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End in sight to H'town's wall 'nightmare'?
SARANAC LAKE – The town of Harrietstown may be closer to resolving permitting issues with a project that town officials have called a "bureaucratic nightmare."
Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and state Department of Environmental Conservation, including DEC Region 5 Director Bob Stegemann, met with town officials Thursday to discuss the town's plan to replace a retaining wall behind the Harrietstown Town Hall that was damaged during the spring 2011 flood. They also visited the site of the project along the Saranac River.
The meeting came two weeks after the town board blasted the two agencies for additional permitting requirements that have stalled the project. Speaking at an Oct. 24 board meeting, Councilman Ron Keough said the town has been "held hostage in a dark-hole abyss" by FEMA and DEC.
The board passed a resolution that night putting the two agencies on notice that they could be liable for any damage to town property if the project can't be completed before the spring and there's another flood. They also fired off letters expressing frustration to FEMA, DEC and a host of state and federal elected officials. That led to a call from the two agencies requesting a meeting, Keough said at Thursday night's town board meeting.
"That meeting was held today with two representatives from FEMA, two from Albany and the state, and the rest of them were DEC, our engineer, our code officer, two representatives of the village, and (town Supervisor) Bob (Bevilacqua) and myself," Keough said. "They had a long discussion about some of the requirements they additionally needed, which sounds like it's going to get much simpler in the process."
The group also conducted a walking tour of the area behind the town hall where the existing retaining wall and the village's River Walk are located. At the Oct. 24 meeting, Councilman Jim Murnane had criticized the FEMA and DEC officials involved in the review for not visiting the site "to inspect what they were in such a twist about."
Keough said Thursday's walking tour "filled in a lot of gaps that they had in their mind.
"They just didn't understand what was behind the building and what the River Walk was," he said. "They thought the River Walk went from shore to shore and would impede water flow down through, not realizing that the River Walk adjoined our wall."
Town leaders thought they had all the permits they needed for the project until this spring, when DEC requested a hydraulic study of the potential impact the new retaining wall could have on the river and downstream shoreline properties. The study was completed and the town subsequently got a permit from the village, which is the area's flood plain administrator, but at the last minute, DEC and FEMA raised questions about how the hydraulic study was done and requested more information. The village subsequently rescinded its permit.
After Thursday's meeting, Keough said the two agencies have given the town "a reasonable assurance" that if Joe Garso, the town's engineer, can provide them with additional information in the next few days "the permitting process should be squared away and brought back to the village for them to reinstate our permit within two weeks."
"They said by next Friday; that's what Bob Stegemann said," Bevilacqua said.
Once it gets the permit, Bevilacqua said the town will complete the bonding process and go out to bid on the project.
"If everything fell into place exactly, they could be out there working on Christmas day, but I kind of doubt it," Bevilacqua said.
Replacement of the retaining wall has been estimated to cost $330,000. The town plans to borrow the money up front and hopes some of its costs will reimbursed by FEMA, although town officials say it isn't clear how much funding the agency will provide. The town included a $40,000 bond payment for the new retaining wall in its 2014 budget, which was approved Thursday night.
Contact Chris Knight at 518-891-2600 ext. 24 or email@example.com.


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Skip to comments.NY Legislature legalizes gay marriage
Posted on 06/24/2011 8:06:12 PM PDT by PROCON
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gay marriage will become legal in New York state after the Republican-led state Senate voted to approve it. Advocates are calling it a historic step as New York stands to become the sixth but by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo lobbied hard for the bill and has promised to sign it.
The Senate vote is viewed as a major gain in an effort to allow gay marriage nationally.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Well they tried to ban Jesus Christ too, how did that work out????
Thanks for your kind ping.
Some of us have prayed that pernicious, relentless, demonized, assaultive evil would be exposed in broad daylight.
You need a few days at the beach or something...
I do believe that that area around the Dead Sea, that in ancient times was known as Sodom and Gomorrah not only existed, but was destroyed...but these early bible fables were written by sandal wearing sheep herders to try to explain the devastation(one of the latest thoughts was possibly a space rock) and perhaps to explain the many pillars of salt the dot the coast of the Dead Sea there..
no more....most Christian Churches and most Jewish sects consider it to be no more than that..
Hello Quix,.......... I don't think things are going to get better and more of these degenerates will be in political positions...who will definately be on board with Obama to change the 'face' of this nation.
We are living in the time of calling evil good and good evil...'the deception' certainly is gaining momentum.
Just goes to show the great extent their appetite for perverted sex can go...and does so today as well. It's no wonder it's called a "burning fire" within them.
Believe me, many of us want to leave! We are embarrassed - and our views were never considered at all! Skelos is a weasel and a disgrace.
LOL, I get blocked on all blogs as soon as I start quoting negative impacts of their "lifesytle/choice."
Plenty true.
I don't KNOW that the burning fire within of such perversion is automatically more intense than the burning fire of rebellious anger & defiance against God or greed or control-addictions or vengeful murder . . . given the direct channel to the dopamine highs . . . and the demonic element . . . it could well be.
Thank you so much for all those translations of that very important Scripture, dear brother in Christ!
Thanks for your kind reply.
Did you ever notice how "gays" are the most depressed people you ever meet?
I've also noticed that about vegans/vegetarians, though I have a feeling that homosexuality and vegetarianism overlap a lot of the time.
I believe that would be the understatement of the Century.
But then we're only 10% into this Century.
A few months back on a euthanasia thread Quix indicated that he agreed with me completely on a comment I had made, I figured I would return the gesture.
Seriously though, I am 100% certain that within the next decade or so devout Christians (Protestant, Orthodox and Catholics) are going to be imprisoned for professing the belief that Biblical morality must be adhered to, so I suppose we should probably learn to get along BEFORE we are thrown in the gulags together.
Just phoned my LIB DEMONCRAT STATE SENATOR and said to his flunky, HE DOES NOT REPRESENT MY VIEWS - and I hope he is excommunicated (Mike gianaris) from the Greek Orthodox church. I gave a similar message to Joe Addabbo's office and his flunky sounded weary. I have a feeling she has heard this before! Too bad.
Just phoned my LIB DEMONCRAT STATE SENATOR and said to his flunky, HE DOES NOT REPRESENT MY VIEWS - and I hope he is excommunicated (Mike gianaris) from the Greek Orthodox church. I gave a similar message to Joe Addabbo's office and his flunky sounded weary. I have a feeling she has heard this before! Too bad.
Just sick and disgusting......guess I will add NY to my STATES TO BOYCOTT list.....
It's the same with me. New York is now on my no-fly list. I have no desire to visit a state where sodomy is now protected by law.
Their lust for each other is a 'fire burning within' from some who have come out of it have said. Unquenchable lust others have stated.
I thought about the lunacy in this statement and decided to provide some additional thought.
Given that genocide is defined as the systematic destruction of a group. It can be shown that objectively the left advocates and promotes genocide as a rule. The left just calls it 'pretty names' like 'choice' and 'gay pride'.
Any group that chooses not to procreate or kills its potential offspring or promotes unhealthy sexual practices that are self destructive and deadly is by the very definition suicidal e.g. genocidal. The left promotes this and that is why they are rightly termed the culture of death.
Since conservatives oppose the leftist culture of death it seems odd that conservative are hated by the useful idiots so much. It is as if the left is comprised of brainwashed useful idiots that act against their won interests while claiming the opposite...
Silly silly leftists...
Thanks for your kind repy, Dear Brother in Christ.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Certainly those who truly Love God are going to be assaulted increasingly by the satanic world government. Those who love must love others . . . and be willing to lay down our lives as broken bread and poured out wine for one another as well as . . . for a hurting world.
It's . . . following Christ.
Thanks for your kind reply.
Addictive cravings of all kinds would likely be characterized as such . . . and they all trigger dopamine highs. Sexual stuff seems to be amongst the more intense. Some drugs are reportedly more so.
Well this thread took a decidedly bizarre turn.
Quix, I think you're missing my point a tad. I am not refering to the affects of what addictions are and how they affect the release of chemicals etc. within the mind.
My home town is just about 4 minutes from the NY state border. I also lived in Ny state for a couple years. Going home also means traveling over the border to visit....that is not going to be now..nope..won't do it.
How so, I haven't been able to keep up with the 500+ posts; you mean all the attacks by trolls?
Perhaps you could state your points more clearly.
I don't know if you are talking about demonization factors or what . . .
Lust . . . of whatever levels toward whatever objects has to register on the brain of the individual as well as on the lymbic system to have any serious influence.
I could easily agree that homosexual lust appears to be of above average intensity if one is talking about such individuals as a group compared to other individuals in groups lusting after other objects.
I'm not sure what that says or means.
Individuals within those groups would be on a continuum—of below average to above average in the typical bell curve on those factors.
Homosexuals a standard deviation below average in those 'burning lust' factors would probably experience LESS of such intense burning than someone who was one standard deviaion above average on lusting after chocolate ice cream.
Is it MORE likely that there would be MORE of a demonic tweak to such burning with homosexual lusting than with lusting after chocolate ice cream? Perhaps. Though I've known some ice cream lusters who might well argue the point.
I didn't mention anything demonic Quix. So I don't know how that has much if anything to do with this as these people do very well fueling thier own fire without any help. Most are pretty much fried in their thinking once this takes hold.
Again we see that evidenced from the Sentor who spoke out stumbling over his own tongue and gibber jabbering about nothing at all, as he attempted to explain what passing the bill ment to him. He was just plain old mush minded.
I do believe fully that the acts they practice does and will have impact on their brains as it does on the rest of their body. It would be difficult for anyone to convince me that their brain matter isn't affected by poking their thing a lings where the body is used for "sewage" disposal and spreading that stuff throughout...with all the breakage etc. that stuff gets into the bloodstream.
"The life of the body is in the blood" comes to mind. One simply cannot do those things without it affecting the entire body..as well as the brain.
Deplorable what passes for a Catholic these days.
Certainly Scripture talks about such being given over to a depraved mind etc.
And, evidently, more so than other sins.
Nevertheless, all sin, to some degree depraves the mind.
Yep. What I mean. I hadn't looked for awhile, checked in and ... wow.
I think that because God was specific about this particular sin, naming it clearly ...and all which is written of it, it has devastating consequences for those who practice as well as those around them and society as a whole.
It is literally a dead ended deal and offers nothing what so ever to society...nor to the individual. Too many do not realize the vileness of it and it's destructive path. The fact God gives them over to a depraved mind says volumes. Though all sin has it's consequences some are just so endless in their impact.
Plenty true.
Thanks for your kind reply.
Excellent summation, DBeers. Here is one of my favorite Old Testament psalms on the subject:
Proverbs 5: A Warning Against Adultery
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge...
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth....
21 For your ways are in full view of the LORD,
and he examines all your paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23 For lack of discipline they will die,
led astray by their own great folly.
Primary the creeps who voted for this awful bill. They will pay at the polls - and in the next life also.
How true the proverb. I think it no coincidence that Washington DC is a homosexual mecca. Corruption breeds corruption.
I noted that C of C since the first comment I read. He's not only a troll but he's an ahem hole. Nasty, very nasty. Doesn't deserve to be a member her. Never saw one non-leftist snarky garbage comment.
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Hello friends, family, readers, Torontonians, and aliens from Outer Space:
This blog no longer inspires me, so I decided to start a new one.
Go to isabelslone.blogspot.com for updates on my absurd whereabouts.
Isabel B. Slone
(Yes, my initials spell out Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Thanks for not mentioning it.)
Monday, October 29, 2012
Thursday, October 04, 2012
On Not Being A Vegetarian Anymore
*I haven't found the right place to publish this piece, so I figured I might as well post it on ye olde blogge.
When I was 17 years old, I stopped eating meat. It wasn't because I'd seen PETA2 stickers with illustrations of cute pigs platered on the stalls of the girl's bathroom. It wasn't because I'd read an offputting book like Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation (Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals hadn't been published yet). It wasn't even because I wanted to lose weight and chose to restrict my diet in an excusable way. No, it was because my best friend called me the evening to let me that she had decided to go vegetarian and tthat I should too. But instead of laughing it off and saying "Nahhh, I'm going to stick with meat! Sorry!" I decided I was up for a challenge, and agreed to it. My best friend's vegetarianism lasted about two months – seven years later I was still saying no to edibles that had once been alive.
My first few weeks of vegetarianism were strange and unfamiliar. Never before had I restricted my diet, and I was forced to negotiate which items were "safe" to eat and which weren't. Was it okay to eat the leftover Chinese food if I picked the chicken out of it? It was almost like having a food allergy to meat and I decided what risks were worth taking for the sake of getting fed. After one month I craved meat so badly that I asked my mom to go into McDonald's and buy me a Big Mac so I wouldn't have to go inside and face my friends who worked there suspect that something fishy (beefy?) was up with my diet. Eating a Big Mac was one of the single worst restaurant experiences of my life. It was soft, like sinking your teeth into carbohydrate-flavoured silly putty tasted so awful that my vegetarianism was cemented for the very, very long time.
A few years prior to my dietary switch, I was the terrible kind of picky eater whose mom was willing to cook a pepper steak for breakfast before school just to get me to eat. Not bacon and eggs, straight up steak. Even with such carnivorous tastes, it was strangely easy for me to forgo meat. After the Big Mac Fiasco of 2006, I didn't miss it at all. As an only child, my parents didn't have other siblings to contend with at mealtimes, so vegetarian became the standard. My dad started to purchase smoked pork hocks from the butcher and hoard them in fridge, slicing off hunks at mealtimes to supplement the paltry, meat-free meals he was forced to eat.
Eventually I went away to University, and nothing really changed besides my social life and alcohol consumption levels. By the time I moved into my own apartment with roommates, I already been a vegetarian for three years. I was an adept cook and feeding myself wasn't hard. I shared food with my roommates and cooked a lot of delicious vegetable curries and homemade pizza. As an Environmental Studies major, I learned about the carbon footprint of meat production and learned new ways of justifying my diet to myself and others. I was healthy and maybe even happy.
But then I graduated University and realized I was no longer close with the people I once shared every single meal with. I could feel a sea change swelling up within me, even though we humans are already more than 60% water. I decided I wanted to be open to every opportunity and embrace all aspects of life, even something as small as opening a menu and being able to order anything I damn well please. I went to brunch at Lady Marmalade with a good friend and decided to order the eggs benedict with brie, avocado and bacon. The rest is history, I guess.
Now I linger at the deli section of the grocery store without feeling guilt. I can peruse through the sections of my Betty Crocker cookbook that remained previously unexplored. In the past month I have discovered $3 banh mi, eaten pork dumplings, prosciutto and ordered sandwiches at Tim Hortons that weren't egg salad (I always hated egg salad). I am overwhelmed by the variety of options of food there are available in this world. But with all this freedom it is harder than ever to make a choice about what to eat for dinner.
For dinner tonight, I bought a rotisserie chicken and ate it with my bare hands. I felt like Fred Flinstone, a cartoon barbarian in a ragged leopard-print toga gnawing away at the fleshy carcass. But despite this obvious display, I felt a deeper more primeval urge come to life as I gnawed on bones and gouged dark meat out of the juicy crevices of the roasted bird. For the first time in years, I felt what it was like to survive. Obviously buying a rotisserie chicken is vastly different than raising, slaughtering, plucking and preparing a chicken on my own but I respected that chicken deeply, even though I chose to devour it.
They (scientists?) say that every seven years all of your skin cells completely regenerate and technically you become a completely new person. That is me today, in regards to both my skin and my newfound diet.
Posted by Isabel at 5:14 pm 25 comments:
Labels: writing
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
I just want my life to look like a Smiths video - riding bicycles in a bleak part of town on a blustery day, wearing denim and t-shirts and trench coats with flat oxford shoes and trademark thick-framed glasses.
Posted by Isabel at 11:23 am 26 comments:
Labels: inspiration, morrissey, music, the smiths
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Smells Like Twenties Spirit
Hello there! In case you thought I was dead, I am here to assure you that I am certainly alive, just not willing to blog with the frequency of a Alvin the Chipmunk on speed. There's just something about summer that makes me wear nothing but "jorts" day after day and really, no one needs to see a picture of that.
Besides lack of style inspiration, another reason for my absence is because I feel like the internet has gone on this obsessive tangent with this whole Rookie/girl-guts, pastel hair, sparkly feminist aesthetic. It's all fine and good and I think Celia and Tavi are incredibly lovely girls and great role models, but I just don't buy into the cult of perpetual teenagehood. I have plain brown hair that I don't want to dye purple and my wardrobe isn't particularly colourful and all of a sudden I have been displaced by a whole new crop of "weird girls."A big part of fashion blogging is validation, and when you feel like your look isn't really what is being validated in the moment, you stop feeling motivated to put yourself out there in hopes of attracting a waning number of comments and "likes."
It's okay though, because I've been doing what feels right, which is wearing a lot of black in the summertime and focusing on my actual writing stuff. I write articles weekly for the Toronto Standard, and am a newly-minted contributor to XOJane.com (I haven't even had a first post yet!) which is my favourite site on the whole internet. If you're hungry for more of my outfits, I am now a part of FASHION magazine's Style Panel.
Just a reminder: things that also perpetuate "girl-hate" include calling me a "privileged girl moaning about… well, nothing of substance really" or telling me how judgemental I am. Words mean different things to different people, but to me, these words reflect me living my own life, not telling anyone else how to live theirs.
Posted by Isabel at 10:36 pm 54 comments:
Labels: outfits
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Class of 2012
Just call me Mrs. Robinson, 'cause I'm the latest installment of THE GRADUATE. Straight to dvd.
This is the sparkly dress I wore to dazzle everyone with my ~*great potential*~.
As I am told, sometimes convocations bring in established, successful and sometimes even famous people to give speeches filled with "sage life advice" for recent graduates. Unfortunately, this does not happen at the University of Waterloo and instead, we had a number of short speeches ranging from how great the University of Waterloo is, to the current state of the environment, to a Valedictorian who told us to thank our parents for paying for school, to how great the University of Waterloo is. All in all, I found myself wishing I went to Hogwarts or Oxford or something else stuffy and British just so there would have been more pomp and circumstance. Some trumpets would have been nice . On the plus side, I never have to go back there again and I got to wear a really sparkly dress under my sweaty polyester gown, so there we go.
Onwards and upwards, dudes. Now that this chapter in my life is officially closed, ummm... I am struggling with finding a great end to that sentence because actually no one hands you a blueprint with some instructions that your life is supposed to follow so I guess I'll just keep it cryptic. We'll see.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
T.A.N. Coffee
Hello! Good morning! Look at me wearing clothes and shrugging my shoulders like I awkwardly care a little too much! I only take pictures of clothing that I really love, which is why I'm wearing these Betsey Johnson floral Capri pants AGAIN even though I just wrote about them 3 posts back. They are my favourite thing to wear because they are so weird and make me look ~funky~ like Melora from Ghost World.
I'm really working the appropriated 1950s look here with my high ponytail, red lips, clamdigger pants and my sparkly espadrille wedge sandals gifted from Sugar. I love looking down at my feet and watching them sparkle in the sun. Hopefully they're not vampires. (EWWWW, did I just make a Twilight joke? Please kill me now.)
On the days when I don't blog, I have picked up a semi uniform of, yes, jeans and a t-shirt. I don't wear these shoes every day though, it'll more than likely be Blundstones on my feet. The jeans are J Brand and not only are they the most spectacular, perfect fit in the galaxy, they also cost me $0. Allow me to explain - They were marked as $15 at Kind Exchange, which is where I drop off all of my unwanted clothes and get store credit, so I had enough store dollars to get these jeans for free with all my store credit. I had been wanting another decent pair of jeans for ages so I am so happy to have found these stovepipes. I don't even have to cuff the hem, and I'm freakin' short!
They have a tiny hole in the crotch, which is lame, but I patched it up from the inside and they are now well-equipped to handle every day wear. Literally every day.
Note my gloriously unmanicured fingers in this photo of my new diamond wedding band: one of my latest articles for the Toronto Standard is about my utter abhorrence of fancy nail art. Obviously I am not getting married any time soon, but Anjolee offered to send me a diamond wedding ring (which is actually cubic zirconia) so I said yes because I like fancy things and looking glamorous. Ring courtesy of Anjolee, purveyor of actual, real diamond wedding bands.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Hanging Out With... Luka Kelly
Luka Kelly is a Toronto-based crafter, metalhead and maker-lady extraordinaire who just also happens to be an old high school friend. She runs an Etsy shop, Hellhound Fashion, where she sells kitschy comic-book inspired acessories, runs a Tumblr and is just really pretty and talented in general and has the most epic blue hair ever.
Luka was kind enough to let me into her house to document her wildly kitschy living space. The entire place is covered in posters of metal bands, cartoon characters and illicit street signs. She is obsessed with Spiderman, Darth Vader and just about everything sci-fi you can imagine. Every inch of the space is just covered in an expression of her own personality, which is young at heart.
She just graduated from the Fashion Arts program at Seneca College, where she designed a capsule collection based on her interest in sci-fi and video games. It's a bit like Doctor Who meets Final Fantasy meets a punk rock nebulae. The garments are really structured and tailored, but are made out of vinyl and spikes so it's business, badass and faerie all rolled into one.
It all looks like stuff I would imagine tall, pointy-eared elves wearing if all of a sudden they appeared on Earth. Here she is modelling a few items from the collection that she designed and sewed all by herself.
Hi puppy!!
Thanks for being bomb-ass, Luka!
Posted by Isabel at 7:24 pm 9 comments:
Labels: designer, diy, friends, grunge, inspiration
Monday, May 21, 2012
Garage Sale
I'm having another virtual garage sale, cleaning out my closet and getting rid of things that don't fit or I don't wear. Please buy my things and help me pay next month's rent!! I've listed it all on Etsy this time for everyone's convenience so it is literally a first come first served basis. When it's sold, it's gone!
Vintage Blazer, complete with buttons and badges - $65
90s Button-up Snakeskin Print Shirt - $12
Chanel Beige Spectator Pumps - $50
Grey Structured Minidress - $30
Two-tone Houndstooth and Black Blazer - $40
Oversize Grey Knit Sweater - $50
Vintage Blazer, complete with buttons and badges - $65
Chanel Beige Spectator Pumps - $50
Grey Structured Minidress - $30
Two-tone Houndstooth and Black Blazer - $40
Oversize Grey Knit Sweater - $50
Posted by Isabel at 10:32 am 13 comments:
Labels: selling my shiz
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Month of May
It's Springtime and the mom jeans are in full bloom. No prissy floral skirts, just full on high-waisted, crotch-ripped denim. Bam! In case you don't keep up with my on my numerous social media accounts (speaking of which, my twitter handle is now @isabelslone - so profesh) I've been writing a lot for the Toronto Standard. Here are some excerpts from my latest articles, and keep your eyes peeled for my weekly articles in the Style section.
I wrote about the social implications of getting a haircut...
"When I was younger, getting a haircut was a fate worse than the dentist. The black nylon cape was like a straightjacket; I was too terrified to move my hands to scratch an itch or brush dangling strings of wet hair out of my eye… Now that I'm an adult no longer self-conscious about my itches, I've embraced the hairdresser's chair as a throne of self-reinvention."
...and then played a match-up game of my two favourite things: fashion blogs and grunge bands.
"Do you remember when Courtney Love punched Kathleen Hanna at Lollapalooza in 1995, supposedly over an off-comment made about Courtney's alleged drug use during her pregnancy with Frances Bean? Ok, neither do I because – full disclosure - I was precisely five years old at the time. But that doesn't stop me from caring about decades-old beef between the high priestess of riot grrrl and the queen of kinderwhore."
So yeah, I write things and have a great time doing it and it is my ultimate life goal to become and editor by age 25 and have a really awesome career-focused life. There, I said it. I don't really care about travelling or racking up really meaningful life experiences, I live to work because writing is my passion and that's really all there is. But sometimes you gotta have fun, at that's what WORN Fashion Journal is for! Last Saturday they held an issue launch party for the latest issue (best cover of all time) and it was SO FREAKING FUN. The people, the music, the clothes, everything was just golden. I look embarrassingly drunk in most of the photos so here is me and my friend Julia with magazines over our faces.
So yeah, I write things and have a great time doing it and it is my ultimate life goal to become and editor by age 25 and have a really awesome career-focused life. There, I said it. I don't really care about travelling or racking up really meaningful life experiences, I live to work because writing is my passion and that's really all there is. But sometimes you gotta have fun, at that's what WORN Fashion Journal is for! Last Saturday they held an issue launch party for the latest issue (best cover of all time) and it was SO FREAKING FUN. The people, the music, the clothes, everything was just golden. I look embarrassingly drunk in most of the photos so here is me and my friend Julia with magazines over our faces.
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Bieber Face
Pigeons and Planes decided to have some fun and photoshop Justin Bieber's head onto my body for an article called 20 Musicians Reimagined as Hipsters. I'm...honoured? TO be perfectly honest, I think this takes the cake as one of the weirdest press clippings I've received in six years of blogging. Most of the photoshops in the article are pretty accurate, but, like, do we even have to re-imagine Justin Bieber as a hipster? Doesn't he already fit the bill?
Also, I know the name of this blog is "Hipster Musings" but a couple months ago I wrote an article for my student newspaper as well as PLANT magazine #2 that discussed the nonexistence of hipsters. You should read it, if you know what's good for you!
Also, I know the name of this blog is "Hipster Musings" but a couple months ago I wrote an article for my student newspaper as well as PLANT magazine #2 that discussed the nonexistence of hipsters. You should read it, if you know what's good for you!
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MINNEOTA – Services for Renae G. Hammerstrom, 62, of Minneota will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Lynd. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. A luncheon will be served in the church immediately following the service. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in the Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, S.D. The Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy is handling the arrangements.
She died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall.
Renae Gwen Hammerstrom was born Aug. 14, 1950, to Merle and Carol (Reed) Knutson in Flandreau, S.D. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior as a child. She attended Arlington High School in Arlington, S.D., graduating in 1968. She then attended Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in Owatonna where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and Education. While in college she worked part-time in the accounting department for Federated Insurance Company in Owatonna and then for a short time, as a Secretary at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., before moving to Sioux Falls, S.D.
On April 5, 1975, Renae married Arden Hammerstrom in Oldham, S.D., and they made their home in Chancellor, S.D., for a short time. Over the years, Renae worked part time as a secretary and in bookkeeping for several companies, as they moved from Ellendale, N.D., to Oakes, N.D., before settling in Minneota in 1980. She then worked part time for PPG Industries in Marshall. Recently, Renae worked for Berean Claim Service, in Marshall.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Marshall and was active in the church women's groups, taught Sunday School and served as a deaconess. Renae enjoyed sewing, gardening, baking, crafts, watching old classic movies, and "treasure hunting" at the Thrift Store.
Recently her health made her a patient of the Hospice House in Marshall, where she passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at the age of 62.
Renae is survived by her husband, Arden Hammerstrom of Minneota; three daughters, Ivy (and Steve) Santopietro of Simpsonville, S.C., April (and Nate) Getz of Rapid City, S.D., and Amanda (and Luke) Hilgeman of Greer, S.C.; two grandchildren, Jana Violet and Sadie Mae; three sisters, Yvonne (and Dave) Dobson of DeSmet, S.D., Rae Harmel of Minneapolis and Kris (and Walt) Brown of Arlington, S.D.; one brother, Greg (and Ivona) Knutson of Brookings, S.D.; nieces, nephews and many friends.
Her parents, Merle and Carol preceded her in death.
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The beginning of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address was annoying, from the fawning factory worker's introduction to the governor's boasting about his record. It's nothing unexpected, however. It's an election year, and governors always use this speech partly as a re-election ad.
Nevertheless, Gov. Cuomo does have accomplishments to brag about. Income taxes have gotten lower in relation to income, property taxes aren't rising as fast as they were (although that's stressed some counties and school districts), he's worked out peaceful agreements with Native American tribes, and he's earnestly trying ways to tackle the biggest structural deficiencies in state and local government. State budgets have been passed on time in recent years, a rarity in the last few decades, and instead of a gaping deficit, the state is looking at a surplus.
But while New York is more functional than it was, it hasn't gotten more democratic. As much as ever, New York is run by three men in a room, and none of them has much reason to fear being voted out of office. The system is tilted in their favor.
We agree with the governor's statement that ethics reform is important for all New Yorkers, but he didn't say anything about campaign finance reform. That's not surprising, since he is the biggest beneficiary of New York's loose limits on political fundraising, which foster bribery and entrenched incumbents. What kind of opponent will stand up to someone with a $30 million war chest, as Cuomo has amassed? That's why more than three dozen Republican legislators and county leaders are bypassing relatively qualified candidates like Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and instead trying to convince billionaire developer Donald Trump to run for governor, as the Buffalo News reported Thursday. When money becomes the name of the game, more important things are abandoned by the wayside.
Gov. Cuomo also isn't talking about term limits for Assembly leadership positions, another thing that would make New York more democratic by rotating the seats of power. The Senate has enacted its own eight-year limits, but Sheldon Silver has been Assembly speaker – one of the aforementioned three men in a room – for 19 years. He should have lost that post after he used $100,000 in public funds as hush money to pay off women accusing one of his Assembly allies, Vito Lopez, of sexual harassment.
His house of the state Legislature has a sexual harassment problem. Over the weekend, Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak resigned amid claims he, like Mr. Lopez, was a serial harasser. The governor, to his credit, had demanded that Mr. Gabryszak either deny the charges or resign, but he hasn't publicly taken on the Assembly leadership. Mr. Silver on Sunday sounded a different tone from the past, saying, "As I have stated from the start, sexual harassment has no place in the State Assembly, and it will not be tolerated. Mr. Gabryszak's decision to resign his Assembly seat is the right one." In fact, with Mr. Lopez, he tolerated it and even enabled it. The Assembly is long past due for a change of speaker.
Gov. Cuomo also, in 2012, backed down to legislative leaders on redistricting, which also hurt the cause of democracy. Having lawmakers draw their own districts clearly leads to gerrymandering, which gives incumbent politicians an unfair advantage over challengers. This is especially true when combined with lax campaign finance laws.
Gov. Cuomo is a legacy politician, the son of a governor, comfortable in the seat of power. He knows how to get things done, which is excellent after the dysfunction that has plagued the state in recent years, but reliance on powerful men before the will of the people is dangerous. Gov. Cuomo will do well as long as the things he gets done are what the people want rather than himself.
In 2006, when New York seemed to be humming right along and California was in shambles, a friend contrasted the two saying, "California is broken. New York isn't broken; it's just corrupt." A few years later, New York was both broken and corrupt. We want it to be neither. Reforming campaign finance and rotating legislative leaders would be two good steps toward that goal.


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He said it's clear there are three sectors driving the markets higher: the industrials, technology and everything oil and gas.
Cramer said while some investors are focusing on the "as goes January, so goes the year" theorem, he'd rather focus on what's working.
Take the industrials. It's no secret the industrials had been lagging as the U.S. stagnated, Europe was thrown into recession and China took a pause. But now that the U.S. is growing again, Europe is on the rebound and China is once again gearing up, it's no wonder Whirlpool (WHR) is at a 52-week high. Housing is on fire, said Cramer, which is driving every stock that goes into a home as well as every diversified industrial company.
Then there's tech. Apple (AAPL) may be lagging, but new techs like Google (GOOG) and Facebook (FB) are picking up the slack, as are all of the cloud computing players.
Finally, there's oil and gas. The American oil and gas revolution cannot be stopped, said Cramer, as evidenced by the 8.9% jump in Core Laboratories (CLB) . America is producing more oil than it has in 15 years, yet according to Core Labs, there still may be one or even two huge oil shale fields that we have yet to discover.
Cramer said that usually there is narrow leadership in January, but this year there are many big themes sending the markets higher. Investors only need to look around.
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McDermott said his company's preliminary results didn't tell the whole story, which included two acquisitions and ended with the best year in SAP's 40-year history. He said once the company had a chance to explain the numbers, analysts and investors agreed that SAP continues to deliver for shareholders.
McDermott gave the case of the San Francisco 49ers, one of SAP's customers, which will be using its software to market everything from ticket sales to merchandise to food and beyond. He said the customer experience will be personalized and it will be mobile, reaching 49er fans wherever they happen to be. McDermott called SAP's solutions "precision retail" that focuses on customers and is device agnostic.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 - 9 a.m.) - UMES students who spent Saturday night in an on-campus shelter returned to their dormitories and apartments shortly after sunrise Sunday when university officials determined the worst of Hurricane Irene had passed the region.
"They were ready to go," said Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs, who with dozens of colleagues spent Saturday night on campus.
About 300 students who already had moved onto campus and apartments adjacent to campus last week were ordered to evacuate their housing Saturday morning as a precaution in anticipation of the storm's arrival.
"Everything went according to plan," Holden said. "A lot of them thought it was an adventure."
Classes for undergraduates begin Wednesday, and sophomores, juniors and seniors had been told they could move into on-campus housing Sunday. The campus is open, but university officials are asking students arriving for the start of classes this week to wait until Monday before checking into dormitories.
Nicholas Blanchard, dean of UMES' School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, said Sunday that all graduate students in pharmacy should report to classes Monday as scheduled.
A make-up orientation session for freshmen will be held Monday morning as well. Anthony Jenkins, the vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, estimated about 120 freshmen opted not to travel to campus Friday, when orientation had been scheduled.
Aside from a 75-minute midday power outage Saturday that also affected some areas of Princess Anne, the UMES campus weathered the slow-moving storm overnight without major incident.
Winds from the backside of the storm continued to whip rain Sunday morning in bursts just as it did Saturday afternoon, stripping trees of leaves and knocking down dead branches. Three large trees adjacent to the Somerset-Harford hall complex on the historic Academic Oval each lost a major branch.
Overnight, however, there appeared to be no problems with electricity.
In fact, Holden noted that students had plenty of (electric-powered) entertainment options: movies, videos and games to keep them occupied.
And aside from standing water in low-lying areas of campus, a branch of the Manokin River that runs alongside campus had not caused any flooding problems by early Sunday morning. At one point late Saturday afternoon, the ponds in front of the Student Services Center, which was serving as the evacuation shelter, had whitecaps.
Meanwhile, UMES personnel who make up the emergency response team were continuing to monitor buildings to assess whether any were experiencing leaks from water damage.
Holden, a long-time UMES administrator who oversaw storm response, said the university's emergency plan was executed flawlessly, and he credited "all the volunteers who made it work. Thank you."
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 3 p.m.) - An estimated 300 University of Maryland Eastern Shore students were safely relocated Saturday to an on-campus shelter in the Student Services Center well ahead of Hurricane Irene's arrival.
Students who had moved into dorms early as well as those living in adjoining apartment complexes complied with a mandatory evacuation notice issued by the UMES Office of Residence Life.
In addition to the usual staffing on the weekends when classes are in session, an estimated 50 additional UMES personnel were on campus monitoring conditions and in position to help should an emergency arise.
Around midday, the campus and surrounding community briefly lost power for about 75 minutes, but it was restored around 1:30 p.m..
The on-campus shelter where students are temporarily being housed is fitted with a generator should the storm sever electricity.
UMES officials say students in the shelter will be provided two meals each day - a midday brunch and dinner. They've also arranged a variety of entertainment for the student-guests, including games and movies.
Students were told Friday to bring pillows and blankets to prepare for an overnight stay in the shelter Saturday. UMES officials said they were impressed by students' cooperation.
A senior management team at UMES has been meeting twice daily since the hurricane tracking system indicated the storm would impact Delmarva. A decision about when students might be allowed to return to their dorms and apartments will not be made until at least Sunday morning -- after an assessment of the storm's location and its collateral impact is determined.
Some graduate students have been taking classes this month, but the academic year for undergraduates is not scheduled to begin until Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Freshmen unable to attend a mandatory orientation program Friday should plan to participate in a make-up session Monday, according to the Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. The same schedule for Friday's event applies Monday.
PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 5 p.m.) - The Office of Residence Life at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore issued a mandatory evacuation notice Friday afternoon to students living on campus and in the Arden's Run and Talon Square apartment complexes adjacent to campus.
Evacuation will begin Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The Office of Resident Life estimates the move can be completed in two hours.
The university will provide student-evacuees transportation to the Student Services Center (SSC), which will serve as the primary shelter. The Hytche Athletic Center adjacent to the SSC will handle any overflow.
UMES students are being advised to wear loose, comfortable clothing and to bring: blankets, pillows, medications, limited snacks, flashlights, portable radios with headphones and small first-aid kits.
UMES housing officials are telling students they do not know how long they will have to stay in on-campus shelters.
"This order will be lifted as soon as it possible to provide a safe return to your housing location," said Marvin Jones, director of resident life.
In a notice distributed via e-mail to students, Jones appealed for their "complete cooperation ... and respect for authorities."
Jones estimates that approximately 400 students are on campus or in the adjoining apartment complexes.
Because the order is mandatory, Jones said, students who refuse to cooperate face university disciplinary action or referral to local law enforcement authorities.
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 3 p.m.) - Anthony Jenkins, the vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at UMES, today issued the following instructions to freshmen unable to attend Friday's regularly scheduled orientation session on campus.
"We understand several students were unable to attend Enrollment 101 in light of Hurricane Irene, It is important to note that Enrollment 101 should be completed prior to the start of classes on Wednesday, Aug. 31."
"A "make-up" Enrollment 101 session has been scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29, beginning at 10 a.m."
"When you arrive on campus Monday, Aug. 29, please proceed to your assigned residence hall to deliver your personal belongings. From there, you should report to the theater in the Student Services Center for Enrollment 101 check-in."
"If you have questions or require additional information, please contact the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at 410-651-8440 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com."
"Please monitor the University website and your UMES e-mail throughout the weekend for important updates. The next update regarding Enrollment 101, will be posted Sunday, Aug. 28."
"Travel safely, and we look forward to seeing you on Monday."
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 - 2 p.m.) University of Maryland Eastern Shore students planning to move into on-campus housing this weekend are encouraged to wait until Hurricane Irene passes the region.
Students may arrive on Monday, Aug. 29. UMES officials are prepared to accommodate freshmen arriving Friday, Aug. 26, who are unable to change their travel plans, but those students also will be advised to return home after dropping off their belongings.
Should it become necessary, the university will provide shelter for students on campus as the storm approaches.
All activities planned over the weekend are cancelled and will be rescheduled by the Office of Students Affairs and Enrollment Management.
Classes are still scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 31.
University personnel not designated as "essential employees" should leave campus Friday by 6 p.m. and return Monday at regularly scheduled times – weather and post-storm conditions permitting.
Students and parents are advised to monitor the UMES homepage for weather updates and changes in storm-sheltering plans on campus.
UMES students and employees should also monitor local news organizations, the campus web site, and our campus radio station WESM 91.3 FM for updates on changes in the UMES emergency response.


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Skip to comments.Newt on Hannity: Romney will win 53-47, with 300+ EV and R will carry senate
Posted on 11/02/2012 1:28:24 PM PDT by NoobRep
Just heard Newt on Hannity calmly predict Romney 53-47, 300+ EV and Republicans will win the senate.
I hope so!
Gee, I'm relieved if Newt says it. /s
Bill Cunningham predicted an Ohio win for RR last night.
From Newt's mouth to God's ears.
I agree. The polls are skewed and the MSM is lying to us about the 'razor-thin' margins between the candidates. It will all come to nothing when Romney wins with a comfortable margin of victory on Tuesday.
Dear Lord, let Newt be right. This feels so much like 1980. Only difference s that Carter had fewer crooks around him.
Oh I SO PRAY he is right on this.....
I am down with that!
Well CNN Breaking News just declared Hussein winner in Ohio.
Well CNN Breaking News just declared Hussein winner in Ohio.
I wish he would have come out and said "We have a clear path to victory, but it will take every conservative voter to come out and stand against liberal policies" The statement he made does nothing to increase turnout.
Bkmk for election night.
The Blaze's Jay Severin just called it for Romney, and said it would be an early night...I may have to check the selection at my local fireworks store...just in case.
I heard him on Hannity yesterday too and it was good to hear him so enthusiastic about Ohio's prospects.
I worked on the Reagan campaign in '80. Same vibe: the liberal media is missing the dynamic shift: Republicans are MUCH more motivated, Democrat intensity is depressed, and independents dislike the incumbent. The other side hopes for a repeat of the last election. Won't happen.
Michael Barone, the gold standard, says Romney will win. He was correct in 2008.
We can never misunderestimate the Marxist's fraud.
Union thugs.
Man oh MAN I pray he's right.
I don't remember anyone predicting we would win in 08...just a lot of gnashing of teeth and desperate hoping..
That a Party can get away with "booing" God, disparaging marriage, denigrating the killing of our ambassador as a "speed bump," sexualizing everything, especially women and children, etc. etc. etc. and still not lose by an epic landslide is, to me, a loud death knell for this country.
And if they are wrong we are stuck with zero and it won't be their fault.
I'll sigh when I hear George Will say it.
and Barone
The numbers are actually pretty easy to believe. If Romney has 43% that will vote for him no matter what and Obama has 42% that will do the same, that leaves 15% "undecided". If they break 2-1 against the incumbent (not an unreasonable assumption - see The Incumbent Rule), that gives Romney a 6% victory.
With regards to the EC, the 100-120 margin is consistent with the modeling by the two Colorado professors who have been right since 1980.
I think the only question is whether it will be bigger than 6% and be a complete landslide. If most of the independents go to Romney (again, see The Incumbent Rule) and the under 34's stay home, we could be talking about a 10 point margin of victory in the popular vote.
Increased turnout only helps Obama. We want a low turnout. Romney's voters aren't going to vote or not vote based on reminders and motivational speeches. If you talk a random non-voter on the street into voting, he is voting for Omaba.
Please go away until election day, you clearly don't want Romney to win.
No, that won't matter to her, she wants to believe that Romney is going to lose and no evidence will convince her otherwise.
Sure would love to see a couple of polls showing Obama's hurricane bounce gone and Romney gaining ground again. That would give me MUCH more confidence in Newt's prediction.
Maybe over the weekend.
I believe 52/47 is a good solid call for an 0bama loss. (it would be sad should it be that close, with nearly half the electorate being dumb as a box of hammers)
God, I just hope he's right.
SURELY our country cant be THAT stupid to RE-ELECT that bastard! If they would be so stupid, we really are gone as a nation.
zero busted his buttons with them and it's all over.
If things keep going south on Staten Island and NJ people will be blaming Obama and the government.
I hope Severin's right, because I would hate to set that stuff off at 1 or 2 in the morning...
I've heard from 2 people who have never been off more than 2 points on any presidential race since 1960: Romney will win by 8.
Four more days. Four more days!
"...conservatives are going to come together and decide they do not want a Massachusetts liberal to be the Republican nominee" - Newt Gingrich
Prior to reading this article here is an e- mail I sent to my friends:
Weds morning breakfast will certainly be different, with the Presidential election being held the day before. Things will certainly change no matter who is elected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My prediction would be a Romney win, 52%-47%; with 1% outside of Romney and Obama going to misc. candidates etc. Romney about 310 electoral votes.(270 needed to get elected) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Senate race- The recent poll underdog , liberal Scott Brown and the ultra liberal Elizabeth Warren, end up in a recount in that election. Socialists always recount better than dumb Republicans so Warren will win it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this case, a Mass liberal is faaaaar better than a marxist mooslum.
Buy a vowel and get a clue!
"Only difference is that Carter had fewer crooks around him."
The media (back then) was left of center but could be counted on to be at times impartial in their reporting. That impartiality (along with journalistic integrity) disappeared years ago.
The worse part? There's no shame on their parts. They still go around professing to be impartial and fair in their reporting. I might respect them more if they came out and said "Folks, you know what? We are biased very much in favor of Democrats. We fully support their agenda and candidates".
You really offer nothing constructive - just snark and negativity in every thread. Its almost a concerted effort to paint doom and gloom.
Newt Gingrich has a bit more credibility than you as a political analyst.
In case you were not aware, an incumbent president at 47% nationally is in deep trouble so you can concern and mock all you want. Mitt Romney has worked hard to be in this position, as has his team. He has a better than 50% chance to be the next POTUS.
Take care.
There's a pretty strong late push for Pete Hoekstra here in Michigan.
I'm not Newt's biggest fan but he is a pro and probably has a pretty good sense of things.
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If You Take a Mouse to School
Series: If You Give (Book #5)
by Laura Numeroff Illustrated by Felicia Bond
If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask you for your lunch box. When you give him your lunch box, he'll want a sandwich to go in it. Then he'll need a notebook and some pencils. He'll probably want to share your backpack, too...
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Welcome to the Quakers in Europe Web Site
Christ has come to teach his people himself!
Our message...
Jesus Christ is with us now.
His presence in the Spirit is as powerful and significant today as it was when the man Jesus existed two thousand years ago. He is the Light given to each and every human being that shows what is right and what is wrong. And he is the Power which enables us to do right and resist wrong. It is only by allowing his transforming power to act in our lives and becoming free from sin, that can we know true peace. It is only by people being inwardly changed that there can be true peace in the wider world. This simple, practical religion has been replaced by thousands of man-made religions where human activities and interpretations distract people from the living Christ. We believe anyone, of any faith, can know God's saving power.
So it might be asked, why another religion called Quakerism is needed? As Quakers we point to the experience contained in our name. It's a nickname from long ago that describes a body of people who quake because of the sheer power of Christ presence. It also tells of the inward, spiritual earthquake, where the "earth" of the old self is shaken and a new person is formed in the image of God. Our faith is devoted to hearing and being led by Christ so we worship in silence to give him our full attention. When he speaks he speaks to us as one people. Out of this has emerged clear instructions as to how we are to live our lives. The original insights of the Quakers are being recovered and small groups of people are discovering that when two or three gather in his name he comes among them - as he promised.
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Fun on Fort Loudon
I pushed away from my dock in the canoe around 7:30pm. There is a storm water drain on the north edge of my property, and there are usually some nice Bluegills that hang around there. I picked up a few, but they were small (6-8). I moved along the south shore in the shade of the trees and then into the back of the cove, waiting for the sun to go down on my neighbors new sea wall. He installed about 400 of block wall with sloped rocks in front to break the surge. It has been producing some great fishing, and I always target it after the sun goes down.
In addition to numerous Bluegills, Id been picking up a bass or two along the wall over the past few weeks. The action has been quite reliable ever since I designed and tied a leggy, yellow foam popper. The popper consists of green Estaz on a long wired Aberdeen hook, with two layers of yellow sheet foam tied on top in three segments. Long, thin chartreuse legs are tied on each side at the center. The popper floats well and has plenty of animation with the slightest movement. The yellow is easy to see in the fading twilight, which helps these old eyes.
I was catching small Bluegills along the wall, when what appeared to be a larger Bluegill took the popper. I brought it toward the boat with little pressure from my 5-wt Orvis Silver Label. Suddenly, it noticed the boat and began to exert resistance. The resistance became a fight and I knew it wasnt a Bluegill. I quickly put the fish on the reel to take advantage of the Lamson drag system, which turned out to be a good idea. He went several rounds in and out against the drag. When I finally got a look at it, I realized it was a fine Largemouth Bass. It wasnt until I lipped him that I discovered it was one of the best LMB I had ever caught on a fly rod. I didnt have a scale, but it measured an easy 18-19. Now that can get a fellow interested in seriously targeting Bass.
That is fun fishing! I think it is a great way to learn people to fly fish and to help spurn their interest in the sport!
My brother catches alot of bass on his fly rod on Norris; well, he catches alot of brim too... I may have to join him if TVA keeps moving water...
Nice write-up! Almost like we are reading a fishing article!
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Hi Gary,
Nice fish! From what I'm hearing the lakes are fishing well. I caught a lot of bass and bluegill with Frank Bryant last week on Melton Hill. I caught all of mine on top. Love that!
Last night I hooked another big Largemouth Bass of about the same size but lost him at the canoe. I tried to lip him, and he made off with my yellow popper (I had more). From now on, I'm bringing the long-handled net in the canoe. This is really fun.
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Vineyard Profile: State Ranch Cabernet Flavor Profile
by Nickel & Nickel on January 29, 2013
We're continuing our profile of the State Ranch vineyard with notes from our winemaker on this Cabernet Sauvignon's flavor profile. For previous posts on this vineyard, visit here and here.
Darice Spinelli points to several factors that make State Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon the single-vineyard wine we know and love:
1. The fruit from this vineyard is one of the last to come in each harvest, and that longer hang time leads to the darker fruit profile in the finished wine. (Contrast with C.C. Ranch's red fruit flavors.)
2. The Yountville climate is similar to the Oakville climate, which brings richness and structure to State Ranch Cabernet.
3. A combination of clones (Cabernet Sauvignon clone 7 and 4) add complexity to the wine.
If you are new to State Ranch Cabernet—or even if you're a long-time fan—look for those dark, jammy flavors with a touch of minerality and rich, big structure. This is truly a wine to savor!
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PW Playmate asks: how to you run a growing poly meetup without conflict and drama in the community?
Under-18 warning and redirection to Scarleteen
1:00 News and host chat
- New blog post: What healthcare professionals need to know about poly and kink
- New blog post: Facebook and privacy. Is it OK to list my relationship status as "open" if my girlfriend isn't out publicly?
- OpenSF is June 8-10 in San Francisco
- Also, I'll be speaking on Content Strategy for the Online Activist at CatalystCon
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A PW Playmate (woo hoo!) writes in to ask:
I've been pretty involved in my local poly community for a couple of years. It's about doubled in size since we started doing more outreach, and with that has come much more drama and conflict within the community. We're not quite sure how to handle it without alienating people.
Allena Gabosch, Director of the Center for Sex Positive Culture, gives advice:
- Be open to everyone
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- Give naysayers responsibilities for improving the group
- Acknowledge and address naysayer issues publicly
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Jonathan Diener from The Swellers sat down and answered some questions from street teamers and fans. Here is Part 2:
10. What would you be doing right now if you weren't touring in this band?
Anto is an electrician, Ryan works at a pizza place, Nick records bands and I… well, I hang out with my dog. I'd probably try to get a job at some music company or join another band. Hopefully The Swellers last forever so I don't need to think about that one!
11. What was the last book you read?
I started reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower series and I'm two books into that and I'm almost done with the second book of The Hunger Games right now. Fun times!
12. What are your thoughts on Spotify?
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2/24, Thursday, 8pm: Collide-O-Scope Music, Dream of the Noctilucent CityPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Acierto, Arnone, Bailey, brooklyn, Cage, chamber music, classical music, Collide-O-Scope Music, concert, electroacoustic, electronics, Getz, Gorbos, Issue Project Room, Lucier, multimedia, Nono, piano, video, Woodman, Xenakis
Collide-O-Scope Music is proud to present Dream of the Noctilucent City, its second concert of the season devoted to the close interinvolvement of a variety of media forms, both sonic and visual, acoustic and electronic. Dream of the Noctilucent City features music by Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Nono, Stephen Gorbos, Christopher Bailey, John Cage, and Alvin Lucier, performed by pianist Augustus Arnone, saxophonist Noah Getz, and clarinetist Alejandro Acierto.
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Skip to comments.Why The Manufacturing Jobs Are Not Coming Back
Posted on 12/21/2012 12:26:52 PM PST by Perdogg
There are a plethora of reasons underpinning the fact that manufacturing jobs are not coming back to the USA. Perhaps the simplest is purely economic. As McKinsey notes in a recent report, manufacturings' role in job creation shifts over time as manufacturing's share of output falls and as companies invest in technologies and process improvements that raise productivity.
A critical finding is that as manufacturing's share of national output falls, so does its share of employment - following the inverted 'U' curve below. Manufacturing job losses in advanced economies have been concentrated in labor-intensive and highly tradable (read globalizable) industries such as apparel and electronics assembly. Thanks to the increased productivity and a 'high' credit-enabled standard-of-living, the US has simply priced itself out of the global manufacturing business (and so is China as its GDP per capita rises). Unless Americans are willing to put the twinkie (and iPad) down, those jobs will continue to bleed overseas (to India based on the chart below) building the ever-more self-fulfilling vicious circle of a nation dependent on state-aid to survive as only the 'unlucky' few remain employed.
The Great American Mismatch. Plenty of Manufacturing jobs, too few people with the necessary skills
Manufacturing In The US Is Making A Historic Comeback
It's funny, watching the commie/fascist political/regulator class fall from its government income and government-linked incomes. The funniest part will be the spending cuts of teh real austerity measures phase. Then we'll see who really riots (the socialist elite who only control the pile of debt for now).
I bought a pair of New Balance shoes yesterday. The tag said "Made in the USA" and went on to say that they have five factories in the US that provide a third of all NB shoes to North America.
Yeah, thanks for the GE link. There's lots of reasons for thinking this the author at ZeroHedge is dead wrong.
For instance the revolution in the natural gas patch is bringing an extra 30 billion or so annually in industry investment back to the USA to take advantage of the lower natural gas prices.
The issues addressed by the GE article are just part of the picture.
There is a huge secular change in the way manufacturing takes place with smart robots and 3d printing. Which will make it cheaper to manufacture stuff closer to their markets so as to avoid transportation costs, lower man hours in production and enable better communication with customers.
We manufacture twice as much in the US as we did in 1975. We just do it with many fewer workers.
Look up "dark factories" on the Internet. There are factories which no one works except to repair the robots. The future will required trained personnel.
These 5 elements give us improved products at lower cost and free human beings from repetitive stress syndrome and industrial accidents!
BTW, the supervisory classes disappear along with the workers they used to supervise.
I've been reading quite deeply about India's economy.
I think it's unlikely that a significant percentage of manufacturing jobs will "bleed" there, as the author suggests.
India's infrastructure of roads, clean water, reliable electric power, etc., is currently not up to the job.
The barriers for foreign investment are quite serious.
And, even domestic manufacturers must negotiate a blizzard of paperwork, approvals, and ever changing regulations.
New industrial construction can literally take a decade to complete.
Corruption among low level government employees is ever present.
The currency, the rupee, has been unstable because of trade deficits, Central Bank policies, and ever changing regulations on gold purchases and foreign currency trading.
On the other hand, India's stock market has performed very well in recent years, and very important nation wide economic reforms have been made over the last 20 years.
Bottom line...
India is still a developing nation, and the time table for that development is not clear.
Re: "We manufacture twice as much in the US as we did in 1975."
In "Purchase Parity" dollars, America was still the largest manufacturer in the world in 2011.
We beat China by about $20 billion.
And, China employs 8 times more industrial workers than the USA!
They COST too much!
The high livers will ALWAYS outsource their menial stuff to others.
If it were ALL automatated, then it would STILL cost to much, for it'd take humans injected in the pipeline somewhere, and our Americans cannot live on what foreigners can.
For how much?
There ya go!
But what does it 'free' them to DO?
Go back to school to get smarter?
That's why they were factory workers to begin with!
Unions won't like this!
It sounds like USA to me in so many places!
So would we if we quit paying people NOT to work!
Our inner cities SHOULD be the cleanest on Earth; but we have gutless politicians.
There are low wage, economically depressed areas of the United States that can compete with offshore manufacturing, even in labor-intensive products that involve a lot of handwork.
A weak dollar makes such a proposition even more sensible.
Not every industry can be heavily automated because cost of goods requirements do not support such a large capital expenditure in order to introduce automation and robotics. Some industries require subjective assessments such as color, design and overall visual appeal that cannot be replicated by a machine.
Trade policy destroyed domestic manufacturing in the south at least. It had nothing to do with unions as they were never unionized. Labor cost is not that large of a percentage of cost of goods.
The dirty secret is that the decision to offshore was driven not by competitive pressure but a desire to increase profit margin. Retail price certainly didn't decline. Large retailers expect margins in the 60 to 70 percent range in my industry.
We can do it with made in USA product. However, our own margin is higher and we can still offer better margins to large retailers by offshoring, given a dollar that is not weak. A depressed dollar or a dollar crash brings it right back to domestic plants.
Believe it or not they were only $29.99 on Amazon.
They could spend more time fasting and in prayer. Always a favorite back in Medieval times.
Manufacturing jobs will NEVER return to our country for several basic reasons:
A legal system out of control. No tort reform.
The EPA.
Unions and the total support for them from our Congress.
The lack of employees who have the skills needed and the work ethic that will make them productive.
The fact that we have gone from a free country to a new social utopia controlled by Socialists, Communists, and Marxists.
There are many more reasons that manufacturing won't be back but it all relates to the ability of the business to actually wade through all of the regulations, legal minefields, and fines and taxes to make a profit.
Tell me why the Empire State Building took 11 months from start to absolute finish?
Why would it take 5 to 6 years today to do the same thing?
Consumers buy "things". Things are manufactured someplace.
It's silly to turn ones back on those jobs, because that are literally thousands upon thousands of "things" to consume.
Consumers buy "things". Things are manufactured someplace.
It's silly to turn ones back on those jobs, because there are literally thousands upon thousands of "things" to consume.
So read the replies and not one put together all the reasons MFG is about to explode in the USA. MFG used to be labor and energy intensive. The robots now being deployed are removing the people from the MFG line. Unions are screwed, they have made sure they can not have a job. The new bots can thread a needle the first time every time. 3d printing is a major disruptive tech. Now here is the big deal, fracking. USA nat gas cost is about 1/7th of europe. Since energy is and will be even more of an important MFG input the USA's energy advantage becomes huge.
And all of this has nothing to do with the eminent implosion of china's economy.
Yes the operation I retired from turns out more auto parts today with 1500 employees than it did in 1982 with 4000.
On the contrary, mechanization, automation, computerization, robotics and improved work methods have much more influence on the need for workers than the inability of a company's lawyers to read and understand government rules.
Belated "pong".
They are designed to closer tolerances to minimize structural members, and to better control stresses.
They are of higher quality, cost less, and will last far longer ~ even though they'll be easier to dismantle if need be.
Planners and Architects know these things.
Oh, and the need for architects is down ~ really down! Even design engineers ~ computerization has really hurt that profession.
Then there's the need for tall buildings ~ 2 stories, tops, and there's plenty of land for that, plus the employees get enormous parking lots so they can drive to work and avoid erratic bus service.
We will also have a great deal of difficulty with our unemployment rate ~ and will be looking back at today's functional 20% rate as being a Golden Age of workers!
We could probably become a nation of OWNERS ~ do that as an occupation.
Why would it take 5 to 6 years today to do the same thing?
And the Pentagon took sixteen months (1941-09-11 to 1943-01-15). When do you suppose DHS's new $3.4b HQ, ground broken September 2009 and situated on the grounds of the former Government Hospital for the Insane, will get finished?
It comes down to government regulation gumming up the works. And to unions standing in the way of improvement.
You may have heard, the Chinese build 30-story hotels in 15 days. They work smart. They manufacture the building off-site, and then they assemble the prefabricated modules onsite.
Are they NON-union?
I wonder what the breakeven point is between robots and humans?
The major influence on MFG is energy. Assuming the corruptocrats lose and we can exploit our coal natgas & oil were poised to f**k the ME especially the saudis. We're exporting fracked LNG to the EU @ $16 vs $1.6-2.4 non liquefied us consumption.
So going forward, educating for industry requirements means jettisoning the government education model for something like a communal /home school/ Kahn Academy model hybrid. On an interesting note this will also kill the commie monopoly on higher ed as fewer students attend "Harvard" vs harvard-online.edu for minimal to free. An interesting dynamic going on is the ivy embrace of low cost to free online ed. What the corrupticrats don't get is the value of attending "harvard" will be proven to be networking, much like the Japanese college system, not the info imparted on the heads full of mush. This intern as, the economy becomes more info/knowledge based, will make, the old boys club less relevant. This will get "skills" not relationship, back to the income equation. Because libs want wealth taxed, they will ensure the less productive capital rich are forced out of the USA thus losing the ability to fund the corrupicrats, and influence policy.
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Just wondering if we should get another iMac for the action room. I'm planning to come & fix up pinky so he works a bit faster, but we could probably use another one with a bit more power. There's a G4 coming up on eBay tomorrow which is in Dalkeith so I could go & collect it instead of paying postage. Will probably go for less than £100. Comes with keyboard, mouse, speakers.
I could set it up with Photoshop & Open Office & shit. Would run faster than those old G3s and hopefully be more reliable than the woeful range of PCs we've been trying to utilize in there. Will also look a lot prettier I can't guarantee it'll work forever but if if breaks I'll do my best to get it working again. I reckon this will be (up to) £100 well spent from the BTS budget as it will be a decent working machine that will be of ongoing use in the action room. And, like the two G3s, it should be fairly dependable which is what we need at the moment.
Google 'iMac G4' if you want to see what they look like.