart of practice-led research. But most provocatively fiction is sometimes there too (Sophie Hope's work Participating in the Wrong Way certainly brings 'fictionalising' to bear on research).
Methods, whether Pentecost's revisiting of the Modern School movement of the early part of the last century or tribalography, positively radiate out of this volume. It is built on the experience of a creative community that exists in a particular territory. Their art is research motivated, processual and intricately interwoven at different scales and with different collaborators. Ironically this work is of global power and interest even if it is all about the Midwest.
You can order a copy here, or if you are in Scotland and we can meet, then I'll lend you one.
New Economics for Artists
Harry Giles' excellent twenty (?) questions on the cultural economy in relation to its own inconsistencies and in relation to certain other economics that we all might have experienced (4 months working for London Electricity in their call centre in Victoria in about 1990-1; 6 months working as an outdoor clerk for a firm of solicitors; 4 years working as an amanuensis for a paraplegic philosophy professor whilst at University; 10 weeks as an unpaid intern at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York one summer during University).
I wrote this brain-dump for Andy Field, who was asked to prepare a presentation on "how artists can think about new financial models for themselves and for audiences". He collected 150 bits of advice, sold them for £1 each, and used the proceeds to pay a violinist to play music for the length of the presentation: hurrah for the meeting of form and content! I keep attempting to write something long and thoughtful on art and money and how it all fits together, or maybe organise a conference about it, or a piece of action-research, or… well, none of that has happened yet. Maybe it will. In the mean time, two very nice people recently reminded me that I'd written this, so I reread it, and it turns out I'd already said most of the things I've been thinking about. So here it is. it's a start, anyway.
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A bit of a different environment
Had fun doing this one and experimenting around with shapes and new techniques!
Hope you like it as well!
Had fun doing this one and experimenting around with shapes and new techniques!
Hope you like it as well!
Huh, kind of reminds me of Leng from the Cthulhu mythos.
I could stare at this forever.
You've captured so much... muchness.
You've captured so much... muchness.
Awesome work my friend
Wow... oO Looks a bit like the styles from Magic's Edition ZENDIKAR.
Loving the isolated feel of this work
"Man, I don't know if it's the Denny's or if I'm really lost but DAMN"
This is really damn nice. The lighting n shadows n night blue tone. But mosy of all the composition. I love all the angles!!!
These stones remind me of the Poneglyphs in One Piece
I love it!
I love it!! D:<
Very Epis, makes me want to invent someone.
This looks kinda like the plane of Zendikar from Magic: the gathering. Wonderfully done however
Good lord, that an has a long walk ahead of him haha, good job as always Blinck.
nothing to comment,it's stunning hot
Eldrazi constructs. Run.
Interesting landscape
Awesome! It looks like one of those dreams where you know you have to keep walking, but you also know there's no end.
Amazing work!
Amazing work!
This is awesome! keep it up
reminds me of Zendikar, wonderful job
This is awesome!! Congratulations, I should say your experiment succeeded ;]
This reminds me of the really big scenes in Samurai Jack that were a mixture of technological wonder and nature. It seems like such a daunting place to be in.
This kind of weird enormous and alien place makes me want to see a drawing of R'lyeh like that. And your style I think is one of the best suited for that huge-scary-creepy kind of enviroments!
Gigantic, inscribed stone monuments will always be more impressive than shiny magic. Good job.
wow awesome! The scale is insane - i almost couldn't see the tiny, tiny person love it!
This would make an amazing movie concept art piece.
Is it Superman on Krypton?
The picture is amazing!
The picture is amazing!
That's impressive!
Do you play Magic: The Gathering? Because this looks a hell of a lot like the hedron fields on Zendikar and the last time we saw that place it was getting smashed up by Eldrazi.
Beautiful work.
Beautiful work.
That guy in the red cloak does get to see a lot of cool stuff.
What is it with those shapes I've seen like about 4 great works including this one with those square things Or are these works of blinck but I just forgot itxD
Very beautiful, love the colors. Interesting shapes as well ^^
Ohh my o.o
This is really awesome work!
This is really awesome work!
Great Work .. ..
Your pictures really are amazing! They are breathtaking.
I've also noticed a pattern in your pictures, almost all of them have a red haired or just a red figure in your pictures traveling. I think that's cool.
I've also noticed a pattern in your pictures, almost all of them have a red haired or just a red figure in your pictures traveling. I think that's cool.
Like being on another planet. Thanks for introducing me to your imagination.
I really want to live in one of your pieces.
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That's not much of a raise for a person trying to furnish a truch pay repairs and make a living. It's already way too cheap!!
And if they are so worried about getting good drivers why are they standing by letting the driver get run over by every damn politician in the system.
I was just turned down for a good job because I refused a sleep study and to buy a cpap machine with a card in it. I alread have done the sleep study and I have two cpap machines. One in the truck and one at home. This job was a job at home every day and wouldn't sleep in the truck anyway. So why the card?? The machine would always be at my home anyway. And on top of that it NOTa law!! It is proposed legislation!! I've checked OOIDA legal dept and two attorney friends at home. I feel like I've been discriminated against!!
I've drove since 1970 and have a total of 17 consecutive yrs of safe driving and no tickets nothing on my police record. Buti was told they thought they would find a BETTER DRIVER for the job.
I passed a pulmonary test – cholesterol screening-no issues with blood pressure -no diabetes problems-nothing except the FACT that I have a 20 inch neck size and am considered overweight. Hell when your 12 lbs at birth what's overweight?? I'm 6'1and hit the scales at 290 lbs and have for all my adult life. I take no medications at all and out work most 25 yr olds any day.
But when I see some slob waddle up to the buffet and his legs are black and blue from no circulation and watch him eat 3-4 plates of unhealthy slop-I just can't help but wonder why I got turned down.
I'm seriously looking at having an attorney try to contest this-not that I want the job anymore but to try to stop this abuse. If you guys and gals think this don't effect you-your crazy. Look around the truckstop next time you stop.
The law says Dr's discretion-and I take great offense at a Dr that's working at an urgent treatment center to pay off his loans take my livelihood from me. Hell he didn't even speak good English!!
Yes I'm angry and I'm tired of being treated like crap.
Tony Calvert
Thanks for thoughts, Tony. Another driver made similar comments on the extent of the forecast pay raise here to me on Facebook. And re: the sleep apnea issue, you might want to check out my June story in Truckers News about the growing issue out there — sounds like you've learned pretty well all of it from hard experience, though. Here's a link if you haven't seen that story: http://www.truckersnews.com/medically-certified/
Thanks I'll read that. If we are do concerned over public safety shouldn't the police officer that's supposed to be alert and on his best at all times use this machine too! I mean we should minutes his sleep to make sure he's properly rested right?
What about that Dr.? Shouldn't he be at his best? Let's pull his card too and make sure he's rested and alert!
While were invading on people's rights here let's check those policiticans?? They should be properly rested when making laws governing our country instead of collecting PAC money and selling votes to the highest bidder! Let's pull they're cards too.
Pardon my writing ! I hate spell check!
Excuse me once more please. This was supposed to be a response to truck pay going up.
Most of the guys/gals out in these trucks be an owner/operator or on some lease purchase scam-and I use that mildly trust me! But my point isthey can't tell you what the fixed cost is of owning a truck nor tell you what the operating cost is much less combine the two to see that they can not operate a truck for a buck a mile plus some ridiculous fuel surcharge dictated to them.
I sat down with a guy at home and showed him on paper that he was working for .13 cents per mile after expenses! This is a business! Not some road cowboy show!
Come on guys why do you think all these carriers want the lease purchase and owner operators onboard?? Stop and think about what they're company guys make plus a benefit package and workers comp add the cost of fuel and the cost of a truck. You guys work for free!!
Add it up-use your head!! This ain't brain science! It's common math. Quit bitching at that counter and do something to help yourself!
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I love all the different textures in this one
I'm very happy that you like the image, Rebecca. Thank you!
predicted to became 15 by 11 meter fresco on the South side of a daring abstract building in 2056, August.....or a larger plasma wall above a whole city.....and colors dancing and pouring around people, in 3D........incredible show.....
Your words paint a picture as well, Jon - one that I have enjoyed imagining. I predict that I will not be here to see it materialize. But I'm happy that your imagination has been sparked!
i like the dark there Vic, nice balance
Great art!
Perfect and wonderful
the dance of colors so amazing and beautiful
Glad you like it, Dove! This is an older image that was created using the Apophysis program, which I haven't used for some time. The program has a lot of potential, and images can be created that are quite different than those created using my usual program. Sadly, I never became as comfortable using it as I am with Ultra Fractal.
Thank you so much for the information dear friend.
I actually have played around with Apophysis, and have made a few
fractals (albeit clumsy ones) and it does indeed have potential.
What you do, is amazing to me.
I actually have played around with Apophysis, and have made a few
fractals (albeit clumsy ones) and it does indeed have potential.
What you do, is amazing to me.
Just a lot of practice and experimentation (and failure), with some serendipity thrown in. I am just a leaf floating on the river, letting the current take me where it may. The River does it.
I still really like your avatar.
I still really like your avatar.
wow! cool design!
Very cool, love the way the form is layered
Gorgeous work dear Vic
impressive concept......!!!! I like it
Awesome, great title!
Thank you, Sioux! Since I'm not very light on my feet, my images will need to do the dancing.
That is awesome
This is so beautiful, one of your very best!


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2012 saw a number of public green building laws enacted across America. A few examples include ordinances passed in places ranging from San Louis Obispo County, Calif., to Arvada, Colo., and all the way to Chatham County, Ga. Currently, government leadership has produced green building legislation in 442 localities, including 384 cities, 58 counties and across 45 states.
As the calendar turns to 2013, states are already taking the lead. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently issued an executive order requiring that all state buildings increase energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020. To help make this a reality, the order also launched the Build Smart NY initiative, which creates a framework to use available building data to prioritize projects, improve the most inefficient buildings first, and pursue operating and maintenance programs to meet energy usage goals. This effort sets a clear leadership standard by New York's policymakers to make the needed investments to protect future taxpayer money, create jobs and conserve natural resources.
While executives and policymakers in many cities and states are demonstrating the courage to lead on this issue, USGBC and its network of chapters are continuing to work to support their efforts through USGBC's Leadership with LEED Campaign. This campaign serves as a vehicle for dedicated and passionate USGBC volunteers to provide the resources and expertise to empower lawmakers to advance green building legislation in their cities and states. This campaign allows our volunteers to make a difference in their communities through direct engagement with elected leaders and be able to clearly articulate why governments should lead on building green.
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DEAR ANDREA: My girlfriend and I were opening up our relationship. The rules were clear: No sex with another person unless the partner was present or it had been previously discussed. The third person had to be "approved" by the other partner. Kissing was acceptable, and nudity with friends was fine. I drew a line at spending a whole evening in bed with another person, especially if it hadn't been discussed in advance.
She recently returned from a trip to tell me that she'd spent two nights in bed with some near-stranger. The rules had been established because she'd done this sort of thing twice before, and she'd agreed on the rules to save our relationship. She insists that it was all innocent fun: no sex was involved, only a little kissing and groping, and I shouldn't feel threatened. You recently wrote, "When the woman you love says, 'I'm going to do it no matter how you feel,' all bets (and gloves) are already off." She claims she wasn't cheating. I claim she was. What's your opinion?
Love, Confounded
Dear Connie: Of course it's cheating. What argument could she possibly make to claim it wasn't? That they were only (mostly) kissing, which was within the rules, even though everything else about it (bed, two nights, stranger) was not? Seriously, is that what she said? If so, I'd say she was attempting a Clintonian rule-fudge by semantic sleight of hand. Which is, of course, cheating.
Sigh. I used to be more idealistic (or less realistic), but my view of nonmonogamy has become increasingly jaundiced over time. It does sound great what could be better than "have cake, eat cake, and no cakes are harmed"? And done well (nobody's perfect), by people well suited to it, it is great.
It's just that so many people who should never even think of trying to live that way do try it, which inevitably leads to public scenes, ashtray throwing, and letters to advice columnists. Some of these folks are merely kidding themselves to begin with. They know from the start that jealousy, insecurity, and lack of trust (all perfectly natural, normal emotions, don't get me wrong) will eventually out, and they will be helpless to overcome them. But polyamory sounds so evolved, and they want to be like the cool kids. They will suffer, and I will sympathize, but I'll be biting back an "I told you so" as I do.
Others might have a chance, but they overengineer: "On Wednesdays you get to stay out, but not when she has PMS, and he can have oral sex on Fridays, but he has to call if he's going to have intercourse, and nobody gets to go out if the other one hasn't had a date in more than two weeks, unless it's with a long-standing partner." And so on. Disaster. You can never predict every possible situation, and you can never be sure that last week's "Have fun, hon" won't turn into this week's "How could you!?" Drafting a constitution is not enough. Far better to keep the rules simple and talk really talk to each other as situations shift and new ones come up.
Still others (this means you) have nonmonogamy thrust on them and grudgingly accept it, thinking that at least it's better than hiring a detective or never letting the less-monogamous partner out of sight. It rarely works, which makes sense when you realize that the people with whom one makes such a stopgap arrangement are usually already in the habit of lying to you. And anyway, if you're monogamous by nature and in love, watching your beloved waltz off on dates will be like waking every morning and jamming hot needles in your eyes. It feels so good when you stop.
I do, of course, know people who have managed ethical sluthood beautifully for years, with no end in sight, but they are unusual and lucky to have found each other. Most people, it seems, at least aspire to monogamy, even as they bend under its considerable pressures and occasionally break. I'm afraid I've come to the less than comfortable conclusion that, for much of humanity, the natural state is neither perfect monogamy nor polyamory, but monogamy plus cheating.
Sorry! I said I was jaundiced, didn't I? And I'm sorry, I really am, but I didn't tell you anything about your relationship you didn't already know. You're the one who was using the past tense.
Love, Andrea
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My name is Fr. John Kartje and I am the Rector/President of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. I am pleased to know that you are discerning priesthood and are considering Mundelein for your formation. A good resource to learn more about the seminary is our new website. This site is a great window into the life and mission of America's largest seminary. Please be assured of my prayers and those of the seminary community as you consider this decision.
When I became Rector in September 2015 I declared that the work of Mundelein would be focused on producing priests for the New Evangelization. Accordingly, the study and practice of evangelizing an increasingly secularized culture are now the principal concerns of both our students and our faculty.
In support of this effort we have implemented a new structure for our program of formation. The students will now be led along the three great spiritual paths: finding the center, knowing that you are a sinner, and realizing that your life is not about you. The ultimate purpose of this re-configuration is to produce priests who are deeply in love with Jesus Christ, who have come to terms with their attachments, addictions, and sin, and who are, consequently, ready to be sent on mission.
We implemented an academic curriculum to support the formation of priests for the New Evangelization. The M.Div. program sychronizes academics with the formation program, creating what we call "integral formation." Our faculty has intentionally rejected the so-called "university model," which separates spirituality and theology. Instead, we have embraced a patristic vision according to which head and heart are united.
I want to assure you that we are thrilled to be doing seminary work precisely at this challenging time in the history of the Church. We are delighted to play a role in providing priests for the New Evangelization. Please pray for all of us here at Mundelein, and know that we keep you close in prayer every day.
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On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 26 seminarians and 1 priest from Mundelein marched for life in Washington, D.C., and bonded during the blizzard.
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Fr. Patrick O'Malley "Perspectives on the Scriptures" Memorial ConferenceFr. Patrick O'Malley was a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago for 56 years, passing away in 2013. Fr. O'Malley worked diligently and effectively to connect life with faith for the people of God. He had a great love for scripture and wrote "Perspectives on the Scriptures" for the Archdiocese of Chicago's Catholic New World newspaper for many years.Through the generosity of the ACTA (Adult Catechetical Teaching Aids) Foundation, the first of three yearly conferences will take place on Saturday, October 31. The Fr. Patrick O'Malley "Perspectives on the Scriptures" Memorial Conference is designed for all people seeking a deeper relationship with Christ. It will be relevant for laity, deacons and priests. The focus of the 2015 conference will be on the Sunday Cycle C (Luke) of readings.The conference will be on the beautiful and sacred grounds of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. This life giving conference includes…9:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Fruit, Coffee, Juice9:30 a.m. - Welcome, Opening Prayer by Fr. Thomas Baima, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs9:40 a.m. - ACTA Foundation Fr. O'Malley Project and Amazing Contributions of Fr. O'Malley by Msgr. John Canary, Vicar General Emeritus and Fr. Ron Lewinski, Delegate for Parish Transformation.10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Two talks each by noted scripture scholars Fr. John Lodge, professor of Biblical Studies, and Fr. John Kartje, Rector/President4:00 p.m. - Mass with Fr. John KartjeThe Conference will take place at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Conference Center, Room 102To register please contact Mary Bertram at firstname.lastname@example.com or sign up throughwww.usml.edu/omalley conference 2015. The complete cost for the day will be only $10.
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Disciplined financial management is essential to ensure long-term success for Alcoa and our stakeholders. We maintain robust financial controls, a strong dedication to financial returns, and an intense focus on creating value through top-line growth, strategic capital spending, and cost-reduction activities.
All productivity figures represent gross productivity and are presented before tax and before non-controlling interests' share. Alcoa's definition of adjusted EBITDA is net margin plus an add-back for depreciation, depletion, and amortization. Net margin is equivalent to sales minus the following items: cost of goods sold; selling, general administrative, and other expenses; research and development expenses; and provision for depreciation, depletion, and amortization.
Complete details on our 2014 financial performance can be found in the Alcoa Annual Report.
We operate in many communities throughout the world. Our contributions to those communities, and to society at large, are significant and bring social and economic benefit to regions wherever we operate.
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We consider it an honor and a privilege to be able to operate in the various local communities where we exist around the world. As a neighbor, we have an obligation to contribute positively to those communities each and every day. That accountability is what earns us the license to continue to operate there.
In addition to the contributions above, we paid US$161 million combined in dividends to our common and preferred shareholders and US$441 million in interest (net of interest capitalized) under our financing arrangements in 2014.
We understand that business decisions we make have an impact in the communities where we operate, including when we curtail or close operations. For each, we conduct extensive stakeholder engagement.
In 2014, the communities impacted by our curtailment or closure of smelting capacity were in Point Henry, Australia; São Luís and Poços de Caldas, Brazil; Massena, New York, USA; and Portovesme, Italy (idle since 2012).
As a result of the full curtailment of the Poços de Caldas smelter, we curtailed approximately 200,000 metric tons of capacity at our Poços de Caldas refinery during 2014. We also closed two rolling mills with a combined can sheet capacity of approximately 200,000 metric tons in Point Henry and Yennora, Australia, due to persistent oversupply in the packaging end market.
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One page a month - an incubator for GLM?
Hello everyone, here is another idea for GNU/Linux Matters.
We are currently focusing on three things: enabling the development of translations (Pootle/Polyglota), spreading the word about GLM (mostly conferences), and trying to improve the popularity of our websites. I believe these are the right priorities.
The result, however, is that we don't release a lot of new content. We still have plenty of ideas though, so here is the deal: why not start an "incubator" where we would release one website or one page per month?
These are some of the projects swimming in our pool, waiting only to be worked upon:
- An FAQ page for SoftwareLiberty.com, as suggested by tbuitenh
- A 1-page site explaining why not to use MS Word files, keeping Stallman's ideas but making the lot more attractive
- Explain free software in 1 page to 10-years-old, in their language
- Develop undeclaredright.info, putting Gustavo's idea into a single-page site
- Play on the Microsoft "genuine" marketing concept, explaining that free software is in fact more genuine
We could write the contents collectively on a wiki, with a 1-month deadline to motivate ourselves. I find this works well with me (almost all of the websites/pages I wrote were done on the basis of a self-imposed deadline). Heck, releasing 12 projects like this in 2008, in addition to our main activities, would be pretty cool!
So, step forward if you are willing to participate in such a thing. We'll provide the wiki, a domain name and hosting, and I'll participate as much as I can. Your help will allow us to bring these projects to life, instead of otherwise letting them aside because we have bigger priorities.
Yeah, sounds good. I'd like to get involved with some of the writing. I have a 10-year old to act as a guinea pig for the third one
I have forgotten to mention:
- A "get Jabber" website to explain the importance and relevance of open-protocol IM, as suggested by tbuitenh
At the moment, there are too many things going on and I'd like to focus on translations. However, once this is done (likely in January), I intend to work hard on the above, to avoid my current coulda-shoulda-woulda talk, and getting things done.
I think we should also have a page about encrypted communication. ;-)
sure, let's add that to the list. =)
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"That's what's wrong with the media in this country… no longer do facts matter. Accusations are enough to condemn folks, the press wants the story and doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. Allegations become front page news no matter how flimsy they are." – Bill O'Reilly
It's sad how quickly and easily unfounded criticisms of a product can go viral, leading to more than 600 jobs being lost ostensibly overnight. This is what has happened to Beef Products Inc., the world's leading producer of the USDA-approved Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB) or perhaps better known by its recent moniker, "Pink Slime." While the quote from O'Reilly was in response to a different story, the point applies almost universally and most certainly in this case, too.
Thanks to a three-week campaign waged by a major news organization, celebrity chef, and a mother from Texas who decided to take up this "cause" in the form of an online petition, the company was forced to close three of its four factory doors this week after several fast food chains, grocery stores and school lunch programs were pressured to pull the product.
The president of the American Meat Institute (AMI), J. Patrick Boyle released a statement that blatantly accused ABC News for their "relentless coverage and uninformed criticisms of a safe and wholesome beef product." He continues to say:
"The impact of alarming broadcasts about this safe and wholesome beef product by Jamie Oliver [celebrity chef], ABC News and others are no joke to those families that are now out of work."
Politicians like Sen. John Thune publicly criticized the media's sensationalism of the product, and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said "the time for badmouthing and distortions is over." On Thursday, a group of governors and lieutenant governors toured a BPI facility in Sioux City, Nebraska in support of LFTB and to defend its safety and nutrition. At the press conference there, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy said he has a new slogan for LFTB: "dude it's beef." A host of others including scientists, lawyers and advocates that follow food safety have also come out in support of BPI.
Leah Barkoukis is the online features editor and web editor at Townhall.com.
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My car curbed itself in May
Amazing how those handy 12-A and 12-B AATA buses always show up right when you need them, and how the drivers are so friendly when you show them your GoPass. Yes, embarrassing, but my car had been driving downtown a little too much in April, dragging me with it. When it landed in the shop in early May, well, I found myself suddenly, magically, and completely aligned with Curb Your Car Month! Good news: My bus rides downtown are generating more green ideas, including a plan to read the new book Climate Solutions: a citizen's guide by Peter Barnes with a foreword by Bill McKibben. At 93 pages, this book looks like good bus reading. I'm also planning to go to The Mayor's Green Fair on Main Street June 13. Maybe in my car, probably not.
I just started working downdown recently and have found I love riding the bus. Like you, it perfectly aligned with the May Get Downtown Commuter Challenge. It also made me want to read more about the environment so I recently picked up RiverTime: Ecotravel on the World's Rivers. So far, it is a readable travel book packed with good writing and fascinating information. I like living in a town where you don't really need a car.


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Millions of taxpayers made errors on their taxes because of HMRC's 'abysmal' customer service
Millions of taxpayers made errors on their taxes because of HMRC's 'abysmal' customer service
Planned new powers will allow taxman to obtain data on millions of internet transactions including through sites such as Ebay and Airbnb
Staff were reportedly told to let people off if they appeared to have a 'reasonable excuse'
HMRC has introduced new forms, which will allow people to reclaim the money within 30 working days
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Anyone earning less than £15,600 qualifies but you need to register with your bank or building society first
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Shire is a global pharmaceutical company, incorporated in Jersey but domiciled in Ireland for tax purposes. It has around 5,600 staff worldwide, the majority in the US but only two in Luxembourg, where it paid tax at a rate of only 0.0156 per cent on its profits, the Public Accounts Committee said.
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Were you surprised by the sudden reform of the rules for stamp duty on property purchases? I certainly was. I've been calling for ages for a change in the tax to make it more fair – and, at a stroke, George Osborne did just that on Wednesday in his Autumn Statement.
The tax-free personal allowance will rise to £10,600 – but campaigners say it's not enough
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Among the children of the same parents it is no new thing for some to be hopeful and others the contrary; now here we are taught to distinguish. 1. There is great hope of those that have a reverence for their parents, and are willing to be advised and admonished by them. He is a wise son, and is in a far way to be wiser, that hears his father's instruction, desires to hear it, regards it, and complies with it, and does not merely give it the hearing. 2. There is little hope of those that will not so much as hear rebuke with any patience, but scorn to submit to government and scoff at those that deal faithfully with them. How can those mend a fault who will not be told of it, but count those their enemies who do them that kindness?


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DO YOU BE -Dazzle better with a pint in your system, punk music blaring, and plenty of company? Or do you do your best knitting in a quiet, book-filled environment with a few other folks around to give you purling tips? Somewhere out there a craft group that fits your needs is about to meet.
When the knitting craze hit a few years back, a slew of stitch 'n' bitch groups started popping up. Now these crafting-and-socializing sessions take place all over the Bay Area in apartments, cafés, bars, and the public library. For some participants, craft is a religion (literally), for others, it's a way to pick up chicks, but for most, it's a productive and creative outlet.
The following list of craft groups meet publicly in San Francisco and the East Bay. Don't worry if you've never picked up a knitting needle or glue stick before. Plenty of folks would be happy to help you out just bring your own supplies. And if you simply want company while you execute your collage/lamp-making/guitar-crafting/Shrinky Dink project, you're sure to find a group that suits you. Whatever your crafting style, it's time to get off the couch and find your people.
San Francisco
The Church of Craft is a "haven from judgment and anti-craft attitudes." Presided over by Rev. Trismegista Taylor, the monthly services attract gray-haired ladies and punky kids. Any craft is welcomed, from Be-Dazzling and Shrinky Dinking to more involved wood- and metalwork projects. While the United States wages war on Iraq, the group has been meeting on Saturdays in front of the Gap to craft for peace (1-4 p.m., Gap, Fifth Street and Powell, S.F.). During peace time third Sundays, e-mail for times, CELLspace, Parachute Loft, 2050 Bryant, S.F. For more information or to subscribe to the monthly e-mail list, e-mail email@example.com. www.churchofcraft.org.
Craft Brunch is a monthly stitch 'n' bitch brunch with rotating hosts. The food-and-craft fest was started by a group of friends who wanted to meet other crafty folks and find support and inspiration for their own projects. To get the next brunch location, go to the Web site and subscribe to the announcement list. And remember to RSVP. One Sunday a month, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., various locations. www.klodhopper.com/crafty.
Crafty Bitches are lesbian knitters who meet weekly to knit and drink. "Beer, pussy, and yarn! The Crafty Bitches are passionate about all three," knitting mistress Melanie says. They welcome all crafts and have had quilters, jewelry makers, cross-stitchers, and crocheters in attendance. Wed., 6:30 p.m., Lexington Club, 3464 19th St., S.F. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
When the weather gets depressing enough for a critical mass of participants to choose indoor knitting over other pursuits, Knit 'n' Hurl starts up at Sadie's Flying Elephant, a small neighborhood bar that serves good beer and strong drinks. Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., Sadie's Flying Elephant, 491 Potrero, S.F. For more schedule information call (415) 551-7988.
The Knitting Group is the in-person spin-off of a Yahoo! knitting group. The list has about 150 people, and generally a half dozen or so show up. Wed., 7 p.m., Muddy's Coffee House, 1304 Valencia, S.F. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
For the past three years the S.F. Knitting Guild has been meeting on the first Sunday of the month at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. There is no agenda and no dues, and the intimate group is open to all knitters. People bring their own projects, and beginners are encouraged to ask for help. The guild meets behind the information booth on the first floor. First Sundays, 1:30-4:30 p.m., San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin, S.F. E-mail email@example.com.
Second Sunday Knitters meet just when you might guess. These experienced knitters are friendly, so don't be scared. Second Sundays, 2-5 p.m., Tully's Coffee, 2 Embarcadero Center, S.F. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stitch 'n' Bitch at Annie's Cocktail Lounge was on hiatus for a while, but the group is back to knitting, drinking, and listening to good music. "Annie's is perfect because the jukebox is great and the drinks are strong," Stitch 'n' Bitch mastermind Kari Girarde says. They don't always get a lot of knitting done, she adds, but they have a good time. And sometimes a bartender will turn up the lights so they don't strain their eyes. Wed., Annie's Cocktail Lounge, 6:30 p.m., 15 Boardman Place, S.F. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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With a book selection that includes Hip to Knit and a window display filled with hipster hand-warmers, Article Pract is not your grandma's yarn shop. The store offers a weekly open knitting session where knitters young and old are invited to gather for chatting and collaboration. The store also has a wonderful selection of fuzzy, stretchy, bright, and puffy yarn. Knitting session Wed., 5-7 p.m.; store hours Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 5010 Telegraph, Oakl. (510) 652-7435.
Though the Knitting Meanies can't figure out the difference between the five kinds of green tea Gaylord's serves, they enjoy meeting there. The small group welcomes other crafty folks and newcomers. Wed., 7 p.m., Gaylord's Caffe Espresso, 4150 Piedmont, Oakl. E-mail Captain Meanie at email@example.com.
The East Bay Stitch 'n' Bitch congregates at the White Horse in Oakland. The bar is bumpin' at night, but on Sunday afternoons it becomes a good place to knit your hangover away. Though the group consists mostly of knitters, anyone with a needle or a hook is welcome. First Sundays, 2 p.m., 6651 Telegraph, Oakl. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Best Vegan Chinese Food in the AreaPosted on 12 / 17 / 2013
Thanks to the one previous review, I tried House of Hunan (HH) last night and the experience was wonderful. What an understatement of just how good the food is in that review! Vegans and vegetarians should RUN, DON'T WALK to get to HH.
HH is doing everything from scratch from what I was told by the hostess. The chef sincerely cares about the food that comes out of his kitchen. It was apparent in the taste and quality of every bite of my dinner -- even the leftovers I had today were impressive.
From the regular menu, I selected the Vegetable Curl. It's actually a lettuce wrap dish for two. It didn't survive this one person it was so good. Two iceberg lettuce are filled to the brim with chopped veggies and soy curls (very similar in texture to chicken) in a light, sweet, and spicy sauce that still lingers on my mind. Definitely getting that again on my next visit.
If you're into mock chicken/beef the chef here knows his stuff because he's making it fresh, in house. I had the moo goo gai pan. The soy based "chicken" was so close to the real thing that I was in disbelief the entire time I was eating it. I am already planning to make another out-of-my-way trip to HH to try a "beef" dish. Apparently, the chef has worked tirelessly to perfect the mushroom-based recipe. The vegetables are fresh and perfectly prepared. The sauces are scratch-made, light, packed with flavor, distinctive to each dish, and just plain delicious!
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Rattattoo, lol ^^ Nice!
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Okay, this one is really cute
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I'm actually glad Pokémon aren't real. They'd just be abducted by the government, battling, trading, etc. would become illegal, they'd get dissected and tested on, and they'd be used for wars. And don't even get me started on how much shit PETA would flip.
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MESA, Ariz. — Josh Beckett was hoping for more out of his third Cactus League start than three innings and 44 pitches.
Because of a right thumb contusion that worsened as the game went on, Beckett was pulled Friday against the Chicago Cubs before reaching his four-inning, 65-pitch target. The veteran right-hander was already staying away from throwing curveballs, the pitch that gave him the most discomfort, before head athletic trainer Stan Conte and manager Don Mattingly decided to pull him altogether.
Beckett doesn't think the injury is serious but said he'll visit a doctor next week if needed.
"It's frustrating but it could have happened at a worse time," he said. "I think right now we're dealing with it the best we can. If I need a couple days off, we'll do that. I just don't want to fall too far behind."
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Eleven days ago, Beckett's right thumb "got slammed on the outside of a door," he said. "Somebody was opening the door and — you know how they have signs that say 'in' and 'out'? Somebody came out the in."
In spite of the injury, Beckett's fastball and changeup were effective against the Cubs. He allowed one hit, an infield single by Emilio Bonifacio, walked two and struck out one in three scoreless innings.
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The Dodgers (5-9-4) clawed back to make the game close. Miguel Rojas doubled and scored on an RBI triple by Dee Gordon in the fifth inning. Alex Guerrero hit a two-run double off Jose Veras in the seventh inning. Drew Butera hit a solo home run to center field off Alberto Cabrera in the ninth inning to provide the final score.
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12 Things to Watch For in Sunday's Colts-Packers Game This week, even the cheese will be orange as everyone thinks about Chuck. Before the bye the Colts dropped a tough one to the Jaguars. It was only a couple of weeks ago, but it feels like the world has moved on a little since then. The devestating news about Coach Pagano's cancer rocked the locker room and put the game in perspective, at least for a moment. Ready or not, it's back to action on Sunday. Here's what to watch for. 1. Watch for hashtags. It's all about #Chuckstrong this week in Indianapolis. Regardless of what happens on the field, it will be a memorable day as Colts fans unite to honor Chuck Pagano. People were just getting the chance to know and like the new coach. How the players and fans respond will be a powerful reminder that some things are bigger than football. 2. Watch for the speed. The Packers haven't been the best at protecting Aaron Rodgers over the years. It's not slowed Rodgers down much but it's ...
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