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At least NRO's Mark Hemingway thinks it's a big deal. And of course, Hemingway concludes the copyediting error confirms all his dark suspicions about Media Matters. When in fact, the oversight simply highlights the extent to which Media Matters goes to make factually and logically sound arguments.
The press release highlighted a research item Media Matters did which pointed out how five major newspapers reported on Sen. Jeff Sessions' opening statement at the confirmation hearing of Judge Sonia Sotomayor without noting in that day's paper that, in 1986, Sessions' nomination as a U.S. district court judge was rejected following allegations that Sessions had a history of making racially charged comments. Meaning, Sessions spent a lot of the day talking about race in the context of Sotomayor's nomination, but the press never connected the dots back to Sessions' own failed confirmation.
What Hemingway highlighted was the fact that the press release we sent out accidentally included an internal edit suggesting a possible change.
Here's the key section of Hemingway's item:
Media Matters, and So Does Proofreading [Mark Hemingway]
Media Matters for America just sent out the following press release:
I wanted to make sure you had seen Media Matters' latest research on the media ignoring allegations that surfaced during Sen. Jeff Sessions' 1986 nomination to the U.S. district court. As reported by the Associated Press, Sessions' "nomination originally drew fire from civil rights groups because of his [1985] prosecution ... of three west Alabama civil rights activists on vote fraud charges. The three were acquitted by a federal court jury, prompting civil rights leaders to charge that the prosecution was an attempt to intimidate black voters." Doesn't the fact that we quote the AP undermine the idea that the media is ignoring the story? Could we say, "research on much of the media ignoring..."
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you would like additional information.
Jessica Levin
Press Secretary
Media Matters for America
My emphasis added -- I guess somebody forgot to delete that parenthetical edit. I'd always thought that Media Matters tried in vain to prove conservative media bias, but I didn't expect that the organization itself would confirm my suspicion.
Obviously that internal edit suggestion should not have appeared in the final release. But how did it "confirm" Hemingway's suspicion that Media Matters tried in "vain" to prove conservative media bias? (And for the record, Media Matters is not in the "media bias" business.) All the internal edit did was show that before Media Matters signs off on its research items (and press releases), it does its best to make sure its central point is air-tight. In this case, somebody inside Media Matters suggested that because the AP had reported on Sessions' controversial past, the wording of the release should be changed.
But in fact, the AP reference was from the 1980's and did not undercut the Media Matters point that in their July 14 editions, the five major national newspapers gave Sessions a pass on his controversial history when it came to the topic of race.
So despite Hemingway's claim, the copyediting error did nothing to undermine that important point.
I can't get enough of this South Carolina media story about how journalists were flooding the office of Mark Sanford with emails promising friendly coverage if they could land an interview. This was before he admitted to cheating on his wife and using taxpayer money to do it. Back when he appeared to be lost on the Appalachian Trail.
I've already highlighted the questionable efforts by the WSJ's editorial page, as well as ABC News's Jake Tapper. Saving the 'best' for last, let's look at right-wing blogger Erick Erickson.
From The State:
"If he wants something more personal for the blog to push back, I'm happy to help," wrote Erick Erickson, a writer for RedState.com. On June 23, Erickson ripped "media speculation" about Sanford's whereabouts.
And boy, did Erickson push back at RedState. Here's what he wrote on June 23:
First, we need to be clear on the facts - not the media speculation:
- Sanford did tell his staff and family where he was going.
- Because he was traveling without a security detail, it was in his best interests that no one knew he was gone.
- His political enemies - Republicans at that - ginned up the media story.
- When confronted by a pestering media, things went downhill.
- Again though, at all times there was no doubt that Sanford's staff and family knew where he was.
As Blue Texan quickly noted at FDL, pretty much everything Erickson wrote about Sanford's escapade turned out to be false.
But here's the kicker. Contacted by The State regarding the email he sent to Sanford's office offering to "push back" on Sanford's behalf, here's what Erickson said:
"I wasn't trying to be a reporter. I wanted to curtail the story," Erickson said by e-mail. "Well that didn't work."
Love that. Erickson wanted to curtail the story even though, at the time, he had no idea what the facts of the story were. Not that that stopped him from blogging a laundry list of falsehoods.
There's something pathological about much of the media's overstatement of public opposition to regulations on gun ownership. Here's Chris Matthews moments ago:
"You take a pro-gun control position in PA statewide, and you're finished. Arlen Specter can't take it. Bobby Casey can't take it. Ed Rendell can't."
And here's reality: A 2006 survey in which Ed Rendell indicated his support for requiring "background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows." He also indicated his desire to "Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns." And he did not indicate support for easing or repealing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns, or allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons.
And here's Ed Rendell, not three months ago, advocating a ban on assault weapons. Here's Rendell, during his first campaign for Governor -- a campaign he won -- advocating tougher gun laws.
Then, of course, there's the fact that Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama - all of whom support various gun regulations - have won Pennsylvania in the last five presidential elections.
I guess what I'm getting at is that Chris Matthews doesn't have any idea what he's talking about. None.
Journalists like Matthews often conflate the public's belief that people generally have a right to own guns with opposition to any regulation of the ownership and sale of guns, or of when and where they can be carried. That's nonsense. And they overstate the intensity of the purported opposition to gun regulations, treating the topic as a "third rail" in places like Pennsylvania. It isn't - as Rendell, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and Obama have shown.
The right-wing blog crows that Obama was "booed" (!) when he threw out the first pitch of MLB's All-Star game last night. That he got embarrassed on national television:
It's going to be a rough 4 years. He's only been in office 5 months and he's already getting booed.
In fact, when you watch the clip, Obama was cheered uproariously for nearly an entire minute. The feint whisper of a boo bird or two? Perhaps. But only a determined Obama-hater would make those distant rumbles the headline. Honestly, right-ring bloggers are taking this living-in-a-parallel-universe thing to whole new heights.
UPDATED: More from Gateway Pundit:
UPDATE 2: Even Yahoo had to admit Obama was booed...
Actually, here's what Yahoo reported [emphasis added]:
Though Obama was roundly cheered by the All-Star fans, his live presence still didn't attract the applause that George W. Bush did during a taped announcement by the four previous Presidents before the game and some boos could even be heard among the cheers.
UPDATED: FYI, from ESPN.com's report:
Wearing a Chicago White Sox jacket, jeans and sneakers, and cheered by the sellout crowd, Obama walked out of the NL's dugout on the first-base side, shook hands with Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial and trotted to the mound.
UPDATED: Aside from declaring a quasi-national holiday over the fact that Obama was roundly booed in St. Louis (shhh, let them dream), right-wingers like Andrew McCarthy are also feasting on the fact that Obama's ceremonial first pitch may have bounced before it reached home plate.
UPDATED: Power Line insists the "weird camera angle" used last night to broadcast Obama's ceremonial first pitch was some sort of media conspiracy in order to prevent viewers from seeing the president's weak toss.
Folks, I cannot make this stuff up.
Just gruesome.
Here's the AP headline:
Sotomayor refuses to renounce 'wise Latina' words
And here's the lede:
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined Wednesday to renounce her comment that a "wise Latina" woman might make a better ruling than a white man without the same life experiences.
Wasn't the news hook from yesterday's hearing that Sotomayor had distanced herself from the "wise Latina" quote and said she'd misspoke?
But here's how the AP reported today's exchange [emphasis added]:
She was answering questions at her confirmation hearing from Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a former state judge and attorney general who said he was troubled by conflicting images he had of the nominee — one from her speeches and writings and another, more moderate snapshot, from her bench rulings.
"I need your help reconciling those two pictures," Cornyn told Sotomayor.
Sotomayor told Cornyn that "my words failed" because they have been taken by many to suggest she believes she'd be a superior judge because of her personal profile and life experiences.
But she also said that "I stand by the words."
Here's the actual exchange with Cornyn in which it's blindingly obvious that when Sotomayor said she "stands by the words," she was referring to yesterday's testimony in which she walked back her "wise Latina" quote. In other words, the AP got the story exactly backwards:
CORNYN: Do you stand by your words of yesterday when you said it was a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat, that they were words that don't make sense, that they were a bad idea?
SOTOMAYOR: I stand by the words. It fell flat.
We await the AP correction.
UPDATED: No formal correction, but AP cleaned up its flawed Sotomayor article. It now states the obvious that she "acknowledged Wednesday that her 'wise Latina' remarks had stirred controversy and conceded that they'd been taken the wrong way by some."
From a July 15 NewsBusters.org entry:
Fascinating article by South Carolina's The State about the behind-the-scenes media jockeying that was going on when the buzz began to build in late June that the state's governor, Mark Sanford, could not be located.
This was before his infamous press conference when Sanford admitted to an extramarital affair and before it was learned that Sanford had used taxpayer money to travel to meet his girlfriend. At the time, it was just a weird story about a governor who disappeared and whose staff could not find him.
Here's The State:
National media blitzed Gov. Mark Sanford's staff, offering big ratings and, possibly, a sympathetic venue in an effort to land the first interview with the governor after his six-day trip to Argentina.
In addition, a blogger and state leaders reached out to Sanford's office to try to coordinate a way to "push back" on the growing mystery surrounding Sanford's absence.
The behind-the-scenes maneuvering is detailed in e-mails released by the governor's office this week in response to The State's request under the freedom of information act.
Not surprisingly, conservative media outlets such as the Washington Times, the WSJ, and Fox News were angling for some friendly face time with the gov., and emailing his flak, Joel Sawyer. They seemed to suggest that Sanford was getting a bum rap in the press.
But note this passage [emphasis added]:
ABC News White House reporter Jake Tapper e-mailed Sawyer twice on June 23, both to note coverage of competitor NBC.
With a subject line of "NBC spot was slimy," Tapper e-mailed Sawyer a "Today" show transcript of Sanford coverage, calling it "insulting." Later, Tapper forwarded Sawyer a Twitter post by "Meet The Press" host David Gregory.
The explanation?
Jeff Schneider, a vice president at ABC News, said Tapper was "carrying some water for producers who knew he had a relationship with the governor's office."
UPDATED: Tapper responds to Politico's Michael Calderone.
Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza offers a scorecard of "winners and losers" from yesterday's Sotomayor hearings.
His second "winner"? Lindsey Graham, who Cillizza says "was the Republican senator best able to rile Sotomayor" and "managed to unsettle Sotomayor." Cillizza provided no evidence to support that assertion. Nor did he mention that Graham asked Sotomayor if she has a temperament problem - a question that was rather odd coming at the end of a day in which she had answered a barrage of often hostile questions without losing her composure.
Cillizza wrote that Graham's "low-key delivery" proved that he is "one of the best questioners/smart legal minds in the Senate" -- but even Chris Matthews found Graham's questioning condescending. When even Chris Matthews thinks someone is being condescending to a woman, there's a problem.
Even more odd, Cillizza couldn't think of a single Republican to list under the day's "losers." Not, say, Jeff Sessions, the Senator whose own judicial nomination was derailed amid charges of racism - and who suggested that Sonia Sotomayor should have ruled the way Judge Cabranes did because he is also "of Puerto Rican ancestry." Not only that, Sessions blundered into a Marshall McLuhan moment - something that just doesn't happen in real life.
No, Cillizza's "losers" were President Obama and Democrat Herb Kohl - not because Kohl did anything wrong, but because the cable channels didn't cover him.
When Chris Matthews appeared on MSNBC yesterday evening to discuss the day's Supreme Court nomination hearings, he seemed to portray Sonia Sotomayor as a child chastened about her (badly distorted) "wise Latina" comments. This morning, Matthews picked up where he left off, further infantilizing Sotomayor:
A calm Judge Sotomayor spent yesterday fending off attempts by Republicans to portray her as someone guided by her personal prejudice -- prejudices -- and even suggested, some of them did, that it was her hot temperament they were worried about. Well, the nominee backed off her comment that a wise Latina would come to a better conclusion than a white man, calling that a mistake. In fact, she used the word "bad," about the words she used, which is certainly strange in an adult conversation.
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If you've been following along with us, you've noticed we recently released a new software tool for penetration testers called Phishing Frenzy (PF). PF is a feature rich ruby on rails application that helps manage your email phishing campaigns from creation, customization, to execution.
Since the release of PF we have been making lots of changes to help enhance the software for easier management of your email phishing campaigns. Some of the biggest changes you'll notice when you checkout the latest version is a new layout built on bootstrap, a new shiny logo, and sending of emails in the background using sidekiq.
I want to first give a few shout-outs to some core contributors to the project that have really stepped up in making it a stellar email phishing platform (Dalton, smilingraccoon, hostess, AvidHacker, and others).
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- Weber's unique Flavorizer bars are precisely engineered to funnel drips and juices away from the burners for flare-up-free grilling and intense, smoky flavor
- Crossover electric ignition system fires up the grill quickly and easily
- Enameled cast iron cooking grates provide efficient heat transfer for excellent searing and grill marks
- Easy-to-use dial controls and an integrated hood thermometer enable precise adjustments to grilling temperature
- Attractive steel-and-aluminum housing features ample storage room for a LP gas tank (not included), grilling accessories and the easy-access removable drip tray
- Stylish porcelain-enamel shroud locks in heat and cleans up easily
- Included fuel gauge lets you know when it's time to switch gas tanks
- Sturdy side tables provide space for food prep and plating and feature six tool hooks for your favorite grilling utensils
- Mounted on heavy-duty locking casters for easy maneuverability on your deck or patio
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- Manufacturer: Weber
- Model: E 320
- Material: Stainless steel, cast iron, porcelain enamel
- Dimensions: 32" x 52" x 63"
- Grilling area: 424-sq.-in. cooking area; 105-sq.-in. warming rack
- Warranty: Limited warranty
- Made in China
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- Wipe clean
- Requires a 20-lb. LP gas tank (sold separately)
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- Grilling guide
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Music blog
Lyrics/song texts are property and copyright of their owners and provided for educational purposes only.
Headphones Are Huge Lyrics
Headphones Are Huge Song Lyrics
carly- hey where did my ear buds go
freddie- sams sittin' on em'
carly- sam!
sam- sorry! here
carly- eww!! now theire all warm!
spencer- you know, when I was really little, we didint have ear buds yet we had head phones.
freddie- head phones?
spencer- yeah thyre just like ear buds onley you know huge!
carly- did you like them
spencer- yeah!! some times I just wanted to stay home with my headphones on!
sam- so you werent popular when you were little
spencer- I dont want to talk about it
carly- aw!!!
[Thanks to diego zayas for lyrics]
ICarly Song List
›The Countdown
Cast Dialog
›Leave It All to Me ( Theme from iCarly )
Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell
›What's Next, Baby?
Cast Dialog
›Stay My Baby
Miranda Cosgrove
›About Me?
Cast Dialog
›About You Now
Miranda Cosgrove
Cast Dialog
›Beautiful Girls
Sean Kingston
›Sam's Second Toe
Cast Dialog
›I Don't Wanna Be In Love
Good Charlotte
›Locked In The Closet
Cast Dialog
›I Like That Girl
Leon Thomas
›We Hated Your Girlfriend
Cast Dialog
Avril Lavigne featuring Lil Mama
›Blueberry Belly Button
Cast Dialog
Natasha Bedingfield
›Gas Station Snacks
Cast Dialog
›Face In The Hall
The Naked Brothers Band
›You Can't Do That!
Cast Dialog
›Let's Hear It For The Boy
The Stunners
›Ten Things Boys Like
Cast Dialog
Boys Like Girls
›Headphones Are Huge
Cast Dialog
›Headphones On
Miranda Cosgrove
›Suckish Improv Game
Cast Dialog
›Move ( Dance on Sunset Theme )
›World's Fattest Priest
Cast Dialog
›I'm Grown
Tiffany Evans featuring Bow Wow
›Leave It All To Me (Jason Nevin Remix)
Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell
›Whatever My Love
Mickey Drummond
›Take Me Back
Backhouse Mike
›Back To One
Cast Dialog
›Their Music Is Soooo Good
Cast Dialog
›So Hot It Hurts Me
Cast Dialog
›The New Way
Cast Dialog


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Hey guys Another livestream will happen tonight at: www.livestream.com/viccolatte?… at 10pm GMT. Feel free to stop by and join the chat, or just watch me slap paint around Hope to see you there^^
- Mood: Excited
- Listening to: game walkthroughs on utube
- Reading: Geist by Philippa Ballantine
- Watching: movies on my new 42' LED TV:D
- Playing: Skyrim: The Elder Scrolls V
- Eating: all the leftovers in the fridge
- Drinking: hot spiced apple drink
Livestreaming (offline) by ViccolatteWatch
©2013-2016 Viccolatte
Hey Vik, missing your livestreams! Would be so great if you could squeeze in one now and then like once a month...?
Aw. Thanks for missing them, haha. I do too. I just got one last thing to finish of, and then I'll be good to go again
following you now on twit yey lol
Awww I'm sorry I missed it! I will have to check it on demand this week.
Oh no I missed it Did you record it? I can catch you next week hopefully!
Yes it should be available to watch on demand now. Hope to see you next week
Popped in for a little bit. Wonderful work! I wish I could have stayed around to see more.
Thanks so much! I'll be streaming again next week, hopefully you'll have more time then?
You started towards the end of my work day. I have a really hard time getting on from work, but I can let it run in the background while I get things done in the office. I noticed you were chatting in the feed. During these sessions, do you pretty much just paint?
Ah I see Yes I stick with painting. No gaming or whatsoever, if that's what you meant?
Wow. I should really proof read what I write. I was asking if you ever chat in your livestream sessions.
Aaah haha. Yes, if I'm not talking during the stream, I always try to be involved with the chatters^^
I've been trying this digital painting thing. I'm not getting hard edges like I'd like. Everything comes out soft. I'm working on it though.
I would go all "whooo" if I hadn't already an hour ago when I saw Anna retweeting it eh whatever... whoooooo!!


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The History of Santa Fe, Capital of New Mexico
Historic Santa Fe New Mexico- compliments of the Inn at Pueblo Bonito, Santa Fe.
Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States and the oldest city in New Mexico. The meaning of Santa Fe is "holy faith" in Spanish. 2014 population was 68,298. The city was originally occupied by a number of Pueblo Indian villages with founding dates between 1050 to 1150. One of the earliest known settlements came sometime after 900, and is now known as Downtown Santa Fe. A Native American group built a cluster of homes that centered around the site of today's Plaza and spread for half a mile to the south and west. The village was called Ogapoge. The Santa Fe River provided water to people and is a seasonal waterway which was a year round stream until the 1700s. In 2007, the river was recognized as the most endangered river in the United States, according to the conservation group American Rivers.
Don Juan de Oñate led the first effort to colonize the region in 1598, establishing Santa Fe de Nuevo México as a province of New Spain. Under Juan de Oñate and his son, the capital of the province was the settlement of San Juan de los Caballeros north of Santa Fe near modern Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (aka San Juan Pueblo). New Mexico's second Spanish governor, Don Pedro de Peralta, however, founded a new city at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in 1607. He called it La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís (the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi). In 1610, he made it the capital of the province, which it has almost constantly remained, making it the oldest state capital in the United States.
Santa Fe, 1846–1847
Except for the years 1680–1692, when, as a result of the Pueblo Revolt, the native Pueblo people drove the Spaniards out of the area known as New Mexico, later to be reconquered by Don Diego de Vargas, Santa Fe remained Spain's provincial seat until the outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810. In 1824 the city's status as the capital of the Mexican territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México was formalized in the 1824 Constitution.
The Republic of Texas claimed Santa Fe as part of the western portion of Texas along the Rio Grande when it seceded from Mexico in 1836. In 1841, a small military and trading expedition set out from Austin, Texas, with the aim of gaining control over the Santa Fe Trail. Known as the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, the force was poorly prepared and was easily captured by the Mexican army. In 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico, and Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny led the main body of his Army of the West of some 1,700 soldiers into the city to claim it and the whole New Mexico Territory for the United States. By 1848 the U.S. officially gained New Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Colonel Alexander William Doniphan, under the command of Kearny, recovered ammunition from Santa Fe labeled "Spain 1776", showing both the quality of communication and military support New Mexico received under Mexican rule.
American visitors saw little promise in the remote town. One traveller in 1849 wrote:
Today, Santa Fe is a testament to such preservation of rich history as well as a monument to the strength and wealth an environment gains through hardship; the City Different is a true oasis in the desert.
138 W. Manhattan Ave Santa Fe, NM, 87501 USA
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Important Phone Numbers in Santa Fe, NM from the Inn at Pueblo Bonito
Thinking about a Santa Fe Vacation Travel trip? Inn at Pueblo Bonito, Santa Fe's only 154 year-old historic bed and breakfast, has provided this complementary quick reference guide with Santa Fe's most important contact information. Most current Santa Fe lodging deals can be found on our specials page! Our staff's local expertise is just one of many reasons to book with our B&B, as you won't find better insights on The City Different.
American Eagle/American Airlines (800) 433-7300
Continental Airlines (800) 523-3273
Delta Air Lines (800) 221-1212
Frontier Airlines (800) 432-1359
Southwest Airlines (800) 435-9792
US Airways (800) 428-4322
Sandia Shuttle Xpress (505) 474-5696
Roadrunner Shuttle (505) 424-3367
Capital City Cab Co. (505) 438-0000
Roadrunner Shuttle (505) 424-3367
Capital City Cab Co. (505) 438-0000
Santa Fe Trails (local) (505) 995-2001
NOTE: Greyhound no longer stops in Santa Fe, NM.
New Mexico Railrunner (866) 795-7245
Amtrak Reservations (800) 872-7245
Amtrak, Lamy Station (505) 466-4511- Lamy is a 15 minute drive south of Santa Fe. The Lamy Shuttle Service (505) 982-8829 will provide transportation to Pueblo Bonito b&b from the Lamy Station.
Advantage (800) 777-5500
Alamo (888) 426-3299
Avis (505) 471-5892
Beaver Toyota (505) 982-1901
Budget (505) 984-1596
Dollar (866) 319-6188
Enterprise (505) 473-3600
Hertz (505) 471-7189
Thrifty (866) 319-6154 www.thrifty.com
Santa Fe Convention & Visitor Information (800) 777-2489
Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce (505) 988-3279
New Mexico Visitor Information (statewide) (505) 827-7336
Police, Fire, and Ambulance 911
Poison Control (800) 222-1222
Christus St. Vincent Hospital (505) 983-3361
UltiMed Urgent Care (505) 989-8707
Weather/Road Cond. (800) 432-4269
Time & Temperature (505) 473-2211
Inn at Pueblo Bonito– Santa Fe, New Mexico (800) 461-4599
Annual Events in Santa Fe, NM for April, May, and June 2015
(2nd Quarter; April-June)
Provided by: Inn at Pueblo Bonito, SF, NM
Santuario de Chimayo Pilgrimage April 3, 2015
30,000 people from all over the world make pilgrimage to Santuario de Chimayó during Holy Week, earning the reputation of the largest pilgrimage in North America. Some pilgrims seek blessing, others walk for tradition, and others desire the "holy dirt" praying for miraculous cures for themselves or someone who could not make the trip.
Compiled from wikipedia
Santa Fe Film Festival May 1-4, 2015
Four days of the best in cinematic arts! 14th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival will run a program of over 60 films, panels, juried awards, workshops, and parties.
Santa Fe Century May 17, 2015
Celebrating 30 years for this ride in 2015! Bicycle over miles of as you travel down the Turquoise Trail, through old mining towns, across mineral rich Mountains, through the Estancia Valley, through the glorious village of Galisteo, and back into scenic Santa Fe!
Civil War Weekend May 2, 3 2015 10 am- 4 pm
*Battlefields & Homefronts New Mexico: The Civil War and More
Experience military drills, camp life, lectures, demonstrations and reenactments
of Civil War battles fought in New Mexico. View photos of event HERE
Native Treasures Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-24, 2015
Santa Fe Convention Center
Museum-quality Indian art show and sale with 200+ Native American artists showing. Each artist, specially invited by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, represents the best and brightest of the Indian art world. In fact, many of the artists at Native Treasures are included in the Museum's permanent collection.
Spring Festival and Arts Fiber Fair June 6-7, 2015 10 am- 4 pm
Costumed villagers shearing sheep, fiber arts marketplace, baking bread and more, including animals, games and hands-on activities for kids! At Las Golondrinas. View photos of event HERE
June 12-13, 2015 5-8 pm
Edible Art Tour pairs Santa Fe's top galleries and finest restaurants, BUT you don't have to do two areas on the same night! Friday is downtown galleries with Saturday focus on Canyon Road.
Rodeo de Santa Fe June 18-21 2015, Parade – June 20
65th Rodeo de Santa Fe comes to town June 18 through the 21! This year entertainment will feature Slim Garner along with our Bull fighters Luke Kraut and Clifford Maxwell. There will be more excitement during each performance than you can hold your hat on for! Get ready as heart-pounding, dirt-slinging, action-packed performances from top PRCA rodeo athletes perform at this big time rodeo, with a small town feeling.
*-*-* Upcoming 3rd Quarter Events to be Aware of as Ticket sales will be available during 2nd Quarter! *-*-*
The Santa Fe Opera July 3 – August 29, 2015
From the unlikeliest of beginnings—an opera company located hundreds of miles from any major city, featuring American singers in a wide-ranging and challenging repertory, and treating theatrical and musical values as equally important in its productions—The Santa Fe Opera has grown to become recognized as one of the world's leading cultural festivals.
Ticket Information HERE
Compliments of the Inn at Pueblo Bonito– Santa Fe, NM. Don't just Stay in Santa Fe…. Experience it!
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market 2015 is Coming!
The World is set to meet in Santa Fe, New Mexico on July 10th, 11, 12th 2015! You are cordially invited to join us and share in this year's festive events centered around Santa Fe's 13th Annual International Folk Art Market.
Santa Fe Folk Art Market initially was intended to be a one-time event but is now the largest Folk Art Event of its kind in the world! Since it's inception in 2002, folk art masters from as many as 80 countries, six continents and as many as 650 vendors show representations of their homeland culture, lures and faith through Folk Art. It is truly one of the most enjoyable, whimsical and interesting of all the markets in Santa Fe! Folk Art is close to overtaking the number one popularity spot of Santa Fe's Indian Market held August 22-23, 2015 . ONLINE TICKET SALES begin May 1, 2015:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015: Community Celebration in conjunction with St. John's College Music on the Hill
Time: 5:30 – 8 PM
Place: St. John's College, Santa Fe -Free to the public!
Friday, July 10, 2015: Market Opening Party Time: 6:30 – 9 PM
Tickets: $225 ($125 tax deductible)
A global gathering under the stars. Shopping, dancing, international music, food, and drink.
Saturday, July 11, 2015: Early Bird Market Time: 7:30 – 9 AM
Tickets: $75 (includes all day Saturday)
Saturday, July 11, 2015: Saturday Market Time: 9 AM – 5 PM
Tickets: $20 (Tickets are only $15 if you buy before June 1)
Sunday, July 12, 2015: Sunday Market / Family Day: Time: 9 AM – 5 PM
Tickets: $15 (Tickets are only $10 if you buy before June 1)
Youth 16 and under FREE 9 AM – 5 PM Saturday and Sunday
International Folk Art Market visitors are as diverse as the artists themselves! Art collectors, cultural enthusiasts, families, couples and singles of all ages as well as the casually curious find their way to Santa Fe Folk Art Market. Wending ones way under canopy displays boasting vast colors and textures of awe-inspiring art flowing like a smorgasbord of global cultures and backgrounds. A truly one of a kind "time to enjoy" the uniqueness that only historic Santa Fe, New Mexico offers it's visitors!
Museum Hill -home to the Market- is an ideal location. Plenty of space for art displays and tasty cuisine samples with a background of natural beauty provided by nearby Sangre de Cristo foothills. TICKETS ARE LIMITED AND SELL QUICKLY! Shuttle service for Market is around the corner from our ever popular Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn (downtown Santa Fe). On-site parking, a bountiful breakfast buffet, afternoon tea and WiFi are all provided complimentary to Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast paying guests. Enchanting historic adobe guest rooms at this b&b are still available with competitive nightly rates to included all freebies stated above! Call now 1-800-461-4599 or BOOK ONLINE We hope you'll choose to share this exciting time with us in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the International Folk Art Market 2015!
Santa Fe Historic Traditions for New Mexico Vacationers
First in Series: New Mexico True Historic USA travel experiences
Provided by: Pueblo Bonito Bed and Breakfast Inn
Adobe bricks (mud bricks) are a long time New Mexico architectural building staple. Modern historic preservation efforts within Santa Fe's historic district are to be commended for their preservation. New Mexico visitors travel with high expectations to see and experience ancient traditions of culture which adobe bricks encase and accurately preserve. Made of earth, traditional adobe bricks have a high clay content and straw mixture. If produced manually the earth mix is cast in open moulds onto the ground and left to be sun-dried, not kiln-fired. When used for construction they are laid up into a wall using an earth mortar. Before drying out, the finished walls are smoothed down and often a clay render applied as a surface coating.
Adobe brick building is an ancient technique common in the Americas and the Middle East. The oldest structural ruins made of earth date back to 8300 BC with some adobe buildings aged 800+ years still in use today! "Adobe" is a signature of Santa Fe New Mexico's architecture and is beautifully preserved in many a historic building such as the De Vargas Street House (aka Oldest House in the USA). Built in 1200 CE, the original adobe home sits on the partial foundation of an ancient Indian Pueblo. Modern day use as a museum provides New Mexico visitors a viewing of this ancient art of adobe building. The De Vargas Street House has quiet a history and is a short stroll from Pueblo Bonito Inn- Santa Fe.
The Palace of the Governors (1610) is an adobe structure located on the north side of Santa Fe's Plaza. The Palace of the Governors served as the seat of government for the state of New Mexico for centuries and is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States. The Palace originally served the Spanish colony of Nuevo Mexico, which at one time comprised present-day states of Texas, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada,California, and New Mexico. After the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican province of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico was administered from the Palace of the Governors. When New Mexico was annexed as a U.S. territory the Palace became New Mexico's first territorial capitol.*
"Adobe" is the Spanish name derived from the older Arabic "al-tob", dating from the Moorish occupation of Spain. Adobe walls have a number of advantages and relatively few disadvantages. Adobe bricks are fireproof, durable and biodegradable! Adobe is a non-toxic building material and can provide sufficient thermal mass to ensure excellent thermal efficiency and low sound transmission levels through walls to create a general feeling of solidity and security. Due to the nature of clay and the drying process, adobe bricks exhibits good water resistance. It is important to provide weather protection to extend life to the adobe brick especially in exposed situations. Adobe can be cut relatively easily to provide for fittings or services like vigas, corbels, pass through, etc. Many people today find the pattern and texture of adobe walls very attractive as is the case at Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn.
Accurately highlighting traditional historic Santa Fe culture and adobe living, Pueblo Bonito was originally built in 1860. Once a private residence, now a popular downtown bed and breakfast. Its painstaking preservation efforts over the past 30 years has transformed this massive 2 foot thick adobe walled structure into a one of a kind Santa Fe travel experience! Adobe walls surround 18 guest rooms each with a traditional kiva fireplace and adorable mosaic tiled private bathroom-essential modern conveniences! Traditional room features include: colorful nichos vanities, natural wood floors and vigas, hand plastered nichos and bancos, hand carved corbels and much more. Santa Fe, New Mexico is a top historic treasure for US travel buffs wanting to experience a true slice of historic dating back over 400 years.
Best Southwest Travel Destination- Historic Santa Fe New Mexico
Whether you're planning a New Mexico vacation, a Santa Fe visit or permanent relocation, you'll come to realize that Santa Fe is "the City Different". Why, you ask?
Unlike many vacation destinations you may have visited, Santa Feans are extremely friendly and while our town itself is smaller, more intimate- it boasts attractions that easily stand up to many a metropolis:
World Class art galleries and museums– 3rd largest grossing art sales in the world!
Family entertainment, events, and festivals- Folk Art Market, Indian Market, Spanish Market, Balloon Fiesta
Gourmet dining– Restaurant Martin; La Boca; El Farol; Geronimos; La Casa Sena; Osteria;
Unique local cuisine– tamales; green chile stew; posole; Indian Tacos; Green chile cheeseburger;
Opera/Symphony performances and other cultural nightlife- Santa Fe Opera; Lensic Theatre; Desert Coral; Aspen Ballet
History, Rich Native American culture, Unique architecture – Adobe, Kivas, Hornos, Vigas, Ceremonial Dances, etc.
World-class shopping- Santa Fe Plaza; Overland Sheepskin Company; Ortega Jewelers; Maloof Outfitters; Canyon Road
National Parks and natural beauty abound-Bandelier and Pecos National Monuments; Tent Rocks; Sangre de Cristos
Easy access to nearby sites and day trips- Chimayo; Ghost Ranch; Abiqui; Pecos Wilderness; Taos Pueblo; Rio Grande Gorge
Numerous opportunities for worship and spirituality- San Miguel mission; St Francis Bastillica; Loretto Chapel; Chimayo
Easy walking around downtown, historic sites, cultural events, performances etc. Palace of Govenors; Oldest House in USA
Santa Fe is "the City Different" because, unlike other cities, our history is an integral part of our day-to-day life, augmented by modernity rather than erased by it. Established by indigenous hunters and gatherers, influenced by Hispanic immigrants and explorers, and populated over the centuries by numerous other European descendants, Santa Fe continues to embrace new diversity and to celebrate our cultural heritage. Legacies from these earlier groups endure in harmony: in nearby pueblos and reservations, through diverse festivals and traditions, even in the local foods grown and eaten and in the beauty that nurtures us.
No American city has ever been more beautiful and well preserved. Centuries ago, newcomers were drawn to this area because of the scenic splendor. They stayed because the earth offered bountiful lands providing precious
minerals and gems, including gold, silver, and turquoise. Today, unique among many cities, Santa Fe, New Mexico boasts spectacular views and experiences of nature. Several mountain ranges – visible wherever you turn—beckon to hikers, skiers, birdwatchers, horseback riders and nature enthusiasts. The Rio Grande replenishes the high desert plains and valleys, sustaining productive fields to supply local farmers and markets, as well as pastures for domesticated cattle and buffalo and the wild herds of antelope will take your breath away when you sight them from the highways and byways.
Finally, Santa Fe has earned its nickname because it truly is different, in indescribable ways. There is a spirit here which defies definition, yet you feel it in the purity of the air, in the vivid colors of each season, in the deep blue of the heavens and the vastness of the night sky. There is an ethereal quality that turns mere neighbors into lifelong friends as locals take things a little slower, living by the unspoken code of "mañana". One stands a little taller, breathes a little easier, relaxes and smells the roses in the City Different.
We invite you to come and experience this delightful City of Difference and allow us at Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn to provide your accommodations- making your Santa Fe vacation a time to remember. Call us at 1-800-461-4599 or book online at www.pueblobonitoinn.com
Santa Fe New Mexico Area Guide
Walk from the Santa Fe Bed and Breakfast Pueblo Bonito to the Plaza, Loretto Chapel, State Capitol, and More!
Enjoy our complimentary area guide. Featuring popular Santa Fe attractions and surrounding area daytrip ideas. Our downtown bed and breakfast provides easy walking to all popular attractions including the Plaza, Palace of Governors, Oldest House, San Miguel Mission, Canyon Road, Lensic Performing Arts, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, St Francis Bascillica and much more!
Bandelier and Pecos National Monuments, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rock National Park, Native American Pueblos and quaint Northern New Mexico villages are a few exciting adventures waiting to be explored.
Our friendly and professional staff are glad to assist our visitors in planning their Santa Fe visit or provide suggestions on things to do while in New Mexico. Just make a reservation with us and we can be your "go to" people! Our knowledgable staff is ready to create an unforgettable New Mexico vacation experience.
Santa Fe Attractions & Activities:
Northern New Mexico Native American Indian Pueblos:
- Nambe Pueblo 505-455-2036
- Picuris Pueblo 505-587-2519
- Pojoaque Pueblo 505-455-2278
- San Ildefonso Pueblo 505-455-2273
- San Juan Pueblo 505-852-4400
- Santa Clara Pueblo 505-753-7326
- Taos Pueblo 505-758-9593
- Tesuque Pueblo 505-983-2667
A Great Blog on daytrips to nearby Native American Pueblos can be seen here: BLOG!
Unique Attractions:
- Santa Fe Glow Winter Lights Event at the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill- (505-471-9103) Dazzling and magical light displays; live musical entertainment; hot toddies on Saturday nights.
- EcoVersity (505-424-9797) Offers hands-on classes in sustainability, natural building, gardening, and renewable energies.
- Loretto Chapel (505-982-0092) – home to the Miracle Staircase.
- Rodeo de Santa Fe (505-471-4300) this great June event features Barrel Racing, Calf Roping, Team Roping, Bareback Riding, Saddle Bronc, Steer Wrestling and Bull Riding. Don't forget Mutton Bustin and the Calf Scramble for the children. Occurs the third weekend each June.
- Santa Fe Farmers Market (505-983-4098) Every Saturday year round -easy walk from our inn. Fresh produce, handicrafts and delicious food.
- Santa Fe Fiesta (505-988-7575) Celebration of Santa Fe's Historic Hispanic culture. Traditions dates back to 1692. Schedule your September Santa Fe vacation.
- Indian Market (505-983-5220) The world's largest American-Indian art market, open the third weekend in August.
- Santa Fe School of Cooking (505-983-4511) Year-round Southwest cooking classes with excellent chefs.
- Santa Fe Southern Railway (505-989-8600) Train rides from the mission-style Santa Fe Depot to Lamy in vintage railcars.
- Spanish Market (505-982-2226) Admission is free to this celebration of Santa Fe's Hispanic culture. Enjoy traditional foods, shop for handcrafted traditional arts from 300 local artists and enjoy wonderful music. Spanish Market takes place the last Saturday and Sunday in June.
- Santa Fe International Folk Art Market (505-476-1166) The largest international folk market in the country. Second week of July.
- Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta End of September and is an annual event featuring dozens of wineries and guest chef demonstrations and lots of mouth watering New Mexico chile dishes.
Sports & Recreation:
- Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe (505-955-4400) Municipal golf course for all skill levels. Just off 599 – West of Pueblo Bonito Inn.
- Nambe Falls & Recreation Area (505-455-4406) Outdoor park with waterfalls, fishing, boating, and hiking on Nambe Pueblo reservation.
- The Reel Life (877-733-5543) Equipment and guided fishing trips available. One block from Pueblo Bonito.
- Santa Fe Ski Basin (505-982-4429) 16 miles straight up into the Sangre de Cristos from Pueblo Bonito's doorstep! Great for downhill skiers, snowboarders and snow shoers.
- Melo Velo Bicycle Rentals (505-982-8986) On Marcy Street in the downtown area, a few blocks from our inn. Offers bike rentals, tours, and trail drops. Santa Fe is a bicycle friendly city and is the host to Santa Fe Century Bike ride in May.
- Santa Fe Mountain Sports (505-988-3337) Offers bike rentals.
Tours in New Mexico
- Ancient Storytellers Tours is a unique, native-owned Organization that is committed to educating visitors about Northern New Mexico and the history of the Pueblo People. Their tours and cultural activities allow visitors to experience a truly educational and realistic view of Pueblo People as contemporary and indigenous people who value their language, culture and homeland.
- Astronomy Adventures Night Sky Tours (505-577-7141) Learn about the night sky Southwest lore with guided tours for groups of 2-200 people.
- Custom Tours by Clarice (505-438-7116) Full service event management and open air tram tours.
- Outspire (505-660-0394) Private, guided hiking or snowshoeing trips along Santa Fe's forest trails.
- Pathways Customized Tours (505-982-5382) New Mexican history, culture, art, geology and flora presented in a guided tour.
- Santa Fe Guiding Company (505-466-7964) Guides and transportation for tours, ecology classes, hiking, skiing, biking and fishing.
- Santa Fe Mountain Adventures (505-988-4000) Guided hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, fly-fishing and whitewater rafting trips.
- Wild Earth Llama Adventures (800-758-5262) Day hikes and guided multi-day wilderness treks for all ages and fitness levels.
- Randall Davey Audubon Center (505) 983-4609 From riverside riparian areas to piñon-juniper woodland, visitors explore different kinds of ecosystems and wildlife.
- Walk Abouts
Arts & Culture
- Art Adventures in the Southwest (505-986-1108) Personalized 3-hour outdoor art classes for all levels, with art materials supplied.
- Center for Contemporary Arts (505-982-1338) Arts organization that presents contemporary artists in a 5,000-sqaure-foot exhibition space.
- Palace of the Governors (505-476-5100) Deemed an official National Treasure circa 1610, this Southwest history museum is a must see–walking distance from Pueblo Bonito!
- Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts (505-827-4455) Exhibits Southwest artists, including Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keefe.
- Santa Fe Opera (800-280-4654) World-renowned amphitheater with productions running June-August. Shuttle pick up one block from our lodging.
- SITE Santa Fe (505-989-1199) Contemporary arts organization exhibiting local, national, and international art. 3 blocks from us.
- Shidoni Foundry and Galleries in the Village of Tesuque (505-988-8001) One of the greatest resources available for art collectors and sculptors. Five miles north of our inn.
- Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at the Lensic Performing Arts Center – short stroll from our bed and breakfast.
Mountain Bike Trails around Santa Fe, New Mexico
courtesy of Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn– Santa Fe, NM
Great mountain bike trails around Santa Fe make Spring break travel enjoyable while visiting New Mexico. These trails have easy access and can be enjoyed anytime of year, not just for spring break! Beauty surrounds the trails and varying terrains create the challenge you seek. Just another great reason to visit the city different- Santa Fe, NM!
Dale Ball Trails: Central
Seven + miles of trails which include reconditioned older trails with newer sections that are great fun. Little more climbing than North section with not as smooth of tread. Make sure you try the connector trails to vary distances and experiences.
New trails with six or seven of many more miles to come. Condition is tricky, technical single-track twisters through pinoned woods in foothills over looking Santa Fe. Tread is fast and good. Keep an eye out for soft shoulders and tight switchbacks. The outside loop runs five miles with cut-off trails to vary distances. Another system is in the works and will stretch south to Atalaya mountain trail adding about 17 more miles.
A 5-mile trail, mostly for hikers. If you don't mind some hike-a-bike it is a good trail for mountain bikes as well.
Windsor Trail
10-mile loop for advanced riders. This trail starts with a good climb and ends with ripping technical downhills. Weekends arecrowded with hikers and bikers and many downhillers who shuttle to the top and kamikaze down. This trail offers great technical terrain, stream crossings, gorgeous scenery, and is a memorable ride for advanced riders in the Santa Fe area.
Caja Del Rio
Great rolling terrain trails for beginners, with numerous choices for distance. These trails are built on volcanic rock, making for a unique surface. None of the trails are real technical. Novice or entry-level riders can enjoy them. Caja Del Rio offers spectacular views from the plateau.
Apache and Baldy Trail Loop
A moderately difficult, year round, 6-mile loop for mountain bikers. The trail follows the ridgeline, then drops to follow an old road, then switchs back down to Apache Canyon to trail 176. A steep incline back up the ridgeline finishes the trail with a moderate incline back to the road.
Glorieta Center Trail
A difficult 5-mile trail up to Glorieta Baldy mountain bikers. High elevation of 10,000+ feet. This trail is used moderately to heavy, and offers a number of unique attractions. Detailed trail descriptions are available at entrance gate to Glorieta Conference Center. Beginning at the trailhead, a grassy road follows the stream up a canyon, then climbs to a rocky area. The trail continues through forest, and eventually gains the ridge between Ruiz and Glorieta Canyons. Much of this trail follows an old road. The last mile or so, it becomes considerably steeper and narrower, switching up the southwest slope on the mountain. Keep going up hill to the top!
Santa Fe Winter Vacations- Birds of Northern New Mexico
You might think late winter in Santa Fe lacks excitement for bird lovers. On the contrary; late Winter – early Spring birds seen in and around Santa Fe consist of colorful migrants and back yard birds. Considered "permanent range" for bluebirds like the Mountain Bluebird and Western bluebird, Santa Fe is a great place for these Northern New Mexico birds to stay put! They like fairly open habitat so you'll spot bluebirds on the edges of town- a popular location is near El Dorado (south of downtown). Bluebirds group in winter months so if you spot them, they'll be large numbers. Bluebirds work together to find steady sources of food (berries usually) and water (horse trough, heated bird bath, etc.)
Other spotting like that of the Grosbeaks have been seen in large flocks in and around Santa Fe this year. These yellow, white and black migratory bird's movements are unpredictable but have been reported.
A ladder-backed woodpecker which exhibits rungs like that of a ladder (male has red on his head) have also been sited nearby and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Local residents who supplement winter time bird feeding with sunflower seeds, nuts and suet help bring these lovely creatures to Santa Fe. However, birds are not dependent upon feeders. It's only a fraction of their diet. In winter months, most bird's food comes from natural sources like berries, old seeds (pinon, flowers, grasses) and larva.
Birdwatching is but one enjoyable outdoor activity enjoyed by late Winter – Spring New Mexico travelers. Hiking, downhill skiing, snow shoeing, exploring ancient Indian ruins, historic villages or intriguing shops and galleries can be experienced in a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pueblo Bonito b&b inn welcomes visitors to our webpage or facebook page for information on Santa Fe Travel New Mexico ideas and current lodging rates and availability. We love our guests and we'd love to share a memorable Santa Fe experience with you too!
Santa Fe Annual Events 2015 New Mexico
SANTA FE ANNUAL EVENTS 2015 Things to Do and See Santa Fe New Mexico Travel
(1st Quarter – January, February, March New Mexico Travel)
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Ski Santa Fe– February thru Easter weekend! All ages, ability who love the outdoors, great skiing and snowboarding, all in a friendly, professionally run ski basin (selected as one of the most affordable in the US)- come enjoy Santa Fe Ski Basin! Just 16 miles north of Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn in downtown Santa Fe. Great rates starting at $89+ in February at the Inn!
Lensic Performing Arts- Dates through March: List of performances please click here. Such a lovely venue- The Lensic Theatre- a renovated theatre from yesteryear to enjoy some highly acclaimed performances to enhance your Santa Fe travel in February, March or any season of the year!
Valentines Day/Presidents Day Weekend: Feb 14-16, 2015- Santa Fe is always an enjoyed romantic getaway- why not make it yours this Valentines day? Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast inn Valentines Day package begins at $129+ to include: in-room kiva fireplace, private bath, historic adobe pueblo ambiance, inviting hospitality and the best Breakfast Tamales you've ever tasted! This valentines day specials displayed here.
Winter ARTFeast February 20– 22, 2015:
Friday February 20: "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" – Jazz, Classic Cocktails & Designs by Patricia Michaels Hearty Appetizers by Walter Burke Catering Tickets $75 Purchase Tickets
Saturday, February 21, 6 pm Step Up to the Plate Gala Dinner, Paint-Out & Auction Three courses by Adobo Catering, Paired with Select Fine Wines And a dessert bar to die for! Tickets $175 Dinner Menu Purchase Tickets
Saturday & Sunday, February 21-22 Art of Home Tour 12 Dream Residences in Santa Fe and Santa Fe County Free Admission!!
Santa Fe Restaurant Week: February 22 -March 1, 2015. Specials for lunch and dinners served at participating restaurants in downtown and around Santa Fe. Combine this cost saving item with Pueblo Bonito bed and breakfast February special and enjoy Santa Fe on a budget!! Spring Break Santa Fe: US Spring Break dates differ dependent upon what area of the country you reside. Santa Fe is always a great option and offers so much for Spring Break Travelers interested in exploring the historic Southwest. Driving to the Grand Canyon? Spend sometime in Santa Fe! Love to hike, ski, explore ancient Indian dwellings? Santa Fe is the place! All ages, cultural backgrounds, interests can easily be stimulated with a Spring Break to Santa fe and Pueblo Bonito Inn. Make plans now for a Santa Fe Spring Break you'll always remember! 1-800-461-4599


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I was looking for something that felt like a female Brainiac. Thanks.
This is a fantastic character!
amazing !yolandi visser its so cool !
Pleasure to watch!
You like Die Antwoord, no? cheekyprawn
seen the movie no regrets it was worthy
So I'm looking at this after Chappie has come out, is this a design for robot Yolandi from the scene at the end?
I drew a tribute to your incredible work with a biro study of this piece:
why wont you credit Yolandi Visser ? you can type in google "Yolandi Visser"
Oh my, she's so sexy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
the best cyborg bae ever
the best cyborg bae ever
wow, she would make a bitchin' cyborg
looks alot like yolandi from die antwoord.. i like it!
Looks good, but seems to be more of an android to me.
incredible concept,as always
I really love all of your clean / slightly off designs.
When you work on machine-inspired subjects like this, how to do you map out their architecture? Being someone who has only ever had practice working with biological subjects in their artwork, I've been really struggling with trying to design convincing machines without them coming out as being too geometric. What sort of advice, if any, would you suggest?
Sorry to put you on the spot. This is an amazing illustration, and I'd love to advance my skills to a point where I could create designs on par with this.
Sorry to put you on the spot. This is an amazing illustration, and I'd love to advance my skills to a point where I could create designs on par with this.
Cyborg: Systems check... legs online... arms online... special functions *hehe* online - WAIT. I LEFT THE STOVE ON. Uh, stove remote control? NEVER INSTALLED?!
Your work is always amazing.
This is awesome, especially because the eyes are so empty. I think that's spot on. Awesome.
Hi, Would you mind if I used this image and the Kinski one on a non commercial blog post about transhumanism?
yolandi face! awsome!
just amazing
this is bloody amazing
I keep coming back and looking at this image for inspiration. It's absolutely perfect. I wish you offered a print of this.
Beautiful concept!
amazing ♥
.. Inspiring!
so amazing!
The new Human-Ciborg
10 on 10 would fuck... wait what? i didn't say that!
well what more can i say.....
Holy shit that's so badass
Definitely looks like Yolandi Visser!
Cool, who drew this?
somehow reminds me of Yo-Landi from Die Antwoord...
Is Yo-Landi Vi$$er?


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2 Kings 20:8-10New International Version (NIV)
8 Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?"
9 Isaiah answered, "This is the Lord's sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"
10 "It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."
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When I woke up this morning, I thought about the question of why mysticism isn't more broadly celebrated, explored, and applied in the Christian churches.
There are a number of reasons for this. One rather obvious reason is that mysticism, which advocates personal experience of God and the individual exploration of transformed consciousness, to some extent undermines the self-interest of the religious institution, which places much greater emphasis on conformity of belief, submission to authority, and observable moral behavior.
But I think another reason for mysticism's marginalization is actually even more prosaic than this: the writings of the mystics are often dense and challenging, philosophically erudite and layered with symbolism, metaphor and allegory. In other words, mystical writing is not always easy or accessible. It certainly does not mark out the path of least resistance. Historically, mysticism has functioned more or less as "advanced training" in Christian spirituality, available only to those in monastic life who were deemed ready for it by their superiors. Of course, the Holy Spirit would break free from this mold and rise up mystics among uneducated or ordinary or otherwise unremarkable people like Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Genoa or Thérèse of Lisieux. But generally speaking, the written record of mysticism – the writings of the great mystics themselves — have been read by relatively few Christians, suggesting that even a smaller number of people have actually seriously tried to apply this wisdom to their own lives.
Call me an evangelist if you will, but I think the wisdom of the Christian mystics needs to find a broader audience than what it has enjoyed over the ast 1500 years. That conviction is what motivates this blog, as well as my forthcoming book. And so, my morning ruminations took me beyond why mysticism isn't more broadly embraced, to how advocates of Christian mysticism can get their message across to others, who might find within themselves a natural affinity for and attraction to mystical wisdom, if only they knew about it.
And I think this question has to do with love.
Yes, I know that mysticism is all about the transformation of consciousness, theosis, metanoia, and all that good stuff. But boil all that stuff down to its most basic essential components, and love looms large. Christ gave his followers basic marching orders that involved three vectors, or paths, of love:
- love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
- love your neighbor
- as yourself.
Love of God, love of neighbor, love of our selves: the blessed trinity of Christian love. And I know that historically the church has tended to sacrifice love of self on the altar of submission to external authority; but that was then and this is now, and we are blessed to live in an age when we are finally beginning to recognize that healthy self-care is an essential prerequisite to the ability to love others (and, I would say, to a mature love for God).
I believe that mysticism is important precisely because it has something to say about each of these dimensions of love. Let's start at the bottom and move up. Self-love, in mystical terms, involves two issues: getting to know ourselves, accurately and honestly; and making good choices for ourselves. Some of the language of historical mysticism may seem harsh in this regard, since there is so much emphasis on sin and repentance. But, while we do need to watch out for scrupulosity or self-judgment that is driven by self-contempt, I do believe that an humble and honest assessment of our weaknesses, mistakes, and selfishness are a necessary element toward true self-regard. In other words, pretending that I am perfect is not self-love, it's denial. For the mystics, the challenge of repentance is always built on the optimistic belief that any of us can become holy, if only we choose it. "You will be as holy as you want to be," notes John Ruysbroeck. So mysticism challenges us to become what Matthew Kelly calls "the best version of ourselves," and encourages us that this lies within our grasp. Thus, its fundamental message about self-love is built on hope and encouragement as much as it is built on challenge and the call for repentance. "Yes, you can do it!" You can clean up your own mess, you can become holy (even if it takes you a lifetime to get there).
Loving ourselves enough to clean up our own mess leads us to the place where we can expand the circle of love to embrace our neighbors. This may be the vector of love where Christian mysticism has been the weakest, since it has suffered under the privatized spirituality of neoplatonism and "the flight of the alone to the Alone" for too long. Thankfully, there are mystics with a strong social consciousness and emphasis, and we can turn to them for guidance and advice: Benedict of Nursia, Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Genoa, Catherine of Siena, Evelyn Underhill, and Thomas Merton are some examples here. Once again, we are faced with a challenge: to feed the hungry, to shelter the homeless, to care for the sick, to hold the lonely, to comfort those who suffer. The need here is so great that we don't really need to belabor the point. And everyone will find a different call in terms of loving others. Not everyone is called to be a Mother Teresa or a Shane Claiborne, but we're all called to express love for others in some real way. Maybe that's caring for one sick relative. Maybe it's being grounded and stable in our family relationships, thus creating a safe space where others can heal and flourish. Maybe it's doing political work on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society. Maybe it involves spending and investing our money in socially responsible ways. Incidentally, I firmly believe that "loving others" doesn't just stop with human beings, and that we are called to serve the totality of God's good creation through sustainable living and green practices including recycling, reducing our consumption, eating organic and locally grown food as much as possible, and so forth. Loving others has both a concrete/immediate and universal/expansive dimension to it. Drinking fair trade organic coffee is a form of loving our neighbors as ourselves, but that doesn't let us off the hook of doing something concrete for those people in your life who come to you in need.
Of course, we will fail at loving our neighbors as ourselves, just as we fail at loving ourselves. The call is greater than our capacity to respond. And what fills in the gaps, in both of these vectors, is the love and grace of God. So this brings us at least to the third vector, which in mystical terms brings us to the place where love and worship of God leads to the yearning and seeking for Divine Presence, the experience of love, and the transformation of our souls and spirits (consciousness) into what Paul calls "the mind of Christ." Here is where the most recognizable elements of mysticism come into play: prayer; meditation; contemplation; lectio divina; the Jesus prayer; the Divine Office, all come into play. None of us know how we will experience God. God's dance with each of us is unique and personal. Some are called to mind-blowing experiences of ecstasy and union. Others are called to a far more humble sense of the mystery of God lurking in the hidden spots of their lives. Some have dramatic visions or undergo other supernatural events. For many others, God comes in the humblest and most ordinary of ways: through the laughter of a friend, the smile of a baby, the splendor of nature, and the serenity of the heart found only in the quiestest moments of the day.
So mysticism offers each of us insight and guidance into ways of growing in each of these three vectors of love. Because we are all unique, our experience of loving God, loving others and loving ourselves will likewise be singular. Thankfully, at this point in Christian history, the voices and wisdom of many different mystics are available to us, suggesting that a word of insight and encouragement can be found for just about anyone, at any point in their journey toward the splendor of Divine Love.


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text: 1. Can a magnet orbit another magnet (of opposite charge) despite the fact that their masses are insufficient to generate the orbit; i.e., their orbits are caused only by the EM force? 2. Would/could the EM attraction between them generate tidal effects on the two magnets? 3. If you had two magnets with like charges (such that there is a repulsive force between them), is there a possible speed&trajectory that one of them could assume relative the to other such that it would yield an orbital path? And if so, what about weird reversed tidal forces (flattening instead of elongating)? The 1st 2 Qs ask whether you can have EM-attraction orbits & tides in the way that we already know we can have gravity-attraction orbits & tides. The 3rd Q asks whether we can have EM-repulsion orbits & tides?


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One local band is making a big noise across Michigan. Everything Under The Sun is a Marquette-based band that has won battle of the bands contests and now has its sights on a bigger stage. They're competing in a contest through Charter Communications that could win them $25,000 and a chance to open up for some popular bands.
"We're trying to put Marquette on the map in the sense of there's a lot of talent here, and it's an untapped resource, and we feel it's about time people know about us," said Bret Hanson, vocalist for Everything Under The Sun.
The band will also be playing at the Wooden Nickel Saturday night. You can vote for the band once per day up until August 20.
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Every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m., Kodiak residents hear the siren's call, a weekly reminder of a potential threat.
"You know it's a test if you hear it," said Jack Maker, an assistant planner for the Kodiak Island Borough. "Any other time you know it's not a test – it's the real thing."
The reality is an earthquake and a tsunami could hit Kodiak at any time, like one did 50 years ago when a 9.2 quake triggered waves around Alaska as high as 30 feet.
The waves crashed into Kodiak and coastal villages, killing 19 people on the island that day.
Today, Sue Jeffrey works on a project for the Kodiak College, where she is archiving personal accounts of what happened that Good Friday. Among the many stories, Jeffrey says one man talked about how he got caught by the tsunami in his boat.
"He ended up starting up another skiff and riding the tsunami into the middle of town and then picking up people along the way," Jeffrey said.
The account acts as a reminder of Mother Nature's destructive power that residents don't want to see again.
Maker points out that Kodiak is leading the way in securing pre-disaster funding for seismic retrofits to its schools which would be used as shelters. The borough holds weekly town hall meetings. It also applies federal emergency training for all key personnel.
"We do our best to ensure that our community will bounce back from such an event as quickly as possible," Maker said. "That system or that training will actually increase our effectiveness with regards to managing the next earthquake or tsunami event."
That training came in handy when a recent landslide ripped through town, causing only minor damage. It was the proactive approach that has helped the borough prepare for any potential emergency.
Warning systems in Kodiak are operated by different entities with different purposes, for different reasons. For example, the tsunami warning sirens are only controlled by local officials. In other parts of Alaska, the state controls the system.
James Brooks recently wrote the book "Kodiak and the World's Second Largest Earthquake." It focuses on how the disaster impacted the island.
"You really have to rely on yourself, especially on an island because help when it arrives won't arrive quickly under the best intentions," Brooks said.
As part of its preparedness, Kodiak is participating in the statewide shield emergency exercise that will be based on a mock earthquake and tsunami event similar to the 1964 earthquake. It will happen March 28 in Kodiak and around the state with live drills, shelters opening, and a mass casualty exercise where people will be loaded on a plane and flown off the island.