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While Sam Worthington does get some flack around these parts for not being much of a presence in the big, expensive blockbusters that orbit around him, we'll give him credit for following up his "Avatar" success with some smaller, more interesting choices. The relationship drama "Last Night," the thriller "Man On A Ledge," the crime drama "The Fields" and the assassin pic "The Debt" are all waiting in the wings for the actor and he's signed on for another film, and no, it doesn't involve having blue skin.
THR reports that Worthington has joined "Drift," an Aussie surfing action pic. Written by Morgan O'Neill who will co-direct with Ben Nott, the story is set in 1972 and follows "the Fisher brothers as they start a new life in a remote Australian coastal town where they come up against suspicious locals, killer waves and ruthless bikers as they struggle to kick-start a new business based on surfing, their greatest passion."
Meh, sounds kind of overly familiar, but as Screen Australia acting CEO Fiona Cameron notes, it's in a genre not generally explored on the big screen and she has big ambitions for the project, "The unique combination of surfing and performance expertise gives 'Drift' the potential to be the first character-driven action movie set in the surfing world since Kathryn Bigelow's 'Point Break.'" Hell, if they can even get in that ballpark, we'll be interested.
The film will shoot on location in the Margaret River region of western Australia later this year. Surfs up.


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All American Sepedway
Located at the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville, CA, the All American Speedway started out as a quarter-mile dirt track that doubled as a rodeo stadium in 1955, and was originally called "Roseville Speedway". Similar to most speedways in the area, the fairgrounds did not build the track specifically for auto racing. But after the success of the Jalopies and Super Modifieds, the track was paved in 1972 and took on the name "All American Speedway".
Calistoga Speedway http://www.calistogaspeedway.com
Calistoga Speedway is a semi-banked, clay oval track on the grounds of the Napa County Fairgrounds. The half mile is one of the biggest clay ovals in the western United States and one of the oldest, celebrating it's 78th hear of open wheel sprint car and midget racing. In 2015, it will host the World of Outlaws, King of the West, Civil War and United States Auto Club sprint car series and the AMA Flat Track national championship motorcycle series. More info is at (916) 773-7223.
Antioch Speedway
Antioch Speedway, located at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds in Antioch, is home to a lightning fast ¼ mile, semi-banked clay oval. Known as a "bullring," the tacky race track provides for non-stop action on the tight track. Antioch Speedway hosts some of the most exciting dirt track racing events in the area and runs a weekly race program every Saturday night, mid-March through September. A typical Saturday night program features between 5 - 7 different classes of cars, from beginner classes to the professional classes, such as Sprint Cars, Late Models and Dirt Modifieds. We host several special events throughout the season. Check out Antioch Speedway, "Where Action Is The Attraction!"
Madera Speedway
March 1st marks the start of the 2008 racing season with the first open practice and play day for the Madera Speedway. The grandstands with be open and free for all race fans that would like to attend any of the practices held in March. Come out and see your favorite drivers and the new look of their cars for the 2008 season.
Ukiah Speedway
Located at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds in Ukiah, California, the Ukiah Speedway is host to some of Northern California's most exciting racing action. We offer a tight outdoor Motocross track and a quarter-mile asphalt oval for stock car auto racing. We also offer one of the most popular "Outlaw Go-Kart" racing series in Northern California at the Lakeport Fairgrounds. Our Lakeport facility offers racing through the winter on our indoor dirt oval. Also this year, Ukiah Speedway is teaming up with Velocity Video to bring fans a half-hour race highlight show, called North Coast Race Report. This show will air Sundays at 7PM and Thursdays at 2:30PM on The Bay Area's TV50. If you're a competitor or a fan, be sure you take the trip to the Ukiah Speedway to take part in the most exciting racing action in the North State!
Petaluma Speedway
Petaluma Speedway is the fastest 3/8th's mile dirt oval in Northern California. With a wide racing surface, moderately banked corners, and the tackiest track around, the racing action is unmatched. Sprint Cars, Late Models, Dirt Modifieds, Super Stocks, Dwarfs, and Mini Stocks headline the races each week with intense action. Legendary drivers have worked their craft at Petaluma Speedway while advancing towards the elite ranks of NASCAR and more. Many of today's drivers including Alissa Geving are poised to reach such levels and continue to hone their skills here at Petaluma Speedway. Join us June 20th and help to contribute to Kyle Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp. A portion of ticket sales proceeds will be donated to the camp. All other weekends, come see some of the best local racing action around just 20 minutes west of Infineon and only 30 minutes north of the Golden Gate bridge.


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An asphalt ribbon some 469 miles long, the parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (the country's most visited national park) and the Shenandoah National Park (one of the least). The road gets more travelers than any park, in fact, yet it rarely feels crowded. Stop awhile, and then drive awhile. You won't see many signs or much development. Every turn reveals something special—a split rail fence, an awe-inspiring vista, a stacked-stone bridge.
Driving the parkway can be overwhelming. After all, it covers 469 miles across two states—Virginia and North Carolina. These don't-miss spots will give you the best of this scenic road. It takes about three days to drive it at a leisurely 45 mph pace with time for stops.


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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet Neil Kanneberg, son of Chris and Keith Kanneberg of Cape Girardeau, Mo., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy May 26. He is also the grandson of William and Joan Conner, and Pat Kanneberg of Tell City and the late Ken Kanneberg.
Kanneberg graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2008. While at West Point, he majored in Chinese and economics. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the infantry branch and will report to Fort Benning, Ga., for his first assignment.
NEW CARLISLE – Teresa Berger graduated as valedictorian of New Prairie High School in New Carlisle June 3.
She is the daughter of Frank and Elisa Berger of New Carlisle and the granddaughter of Paul and Mary Louise Berger of Tell City, and Roland and Agnes Sikorski of Hobart.
MUNCIE – Katelyn Nicole Bryant of Tell City graduated summa cum laude from Ball State University-Miller College of Business Honors College May 5. She earn-ed a bachelor's degree in accounting.
She has accepted a position at Ernst and Young in Louisville, Ky.
Bryant is a 2008 graduate of Tell City High School. She is the daughter of Larry and Terry Bryant and the granddaughter of Robert and Elva Dickman.
Pictured above are the Glory Bees Preschool students who joined the Barney Bees Book Hive Club this past school year.
LOUISVLLE, Ky. – Lauren Lynn Meunier, daughter of former Tell City residents Matt and Tracy (Peter) Meunier, graduated from Eastern High School May 31.The ceremony was held in Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
Attending were her parents, brother Austin and her friend, Codi Edelen, all of Louisville. Also attending were her grandparents Albert "Bud" and Paula Peter and Art and Judy Meunier, all of Tell City.
Family and friends also attended a celebration at the family residence June 1.
TELL CITY – Tell City Junior-Senior High School hosted its annual honor program May 14. There were 111 students who were recognized at the program, which was held in the school auditorium.
Principal Brad Ramsey welcomed students, parents and invited guests. Following the program, light refreshments were served in the Red Apple Inn.
BLOOMINGTON – Kathryn Hawa, granddaughter of Gloria Wahl of Cannelton and daughter of Randa Wahl Hawa and A. Michael Hawa, graduated May 5 from Indiana University – Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in microbiology.
Hawa has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and is an IU Founders Scholar. While at IU, she participated in genetic research work in the biology department and was a member of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity.
She will attend medical school in Iowa.
SAN ANTONIO – After spending eight and a half weeks at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Neil David Huthsteiner of Tell City graduated from basic military training May 4.
Huthsteiner also participated in the Airmen's Run and Coin ceremony May 3. He is now stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., attending tech school. He is studying cyber security. After tech school, Huthsteiner will be transferred to his permanent base, which is unknown at this time.
Cambron Brady and Aaron Mullen, fifth-graders at William Tell Elementary School, present their research project on the life of Abraham Lincoln to Emily Hildenbrand's fourth-grade class. The presentation covered details about Lincoln from his birth to present day memorials in his honor.
EVANSVILLE – Bradley J. Robbins graduated cum laude from Ivy Tech Community College May 4 at the Ford Center in Evansville.
He earned a degree from the School of Industrial Technology with an associate of applied science degree and a technical certificate. He has accepted a position at Waupaca as an electrician.
Robbins resides in Tell City and is the son of Jeanne L. Robbins and Dave Robbins, both of Tell City. He is the grandson of the late Georgia Lee and Jack Howland and Mary Ann and Harold Robbins.
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Art in Embassies
The Art in Embassies Program (AIEP) is a unique blend of art and diplomacy, politics and culture. Regardless of medium, style, or subject matter, art transcends barriers of language. It provides the means by which AIEP achieves its mission to promote national pride and the distinct cultural identity of American art and its artists.
Modestly conceived in 1964, the Art in Embassies Program has evolved into a sophisticated program that manages and exhibits more than 3,000 original works of art created by U.S. citizens. Displayed in the public rooms of some 160 U.S. Embassy residences and diplomatic missions worldwide, it is obtained through loan from sources that include museums, galleries, institutions, corporations, artists, and private collectors. These partnerships continue to be AIEP's greatest strength and make it possible to provide excellent and distinctive examples of art in a variety of media.
The Art in Embassies Program exhibitions are tangible examples of the diversity and individuality of expression which American artists have the freedom to present through their art. They are a source of great pride to U.S. Ambassadors, assisting them in multi-functional outreach to host-country educational, cultural, business, and diplomatic communities.
Detailed information about the Program may be obtained by accessing the AIEP web site at http://aiep.state.gov/. It functions as an interactive global museum by featuring online exhibition catalogs and hyperlinks to participating U.S. ambassadors, artists, museums, and galleries
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Today Intune Networks announces the spinout of FAZTech Research (FAZTech). FAZTech is a company focused on the development of a next generation of optical interrogation and sensor products and solutions based upon technology originally invented and developed by Intune Networks. Intune Networks developed a suite of optical interrogation products that have been proven in many market applications over the last 8 years to include: oil and gas; transportation; renewable energy; entertainment; and material analysis and monitoring. Intune Networks is licensing these products and the underlying intellectual property to FAZTech to develop this next generation of optical interrogation and sensor products and solutions. Intune Networks will also have a substantial equity investment in FAZTech and will be a member of the FAZTech board of directors.
Ian Jenks, Chief Executive Officer of Intune said, "Intune have developed some ground-breaking technology that can be applied to optical sensing products. The spin-off of FAZTech enables them to give this important application the focus it deserves, as well as enabling Intune to continue to deliver a new class of products for the telecoms networking market."
It is also announced that Fugro, who have been deeply engaged with Intune Networks for the past two years on a joint development project, is a strategic partner, investor and first adopter of the new products and solutions of FAZTech. Fugro is a Dutch company that is a global leader in earth sciences services with operations around the world. Fugro will also be a member of the FAZTech board of directors.
Paul van Riel, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management and Director of the Geoscience Division said, "Fugro have been working with Intune Networks for two years conducting extensive testing and verification of the Intune developed technology. Fugro has concluded that this technology is world leading and will be the basis for a next generation of measurement and sensing systems for many oil and gas and geo-monitoring applications. Fugro is excited to be a strategic partner and investor with Intune Networks in the spinout of FAZTech."
Tim Fritzley, the new CEO of FAZTech said, "Over the next 10 years optical technology is expected to replace the millions of electronic and mechanical measurement and sensing systems that are deployed around the world in every market today. Being able to spinout a focused company based upon Intune's proven technology, with a world class strategic partner such as Fugro, is a unique and exciting opportunity."
FAZTech will be headquartered in Dublin and will initially employ 20 people with plans to grow to over 50 people over the next 18 months.
About Intune Networks Limited (www.intunenetworks.com)
Intune Networks have developed a brand new networking technology, allowing telecoms operators to scale networks in a way that is simpler to operate, uses far fewer components and can cope with unexpected traffic demands.
Intune have created a new way of switching packets over long distances, creating an optical Ethernet switch fabric that can switch packets in real-time across hundreds of kilometres. Intune's technology uses tuneable LASERs to switch packets using the emerging OBS (Optical Burst Switching) standard. This reduces network complexity and increases connectivity by making bandwidth instantly available to any point in the network.
Intune are a venture-backed company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with offices in the United States and further research and development facilities in Belfast in the UK.


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Preliminary hearing
a hearing to determine if there is probable cause to formally accuse a person of a crime. Judge will concluded either sufficient, or insufficient
Probable Cause
a reasonable amount of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person's belief that certain alleged factors are probably true (eg search warrant, an arrest)
The felonious taking of money or anything of value from the person of another or from his presence, against his will, by force or by putting him in fear (compare larceny)
Sexual intercourse by force or by putting fear or circumstances in which she is unable to control her conduct (eg intoxicated, unconscious)
The reason that leads the mind to desire a result; that which leads the mind to engage in criminal act, cause of mind to form criminal intent
Miranda rule
The 5th amend and the 14th amend to the constitution requires that before a suspect who is in custody may be questioned, she must be informed that she as the right to remain silent and that anything she says can and will be used against her in the court of law, and have a an attorney present while questioning
The killing of a human without premeditation or malice and without excuse or justification. Voluntary occurs when a homicide is intentional but the result of sudden passion or great provocation, Involuntary is an unintended killing in the course of doing an unlawful act not amounting to a felony or while doing lawful act in reckless manner
State of mind that causes the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal excuse or justification; a condition of mind prompting a person to the commission of a dangerous or deadly act in deliberate disregard of the loves or safety of others-murder above plus intent to do the deceased great bodily harm- in law defimamation to be actionable, malice must be actual or express malice
The crime of taking personal property without consent, to use it without owner, not by force
A charge made by writing by a grand jury, based upon evidence presented to it, accusing a person of having committed a criminal act generally a felony it is a function of the prosecution to bring a case before a GRAND JURY
A general term for more serious crimes (eg murder, robbery, larceny) as distinguished from lesser offenses (aka misdemeanors)
Grand Jury
A body whose # varies w/ the jurisdiction never less than 6 or more than 23 whose duty is to determine if probable cause exists.
The false making material alteration or uttering, w/ intent to defraud or injure, of any writing that if not genuine, might appear to be legally effective or the bases of legal liability
The criminal offense of obtaining money or other things of value by duress, threat of force, fear, or under color of office
The fraudulent conversion of property including but not limited to money with which a person has been entrusted (eg employee, bailee)
Double jeopardy
A rule originated by the 5th amend the prohibits a second punishment or trial for the same offense
Cruel and unusual punishment
Form of punishment for a crime prohibited by the 8th amendment (capital punishment is not)
Critical stage
The point in a criminal proceeding at which a defendant's constitutional right to counsel is violated unless she has counsel or has been advised
an offense against the authority of the state, a public wrong as distinguished from a private wrong, an act in violation of the penal code.
An agreement between 2 or more persons to engage in a criminal act or to accomplish legal objective by criminal or unlawful means
At common law the offense of breaking and entering a dwelling w/ the intent to commit a felony
The un-consented to touching or striking of one person by another or by an object put in motion by him with the intention of doing harm or giving offense (both crime and a tort)
An act done w/ the intent to commit a crime which would resulted in the crime being done but something stopped it
An act of force or threat of force intended to inflict harm upon a person or to put the person in fear that such harm is intent
The willful and malicious burning of a building, in some jurisdictions the act of burning any structure
The act of brining an accused before a court to answer a criminal charge made against him enter a plea guilty or not
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(By Balachander) U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a higher open amid encouraging news from China even as set of domestic data weighed on the sentiment.
Mini Dow Industrial Average futures added 41.00 points to 12,972. The Nasdaq futures rose 2.75 points to 2,667.25. Standard and Poor's 500 futures gained 3.10 points to 1,408.60.
Investors weighed some positive comments by Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, who said the country will keep macroeconomic policies stable to sustain growth.
On the domestic economic front, a report showed U.S. economy added fewer private sector jobs than expected in November. According to the ADP National Employment Report in collaboration with Moody's Analytics, U.S. private sector added just 118,000 jobs in November, versus economists expectations of an addition of 125,000 jobs and a revised 157,000 jobs in October.
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"Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the job market in November, slicing an estimated 86,000 jobs from payrolls," Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said. "Abstracting from the storm, the job market turned in a good performance during the month."
The keenly-awaited Labor Department's non-farm payrolls data and unemployment rate are due on Friday.
In other data, nonfarm business sector labor productivity advanced at a 2.9 percent rate for the third quarter, coming in better than economists expectations of a 2.7 percent rise. Unit labor costs in nonfarm businesses fell 1.9 percent, sharper than expectations of a drop of 0.9 percent.
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Another data may show that the Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing index edged down to 53.5 percent last month from 54.2 percent in October. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
On Tuesday, U.S. stocks closed on a negative note amid continued uncertainty about the looming "fiscal cliff". Investors continue to remain concerned over whether lawmakers in Washington will be able to reach a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff". President Barack Obama has reiterated his push for higher taxes on wealthy Americans to address the fiscal cliff of roughly $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases that could hit economic growth.
In corporate news, Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) shed 2.11 percent in premarket after the company said it expects revenue for the fourth quarter to drop by 8 percent to 10 percent on a sequential basis compared with 6 percent to 10 percent decline projected earlier.
Cobalt International Energy Inc. (NYSE: CIE) surged 14.80 percent in premarket after the exploration company announced a "significant" oil discovery at its North Platte prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) slumped 14.50 percent after the internet radio company forecast an unexpected loss for the fourth quarter and issued a downbeat revenue guidance.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) added 1.75 percent in premarket. The Menlo Park, California-based social-networking company will join the NASDAQ-100 Index beginning December 12, 2012.
Oxford Industries Inc. (NYSE: OXM) may be in focus after the apparel company guided fourth quarter below Wall Street view. Third-quarter earnings jumped 85.3 percent on continued strong sales performance from Tommy Bahama and Lilly Pulitzer brands.
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) tumbled 28.56 percent after the company announced results from a late-stage trial of its experimental Parkinson's disease treatment.
European markets traded in green, with Germany's DAX adding 0.20 percent to trade at 7,450.12. France's CAC40 rose 0.25 percent to trade at 3,589.32. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.16 percent to trade at 5,878.55.
Asian markets closed higher, with China's Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index jumping 2.87 percent to finish at 2,031.91. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.39 percent to finish at 9,468.84. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 2.16 percent to end at 22,270.91. India's BSE Sensex ended at 19,391.86, up 0.23 percent.
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Kings announce 'Here We Rise' campaign
The Sacramento Kings are looking to keep fans excited throughout the upcoming season by launching the season-long "Here We Rise" campaign Thursday afternoon.
Recently, they hung up the largest banner in the history of the Sacramento area on the side of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) building in West Sacramento that can be seen from Interstate-5.
The 177-foot banner, which features last season's Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans and rookie DeMarcus Cousins, is part of the team's new campaign called.
"'Here We Rise' is a tribute to the Kings and the Sacramento Kings community coming together," Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof said in front of the CalSTRS building. "The team and the city have very bright futures, and we are thrilled to be a part of it. Our best days are definitely ahead of us."
Kings head coach Paul Westphal and President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie were also present for the announcement and shared their thoughts.
"We're looking forward to rising together with the community and bringing back the wildest arena in the NBA," Westphal said about bringing back fans to Arco Arena."
Petrie, who orchestrated the Kings drafting involving Cousins and Evans, talked about his players.
"Our guys have been in, working out consistently over the last couple weeks," he said. "We have a frontline that's bigger, badder and better. We definitely beieve that the seeds of revival have been sown here. We're going to be young, but we're going to be exciting and we're going to be committed."
The "Here We Rise" campaign has already seen online support. The Kings are encouraging fans to use #HereWeRise on Twitter to show their suport of the campaign.
The Kings are also supporting CalSTRS in another way, other than hanging up a nationally recognized banner on the side of the building. The Kings will have a "California Educators' Night" on Nov. 10 when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves.
It should also be noted that the banner is lit by solar-powered lights for travelers to view at night.
The Kings also announced the "Here We Rise Full Season Pass," for $440, the lowest season ticket price in team history. There are only 500 of these passes available.
The team also announced that they'll once again host an open scrimmage on Oct. 3 and bring back "Kings Paint the Town." on Oct. 16 and 17, where fans can meet players at different locations.
In addition, there will be a Kings caravan that will cruise around Sacramento next month.
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Posted By Bridgette Meinhold On June 25, 2008 @ 7:20 pm In Announcements,Environment,Renewable Energy,Solar Power | 2 Comments
Despite the typical cloudy weather, Germany has become a solar energy powerhouse [1] fueled in part by government measures to reduce greenhouse gases and bring more renewable energy into the grid. Voluntary solar arrays are common throughout the country on barns, residences and in large solar plants, but a new law proposed in Marburg, Germany, is making solar a legal requirement on private and commercial buildings.
This small German college town of Marburg [2] in central Germany has over 100 pubs, has more stairs in its alleys than in its houses, and is where the Brothers Grimm collected many of their fairy tales. It is truly a city of inspiration and historic significance. On June 20th, the town made 21st century history by becoming the first city in Germany to require solar power [3] for newly built or renovated buildings. While all the reports say it is the first city in Germany, I can't find any information that doesn't disprove it may be the first city in the world to require solar power.
The law will officially come into effect October 1, 2008, after the city has worked out more of the details. The Mayor of Marburg, Fritz Kahle, says of the decision, "We don't want to save the world and we don't claim that Marburg will revolutionize climate action, but we must chart new territory in order to ensure a future supply of energy independent of oil [4] and gas."
This law will require newly constructed buildings or existing buildings that are expanded or altered by more than 20% to include solar panels as part of the heating system. The main goal of this law is to encourage the use of solar thermal systems to displace the use of non-renewable energy sources for heating. Photovoltaic systems [5] also meet the requirement. Each building is required to install at least 1 square meter per 20 square meters of roof surface (that's 5% of the roof surface).
City Hall, Marburg
Certain historically significant buildings, such as the Marburg Castle [6], Elisabeth Church and the City Hall will be excluded from the requirement. Meanwhile any commercial or residential building that violates the law will be subject to a €1,000 fine. The city estimates that the cost of the system will be around €4,000 per household, with a €250 subsidy provided by the city.
Why is the city not setting a good example by putting panels on the City Hall? How did they decide on 5% of the roof surface as a good standard? Why is their subsidy so low? All of these are relevant questions, but we don't have the answers just yet. Still, it's nice to see that even small cities are starting to be more forward thinking with their codes and requirements. It's certainly not surprising to see that a German city is leading the way.
+ Marburg City Press Release [7]
Via Treehugger [8]
Article printed from Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building: http://inhabitat.com
URL to article: http://inhabitat.com/marburg-germany-laying-down-the-solar-law/
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[1] Germany has become a solar energy powerhouse: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/04/AR2007050402466.html
[2] This small German college town of Marburg: http://www.marburg.de/detail/24679
[3] solar power: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/14/bmw-welt-solar-powered-masterpiece-in-munich/
[4] energy independent of oil: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/07/americas-12-new-solar-cities/
[5] Photovoltaic systems: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/23/new-submission-14/
[6] Marburg Castle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskasper/243712383/
[7] + Marburg City Press Release: http://www.marburg.de/detail/24693
[8] Treehugger: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/first-solar-city-germany-marburg.php
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United Tribes News Speech Archives
Remarks Of:
Dr. David M. Gipp, President
United Tribes Technical College
Impact of Marketing Food and Beverages on Children and Youth in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Workshop Sponsored By
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on
Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth
January 27, 2005
On behalf of the nearly 1,000 students, faculty, staff and board members of United Tribes Technical College, I appreciate the opportunity to present to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth. On July 1, 2004, our College celebrated 35 years of serving the educational needs of American Indian students and their families. We are proud to be part of the family (Oyate) of America's Tribal Colleges and Universities, which now has a student population over 30,000. Our Tribal Colleges and Universities:
- understand the needs of the Tribal communities
- are more intimately connected to Tribal leaders and Tribal economic development programs thereby assisting students to get jobs in their communities after they receive training
- are better equipped to ensure that public health training is culturally relevant with strong Spirituality components including alternative medicine that focuses on traditional healing processes
The Indigenous people of this continent still have teachings that have been passed from generation to generation through oral tradition. In those teachings respect for all of creation is comparable throughout every one of our Indigenous Nations. When the first ships of Columbus reached these shores the land was unspoiled and appeared to be untouched. Yet despite the appearance, thousands of Indigenous Nations inhabited this land for thousands of years. The cultural value of respect for all creation insured that my ancestors left an inhabitable environment for me and for you. Many injudicious changes have occurred over the past 500 years with minimal focus on the research of what the effects would be on our future generations.
Indigenous peoples of this continent had thousands of years of undocumented research on how to live respectfully on the earth that they passed from generation to generation through oral tradition. Our Tribal Nations today have experienced the results of a fast paced surge of contemporary American life. Today we have a high incidence of Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer and many other infirmities that have been linked to unhealthy foods. Our small reservation grocery stores often have an excess amount of junk food products, numerous pop coolers, as well as frozen burritos, pizzas, and other non-perishable foods. Because many of our homes are remote, media influence is pervasive and healthy food choices are not among the television ads seen by our children and youth. We see thin, healthy, often beautiful individuals eating pizza, chips, and drinking those ice cold soft drinks. Again we have not been given the whole picture of what is being offered to us. It is time for all of us as Americans to become honest and respectful, at least to ourselves, if not to our future generations.
Based on our own experience and knowledge and research findings of many studies, American Indians/Alaska Natives and their children and youth have many significant health problems as a result of poor nutrition. Few scientific studies have focused on American Indian and Alaska Native infants, toddlers, and young children. Of the studies that have, most tend to focus on particular Tribes or Native communities, thereby limiting the ability to generalize the results to the whole American Indian/Alaska Native population. Data originating from Indian Health Service facilities takes into account only those persons who are eligible to receive Indian Health services and who actually use Indian Health Service medical facilities. We are a young population; according to the 2000 Census, children and youth, under the age of twenty-five (25), comprise nearly one-half of all American Indian/Alaska Natives. The information presented today represents but a glimpse of the devastating effects from obesity and poor nutrition facing American Indian /Alaska Native children and youth:
- Obesity has become a major health problem in American Indians only in the past one to two generations and is believed to be associated with the relative abundance of high-fat foods and the rapid change from active to sedentary lifestyles
(Story, M., Evans, M., Fabsitz, R., Clay, T., Holy Rock, B., Broussard, B. (1999). The epidemic of obesity in American Indian communities and the need for childhood obesity-prevention programs, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69(4), 747S-754S)
- Overweight and obesity rates in American Indian children and adolescents are higher than those in all races combined in the United States
(Story, M., Evans, M., Fabsitz, R., Clay, T., Holy Rock, B., Broussard, B. (1999). The epidemic of obesity in American Indian communities and the need for childhood obesity-prevention programs, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69(4), 747S-754S)
- Risk of developing type 2 diabetes is associated with modifiable risk factors such as obesity and inactivity
(Acton, K., Burrows, N., Moore, K., Querec, L., Geiss, L., Engeigau, M. (2002). Trends in diabetes prevalence among American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, and young adults. American Journal of Public Health, 92(9), 1485-1490)
- Between 1990 and 1998, the number of American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with diabetes who used Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities increased by 71%
(Acton, K., Burrows, N., Moore, K., Querec, L., Geiss, L., Engeigau, M. (2002). Trends in diabetes prevalence among American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, and young adults. American Journal of Public Health, 92(9), 1485-1490)
- In less than a decade, diabetes prevalence among American Indians and Alaska Natives younger than 35 years increased by 46%; in contrast, diabetes prevalence among the US population younger than 45 years increased by 14% between 1990 and 1996
(Acton, K., Burrows, N., Moore, K., Querec, L., Geiss, L., Engeigau, M. (2002). Trends in diabetes prevalence among American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, and young adults. American Journal of Public Health, 92(9), 1485-1490)
- Obesity in American Indian children has emerged as a major health threat-obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, which are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among American Indian adults today; therefore the rise in childhood obesity has serious implications for the future health of American Indian/Alaska Native populations
(Story, M., Stevens, J., Evans, M., Cornell, C., Juhaeri, Gittelsohn, J., et. al. (2001). Weight loss attempts and attitudes toward body size, eating, and physical activity in American Indian children: Relationship to weight status and gender, Obesity Research, 9, 356-363)
At United Tribes Technical College we know the need first hand because our students come from all across the country bearing these problems or the scars left by their personal experiences. The children and youth of the five Tribes in North Dakota (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) that collectively own and govern United Tribes Technical College, face the same health problems detailed above. The College is a recognized leader in nutrition education at both the College level and in the reservation communities by United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Disease Control, as well as Tribal community members. United Tribes Technical College provides the following:
- A 66 credit nutrition/foodservice degree program on community nutrition education focusing on prevention of type 2 diabetes in Indian country
- An approved training site for the national Dietary Managers Association credentialing agency
- A strong extension nutrition education program offering training institutes specific to food safety and Tribal Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program needs
- Culturally relevant nutrition education videos for Tribal Food Distribution programs covering the topics of food safety training and basic nutrition education
- Culturally relevant nutrition education curriculum relating to low fat/low sugar eating, food purchasing, fitness, gardening, buffalo history and nutritional value, promotion of 5-A-Day, healthful snack choices, childhood nutrition (birth to adolescent), prevention of childhood obesity, breastfeeding, and prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes (American Diabetes Association- Strong in Body and Spirit)
Research drives public policy, which directs the development of a society's infrastructure. In order for the health of our American Indian/Alaska Native children and youth to improve, further research on this issue of marketing food and beverages must be conducted. Tribal Colleges and Universities must take the lead if we are to realize the main benefits from grants and partnerships with mainstream universities and major institutions. Those who control the research, control the destiny of their people. Tribes and Tribal leaders are aware of this and are beginning to assert their governance. Our own Tribal communities, colleges and universities need to conduct effective research among American Indian/Alaska Native children and youth at community levels. Our goal is to provide Tribal specific public health assistance, research, training and education on the impact of marketing of food and beverages. For that we need more resources, especially in the development of our own infrastructure, to address the chronic health problems of our growing young population.
Thank you.


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All through the month of each and every October, I remained obsessed with pumpkins. We have already covered some recipes that use pumpkins as an ingredient, but there is one I would still like to include because it's great for parties and other fall get-togethers. It's a cheese ball, and oh, so good.
Along with that, I will include some other cheese ball recipes that are amongst my favorites, all using cream cheese. There are many new types and flavors of crispy crackers available now that are perfect accompaniments to cheese balls or dips.
You can also use strips of crispy, sweet red bell pepper (my favorite dipping veggie) as well as other vegetables. Try some crunchy jicama for a real treat. Have fun and enjoy the beauty (and flavors) of fall!
Jack-O-Lantern cheese ball
I prefer to add 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice rather than the allspice and nutmeg, but it's up to you...


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by LINEDRIVER
The kind of stuff you just don't see everyday...
SEPTEMBER 1, 1964...Giants' relief pitcher Masanori Murakami makes an appearance against the Mets and becomes the first Japanese-born player to play in the U.S. major leagues.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1971...Dodgers' right fielder Bill Buckner and second baseman Jim Lefebvre collide while chasing a 200-foot fly ball hit by Cesar Cedeno of the Houston Astros. Cedeno runs the bases for an inside-the-park grand slam home run.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1928...Forty-two year-old Ty Cobb, now of the Philadelphia Athletics, goes to the plate as a pinch-hitter in the 9th inning and cracks a double off Senators' pitcher Bump Hadley. This at-bat provides the last hit of Cobb's career, giving him 4,191 hits in 24 seasons.
Cobb retires after the 1928 season with a .367 lifetime batting average, and as the holder of 90 major league records.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1916...Two pitching legends throw the final games of their careers in the second game of the doubleheader. Longtime pitching great, Christy Mathewson, now with the Reds as the field manager, makes his first start as a Reds' pitcher. Mathewson went 372-188 with the New York Giants before coming to Cincinnati in a July trade. He had given up on his pitching career due to a bad back, but after a few good workouts, he thought he would give it another shot.
Mathewson starts against longtime nemesis, Mordecai 'Three Fingers' Brown, of the Chicago Cubs. Each pitcher goes the distance. Mathewson allows 8 runs on 15 hits and manages to win the 373rd game of his career. Brown allows 19 hits and loses the game by the score of 10-8. Brown, a six-time 20-game winner, finishes his career with a record of 239-130.
After today's performance, Mathewson apologizes for the rough outing and says he will never pitch again.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1971...Hard-throwing right-hander J.R. Richard of the Houston Astros, ties Karl Spooner's major-league baseball record by striking out 15 batters in his major-league debut. The Astros beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1995...Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record by playing in his 2,131st straight game.
SEPTEMBER 7, 1974...Reds' second baseman Joe Morgan plays with a badly sprained ankle and falls at home plate while swinging at a pitch from Dodgers' reliever Mike Marshall. Morgan refuses Sparky Anderson's request to come out of the game and then belts Marshall's next pitch over the right field wall to break the 5-5 eighth-inning tie. The Reds hold off the Dodgers in the ninth-inning for a 7-5 win.
SEPTEMBER 8, 1965...Kansas City A's regular shortstop Bert Campaneris becomes the first major league player to play all nine positions in one game. Campaneris moved from one position to another at the start of each inning. He made an error while playing right field in the sixth-inning for his only miscue of the ballgame. He pitched the eighth-inning and faced his cousin, and Angels outfielder, Jose Cardenal. Campaneris won bragging rights when Cardenal popped out. He allowed just one run on a hit and two walks. In the ninth-inning, he strapped on the tools of ignorance as the As catcher and then injured his shoulder during a home plate collision! The Angels eventually won the contest in 13 innings, 5-3.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1965...Dodgers' ace Sandy Koufax throws a perfect game against the Cubs in L.A. to become the first modern pitcher to have four no-hitters. Koufax fans the final 6 batters, and 7 of the last 9 for a total of 14 K's. Cubs' pitcher Bob Hendley counters with the best-pitched game of his career,...a one-hitter! Dodgers 1, Cubs 0.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1974 St. Louis Cardinals' speedster Lou Brock ties and breaks Maury Wills' single season major league record of 104 steals set in 1962. Brock records his 104th and 105th steals against the Phillies.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1966 Jim McAndrews of the Mets defeats Fergie Jenkins and the Cubs, 1-0. This is the fifth time that Jenkins has lost a 1-0 game this season.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1962 Twenty-seven year-old Washington Senators pitcher Tom Cheney racks up 13 Ks in 9 innings before setting the major league record for most strikeouts in an extra-inning game. He no-hits Baltimore from the ninth-inning through the 16th inning and ends the game with 21 Ks in 16 innings. Senators 2, Os 1.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1909 Tigers star center fielder Ty Cobb hits an inside-the-park homer against the St. Louis Browns to clinch the American league home run title. In fact, all of Cobbs nine homers this season have been of the inside-the-park variety!
SEPTEMBER 14, 1914 Umpire Mal Eason ejects Boston Braves shortstop Johnny Evers from the ballgame for swearing. Evers claims that he was swearing at the baseball, not the umpire.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 The three Alou brothers, Felipe, Matty, and Jesus, play together in the Giants outfield during a 13-5 romp over the Pirates.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1958 Detroit Tigers lefty pitcher Frank Yankee Killer Lary beats the mighty New York Yankees for the seventh time this season. Tigers 4, Yankees 2.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1984 Mets rookie pitcher Dwight Gooden fans 16 batters for the second consecutive start and ties a MLB record for 32 Ks in consecutive games.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1976 Cleveland Indians player/manager Frank Robinson strokes a pinch-hit single against the Orioles in his last major league at-bat.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1986 White Sox pitcher Joe Cowley wins his last major league game by throwing a no-hitter against the Angels. Cowley will finish his career with Philadelphia the following season with a 0-4 record.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1958 Hoyt Wilhelm, well known as a knuckle-balling reliever, is given a rare start and responds by tossing a no-hitter against the Yankees. The Orioles picked up Wilhelm after the Indians placed him on waivers last month.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1964 Reds pitcher John Tsitouris throws a 1-0 shutout over Philadelphia to send the Phillies into a ten-game losing streak. The first-place Phillies will not survive the dreadful streak and will lose the NL pennant to the St.Louis Cardinals.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1911 Forty-four year-old Boston Braves pitcher Cy Young throws a 1-0 shutout against the Pirates to win his 511th and final big league game.
SEPTEMBER 23, 1984 Sparky Anderson becomes the first big league manager to win at least 100 games in a season in each league as the Tigers defeat the Yankees, 4-1. Anderson led the Cincinnati Reds to 100-win seasons in 1970, 1975, and 1976.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1991 The Mets Howard Johnson hits his 37th HR of the season to set a NL record for homers by a switch-hitter. He will finish the year with 38 HRs and 117 RBIs, becoming the first switch-hitter to lead the NL in RBIs.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1965 Satchel Paige, believed to be about 59-years-old, becomes the oldest player to ever appear in a major league game. The onetime Negro League pitching star is the starting pitcher for the Kansas City As. He throws three innings of shutout ball before being relieved by pitcher Diego Segui. The ageless wonder allows only one hit, a first inning double to Carl Yastrzemski. Boston goes on to win, 5-2, in Kansas City.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1916 .Washington Senators pitcher, Walter The Big Train Johnson concludes his 1916 season with 25 wins and 20 losses. In a league leading 369 2/3 innings of pitching, Johnson does not allow a home run, an all-time record.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1952 During the Braves final win in Boston, third baseman Eddie Mathews becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit three homers in one game. Before there was Mike Schmidt, there was Eddie Mathews.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1995 Montreal Expos pitcher Greg Harris becomes the first pitcher to throw with both arms in a major league game. Harris faces four batters, throwing to two batters with his right arm and to two batters with his left arm, in the ninth-inning of a 9-7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1949 Braves infielder Connie Ryan doesnt like the idea of playing in the rain and protests by wearing a raincoat while in the on-deck circle. Umpire George Barr looks over at Ryan and gives him the thumb, sending Ryan to an early shower. (pun intended)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1988 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb beats the Baltimore Orioles, 4-0, with his second consecutive one-hitter. Baltimores Jim Traber bloops a hit over the head of first baseman Fred McGriff with two outs in the 9th inning to spoil Stiebs no-hit bid.


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I left 3 e-mails, 1 phone call on answering machine, and 2 phone calls where nobody is picking up.
Are they out of town or just busy? Anyone know the best time to reach them?
I left 3 e-mails, 1 phone call on answering machine, and 2 phone calls where nobody is picking up.
Are they out of town or just busy? Anyone know the best time to reach them?
Hotdogs give me energy to fight off my daddy
Tony is alive. Calm down and learn patience grasshopper. He is one man and can only do so much.
tony's mad at you
Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
how many of these threads are there now?
Lost count in 2005
everyone says that IRO has great customer service, and they do, when you can get a hold of them. You guys always say that there are so many of these "what happened to iro" threads. If there are so many, that to me says that the customer service isn't all it's said to be. I do understand that its only two people there but they could at lease take 20 minutes at the end of every day to return emails. Just my 2 cents.
Well then, use those two cents to start a two person business where you answer all of your emails.(being an ass, don't take it seriously)
It really is easy to pick up a phone and call him. Email is not reliable due to spam filters and junk mail blockers and all though stuff.
yea youve got a point. I'm not trying to say that it's easy to run a business like that, and when I have dealt with tony he was awesome. But i've been in the same boat where I have been trying to find out about my order and never heard back for about a week. All i'm saying is that maybe they could take a few minutes at the end of every day to reply to messages, whether email or phone.
I'd be willing to be hes spending a couple hours on emails at the end of every day. IRO is a very value oriented company. If you want the phone aswered first ring, he's going to have to hire a salesperson, and you're going to be paying more for the bike. If you want instant service go to the LBS (even that is a stretch!)


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New E*Rock album available now! Cassette via Gnar Tapes. The Great Underground Empire is a conceptual synth album based off an early text adventure game developed in 1979 that I played as a kid on my family's PC throughout the early 80's. It was an exploration of "the ruins of an ancient empire lying far underground" with no music or graphics, just glowing text on a black screen. The music serves as a virtual soundtrack performed almost exclusively on my old Prophet 600 and Juno 60 synthesizers which were released about the same time that I was learning to type in order to wander said dungeons.
E*Rock "The Loud Room" video
My First 3D (group show)
Monday April 1, 7pmMY FIRST 3D Assembled by Ben Coonley. MICROSCOPE GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY. 70 minute program. Admission $6.
Works by: Trisha Baga, Jeremy Bailey, Peter Burr, Ben Coonley, Ian Cheng, James Fotopoulos, Dara Greenwald, Adam Khalil, Monica Kogler & Rose Mori, Sara Ludy, Thomas Martinez, Yvonne Martinez, Eric W Mast, Brenna Murphy, Tara Mateik, Sabrina Ratté, Billy Rennekamp, Yoshi Sodeoka, JD Walsh and more.
Melodium - Lixiviat
100×100 for JoshSun . Feb 24, 2013. 3-6 pm
PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) 415 SW 10th Ave, Suite 300, Portland
A fundraiser for Josh Berger, who has given so much to the Portland art and design communities over the years. Short musical sets from Sam Coomes (Quasi, Heatmiser), Ray Raposa a.k.a. Raymond Byron (Castanets, White Freighter), Tuvan throat singer Enrique Ugalde (Soriah), Grey Anne, WC Beck, and a special guest. And the inimitable E*Rock will spin, too. Performative auctionary experience by AC Dickson. Beer from Fort George Brewery, food from Tastebud, love and good vibes from all of you.
All ages Suggested donation $10-20 Pre-purchase Art Dash tickets for $100 (includes admission) at tinyurl.com/joshpica more info: www.getwelljosh.com
Forbidden Zone Fruits
FS Blumm - Food
FS Blumm has a new album out! F.S.BLUMM took a break from himself: no solo-release within 5 years (*). A break from his musical habits: consuming quasi nothing but female-hip-hop and rootsy-dub. No pling, no plong, no guitar-picking. Now he slowly returns, warming up his fingers with a little collection of instrumentals. Solo jam-sessions to the recording-machine. This is not the succession of F.S.BLUMMs "Summer Kling". One might miss those typically condensed compositions, those musical thoughts compressed in a nutshell. This is a special inbetweenie! A little snack, some eardrum refreshment! ..and isn't there indeed a little hip-hop-flavour left? Can't one still imagine a female rapper on top of "FRÜH" or "KLEI"? Please enjoy this convenient collection of recordings while you're waiting for Blumm's little big next album: "F.S.BLUMM- The King Of Pling" PLEASE DONATE! THANKS!!
(*) ..lots of collaborative releases though, with Bobby Baby, Old Splendifolia, the QDD, Nils Frahm, David Grubbs, Anne Laplantine, Lucrecia Dalt and a split-tape with Bradien
P.S.: The "FOOD"-photo was done by F.S.BLUMM during a west-coast-tour with E*Rock and Greg Davis on their way to Las Vegas at the entrance of the Mojave Desert.
January 18, 2013: Special Effect
SPECIAL EFFECT from cartune xprez on Vimeo.
Peter Burr presents presents a live television show from the future inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker'Friday, January 18th, 2013, 7PM. Tickets: movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2013/01/18/detail/special-effect peterburr.org movingimage.us
New Photos by Yuichiro Fujimoto
Set In Sand - Bee A Wizard (E*Rock Remix)
Free download of a new Set In Sand remix by E*Rock.
New Year's Eve at Holocene 2012-1013
HOLOCENE NYE 2012 / 2013 featuring: The Miracles Club Jeffrey Jerusalem Band Brainstorm Hosannas Magic Fades DJ Beyondadoubt DJ E*Rock DJ Zack
Ring in the new year with us! We have our favorite bands and DJs getting you moving from 9 til late. Jeffrey Jerusalem - recently transplanted from Portland to LA - is back to perform a mega-jam with Brainstorm and members of Sex Life. Hosannas will be blending Four Tet and Caribou covers with their own stellar new set of dream-pop numbers. See you on the floor!
9pm | $18.00 day of show
$18 day of show for the party, $25 advance at Stranger Tickets for the VIP cocktail hour + the party (with guaranteed ins and outs)
Pete Swanson, Dreamboat, Goodwin, Concrete Floor @ Holocene
Moon Duo, Life Coach, DJ E*Rock show
THU DEC 6 @ Holocene Moon Duo Life Coach DJ E*Rock
8:30pm | $10.00 advance $12.00 day of show
Dreem Street - Winter 2012 line (available now)
Cosmos: Saturday November 17
Cosmos: Dace Party ft: Sex Life Djs, Spencer D, E*Rock @ Get Happy Studios, Portland, OR.Saturday, November 17.
Thursday 11/15 from 6PM – 10PM.ay the Wieden + Kennedy Gallery, 224 NW 13th Ave, Portland.
Plink Flojd "Water Sleeps" video
Video by Gusti Fink, audio by Grapefruit.
Regular Music "The View From Atlantis"
Grapefruit "Monte Carlo" video
Grapefruit's "Monte Carlo," the bonus track from self titled debut.
Oct.20: Plink Flojd screening ft. Nice Nice and Regular Music
Sat. Oct.20, 9:30pm PLINK FLOJD: A audio/visual screening including such artists as Akin, Andrew Benson, Peter Burr, Cristopher Cichocki, Droid-ON, E*Rock, Manuel Fernández, Grapefruit, Gusti Fink, Jason Forrest, Rollin Leonard, Sara Ludy, Shane McAdams, Jonathan McCabe, Austin Meredith, A. Bill Miller, Lorna Mills, Modern Witch, Brenna Murphy, Daron Murphy, Sabrina Ratte, Ji mmy Joe Roche, Yoshi Sodeoka, and Mario Zoots.
featuring live music performances by: NICE NICE + REGULAR MUSIC
Also featuring CARTUNE XPREZ videos curated by Peter Burr and Devin Flynn.
At Hollywood Theater: 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR. $7.


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Thursday, July 26, 2012
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. -- Columbia County's school superintendent says it is time to move on and let someone else take charge of your child's education.
The school system says Charles Nagle will retire at the end of the upcoming school year. His retirement will be effective on June 30, 2013. Nagle has been working in education for 37 years. During that time he's served as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent.
In a letter to the school board, Nagle said: "I can say unequivocally that I could not have been more fulfilled by a career that has offered a multitude of rewards in helping students, their families and this community reap the benefits of what an outstanding education and school system have to offer. I am humbled by the opportunities I have experienced during my career."
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From the award-winning author of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi. Rose is one of three daughters of a rich merchant who always brings gifts for his girls from the market. One day Rose asks for the seed of a blue bean, but he fails to find one for her. She lets out a sigh in resignation, and her sigh attracts the Sigh, a mysterious being that brings the seed she desired to the merchant. But every debt has to be paid, and every gift has a price, and the Sigh returns a year later to take the merchant's daughter to a secret and distant palace. Archaia, hardback, 56 pages, published November 2011
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My Cannondale touring bike is 10 years old. It has been to Europe twice, Florida twice, and many other states and provinces. I have ridden her 19,484 km so far and she has served me well. My best bike ever!
My Cannondale touring bike is 10 years old. It has been to Europe twice, Florida twice, and many other states and provinces. I have ridden her 19,484 km so far and she has served me well. My best bike ever!
What are you buying it for the birthday celebration? Will there be a birthday ride?
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-- Antonio Smith
Nice Cannondale. I can't remember...is that the bike you rode at Finger Lakes?
Ken, If my Cannondales are any example you can expect another 12 years of cycling from your T bike. Congrats on using it as intended also.
Sounds like a good reason for pie, what is the C'dales choice?
I can do all things through Christ, whom strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
I did not choose to have Parkinson's Disease, but I can choose not to allow it to control my life.
Congratulations are also in order to the bike's motor and guidance system.
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Love me, love my c-dale! Mines a 1990 st400, maybe not so pretty anymore but then neither am I
Yes Beverly, I did take her for a birthday ride, a short but pleasant one. It was the bike I took to Watkins Glen, Louis. My other bike, which I call my city bike, I use around the city for errands on a daily basis, all seasons. It has baskets for carrying stuff and it is beat up enough that it is an unlikely target for thieves. It was my commuter bike when I worked.
It's good to hear about another tourer, other than the LHT. (I own an LHT, but would enjoy having a C'dale.)
Happy Birthday to your bike, Ken! While I'm not normally prone to sending birthday wishes to bikes, I can appreciate your high regard for your trusty steed. Just this week, I had to choose between which of my two bikes I was going to ride for a charity event. I chose the newer one, but felt guilty about leaving the older one behind!
92 Kona- 2000 Bianchi-2002 Tandem--All good bikes but hate to say it- If I am going for a ride- it is going to be on the 5 year old road bikes. Perhaps because the others are all MTBs and that offroading is gradually slipping into memories now.
How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan
Congratulations! Wishing you another 10 years.
To me the life is a glass half full, I love optimism, life's better that way.
Riding the streets of San Francisco, the roads of West Marin and Northern California...
My bike is getting more birthday wishes than I normally do, LOL. Thanks all.
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Wabi Sabi
Written by Mark Reibstein
Illustrated by Ed Young
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2008
40 pages
A children's story such as Wabi Sabi, might come across to readers as too philosophical for a child to understand. That is far from the truth. The book speaks quietly and deftly about how children often perceive reality. Children are more curious about deeper questions about life than adults realize. The author makes this clear through the musings of a Japanese cat named Wabi Sabi. She is on a mission, which is to discover the meaning of her name. She asks a dog and another cat. No luck. On the recommendation of a bird, she decides to travel to Mount Hiei to ask Kosho, a wise monkey. However, the monkey simply says, "Simple things are beautiful." The cat goes home, not unhappy, but at peace with a name she simply is blessed to have in all its simplicity. But before she goes home, she spots a temple, and realizes that beautiful things do not have to be "grand" and "fancy." Children exploring the meaning of their name will find joy and pleasure in the cat doing the same. I was happily lost in the quiet path of haikus that trail along the pages of the story, and with the astonishing art work representing trees, ponds, and mountains that makes up the landscape of Japan. It made me think of my own name and made me wonder, "What does it mean?" Toward the end of the book, Wabi Sabi is moved enough by his simple name to write these beautiful haikus that weave together into a beautiful poem after he sees the simple beauty of a palace:
In the introduction to Nancy Willard's A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experience Travelers, she writes about her first encounter with William Blake's poetry:
"I was seven and starting my second week in bed with the measles when I made the acquaintance of William Blake. 'Tell me a story about lions and tigers,' I said to the babysitter...Miss Pratt, the sitter...began:
Tyger, Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Two days later, Willard's babysitter anonymously sent her Blake's Songs of Innoncence and Songs of Experience with the following inscription:
Poetry is the best medicine.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
William Blake
Written and Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Sunburst Books, 2004
32 pages
The story opens with a familiar bleakness, the kind that one often finds in winter, before the snow falls:
"The skies are gray.
The rooftops are gray.
The whole city is gray."
But, then, some hope:
"Then one snowflake."
"At the first big party
we sometimes forget
that birthday bear
may end up upset."
—Stan & Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday
One of my mother's favorite anecdotes of me as a child is the story of my first birthday. I was a finicky, temperamental kid and she was a stressed-out new mom. She forgot I was allergic to eggs. I ate a piece of cake and broke out in hives. One of my fellow party guests thought it would be funny to lock me in the attic, so no one could find me. When freed by an adult, I was so upset I crawled underneath my crib with a jar of pickles, and my one-year old self ate them until I threw up everywhere—the party was awful. Three simple words now fully capture the complexity of the situation for me: TOO MUCH BIRTHDAY.
Fast-forward twenty-seven years, and this phrase is one I tend to use a lot. Whenever I've had too much fun, or become too overwhelmed, or altogether cannot handle the enormity of an any given situation, it's become rather customary for me to whisper to a friend, too much birthday, and quietly exit the scene.
Doña Flor
Written by Pat Mora
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Dragonfly Books, 2010
32 pages
Doña Flor is the story of a giant-sized woman who could. Who could do anything. As a child, Flor's size often made her the brunt of jokes. But, as she gets older, the people of her village come to respect her. Doña Flor is a beautifully poetic story of courage and generosity, of looking at one's weaknesses and seeing how they can become one's strengths. In Doña Flor's case, it is her gargantum size. She takes her ginormousness and plays it up as a strength to help the people of her pueblo. Flor, an expert tortilla maker, makes tortillas for her pueblo's peeps. And they find other uses for the huge ones: "People used the extra ones as roofs. Mmmm, the houses smelled corn-good when the sun was hot. In the summer, the children floated around the pond on tortilla rafts." But her biggest claim to fame is saving her pueblo from the wild mountain lion who roars loudly, wildly around town.
The poems in Mites to Mastodons, from Pulitzer Prize winner Maxine Kumin, are seriousness about play. The language and the rhythms found in each one are fun and original and dance off the page with delight. One of my favorite poems, about an owl, reminds me of a story I once heard from a friend who told me that, when owls hoot at night, their call sounds like they're saying, "Who cooks for you?" So, as you can imagine, I was smitten when I came across this poem:
My favorite barred owl, who lives in the woods
nearby, wakes me, hooting, "Who cooks for you-u-u?"
And if I could hoot I'd answer, "I do-oo-oo
but I wish you could, you could, you could."
The Desert Is Theirs
Written by Byrd Baylor
Illustrated by Peter Parnall
Aladdin, 1997
32 pages
It's hard to write a thematic reading list about the desert without including a handful of Byrd Baylor books. And who better than Byrd Baylor--a resident of both Tucson and Arivaca--to describe firsthand the sights and sounds of the desert. The Desert Is Theirs is the perfect book to get this reading list started. The book opens with poetic text, describing what the desert is not:
hist whist
Written by e.e. cummings
Illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1989
24 pages
If all-hallow's-eve could be summed up in two syllables, it would be e.e. cumming's hist whist. Accompanied by taut illlustrations from Deborah Kogan Ray, this reinterpretation delivers a mouthful that we'll be chewing on for some time.
The book is one of the most sensory works of art that I've come across in a while, and it's also the most simplistic. It takes us through a cast of some of Halloween's greatest: ghosts, witches with warts, toads, mice, and, to top it all off, devils. In that sense, it's traditional in its subject, but there is nothing traditional about e.e. cumming's approach. The writing is quick and playful, especially with its cadence, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, as in the following: "histwhist/ little ghostthings / tip-toe / twinkle-toe." You have to see it on the page to fully appreciate the affect. It's skintight. It's an image of three ghosts in bed sheets hovering over a moonscape of blue, one with a bright, yellow circle of light. Minimalistic in both language and imagery, it strikes a sort of primeval cord that's the basis of fear and really the basis of Halloween.
The Poetry Center recently sat down with Iván J. Orellana, third place winner of the 2013 Corrido Contest. Iván had great insight into the Corrido Contest process, from entering the contest, to practicing for the performance, to performing at the Concert and Awards Ceremony. Below is our Q&A with him. The deadline for this year's Corrido Contest is December 2nd at 5 p.m. For more details and to submit, please visit our website.
Q: In your wonderful corrido, "La Gloria," you write from the perspective of a man who leaves his pueblo, and his wife and children, in search of a better life in the United States. Can you talk more about how you inhabited the voice of this narrator?
A: Well, first of all, I thank God I have not been through that experience in my life, but a person I admire, which is my father, did years ago. Although he did not leave a family behind, he made the dangerous journey, like many others. Another fact about this corrido is that I don't specify from which country the immigrant is coming from. I did this intentionally because the "immigrant" can be from any country, whether it's El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and the list goes on and on. To inhabit the voice of the narrator, I had to take the responsibility of a father; I had to think like one and act like one. So I made a fusion of stories my father told me and the result was "La Gloria."


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Set Me Straight
Which flat iron can conquer my crazy curls?
One of the few constants in my life is that women want to fix my frizzy, thick, mischievous curls. They either obsessively drop "hints" about how I need to get them under control ("Have you ever considered products specifically for curly hair?" one asked, as I woefully pictured the half-dozen gels and serums sitting in my bathroom), or they take matters into their own hands. The latter typically involves a three-member team: One wields a flat iron, one mans the blow-dryer, and one sits nearby, laughing. Inevitably, my hair looks worse when they're done.
Since no one can conquer the curls, I sought a straightening iron that can tell my hair who's boss. To assist me, I enlisted the help of three guinea pigs with different hair types: my roommate Penney, who has soft, Shirley Temple curls; my fellow Slate copy editor Melonyce McAfee, who is African-American and has tight, pencil-width curls; and my mother, whose very straight, fine hair became wavy, coarse, and troublesome after she hit menopause—undoubtedly karmic, hormonal retribution for how much pain she caused when she brushed my hair when I was little. (The one thing these women have in common besides troublesome hair: They all have to deal with me regularly.)
I tested seven different flat irons, from drug-store variety to salon-worthy. I tried each twice, and my mother and Penney tried each once. Melonyce used only two, so she contributed comments, not scores. Each iron was rated in three categories:
Damage (10 possible points):
Given that some of these products reach 400 degrees and are applied for 30 minutes to 60 minutes—enough time and temperature to roast a Cornish game hen—the iron must be gentle. This is especially challenging because my hair is unceasingly dry, despite a large portion of my recent-college-grad salary going to deep-conditioning products. If there's a huge hairball by my feet when I'm finished, we have a problem. The higher the score, the less damage the iron inflicted.
Ease of Use (10 possible points):
Flat irons fall into an embarrassingly broad category of women's beauty tools—like eyelash curlers and self-tanners—that flummox me. So, I needed one that's user-friendly. Does it heat up quickly? Does something simple (like a light) signify when it's done heating up? Is there a temperature gauge and an easy on-off switch?
Final Result (10 possible points):
I want to look pretty, damn it. Can it iron out the hard-to-reach waves at the top of my head and behind my ears? Does my hair feel smooth and look shiny? Does the straightening last—preferably three days or more—without being seriously affected by inclement weather or trips to the gym? I don't expect miracles—five-minute touch ups in the morning are fine. But my flat iron should make my a.m. routine simpler, not more complicated.
When I had all the scores, I averaged them. Here are the results, from bag-on-the-head bad to Pantene-commercial good.
Revlon PerfectHeat Ceramic Straightener, $24.99 This was no match for anyone's hair. It took forever to heat up and never got hot enough. Even the finer strands of hair by the nape of my neck, which usually straighten after one pass, remained stubbornly wavy. My ends were puffy and sticking out instead of lying together neatly—and those were the lucky hairs. The iron has a plastic catch right next to the ceramic plates (the design is clearly a knockoff of the more expensive Chi), which repeatedly caught my hair. And even though the plates didn't get that hot, there was a very strong burning smell in the air.
Revlon says this has "floating plates," designed to help straighten hair more. But flat iron plates shouldn't float: They should clamp together, hard, to get the kinks out. The Revlon PerfectHeat damaged my hair and made my scalp ache, all for poor results.


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Why aren't we paying R5.29 for fuel?
The US government (and popular media) has a long history of blaming oil companies for "excessive profits" when the oil price is high. They don't particularly care that when the oil price is low, oil companies risk huge losses, or that massive, long-term industrial investment projects can only be justified by future profits. No, every time Americans suffer at the pump, or think they do, oil companies are hauled before Congress to testify about their "price gouging".
Turns out that they make less profit than you'd think, as Sterling T. Terrell shows eloquently in an article here. It's a must-read, because it makes the price of fuel at the pump really, really simple. Taking into account inflation and tax, and despite higher demand from growing economies, higher demand from countries buying in currencies other than dollars, and restricted supply because of draconian environmental restrictions on exploiting domestic oil resources in the US, it turns out Americans aren't paying all that much at all. Of the excess over base costs, two thirds goes to the government in the form of taxes. The "record profits" of billions of dollars that you hear about on TV might sound like a lot, but once you work it out in terms of the value of a typical oil company's asset base, the volumes of product supplied, the cost base, and total revenues, they're not "record profits" at all. Even water utilities make more profit, as do many other industries.
He argues, correctly, that price caps will lead, inevitably, to shortages. But that doesn't stop politicians, here and abroad, from expressing grave concern about the impact of the high oil price on consumers. Smoothing the political path for intervention, no doubt.
I did a crude (haha) calculation myself, using various data obtained from Stats SA and the Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs. Starting with a 1998 base price of R2.28, which is what a litre of 91-octane unleaded used to cost inland, I compared the actual price to the inflation-adjusted price. For actual price I stuck to the highest octane available, as new levels (93 and 95) were introduced. If R2.28 is adjusted by inflation (average annual CPIX), the average fuel price in 2007 would have been R4.45. The average price in 2007 was actually R6.75. For the sake of simplicity, let's put all of that disparity down to the steep oil price rise of recent years.
But we are a global leader in the production of synthetic fuel from coal. Sorry, says Sasol, we can't give it to you cheaper than the government price. As a result, Sasol's after-tax net profit margins, at 17%, are much higher than the 9.5% profit margin of US oil companies. Synfuel, however, accounts for only 30% or so of its business, but generates about 55% of the company's profits. So the profit margin of the synfuels division alone is almost twice as high again, just because its costs are independent of the oil price, but its prices are determined by government and rise as the oil price goes up. So in reality, Sasol's synfuel makes 3.3 times the profit that a typical US oil company makes. And the US companies are the ones being hauled before public hearings!
Profits would not be an issue in a free market, but they are an issue when they are made by a private monopoly in a highly-regulated, price-controlled sector. Worse than government-sponsored profits for Sasol, however, is that more than 20% of the fuel price goes towards unnecessary taxes (as opposed to the Road Accident Fund, which for all its bureaucratic chaos and mismanagement, is a more defensible levy). Take that arbitrary tax away, and the inflation-adjusted fuel price at the end of 2007 could have been R3.73, or if you account for the disparity between the inflation-adjusted price and the actual price — reflecting, in my simplification, the recent oil price rise — it could have been R5.29. (Disclaimer: So says the back of my envelope; corrections or refinements to this rough calculation would be welcome.)
Instead of R6.75 on average for 2007, we could have paid R5.29, and that's without any change to the Sasol price policy or reduction in the price of oil. What effect might such a massive saving in transport cost have on food prices and general price inflation? Why does the government think it's a good idea to tax fuel, and to keep raising those taxes?
Some might argue that fuel taxes discourage consumption, and therefore they are good for the environment. But fuel demand is notoriously inflexible. Face it, you've got to get to work, and producers have got to get bread and milk to the supermarket, no matter what the fuel price is. So the effect of taxation on demand is fractional. If you're going to incur costs in the economy by using the fiscus to fund environmental improvement, almost any other investment would get you higher returns than fuel taxes.
So we have the absurd situation that on one hand, the US is holding hearings in populist efforts to claw back money from companies whose prices aren't regulated, whose operations are bound by a myriad laws, and whose profits are by no means excessive. On the other, South Africa is doing nothing about sky-high monopoly profits that are a direct gift from the government, and which raise costs for every industry sector, limit economic growth, reduce our ability to alleviate poverty and create jobs, and limit our options in dealing with the energy crisis. And neither country has considered that of all the idiotic tax ideas a rapacious government can think of, slapping 20% taxes on fuel is possibly the worst. [Correction: that should read "27.2% taxes". 27.2% tax results in a 21.4% share of tax in the final price, which I rounded to 20% here.]
Some economists say that South Africa is not headed for recession, despite the worldwide financial crisis, the weakening global economy, the critical shortage of electricity, and the rising oil price. I'm fairly pessimistic, however. I think the electricity crisis alone will be enough to cause a recession, because its effects permeate the economy. But even if the Bolt Effect, as I like to call it, is not as bad as I surmise, I'd be far more inclined to believe the optimists if the government were less keen to skim the cream off what's left of the economy by taxing a basic commodity such as fuel.
Meanwhile, you have until this Friday, 25 April 2008, to comment on price cap proposals (Government Gazette link in PDF) on liquified petroleum gas. I've written about this before. If you want to know why you can't find that nice cheap LPG at your local petrol station, look no further than government's insistence on regulating every price in sight.
And every time we get shortages, or price inflation, or both, we wonder why. It's because (and Mandy de Waal's comment yesterday is a case in point) we simply don't trust the profit motive as a driver of efficient capital allocation. We simply don't trust the price mechanism to regulate supply and demand. In the end, we don't trust our people with their freedom.
But really, do go read Terrell's article. Evidence once more that Economics 101 is, well, elementary.