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2013 marks the 5th anniversary of Reign of Fury vocalist Bison Steed's recovery from testicular cancer. In recognition of those who saved him, those who have suffered like him, and those who can avoid the same ordeal, we're organising a UK tour in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust to raise funds and more importantly awareness of testicular cancer.
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Def-Con-One's influences cover a wide variation of music from old school rock to modern metal and proper punk music. Def-Con-One pulls on their real life experiences to write their songs, to make the content of the lyrics believable, tangible and allowing the listener to relate to them.
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When wide-eyed Irène (Audrey Tautou), a horoscope-believing, hopeless romantic, exchanges glances with a young restaurateur on a train, it's love at first sight. But they'll continually intersect -- through dozens of other people's lives -- before they meet. French writer-director Laurent Firode's fanciful, "What if?" film co-stars Faudel, Eric Savin, Lysiane Meis, Eric Feldman and Nathalie Besançon.

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Issue No.03 - May/June (1989 vol.9)
pp: 14-19
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.28106

The use of visualization to study both field-collected and simulated oceanographic data is discussed. An overview is presented of three programs in which visualization has provided important insight or technology. The diverse technology used-animation, computer vision, and synthesis of signal processing, image processing, and display-illustrate the variety of methodologies that are increasing knowledge about the ocean environment.

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Hi all,
I've been using Fireworks CS5 and just moved to Lion. I find that on every launch, FW opens all the files that I was using in my last session. Is there any way to turn this off? I've checked the Preferences and Google also the forums on help.adobe.com. any clues?
I'm currently reviewing best/most efficient tools for a large UX production environment and would be interested in hearing experiences from other UXers who have been down this well worn path before.The ideal solution for me would be one single tool that:1. Generates greyscale wires (with a good widget library)2. Outputs them in semi decent html for testing3. Lets designers work out of the same file so they can switch out elements4. Has a built in team review tool
I'm looking around for a one or two day course focusing on Adobe Fireworks. Any where from San Jose to San Francisco would work.
Thanks for any leads,
I've been working as an interaction designer for less than a year (student, interning) and have struggled with finding a good tool to use for creating product flows. Programs like Fireworks and Flash Catalyst are great for making clickable prototypes. And programs like Visio are decent for creating flowcharts showing the overall organization of an application. But the two remain largely separated.
After reading through Zaki Warfel's Prototyping, I hoped it would shed light on the most effective techniques. It was a very good read and included some invaluable insights on progressively iterating from paper models to high fidelity designs. It's led me to make some assertions about prototyping tools...
I was wondering if anyone has extensive experience with specifically the new Interactive features of InDesign CS5. I am an avid Fireworks user, but I was recently informed that InDesign, in this latest release may be the application to beat. I have played around and found the new object states, animation (presets only) e.t.c in the Interactive section interesting.
For one of our clients I am asked to create a 'clickable demo' for usability testing. I've started this thread to ask you guys what tools you use/prefer/advice to create clickable demos (including arguments would do best). The project is about a recruitment section of a corporate site and will include pretty much dynamic content and some flash elements.
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- Sweet Cheeks' menu represents the best of Chef Tiffani Faison's own family dinner table. Southern recipes passed down from her mother mean down-home dishes like fried okra with pimento cheese, steak-fried chicken and chocolate hazelnut mousse.
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings today called the jobs skills mismatch across the city the "big elephant in the room."
"You have one of the fastest growing economies, one of the richest cities in the nation - you have what I call a lot of haves," Rawlings said at a news conference today to launch JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s News Skills at Work program in Dallas. "Then you have so many on the have nots side."
Rawlings noted that roughly 30 percent of the city's residents live below the poverty line, he asked. He also said some kids sleep on the floor in Dallas.
Chase today announced a $5 million commitment to Dallas to help shrink the skills gap, with the first $500,000 grant is to the Dallas County Community College District for a new patient care technician training program. It's part of a five-year national initiative Chase launched in December to invest $250 million to provide job training and fund local research to identify the areas most in need.
I wrote a story about the Chase program today and a related story about the issues Irving-based Signal Metal Industries has had finding welders.
The problem is that not enough workers are qualified to fill the jobs in demand in industries such as construction, health care and manufacturing, in Dallas and many other places across the country.
"We have to figure out locally how to address this issue," Motsenbocker, president of Chase's South middle market, said. The bank's program could reach 200,000 people in the Dallas area and 4 million nationally who are unemployed because they don't have the right skills, she said.


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I can't find my BH&G cookbook...can someone tell me how long I should cook a boneless leg of lamb per pound and at what temperature?
I can't find my BH&G cookbook...can someone tell me how long I should cook a boneless leg of lamb per pound and at what temperature?
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At 325 for a total of 20 minutes cooking time for each pound of boneless meat, or until a meat thermometer registers 140�F. for medium-rare meat. Transfer the lamb to a cutting board and let it stand for 20 minutes.
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Boneless, tied roasts of many meats and poultry are also delicious cooked on a rotisserie in a covered grill. Sometimes I used soaked wood chips, sometimes not, but it always comes out to be flavorful. I roast it at the same temperature I would use in an oven. It seems to take a bit longer, for the temperature goes down when the top is lifted for basting or examination.
If you're cooking it flat, not rolled and tied, treat it like a thick steak. We usually grill, and it can take as little as 20 minutes.
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Dream Song 14
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Dream Song 14 Theme of Versions of Reality
Whenever you're reading this poem and thinking, "Hey, what the heck is going on here?" just remember the title: "Dream Song 14." That's right, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. Or New Jersey. Or wherever you are. We're in Berryman's Dreamland. And you know how it is when you're dreaming. Things can be going along in a nice, linear, logical way, then, BAM! All of a sudden, you're someplace else. Or, someone or something appears with no warning—a dog, perhaps? All this disorienting appearing, disappearing, and flying around can be fun, but sometimes, it's downright disturbing.
Questions About Versions of Reality
- Would you understand this poem differently if "Dream" wasn't in the title? If so, what would be different about your reading of the poem?
- Which lines or stanzas seem most dream-like? Why?
- What kinds of connections can you make between the repetition of words and phrases in the poem and the theme of altered reality? It might help to think about conversations and images from your own dreams. (If your dreams are usually scary, you can skip this one.)
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If you don't accept that this poem is set in the land of dream logic, then it's unintelligible gibberish.
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East Prairie celebrated the Fourth of July with a parade winding through town. The annual event drew a crowd to the community to watch the floats, politicians, queens and their courts and others take part. Youngsters donned patriotic attire and participated in the parade. Concluding the parade were riders and their horses.
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> The problem:
> This worked fine for SandDisk 512 CF-s.
> It doesn't work for a bunch of new Kingston 1GB CF-s I got.
> The first part works fine, but I can't use an image created from one
> CF for another CF. If I use it for the same CF (ufter deleting it with
> dd from /dev/zero) - it works fine. But for some reason the image I
> get works only for the same CF from which it originated.
> The questions:
> - Any idea why this can happen
Google for CHS.
> - Any idea for a better production procedure (its ext2fs over Linux
> partition in case it matters).
Different cards are using different CHS. Unfortunately a BIOS can reprogram
this mapping at runtime. Try to use these cards with LBA only, on *all*
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Have a blessed family outing this weekend at the movies with another Praise Premiere.The Lion King hits the big screen again this weekend as it fights to become King of the Box Office. As the circle of life continues, any chance to see the Lion King on the big screen in 3D and parents introduce it to their children, is a great opportunity! This weekend take the family out to go see a Disney Classic in 3D!
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Acts and the Nature of the Church
Qualities of Church Life
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"What is your church like?"
I have heard this question posed at religious-education conventions and the like, where large groups of Catholics have been assembled. What is striking to me is that the responses to this question often begin with comments about the church building. Only secondarily does the response shift to descriptions of the congregation. Check out these sample responses:
"Our church is really beautiful. It has nice statues and a warm atmosphere. It's very large but everyone has a good view of the altar."
"Our church is really modern. We had to build a brand-new one because the old church was too small. The new one's kind of stark. It doesn't feel 'holy.' I really miss our old church."
I have been privileged (some might say unlucky!) to live in two parishes that were either renovating a church building or constructing a new church. I remember well the battles that were fought. I also recall the lengthy and heated discussions at the various planning committee meetings, and the broad consultations that were done to get everyone's input about how they wanted their church to be.
Where should we place the baptismal font? What kind of statues should we have and where should they go? Should we have stations of the cross, and if so, where would we put them? How can we renovate our church in a way that preserves its traditional appeal yet makes it more functional for our needs today?
Such questions are important. These are not minor issues. But they can distract from a more basic question: What is the Church (note the capital "C")?
If we reflect more deeply on the question, we realize that the Church is, of course, more than a building. The Church is first and foremost a people—the people of God, the body of Christ. If we want to know more about the Church from a biblical perspective, we have to go beyond bricks and mortar.
In the Easter season, the Sunday and daily Masses provide just such an opportunity through readings from the Acts of the Apostles.
Acts and the Nature of the Church
The Book of Acts is the only New Testament document devoted exclusively to the story of the early Church. It is the companion volume to the Gospel of Luke (compare the Prologues, Luke 1:1-4 and Acts 1:1-5). The Church uses this book at Mass almost exclusively through the Easter season, from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.
In order to provide the proper framework for reflecting on Acts, we should note first its general outline. The book has four main sections:
1:1-5 Prologue
1:6—8:3 The Mission of the Church in Jerusalem and Environs
8:4—12:25 The Mission of the Church in Judea and Samaria
13:1—28:31 The Mission of the Church to the Ends of the Earth
Acts gives a clue to this outline at 1:8. There the risen Jesus promises the gift of the Holy Spirit who will enable the apostles to be emboldened and to embark on worldwide missionary activity. The text reads: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (All Scripture citations are from the New Revised Standard Version.)
There is a certain irony in this geographic outline. If you go to the end of Acts (chapter 28), you will see that Paul's missionary journey takes him to Rome, where he ends up in prison yet freely proclaims the gospel message (28:31). In what way can Rome be considered "the ends of the earth"?
Most everyone remembers the saying, "All roads lead to Rome." Indeed, the Roman Empire was an overwhelming influence, the world power, in the time of Jesus and the early Church. Its fabled road system enabled relatively quick and safe journeys around the empire. Some of these roads still exist today.
For Acts to conclude in Rome, then, is not a statement that this is as far as the Christian mission went. Rather, if all roads led to Rome, then all roads also led out from Rome. For Acts, Rome is a symbol of the worldwide mission that the risen Jesus gave to the Church. The Church is foremost an evangelizing community. It is a people empowered by the Holy Spirit to take the message of Jesus Christ to the whole world.
This message has not been lost on the Church today. Pope John Paul II has regularly called for a "new evangelization" in the life of the Church. He is basically calling us to recapture the spirit of Acts. The Easter season offers a good opportunity to rejuvenate this call. Acts provides the perfect resource, for much of the book consists of "speeches" that provide testimony about Jesus Christ and his significance to the world.
This does not mean that we have to climb on our soapboxes at street corners and shout out the message. But it does mean putting our faith in both words and actions, as is described throughout the Book of Acts.
If Acts presents the essential character of the Church as an evangelizing community, it has much more to say about the qualities of Church life. These are exhibited throughout the readings of the Easter season. I will group them for the sake of convenience into four categories:
• The Church as a multicultural, universal community;
• The necessity of giving witness to Jesus Christ even in the midst of suffering;
• The Church as a community of prayer, worship and joy;
• The inevitable success of the gospel message through the Holy Spirit.
First, Acts reveals a Church which is a multicultural, universal community.
One should not miss the fact that on Easter Sunday the first reading taken from Acts is an excerpt of Peter's speech at the conversion of Cornelius and his household, gentiles from Caesarea (10:34-42). Peter begins by noting that "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him" (10:34-35).
Peter confirms this judgment at the Council of Jerusalem, at which the Church more formally permitted the mission to the gentiles (Chapter 15). Between Easter and Pentecost, the liturgical year recounts the conversion stories of many others of differing ethnic and cultural backgrounds. They all provide testimony to the effectiveness of God's power, at work through the apostolic preaching, in bringing people to Christ.
This theme of the universal appeal of Christ returns at the end of the Easter season, like a matching bookend. The Pentecost story is the quintessential story of universalism. The Holy Spirit descends on the apostles and enables them to speak in tongues mirroring the nations of the known world (2:1-11).
In this theme, Acts points out a quality of the Church that speaks to our own day. More than ever, we live in a small world where mobility has enabled the migration of many peoples. Virtually every sector of the United States has been touched by the presence of diverse ethnic groups who have come to America seeking freedom, security and prosperity. Our towns and our churches are filled with people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It can be a challenge to incorporate them seamlessly into our faith communities.
One of the great hallmarks of the Catholic Church has always been its openness to this diversity. Catholic (from the Greek katholikos) means "universal." The entire Easter season celebrates this universality. Peter's speech at Solomon's Portico, for example, expresses this stance. Peter points out how Jesus Christ fulfills God's promise to Abraham that in him "all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (3:25). Languages and accents may differ, customs and styles of dress may vary, but the Easter season testifies to the universal call of Jesus Christ.
Next, the Church described in Acts understands the necessity of giving witness to Jesus Christ even in the midst of suffering.
A prominent feature of Acts is the regular presentation of stories about giving witness in word and deed to the message of Jesus Christ. The Greek word for "witness" is the same as the English word martyr. Many of the stories of Acts heard throughout the Easter season remind us of the price our ancestors in faith paid for proclaiming the gospel message.
While Stephen's martyrdom is the prime model of witness for Acts (7:54—8:1), not all the persecutions end in death. Peter, John, Paul and others throughout Acts suffer imprisonment, beatings, trials and numerous other tribulations for the sake of testifying to their faith in Jesus Christ as the crucified and risen Savior of the world. At times, God sends them miraculous aid (e.g., Paul and Silas imprisoned in Philippi, 16:22-34).
At other times, the resourcefulness of the apostles themselves leads to a respite in their persecution (e.g., Paul before the Sanhedrin [23:6-11]). In either case, the goal is said to be the same. The Church must give testimony in good times and in bad, in suffering and in success. In all cases, the community is to "bear witness" to Jesus (23:11).
This aspect of the Easter message may seem more difficult to apply in our own day, but perhaps not. For example, the Catholic Church continues to reel from the revelations of sexual abuse of minors. Many believe the voice of the Church as a moral force in our society and in our world has been muted because of this terrible, embarrassing failure of trust.
In this case, the interference with the Church's ability to give witness to the message of Jesus Christ is not external persecution but internal misdeeds. Both can mute the voice of authentic testimony. The message of Acts is to persevere and not let this stumbling block silence our voices permanently.
Third, the Church of Acts is a community of prayer, worship and joy. This may seem obvious, but we easily forget that many distractions can lure us away from the essentials of faith.
What Church community has not been tempted at times to emphasize the practicalities of administration, financial constraints and the upkeep of property and buildings to the detriment of more essential values? Yet Acts emphasizes that the Church is first and foremost a community of prayer, worship and joy.
Already on the Second Sunday of Easter, which used to be called "Low Sunday" (probably in contrast to the "high" feast of Easter), the second reading describes in idealized terms the Church's communal life. "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (2:42).
The reading goes on to describe how all the members of the community shared their property in common. "Fellowship" included sharing goods with other members of the community (see the idealized description in Acts 4:32-35). They broke bread in their homes (2:46), a New Testament expression for celebrating the Eucharist, and thus highlighting the sacramental dimension of the community. Acts also recalls the pervading attitude of joy and exultation, rooted in the resurrection of Jesus, that resounds in the life of the Church, even in times of persecution (2:47; 5:41; 13:52; 15:3).
Such idealistic descriptions are reminders of the true nature of the Church community. But we might ask a legitimate question: How realistic is this picture?
The Easter season is a time to reemphasize the goal toward which every Church community should strive. But we probably should acknowledge that most of our communities fall short of this vision of being of "one heart and soul" (Acts 4:32). As many priests I know have jokingly commented, the good warmth of community seems to evaporate rather quickly in the rush to be first out of the church parking lot.
Interestingly, while the Easter season readings emphasize this ideal picture of the early Church, Acts hints at times that all was not perfect. The framers of the Lectionary left out the curious story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). This married couple withheld from the common pot proceeds from the sale of some property. Peter confronts them and denounces their selfishness. Their punishment seems rather severe, for upon Peter's interrogation about their evil deception, they both drop dead! Little wonder that this reading did not make it into the Lectionary!
The message of instilled fear in the Church (Acts 5:11) goes counter to the hope-filled, joyful message of the Easter season. Yet perhaps the reading interjects a note of realism, namely, that it is not easy to fulfill the idealized vision of Church life presented by Acts.
Lastly, the Church described in Acts expects to succeed because the Holy Spirit is behind, within and underneath it all. From beginning to end, the Book of Acts shows the power of the Holy Spirit at work in the life of the Church.
Luke emphasizes that everything that took place in the lives of Jesus and the early Church was all part of God's mysterious plan of salvation guided by the Holy Spirit. He does this, for example, by speaking of the "necessity" of the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus as the Messiah (Luke 24:7, 44-46; Acts 1:16). This divine necessity ("must"), because it is accomplished under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, applies to the apostles as well. Thus Paul is told of the necessity of his bearing witness in Rome (19:21; 23:11).
For Acts, the Holy Spirit is the "promise of the Father" (Acts 1:4; see Luke 24:49). The Spirit comes to the apostles only after the Ascension of Jesus takes place, 40 days after the Resurrection (Acts 1:6-12). The 40 days, a symbolic biblical period of instruction and preparation to accomplish God's will, allows for the apostles to be prepared for their subsequent mission. They are then ready to receive the Holy Spirit and to be emboldened with courage.
The Spirit accompanies them throughout their mission. The Spirit is their assurance of the presence of the risen Jesus as their mission goes forth.
The 50 days of the Easter season, beginning with Easter and culminating in Pentecost, are in some ways devoted entirely to the Holy Spirit. Although the Spirit is often behind the scenes, Acts makes it quite clear that the spread of the gospel—the success of the apostolic preaching—is due entirely to the Spirit's guidance.
The Spirit gives courage and strength for testimony to the truth. These precise values are emphasized in our Sacrament of Confirmation, which is often celebrated in parishes during the Easter season. With this assurance, the Church is encouraged to have confidence in the future. Despite whatever challenges, obstacles or setbacks we experience, we are to trust the gift of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps we can breathe a sigh of relief that the ultimate success of the Church's message does not rest solely in our hands.
The Easter season offers us an opportunity to take stock of who we are as Church. This is not a matter of Church design, of buildings, of properties or programs, or even of attendance records and housekeeping details.
Something far more important is at stake. Who are we as Church? How do we today embody the ideal qualities of the post-Resurrection faith community portrayed in Acts?
According to Acts, the Church is a community entrusted with a mission to carry the "good news" of Jesus Christ forth to the whole world. We are primarily a community of believers. We are called together in fellowship to support one another in faith, to celebrate the sacraments and a regular life of prayer, to share with the community from our possessions (material and otherwise) and to give testimony with joy and hope, confidently trusting that God continues to guide us in the Holy Spirit.
If the Easter season and the Lectionary cycle offer us this opportunity, it is not because it is the sole time to be Church in the world. It is, however, a unique time to reflect with joy that the Church miraculously grew from a small group of frightened disciples gathered in an upper room into bold proclaimers of the message of Jesus Christ. This is what the Church of today ought to be about as we testify to our Easter faith. It is a lot more exciting—and challenging—than constructing even the most magnificent building!
You can listen to an interview with Father Witherup about St. Paul at FranciscanRadio.org, Show #05-15.
Ronald D. Witherup, S.S., is provincial of the Sulpician Fathers and former Professor of Sacred Scripture at St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, California. His latest book is 101 Questions & Answers on Paul (Paulist Press, 2003).


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As the state chapter for the American Petroleum Institute, the Ohio Petroleum Council's purpose is to address legislative and regulatory issues impacting the oil and natural gas industry. With so much talk about shale exploration locally, executive director Terry Fleming, a Marietta native now living in Columbus, expects that many folks will have questions and seek guidance from the council.
"We can provide a lot of information on getting involved in shale play," he said. "Basically, anyone who wants more information on what hydraulic fracturing is, we can offer it."
API represents oil refiners, such as BP, Exxon and Shell, and has a network of offices in 33 states and the District of Columbia. One of the purposes of having state offices is to ensure the staff is familiar with the political scene and local industry issues, according to the Institute's website.
Another organization that is available to help its members of independent producers, or even the general public who just have questions about the oil and gas industry, is the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA). According to the group's website, OOGA is a trade association with more than 2,200 members involved in the exploration, production and development of crude oil and natural gas resources in the state of Ohio.
Among the members is Artex Oil, an independent producer based in Marietta.
"Washington, Monroe and Noble counties, that's the birthplace of oil exploration in southeast Ohio," said OOGA executive vice president Tom Stewart. The first oil well in North America was actually drilled in Noble County in 1865, Stewart explained.
"What is happening in Ohio is similar to other states - there is a fundamental, dynamic seismic shift in our thinking on how to explore these areas," he added.
The focus and attention might be on other areas of Ohio at the moment, but southeast Ohio is certainly gearing up to get noticed, according to Fleming.
"There is not a lot of activity in Washington County right now," he said. "The production is mostly up north in Carroll and Harrison counties. But I suspect that Washington, Noble, Monroe will not be far behind."
Fleming, who has lived in the Columbus area for more than three decades and has been with the Ohio Petroleum Council for 26 years, said that he has been invited back by groups to speak locally and has taken a fair share of criticism.
"When you go out to public meetings, you are going to get haters," he said. "I don't mind opposition. People have a right to be concerned and should be concerned about their future."
The criticism almost always comes out of environmental concern, Fleming added.
"The vast majority of people, though, really just want to hear what we have to say," he said.
Stewart added that OOGA's mission is to promote and advocate on behalf of the crude oil and natural gas industry, to educate and inform the public and to advocate in the policy sector.
"We are the price takers, not price makers. We get paid what the market says our commodity is worth," he said. "Things are moving along in Ohio ... people are investing, we're getting large, well-capitalized companies that are becoming members and are interested in Ohio ... but there are regulatory and tax policies that are scaring people."
Gov. John Kasich has proposed legislation that would include a higher tax on drillers to pay for an income tax cut, updating standards for well construction, disclosing chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and new regulations for natural gas gathering lines.
For Fleming, there is a definite upside to continued shale exploration, though nothing is guaranteed.
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PIEDMONT -- A picture may be worth a thousand words, as the old saying goes, but sometimes a thousand words can be pretty great, too.
The Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Film Series committee will host two free showings this month of "Louder Than a Bomb," a 2011 documentary by filmmakers Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel about an annual youth poetry slam competition in Chicago.
The film chronicles how teenagers work together to present and critique each other's work in what is the largest event of its kind in the nation.
"Only those possessing hearts of stone will remain unmoved by the raw adolescent emotion, passion and verbal jousting that make Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel's documentary so poignant and enjoyable," wrote Stan Hall in The Oregonian newspaper based in Portland. "The film smartly focuses on the kids, who continually stimulate brains, break hearts and make us care what happens to them."
The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ellen Driscoll Playhouse, 325 Highland Ave., Piedmont, with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and discussion at 8:40 p.m. Oakland's New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St., will show the film at 3 p.m. July 26. Both are free.
Olivia Adams, 13, of Piedmont, will present a five-minute, spoken-word poem before the Thursday showing. Sally Arney, committee member, said the organization chose "Louder Than a Bomb" as its summer film in hopes that it would draw teens like Adams to attend.
"It is an inspiring, fun film for teens that shows their mutual support for one another," she said. "It offers them another method for self-expression and a way to connect through teamwork. It is uplifting, heartwarming and promotes an appreciation of their diversity, which is our mission."
The film follows four competitors as they prepare for and participate in 2008 for the poetry slam, which draws more than 600 teenagers from Chicago-area schools each year.
"By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world and vice versa," the film's website says. "This is not 'high school poetry' as we often think of it. This is language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance."
Arney added, "You don't need to love poetry to love this film. The heartfelt expressions of what it is like to be a teen, and to see them telling their own stories, challenges many assumptions about teens."
The film series also is sponsored by Piedmont League of Women Voters and DiversityWorks.
What: Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Film Series showing of "Louder Than a Bomb"
First showing: Thursday -- 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. film, 8:40 p.m. discussion, Ellen Driscoll Playhouse, 325 Highland Ave., Piedmont
Second showing: 3 p.m. July 26, New
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Cost: Free for both showings
Information: www.diversityfilmseries.com or www.louderthanabombfilm.com


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PLEASANTON -- All due respect to Willie Mays, Tim Lincecum and the Bonds clan, but Tiffany is the San Francisco Giants' real rock star.
What Giant has an entourage for public visits? Or a 24-hour security detail on road trips? And what Giant is handled with white gloves?
Tiffany, Tiffany and Tiffany.
The current crop of Giants may sell out AT&T Park, but no matter where Tiffany goes she has commanded crowds of thousands, who wait hours for a 30-second glimpse and photo.
For the past month, Tiffany -- as she is known by her handlers, but who's otherwise known as the Commissioner's Trophy, awarded to the Giants after the team's 2010 World Series victory -- has embarked on a 35-stop city tour where fans have been known to start lining up at 2:30 a.m. for an appearance that starts at 10 a.m.
"She is the biggest rock star we have," said Missy Mikulecky, the Giants director of photography and archives and one of 16 people who make up Tiffany's entourage. She was named after Tiffany & Co., the firm that has made the trophies for World Series winners since 2000.
"It's similar and almost more intense for people than when they see Mays and other great players," she said about fans' trophy reactions. "This is the first trophy we have had in San Francisco and it resonates with everyone."
The attention hasn't inflated the 20-pound, 24-inch trophy's ego too much, although Mikulecky does call her a "diva of the people."
Mikulecky should know. She is one of Tiffany's closest confidantes and one of a select group of people from three Giants departments who take turns making up Tiffany's two- to three-person entourage.
Mikulecky was a part of the January trip to New York when Tiffany flew first class on Virgin America. It was Mikulecky who never left Tiffany's side during the trip -- ordering room service rather than leaving Tiffany alone, and sleeping with her at arm's length. It affected her so much, that Mikulecky had trouble sleeping when she got home.
"I was so used to feeling where it was," Mikulecky said. "I woke up at night in a little bit of a panic."
Entourage members went through training on how to handle Tiffany, and they're the ones who enforce the no-touching rule when she is out in public.
Tiffany, whose creator calls "priceless," does have some diva qualities.
She's polished every day, and on road trips she travels in a pickup with a special paint job that tips off onlookers to who is inside. When she flies, it's only first class.
She has her own traveling photographer and is constantly hounded by adoring fans clicking away pictures on cameras and cell phones.
"It amazes me, the sheer number of people that show up," said Shana Daum, the Giants director of public affairs and community relations. "Everywhere we have gone it has been 1,000 to 2,000 people that have showed up."
But Tiffany's fans have waited 56 years for her.
She is the reason elderly women have brought photos of their deceased husbands to be photographed with the trophy (Stockton and Chico).
And, Tiffany was the reason Dublin resident Randall Gordner broke his no-waiting-in-lines rule Wednesday at Pleasanton's Stoneridge mall.
"I'm not a line guy," said Gordner, one of more than 2,500 people who saw Tiffany at the mall.
"This is such a novel idea and one that you don't get every day."
Tiffany is also the reason Sherry Yarbrough waited since 8 a.m. Wednesday and was the first in line at Stoneridge, along with her family of four.
"The players come and go but the trophy will always be there," she said. "I will remember players, but the trophy will always be there for me to take my grandkids to see."
Robert Jordan covers Dublin and Pleasanton. Contact him at 925-847-2184.
The Giants' World Series trophy will make its last East Bay stop from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, 403 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond. For the full schedule, go to www.sfgiants.com.


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Josh Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus have three words for you:
Less is more.
Best buddies growing up in Ohio, the two achieved corporate and financial success before nearly suffocating on the trappings of their upwardly mobile, toy-centric lifestyle. Ending up as what their publicist calls "wasteful twentysomethings,'' they decided to downsize the hell out of their unhappy and spiritually bankrupt lives.
They quit their 80-hour-a-week jobs, sold their homes, dumped most of their material possessions and then embraced a life with "less money, less stuff, and more meaning.'' Both of their marriages ended as well, and neither has children.
Now The Minimalists, as they call themselves, and their burgeoning online empire of books, essays, blog posts and podcasts, are coming to preach their gospel in the belly of the always-on, materialistic beast -- Silicon Valley.
"We grew up fairly poor and just figured that money would make us happy,'' Millburn said in a telephone interview recently as he pitched The Minimalists' latest book, Everything that Remains, , which they will sign at 7 p.m. Mondayat the Barnes & Noble on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose. "But by the time we reached our late 20s, working for the same large telecom company in the Midwest, we started looking around at our ostensible success. And what was supposed to be making us happy wasn't.''
While the two 32-year-old Montana residents say they still live modestly, making relatively little money and doing their current 100-city tour in a 12-year-old Toyota Corolla, their less-is-more mantra has resulted in a new sort of abundance: With 2 million people following their blog, more than 11,000 Twitter followers and a slew of TV appearances and newspaper articles about their startup, Millburn and Nicodemus seem to have struck a chord in a world consumed by consumerism.
They've written four books, including their first which was called "Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life,'' exploring the minimalism movement and how it can benefit health and personal relationships. There's a documentary in the works, and the two guys host meetups all over the country where like-minded souls try to simplify and make sense out of their harried lives.
In city after city, the two have shared their story of how their personal achievements in the corporate world felt more and more like a straitjacket. For Millburn, it was the loss of his mother and the end of his marriage in 2009 that got his attention.
"I'd been focused on the accumulation of stuff versus on what was truly important in my life,'' said Millburn, the more outgoing of the two. "I was living the American Dream -- big house, luxury cars, closets filled with expensive clothes and suits, all sort of tech gadgets. But there this lingering discontent -- I realized I was trying to fill this void inside me with stuff. But the more stuff I got, the bigger the void felt.''
Nicodemus was going through a similar bout of soul-searching at the same time. So he decided to hold what he called "a packing party.''
"I packed up everything in my condo as if I were moving, put it all into one room, then I unpacked things day by day as I needed them,'' he said. "First, I unpacked my toothbrush. Then my bed and sheets, then some work clothes. I'd been confused and depressed, but through the process, I started to learn what was really important to me. It was all very cleansing.''
By the time he was done, Nicodemus had discarded 80 percent of his belongings.
Next came their first book, as the two wrote about how a minimalist life could improve your health and relationships. "As I started to get rid of stuff,'' Nicodemus said, "I also starting thinking about the people I'd been hanging out with, often people who could help me get that next promotion. That all started to change as well.''
On a road trip, they realized that Montana would be a perfect place to, as Millburn says, "do the writing thing.'' So they lived in a cabin for four months, then moved into a rental in Missoula in 2013. Along with the tour and the blogging and the meetups, The Minimalists are teaching writing classes and doing mentoring. And while the books have done well, he said, their expenses are also much more manageable.
"The best part of being a minimalist,'' Millburn said, only half-jokingly, "is that you don't have many bills anymore. But in the end, minimalism is not simply about getting rid of stuff -- it's about making sure that everything you do and bring into your life truly adds value to it.''
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc
When: Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m.
Where: Barnes & Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
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Spark Booster rounds off TC Electronic's immensely
successful line of compact overdrive and distortion pedals, but
that's not all. It also represents the ultimate salute to TC
Electronic's legendary Booster + Line Driver &
Spark Booster features 26 dB of boost, making it the perfect
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