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It's a political issue now, and it was a political issue when Arizona wrote its constitution in 1910: Should Arizona have a secretary of state or a lieutenant governor?
The Constitutional Convention settled on a secretary of state. Next month, voters will decide whether to replace that office with an office of lieutenant governor.
An Arizona State University history professor says both moves might be reactions to their times.
Professor Philip VanderMeer, who studies the history of the western United States, said the writers of the Arizona Constitution chose the secretary of state's office in line with a trend of states giving less power to governors and legislators.
He said it spoke to "the general notion about the structure of government. The governor in Arizona is relatively weak and (the state) has a lot of state elected officials."
At the same time, VanderMeer said, there was a mistrust of legislatures. By the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were stories and rumors of corruption, he said.
"That made people suspicious of legislators," he said.
States began to strengthen the executive branch of government, giving more power to governors.
"There was an attitude shift to want to restrict the power of legislators and expand the power of governors," VanderMeer said.
But in Arizona, it seemed there was concern about creating too strong a governor. So the constitution created numerous elected executive positions. This is why, VanderMeer said, Arizona has an elected state mine inspector rather than an appointed one.
"They didn't want a strong governor," he said.
An example of this is the governor's veto. Typically, states require a two-thirds majority of the legislature to override a veto. In Arizona, it's a simple majority.
That Arizona's founders were worried about concentration of power is seen in the initiative, referendum and recall provisions of the state's constitution. The initiative provision lets the public put a proposition on the ballot. The referendum provision lets lawmakers put a proposition on the ballot. And the recall provision allows voters to call for an election with the aim of removing someone from office.
Such provisions, which were increasingly popular among states, caused a lot of heartache for the federal government. Officials in Washington thought the provisions put too much power in the hands of the people and made for an unstable political process. President William Howard Taft was particularly bothered by the power to recall judges.
Wyoming, which became a state in 1890, does not have a lieutenant governor. Utah, which became a state in 1896, also did not have a lieutenant governor in its constitution. It added one in 1975.
Oklahoma, which became a state in 1907, reversed the trend and created a lieutenant-governor position. In Oklahoma's territorial days, there was no such position. But two secretaries of territory succeeded the territorial governors, possibly fueling the need for the position.
New Mexico, which became a state in January 1912, created both a lieutenant governor and a secretary of state position. Maybe just to confuse matters.
Arizona's current push for the lieutenant-governor position is perhaps rooted in the state's recent history. Since 1988, three secretaries of state have become governor.
Evan Mecham was impeached in 1988 and J. Fife Symington resigned in 1997 after being convicted of bank fraud. Janet Napolitano left in 2009 to become secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration.
"If it happens once every 25 years, people don't notice it too much," VanderMeer said. "When it starts happening more frequently, people say, 'This is a problem.' "
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For Women Who Want The Ballerific Life!
We've heard this one before. The new (black) mystery lady in Donald Sterling's life says that she and Sterling are NOT dating and that she just works for him. You know who else said that? V. Stiviano.
"We're not in a relationship, hes a married man," says the young lady Raquel Lee, when TMZ caught up with her in Los Angeles recently. That's right girl, keep it cute and quiet for the cameras and you can get those benefits V. Stiviano is missing out on. Oh, did I mention that the new girl met Donald Sterling through V. Stiviano? These girls ain't loyal.
Check out a few photos of Raven & Sterling (and Stiviano)
In related news, Donald Sterling continues his quest to appear like he's not racist by soaking up sun and conversation with more pretty black girls poolside.Deadspin received these photos.
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It's plenty of racist white men that love black women (i.e. slave owners that crept into the shacks at night). These chicks who allow themselves to be associated with him are just as disgusting as him. I don't care how much money he has it doesn't change the fact he is a racist POS.
this is the prime example of what I was asking in my post: what would you do to live the ballerific life.
some women have no problems f****** and sucking (GENEROUS) old men for money. I don't mind the company of an older man who is mature and sophisticated....but then again, this one is buying condos and Bentleys....ugh. Dilemma....
@SoLuscious, as a matter of fact when I was commenting on this your post came to mind. I just couldn't imagine spending time with let alone screwing a POS like this dude. But get it how you live, I guess.

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The second annual Mushroom Masters – a three way food blogging competition, between the United States, Canada and Australia – is now underway. As the defenders of the Mushroom Masters trophy our Australian team is ready to do battle and show our international upstarts just what we know about cooking with mushrooms.
You might guess by that tone, that we are indeed serious: serious about putting up some great mushroom recipes; serious about having some fun; and serious about giving those American and Canadian bloggers a hard time in the process.
The way the competition works is quite simple. Each week we will post a new mushroom recipe, designed to inspire and excite our mushroom lovers. And once you have finished cooking up this delicious mushroom treat, we need you to head on over to the Tastespotting website to vote for the Australian entry. We not only need you to vote, but we need you to tell your friends and any other Australian mushroom lovers to get out there, and vote each week for the Australian recipe. At the end of each week, they tally up the votes and declare the winner.
For just a few minutes of your time, you can be flying the flag in the first week for Australia is Christie from Fig & Cherry, a member of our victorious 2010 Mushroom Masters team. Opposing Christie in what has been termed the Breakfast Battle are Jennifer from Foodess (Canada) and Tracy from Shutterbean.
So let me introduce Christie and get this show on the road….
And now for what you have all been waiting for (drum roll please), the recipe.
Mushroom Breakfast Burritos
250g cherry tomatoes
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
200g white button mushrooms, quartered
200g Swiss brown mushrooms, quartered
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
½ bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
200g tinned kidney beans, drained
¼ teaspoon ground chilli powder
4 eggs
4 wholewheat tortillas
sour cream and mashed avocado, to serve
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Slice the cherry tomatoes in half and place, cut side up, on a baking tray lined with non-stick paper. Drizzle with one tablespoon of olive oil and bake on the top shelf for 20 minutes until softened and starting to brown at the edges. Set aside.
2. Make the mushrooms: Place a large frying pan or skillet over high heat on the stove top and melt one tablespoon of butter and two tablespoons of olive oil. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until tender. Add the garlic and parsley and cook for 2 minutes more until fragrant. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside in a bowl and keep warm.
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Researchers are unhappy with how the technology was licensed and who got credit.
By Kevin Davies
August 2, 2011 | Six years after publishing details of the first commercially available next-generation sequencing (NGS) system, by 454 Life Sciences, Jonathan Rothberg and his colleagues at Ion Torrent have published the first results from a new desktop NGS technology today, also in Nature.
All 44 co-authors are (or were) employees of Ion Torrent or its parent company, Life Technologies, including Kevin McKernan, one of the architect's of Life Technologies second-generation SOLiD platform, who recently left the company.
The new paper includes an overview of the sequence (at tenfold coverage) of Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel and the author of the famous Moore's Law concerning the growth of compute processing capacity.
Meanwhile, charges continue to fly over the origins of some of the key technology that Ion Torrent licensed from Stanford University's Office of Technology Licensing (OTL). Recently, two scientists, Stanford's Ron Davis and his former colleague, Nader Pourmand (University of California, Santa Cruz), complained publicly that Stanford OTL undervalued their technology during negotiations of an exclusive license to Ion Torrent. Now those complaints have sparked a strong response by another former Stanford colleague, Arjang Hassibi.
In an exclusive interview with Bio•IT World, Hassibi, now an assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin, says he and others played a key role in the development of "charge sequencing" technology. In 2001, Hassibi co-founded a biotech company called Xagros Genomics with Pourmand. But the two men fell out over the demise of the company and the attribution of credit—or lack thereof—for results published in an important paper co-authored by Pourmand and Davis in 2006 (and cited in the new Ion Torrent Nature paper).
Those feelings were resurrected in the past month after Pourmand turned to Bio•IT World and other media to express his frustration with the Stanford-Ion Torrent licensing deal.
"It is very surprising to me that Nader is claiming right now that 'Hydrogen generation [during DNA sequencing] is my patent, my invention,'" said Hassibi, repeating a quote from Pourmand in a Bio•IT World story. "They want to erase any memory of what happened before that. This I have a problem with."
They Did Great
For Hassibi, it is a matter of principle and seeking fair credit for past intellectual contributions. Like Davis and Pourmand, he is receiving licensing fees from Ion Torrent, albeit less than the paltry $2,300 that irked Pourmand. "Let's be clear: Ion Torrent hasn't done anything wrong. Stanford hasn't done anything wrong. Some scientists came up with a good idea. We [Xagros] failed. Another company—Ion Torrent—picked it up and they did great."
The issue of credit for what Ion Torrent calls semiconductor sequencing—and potentially financial compensation down the road—has become more acute following Ion Torrent's acquisition by Life Technologies in 2010 for $375 million (potentially rising to $725 million).
Among dozens of patents it has in-licensed, Ion Torrent acquired exclusive licenses to two related Stanford patents. The first—Stanford docket S00-157 "Charge Sequencing: A New Technique for DNA Sequencing and SNP Detection" (priority date October 2001)—lists Hassibi and Pourmand as the inventors. The second—docket S04-291 "Charge Alternation DNA Detection System" (priority date November 2004)—has three inventors: Pourmand, Davis, and Miloslav Karhanek.
"Based on the rule of 'Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan,' there will be many 'fathers' for this technology, including Nader," said Hassibi. "However, he is completely distorting the story right now by claiming all the credit for himself. I believe this to be neither ethical nor constructive if [as he claimed] he wants to improve Stanford OTL's licensing processes."
Signal Detection
The sequencing squabble dates back to 2000, when Hassibi, then a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Stanford University, first met Pourmand, who was a postdoc at the Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC). Pourmand and Mostafa Ronaghi (now Illumina's chief technology officer) were working with Davis on pyrosequencing, the sequencing technology that underlies the Roche/454 next-gen sequencing platform.
"I remember clearly, one afternoon in the spring of 2000, talking with Nader in the second floor of Stanford Center for Integrated Systems (CIS). He asked me whether we can detect any electrical signal in the DNA structure and if yes, whether I could build the electronics for it," Hassibi recalled.
Pourmand argued that DNA must have an associated charge, because it migrates during electrophoresis (the basis of Sanger sequencing). The next time the two met, Hassibi proposed to place some DNA near an electrode and connect it to a high-impedance voltage amplifier to see if a length difference resulted in a different charge (or voltage) signature.
Hassibi designed a setup in the IC design lab of his then advisor, Thomas Lee, using iron needles as electrodes and micro-titer plates, while Pourmand prepared magnetic beads with primed DNA attached to them. "We placed a small refrigerator magnet on top one of the needles to immobilize the beads (and DNA) on one electrode. We placed the electrodes in the polymerization buffer and added dNTP. What we saw wasn't conclusive, but there were distinct fluctuations when polymerization was supposed to happen," said Hassibi.
Hassibi and Pourmand, who both hail from Iran, began a close collaboration. Based on those early data, they filed a provisional patent in October 2001, which became a full patent the following year.
"We initially called the technology 'charge-sequencing,' inspired by pyrosequencing," said Hassibi. [The Stanford docket S00-157 and provisional patent both had this title.] But Hassibi argued that "what we are seeing is not the DNA charge but essentially some perturbation in the charge equilibrium near the DNA (and near the electrode)." This, he says, is why the title of Hassibi and Pourmand's US patent 7,223,540 is "Transient electrical signal based methods and devices for characterizing molecular interaction and/or motion in a sample." Hassibi later called the technology Charge Perturbation Signature (CPS).
The core of Hassibi and Pourmand's original patent, said Hassibi, is this: "If polymerization happens near an electrode, you see an explosion of ions. 'Ion Torrent' is a perfect name for a company commercializing this specific technology, although I am not sure if they named it because of this. Now, to simplify it, one can say it is pH. Initially, when we were marketing Xagros, we said, 'It is negative charge.' But the explanation is more complicated than that. These ions move, you have diffusive processes, then you detect it if they get to an electrode."
Fall Out
In 2001, Hassibi and Pourmand decided to jump on the biotech start-up bandwagon and form a company called Xagros Genomics (named after the Zagros mountains in Iran, but with the obligatory 'X' instead). Xagros exclusively licensed docket S00-157 from Stanford and got funding from Tempo Ventures.
Hassibi's task was to create the sequencing hardware, sensor and the semiconductor chip, while Pourmand was in charge of assay development. A strong advisory board included Davis, Lee, and Berkeley's Richard Mathies.
Hassibi said they obtained funding because "CPS was semiconductor-compatible... the story was music to the investors' ears." Pourmand, a family man, remained affiliated with Stanford, but Hassibi, still a graduate student, opted to join Xagros full-time. Sia Ghazvini joined the company from Combimetrix as CEO, with Dean Hafeman, a founding scientist at Molecular Devices, becoming chief technologist.
According to Hassibi, as the assay development lagged other aspects of the technology, management decided to put Hafeman in charge of that project. "Nader first agreed and the project got on track partially and we all were very hopeful that we would pass this speed bump," says Hassibi.
One day, however, Hassibi came to work to find that Pourmand had cleared out his desk. "He said that due to health reasons, he could not work in a start-up anymore," Hassibi said. Hassibi and Pourmand later met in person at Stanford, but Pourmand was unhappy with the way Xagros was operating, and had decided to rejoin Davis' group at Stanford. Pourmand encouraged Hassibi to do the same, which infuriated Hassibi.
"I told him I had quit my Ph.D. and put 2.5 years of my life without back-up plans or getting any academic credit—and now he wants me to come back? I also mentioned that the investors relied on us two and had put serious money into Xagros and we were responsible for the other employees." The two agreed to try to co-exist. "Our last handshake was that if we ever decide to publish this work, we would do it together," said Hassibi. But that did not happen.
Hassibi said Pourmand refused to hand over government-funded projects on which he was listed as the PI, or to negotiate the status of his outstanding shares. A second round of company financing fell apart, and Xagros finally went out of business in 2004. Ultimately, the Stanford patents went back to Stanford, while other patents were abandoned (some related to CMOS chips), as there was no money to support them.
PNAS Envy
Hassibi eventually returned to Stanford to get his Ph.D. (designing CMOS chips for biosensing and sequencing), but had no contact with Pourmand and Davis. It was during his last semester in 2006 that a colleague showed him a paper by Pourmand and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contributed by Davis, entitled "Direct electrical detection of DNA synthesis."
"I was appalled and could not believe what I was reading in the paper," said Hassibi. "There was no reference to me or Xagros—that pissed me off. Much of the data and the methods were developed at Xagros by me and others and [Pourmand] simply published it without acknowledging any of it. It seems that they came up with technology by themselves and they are trying to erase [our contribution]."
Hassibi has not spoken to Pourmand since the publication of the PNAS paper. Hassibi subsequently learned that Pourmand and Davis had filed an incremental patent "to overshadow" their 540 patent. "They should have involved us as co-inventors," said Hassibi.
Pourmand had also resubmitted Xagros's SBIR grants to receive NIH funding, which further upset Hassibi, but as he was still an international graduate student on an F1 visa, he decided not to pursue any further action.
Pourmand Response
Contacted by Bio•IT World, Pourmand says he "highly respects" Hassibi's work and down plays any talk of a disagreement. He points out that the original 2001 patent "didn't mention anything about hydrogen [ions]. We saw the signal generation based on incorporation of nucleotides. We solved electrical detection. [The 2001 patent] showed that we could detect electrically dNTP incorporation—but still at that time we couldn't understand where that comes from."
Pourmand says he left Xagros because the company was increasingly interested on bioluminescence, prompting him to return to Stanford to work on electrical detection. "After Xagros went belly up, I came back to Stanford, and continued working on that without Arjang."
"In 2004, we realized the signal we're detecting is hydrogen [ions]. In the original work with Arjang, we thought it was pyrophosphate actually… Even the sensors, they say they originally designed, we didn't use that in the 2006 [PNAS] paper. We used commercially available polarized electrodes, amplifiers and so forth. Basically, we started from fresh."
Pourmand insists he was "not ignoring his [Hassibi's] work, absolutely not," in the PNAS paper. "It's completely different." He adds he would "absolutely" have cited a paper that referred to his earlier collaboration with Hassibi if one existed—but it didn't.
"I understand he feels I'm saying 'it's my patent,' but I'm particularly referring to hydrogen detection and hydrogen release, not the electrical signals," says Pourmand. "In the 2006 patent and paper, we're clearly claiming it is hydrogen [ions]. I don't really care which system you're using to detect it, the release of hydrogen is important."
Texas Shuffle
Hassibi is now based at the University of Texas at Austin, where his research focuses on building new semiconductor chips for life sciences applications.
Hassibi was late learning about Ion Torrent's interest in his intellectual property. In September 2009, Stanford OTL sent a "conflict of interest" memo to the Stanford Dean's office on the proposed licensing deal of the two aforementioned dockets to Ion Torrent. (Davis was already a member of Ion Torrent's SAB at that time.)
According to the OTL, the earlier S00-157 technology provided "a faster and cheaper alternative to current methods of DNA sequencing" by detecting variations in the charge of immobilized DNA. The S04-291 invention more specifically focused on sequencing "by detection of electric charge perturbations of polymerase-catalyzed reaction by the electrochemical detection sensor with immobilized DNA."
Stanford's OTL concluded that Ion was in "a strong position to successfully commercialize" both technologies. Despite widespread marketing to dozens of companies, only the 157 docket had been previously licensed (to Xagros). Several companies subsequently expressed interest in both technologies, but none took a license until the deal with Ion Torrent.
"I expected Stanford to take some equity, but I think they were convinced by Rothberg et al. that this is the maximum that they can get for it," said Hassibi. "Stanford OTL didn't have an obligation to involve me in the negotiations. I was not the Stanford PI involved in this project at the time. Who would they talk to? It would be Ron, but he had a conflict of interest [as a member of Ion's SAB]. My anger is not at OTL, although they should have got equity."
"I want to give a lot of credit to Rothberg," Hassibi added. "We never perceived, including Ron or Nader, putting things in microwells. This is very important. Everything that was done in Stanford, as far as I know, has been based on immobilizing DNA on a gold electrode. Ion's embodiment in terms of sample loading and interfacing is quite different, because they came out of 454, which is a perfect match for this technology."
Indeed, Hassibi may have reason to be especially grateful to Rothberg. Last year, he started raising money again. "This was music to my ears: Rothberg on cover of Forbes magazine was the best marketing we needed! Companies like Life Technologies are not going to have a division of integrated circuit designers creating these CMOS chips. They're going to outsource it."
Hassibi's new company, Insilixa, is a fabless semiconductor company that might count the next-generation of sequencing manufacturers among its future clients. •
This story also appeared in the 2011 July-August issue of Bio-IT World magazine.
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Glasgow would be so convenient for me, I really hope they get it.
Stockholm would be next best, not too far and I've never been to Sweden - I'd love an excuse to go there. (Assuming I don't make it there for European championships, I'm not expecting to)
Helsinki would be good too. I love that place, love the food, and Finland is a beautiful country with trees everywhere - I mean, EVERYWHERE.
Sochi... I won't even consider going there - it's just too far for me, and too "middle of nowhere" :-/
Anywhere but Sochi. Hackensack, NJ. The Gobi Desert. Mars. Really, anywhere BUT Sochi. ESPECIALLY for the Worlds that determines the number of entrants for the next Olympics.
Wow! It's going to be a busy few years for the city if Glasgow does get the Figure Skating:
2013: Netball World Youth Championships
2014: Commonwealth Games
2015: Gymnastics World Championships
2017: Candidate for Figure Skating World Championships
2018: Candidate for Summer Youth Olympics
Is there anything on in 2016 that I don't know about?
When I went looking online there now, I found that Glasgow also hosted a Junior World Championships in Track Cycling in 2013. But I decided to put the Netball on the list, because that is the one I already knew about! (Over the years, there have been a few girls that I went to school with that have represented Northern Ireland in Netball, at various age levels. So, because of this, I have got into the habit of keeping an eye on what is going on in Netball).
Obviously, this year's Commonwealth Games are going to be the big one for Glasgow. And it will be on the success of them that the city will be judged as a host for major sporting event.
Who would have thought that this industrial city would become a venue for so many major sporting events?!
I'm happy with any solution which is different than Russia (especially Sochi).
The only problem is that far too many countries are depending on the Russian coaches and they will do their "homework" before the voting......
Still, there are some hopes to get a rather clean pre-Olympic World in 2017.
I lived in one of those buildings for a summer right after uni! Glaswegians really do have their own language - I'd lived in Edinburgh for four years by that time and was pretty fluent in English, but it took me about six weeks before I could somehow understand what the people were saying in Glasgow
It would be great if Glasgow could host Worlds. (It would be great if I could go!) Helsinki and Stockholm sound like good choices, too.
A heavy Glaswegian accent is extremely difficult - unintelligible even - to most native British people from other areas, for their whole lives. Even without slang and swearwords.
People from Glasgow who appear on the news are likely to be subtitled...!
Not that everyone from Glasgow has such a strong accent... and nor is a Glasgow accent is any worse than say, a very heavy Geordie (Newcastle) accent, very heavy Yorkshire accent, etc etc... O_o
Like anywhere, there are variations in the accent in Glasgow, which means some are quite easy to understand, but others are impossible. Unfortunately, I can't think of anybody famous with a VERY strong accent off-hand.
But, to use some examples from snooker (well, the World Championships are on at the moment), I find John Higgins (from Wishaw) easier to understand than Graeme Dott (from Larkhall). But, even then, I can still understand them.
Then there are those Scots that you would think were English from their accent. I know they are not from Glasgow, but snooker legend Stephen Hendry (from Edinburgh), or F1 driver David Coulthard (from Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire) come to mind.
For Geordies, I find Ant McPartland and Declan Donnelly are easy enough to understand. But most of the time I cannot understand Cheryl Cole at all. I was delighted when she was dropped from the X Factor a few years back, so you can imagine my distress now she is coming back!
For a milder female Geordie accent, you need look no further than some-time Eurosport figure skating commentator Joanne Conway! Here she is getting interviewed by Simon Reed after winning the 1990 British Championships.
As for the Welsh, Lloyd Jones probably isn't a good example because he has been among French people for so long. But you can still hear a strong-ish Welsh accent when he talks. Here is an interview from the 2012 Worlds.


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In Victoria B.C. artist Bill Blair creates whimsical, kitschy art
There's the type of art that hangs in museums, roped off to the public and well-guarded.
Then there's the kind of art that someone like Bill Blair of Victoria, B.C. creates. Art that's whimsical, kitschy, and suitable for places as distinguished as your home Tiki bar.
Exhibit A: His series of photomontages about fish, created after he became fixated with salmon puns.
"There was everything like 'Salmon-40-salmon,' a giant salmon with a nose cone of a Boeing 747.
" A love duet between two salmons: 'Salmon enchanted evening.'
"And 'Salmon Ella,' which was basically an Ella Fitzgerald salmon with a wig on it."
Blair's got an imagination as wild as his house which is non-descript fromt the outside but inside, it's a curiosity shop of tchotchkes and knickknacks and collectibles like stuffed frogs playing in a band; a bird/Ken-doll looking thing; and a stuffed squirrel.
And, of course, his art.
One of the things Blair is known for is making paint-by-numbers hip again.
He collects vintage paintings to turn them into new things. He creates his own paint-by-number art and even writes stories about them.
Last fall, he showed his work in Seattle as part of a large Paint by Numbers show at Bumbershoot. The show, called Bumber by Number, was curated by art collectors and paint-by-number connoisseurs Marlow Harris and Jo David.
Paint by Numbers came in kits with those tiny containers of paints. They were co-created by an artist named Dan Robbins who worked for the Palmer Paint Company in Detroit.
The kits were first sold in the 1950s and they were regarded as America's "first leisure-time activity."
With a paint-by-number, anyone could become a Rembrandt.
And many bought in. Paint by numbers was a bonafide craze.
Blair wasn't much of a paint by numbers fan as a kid. But as an artist he began incorporating the pictures into his work.
He'd find an old paint by number, like a scene of a riverbank, and put a tiny canoe in front of it and take a black and white photo of it. And then, color it.
Then things got grander.
Exhibit B: Life-sized Paint-by-number montages.
Blair loves referencing iconic Canadian imagery in his work. He's into nostalgia, but he takes nostalgia and gives it a pop culture twist.
When he started looking at work by some of the most famous Canadian painters from the 1920s and 30s, painters known as the "Group of Seven," he got inspired:
"The trunks of the trees or the leaves and parts of the lake or the sky had almost the look of a paint by number because they seem to be distinct color pieces," he says.
Using a vintage scene as a jumping off point, Blair made his own paint-by number pictures. Then he put them out on a sidewalk and asked pedestrian to pose for photos. Sometimes he handed them a prop, like a stuffed beaver or plastic duck.
He called the project "A Weekend in Canada" based on a lyric in that song, "Canadian Sunset."
"Some people were point blank, a little confused. They would be like, 'Well, there's trees. Why do you want me to stand in front of the paint-by-number trees when there are some nice trees over here?'"
Blair's day job is doing multimedia work for a local hospital. He used to do medical photography -- shooting autopsy and forensic photos. He agrees that yes, the heaviness of that work did contribute to his inkling to create a more kind of light-hearted art.
The "Weekend in Canada" backdrops have been used as window displays for a Victoria men's clothing shop. A couple of them are used as wall hangings in a clothing store called Smoking Lily, which is where an example of Blair's latest work can be found.
Exhibit C: A Bill Blair paint-by-number guitar shrine.
It's an actual guitar but there's a paint by number painting of a nude woman glued onto its back. Blair then draped the guitar with a mink stole and strand of orange lights.
It looks like one giant, very sexy night light.
He's created dozens of these shrines, mostly out of old guitars but sometimes, ukuleles. The paint-by-number painting always drives the theme.
There's "The Last Supper" that features a portrait of Jesus and his disciples as well as a tiny porcelain cup in the guitar's sound hole. There's a guitar with antlers poking out. A guitar with a cardinal and artificial flowers on top of it. And of course, the classic paint-by-number clown except the clown has an actual red light bulb for a nose.
A huge collection of Blair's guitar shrines can be viewed in the upstairs lounge at Ferris' Oyster Bar. It's best viewed at night.


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1750-1830 the Lekwiltokw started a southward move into K'omoks territory, pushing the Ieeksun to join their relatives at Puntledge.
Captain George Vancouver encountered K'omoks people at Tsakwaluten.
The smallpox outbreak in 1862 saw about a 53% decline in K'omoks people.
1875 E&N Railway Act expropriates a large portion of KFN traditional territory and the land grant was completed without acknowledgement of KFN rights or title to traditional territory and failed to compensate them.
1876- JIRC confirms Comox IR#1
The Indian Act is forced upon all First Nations by the Canadian Government, to deal with the "Indian problem".
1878 JIRC adds two more reserves IR#2 and IR#3
1883 Comox Coal Fields developed which would alter KFN traditional territory forever.
In 1886 Franz Boas arrives in Comox. Boas was a famed anthropologist and ethnologist who studied the People of the North West Coast, and particulary the Kwakiutl.
Joe Nim Nim, the last Pentlatch speaker passes away.
In 1941 the Salmon River becomes K'ómoks IR#4.
1957 Chief Andy Frank organized a traditional ceremony to raise two totem poles at Lewis Park. The poles were arranged for by the Royal BC Museum, and carved by Mungo Martin, David Martin, and Henry Hunt. The Courtenay Board of Trade had previously acquired 2 poles believed to be carved by Chief Joe Wallace, but the poles became badly decayed before he could raise them. Rather than replicate the Wallace poles, Mungo created his own version of the same figures. Ancient songs and dances were performed, and many high-ranking First Nations people attended in ceremonial regalia.
The K'omoks Bighouse is constructed, only the 2nd on the Coast to be built since early times. It was originally located at Centennial Park, until 1974.
Until 1960, the only way a First Nations person could vote was to give up their status. In 1960 the federal government extended the vote to include all status Indians, thereby dropping the need to give up their status.
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NBC has pulled the plug on the spy dramedy "Undercovers," from executive producer J.J. Abrams.
The cancellation comes in the form of the network's decision not to give "Undercovers" a back-nine order, an unsurprising move that comes two weeks after NBC picked up full seasons of every other one of its new scripted shows, with the exception of the already pulled "Outlaw."
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SHARES in mining exploration company Wesizwe Platinum fell as much as 8,75% to an intraday low of 73c yesterday. They later recovered to close flat at 80c.
China-Africa Development Fund acquired 45% of Wesizwe for R1,86 a share at the end of 2010 - two-and-a-half times yesterday's 73c low, which was Wesizwe's lowest price since listing in 2006. Yesterday's price gave the platinum mine developer a market capitalisation of about R1,2bn.
The JSE's platinum miners have experienced significant cost increases in electricity and labour, while producers had flooded the market, Drikus Combrinck, an analyst at PSG Konsult, said.
"Today, we are sitting with overcapacity of platinum, cost of production per ounce has jumped significantly in the past few years ... Europe is the biggest market for the metal and, at the moment, with all the problems in that region, things are difficult for business."
Another analyst, from Thebe Stockbrokers, also cited the depressed world economy and market for the metal as the major reasons for Wesizwe's demise.
"Platinum is under pressure globally. There is an oversupply and small market for the metal," he said.
Wesizwe joins other midcap platinum miners that have been squeezed by the platinum woes. Aquarius recently shut Everest Mine in Mpumalanga, which followed Marikana in North West.
SA is the world leader in platinum production, accounting for 75% of global supply. From its peak in March 2008, the price of the metal has fallen 37%. Platinum traded at about $1424/oz yesterday
Problems in the platinum sector have led to Aquarius closing its Blue Ridge mine, while Eastern Platinum has cancelled funding for its Mareesburg projects and called off a $100m financing package.
Anglo American is reviewing the operations of its platinum unit, Anglo American Platinum, the world's biggest platinum miner.
The JSE platinum mining index fell 1,07% yesterday, led by Royal Bafokeng, which lost 2% to R48, followed by Anglo American Platinum, which fell 1,63% to R423, and Impala Platinum, down 1,13% to R126,65.


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Details surrounding the forthcoming 2013 Fall Classic couldn't have been scripted any better. As reported by ESPN, for the first time since 1999, the World Series will feature teams with the best regular season records in baseball. Not to mention, said teams come equipped with quite a bit of history, and either way, one franchise will hoist the Commissioner's Trophy for the third time in nine years.
Cardinals-Red Sox to Battle in Rematch of 2004 World Series
The teams in question are of course, the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, who both went 97-65 on the year and have become regular postseason fixtures over the last decade. One of the many storylines surrounding the series comes courtesy of 2004, the last time the Red Sox and Cardinals met in the Fall Classic. It also will long be remembered as the year Boston shed the dreaded "curse" that was believed by many to have haunted the team for 86 years.
The Red Sox needed only four games to defeat the Cardinals, clinching on the road at Busch Stadium in a scene of celebration most notably documented at the end of the 2005 romantic comedy, "Fever Pitch," that starred Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore.
Matheny, Cards Looking to Even the Score
Though the vast majority of personnel have changed for each team in the last nine years, one prominent piece remains for the Cardinals in manager Mike Matheny. As the catcher for the Cards from 2000-04, Matheny's final game for the club came against the Red Sox, and the matchup also marked the only World Series appearance in his 13-year playing career.
Now, in his second season at the helm for St. Louis, Matheny will have a second shot at Boston as he looks to lead the franchise to its 12th championship win. Interestingly enough, current catcher Yadier Molina also was a part of the 2004 team. The then-21-year-old rookie served as backup behind the plate for Matheny before taking over full time in 2005.
Return to Form for Red Sox
Though the Red Sox went on to win another World Series title in 2007, they hadn't done much in the postseason since then, but under the guidance of first-year manager, John Farrell, 2013 marked Boston's first playoff appearance since 2009, and first AL East crown since 2007. After the struggles of the 2012 campaign, few could have imagined the team would rebound so quickly the very next year, as it's certainly not something commonly achieved. In fact, the Red Sox became just the seventh team since 1990 to reach the World Series following a last-place finish in the division, according to data from Elias Sports Bureau.
Pearl Jam to Provide Soundtrack to Fall Classic
As baseball fans watching from home may have picked up on over the years, annual World Series television coverage typically comes with a "soundtrack" of sorts. This year, Fox Sports and MLB announced that the songs of Pearl Jam would be featured throughout the Fall Classic in a deal that coincides nicely with the Oct. 15 release of the group's new album, "Lightning Bolt," and start of its fall tour.
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It is normally found on dungeon level 76, and moves very quickly. A kill of this good creature is worth about 760000.00 points for a 1st level character. It is surrounded by electricity. It may shriek for help. It is magical, casting spells intelligently which blind, make invulnerable, dispel-magic or summon an angel; 1 time in 6. It can open doors and push past weaker monsters. It is suitable for riding. It resists acid, lightning, fire, cold, poison, nether, plasma, disenchantment and teleportation. it won't evolve. It cannot be stunned, confused or slept. It takes a while to see intruders, which it may notice from 500 feet. It may carry up to 6 good objects. It can kick to attack with damage 12d12, kick to attack with damage 12d12, bite to disenchant with damage 10d10, and crush to time with damage 10d10. (Hengband 1.6.0)
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After Chirs Kreider took the NHL by storm in the playoffs last year, we all thought the sky was the limit for him. He was guaranteed to score 30 goals this season and a lock for the Calder Trophy.
So when he struggled playing in the AHL during the lockout (5g in 34 games), we used every excuse in the book. "He's working on other aspects of his game." "The AHL talent around him is holding him back." "Once the bright lights come back on he'll snap out of it."
Whelp, after 11 games with the Rangers this year, Kreider has just two points (1g, 1a) and routinely looks lost out on the ice.
And after his latest puzzling performance last night, John Tortorella had these concerns regarding Kreider…
"(Kreider) and (Mashinter), there was a bit of a struggle there a couple of times. This is what happens when you have some injuries and you have the kids. I get really worried about that. That we're putting them in a spot that they're just not ready for yet."
…it's no secret that Kreider has been given mixed messages from the Rangers this season. He's been in the press box, assigned to Hartford, recalled, on the top line and on the fourth line. I'm sure his head is spinning right now. So the best thing for his development would be a trip to Hartford and a return to some normalcy. Get him on the top line, play him 20 minutes a night, put him in every situation possible and let him figure it out. Having him play five minutes a night on the fourth line in the NHL doesn't do him or the organization any good.
…while the Rangers might be playing mind games with Kreider, he has to share some of the blame as well. He has contributed nothing offensively no matter who he's playing with. He's not creating chances or putting any kind of pressure on opposing defenses. The other night I watched the Senators sensational rookie Silfverberg flying all over the ice and I wondered to myself, "why can't Kreider do that anymore?" Maybe last year he played on pure adrenaline during the playoffs and we're just finding out now that he's really not ready for the NHL.
…another theory I have is that the Orpik hit he took during the home opener messed him up a bit. Not saying that he suffered a concussion, but you have to wonder if getting crushed like that knocked some of the confidence out of him. Instead of focusing on the puck and making plays, he's now more concerned about avoiding a lurking defensman. Also remember that he suffered a nasty foot injury that is likely effecting him as well. Maybe I'm just looking to make excuses for the kid because I so want him to succeed, but figured I'd just offer some food for thought.
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I got a 23 for my LNAT, and was offered a place at UCL on Tuesday - like you said, I think they may place more emphasis on the LNAT essay.(Original post by alyapple)
Someone mentioned earlier that a score of 23 and below is likely to get you a rejection. I don't think this is necessarily true because I got 23 and got offers from UCL, King's, Nottingham and Durham.
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Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, said that she would take the blame for any shortcomings in the way the United States handled the attack on its embassy in Benghazi last month.
During a visit to Lima, the Peruvian capital, Mrs Clinton told CNN: "I take responsibility. I'm in charge of the State Department - 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts.
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Turkish-Armenian Normalisation and the Karabakh Conflict
Over three years after the signing of protocols on opening diplomatic relations and land borders, the prospects for Turkish-Armenian normalisation in the absence of progress on the Karabakh conflict are slim. But there is also little sign of a breakthrough in the Karabakh conflict-resolution process. Given these impasses, this article proposes an alternative way forward: an unconditional opening of Turkish-Armenian diplomatic relations followed by a retooling of the Basic Principles. This retooling would accept a linkage between the border opening and the withdrawal of Armenian forces from territory outside Nagorno-Karabakh. It would also reduce ambiguities in the Basic Principles that have stalled the peace process to date. The article first analyses the failure of the Turkish- Armenian protocols, then justifies a change in policy, and finally, proposes a retooled set of interim principles and focuses on intermediate steps that would help normalise Armenian- Azerbaijani relations while deferring the final settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh's political status for a later time.
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We're borrowing an idea from the Japanese, who recently had a day dedicated to men publicly declaring their love for their wives.
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Tips and Tricks {the little house}
Hi! Diana here with you today. I'm sharing with you some ideas on how we can get that adorable little wire house in the Hello My Name Is kit to stay stuck down on the page.
Here is what I did… I use the wonderful washi tape in the kit. Simple, not messy and colorful way to get that house to stick.
MandyKay used both of her houses. One was glued down, using a glue dot under the diecut.
And then staples on the other one for MandyKay.
Lisa also used both of the houses. This first one she applied Glossy Accents. If you've ever used it, you know when it hardens, it is hard as a rock.
For the second one she stitched it, and I love that the stitches are bright and placed so well as part of the design.
I hope we've helped take some of the confusion out of what to do with these. I know for me, it was trial and error to figure out where I was going with it.
We'll be watching the gallery on the site to see what you do with your little houses!
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jennifer on December 5, 2012 at 8:35 am
This feature is brilliant! Now I want more metal shapes!
julie Bonomo on December 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm
thank you for the inspiration today!


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MPS Greenery Developers Ltd to Conduct Walk-in Interview in Kolkata for B.Sc Chemistry Freshers
MPS Greenery Developers Ltd will conduct walk-in interview in Kolkata for Bachelor of Science in Chemistry freshers, which is held on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 10:00 am - 02:00 pm.
Experience Required: 0 - 2 Years
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Patton Slovak Club makes donation
PATTON - The Patton?Slovak Club recently made a $6,000 donation to the bath house building fund of the Patton Park Commission.
"We are continuing to raise money for a new building and looking for matching grants to double the efforts. The bath house is critical to keeping the pool open for local families during the summer months," said Vickie Legros, vice president of the commission.
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From left, Patton?Slovak Club members Jerry Petrunyak (treasurer) and Rick Resko present a check to Patton?Park Commission members Vickie Legros (vice president) and Nate Wharton.
Roaring Spring Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7689 recently donated $3,000 to the Roaring Spring Community Library's technology fund. The money will be used to purchase and upgrade computers, as well as cover the cost of offering free Internet and Wi-Fi to the community. Shown are (from left): Richard I. McIntyre, post commander; Michelle A. McIntyre-Humbert, library director; and Richard Thomas, quartermaster of the post.
"A new bath house will address issues of outdated bathrooms, handicap accessibility and family change rooms. The pool complex has been providing summer fun to generations of local families for over 70 years. It is also vital to providing a safe environment for children and keeping our youth off the streets during the summer months."
Women's club taking grant applications
HOLLIDAYSBURG - The Hollidaysburg Area Women's Club, a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations in Blair County.
Application forms are available at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library, 405 Clark St., or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to GFWC Hollidaysburg Area Women's Club - Grant Application, P.O. Box 662, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648.
Applications are due by April 30.
Friends of Library plan book sale
HOLLIDAYSBURG - The Friends of the Hollidaysburg Area Public will hold the library's spring used book sale and a library moving sale on Saturday and April 6 at the current location at Clark and Allegheny streets.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 6. A bag or box of books will be discounted to $5 all day both days. Miscellaneous library items will be specially priced or free.
For more information, call the library at 695-5961.
Railway employees to meet Wednesday
DUNCANSVILLE -?The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees will hold its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Prime Sirloin Buffet.
NARVRE is the only chartered national organization whose sole purpose is the protection of railroad pension rights. If you are a retired or veteran railroad employee (or widow) of any craft, you are invited to an informal meeting of NARVRE, Unit 173, Altoona.
For more information, call Steve Phillips, president of Unit 173, at 886-2113.
Railroad retirees to join for breakfast
All area railroad employees and their spouses are invited to a breakfast at 9 a.m. April 7 at Tom & Joe's Restaurant, 1201 13th Ave., Altoona.
Meetings are held the first Monday of each month.
For more information, call Michael Verilla at 942-7095.
Women's Connection plans luncheon
HOLLIDAYSBURG -?Altoona Women's Connection will hold its "How Does Your Garden Grow?" luncheon at noon April 9 at The Blairmont Club, 265 Larch St.
The cost is $14 per person.
Lorraine Serra of South Park will present "Life in the Spotlight Can Be Blinding," and Marie Walter of Bellwood will discuss spring flower garden planning.
Music will be presented by Amy Mayers of Bellwood.
Reservations must be made by Saturday by calling Mary Lou at 944-5438.
AFSCME to meet Wednesday
EBENSBURG -?The American?Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Sub-Chapter 8303 will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Ebensburg Municipal Building.


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Answer: This one's a little confusing. I had never heard of a car being sold without a title, but when I called the BMW dealership, a manager told me it can happen with a used vehicle. However, it's "highly unusual" for a title to go missing for as long as yours did.
I asked about the whereabouts of the title and was told the dealership was trying to track it down, but a manager agreed that your best option would be to sell the car back to the dealership.
Before I get to the resolution, let me just say this: Never buy a car without a title, no matter how reputable the seller is. No title, no car.
The real problem you're encountering is the value of the car. How much are those 6,000 miles you put on the Beemer going to cost you? The dealership wants to make as much money as it can off the BMW when it resells it, so it's downplaying the KBB value in an effort to increase its profit.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But it does seem a little odd that the same salesmen who swore that KBB was the bible of car prices are now saying it's not a true indicator of a vehicle's value.
Well, which is it?
You have to be careful — very, very careful — when you're negotiating with a dealership over a trade-in value. When you're buying a new vehicle, it's almost always better to sell your old car on the market instead of trading it in. The dealership will invariably try to lowball you, casting aspersions on KBB or anyone else who would claim your old ride is worth more than it says.
(By the way, if you ever encounter a problem like this, you can appeal it directly to BMW North America's executive contacts.)
I contacted the dealership and it agreed to buy the vehicle for the value of the balance of your loan, which you accepted.


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Mother has right to be concerned about fracking
To the editor:
Fracking, injection wellswhat does it all mean?
"We had another one of those earthquakes," my mother, Columbiana resident tells me over the phone, speaking as if it is normal to register on the Richter scale in Northeastern Ohio. Catching up with my family I realized that things are a bit unsettled back in the valley. My mother wanted answers, what is fracking, is it toxic, is it bad? Skimming through news stories from the past month or so I found plenty of articles with updates on injection wells and contracts, but all with a lack of the raw science behind the issues.
Economic hardships and concerns over carbon dioxide emissions have put pressure on the energy industry to invest in new and cleaner sources of fuel. Natural gas, one clean energy solution, is formed thousands of feet below Earth's surface where pressure and increasing temperatures break oil down into lighter compounds of methane, butane, and propane. The gas, which is trapped in shale and other geological formations, can be extracted, purified and burned as a fuel source that emits less carbon dioxide than traditional energy sources such as oil and coal.
The process of extracting natural gas from shale formations is called hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking." Fracking involves the high pressure injection of a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground to fracture the Earth and release natural gas. The sand works as a propping agent to keep fractures open and a variety of chemicals are used to aid in the fracturing process and to protect the well casing from corrosion and bacterial growth.
Wastewater from fracking contains mostly sodium and chloride (salt) but can also be laced with chemicals. While most energy companies choose not to disclose exactly what chemicals are being used, the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released a report in 2011 naming 14 compounds used in hydraulic fracturing that are "known or possible human carcinogens." In addition to chemicals that are added to the water, naturally occurring elements such as lead, mercury and arsenic, and even radioactive elements like radium, thorium and uranium can be liberated during the process and brought to the surface with wastewater.
Fracking produces millions of gallons of wastewater and one common disposal practice is Class II Underground Injection wells, which those of you living in the Youngstown area are probably familiar with. Rather than deal with the difficult and costly process of treating the water, it is injected deep into the Earth thousands of feet below any groundwater and out of harm's way.
There have undoubtedly been many successful and environmentally safe applications of hydraulic fracturing bringing economic growth to small towns across the US while providing a cleaner source of energy. However, the fact of the matter is that there can be "incidents" with any fine tuned system, no matter how many safeholds, precautions and action plans are in place. In the case of fracking, these incidents could mean blow-outs and chemical spills which threaten our region's groundwater supply. If wastewater from fracking is so bad that it has to be buried 8,000 feet below Earth's surface, should we really allow it to be trucked through our streets and sit in holding tanks on our backyards?
I grew up in Columbiana and it was a great place to be a kid. It's a town that I enjoy coming home to and a place that I want future generations to be able to appreciate in the same way. Hydraulic fracturing and injection wells are risky businesses that seem to be closing in fast on Northeastern Ohio. The US Environmental Protection Agency is currently conducting a study of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing with research questions focusing on how chemical mixing, spills and water withdrawal will effect drinking water resources - preliminary findings are not expected until the end of this year and the final report is scheduled to be released in 2014. Until then, there remain unanswered questions regarding the safety of hydraulic fracturing. My mother had every right to be concerned.
For more information check out resources from the Ohio EPA, US EPA, and Ohio Sierra Club.
Fairborn, Ohio
Urges citizens to get to know Ron Paul
To the editor:
Many Americans today are feeling tossed to and fro because we have abandoned our anchor, the Constitution.
Americans who have lived modestly within their means because they value freedom more than stuff may feel oppressed because their government has put them $47,000 in debt per individual American.
Electing another party establishment elite politician will give us only more of the same-more death of loved ones in unconstitutional, undeclared wars, more spending, more taxes to pay for the spending, more regulations, more oppression of individual rights, more central planning instead of free markets, more erosion of our privacy and property rights, etc. In short, we will have just more of the status quo if we continue to elect RINOs (Republican In Name Only) and neo-cons.
The Republican Party establishment and the mainstream media black out Dr. Ron Paul, because he will derail their gravy train and curtail their control. Dr. Paul understands our Constitution and honors his congressional oath to defend it. Dr. Paul's message of individual liberty and individual responsibility continues to gain him young loyal supporters. These young people will continue the revolution to restore America to our Constitution so that our hard work will not have been in vain.
Please get to know Ron Paul before casting your vote in the upcoming primary election on March 6. Congressman Ron Paul's record proves that he can be trusted to say what he means and to mean what he says.
I will leave you with this quote from Mark Twain, "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
Help us keep our Republic.
First United Methodist is a true 'Fortress of Faith'
To the editor:
In 1910, as the 20th century opened, the First United Methodist Church of Salem erected the large stone church on South Broadway Avenue. The congregation, as members of the community, lived the values of truth, honesty and hard work found in Salem. They felt a trust and kinship with the community for the generations of family to come.
Many thousands of Sundays became a century and proved that neither man nor stone structures stand eternal. The force of Ohio weather had taken a toll on the structure and created many problems with the building. Some were nearing catastrophic proportions!
In 2011, the church took action to prevent disaster. A capital improvements committee was established to spearhead the three-year restoration project. Their mission was to raise the needed funds and to search for the proper contractors to restore the structure to, not only a safe building, but a building with a refreshed and beautiful facade.
Strollo Architects of Columbiana was hired to oversee the project. Allegheny Restoration, Greensburg, Pa., was brought in to do the re-pointing and repairing of the stone structure. The original mortar was made with fiber which wicked water and created damage. Allegheny Restoration removed the old damaged mortar and replaced it with modern mortar. They also removed improper paint that was used and restored the trim on the church to the original sandstone color, giving the church definition and beauty. These repairs should make the church a sound structure for another 200 years!
The members of the church came together during these tough economic times, making pledges above and beyond their usual gifts to the church. The members not only gave, they were creative in many ways to earn money with such projects as Chicken on the Run (the first Thursday of every month) and the very successful Christmas Boutique.
The project is estimated to cost more than $400,000 when completed. Phase one was completed and entirely paid for in less than six months! Phase two will begin this spring with more necessary outside repair work. Another parking lot is needed for the growing congregation and new entrances are being considered for easier access. The last phase will be interior repairs and beautification.
A church is not a building but rather lives in faith within the heart. The church building is a place to gather and share. It is a place to teach and to learn, a place of community and of family and a place of safety to call home. Some believe that this church has only Sunday functions but many other community groups use the church facilities. These groups include: a public day care to help young working parents, the Cub Scouts and Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America, the Dulcimer group, Kidmo, Adult and Children's Choirs, Bell Choir, Bible Study groups, vacation Bible school and many others.
We are community volunteers, missionary workers and we support community outreach programs such as "Jesus is the Reason" yard signs. From this location we support the ROC, a safe place for teens to visit and form friendships, located on Lundy Avenue and we were instrumental in forming the Community Food Pantry. We are proud to be strong members of the Salem community and we vow to remain so.
Once, when asked where to find the Salem First United Methodist Church the usual answer was, "The Black Church building on Broadway." Today Salem's First United Methodist Church is known as, "That magnificent stone and stained glass Sanctuary on South Broadway!" The members of our church like to call it "Our Fortress of Faith."


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Kansas Celebrity Hall of Fame
123 N. 8th St., PO Box 294, Independence, KS 67301
The new Kansas Celebrity Hall of Fame will showcase the important contributions of Kansans throughout history. Showcasing local celebrities, including Promoter/Agent Jim Halsey, Author/Television Host and Producer Bill Kurtis, Pulitzer Playwright William Inge, Emmy award winning actress Vivian Vance and many more. The Hall of Fame promises to bring exciting and informative exhibits to life. Awards won by Bill Kurtis, autographed guitars owned by Jim Halsey, and original posters and playbills from Inge are just a few of the things you can see. The hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am-to 4pm. For additional information, check out the Kansas Celebrity Hall of Fame Facebook page or call the Chamber of Commerce at 620.331.3515.
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