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CHAR-KOOSTA Newspaper of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation VOLUME 14 NUMBER 3 MONTH OF THE CAMAS JUNE 13, 1985 I U.S. Supreme Court rules twice in favor of Indian authority The U.S. Supreme Court made two decisions last week in favor of Indian sovereignty. In a 9-0 decision June 3, the court said the Lodge Grass School District must fight a civil liability case in the Crow Tribal Court before a federal court can intervene. The name Char-Koosta is derived from Chief Charlo's and Chief Koostatah's names. They were the Tribes' last traditional chiefs. The case involves a Crow Indian student who was injured on the school grounds on the reservatioa The boy's guardian sued the school district in Tribal Court, but district officials didn't respond, according to a BIA news release. The court ordered the district to pay a $153,000 default judgment to the injured student The district then sued in federal court to have the Tribal Court judgment voided, contending that the Indian court had no authority to preside over a suit against a non-Indian. Nine other states with large Indian populations joined Montana in the suit While the June 3 decision is said to have "sidestepped the ultimate ques- tion of jurisdiction in the case" (according to the Associated Press), it does give added weight to Indian courts' authority. In a second decision that day, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states may not tax oil, gas and other minerals taken from Indian lands under leases issued after 1938. "The (1938) statute contains no explicit consent to state taxation," Justice Lewis F. Powell wrote for the court This case involved the state of Montana's attempt to collect taxes from non-Indian oil and gas producers who leased land from the Blackfeet Tribe in northwestern Montana. (Concludes on page two) FAD's new number is 676-2500 Although its offices didn't move by the May 28 predicted date, the Family Assistance Division is now settling into its new space across the highway from Tribal Health in Ronan in the building that once housed the Marvin Camel Recreation Center. FAD's new phone number is 676-2500. 10 1985's third quarterly will be on July 5 In cnitp nf th*» fart that InK/ i« an rhamhprc that ria\r i In spite of the fact that July 5 is an official day off for Tribal employees, 1985's third quarterly Council meeting will still be convened that day in Pablo, beginning at 9 am. We'd like to encourage all the Tribal members in town for the week-long Arlee pow wow to stop by the Council chambers that day and watch your government in action. While regular Council meetings attract very few Tribal spectators, the quarterly meetings sometimes have 50 or more in attendance adding their varied opinions to the discussions. Lunch will be served. 32
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SOCHI, Russia -- The American team did not find a silver lining playbook Friday on the final day of speedskating competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
They got a silver medal in the men's 5,000-meter relay in short track racing at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Three cheers for that.
But it took the final event and two of the five teams going down almost immediately to help the United States finish second to Russia and superstar import Victor An.
An won two gold medals Friday night and ended the games with three victories and a bronze medal -- the same as he did in Turin, Italy, eight years ago while representing South Korea.
While An has turned Russia into a short track power, the U.S. seems incapable of filling the vacuum left by Apolo Ohno.
"It's a great way to end the games," U.S. short track coach Stephen Gough said. "But we had a bigger vision."
Jessica Scott of Melvindale, Mich., finished fourth in the women's 1,000 on Friday, the closest the team got to a medal in an individual race.
Otherwise, the Sochi Games will be remembered for crashes, disqualifications and lots of turmoil. Four years after rising star J.R. Celski won three medals in Vancouver, he got shut out until the final race, anchoring the Americans to second place.
"It feels good to leave with a medal," said Celski, who failed to advance to the final of the 500 meters Friday. "It's tough. We had an opportunity for a gold, but it just wasn't there today."
It ended even worse at the long track arena where the Americans were soundly defeated Friday to experience their first medal shutout since 1984.
While the short track team came to Russia with many questions, the long track team arrived full of bravado. The best the skaters could do was a seventh place.
Shani Davis, two-time defending champion in the men's 1,000 meters, finished eighth. Davis also finished 11th in the 1,500, a race in which he owns two silver medals.
Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world in the women's 1,000 and 3 and 4 in the 1,500, were not in the top six in either event.
"It's hard to shift momentum when you start off trying to keep the ground from falling out from under you," U.S. sprint coach Ryan Shimabukuro told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Once you feel like maybe it's gone, it's hard to change that."
The dismal performance has started finger pointing. Look no further than the new Mach 39 skin suit that was engineered by Lockheed Martin for Under Armour.
The U.S. team changed suits midway through the games when everything started going south. Why they were introduced remains a mystery. The team had won 28 medals -- 12 gold -- in the World Cup this season without them.
Maria Lamb, a three-time Olympian, didn't hold back after finishing last among 16 skaters this week in the women's 5,000 meters.
"This is my third games, and there is so much more nonsense in general going on," she told reporters. "You have to try and tune it out. Not having an organization support you as it should, it becomes a lot worse."
The short track team had a different experience, starting with overhauling the coaching system two years ago. The federation forced out coach Jae Su Chun and assistant Jun Hyung Yeo after an investigation found they failed to report that American Simon Cho had tampered with an opponent's skate at the 2011 World Team Championships.
The situation began with allegations of physical and emotional abuse by more than a dozen skaters.
While some worked with Chun privately, the men stayed with Gough when he took over the program.
The coach acknowledged the difficulty of building a unified team in time for the Winter Olympics.
"The situation wasn't ideal," he said.
Over the next four years, the federation needs to be "very calculating how we prepare the team," he added.
The medal-earning race was full of craziness, which makes short track racing so endearing.
A tie-up in the first turn all but knocked out the Netherlands. A Dutch skater took out a Chinese racer with him, though China rebounded to take the bronze medal.
Gough said the race should have been restarted.
"They weren't watching closely," he said of the race starters.
Somehow Chris Creveling of Pennsylvania avoided the crash.
"My eyes lit up, in the first corner," Creveling said. "That was our opportunity. We trained for four years, and I wanted to seize that as soon as it showed itself."
From that point it became a two-nation race with Russia holding the lead for almost the entire time. The Americans passed the host country with 11 laps to go, only to lose the lead quickly.
Considering An anchored the Russians, the Americans celebrated their silver medal heartily.
"To lose to a guy like An is as good a loss as you can have," said Jordan Malone, one of the four relay members.
Before the race, Malone told his teammates they would not let speedskating leave Sochi without a medal.
"We went into that race, and our coach told us he was just tired of seeing other countries celebrate out there, rather than us," he said.
The sense of relief was palpable among the jubilant Americans.
"I feel like I came out of a spa," Eddy Alvarez of Miami said.
But that's not the way the U.S. team is feeling as it departs Russia with a scant medal to show for its effort.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.
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PARKERSBURG - In an area historically dominated by oil and natural gas, solar power is making gains in the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Chip Pickering and Lance McCoy formed a green energy solutions company last year dedicated to promoting and providing solar power to the Mid-Ohio Valley. Pickering has long been an advocate of green energy solutions, having equipped several of his businesses with solar panels. Solar panels have also been installed on Pickering's house in Williamstown, the state's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified home.
McCoy also was interested in renewable energy, but didn't know it would be solar power.
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Lance McCoy explains the two-way power meter recently installed by the power company. The meter tracks electric power used by the office as well as power that is directed back into the grid.
"It was the simplest to get into," he said.
In 2012, McCoy and Pickering formed Solar Energy Solutions to launch and encourage renewable energy generation and use in the Mid-Ohio Valley. McCoy is the company's director of communications.
Last year, workers installed 250-watt solar panels on the roof of his office, Integrated Geriatric Care, on Dudley Avenue. In January, the 60 panels capable of producing 15 kilowatts (15,000 watts) of power went online.
The panels are expected to provide about 80 percent of the office's energy use a year. The returns vary, depending on the weather.
In March, the panels provided 90 percent of the office's energy.
Without a battery storage system, solar panels only provide power when there is power. In McCoy's case, the office - like the rest of the area - would have been without power when last summer's derecho struck and left thousands in the dark for days.
"The solar energy is not a replacement to the power grid," McCoy said. "It's a supplement. It offsets the power bill."
McCoy's system doesn't have battery or storage capacity. Excess energy not used is returned to the power grid. The power company, which installed a two-way meter at the office, credits McCoy with the power return.
Those interested in energy produced by the output from the grids can track it on the company's website, www.sesllc.us. McCoy said the website has an array of information and answers to questions about solar power.
McCoy said interest in solar energy is huge.
He's done site estimates for close to a half-dozen residents interested in solar panels. West Virginia University at Parkersburg has a technical program that teaches students how to install solar panels.
As part of the site visit, McCoy studies the amount of solar hours a structure receives. McCoy's office gets 4.27 sun hours per day. He said that's similar to the sun hours in Germany, which he said has one of the largest renewable energy portfolios in the worlds.
"What stops people is the cost," he said.
McCoy estimates the costs of his panels was about $60,000. Installation can be done at a cost of about $4-$6 per watt. That is a 20 percent drop from installation costs three years ago, he said.
However, It's still a far cry from competing with current power rates. McCoy said solar power would need to get down to a about $1 per watt in installation costs to compete with power plants.
McCoy said there is a long-range return to investing in solar power. It's also a healthier, cleaner alternative for the environment.
To help offset some costs. McCoy said government tax incentives are available, including a 30 percent federal tax credit. Many states also have incentives. West Virginia offers only a $2,000 incentive.
Electrical costs in the state are artificially low, McCoy said citing coal and gas production. Things may not get easier with the continued development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale fields.
McCoy said the costs calculation is a mindset.
"What is the cost of extracting coal from the ground or oil production," he asked. "Solar energy is free, energy everyday. You think about it in dollars and it won't make sense."


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Monday, January 11, 2010
Smoked Sausage, Rice and Mushroom Soup/Stew
Smoked Sausage, Rice and Mushroom Soup/Stew
1 pkg (6 oz) long grain and wild rice (I used Uncle Ben's flavored with garlic and olive oil)
1/2 lb. fully cooked smoked sausage (I used smoked turkey sausage)
1 TBSP plus 2 tsp olive oil, divided
1 1/2 cups onion, diced
10 oz mushrooms, sliced
salt and pepper
1/2 tsp tarragon
1/4 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
3 cups chicken broth
2 TBSP corn starch
1/3 cup half & half (I used fat free)
green onions for garnish
Make rice per package instructions but do not use the butter that is recommended. Set aside.
Slice sausage in half lengthwise then dice into 1/2" pieces. Heat one TBSP olive oil in soup pot. Add sausage pieces and brown, 3-5 minutes. Remove from pot with slotted spoon to paper towel. Set aside.
Add remaining two tsp olive oil to pot. Add onions and mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper, tarragon and thyme. Saute until onions have softened and mushrooms have given up their liquid, 5-7 minutes. Add chicken broth and Worchestershire sauce. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Dissolve cornstarch in a tablespoon or two of cold water. Slowly add the cornstarch mixture to the soup. Continue to boil for a minute or two. Reduce heat a bit and stir in the reserved rice and sausage. Turn off heat and add half & half. Serve in soup bowls and garnish with sliced green onions.
*Disclaimer: This is not a Rachael Ray recipe. (But it's tasty enough to be!)
18 comments:
- Moogie said...
Yum... girl. Are you keeping warm?
- January 11, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- All Our Fingers in the Pie said...
I have never seen fat-free half and half. I guess I have had blinders on! I love smoked sausage but never thought to make a stoup with them.
- January 11, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Frieda said...
My hubby won't eat soup or stew unless it's in a bread bowl...go figure! This looks hearty enough to forgo the bread bowl~
- January 11, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- Velva said...
This hearty soup looks delicious. In fact, on these chily days, this soup would warm the body and satisfy the soul. Awesome!
- January 11, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
That does look yumo with a splash of cream! Perfect for a cold winter's night!
- January 11, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- A Year on the Grill said...
yum sounding... you did your best to cut the fat out... for us in moderation mode... but where on earth can you find fat free half and half... what's the other half if not fat???
- January 12, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- Debbie said...
Love sausage in stews, it just gives it such flavor! Great recipe!
- January 12, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Karen said...
Nice, easy soup for a quick dinner... just add bread ;)
- January 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Lea said...
Beautiful looking soup - couldn't you just brown the sausage without the oil? I would think it has enough added fat to do that - not sure... but olive oil is heart healthy and does add good flavor! So it is a win win situation... hmmmm choices - I love choices!!! You make me smile, Mags - you really do!
- January 12, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- stephchows said...
lol... made up words are only fun when not shouted on national tv :D
- January 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- comfycook said...
This soup is a meal. I can't imagine eating much with it. Maybe a light salad.
I have not eaten sausage in a dozen years and recently (now that we are cutting back on meat) I discovered how to use it, in such interesting ways.
I have to save this one to make in the future. It looks so good.
- January 12, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- Pam said...
That looks so rich!
- January 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Mags said...
Moogie: The weekend was bitter but we're starting to warm up a little bit now.
All our fingers: You could also use evaporated milk instead of the half & half.
Frieda: It is hearty, but wow, how delicious it would taste in a bread bowl.
Velva: It definitely is satisfying to both body and soul.
Barbara: Exactly!
A Year: Land-O-Lakes makes fat free half & half. Great for coffee too!
Debbie: Thanks!
Karen: Bread to sop it up, definitely. Thanks for commenting.
Lea: I used turkey sausage so it was lean enough to need a little oil to get it browned without burning. It's so nice to know I make you smile!!
Steph: LOL... exactly!
comfycook: Yes, it's a meal in itself.
Pam: It tasted rich, but without all those calories that usually accompany rich.
- January 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Hehe... all of your Rachael Ray references made me chuckle. Looks like a tasty dish to me!
- January 12, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- June said...
Watch out RR - here comes Magnificent Mags! This looks truly delicious!
- January 13, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Sherylyn said...
Looks SO yummy, I think I will be making this one or some version thereof!
- January 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Juley B. said...
I made this the other night and it was so good. I had some left over sour cream so added that instead of the 1/2 and 1/2 and I used a whole box of chicken broth. Rather than buy fresh herbs I used some herbes de provence and it was great. I loved the flavor. I told my husband that it was so good and looked so nice that I wouldn't be afraid to fix that for company. Good work!
- January 14, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Hannah said...
This looks so unique and delicious! Mushrooms are my favorite food, and I love recipes that move beyond the usual. :-)
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The original proposal, calling for 315 apartments on a 22-acre parcel on the southwest corner of Deer Hill and Pleasant Hill Roads met so much resistance that it evolved into the Homes at Deer Hill -- 44 single-family homes replacing 19 apartment buildings.
Monday marked the latest session before the planning commission, for review of a supplemental environmental impact report. Still ahead are more public hearings, appearances before a parade of commissions (Circulation, Design Review and Parks, Trails and Recreation), and presumably a late 2014 date with the City Council. Many hurdles remain before shovels go into the ground.
At the urging of Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles, who knows a thing or two about speaking her mind, the council is exploring legal means of silencing speakers who launch inappropriate verbal attacks -- so-called "hate speech" -- by threatening them with bans from future meetings.
It's hard to say whether this will be a viable option. No one's ever tried introducing decorum into a Richmond council meeting.
A lawsuit filed by Bay Area Citizens, attacking as too severe the regional growth plan passed by the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, was rejected by Alameda Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo.
Plan Bay Area urges housing growth near transit centers, which Grillo didn't seem to think was such a crazy idea.
Never heard of Movoto? It's a San Mateo-based "full-service real estate brokerage that provides customers with search tools and information on top agents." In this case, the search tool was the FBI's 2012 Uniform Crime Report.
These efforts will undoubtedly generate well-financed opposition from the beverage industry, but advocates in both cities think voters will be smart enough to see through the advertising blitz.
They're apparently not smart enough to quit drinking sugary beverages, just smart enough to make themselves pay more for the privilege.
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Obviously there is some interest. Just a matter of when. In the 1GAM thread, Senekis suggested that we do a monthly GiTD, so it could serve as the basis for your monthly finished game.
Kewry, RTL_Shadow and Halysia said they liked the idea (3 following posts), but what about everyone else? If we do it once a month, December's GiTD contest will be #39.
That said, if there is a monthly contest, #29 it would start on the 31st of January (a Thursday) and go till the 10th (a Sunday) or start it the following week, since I think everyone would find it preferable to start GiTD as early in the month as possible.
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THE Royal monopoly of postal deliveries is about as antique as any monopoly. It predates the assumption that money has to be exclusively issued by the state mint the Crowns. It predates the assumption that disputes could only be resolved by the state courts the Crowns.
Now the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI ) is to relax this inhibition and licence postal services in Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. We ought to welcome this small liberalisation but why is it so tentative? Why is it so timid? A duopoly is marginally better than a crude monopoly but why not just liberalise? Why not let us just have an open market in letters?
The recent discovery at the Roman garrison of Vindolanda, near Carlisle, of fragile letters illuminates the nature of the state. Imperial Rome had a courier service. How could it not? Imperial authority had to relay its instructions across its territories. Its far-flung staff had to convey messages back including gold and other booty from war or trade.
This transmission of both money and information hints at the reasons the British state, like every other one, has long been jealous of the monopoly of the Royal Mail. It was both an instrument of competence and once a major source of revenue. We do not readily see the pretty stamps we stick on envelopes as taxes, but that is what they are they are simply tax receipts.
The history books do not seem to agree on the origins of the Royal Mail. We know that Elizabeth Is head of espionage, Robert Walsingham, sought the authority to open anyones mail to eavesdrop on Catholic conspirators (such as the Blundells of south west Lancashire), the Tudor equivalent of Islamic terrorists. The court had to have a delivery mechanism to send instructions to servants of the Crown on the latest twist of the states ever more convoluted logic.
Now modern technology has rendered a state postal monopoly redundant. The state can now speak to all its agencies by phone, fax and e-mail and the long, lucrative letter privilege has now rusted into a liability. It is a measure of the Post Offices widespread ineptitude that it can convert such an advantage into a loss-making prospect. Competition is needed urgently.
The Post Office plc does not make a profit. As a tax it has ceased to be a source of revenue. The Royal Mail survives on the occasional cash infusion directly to itself, or to its pension fund. A once-mighty, proud and really rather competent entity has dissolved into a flawed, fractious and expensive folly. The Post Office is simply an unreformed nationalised industry.
It seems Margaret Thatcher, with an affection for the long-gone Post Office of Grantham, regarded the Royal Mail in some sense as an adjunct of the monarchy which must be preserved. She had a blind spot about this creaking entity while she was busy brushing away the privileges of all the other nationalised industries.
I have to agree that in the brief moments when the postal monopoly has been lifted at times of strikes, the private stamps have tended to carry adverts. I tried to build a collection of such stamps, but Stanley Gibbons disapproved. Maybe the Competition Commission should investigate its market dominance?
The new licensee in the three experimental cities is TNT. It is a model of competence at courier services and can be taught no new tricks by Post Office executives. We can see a faithful parallel in America where Federal Express, led by the brilliant Fred Smith, is regarded as hyper-competent compared to the bureaucratised US Mail.
Much of the contemporary defence of the postal monopoly is in camouflage as a social service. It is argued that our remote communities would go unserved. The vast Post Office is thus a redistributive force balancing the advantages of urban life with the needs of far flung islands and glens.
I never understand the integrity of this notion. Nobody proposes a Royal Grocery Service still less a Royal Newspaper Delivery Agency or, before we all went to supermarkets, a Royal Milk Service. We may all be on amiable terms with our own postmen but this is not a cuddly national presence it is the state suppressing competition.
There is a huge paradox at the heart of this topic. My guess is the main beneficiary of full liberalisation would be the Post Office itself. The managers could sweep away the restrictive practises and ensure all sorting was electronic and no longer manual. They have a constellation of fine sites and as many red vans as they want. Just as BT, the descendant of the General Post Offices phone service, was transformed by being stripped of its monopoly in 1983, so a liberated Post Office could be a triumph.
Competition is a benevolent force. Once everyone is free to deliver letters without the current threat of fines or imprisonment we may find lots of people performing new roles we cannot begin to imagine without the discovery process of the market place.
As matters stand, the UK direct marketing industry is flourishing and outpaces newspaper and broadcasting advertising budgets. The direct mailing firms will enjoy a surge of activity the moment they are able to deliver personalised messages to all of us at a fraction of the Royal Mails prices.
For commercial businesses, such as banks and insurance companies, far cheaper letter rates will be a huge boon. Mail still represents their greatest costs after salaries. Indeed I offer the prediction that once mail competition was permitted, and prices tumbled, the share prices of major users would register this new landscape. So, instead of transfusing millions into the Royal Mails pension fund, just get the trustees to switch their equity holdings into companies no longer constricted by their monopoly. Talk about lateral thinking.
In this new world, humble envelopes would reduce prices if they were adapted as a new advertising medium, as well as the stamps. I am in error if I pretend to know how a competitive mail market might evolve. Nobody knows. This is the essence of competition it is a process of experimentation and discovery.
I applaud the TNT initiative. Yet it is far too limited. Imagine the friction once the TNT orange vans and post boxes are open for trade. They will have to decline Manchester mail to Oldham or Bury. Glasgow boxes will have to refuse letters to Paisley or Dumbarton. It is entirely ridiculous. It is not defensible. It is not sustainable. It will collapse.
I ought to acknowledge that we are seeing this ancient glacial monopoly melted by a Labour minister when successive Tory ministers funked any reform. Yet why such a cautious liberalisation? Just let anyone carry letters for anyone else. As the Scottish poet Robert Burns so wisely remarked: The only truly urgent letters are cheques and love letters. We do not care who delivers them - only that they get delivered.
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EDITORIAL: Bill Battle has the credentials to be a success
Published: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 11:29 p.m.
If University of Alabama President Judy Bonner was looking for someone with similarities to Mal Moore to fill the athletic director's position, in many ways it appears that she found him.
Bill Battle comes from the same era of Alabama football as Moore. He was a member of legendary coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant's 1961 national championship team.
It is also well known that Battle, like Moore, was among Bryant's favorite protégés. Battle served as the University of Tennessee's head coach from 1970-1976. He had some highly successful years there.
Familiarity with football is important when running an athletic department. Football is the cash cow that provides the entire department with the money it needs to operate.
But, unlike Moore, Battle left the coaching profession after his days at Tennessee, never to return. While he continued to be associated with athletics, it was not as a coach or as a college administrator.
Battle founded Collegiate Licensing Co., which put him at the cutting edge of what has become an important income stream for college athletic departments. In addition, trademark protection has helped colleges guard their image.
Battle's business experience is an important asset when it comes to operating what amounts to a large and expensive business. Like other major college athletic programs, UA spends tens of millions of dollars a year on its athletic teams.
Having overlapping experience with football and business will serve Battle well with another important athletic department duty. The athletic director spends much of his time with fundraising. Battle's business and football connections should make him effective in that role.
Despite his pedigree and glossy resume, however, there are some unanswered questions about Battle. First is his age. At 71 years old, he is not young. That raises the question, how long will he serve? Is Battle's tenure merely a stopgap measure necessitated by Moore's unexpected departure?
If so, plans should be drawn for another transition in the not-too-distant future. It becomes even more important considering that UA System Chancellor Robert Witt and Bonner are likely approaching the end of their careers and three very important positions could be in transition in a relatively short time.
It would be surprising if University of Alabama alumni and fans were not somewhat anxious about the transition. This is the best of times for UA athletics and nobody likes change when things are going well.
Changes in athletic directors are notoriously bad news when things are going well. Gene Stallings' departure from Alabama and Steve Spurrier's exit from the University of Florida are proof of that.
Battle's credentials say that he has what it takes to succeed as UA's athletic director. We hope that he can negotiate the complex fabric of personalities and circumstances to find that success.
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Not every workout DVD is painfully cheesy. Want proof? This new crop will keep you entertained while getting the job done
There's something truly motivational about celebrity fitness guru Kristin McGee. Her energy is infections -- you can't help but want to work out when she's around (which probably explains why celebs like Tina Fey, LeAnn Rimes, and Bethenny Frankel all train with her). She already has a dozen yoga and Pilates DVDs to her credit, but her latest one -- which just launched in September -- is her best yet.
The DVD is broken down into three 25-minute workouts: yoga with weights, Pilates, and yoga flow. Plus, there's a bonus five minutes of cardio. We recommend mixing up the order and combination each day to keep from getting bored.
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Thursday's letters: Lack of concern
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 6:40 p.m.
To the editor: Mr. President, I am a confused citizen. I hear some voices in the government express, at times, extreme concern over our national debt and deficit. So far, I only hear from you that you might be open to sensible ideas for reducing our national spending.
But really, Mr. President, I am not concerned about the numbers per se. What I am confused about is the level of concern over the debt and deficit displayed by you. Here are my questions: Are the people who say are the debt and deficits will take us down the road to Argentina (check out what happened to Argentina in the 1980s) all wrong? If so, why?
If those same people who are concerned about the debt and deficit are right, then why do they have to threaten terrible actions like leading the nation to default on its obligations to its citizens? If they are anywhere near right, I would have thought you would be proposing just as many ideas as them to reduce our debt and deficit.
Since we dont see any passion from you on this matter, we must assume you dont see any problem. But why?
Jack Harshbarger
Voter ID
To the editor: Im very concerned about the push around the country to implement Voter ID requirements.
Some of the legislators pushing voters ID are the same ones who claim they are concerned about fiscal responsibility. They have some explaining to do! Voter ID could cost millions of tax dollars to implement properly and could put new financial burdens on local governments. This could mean increases in property taxes. Is voter ID worth our tax dollars?
Across the country, plans to pass voter ID and other voting restrictions have been exposed as attempts by politicians to make it harder for some people to vote. Voter restrictions disproportionately impact seniors, veterans, African-Americans, low-income voters and young people. Talk about voter fraud! Voters choose politicians, not the other way around!
Voter ID and other restrictions on voting are a distraction from the real issues we need all of our elected leaders to focus on. If they are really concerned about the fairness of our elections, politicians should invest in our election infrastructure at minimum, for example, getting computers with Internet access in all polling places! And then tackle the problem of money in politics and our unfair redistricting system.
Isabel Cutler
A long-term fix
To the editor: As a resident of Fifth Avenue, I appreciate Hendersonville City Councils awareness of the speeding problem between Blythe and Justice streets.
I have lived here for 11 years and have seen the speeding problems escalate each year. There has been an occasional police/radar presence and posting of the digital speed sign, both of which have worked short term. We need a long-term fix.
I see the solutions proposed by City Council as unacceptable for the following reasons:
u Accessing our vehicles on the street is dangerous.
u Elderly residents and children would have difficulty crossing the street.
u Some cars that have been parked on the street incurred damage.
u Cars parked on the side of the street block the view of oncoming traffic, which is most often traveling well over the posted speed limit.
u The improvements to this area of Fifth Avenue have added additional traffic.
As a taxpayer and concerned citizen, I feel that it is the responsibility of our local government body to keep our neighborhood safe by developing and implementing a viable solution such as speed bumps, crosswalks, additional four-way stops, and/or enforcement of the speed limit by issuing citations to violators.
Sue Newcomb
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Man shows off Guinness' tallest mohawk in NYC park
Published: Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:40 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:40 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — Guinness World Records is calling it the tallest mohawk in the world.
A fashion designer from Tokyo showed off his 3-foot-8.6-inch hairdo in a New York City park on Wednesday.
Forty-year-old Kazuhiro Watanabe (kah-zoo-HEE'-roh wah-tah-NAH'-bee) says he's been growing the hair for 15 years. He says to make it stand upright it takes stylists two hours, one can of gel and three cans of hairspray. He says he wanted to grow the mohawk to rebel against the conformity of Japanese society.
Watanabe has held the title since January 2011.
His appearance in Washington Square Park was to promote the newest version of the Guinness World Records book, which for the first time includes him.
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Definition of Madurese in English:
noun (plural same)
1A native or inhabitant of the island of Madura in Indonesia.
Example sentences
- Ali Mumin, a Madurese who has been living in Bali for 10 years, said Idul Fitri celebrations on the island were still less joyous than in his hometown.
- There are many Kalimantan people living in East Java and there are many East Javanese, including Madurese, living in Kalimantan.
- The range of ethnic groups is vast but the principal ones are: Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Balinese, Ambon.
2 [mass noun] An Indonesian language spoken by over 12 million people in Madura and nearby parts of Java.
Example sentences
- The main language of Madura is Madurese, which is also spoken in part of eastern Java and on many of the 66 outlying islands.
- The three major languages spoken on Java are Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese.
Relating to the inhabitants of Madura or their language.
Example sentences
- While their menfolk were at sea, Madurese women made batik at home; this is the familiar story about Madurese batik.
- Born in Malang of Madurese parents, Rizza was the fifth of nine children.
- The Madurese settlers are just a small part of the population among the Dayak, Malay and Chinese communities of Kalimantan.
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Now that
Helicobacter pylori
has been identified as a major cause of peptic ulcers, the usefulness of making certain lifestyle changes has been called into question. Still, some lifestyle changes may decrease your production of stomach acid, decrease your susceptibility to peptic ulcers, and help you control your symptoms. Smoking cessation is considered essential in reducing the development and symptoms of peptic ulcers.
General Guidelines
Managing Peptic Ulcers
Stop Smoking
Some studies show that cigarette smokers have a higher risk of peptic ulcers. These studies have also shown that ulcers in cigarette smokers heal more slowly and have a greater chance of recurring. If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to help yourself stop.
Don't Abuse Alcohol
Heavy alcohol use has been linked to an increased risk of peptic ulcers. Drinking alcohol while you are taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can greatly increase your risk of stomach irritation and peptic ulcer development. Alcohol may also worsen your symptoms if you already have a peptic ulcer.
When to Contact Your Doctor
Always call your doctor if:
H. pylori
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Meurer LN, Bower DJ. Management of
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Understanding peptic ulcer disease.
American Gastroenterological Association website. Available at:
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China was the birthplace of porcelain more than 2,000 years ago, and its legacy of producing the world's finest porcelain continues today. We went back to the source, seeking out China's most esteemed artisans to create our dinnerware collection – defined by perfect proportions, clean lines and distinctive color glazing. The pieces are individually hand dipped, an artisanal process that creates organic variations in color that are unique to each piece and every place setting. Made from an exclusive blend of premium clays, the pieces are kiln-fired at 1300°C to enhance their inherent durability and strength. This is porcelain in the great Chinese tradition.
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Though a new event for Volvo CE, the Innovation Forum builds upon a similar event that took place in 2011. Now set to be held on a regular basis, the forum presents Volvo CE as a dynamic company whose culture of innovation sets it apart from competitors. While other companies may place an emphasis on technology, only Volvo's innovation model is intertwined with a company culture of working with energy, passion and respect for individuals — known as the Volvo Way. Volvo innovation focuses on customers' needs while nurturing and developing the innovative abilities of every employee through a bottom-up approach: no matter their roles, everyone's input and ideas are valuable.
The daylong forum included work stations detailing six areas of Volvo CE innovation, as well as a factory tour and a manufacturing innovation session. It concluded with a dinner.
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The McPherson High girls swim team continued their winning ways Thursday at Salina, with MHS' Cheyenne Regier and Smoky Valley's Clair Denk both qualifying for state in two more races in the Salina South Invitational.
McPherson coach Bonnie Sue Fisher said Regier swam her best 100-yard butterfly of the year, finishing the race in 1:11.36 to claim fifth and qualify for the state meet in May.
Denk, meanwhile, took second in the 50 freestyle with a state qualifying time of 26.58 seconds. She also took first in the 100 freestyle, swimming it in 58.17 seconds, which was faster than her previous state qualifying time in that race.
The two combined with Sarah Almquist and Shea Cook to finish second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:52.72.
Fisher also praised Almquist's lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay, swimming the backstroke in a time of 33.94 seconds. Denk, Regier and Alex Underwood swam the other three legs of the relay in a total time of 2:06.90, claiming second place.
"Our first three meets have really tested the whole team, as they have now faced most of the teams that they will be swimming against the rest of the season," Fisher said. "That gives them a better idea of what they are going to have to do to place at the AVCTL and State meets next month."
Fisher said the focus now will be staying mentally tough for State.
"It's out biggest challenge the next four weeks," Fisher said. "We will be increasing our yardage in practice and will be competing the next four meets physically tired."
The team's next meet is Tuesday at Newton.
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Hitler's meetings with Antonescu and Horthy in April 1943 (paragraphs 5.199-214 above)
13.42 I regard the issue raised by the criticisms of Irving's accounts of these meetings as important in assessing Irving's historiography. It appears to me to be significant that there exist minutes of both meetings taken by officials who (as I believe Irving accepted) had no reason to obfuscate the effect of what was said.
13.43 I am satisfied that the Defendants' criticisms of Irving's treatment of the evidence relating to the meeting with Antonescu and, more particularly, with Horthy have substance. In assessing the evidence it appears to me that an objective historian would take into consideration, firstly, Hitler's apparent objective in meeting the two leaders: it was to enable the Nazis to get their hands on the Romanian and Hungarian Jews respectively. Such an historian would ponder whether the language of the minutes can be said to be consistent with a desire on the part of the Nazis to secure the deportation of the Jews and nothing more. He would also have in mind the subsequent history of the Romanian and Hungarian Jews.
13.44 It does not appear to me that, in relation to these meetings, Irving approached the evidence in an objective manner. His account of the meeting with Antonescu was partial and on that account misleading. In relation to the meeting with Horthy, Irving failed to heed what appears to me to be powerful evidence that on the second day, 17 April, both Hitler and Ribbentrop spoke in uncompromising and unequivocal terms about their genocidal intentions in regard to the Hungarian Jews. Irving was constrained to accept that the pretext which he put forward for the meeting with Horthy (the Warsaw ghetto uprising which happened afterwards) was false, as was his explanation for the harsh attitude evinced by Hitler at the meeting (recent Allied bombing raids). I was not persuaded that Irving had any satisfactory explanation for his transposition from 16 to 17 April of Hitler's comforting remark, made on 16 April, that there was no need for the murder or elimination of the Hungarian Jews. In my judgment Irving materially perverts the evidence of what passed between the Nazis and Horthy on 17 April.
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ANNA MARIA - A woman walking her dog by The Birds Nest vacation apartments on Anna Maria Island got a shock when she saw an exotic snake slither from under a hot tub deck Monday. After her husband spotted the snake, the couple called Wildlife Inc., but the 6-foot creature with a large head was gone by the time representatives arrived.
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Exotic snakes are not native to Florida, but in past decades species like the Burmese python have overrun areas like the Everglades. Hurd said most likely the snake was a lost pet, because there have been few cases of exotic snakes found in Manatee County.
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4.1-11 Receiving Kickbacks -- § 53a-161c (a) (3)
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The defendant is charged [in count ___] with receiving kickbacks. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of receiving kickbacks when (he/she) by (force / intimidation / threat) induces another person who has a contract with the state to give up any part of the compensation to which such other person is entitled.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Inducement
The first element is that the defendant induced another person to give up any compensation to which the other person was entitled. "Induce" means to move to action by persuasion or by influence.
For purposes of this statute, "person" means a human being and, where appropriate, a public or private corporation, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, a partnership, or a government or a governmental instrumentality.
The state must also prove beyond a reasonable doubt that by (his/her) actions the defendant specifically intended to induce the other person to give up compensation to which the other person was entitled. A person acts "intentionally" with respect to a result when (his/her) conscious objective is to cause such result. <See Intent: Specific, Instruction 2.3-1.>
Element 2 - Contract
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Element 3 -
The third element is that the defendant used (force / intimidation / threat) against the other person. <Insert the applicable definitions:>
"Use of force" means use of a dangerous instrument or use of actual physical force or violence or superior physical strength against another person. "Dangerous instrument" means any instrument, article or substance which, under the circumstances in which it is used or attempted or threatened to be used, is capable of causing death or serious physical injury. "Serious physical injury" means physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health or serious loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ. It is important to note that the article need not be inherently dangerous; all that is required is that the article was capable of causing death or serious physical injury under the circumstances in which it was used. Any article or substance, without limitation and even though harmless under normal use, may be found by you to be a dangerous instrument if, under the circumstances of its use or threatened or attempted use, it is capable of producing serious physical injury or death. The state need not prove that in fact death or serious physical injury resulted, only that the instrument had that potential under the circumstances.
"Intimidation" means unlawful coercion, unlawful threats, or extortion.1
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant induced <insert name of person> to give up any compensation to which the other person was entitled, 2) <insert name of person> had a contract with the state, and 3) the defendant used (force / intimidation / threat) against <insert name of person>.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of
receiving kickbacks, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other
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reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not
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So you've got your GNU/Linux based box. You've installed the base system and you're good to go. Welcome to the world of freedom. But then what? How do you determine what packages to install. How do you decide which of the alternatives to go with?
Package managers
I accept that the obvious answer here is to find your software in the package management tools provided by your distribution, but that may not help very much. Take Debian for example: excellent package management via dpkg, apt and associated tools but you still have something in excess of 20,000 packages to deal with. Whilst many of those will be libraries, data files and the like, it still leaves you with a lot of applications from which to choose. No matter how simple a package manager will make the installation of software, it doesn't always help that much with choosing it in the first place. Even if you use the search tools in the package manager you are still left with a decision between the various options presented in the results.
Take web browsers as a ubiquitous example. Search with apt-cache for a web browser and (once you've filtered out the libraries and plugins) you're left with a lot of possibilities to choose from ranging from text-based browsers like lynx, links or elinks up to high-end GUI ones like Firefox/Iceweasel, Konqueror and Chrome. Which one do you choose and why?
What if you want to do some graphic editing. Once you've gotten past questions like "vector or bitmap?" you need to decide on things like format, MDI and compatibility with other tools. How?
In the past when I've wanted to look for a free software tool to perform a certain job I've gone to sourceforge. It is still one of the most comprehensive lists of free software applications around, and even if I then end up installing from my package manager I still like to look at the sourceforge information while choosing. The problem is that whereas Sourceforge could once be guaranteed to include more applications for GNU/Linux than other platforms, these days -- thanks to the ever-growing popularity of free licences -- you can find a greater number of applications for Windows and Mac systems. This fact is great news and long may it continue but it does lower the signal-to-noise ratio somewhat and that makes it a less useful tool in this context.
So what do you use?
So how do you find and choose your free software? Do you simply go for the first package your package manager returns? Do you select the one you've heard of? Perhaps you ask somebody else what they use or maybe you look for articles in places like FSM? Whatever it is I doubt it's intuitive and I suspect it will be a tried and trusted technique you have honed over time. When somebody enters what they consider to be a brave new world of free software and they move beyond their first toddle of installing from a LiveCD how do they decide on the software they use? Do we as a community have any obligation to help them in that choice and if so how do we do it?
When somebody enters the brave new world of free software how do they decide on the software they use?
I'm not sure that recommendations in terms of voting works very well here, as it soon becomes a popularity contest and the ones at the top have a greater chance of attracting more votes simply because they are at the top. Should there be some way to have the system recommend software to you based on the usage of what you already have installed? Trying a new package just for the hell of it can be fun but again it's a question of making the decision in the first place. Maybe a system could be developed that recommends packages for you to try based again on your currently installed packages and their usage history. I should again reiterate that I am largely talking about applications here not libraries and the like. One thing to add to all this by the way is the duty of care upon packagers and developers to include useful information in the description fields for packages. I grow tired of descriptions which repeat the packages name with spaces and punctuation. While we're at it how about some documentation. almost 20 years after Linus' announcement and we're still saying the same things. You think we'd learn and grow! If you want people to use your package (including those who might understand it) then make something more than a default man page and give it a proper description.
Free software is still best
Unfortunately I don't have any answers here beyond the suggestions above and I appreciate an article like this is often fuel for the "free software is confusing because the amount of choice" argument. Don't get me wrong though. I like having this much choice, I like that I can prefer to use one application while somebody else can prefer another. I just wish sometimes it was easier to make an informed choice.
Package manager, or Google what I need
Almost always use the package manager. When I go about choosing what software I want I'll search with a keyword like say: Graphic editing, ogg, web browser, etc. But other times I read what it was online somewhere, and go investigate it. And the descriptions for the package can also be unhelpful. But if it seems like it can do the job, usually I install it, test it, and either use it or remove/leave it.
"[...]lynx, links or elinks up to high-end GUI ones like Firefox/Iceweasel, Konqueror and Chrome. Which one do you choose and why?"
GNU IceCat, updated more than Iceweasel (at the time of this writing), and more libre than Firefox.
My process...
apt-cache search keyword keyword keyword...
web search for concepts to build a keyword list
wikipedia article on general concept ("content management system" etc). Look for "list" or "comparison" pages (there are lots of these).
sourceforge -- remember, the search system ("trove" classification) allows you to specify platform, so you don't have to worry about false leads
word of mouth -- find a forum related to topic and ask
My recommendation...
I have to struggle with 3 worlds these days: Windows, Linux and FreeBSD and maintaining the cross-compatibility is sometimes a bit of a hassle.
First, the recommended install mechanism is through the packages manager (dpkg, portinstall, emerge, xxx.msi.... whatever your system supports). It usually takes care of all the dependencies, which are the real burden. But this will be the final stage to get the app on the system.
Sourceforge is a great place to maintain your application but I would not use it for package selection because it is not the only place to find the software you need and the signal-to-noise ratio in the selection process is not ideal and there is no hint about the quality of the package. Anyway, your package maintenance application will get the application from there if it is.
The best place, in my personal opinion, are the words "tutorial" and "howto" in Google, as this will return a number of articles that discuss the complexity of the configuration process - which can be a significant criterion for the selection. Beware that these articles are always biased, as all try to convince you that their package is the best so take it with a pinch of salt. Finally, user-group forums tend to share a lot of insight and may be the best clue for success.
Keep in mind that the applications you want to use may require some level of compatibility with other users and their opinion is probably worth more than anything else. The best choice is not always the best quality application in the market... Unfortunate but true.
Sourceforge = bleeding edge
You're right that Sourceforge can present a "signal to noise" problem.
My principal use of Sourceforge (and other development sites) is to find "bleeding edge" software -- the stuff that's still in development and so it's really up to date and has cool new features, but is probably broken half the time. This is a lot of trouble to maintain -- but there are situations in which it's worth the hassle:
1) Development -- when you are designing your own software, and you want it to interact with next years' applications
2) Tools -- when you can't find them anywhere else, and you really need a special tool or features that don't exist in a stable package
3) Research -- when you just want to know what's coming in the future
4) Giving Back -- when you want to either help develop the software, or you want to contribute to the testing and debugging of the software to make it stable
If I just need basic functionality, though, I stick to my package manager and the Debian distribution (although I do use a few "unofficial" archives, like the "Debian Multimedia" distribution for more up-to-date versions of multimedia authoring tools).
Knowing what works
My problem with the package manager is knowing how active a project it is (e.g. how recent is the latest version) and how well it works. Even very crude voting would give me something to go on.
So I tend to check package manager early in the search, but also do a web search, and look for comments on Identi.ca and maybe Twitter before I install.
I'll sometimes look at SourceForge, but I don't compile my own packages (with rare exceptions) - SourceForge is usually very confusing for regular users, especially those without years of experience.
Chris Watkins
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Yes you're right I find the same problem. To be honest voting wouldn't help me as I'd be more interested in how fresh a project is than how popular. That's why I tend to use Sourceforge for finding and apt for installing. Sometimes of course I will just search on a keyphrase and install the first one apt suggests. It's kind of like russian roulette if you're running Sid ;)
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When Ian Clark headed to East Vail last week to paint, he didn't know if he'd end up focusing on the changing aspen leaves, the jagged Gore Range peaks, or something else entirely. When a few bikers rode by, he snapped a couple of reference photos with his camera and then picked up his paintbrush.
"There might not have been any bikers and it could have been a completely different painting," he said.
Clark is a plein air oil painter who lives in Gypsum but paints around the Vail Valley and beyond - in Carbondale, Leadville and Paonia to name a few. He paints en plein aire - outdoors - about 80 percent of the time, he estimates.
"There's a certain expression of life that can't be duplicated in the studio; what you see in nature is obviously much more profound than a photograph," he said.
This past summer, Clark found himself painting a lot of bicycle scenes, in part because there's a prevalent "bike culture" here, which means there's plenty of subject matter, and also because they've sold well.
"I work from Carbondale part time and that place is amazing, full of old cruisers and people who like to bike all the time," he said. "They have these full moon parties where they dress up their bikes and do a parade around town."
This summer at Boom Days in Leadville, Clark saw a man pedaling an old timey bike with a huge front wheel and small back wheel, called a penny-farthing.
"A guy came by my tent (at the farmeer's market in Leadville) and said 'hey, that's my brother,'" pointing at the painting, Clark said. "He kept coming by and the last day of the farmer's market he bought it."
This week, Clark installed a dozen or so paintings at the Alpine Arts Center in Edwards, where they'll be on display through November. The exhibit is called "Impressions." A few bike-themed paintings are on display, along with a selection of landscape and still-life paintings. The Alpine Arts Center will host a reception for the exhibit on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.
"He has loose brushstrokes, and has that impressionist style," said Lauren Merrill, the owner of the Alpine Arts Center. "I like that his work has a freshness to it. He captures really interesting scenes. He has one piece that is called 'Hanging out in Paonia': it has a really nice scene of flowers in a yard, a clothes line hanging off of a house - something you don't see everyday in Vail."
Clark has lived in Eagle County for two decades, and been painting full time for 12 years. He sells his work at Walt Horton Fine Art in Beaver Creek, as well as at the Vail and Leadville farmer's markets during the summers.
Clark taught skiing when he first moved out here, and did his stint as a ski bum.
"I realized I needed something more year round, something I was passionate about," he said. "Life is timing. We're not necessarily in control all the time of where our destiny lies. I came to one of those bridges in life where you have to do what you like to do, and for me, that was the reason to pick up a paintbrush and do art full time."
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