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Writing from a field near Pittsburgh, Lt. Samuel Hildreth Putnam explains to his father, Douglas Putnam Sr., that he is worried that a letter embargo might prevent him from sending money and signed checks to another family member.
The letter is dated May 1, 1862, and was written in the Field of Shiloh at Pittsburgh Landing.
With a handful of strokes on a keyboard, you can now read letters written by soldiers to their loved ones during the Civil War.
Recently, Marietta College completed a digitization project that was funded through a grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, which was awarded by the State Library of Ohio. Dr. Douglas Anderson, Director of Legacy Library, says the project involves the William Rufus Putnam, Jr. Collection, the Samuel Hildreth Putnam Collection, the 53rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment photograph album and the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment photograph album.
"These collections are available through the OhioLink site," Anderson says.
This summer, a contractor began the daunting task of scanning in thousands of items. "About 3,000 images (were) scanned in about three months," Anderson says. "A high-resolution scanner was purchased specifically for this project so the images will be very good."
A second contractor was also hired to index every item in the collection in order to make the artifacts searchable online.
"Marietta College's digitization of several American Civil War collections provides an invaluable resource to scholars, including our own Marietta College students," says Dr. Kathryn McDaniel, McCoy Associate Professor of History. "This year's senior research seminar is studying the period 1850-1870, and this kind of access to primary source documents will be quite useful to them in completing original research projects. Because archival hours, during the normal business day, do not necessarily match the times students typically study, the ability of students to access these sources anywhere and at any time gives them the convenience to fully explore these rich and evocative documents on their own schedules."
She adds that the indexes will allow students to easily search for these artifacts and increase her classes' ability to use them as primary resources.
"The local connection to such major events in our nation's history literally brings home to students the impact of these events on everyday people," McDaniel says. "Students can hear the voices of the past more clearly because of their ready access to letters and personal accounts of local notables. This collection conveniently puts the primary-source records of past individuals within easy reach of both students and faculty."
Anderson says the Col. William Rufus Putnam Collection—made up of more than 1,300 papers—contains two series of documents that pertain to the American Civil War, particularly the involvement from southeast Ohio. The Samuel Hildreth Putnam Collection consists of letters that depict Putnam's life before, during and after the war. This collection will be of interest to historians whose focus is on American life during the 19th century, the American Civil War and southeast Ohio's role in the war. Additionally, the project put two photograph collections depicting soldiers from the 53rd and the 91st OVI regiments online. The photographs, which are called cartes de visite images, are about the size of a baseball card and depict members from the military units, though some of soldiers are in civilian clothing.
"The result of this digitization project has opened up invaluable new research materials for Civil War scholars and researches like myself," says Scott Britton, Past Commander of the Gen. B.D. Fearing Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. "(Marietta College's) new digitized photographs are a great cross-section of Union soldiers, from unknown privates to famous generals. This project allows you to zoom in on the photos to see the most minute detail, showing wonderful details of their uniforms, equipment and uniform decorations of various kinds."


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There's always a sort of nostalgic review process that accompanies the end of a year – at least for me. I've noticed that many of my fellow bloggers have great posts documenting their successes and their "learning experiences" for the year. Having amassed such a short list of attempts hardly worth reviewing, I hope you'll indulge a post that hopefully will explain why there aren't more projects on my "completed/attempted" list!
My 2012 went out with both blessings and a bit of sorrow (which I'm hoping explains my dearth of posts). The year was absolutely packed, but for me the last three months had such an impact that I'm sticking to those.
Blessings first:
My 82 year old father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, had surgery in late October and received an "all clear" in mid-December – an early (and best) Christmas gift! THANK YOU to all the folks at Mayo Clinic in FL whose expertise made this possible!
I'm so thankful that it was possible for me to be there when they came home to take care of one recovering patient and one very tired spouse! My brother and his family handled things on the FL end; I was the caretaker on the recovery end. Thanks to my terrific husband and son for letting me abandon them – at least they had clean clothes (sort of)!
It was indeed an occasion for celebrating! Cheers, with grateful hearts!
Starting down this blog journey that was inspired by reading so many wonderful posts from talented sewists was another blessing! Although events took me away from being as active as I'd planned, I'm so grateful to those of you who took the time to read and comment and encourage me on my fledgling efforts as I inch my way back to actual sewing! I promise there are more posts to come in short order
The Sad, and the Hidden Blessings:
In November, shortly before Thanksgiving, we lost a wonderful, kind, talented man: My Uncle Walt Zeboski. You know how some people are just perennially positive and just plain good people? Uncle Walt was such a man. A photographer for the Associated Press for years in Sacramento, CA, Uncle Walt covered so many amazing events, and did it all with the utmost professionalism, humor and skill. He was a wonderful husband, father, friend – and an uncle we saw all too infrequently. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures he's taken. I hope you'll find them interesting:
This one of then CA Gov Brown was nominated for a Pulitzer:
Martin Luther King speaking at an event in CA:
On the presidential campaign plane during President Reagan's run for office (Uncle Walt was Reagan's photographer. So many wonderful pics – google Walt Zeboski for more!)
President Reagan passing out his trademark jellybeans aboard the plane
And my favorite picture: Uncle Walt patiently showing my almost 3 year old
how to snap a picture.
Uncle Walt, you're very much missed!
Yet there were some hidden blessings within the 'sad'. As funerals often do, celebrating Uncle Walt's life brought together family members not seen in years. Mom and I flew to CA, leaving my nicely recovering father at home, and abandoning my husband and son – again. It was a real treat to see my CA cousin Jan again and meet his wonderful family. Being on opposite coasts we hadn't seen each other in years, making due with social media to stay connected. So nice to have some "face time" at last!
Seeing my wonderful Aunt Virginia, and watching she and my mother sharing memories was a true blessing, too. As an added surprise, my brother joined us from FL – what a treasure to be able to spend time with him, too! An extra special treat was hearing all the stories that Uncle Walt's friends and AP associates told as we all gathered together at the home he and my aunt shared for over thirty years.
Mom and I returned to their home three days before Thanksgiving, which saw the arrival of my own family and such a happy celebration of our blessings of good health and happiness! Dad's doing so well that he and Mom were able to come to our home for Christmas, which was a wonderful close to the year. My Aunt Virginia, an amazing person in her own right, has sad days, of course, but is doing fabulously, surrounded by family and friends. Truly, we have all been richly blessed this year, even amid the sadness!
So, goodbye 2012, and welcome to a New Year – and to new projects and adventures!
Here's wishing every one of you a wonderful and blessed 2013! Can't wait to see read everyone's posts, learn from your experience, and marvel at your fabulously completed apparel!
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By Lyle W. Ratliff
Excitement filled Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, in Mobile Baptist Association April 23 as the congregation gathered to celebrate the recent completion of renovations to the church.
Everything from the pulpit to the paint on the walls was replaced during the renovation. According to Pastor Clint Pressley, the renovations were needed for two reasons.
"Parts of it were due to Hurricane Katrina, but we've been out here since 1988 and we've never had any refurbishing or anything like that, so it was time … for a face lift," he said.
The sanctuary's interior and other interior walls now sport a sea foam green color with white trim.
One unique addition is a custom wood pulpit crafted by one of the church members.
Also new in the sanctuary is a 14-foot cross hanging on the wall behind the choir. Pressley noted that the sanctuary had never had a cross hanging in it before, making this new addition very special.
On hand for the celebration was Gov. Bob Riley and his family.
"The building looks great. It is absolutely magnificent," Riley told the congregation. "The building is gorgeous. But the thing that impressed me most when I walked in is this church, you can tell, is on fire for God."


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The Geek Closet: September's Best Merchandise For Fans
As we lament that holiday shopping seems to start earlier and earlier every year, now would seem a good time to crack open The Geek Closet again and take a look at a few interesting items that we've found - five things that might make the perfect gift for that entertainment fan on your list.
When the good folks at Hasbro sent me Battleship Galaxies, I was skeptical. I grew up playing the electronic version of Battleship, and all I ever did was cheat at it because I found it so boring. I was convinced that I'd just be bored again, this time in space. Thankfully, I was wrong.
Battleship Galaxies is nothing like the board game I loathed as a kid; it's a beautifully designed edition that encourages more brainpower than the random guessing of previous versions. Here, you have options for battles and for customizing your fleet. This is one of the more involving board games I've played in a long time.
It's therefore more complicated than the original game, but there are some easy to understand instructions that come with the game so you can get your head around it pretty quickly. The set also provides a 48-page graphic novel that helps bring the Battleship Galaxies world to life. It helps to create a universe, not just "oh, we're playing a board game."
If that sounds like a lot to take on, once you get the hang of it, games can be played in about thirty minutes. You won't be sitting around for hours on end trying to win. I appreciated that I had a complete game experience without having to give up a large portion of my day. This makes the game ideal for parties or people with busy schedules.
If there's one downer, it's that Battleship Galaxies is not cheap. On Amazon, it currently goes for just shy of $50. Yet if you have the money, and the inclination to really dig into a board game, it's worth every penny.
With Halloween around the corner, I wish someone had shown me this sooner, or I would have been Sterling Archer this year. From the people who brought you the classic "Clean or Die" metal sign, this black turtleneck is a must for anyone who's tempted to dress up as the world's most inept superspy, complete with the Archer logo on the collar.
If you really want to go for broke with the costume, the FX Shop also has plenty of other branded merch, including an ISIS logo mug and (how appropriate!) an Archer flask. As we all know that one of Archer's biggest hobbies is the active ruining of his kidneys.
As I got into the music scene, I wanted something to show off my newfound passion. After a little searching, I was introduced to Pickbay - a handy little device that allows you to wear a favorite guitar pick as a pendant. It's a little bit pricey ($40), but it's worth the expense if you use it consistently - I've taken to wearing mine on a daily basis to show off my Adam Levine pick. (And according to the company, there's soon to be a stainless steel version that will be about $10 cheaper.)
The Pickbay holds up pretty well; I've worn mine for about a week or so now without any worries about it getting scratched or damaged (and that includes through heavy travel and high-traffic events), although I've also been very careful in handling it.
What's neat about Pickbay is that you can change out picks, so you can coordinate your pendant with your mood or your outfit. It's a bit difficult to get a pick out, though slightly easier to get one in. The same is true of the chain it comes with; the first few times I wore it, I had a hard time getting the clasp to cooperate, but it's gotten less difficult over time.
The Amazon description says that Pickbay holds multiple picks; in my case, I wasn't able to fit more than one in at a time. That's obviously dependent on the size of pick you're carrying. Once it gets in there, though, it pretty much stays put. I was able to nudge mine a little with my fingertip but I never had a concern about it coming loose.
This is definitely a distinctive accessory, and a fine gift for anyone who's a musician or just loves music. It's small enough that you could even give it as a stocking stuffer.
Seth MacFarlane, Music Is Better Than Words
Everyone is familiar with Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show - but you might not know that he's recently put out his first CD. MacFarlane's love of musicals and standards has long been apparent in Family Guy and was showcased in the special Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, but now he's gotten a chance to record an album bursting with throwback tunes and obscure selections. Whatever you might think of his humor, he's got an impressive set of pipes.
Music Is Better Than Words has the opportunity to appeal to a broad audience - not just the fans of MacFarlane's TV empire, but those who miss the smooth sounds of an earlier age. I'm a casual watcher of the three animated series, but I love the genre of music (one of my favorite songs is Maroon 5's cover of "The Way You Look Tonight"), and I enjoyed not only the sound of MacFarlane's voice but the fact that his choices were songs I hadn't heard of before. Not only was it a good listen, but I broadened my musical horizons at the same time.
As someone else suggested, this is a perfect gift for your parents. Get it for them and watch them be confused at the fact that the guy who makes the show they can't stand can beautifully sing the music they love.
Star Trek Tricorder Prop Replica
At $760, there aren't a lot of Trekkies who can afford this one, but I have to put it on the list because it's just so fantastically awesome. I've wanted a tricorder of my own since I grew up watching The Next Generation, and now you can have one. This little wonder has its own flashing lights, graphics and screen-accurate sound effects. Now if only someone would give us a phaser to go with it.


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oro will be the final villain think about it. he knows the uchiha's secrets, uzamaki rituals and studied the senju......also he's back at full power! )
Choji can solo Oro at this point in the game
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Choji can solo Oro at this point in the game
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I agree I been saying that for a while now
he can actually use jutsu now hes gonna own
It'd be anti climatic compared to the Juubi but sure let's go with it.
totally agree, i've been saying that forever. It makes sense really, Oro never had a chance to show his full power yet. And I always felt that Naruto would be the one to bring him down since the 1st series.
Oro final villain? More like the penultimate villain, Ramen Guy will be the final villain.
sounds interesting, maybe, with full power
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How Parents Bed-Share
Observational studies in the home, hospital and laboratory have produced remarkably consistent information about the way in which mothers and infants behave in a bed-sharing environment (Richard, Mosko, McKenna,& Drummond, 1996; Baddock et al, 2006, 2007; Ball 2001, 2006a,Ball et al. 2006. Randomised trial of infant sleep location on the post-natal ward. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 91:1005-10. Click here for a summary of this research. 2006b).
The cumulative results of these studies provide a robust understanding of breastfeeding-related bed-sharing behaviour and suggest that mothers' characteristic sleep position represents an instinctive behaviour on the part of a breastfeeding mother to protect her baby during sleep.
Mother-baby dyads who routinely bed-share and breastfeed sleep in close proximity with a high degree of mutual orientation (facing one another) and arousal overlap (waking at the same time). In recent years studies have shown breastfeeding dyads displaying consistent bed-sharing behaviour regardless of whether they slept in a narrow hospital bed, a full-size bed in a sleep lab, or at home in beds ranging from twin to king-sized (Baddock et al 2006; Ball 2006a, 2006b; Young et al 2001). Although this behaviour evolved in a very different sleep context than one adorned with Western beds and bedding, the principle of infant protection is no less effective. Breastfeeding mothers instinctively place their infants supine, level with their breasts, on the mattress surface (below the level of any pillows). Mothers assume a protective position in the bed - curled around the infant in a 'C' shape, with her arm above the infant's head and her knees drawn up under its feet, she thus protects it from environmental hazards - cold; heat; bedding and bed-partners.
Mothers and infants tend to face each other during the night; they remain close - within touching distance - at all times; and mothers and infants experience increased sleep synchrony compared to sleeping apart (Baddock et al 2006; Ball 2006a, 2006b; Richard & Mosko 1996).


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I was waiting for this day to happen. Each day I go online and also glance at the newspaper, and there is nothing but bad news. And yes, it is true that some of the best technology companies were built when the economy was at its worst. And I always like to think that it takes a little longer for some of these negative effects to trickle down to smaller companies and startups. Just the other day, I got the call from one of my portfolio companies which had won a huge deal last month. We were waiting for the purchase order and the dreaded call came: "You still have the deal but our CFO needs us to cost justify every dollar we spend on IT - the deal will have to wait until next quarter." That definitely put a kink in our plans and also caused us to adjust our Q1 forecast. Fortunately, many of us had been through this before and management had prepared alternative plans based on various growth rates at our last board meeting. We had a base case model which we were running our expenses on, an upside model which we had hoped we would achieve, and a lower growth scenario which we would have to implement if bookings did not materialize. I know that this is one data point but all I can say is that if you have not done so already, prepare a few different models to make sure you can make appropriate changes to your business to conserve cash. I won't say that we are in a recession but if we get more data points on spending freezes, layoffs, and the like, it is only prudent to be prepared. And yes, as I stated above, while some of the best technology companies were built when the economy was at its worst, they would not be here today if they weren't standing when the markets rebounded. That means that you have to rationalize your business and put more resources behind what is working and not spread yourself too thin. That means if you are raising another round of funding try to raise more capital rather than less - focus on having about 18 months of fresh dollars to see through the other side. Finally, stay strong and keep your head up because if you follow the above advice you will have a much stronger business when the markets rebound.
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Winter Occurance
So at the end of the winter last year I'd start my jeep up and always get this loud screatch/crank noise which would only last for about a second at the longest. Now that winter is back here in Maine, so is the noise, it only happens when the temp outside is below 30 dregrees and the engine is starting when cold. It sounds like the starter? With the holiday weekend coming up, I planned to throw on the hard top and studs for the winter and I wanted to do some other maintenance, figured I should try to get this defect sorted as well.
Sounds like the serpentine belt to me. I had the same problem with mine for a few months. I finally got tired of it and changed my belt and it's not come back.
mmm that was the second thought that crossed my mind after i posted this thread. I planned on changing the belt this week so hopefully that's it! I'll be sure to post the results.
I had just changed my belt in september and now that it is cold I have the same noise.
Tighten the belt just a little. They slip a little in the cold when the rubber gets hard. Don't tighten it too much, it just takes a little to get rid of the squeal at start up.
Belt dressing!
Mine was just changed a few months back, its does the same thing. I just turn the radio up and problem solved.
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Cellar Chronicles Part III: You Put Your Beer In There
It's been a while since I blogged about my cellar. Despite plenty of historical precedent this was not actually due to my extreme laziness. Rather, the schedule villain in this scenario was contractor availability and racking orders.
When planning out your cozy booze cave, it's important to be very certain about how much room you have to build shelves and bottle racks. So much so that instead of taking a rough estimate of the finished interior space I had to work with, I elected to wait until I had the real thing to measure. When your wiggle room is less than half an inch, you bloody well want to be sure that your measurements are accurate.
So you do math, lots of math. It turns out that this step is pretty common when planning out a cellar, so all the shelving units come with reasonably accurate dimensions, which allows you to model out how awkward it'll be to take that third imperial stout of the evening off the shelf. For reference, I elected to go with VK Redwood racking from WineCellarDepot.com.
In addition to lots of measurements, most popular wine racking systems are available in the Google SketchUp 3D model warehouse. That means I could model this stuff in 3D to see how it looks. Sure, it took me a few hours and was somewhat niggly, but it allowed me to procure that all-important spousal approval prior to commencing construction.
In additional to the dedicated wine (and corked beer) racks, I also went out and ordered a whole bunch of Ikea Ivar modular shelving. These will be home to my upright beer bottles, pickles, and earthquake supplies (because hey, if that 9.0 strikes, what better place to camp out than a small, cramped room in my garage with a floor absolutely covered in broken bottles and stale beer?). These things are cheap and come in a variety of sizes/configurations. Pro tip: check to make sure each piece has the prerequisite pins before buying or, since they give out the pins for free in the customer service area and the pins are a bitch to pry out of the packaging, just grab a handful or two on your way out while you're eating those terrible-yet-strangely-compelling 75 cent hot dogs.
The beer half of the cellar had a bit more wiggle room, and cost a tiny fraction of the price, so I didn't bother modelling it out as carefully as the wine half. This was a decision that in no way came back to haunt me later, when I discovered that the Ivar legs were two inches too tall for the ceiling moulding I had installed, or that one of the Ivar legs perfectly covered up an electrical outlet. No siree, that didn't suck at all.
So, uh, yeah, measure everything, you fools. Access to electrical is critically important, as your cellar is cool and dark to start with, and only gets more so as you add in bottle after bottle of delicious barley sauce.
Last pro tip: check the weight limits of your Ikea Ivar shelving and compare that to your beer which, shocker, is surprisingly heavy. No, I didn't suffer a massive calamity, but let's just say that those corner shelves will need a bit of reinforcing prior to being completely filled up with wobbly pops.
That's about it, folks. The cellar is now up and running: my cheap space heater is heating, and the cooling unit eagerly awaits its chance to take part come spring. As a parting gift, here is a panoramic shot of my lovely, with most of the Ikea shelves installed.
2015 Beerdies
I had a great New Year's Eve. I got to spend time with some friends I haven't seen in a while, see my buddy Tim sabre a champagne bottle right in freaking half, and then go home to spend some quality time amongst my lovelies in my newly finished cellar. Yup, not a bad evening.
The only way to cap such an evening is to play arrogant beer geek and hand out my annual awards. So, without further adieu, I present the 2015 Annual Barley Mowat Excellence in Beer Awards, aka the legendary Beerdies.
A quick reminder of the rules: I make them up as I go along, and I break them when it pleases me. There are no votes. There is no popular consensus; I will spend the next thousand words telling you what to like and not like and, honestly, isn't that how you prefer it?
bad beer sub, is what I'm saying.
So let's get to it!
Last year 33 Acres zeroed in on my weakness for eating lunch by launching a sandwich program, simply importing sandwiches from Gastown's excellent Nelson the Seagull. This year they upped the quality by making the sandwiches in-house, from scratch. This also made them take 20 minutes to prepare instead of 5, and I ain't got all day, dammit.
Combine this disappointment with the restoration of Chuck's Beer Fridge of Awesomeness at my day job (pictured here) and we have a recipe for a new king. When you administer a tap of local draught beer for consumption by your beer-knowledgeable coworkers, it gets very hard not to just keep ordering Yellow Dog IPA, and that's pretty much what I did all year. Damn me, that's some good hops right there.
Call me weird, but the increasingly diverse–and delicious–food and not-beer offerings at various breweries blurs the line between brewery and pub even more, and I loves me a good pub. Heck, you can even get wine, or beer brewed at a different brewery, at many local ale factories.
Last year, no body got this bad boy. This year, Four Winds dialled in their seasonal release program, and keep producing hit after hit after hit. General rule: if it's from Four Winds, and it has a cork, sell your mother's remaining kidney to score an extra case.
Honourable Mention: Parallel 49 (Brewmaster Graham With). P49's L'il Red Redemption showed us that Graham has more than just a few dozen barrels of vinegar stashed away across the alley, and their Sour White was an exquisitely polished beer of exceptional quality.
All that oak from last year is starting to pump out sours, and this summer's superb Farmhouse Festival gave breweries a platform to showcase their speciality treats. Whereas 5 years ago it would be insane to start a brewery without an IPA, it's increasingly hard to be taken seriously while lacking a solid Berliner Weisse. It's a good time to drink beer in BC.
I'm taking a break from this one for 2015, as both Nigel and last year's recipient (Aaron from Strange Fellows) have been too busy running their respective businesses to lend a helping hand to other startups.
Bridge Brewing's main purpose in life was to provide a much needed oasis of not-terrible beer in the off-flavour swamp that is the brewing scene on the North Shore. You'd saddle up to their cool tasting bar, have a few beers, and think "huh, these aren't great, but they're pretty well brewed" and, if you sampled enough, you'd fine one or two you actually liked very much.
In short, they were your standard young brewery: still finding their way. With their new facility, though, came a much higher quality standard. Their beers are now solidly okay, with the odd very good standout. Keep up the good work, guys.
This one was easy. Even though SF technically opened at the end of 2014, they hadn't been cranking out beer long enough to be considered. Now that they're a year old, they can come collect their well-deserved Beerdie for being the best of the new crop, and on their way to one of BC's top flight breweries.
Honourable Mention: Hearthstone (Brewmasters Darren Hollett and George Woods). Hearthstone jumped into the deep end of the craft beer startup scene by acquiring Red Truck's old, sizeable, facility in North Vancouver. Their beers are all very competently brewed, but the standout of the current lineup is their IPA–I look forward to seeing how their lineup progresses.
And now, the grand prize of the 2014 Beerdies (aka the Golden Beerdie):
Yup. I'm skipping this one for 2015. I, personally, grew a beard so rich and luscious that I was mistaken for a homeless binner while taking out the recycling one evening. Other folks in BC's craft brewing scene, though, did not their their beardly responsibilities quite so serious. Some even, gasp, *shaved* their beards this year.
What. The. Fuck. It's not that hard, guys. Just don't shave! Or, maybe, shave your head to make your small beard look longer. I've heard that works.
Cellar Chronicles Part II: Fill Your Hole
When we last checked in on my cellar it was but a twinkle in the brewmaster's eye. A lot has happened since then: walls have been framed, insulation sourced, electrical wiring diagrams… diagrammed, etc.
However, let's step back a bit and talk about why all those steps are required. Ultimately, a cellar is an unnatural thermal and humidity gradient and, as the saying goes, nature abhors a cozy booze cave.
Once you've measured the proposed walls of your tentative cellar, the next step is to calculate the volume of space we're dealing with here and then shop around for an adequate cooling unit. Measure from 1/2 way into your walls, floors and ceiling, then multiply all three together to get the cubic feet you're enclosing.
In my case, the lucky number was 864 cubic feet. Take your number and head over to winecellardepot.com and peruse their various cooling units, check out the prices, and then seriously reconsider if you really need that much space.
For me, the two full sized, upright, stand-alone cellars I hope to replace with this little project total just shy of 40 cubic feet, so while the thought of enclosing a volume fully 22 times that amount was appealing, I couldn't really justify it. Add to that the $1500 required to cool it, and I was quickly back at the graph paper adjusting some walls. Yeah, 520 cubic feet is juuuuuust fine.
Picking your cooling unit is the next step. There are lots of options, and each has it's own merits. Being a cheap bastard, I went for the cheapest possible unit, the KoolR. These are not very serviceable, so if it breaks I'll have to replace it, but at 1/3rd the cost of the next comparable unit I get two do-overs before breakeven.
Next up is wall construction. Most people just figure they can throw their beer in a dark room, stick an A/C unit in there and call it a day. Hells no. A proper cellar requires proper construction, and that means insulating it like a house, installing a vapour barrier, and venting your walls so any trapped moisture has an exit path. That might sound intimidating, but it's really as simple as stapling plastic on your studs and cramming your gaps full of pink things.
In my case, since I was additionally building this on a raw concrete slab, I built up a floor above the concrete and insulated that sucker. Having my flooring directly on the concrete without any insulation would mean that the giant heat sink what is my garage's foundation would greedily suck up all my cooling and heating energy, and make any sort of temperature control efforts moot. For the same reason, I built an entirely new wall in front of the exposed foundation lip in my cellar.
Lastly, don't forget about heating. Lots of attention is paid to cooling cellars down to 55F, but the reality of the matter is that the average annual temperature in Vancouver is around 52F, which means that heating your cellar will be your worry most of the year. Luckily, keeping a small, well insulated space warmish isn't too hard, the only trick is finding a space heater whose built-in thermostat can go as low as 50 or 55F… which I have yet to do. Failing that, something like this bastard coupled with a cheap space heater should do the trick.
Next time: racking! This is when my cellar starts looking more like a cellar, and less like the dark hole in which I torture railyard hobos to death.


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Clay Conley, Palm Beach chef and co-owner of Buccan and Imoto at Buccan, has joined forces with onli Beverages—a locally based sparkling-beverage company with a broad distribution base—to inspire a limited-edition flavor to add to onli's current seven-flavor `chef-inspired' portfolio.
Conley now is in flavor-development stages with lower-case-`o'-named onli, which, since early 2012, has made a splash in its discriminating-tastes target market with such flavors as pomegranate and hibiscus.
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So when two Palm Beach sushi kingpins slash prices on their morsels—from traditional to fusion—it's worth repeating, especially now with the tourist flock thinning out.
Both Echo (230 Sunrise Ave.) and Imoto at Buccan (350 S. County Road) knock 50 percent off the price of their sushi during cocktail hour on weekdays.
At Imoto, where this past November, sushi chef and Japan native Taiki Kuramoto joined the team—he's a fusion-sushi fan who hails from a California restaurant rated tops for sushi by Zagat—sushi is half price from 5:30-6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Literary SwedenGlobal best sellers, Nobel Prize winners, and more
We can credit Stieg Larsson for the steady stream of visitors coming to Sweden to walk "in the footsteps" of their favorite literary characters. But Larsson's "Girl" is only one part of Sweden's great literary tradition.
Where the Bodies are Buried
These days, everyone knows Sweden as the home of Scandinavian crime fiction. (Before we go any further, we must note that the real-life crime rate in Sweden is admirably low. On the page it's another story!)
For fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and his other Millennium Trilogy novels featuring journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, the Millennium Tour of Stockholm is a must. Stops include Blomkvist's office and Lisbeth's posh high-rise apartment. (http://www.stadsmuseum.stockholm.se/museet.php?artikel=109&sprak=english)
Another author exploring Stockholm's seamy side is Jens Lapidus, a criminal defense attorney whose gritty crime novels have been compared to those of James Ellroy. Easy Money, the first book in his best-selling Stockholm Noir Trilogy, was released in the United States in April 2012.
For true, old-school crime novels set in Stockholm, investigate the Martin Beck detective series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö from the 1960s and 70s. They're pretty much where Swedish crime writing began.
Outside of Stockholm are more "crime scenes" that lure mystery fans. The first is Ystad, home of Henning Mankell's renowned Inspector Wallander. Visitors to this pretty city in the scenic, southern region of Skåne might find it hard to believe Wallander encounters so many criminal types there. Yet after a guided or self-guided "In the Footsteps of Wallander" tour of Ystad it's easy to imagine him hurrying along the city's narrow, cobblestone alleys to track down a murderer, or pondering a case over a cup of coffee in Fridolfs Konditori. (Viewers take note: Season 3 of the Inspector Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh will air in the United States on PBS later this year.) (http://film.skane.com/en/content/kenneth-branagh-inspector-kurt-wallander)
Meanwhile in West Sweden, best-selling author Camilla Läckberg has turned the quiet fishing village of Fjällbacka into a Swedish crime capital in novels such as The Ice Princess and The Preacher. Her many fans visit the area to see the places where the dastardly deeds were done. (http://www.vastsverige.com/en/West-Sweden/Articles/Activities/Known-places-from-the-Camilla-Lackberg-books/)
Gothenburg is the setting for Åke Edwardsson's Inspector Erik Winter novels—including his latest Sail of Stone—which often feature actual local events such as the 10-day Gothenburg Party that takes place in August. (http://www.goteborg.com/en/)
Award-winning authors Kjell Eriksson and Håkan Nesser, both of whom are from Uppsala, also write contemporary crime novels set in Sweden.
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2012 is the 100th anniversary of the death of August Strindberg (1849-1912), Sweden's most celebrated author and playwright. His works—Miss Julie and The Ghost Sonata among them—are classics of modern theater, both for their deeply defined characters and their revolutionary exploration of psychological and social themes. Strindberg-themed events will be held in Sweden and around the world to mark the occasion. (http://www.stockholmtown.com/upload/Pressbransch/Pressidor/features/Auguststrindberg2012_EN.pdf)
In October 2011, poet Tomas Tranströmer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for a body of work that began with his 17 Poems, published in 1954 when he was just 23. He is the seventh writer working in Swedish to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins Selma Lagerlöf (1909), Verner von Heidenstam (1916), Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1951), Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinsson (1974, shared prize).
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Torgny Lindgren's name might not be familiar to most American readers, but his novels—Hash and Light among them—are considered modern Swedish classics and are available in English. (http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Literature/Reading/Torgny-Lindgren/) John Ajvide Lindqvist created a sensation with his vampire novel Let the Right One In and its subsequent movie versions (one in Swedish and one in English). His other horror novels, Handling the Undead and Harbor are just as chilling.
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"The Last Exorcism" stirs up a caldron of handheld-camera performance, faith-challenged drama and solid acting on behalf of a suitably nervous tale of demonic possession. It won't displace " The Exorcist," but it stands up nicely to DIY-tinged quake stalwarts "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity."
Director Daniel Stamm's faux documentary begins as a "Marjoe"-like portrayal of Cotton Marcus ( Patrick Fabian), a charming huckster preacher who intends to event a film crew how the fake-exorcism company mechanism by taking the rationale of a beside yourself, hyper-religious Louisiana farmer (Louis Herthum) who believes the devil has taken carry of his teenage daughter (Ashley Bell).
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(CBS) — A southwest suburban firearms instructor has been kicked out of the state's concealed-carry training program, and those students he's trained will have to go through classes again.
State Police say they acted following a series of complaints and discovered that the training was neither long enough nor comprehensive enough. As a result, they are denying the applications of 327 gun owners who trained under the instructor.
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My initial post about Pre-Season planning turned some heads over at Team Estrogen's forum. Many people were excited to talk about their 2010 goals, but after 4 pages of women's goals there were a few asking me if I was crazy. They looked at November and December as resting times, or they may still be trying to complete 2009.
All these things are fair, but I find planning out your season prior to the holiday season makes things easier and you may eat one less serving of mash potatoes.
We didn't get many comments on the blog about 2010 plans, so let me start off mine:
- Training for Trans Iowa. The race is the end of April, and it will be roughly a 30 hour race across the "B" + "C" roads of Iowa. Cyclocross and mountain bikes are much needed.
- The rest of the year I'll be doing what I can, when I can. Maybe continue the local weekly mountain bike series, hit a couple longer distance mountain bike races like the 100 miler, or 12/24 hour lap type.
- Smaller goals include stretching more, strength training and losing about 15 pounds of fat (hopefully gaining back 8 pounds of muscle.)
Now these are my goals, there are many things behind them like finding a better fit saddle for 300 miles on a cyclocross bike, the proper lighting, nutrition and preparing my mind for all of it. I knew this task was daunting and overwhelming so I have suited myself up with proper testing and coaching.
Next time we will be talking about what type of testing, what coaching does for you and why even someone getting into cycling or trying to lose weight could benefit from all of this.


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OBJECTIVE : We analyzed the epidemiology, preoperative management, operative findings, operative treatment, and postoperative results in a group of 99 patients who sustained 100 injuries to the brachial plexus.
METHODS : The charts of 100 consecutive surgical patients with brachial plexus injuries were reviewed.
RESULTS : The patient group comprised 80 males and 19 females ranging from 5 to 70 years of age. One male patient had bilateral brachial plexus palsy. Causes of injury were largely sudden displacement of head, neck, and shoulder and included 27 motorcycle accidents. There were 23 open wounds, including 8 gunshot wounds, 6 other penetrating wounds, and 9 wounds caused by operative or iatrogenic trauma. Loss was exhibited at C5–C6 in 19 patients, at C5–C7 in 15 patients, and at C5–T1 in 39 patients, and 8 patients had another spinal root pattern of injury. Nineteen patients had injury at the cord or the cord to nerve level. Associated major trauma was present in 59 patients. Emergency surgery for vessel or nerve repair was necessary in 18 patients. Myelography (n = 57) or magnetic resonance imaging (n = 7) revealed at least one root abnormality in 52 patients. The median interval from trauma to operation was 7 months. Operative exposures used included anterior supraclavicular, infraclavicular, combined supra- and infraclavicular, or a posterior approach in 5, 14, 77, and 4 patients, respectively. The surgical procedures performed included neurolysis alone in 12 patients and nerve grafting, end-to-end anastomosis, and/or neurotization in 81, 5, and 47 patients, respectively. Postoperative follow-up of at least 36 months was conducted in 78% of the patients. Grade 3 recovery according to Louisiana State University Medical Center criteria means contraction of proximal muscles against some resistance and of distal muscles against at least gravity. Among the 18 patients with open wounds, 14 (78%) recovered to a Grade 3 or better level, as did 35 (58%) of 60 patients with stretch injuries. In all cases of C5–C6 stretch injuries repaired by nerve grafting (n = 10), the patients recovered useful arm function.
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A few years ago, E3 made a mistake. It went invitation-only, lost the hot booth babes dressed as Lara Croft and Jill Valentine, and killed the buzz. Now E3 is once again open to the public — or "qualified computer- and video-game-industry audiences," at least. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the world's best gaming expo this year, which will feature early looks at releases for the upcoming holiday season. We're imagining The Sims: Recession, where it takes more than a flip through the newspaper to score a limo for your commute, or maybe WiiNES, which would require you to blow into the console to play, just like in the olden days. Whatever it is, we've been doing our thumb exercises. — Zachary Wilson
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Service-Learning Course Hosts Life Skills Event
Students in adjunct professor Lee Chase's Social Change Through Service course hosted a Life Skills Fair at Sojourner House on December 6, educating individuals on topics such as preparing for job interviews, education, stress management, and budgeting finances.
Student Amanda Cammarano created a presentation booth for the fair titled, "College 101." She distributed information packets about the college application process, and shared tips about what to expect.
"I also incorporated tips I learned as I went through the process myself that may be beneficial to the people who attended the fair," said Cammarano.
Student Erin Haffey presented information on stress and stress management, discussing warning signs of stress and healthy alternatives to dealing with it. Additionally, she created a hands-on project for the attendees and made stress balls.
Twenty women and their children attended the event, and according to Chase, the students put in at least 15 to 20 hours each working independently and as a group to prepare for the fair.
"I was very impressed with how these students worked together and coordinated their efforts," said Chase. "Throughout the semester, they worked mostly with the children who live at Sojourner House, and the fair was the capstone project."
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Ken was most recently the CEO of Cleveland Motion Control where he was responsible for the operations of subsidiary companies based in North America, Europe and Asia. Ken worked for thirty-two years at Reliance Electric and Rockwell Automation. He served as Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, earning revenues over $900M. Ken was also General Manager of the Industrial Motor Division, which he grew into one of the most successful motor businesses in the world.
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- "They don't call me Greed for nothing! I want money! Women! Status! And power! I want everything this world's selling and eternity is topping the list!"
- ― Greed (Full Metal Alchemist)
The ability to become an embodiment of greed. Variation of Emotional Energy Manipulation, Emotion Embodiment, Greed Manipulation, and Sin Embodiment.
Also Called
- Avarice Embodiment/Incarnate/Personification
- Greed Incarnate/Personification
- Hoard Embodiment
- Opulence Embodiment
- The Avaricious
- The Greedy
- The Hoarder
- The Waster
- Waste Embodiment
Users become the embodiment of greed and gain power from the greed in others or oneself. They can use greed as a power source to extend their life span or as a weapon and can become immune to death unless certain conditions are met.
- All Greed Abilities
- Absolute Buying
- Absolute Contract
- Absolute Thievery
- Absorption
- Immortality
- Monetary Manipulation
- Quantity Manipulation
- Dark Arts
- Death Aspect Manifestation
- Emotional Energy Manipulation
- Greed Manifestation
- Power Manifestation
- Sin Embodiment
- Without greed the user is weakened.
- Users can become extremely greedy to the point they lose control of their minds
Known Users
- Ophidian (DC Comics)
- Greed (FMAB)
- Sauron (LOTR)
- The One Ring (LOTR); via Sauron's Will
- Mammon (Demonology); Demon of Greed
- Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach)
- Kaizo Oume and Avaro (Karakuridouji Ultimo)
- Viper (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
- Greed/James (DC Comics)
- Avaritia (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Barbamon (Digimon)
- Plutus (Roman Mythology)
- Bakuyoku (Kaiju Combat)
- Albert Contiello (Dead Rising 3)
- Calvin Dion Avericci (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
- Mammon (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
- Mammon (Valkyrie Crusade)
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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Tawny Holmes and Joshua Beckman as appointed Board members for the 2012-2014 term. Holmes has been appointed to serve as an advisor on education and early intervention issues while Beckman will represent deaf and hard of hearing youth on the NAD Board.
"The NAD is pleased to welcome these two outstanding individuals whose contributions to the NAD Board will be invaluable over the next two years. The elected NAD Board members are excited about working with them on the well-being of our deaf and hard of hearing youth through our youth programs, partnerships with youth organizations like DYUSA, ensuring sign language is a birthright of deaf and hard of hearing babies, and our advocacy efforts to protect schools for the deaf" said NAD President Christopher Wagner.
Joshua Beckman is a 25-year old who hails from New Jersey and works for a group home as well as an adjunct professor at a community college. He was raised by deaf parents and has a deaf brother. Beckman experienced various educational programs, including a deaf program, mainstreaming and the New Jersey School for the Deaf, from where he graduated. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Deaf Studies from Gallaudet University. Beckman was a delegate for the New Jersey Association of the Deaf at the 2012 NAD Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The NAD Youth Leadership Camp employed Beckman as Business Manager and Administrative Assistant for five summers. His passion is Deaf History.
Tawny Holmes received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Deaf Studies and Sociology from Gallaudet University along with a Masters of Arts degree in Deaf Education. Holmes lives in Laurel, Maryland, and is currently finishing her final year at the University of Baltimore Law School where she is focusing on education law. Holmes is working as a student attorney with the Mediation Clinic for Families. Her passion and expertise lies in youth leadership and advocacy to promote bilingualism with young deaf children.
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Kirk Hinrich led an offensive push from a Chicago team that was coming off three straight overtime games. He went 9-of-11 for 22 points, to go along with eight assists and seven rebounds.
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