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When Northern California liberals are said to be "up in arms," it usually means they're marching down San Francisco's Market Street or rallying at Berkeley's Sproul Plaza -- not toting guns and actively defending their right to do so.
But Marlene Hoeber, president of the Northern California chapter of the Liberal Gun Club, wants the world to know that lefty politics and a love for guns and gun rights aren't mutually exclusive.
"If the conversation about gun policy in the United States is limited to what the National Rifle Association has to say, the conversation is over because not enough people want to listen to that," said Hoeber, 43, of Oakland. "Hell, I'm a gun person and I don't want to listen to that."
Founded six months ago while California was grappling with a heap of gun-control bills introduced after the 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Conn., the Northern California chapter has a few dozen members from San Luis Obispo up to the Oregon border.
They hold monthly meetings and sometimes go shooting together. The national club, formed in 2009, has about 1,000 members from coast to coast but is concentrated mostly in California and Texas, while many more take part in the club's online discussion forums.
Like any gun group, its members' reasons vary. Most, Hoeber said, are "gun geeks" who love the mechanical tinkering that goes with collecting, maintaining and sometimes customizing their guns. "Guns are fun to play with," she said.
Some are hunters, some target shooters, some more concerned with self-defense. But all seem to seek rational space between the competing rhetoric -- from the NRA's "from my cold, dead hands" style to the "ban 'em all" mantra of some gun-control advocates. That, club members say, does little more than keep both sides in business.
Felix Hunziker, a Richmond architect and registered Democrat, says he's "an independent-minded guy whose values range across the political spectrum" who was happy to join the club recently.
"All too often, the mere mention of firearms turns otherwise normal people into polarized zealots," said Hunziker, 48. "I've been a member of many gun organizations, and the Liberal Gun Club is the first one that seems to straddle the great divide. For me, that's like discovering my long-lost tribe."
Hoeber, who has described herself online as "a longtime queer, kink, trans, sex-positive, feminist, social justice activist and a devout pervert," said political engagement is one of the chapter's goals, though members aren't pressured to reach a consensus on everything.
"We are a really big tent," said chapter vice president Eric Wooten, 44, of Atascadero. A former lobbyist for left-leaning causes, Wooten said the club has everyone from libertarian-leaning Eisenhower Republican types to "full-on socialists who can quote Lenin and Marx."
What unites them is the idea that gun control too often is offered as a placebo for society's real problems. When a Democratic lawmaker calls for taxing ammunition or banning high-capacity magazines -- which club members think will affect only law-abiding citizens and have no effect on violent crime -- all Hoeber hears is, "I'm not going to do anything to actually get anyone in West Oakland a job."
"It's a big dodge," she said, "a way of not doing all the things that are supposed to be the liberal ways to solve these problems" -- things such as more money for schools, "real socialized medicine" and urban policies focused less on attracting or retaining sports teams and more on creating jobs.
Dallas Stout, president of the California chapters of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, said he's glad people are crossing partisan lines on gun issues because "any time people talk about these things, something good can come of it."
However, Stout said, "Clearly we have a gun problem in this country and people are dying because of it." Gun restrictions "have halved the firearm death rate in California," he said, so when someone liberal or conservative claims such laws don't work "that's like bumper-sticker logic, more of the same old rhetoric that makes this debate so difficult to have."
Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor and author of "Gunfight," a history of America's gun-rights battles, noted that gun control wasn't always a partisan divide. He cited Republican California Gov. Ronald Reagan's 1967 statement that "there's no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons."
But as poverty and gang violence led to more gun crimes in U.S. cities, Democrats representing such areas rallied around gun control, Winkler said. At the same time, the reborn conservatism of the 1970s and 1980s saw rural, white voters as key supporters. "Appealing to their sense of outrage about gun control was a handy way for the Republican coalition to solidify its base."
Traditional gun-rights groups don't know what to make of the Liberal Gun Club.
"The gun issue is not wholly and solely for conservatives -- it is for anybody who believes in liberty and freedom, no matter what persuasion they are or perspective they have," said Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California.
However, those beliefs must be uncompromising, he said. Some gun lovers would rather negotiate new gun-control measures, he explained. "We will be scrupulously observant to watch for any tendencies like that from this group or any other."
If the Liberal Gun Club is absolute in its Second Amendment beliefs, "we can fight shoulder to shoulder," Paredes said. Then, when gun rights are safely enshrined, "we can shake hands and then draw swords on other issues."
Hoeber, who cut her activist teeth in the AIDS and gay politics of the 1980s, recalls conservatives who staunchly opposed public health measures such as condom distribution, even as her community was dying around her.
"These are the same people who are the loudest pro-gun voices in American politics. If that was my understanding of who gun owners are, I'd probably want to take their guns away, too," she said. "Those fundamentalist, queer-baiting people who I see as monsters and may be coming for me someday. But they're the only people fighting for my right to have a gun on the day that they come for me."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
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Members of the Liberal Gun Club's Northern California chapter agree that:
1) More regulations on lawful gun owners are "overprescribed political placebos" that don't address the societal problems that cause violence. They'd rather see better education and mental-health care, and policies to help end poverty, homelessness and unemployment.
2) There's a need for "objective, publicly funded research into issues of all types of violence, including firearms violence. Authoritative statistics must be the basis for evaluating the effectiveness of policy proposals."
3) Taxes and fees on guns and ammunition are unjust "class barriers to firearms ownership" that disproportionately affect the poor and recreational shooters while doing nothing to curb crime.
4) California's 10-day waiting period for firearms purchases should be waived for those who can prove they already own a similar firearm.
5) Citizens have the right to legally carry concealed weapons, so long as they meet appropriate safety standards.


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Clinton Memos Reveal How Little Has Changed
One of the striking and somewhat dispiriting revelations in the new batch of Clinton presidential archives released last week is just how little seems to have changed in the 20 years since Bill and Hillary Clinton entered the White House.
A review of thousands of pages of internal memos shows the 42nd president grappling with many of the same policy dilemmas and stubborn political realities that bedevil the 44th. Each White House trotted out some of the same rhetorical points and tactical maneuvers in trying to move its agenda, running full force into some of the same obstacles.
Last year, President Barack Obama set out to woo members of Congress. He took them to a series of dinners at a fancy hotel near the White House and picked up the tab. For a president seen as aloof, the gesture seemed aimed at rebuilding personal ties that might jumpstart his agenda. But gun control, immigration reform, and a sweeping budget deal eluded Mr. Obama as 2013 came and went. And the sociable dinners on neutral turf stopped.
Back when she was first lady, Hillary Clinton tried a charm offensive of her own. As Mrs. Clinton tried to push through a health-care overhaul, her staff advised aggressive personal outreach to Capitol Hill. A memo written by an aide in 1993 called for setting up a "time-sensitive Mrs. Clinton thank you system following important … meetings with members. These type [sic] of communications from Mrs. Clinton are extremely powerful and helpful in building strong relationships."
A memo to Mrs. Clinton later that year reminded her that passing "controversial legislation" requires "personal relationships and loyalties (that) bridge the inevitable political and policy concerns that will be raised." The writer, Chris Jennings, who would later work as a health-care adviser to Mr. Obama, added that Mrs. Clinton had completed "extremely successful meetings with the members," establishing "a receptive environment in the Congress for healthcare reform that is literally without precedent."
He went on to suggest certain phone calls to make, complete with a cheat sheet on each lawmaker. Then-Rep. Lou Stokes had already spoken to a Clinton aide but "it's important that he hear from you," Mr. Jennings wrote to the first lady. "I am convinced … that such 'stroking' will pay dividends."
In the end, the dividends proved inadequate. The Clinton health-care plan died in Congress.
Some of the Clinton-era memos seem no less timely today. Take immigration. An internal memo received by former Clinton White House aide Rahm Emanuel, who would go on to become Mr. Obama's chief of staff and then mayor of Chicago, warned that immigration was an issue that couldn't be ignored.
"Thoughtful Democrats in Congress are expressing concern and seeking the president's active involvement …" wrote then-White House aide Tom Epstein in 1993."… State legislators have introduced a plethora of bills on the subject, many of which are punitive or even unconstitutional. … While any immigration-related action on the part of the administration is likely to be controversial and costly, the penalty for inaction is far greater."
Twenty-one years later, Washington is still casting about for a solution. Mr. Obama favors a path to citizenship for the millions living illegally in the U.S. A bill carrying such a provision passed the Senate, but prospects in the House are dim.
The rhetoric from the two eras seems eerily familiar, as the memos show. In a town hall meeting in 2010, while pushing his health-care proposal, Mr. Obama complained that Republicans weren't stepping forward with ideas of their own.
"And what I've done is I've said to the Republicans: show me what you've got. You've been sitting on the sidelines criticizing what we're proposing," he said.
Turns out Team Clinton had the same lament.
A 1998 memo from Clinton speechwriter Jeff Shesol seems to foreshadow Mr. Obama's concern.
"Having spent so many years defining themselves in terms of what they are 'against,' the Republicans lack any clear vision now of what they are 'for.' It's proven a difficult habit to break," wrote Mr. Shesol.
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After a reading, Dr. McCullough will talk to the audience about how the message contained in this book still rings true today and more importantly will tie it to our environment here in the Midwest. Dr. McCullough does a great job telling young kids what they can do at home to help protect the environment. He will also tell the kids what it is like to be a college professor.
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The world's first Confucius Culinary Institute is scheduled to open at UC Davis this fall, revealing the magic and mystery of Chinese cuisine dating back 2,500 years.
UC Davis food science alumnus Martin Yan, restaurateur and longtime host of "Yan Can Cook," will advise the program, one of hundreds of Chinese language and cultural programs China has helped start in the United States.
"We'll use cuisine and culinary arts to promote better understanding of Chinese and American culture and history," Yan said. "A lot of people don't realize Confucius spent much of his life developing dietary guidelines and teaching how the way food's served and prepared applies to the social order."
Confucius, born in 551 B.C., was a scholar who influenced the use of chopsticks and encouraged devotion to elders and learning. His philosophy has influenced Asian culture ever since. But during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76, the communist government discredited his teachings and anyone thought to be among China's elites or intelligentsia, including piano teachers, poets and professors.
Confucius has made a comeback worldwide through the Confucius Institute, an agency funded by the Chinese government that has established 75 Confucius Institutes at universities in the United States and more than 550 Confucius K-12 classrooms.
"It's China's effort to exercise soft diplomacy," said Peter Hershock, an education specialist at the East West Center, a U.S. think tank.
The Culinary Institute was proposed by Bill Lacy, vice provost for University Outreach & International Programs. UC Davis, known for its wine and food science programs and the Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Institute, already has a fruitful exchange program with Jiangnan University, one of China's top food and beverage schools, Lacy said.
Confucius was born in Shandong, China, an area famous for "Lu" style cuisine, including steamed dumplings, long noodles and large round steamed breads. Yan plans to host Confucian-style banquets featuring sea cucumbers, fish, shrimp and abalone -- delicacies Confucius probably ate in moderation.
Confucius used food to teach balance and harmony, Yan said, "He was a gourmet, a food and rice wine connoisseur who said we have to respect nature by eating everything fresh."
Along with classes on the psychology and anthropology of Chinese cuisine, students will see demonstration by Confucius culinary masters from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and the U.S. Some food and wine events will likely be open to the public, Yan said, so anyone can learn how Chinese food, life and society are intertwined.


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A small plane crash landed at Piedmont Triad International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Authorities said no injuries were reported in the crash, which happened on runway 5L/23R next to Bryan Boulevard. The pilot was the only one onboard the single-engine Mooney plane.
Officials blamed a landing gear failure for the crash.
Airport officials said the runway will remain closed until the National Transportation Safety Board completes its investigation.


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The 22-year-old has been on loan at Posh since mid-November and has scored five goals in six games for Darren Ferguson's side.
A deal will now become permanent on January 2, with the fee potentially rising to £750,000.
Ferguson told the club's official website: "Dwight has done very well and him and Lee Tomlin have formed an effective partnership, they have caused a lot of problems and long may that continue.
"I am pleased that everything has been sorted out and credit to the chairman for providing the finance for the deal."
Gayle added: "I am delighted that everything went well, I have really enjoyed my time at the club during my loan spell and I am very pleased to be staying. I want to improve and I believe I can do that here."
Gayle, in his first season in professional football, has certainly proved himself a force to be reckoned with, having scored seven goals for the Daggers in 20 appearances before his move to London Road.
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Hey guys this is my first post on this forum, just thought i might ask. I've downloaded and installed everything i've even gotten some of the xmbc addons to work such as SVT play. However the other addons such as TwitchTV (the main reason for me to use this aint working *sadface*) It's connected to twitch as all the streamers names and things are updated. But when im trying to connect to them i can only see "Add to bookmark" option. Any clues on how to fix this?
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hi ryder,
i can't help myself so i save your pictures in my special Super HL5 folder pictures... ...these pictures are stunning...hope it's not copyrighted...hehehe
heiner1960, I'm from Malaysia.
aawcy, thanks. Actually there are other members here who have more impressive Harbeth-based setups in living rooms with great interior, one of them being my friend who owns the M40.1 but unfortunately they do not share the photos of their systems too much due to privacy.
GanCK, if I knew the SHL5 can sound so good in less-than-ideal listening rooms I would have seriously saved up for the M40.1s. Anyway they are still quite a bit above my budget at more than 3X the value of the SHL5 but I will be keeping an eye on them now. I am still astounded by how well the SHL5 sounds like in the living room considering all my previous speakers sounded almost horrible in the same spot. Although imaging is better in dedicated rooms with a more clean, accurate and precise presentation, the sound is more "live" in the living as the speakers have more room to breath. With the much bigger space, hard reflective surfaces from the walls to the floor and hard furnitures all round, surprisingly the Harbeth can still sound so good with its full, organic and natural sound with almost zero listening fatigue, all these without any room treatments~! I am really amazed and pleased with the sound I'm currently getting from the system. As a matter of fact, when listening from the dry kitchen about 20' away from the back of the speakers, the sound is still full and natural with no loss in detail. Really remarkable. I will be concentrating on my front-end now especially on the digital end since most of my listening material nowadays is only in vinyl.
More of the glow... continue from the earlier post...
So now... when listen in the dark... got visual and sound... lovely Burn essence oil in the room while listening... adds the smell... plus indulging in Music... ? Simply heaven...
I still do enjoy it with my Krell (which is sold to finance this new amp) and also my other amps, vintage though... the Audiolab 8000A and A400... all have it's own strength in it's musical sense, on different choice of music... etc.
Just that, tubes have their unique sense of music which I enjoy too or should I say lean owards more? Which amps have more musical bliss... that is hard to quantify, cos they have strength in different music, and my listening choice of genre is almost across all.
My very first speaker in my 20's was Celestion with NAD amp... then move to a set of vintage, Radford EL34 PP, pre power british amp (which stay with me the longest)... then I gave it up for a transistor amp (Rega) earlier this year as I found tube amp too troublesome... both were paired with my old Sonus Faber speaker... then change speaker DynAudio... and last change of speaker was to my current Harbeths, before the Harbeth land in my possession, I change this amp to that... to this...
LOL, and now... end of the day, still came back to British speaker and tube set up... LOL ...
Looks like you're gonna sleep very late tonite....LOL...
WoW!! beautiful. Sleepless night....Btw, what is the amp model and how the PRAT?
LOL, you bet man... I slept late last night, switch to another pair of tubes, a China pair, ShuGuang 300B-98. These pairs sounds more to my preference than the Electro Harmonix black. I listen upto about 2 plus in the morning, woke up at about 6plus... round 2 till about 10am, run my erands for the day... back at home, an hour ago... round 3
Yeh... hopefully, all goes well for you to listen it out
The amp is based on the Sun Audio SV-6V6 SE kit, and Well Audio converts the circuitry to 300B.
As for the PRAT, I am not sure how I can express that to you... I could only share that, I am happier with the musicality after I change the pair of "stock" tube it came with, to the ShuGuang 300B-98 tubes. Will try out another pair of 300B I have for tomorrow listening.... see how that sounds on this amp. The current PRAT can also be "change" by replacing the rectifier tube to another... I was told (I will try that out, if I get a chance to get hold of the tube model). I just finish listening to the Earl Klugh "Spice of Life", no major wrongs found... sounded great, and legs and fingers were tapping away
Anyway... the tranformer... condenser... circuitry will still required a little bit more time to "settle" in? Meanwhile, I will enjoy the little magic that 300B brings for the mid and high...
Hi this is my current set up
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Nottingham Spacedech 294 with Ace Benz
I thought my pictures where already uploaded !!
Can somebody help me please
A Space 294 !!! I hope you don't mind if I say that the motor appears from the pics to be too far from the turntable. The correct distance is with the cutout on the motor base around 0.25 to 03 inch from the turntable back foot. Having said that, it appears to be working fine.
Love the speaker stands by the way. They give me hope because my 40.1's arrive tomorrow and I still haven't got my stands !!!
Hi Jmhod
Well first the disadvantages
1 It is not the punchiest amp around
2 In complex passages it clips
The good points are that it is very very clear....
and the timbre is so spot on
But i want to say a few words to the forum about the bass problems that some
users are experiensing with the M40.1.
I also had these problems but fortunately i dont suffer from any mental dieseases, clearly
this was a problem, but when the Specedeck 294 arrived all my problems are gone.
I dont have fancy stands i use Ikea tables and right now on good recordings the bass i hear
is an absolute delight
Hi Hifi dave
About the 294 on the manual it is 3.5cm!!
The stands are typical 10euro Ikea Coffe tables
PS. Do you also have a 294?
Hi ANADA,
I'm a dealer so yes I do and also the Ace Spacedeck, Hyperspace and Dais. The Dais has a 12 inch Ace Anna arm and usually a Fidelity Research FR-64S. The Hyperspace has a 9 inch Space arm and the Ace Spacedeck has a Rega RB600. I'm currently considering the purchase of an Annalog.
I have Harbeth P3ESR, 5's and 7's on demo and tomorrow I should receive my 40.1's but I'm sort of dreading it because I work on my own and to move them around is going to be a nightmare. Oh well, needs must.


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ISNCC Tobacco Position Statement. This position statement has also been endorsed bythe American Nurses Association (ANA) in 2015 and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 2014. Drs Sarna and Bialous developed the policy. The resolution was brought forward for consideration by Linda Sarna, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, Professor, and Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Endowed Chair, University of California Los Angeles, School of Nursing, and Stella Aguinaga Bialous, RN, MScN, DrPH, FAAN, Associate Professor-in-Residence, UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing endorses Tobacco Free Colleges of Nursing. April 19, 2016 – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced "that the deans of the nation's baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs have endorsed a resolution calling for smoke-free college campuses. This call to action was issued to mobilize support among nurse educators for promoting tobacco-free policies at colleges and universities nationwide in an effort to promote healthy behaviors and save lives."announced the endorsing of a resolution calling for smoke-free college campuses.
Tips From Former Smokers (Tips). Tips encourages people to quit smoking by highlighting the toll that smoking-related illnesses take on smokers and their loved ones. The hard-hitting ads showed people living with the real and painful consequences of smoking.
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In today's half-hearted edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Robobrah shares an experience that many of us face during our gaming careers — the game completion slump.
After reading this recent article it made me think of something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm interested if anyone else has ever experienced something similar, so here goes!
I've been a huge gamer for the vast majority of my life, some of my oldest and fondest memories are when my older sister got a Sega Mega Drive and we played Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, The Lion King and many other games constantly when we were children. I'm 23 now, however lately I've been feeling very distant from gaming, and I can't explain why. When I was younger I used to be able to play games for ridiculous numbers of hours at a time, and I wouldn't put a game down until I'd completed it, to do so would practically be blasphemy to my younger self, but over the past couple of years this has deteriorated dramatically, to the point where I can't seem to play a game from start to finish any more.
The odd game comes along that I do finish, but they're few and far between. For example, the last game I played the entire way through was Batman: Arkham City in February, and before that was Dark Souls on release last year. Every time I pick up a game, I seem to only play about a 3rd of it, or just put it down after the first hour or 2 session and never pick it up, I've done this to so many games I can't even count them anymore.
I find myself just staring at my Steam list, trying to choose a game I might actually play through, and even when I do get the surge that says 'Yes, I'm in the mood to play that!', I put it on, and 10 or 20 minutes later I've lost all enthusiasm and end up back at square one, either looking down my Steam list again, or simply browsing the internet to take my mind off the whole debacle.
I don't want to be one of those people that says 'Oh well, I guess I'm just growing out of gaming!'. I know that can't be it, I adore this hobby too much and like many others out there, especially here on Kotaku, gaming is a part of me, and something I couldn't simply grow out of, it means too much to me on a personal level.
Anyway, I've went on long enough, I just wanted to ask if any other gamers have ever went through a stage of 'gaming fatigue' like what I've described, and what your own personal experiences were during that time, and I thought what better place to ask than Kotaku!
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Noted bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and his wife, Beth, are being honored by Oklahoma legislators.
The stars of the reality television show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" visited the state Capitol on Tuesday and were introduced in the House and Senate.
The pair travels to various states to support legislation that regulates bail enforcers and protects the rights of bail bondsmen. The couple is endorsing a bill by Oklahoma City Republican Sen. Ralph Shortey that would require bail enforcement agents to be licensed in Oklahoma.
The bill in its current form would make it a felony punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine to practice bounty hunting in Oklahoma without a license.
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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DOE Issues a Request for Information: Manufacturing Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems
April 15, 2010
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking feedback from the research community and relevant stakeholders to assist in developing a planned Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for new fuel cell manufacturing research activities. The research aim is to reduce fuel cell costs and improve the quality and reliability of high-temperature (~160°-180°C) combined heat and power fuel cells for stationary applications. Fuel cell types include, but are not limited to, solide oxide fuel cells (SOFC), polybenzimidazole (PBI) fuel cells, phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), and molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC).
DOE may decide at a later date to issue FOAs based on consideration of the input received from this Request for Information (RFI). This RFI closes on May 13, 2010. The full announcement with information about providing comments is available on FedConnnect under the "Search Public Opportunities" link. Search by reference number for DE-FOA-0000340.


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Monday, January 19, 2009
Some Tips on Making Great Bread
20 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the tips! I added your link to my Vegan Info LJ - a plethora of Vegan Links.
Have a happy day :)
- January 20, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- wisconsin mom said...
any thoughts on dry yeast packets?
- January 20, 2009 at 12:30 AM
- yasmin said...
Thanks for the tips. As a very recent forager into breadmaking, I have to say there's something really special about baking bread. Have you tried sourdoughs yet?
- January 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- DJ said...
Thanks - I have definitely noticed that my loaves and kneading technique have improved with time. Now I just need a bread stone (sigh!)
- January 20, 2009 at 1:46 AM
- Zephyr said...
Yay, bread info! Feel free to give more tips/recipes, please! I've dabbled in bread baking (and it's all gone shocking well) and just started making sourdough a week ago. Now that I'm feeding my starter I'm going to be baking bread pretty regularly and any help or suggestions are appreciated.
On a slightly different note, I'm going to get a kitchenaid mixer soon and was wondering if you have any suggestions on particular models. I plan on using it for some bread kneading, as well as making cakes, cookies, maybe cupcakes, pizza dough, etc. Thanks in advance!
- January 20, 2009 at 2:13 AM
- Rebecca Guthrie said...
You are so right. My first couple of loaves were awful. I've been improving, slowly. Thanks for the post!
- January 20, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- borboleta africana...é um peixe said...
thank´s for your usefull tips!...
- January 20, 2009 at 5:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
i'm about to dive into the world of bread baking - i've only made basic whole wheat breads, although they turned out fantastic.
i got the bread baker's apprentice for xmas, but have only made the pizza dough so far. do you have any suggestions for what to make first?
- January 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Eating Consciously said...
Thanks for the tips. I usually make everything from scratch, but bread seems to be one of those things I'm willing to buy premade. It just seems like it takes wayyyy to long for me to commit to.
- January 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Bianca said...
I got a Kitchenaid mixer for Xmas and I can't wait to use it for bread!
Ah, I miss having radiators! I have stupid central heat in my new house. It doesn't work nearly as well.
- January 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- GEORGE ALAN FRAMPTON said...
I have a 32 page booklet, published by Fleischmann's, called "When you Bake - with yeast." From the look of the photos and graphics of women baking in high-heels, it is from the 50's. I acquired it when my grandmother died.
To the point ... I was always afraid to try baking a loaf of bread, so I started with the easiest bread recipe I could find. It was for batter bread. There is no kneading involved, the bread has the texture more of a cake, but the yummy taste of homemade bread. It does have an egg in it, but I replace it with ground flax.
I'd never heard of batter bread before. Have you every made any?
I've just purchased a baking tile, and am ready to try some of the artisan breads.
- January 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- T said...
Thanks for the tips! They came right as I was getting ready to go on a baking kick! Winter + poverty brings out the baker in us all...
- January 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Jess said...
I tried making focaccia for the first time today, and the recipe didn't call for salt. Bread without salt kind of sucks. Even though it had a lovely texture and the coarse salt and rosemary sprinkled on top was tasty, there was a marked lack of something in the finished product that I attribute to the omission of salt. Do you think it's safe to say that whenever a bread recipe calls for no salt, we can ignore them?
Thanks for your bread tips, I'm teaching myself and the encouragement helps :) Keep them coming!
- January 21, 2009 at 12:55 AM
- Chiko and Jon said...
Great post, I bake my own bread every week. One little trick to get some more nutrition in your bread is to add unsweetened multi-grain hot cereal to your dough. I use Bob's Red Mill 7 or 10 grain mix, and substitute 1/2 cup of the cereal mix for 1/2 cup of the flour. In addition to several whole grains, it's got flaxseed and soy in it so you get protein, fiber and omega 3's. Also, if you are going to make bread regularly, pinch off a tennis ball size piece of dough and keep it in the fridge. After 5 days or so it will get a little vinegary smell to it but don't worry. You end up with a sourdough starter to add to your next batch of dough. It won't eliminate the need for yeast, but it will add a really nice yeasty chewiness to your bread.
- January 21, 2009 at 5:32 AM
- Craig Photography said...
Great Blog!!!!! Thanks for sharing all those tips.. it will help this dad.
Peace ~ John
- January 21, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
wisconsin mom,
Nothing wrong with the packets, but they are expensive. Look for larger vacuum sealed packages of yeast at your bulk food store.
I have yet to conquer sourdough. Many failed attempts, but no successful loaves.
Go big. It is worth it. I have the Professional 6 model with a 12 cup capacity and a heavy duty motor. The Professional 7 is out now, and I think the bigger, stronger machines are worth the money.
The ciabatta is amazing (I blogged about it). I also made the stollen for Christmas. Honestly, that is all I have made, but my plan it to work through the book recipe by recipe.
There are some Britsh breads that are essentially batter breads. The cookbook "Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day" works essentially on the same principle--no knead doughs that are kept in the fridge and used throughout the week.
Salt helps regulate the yeast action in bread, and also makes it taste good. There is an Italisn bread made with no salt (the name escapes me), and is suppposed to ne eaten with salty foods.
- January 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
- Vita-VEGAN-Vegamin said...
Thanks for the tips. Love your blog and your recipes btw!
- January 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
You may never want to use a kitchen-Aid after you watch the no knead bread method as in the youtube video below:
best wishes to VeganDad
- January 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- Sarah said...
Hey - I put my bread in the oven (off) with a pan of hot water to rise. It seems to work pretty well - just thought I'd share. Love the blog!
- January 26, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
I've been okay with the bread baking, but I've had shocking results with Spelt bread. It is just hard and flat and dense. The only way I can get it to rise about 1cm is to add 1 Tbsp of plain flour, which defeats the purpose of having spelt..
Do you have any suggestions?
JK from Oz
- January 26, 2009 at 11:15 PM


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No helmet and no steering (with the swivel caster wheels on the shopping cart). Cripes. I sense a Jackass-esque ending to this doofus' bike ride.
the semi flat tire as well . . . so I think he'd hit a hole and header into the front basket, then up and over into the main basket. Then his jackass buddy could jump on the bike and pedal him to an emergency room.
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Chief Charlo of the Salish VOLUME 15 NUMBER 5 Chief Koostatah of the Kootenai THE MONTH OF THE CELEBRATION DANCES JULY 11,1986 Proposed IHS regulations would hurt less-than-Vi-degree members Are you an enrolled member with less than V4 degree Indian blood? If so, the federal government wants to save money by cutting you off from Indian Health Service benefits. Proposed rules to limit eligibility for IHS services to quarter-degree (and more) Indians were published June 10 in the Federal Register. Should they become law, some 1,840 Tribal Newsstand price: si nn o CTi CS o 8 LO s u u o? 3 members on the Flathead would no longer be eligible for IHS medical care, in spite of their enrollment. An undetermined number of un-enrolled Tribal descendants would also become ineligible. The new rules wouldn't save any money on the Flathead, however, because they could add to the service unit's burden a few thousand half-degree non-Confederated Salish and Kootenai Indians living just off the Reservation in Missoula and Kalispell. The proposed rules " would require an eligible person to be: (a) a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, AND (b) of 1/4 or more Indian or Alaska Native descent, AND (c) reside within a designated health service delivery area. A person who is not a member of, or eligible for membership in, a federally-recognized tribe would have to be 1/2 or more Indian or Alaska Native ancestry and reside within a designated health service delivery area" (NIHB Health Reporter, (Continues on page two) Group seeks more changes at FIIP A group of non-Indian Reservation residents is assertively campaigning to get the BIA and the Tribes farther away from the management of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project. The campaign, which concerns the power division of FIIP, follows an attempt made last year by some of those same non-members to divorce the BIA from the irrigation division. The 1985 campaign was successful only in getting another federal agency, the Bureau of Reclamation, involved with the controversial project. The group, the "FIP Electric Cooperative Task Force", would like to see FIIP's power division be managed by a rural electric cooperative (REC) run by an elected board of trustees. Among the 13 or so reasons it gives for the formation of an REC, the group notes that, "Tribal management would undoubtedly exacerbate racial tensions". An REC, it says, would be politically neutral. (Concludes on page 4) I N S I D E News from the July quarterly meeting................Page 2 Salish Kootenai College graduation..................Page 6 The Story of Chief Cliff.............................Page 8 TTYP hosted by Tribes once more..................Page 14 Places to go, things to do..........................Page 16 Standing Arrow Pow Wow information............Back page
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Obama's Plan Leaves Unanswered Questions
The U.S. government would no longer store nearly every American's phone records, under major intelligence reforms laid out Friday by President Barack Obama.
But someone would. And who that will be remains a mystery.
The phone companies don't want to do it, and communications experts caution that it may be a difficult technical matter to get those companies to combine their data sets in a way that is useful to government counter-terrorism programs.
The president spoke is broad terms – about the terror dangers that led to the growth of bulk surveillance programs, the potential risks those programs create, and the challenges of privacy in the digital age.
More In Surveillance
- The Cold War-Era Rules Designed to Protect U.S. Lawmakers' Communications
- Paris Attack Reopens U.S. Privacy vs. Security Debate
- What Do the New Spy Rules Mean For Me?
- Sen. Markey Presses Cellphone Companies on Surveillance
- Christie to Defend Surveillance Program, Call Fears 'Baloney'
- Intelligence Official: Era of Bulk-Records Collection Likely Over
He proposed major changes, yet did so in broad terms that leave much of the most difficult decisions to the NSA, the Justice Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI, he announced, will still be able to use national security letters to demand information of companies without a judge's approval. But general information about such letters should not remain secret forever. Left for the attorney general to decide is how long they should be secret, and how much information about such letters should be made public.
While the president rejected his own advisory board's recommendation on national security letters, he adopted many others.
In the phone program, he said the National Security Agency must get approval from a judge to conduct searches of the database. And he limited how far beyond the initial suspect's records they can search.
Mr. Obama also agreed with his panel's recommendation there should be clear lines drawn about what companies and individuals overseas could be targeted for surveillance, and that the government's electronic eyes should not be deployed just to give American firms a competitive advantage.
He signaled a curtailing of spying on foreign leaders, saying "If I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance."
In a speech and a policy debate that grew directly out of the revelations from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Mr. Obama said he didn't want to "dwell" on Mr. Snowden's case. Yet the president's speech took place at the headquarters of the Justice Department – the agency that is still trying to apprehend him and send him to prison. Mr. Snowden is currently living in Russia after having been granted temporary asylum there.
The president, drawing on a long American distrust of government snooping from the Founding Fathers to Martin Luther King, Jr., said his reforms "should give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protected.''
Equally noteworthy is what he didn't address – other bulk collection programs, and issues of major concern to U.S. and foreign technology companies.
Among the key Snowden revelations are the extent to which the U.S. government works to crack encryption codes meant to keep electronic communications private. Technology specialists, as well as major Internet companies, have voiced great concern that the NSA's spying efforts may have the unintended consequence of diminishing computer security worldwide.
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does any one now where i can get the lyrics to this sixtoo , sole and sage francis track
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Song: When Freedom Rings
Produced by: Sixtoo
Lyrics written by Sage Francis
Available on: Sick of Waiting Tables and Sixtoo's "Songs I Hate"
Verse 1:
When freedom rings...no one hangs.
Vampires grow golden fangs.
Camp fires glow showing strange animals of the night running free,
Come and see your fruit of labor pilfered from the country,
Conch hoggers start to spill their souls,
When we bridge the gap we pay opinion polls,
Billions fold from the pressure of pear shaped mother figures,
Cutting you out their pictures,
What's your brain filled with? Come on, what's your brain filled with?
Filler? Filler?
If I was a killer then I'd simply buy the liberty bell and I would sell the crack,
I've been to hell and back,
And now I don't make trips outside the matrix,
I'm back to basics, boom bap drums and bass licks,
Predictable city life where bloods hate crips,
ridiculous silly strife. Nothing makes sense.
I shake sticks at little kids and call them invalids,
And I warn them that I know where their sister lives.
See Sisyphus is incessantly stressing the senselessness of a 9 to 5,
The question is this....am I alive?
Barbed wire boundaries and electric fences,
Are high and they're surrounding me without exits or entrances.
I'm the boy inside the bubble. Try to avoid this time of trouble.
The human touch ain't doing much, before I die lets cuddle.
Let's spoon and such, get nude and fuck, become a full time couple.
Feud for months and ruin what's been lightening our struggle.
But nothing's more relieving than the release of a breathing burden,
I wipe my hands free of a needy person.
I'll wipe my hands clean of a needy person. My feet are hurtin,
I'm a fly away to where the birds keep chirpin' like......
everything is like.......
all i hear is.....
its always.......
like that
all i have...
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has any one got soles verse on that song- it sounds awesome but there are a few words that i cant make out
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BERKELEY -- Still reluctant to give a definitive answer, Cal coach Jeff Tedford said after practice Thursday that backup Allan Bridgford "most likely" will replace injured starter Zach Maynard against No. 2 Oregon.
Maynard, who sprained his left knee last Friday against Washington, has not practiced all week. He walked off the practice field Thursday morning wearing a brace on his knee, after being transported on a cart the previous two days.
"He has not practiced," Tedford said of Maynard. "He's gotten better each and every day, but we don't want to irritate it. Most likely if he's ready to play (Saturday), he'll be there for a backup-type of role. Most likely Bridgford will start."
Bridgford finished the Washington game after Maynard, a two-year starter, left with 4:01 left.
Bridgford, who is 4 for 16 for 32 yards this season in limited action, has gotten first-team practice reps all week. Tedford said he is ready.
"He's always done a real nice job of preparing, keeping his head into it. He's a student of the game," Tedford said.
Redshirt sophomore Austin Hinder has taken snaps with the second team all week.
Tedford said the status of all other injured players will be game-time decisions.
But it seems unlikely senior offensive tackle Matt Summers-Gavin will be available. He injured his right knee against Washington, has not practiced this week and was wearing a T-shirt and knee brace on Thursday.
Three players -- cornerback Marc Anthony and linebackers Jalen Jefferson and J.P. Hurrell -- all are awaiting clearance after sustaining concussions.
Freshman wide receiver Bryce Treggs, who sat out last week with an ankle sprain, has practiced but still was limping Thursday.
Star junior wideout Keenan Allen remains sidelined with a knee injury.


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"Twilight" actor Bronson Pelletier -- who played a member of the wolf pack in the saga -- was arrested yesterday at the Los Angeles airport after allegedly getting drunk, getting thrown off a plane and urinating in public.
No word on whether he lifted his leg.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ, that airport police responded to a call about an unruly passenger on a plane around 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they were told 25-year-old Pelletier was creating a disturbance on board.
Officers removed Pelletier from the plane and determined he was too intoxicated to fly, so they had him wait in the terminal for another flight. Law enforcement sources said police received a call two hours later that Pelletier was urinating by the gate.
Obviously he liked the gate and was marking his territory.
Officers then placed Pelletier under arrest for public intoxication. He was taken to jail, booked for the misdemeanor, and released shortly after.
KESHA SINGLE LOSES AIRPLAY AFTER SCHOOL MASSACRE: Kesha couldn't have released a single called "Die Young" at a worse time.
Radio stations around the country pulled the song from their rotations after news hit Friday of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., according to TMZ.
"Die Young" was No. 3 on radio playlists on Friday (the day of the shootings), reaching 167 million listeners nationwide, according to Mediabase, a company that tracks radio airplay.
By Saturday, airplay dropped by 3 million listeners. By Monday, "Die Young" took a big hit on the radio, dropping down to 148 million listeners, a 19 million drop from what was a pretty steady rotation before the shootings.
TMZ reported its "music expert" said a drop of this magnitude is extremely rare. The last time a song plummeted this quickly is when the Dixie Chicks were banned from many country music stations after insulting President Bush.
MICHAEL DOUGLAS' SON INJURED IN PRISON: Michael Douglas' son had his leg and finger broke in prison, according to the Huffington Post.
Cameron Douglas is serving a nine-and-a-half year prison sentence on drug charges. The 34-year-old is recovering from his injuries after a New York crime boss reportedly put a $100 bounty on his head. According to the New York Post, getting beat up is payback for Douglas being a "rat," a title he may have earned after his psychiatrist accidentally revealed Cameron once testified against his drug suppliers.
Nice one, doc.
"He broke his femur, which is hard to snap, and had to have a rod inserted," an anonymous source told the Post. "He told health services staff that he hurt them playing handball. You don't break a femur playing handball."
Maybe if you're playing with a cannon ball.
Douglas was convicted of smuggling and selling drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin and prescription narcotics. The sentence was originally only five years, which increased after the troubled actor got caught smuggling heroin into prison.
His father remains on his side. According to Radar in 2010, Michael Douglas regularly made the 200-mile trip to visit his son despite his own battle against cancer. At the time, Michael acknowledged that his actions as "a bad father" contributed to his son's struggles, according to the UK's Daily Mail.
NICK CANNON DUMPED KIM KARDASHIAN OVER SEX TAPE: Kim Kardashian's sex tape caused Nick Cannon to dump her, the former Nickelodeon star said last week on the "Howard Stern Show."
Shouldn't we use the word "escape" instead of "dump?"
According to the Huffington Post, the 32-year-old "America's Got Talent" host, currently married to Mariah Carey, said Kardashian lied to him about the now-notorious tape, which she made with former boyfriend Ray J.
Calling Kardashian a "great businesswoman," Cannon also suggested that Kardashian may have leaked the tape herself.
May have?
"This was my issue. We talked about this tape. And she told me there was no tape. If she might have been honest with me I might have tried to hold her down and be like 'That was before me' because she is a great girl. She's actually one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. But the fact that she lied and told me that there was no tape? And I still think she might have even had a part to play with (its release)."
He talks as if Kim Kardashian wanted her terrible burden of being famous. That's really hard to believe.
BRITNEY SPEARS' RELATIONSHIP MAY BE ON THE ROCKS: Britney Spears supposedly doesn't know it, but her fiance and manager Jason Trawick is about to break up with her.
Yes, you know, and I know -- and Spears' family knows -- but Spears doesn't. At least according to Hollyscoop, which our double-secret probationary spy sources say is a "website."
A source close to the couple has told Hollyscoop that Trawick has had enough and wants out of the relationship.
"Jason has told Britney's entire family that he's planning to leave her, so that Britney will have a support system when he breaks the bad news," the source supposedly said.
Remember: Shhhhh.
Trawick is reportedly waiting for "The X Factor" to be over, because he believes she'll take the news hard, and would rather not have her deal with it while she's trying to film the show.
In other words, with him still earning whatever he earns for her showing up.
But Trawick reportedly wants to remain her manager after the break-up, according to Hollyscoop, which our researchers have definitely probably confirmed is a website. So, like Michael Corleone says, it's won't be personal. It will be business.
That should work really well, especially with someone who has a history of shaving her head and marrying the first guy she sees when the mood seizes her.
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Wednesday is Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2012. There are 12 days left in the year.
1777: Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.
1813: British forces captured Fort Niagara during the War of 1812.
1843: "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.
1946: War broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.
1950: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1961: Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., 73, suffered a debilitating stroke while in Palm Beach, Fla.
1971: "A Clockwork Orange," Stanley Kubrick's controversial movie adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel, had its world premiere in the U.S.
1972: Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
1984: A fire at the Wilberg Mine near Orangeville, Utah, killed 27 people. Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
1998: President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was later acquitted by the Senate).
2002: Secretary of State Colin Powell declared Iraq in "material breach" of a U.N. disarmament resolution. After a prosecutor cited new DNA evidence, a judge in New York threw out the convictions of five young men from Harlem in a 1989 attack on a Central Park jogger who'd been raped and left for dead. Roh Moo-hyun won South Korea's presidential election.
2011: North Korea announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il, two days after he died; North Koreans marched by the thousands to mourn their "Dear Leader" while state media proclaimed his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, a "Great Successor."
Actress Cicely Tyson (79), rhythm-and-blues singer Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) (71), South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (71), actor Mike Lookinland (52), actress Jennifer Beals (49), magician Criss Angel (45), actress Kristy Swanson (43), model Tyson Beckford (42), actress Alyssa Milano (40), actor Jake Gyllenhaal (32), actress Marla Sokoloff (32).
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All but one of the 20 streets scheduled for resurfacing during Marietta's 2012 asphalt paving program have been completed, including some roadways that hadn't seen new pavement for at least 25 years.
There are also plenty more streets to be done as the city looks toward the 2013 program.
City engineer Joe Tucker said the southern end of Jefferson Street was the only section on the 2012 program list that was not paved due to equipment using the street for access to a riverbank stabilization project in that area.
"Because of that project, the ongoing wastewater treatment plant upgrade and the third phase of the River Trail that will terminate in that area, we decided to get the construction done first, then we'll pick up the Jefferson Street paving in the spring," he said.
Tucker said the remaining roads scheduled for the 2012 program were completed by contractor Shelley & Sands, although paving some streets wasn't easy.
"Some areas on Jackson Hill, like Dean and Oak streets, were really tough," he said. "Crews had to make multiple passes over those roads due to the steep terrain which was not easy for their equipment-but they got through it."
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2013 Citywide Asphalt Resurfacing Project Streets (by ward):
1st Ward-Warner Street, Porter Street and Woodland Street.
2nd Ward-Ephraim Cutler Street, Clifton Street, Gross Street, Betsey Mitchell Lane and Butler Street (between Fifth and Seventh streets).
3rd Ward-Fourth Street (pavement change near Ferguson to Cityview Street), St. Mary's Avenue, Cullen Road, Hickory Lane and Marigold Lane.
4th Ward-Elm Street (Lord to Maple Street), Clinton Street (Harmar to alley east of Franklin Street), and Harmar Street (from Lord to Lancaster Street).
Source: Marietta Engineering Department
The city streets department did a lot of preliminary work in that area, too, Tucker said, adding that drainage improvements were also part of the project.
"We offered to do repairs on some residents' driveways if they would purchase the culvert pipe. We had several takers on that offer, which saved them some money," he said.
Ray Street resident Fleddie Wall said he was glad to see the work done.
"They did a good job on the paving and drainage work," he said. "I've lived here for 25 years, and that's the first paving I've seen on this street during that time."
Wall said there are still a couple of areas of hillside erosion that need to be addressed along the roadway, but he's happy to see the paving completed.
"We have a lot of people up here who are working to improve their property, and having good pavement helps," he said.
But some residents on nearby Dean Street, another avenue that had not been resurfaced for more than 25 years, said the paving did not extend far enough in their block.
"They did start the paving but it doesn't look like they finished because it only runs between Ray and Oak streets," said Michelle Adams.
Her father, John Adams, who lives at 111 Dean St., agreed.
"They came out Ray Street to Dean, then turned right and only paved about 10 feet on Dean Street," he said.
According to the city engineer's office, that small section of Dean Street between Ray and Oak streets was the only portion scheduled for the 2012 paving program.
But Adams said Dean extends from Oak beyond Ray Street into a curve that intersects with Emerson Street, and that portion was not paved. He noted the configuration of streets in that area can be confusing.
"They should fix the drainage that runs down the side of this street, too," he said. "When it rains the runoff from this area of Dean Street drains onto my property."
Adams said the city should be spending more money on streets repairs along Dean and other roadways in the Jackson Hill area.
Every year city council hears from residents who live along streets that are in poor condition and need to be paved.
Tucker said while many of those roads will eventually be included in the paving program, the city develops a mixed list of streets rated from poor to mediocre condition for the program every year in order to obtain state grant monies to help pay for the citywide paving program.
"If we spend all of our money on the worst streets every year, we'll go into a tailspin with maintenance on our other streets," he said. "The mediocre streets are less expensive to pave, so you can get more done with the same amount of dollars that would be needed to fix all of the worst streets."
But Tucker said that doesn't mean the bad streets won't be repaired, noting that the condition of all 87 miles of city streets are tracked and given a pavement condition index, or PCI rating. A low PCI rating indicates poorer pavement condition, while good pavement receives higher ratings.
"My goal is to bring our composite PCI rating, which is averaging in the high 60s right now, up into the low 70s," he said. "And I believe that's doable. We want to keep the city's overall pavement condition at the highest level possible."
The cost for the 2012 citywide asphalt paving program was $536,648, which included $73,400 in local funds, $66,130 from the city's annual Community Development Block Grant entitlement and $397,118 from the Ohio Public Works Commission.
The 2013 paving program will include all or portions of 16 city streets.
The total project cost for the 2013 paving program will be $544,256, and the city is applying for a $400,000 grant from the OPWC to cover most of that project.
The remaining funding for the 2013 program would be covered by $65,000 from the CDBG; $53,856 from the city's permissive tax fund; $20,000 from the municipal streets fund; and $5,400 from Marietta College.
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THE BAD: There's a bit of a mid-set lull in the first set, with a handful of 5-6 minute-ers that are not very remarkable. The clear worst part about this show, though, is the audio cut at the absolute peak of this Lizards! Sure sounds like a tape flip issue, but man, what a bad time to have that happen!
ETC: This show is filled with little teases and tidbits. I disagree with the full Donna Lee call - to me it is just a tease. Fishman is introduced as the "Master of the Universe...reborn!" and plays washboard for I Didn't Know. If you listen carefully, you can hear the audience chant for Lizards at the start of the second set. The band eventually plays it. You can also hear someone call for Harpua, which the band plays, but not before Trey thanks the crowd as it was the last of the 'northeast run'. It's unusual to see Fishman do 2 songs in a night, but during Purple Rain, he asks the audience "do I look like Prince?"
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - The Snowmass Village Town Council on March 4 discussed two topics related to sustainability in the community.
First, the Environmental Advisory Board presented a plan to solicit ideas, through a request-for-proposal process, for a renewable-energy source for town-owned infrastructure. The idea would be to use budgeted resources to solicit the ideas and then leverage $500,000 from the Holy Cross Enhancement Fund to create a project, possibly by partnering with private companies.
The Holy Cross Enhancement Fund is money held by the utilities company that the town can use toward approved community projects. The town currently has $729,000 available in that fund.
Councilwoman Markey Butler expressed a desire to hear from residents how they think the money should be used.
"This is the community's money, ... so I want to listen to what the community has to say," she said.
The council members discussed two letters they received that encouraged them to use the fund to improve the town entryway.
"This is the community's money, (and) the community, at least a couple of people, have expressed some ideas where that money could be used for the benefit of the community," Councilman Fred Kucker said.
The request-for-proposal process would cost $9,500, which Holy Cross would allow for the fund to cover. If the town ends up not choosing any of the alternatives found, Holy Cross has requested that it replenish $4,500 into the fund.
In order to utilize that $9,500, the council has to approve a resolution during another meeting. Town Manager Russ Forrest said the team would make sure the request-for-proposal documentation clarifies that there are other competing community interests.
He also said that staff will refine the communication strategy of how it will solicit proposals.
The council also reviewed options for green construction codes, presented by Chief Building Official Mark Kittle. The Town Council voted unanimously to adopt the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code as well as appropriate regulations included in the International Green Construction Code, which specifically has directions for building design and construction.
The Town Council also began editing its strategic plan but continued that process and the vote to approve it to another meeting.


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Apple, Samsung Find New Rival in China's Huawei
As Samsung Electronics and Apple try to defend their dominance in the smartphone market, the latest data show China's Huawei Technologies Co. coming third in terms of market share for the first time, indicating that a rapid increase of smartphone users in China and other emerging markets may be starting to alter the global landscape.
According to research firm IDC, Samsung's smartphone market share in the fourth quarter through December rose to 29% from 22.5% a year earlier, while Apple's share dropped slightly to 21.8% from 23%. Meanwhile, Huawei's share rose to 4.9% from 3.5%, ahead of Japan's Sony, whose share also increased to 4.5% from 3.9% a year earlier. Another Chinese company ZTE, came fifth with 4.3%.
"The fact that Huawei and ZTE now find themselves among the Top 5 smartphone vendors marks a significant shift for the global market," said IDC research manager Ramon Llamas.
To be sure, the Chinese handset makers' global presence is much smaller compared to Samsung and Apple, and Huawei's rise comes amid the struggles of Nokia and HTC Profitability is also another story. Closely-held Huawei this week projected a net profit growth for last year, but the company doesn't disclose its earnings from the smartphone business. A Huawei spokesman said that the company is not only focusing on the low-end market, but it has been offering more higher-end models.
Even so, Huawei's rise may have broader implications.
"Vendors with unique market advantages, such as lower-cost devices, can rapidly gain market share, especially in emerging markets," IDC analyst Kevin Restivo said.
Samsung, which on Friday reported a 76% rise in its fourth-quarter profit, is feeling more pressure from intensifying cost competition. Samsung's profit margin for mobile phones fell to 17.4% in the fourth quarter, lower than the 18.8% in the previous quarter, and analysts expect lower margins throughout 2013 as smartphones become more common throughout the world.
The popularity of less expensive handsets isn't entirely limited to emerging markets. For Apple, the quarter through December was the first full quarter after the launch of the iPhone 5 in September. Still, U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless said this week that more than half of the iPhones it sold in the quarter were older models sold at deep discounts.
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News 12 First at Five / Friday, April 26, 2013
LINCOLNTON, Ga. (WRDW) -- An early morning earthquake shook the ground on both sides of the river.
"Are you serious? Was this really an earthquake?" asked Angela Martinelli.
Both Martinelli and her husband, David, were jolted awake Friday morning.
"You could feel the ground kind of shake a little bit," he explained.
"About 1 o'clock this morning our dispatch center began getting calls from people who said they heard a loud explosion and then felt light vibration," said Sheriff Bruce Beggs from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.
It was an earthquake, and it shook the entire community.
"We got reports of windows rattling," Beggs said. "We got reports of dishes rattling in the cabinets. Even some people that told us that they had things fall out of their cabinets."
It broke three glasses out of my cabinet, like six or seven plates," said Stacey Calhoun. "It threw my rocking chairs off the porch."
Calhoun lives alone on the outskirts of Lincolnton, and she felt the earth shake, too.
"I never felt the tremor of an earthquake before, even though we've had them several times," Calhoun said.
It was a 2.8-magnitude earthquake, and the epicenter was in the middle of the city.
And this was not the first earthquake, but the third seismic event in this area in the last 30 days.
"These have all been in the 2-range on the scale," Beggs said.
"We were wondering why so frequent now?" Mrs. Martinelli asked.
Lincolnton is near a major fault line called the Modoc Zone, which may be the cause of the increased activity. But an event in the 2-range on the Richter scale is considered low but still noticeable.
The scariest part to most?
"Trying to distinguish if that was it," Mrs. Martinelli said.
"I didn't know if someone was trying to break in the house because it was so loud and so quick!" Calhoun said.


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STOCKTON - A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after beating another man with a baseball bat in downtown Stockton, police said.
Officers responded to a report of a fight in progress about 3:50 p.m., authorities said. The fight started in the 500 block of East Main Street and moved to the Phoenix House, a low-income rental complex in the first block of North American Street, police said.
Officers said Onario Ausborne, 19, assaulted another man with a bat. The victim was taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Roland Wilson, who witnessed part of the fight on North American Street, said the victim swung a chain and brandished a knife at Ausborne before Ausborne armed himself with the bat. Ausborne was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
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As I've noted on previous occasions (HERE, for example), polls on the matter of snooping by the National Security Agency and how to deal with NSA leaker Edward Snowden have shown divergent results that blur the lines between the left and right of the political spectrum.
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Wayne Conard, Sharon Springs, N.Y., was named the 72nd winner of the Klussendorf Trophy, the highest recognition given to a dairy cattle showman in the United States. The award is made in memory of Arthur B. Klussendorf, considered the outstanding showman of his time and a model for all those who have followed him. Conard's selection was made by members of the Klussendorf Memorial Association, formed in 1937, at its annual meeting held earlier this week in Madison, Wis. He received the silver trophy designed by Tiffany Jewelers of New York City.
This year's Klussendorf winner's show exhibit always presents the appearance of pride, cleanliness and cow comfort. As a youth, Conard won New York state's master showman award as he continued to work with his family's dairy. As a young adult, he had the opportunity to broaden his knowledge of cattle care, pedigrees and marketing when he worked with the Backus Organization, Tom Coyne and Hanover Hills Sales, gaining experience from high-profile cow people.
Under Wayne's leadership, his family's Ridgedale dairy operation gathered an impressive string of accomplishments. Ridgedale was the 1987 winner of the All-Canadian Breeder's herd. In 1992, Wayne won the MacKenzie award winner with his late brother Willis. Wayne also bred what is believed to be the Holstein breed's only three consecutive generation EX-95 cow family. The cows are named Example, Estelle and Estel. Additionally, the Ridgedale herd is consistently one of the nation's highest BAA herds and has bred a number of All New York and All American nominations.
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Wayne and his wife, Jen are parents of two sons, Cy, 18, and Isaac, 8. Son Cy was the 2012 Merle Howard winner at World Dairy Expo.
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Monday, Feb. 18, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The 2-year-old who was rescued from a fire in Augusta last week has been taken off of life support.
John Thompson was declared brain dead on Saturday night but was on life support so he could be an organ donor.
The arrangements are being handled by C.A. Reid Senior Memorial Funeral Home on Laney-Walker Boulevard.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Thompson family is wrestling with the news that their little boy is brain dead.
John Thompson, 2, was rescued from a fire in a Harrisburg home last weekend.
The family says the coroner declared the child brain dead last night, but he's on life support so he can be an organ donor.
"He's been pronounced brain dead ... I think it was around 2:37 yesterday afternoon," said the child's grandmother.
John survived the fire initially, but as the days kept mounting, his condition got worse. Especially yesterday.
"They told us he was going to be taken of life support," said his grandmother, Llateia Hyman.
When Hyman realized there were probably no more birthdays for the toddler, she and the child's mother decided to give John one last opportunity to help someone.
"We decided to donate his organs last night," she said.
Even though she doesn't personally believe in organ donation, Hyman says that decision was made for one reason.
"If it was John that needed an organ, we would definitely want to take it," Hyman said.
She isn't sure who will receive any organs from John, but she is certain of one thing.
"We miss John, but we are OK with whatever God chooses for us," Hyman said.
She says God is what's keeping her strong.
"My faith has been in his hands since," Hyman said.
John's mother says her faith is also keeping her strong, but she thought the worst when she saw the house.
"My baby is gone, because the way that fire looked, it was outrageous" said the toddler's mother.
Despite the loss of life, his grandmother thanks God she had one last chance with John before he left them.
"Looking at the house that he came out of, we know that he could have looked like the house," Hyman said.
Hyman is thankful she could recognize her grandchild, but now she just wants to give him a proper burial and needs help.
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In the Saturday, March 2 edition of the Summit Daily News, letter writer Steve Smith of Dillon criticized the editors for the printing of a political cartoon that cast Republicans in a bad light, asking, "Do you have any commitment to the truth, or do you just mindlessly print propaganda?" I would encourage Mr. Smith to grab hold of the next copy of the Summit Daily he comes across, and open it up. Somewhere near the middle of the paper, he will find at the top of the page, a word written in bold, black ink: OPINION. It does not say "NEWS" or "TOP STORIES." If base, abject opinion were found underneath these headlines, then Mr. Smith would have a point, but the cartoon he finds so objectionable was on the opinion page. By the very nature of the beast, the opinion page is filled with propaganda. Editorials, letters, commentary, and yes, cartoons. I have seen many, many conservative-leaning cartoons on the opinion page over the years, and find it strange that Mr. Smith waits until he sees a liberal one to voice his outrage. Is he really just speaking out for veracity in the media? Or is it that he believes a liberal slant is "propaganda," while a conservative slant is "truth?" I suspect the latter.
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HENDERSONVILLE— Polly Searcy Cox, 71, of Hendersonville passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at her home following an extended illness. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Bill and Hester Ruff Searcy. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela Cox Quimby Juzwick, and brothers, Mitchell and Lewis Searcy. She grew up in Mill Spring, graduating from Mill Spring High School. She was a seamstress with Ruth Original until her first of two daughters was born, then became a full time homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and her last pet, Froggie Lee. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include, her loving husband of forty-eight years, exemplifying "love and cherish for better or worse", Donald H. Cox; her daughter, Jan Cordell and her husband Reggie; her grandson, Alston Donald Quimby of Hendersonville; her sisters, Geraldine Price of Columbus, NC, Dallie Corbert of Hendersonville, who was a special caregiver during her eleven year period of declining health; her brothers, Garland and Milo Searcy, both of Mill Spring; many special nieces, nephews, extended family, close neighbors and friends.
A graveside service will be at 11:00 am Saturday at Shepherd Memorial Park with Rev. Sam Cox, Polly's brother-in-law officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Friday evening at Forest Lawn Funeral Home.
Flowers are welcome. A guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.forestlawnhendersonville.com.
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