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S01:E28 - Season 1, Episode 28
1 hr 4 min
Kihwang starts to look for Sawol as per Dukyeh's request, but finds Sehoon getting beat by Manhoo's men. Chanbin agrees to get engaged to Haesang to protect Sawol when he receives a phone call.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Season 1, Episode 1
Kang Manhoo and Oh Minho are final candidates for the restoration project. As President Shin favors Minho as the next heir, Manhoo, enraged over jealousy, works to get Dukyeh on his side.
S01:E02 - Season 1, Episode 2
Mary goes to Manhoo wanting to start over. Minho goes to confront Manhoo about his plans and tells him that he won't fall for his tricks anymore.
S01:E03 - Season 1, Episode 3
Dukyeh is distraught after she finds out the truth about Manhoo and plans her revenge. The police arrest Minho for the President's disappearance.
S01:E04 - Season 1, Episode 4
Dukyeh leaves her baby at the orphanage promising to find her. Gukja brings Mary's son into the house.
S01:E05 - Season 1, Episode 5
Dukyeh treats Sawol as she gets hurt while carrying Chanbin back. Minho finds a hidden secret as he visits the charnel house.
S01:E06 - Season 1, Episode 6
An earthquake destroys Geumbit Orphanage along with the records of Haesang's identity. Minho tells Jihye that he wants to adopt Haesang.
S01:E07 - Season 1, Episode 7
Minho and Dukyeh act like strangers in front of Jihye. Dukyeh finds out about Haesang from Chanbin. Jihye tells Haesang that they'll be living with Sawol.
S01:E08 - Season 1, Episode 8
Dukyeh is rushed to the hospital and Manhoo suspects Mary. As the girls' violin teacher suggests that Haesang and Sawol perform together, Haesang hurts Sawol and takes the spotlight.
S01:E09 - Season 1, Episode 9
Gukja finds Haesang familiar and sends Mary to look into her. Haesang becomes jealous after she sees Sawol's new city project draft.
S01:E10 - Season 1, Episode 10
Dukyeh is devastated after she finds out that Haesang is not her daughter. Minho is infuriated when he finds out that the blueprint that Haesang turned in was actually Sawol's.
S01:E11 - Season 1, Episode 11
Dukyeh notices a birthmark on Sawol's foot and orders for a DNA test. Manhoo hires men to follow Dukyeh as his suspicions grow.
S01:E12 - Season 1, Episode 12
Chanbin grows concerned about Sawol. Manhoo catches on to Dukyeh at the swimming pool. Sawol works hard to prove her innocence/correct a misunderstanding.
S01:E13 - Season 1, Episode 13
Manhoo is infuriated when a reporter visits him as he is following Dukyeh. Haesang suggests to Sawol to work on a project with Chanbin.
S01:E14 - Season 1, Episode 14
Haesang makes a deal with Manhoo regarding Chanbin. Sawol finds out about Ms. Ma and confronts Dukyeh. Haesang is shocked to find out that Owel is alive.
S01:E15 - Season 1, Episode 15
Haesang lives in fear of her secret getting revealed as Owel returns. Minho looks into the secret contracts. Gukja starts to look for evidence regarding Dukyeh's secret.
S01:E16 - Season 1, Episode 16
Owel finds out about Haesang and hands Sawol the project documents. Sehoon finds out that Manhoo was behind the Chunbee contract.
S01:E17 - Season 1, Episode 17
Minho questions Haesang as he grows suspicious of her involvement with the secret contract. Sawol finds out that Haesang took her USB.
S01:E18 - Season 1, Episode 18
Sawol finds out that Owel is alive when she discovers a paper crane at a construction site. Manhoo grows suspicious of Heather Shin.
S01:E19 - Season 1, Episode 19
Chanbin's family is surprised as Haesang goes to greet them. Manhoo finds out that Dukyeh and Jihye are friends.
S01:E20 - Season 1, Episode 20
Hongdo gets hurt while struggling at a construction site with Manhoo. Haesang goes to the scene to frame Sawol. Dukyeh discovers a button at the site is the same as the one on Manhoo's jacket.
S01:E21 - Season 1, Episode 21
Sawol writes a note and leaves home to take care of Hongdo's kids until she wakes up. Manhoo accepts Haesang as Chanbin's wife.
S01:E22 - Season 1, Episode 22
Kihwang contacts Dukyeh as she reveals that Geumbit Orphange collapsed due to Manhoo's mishaps. Haesang holds a press conference.
S01:E23 - Season 1, Episode 23
Manhoo is infuriated after hearing Haesang's interview. Minho asks Haesang why she hid the truth about being his daughter all along.
S01:E24 - Season 1, Episode 24
Haesang loses her will to live after Minho finds out the truth. Sawol turns down Chanbin's proposal and returns the necklace. Manhoo goes to meet Heather Shin.
S01:E25 - Season 1, Episode 25
Dukyeh disapproves as Chanbin brings Sawol home to introduce her to his family. Jihye questions Minho and Dukyeh's relationship as she finds a picture from the past.
S01:E26 - Season 1, Episode 26
Chanbin prepares another proposal to prove his unchanging love. Jihye feels betrayed as she believes Haesang is Minho and Dukyeh's daughter. Sawol finds out that Hongdo is Owel.
S01:E27 - Season 1, Episode 27
Sawol feels disappointed at Haesang for hiding the truth about Owel. Jihye secretly runs a DNA test between Haesang and Minho. Chanbin announces that he wants to get married to Sawol.
S01:E28 - Season 1, Episode 28
Kihwang starts to look for Sawol as per Dukyeh's request, but finds Sehoon getting beat by Manhoo's men. Chanbin agrees to get engaged to Haesang to protect Sawol when he receives a phone call.
S01:E29 - Season 1, Episode 29
Chanbin conducts an investigation as he hears rumors of Manhoo's embezzlement. Jihye is enraged when she finds Minho's DNA test.
S01:E30 - Season 1, Episode 30
Chanbin hears a recording regarding the accident. Haesang tells Sawol returns the ring to Chanbin wanting to break up. Manhoo is thrilled to hear that the Chunbee Construction will be resumed.
S01:E31 - Season 1, Episode 31
Kihwang shows Sawol the house he built for Owel. Manhoo believes that Heather Shin and Dukyeh are two different people once he sees their video call.
S01:E32 - Season 1, Episode 32
Dukyeh tries to get Jisang out of the sanitarium. As Haesang finds out the Sehoon is a prosecutor, she tries to help him take Kihwang's inheritance. Sawol attends Bogeum Group's event with Owel to reveal Manhoo's wrongdoings.
S01:E33 - Season 1, Episode 33
Haesang starts to seduce Sehoon by bringing him home. Manhoo supports Dallae when he finds out who Sehoon is. Haesang goes to Sehoon's home to find evidence when she gets caught by Sawol.
S01:E34 - Season 1, Episode 34
Sehoon tries to impress Kihwang by telling him he likes Haesang. Gukja is surprised to find out that Jisang is alive after seeing him with Dukyeh.
S01:E35 - Season 1, Episode 35
Manhoo realizes that the blueprints Minho has are real after his mother shows him the video. Siro sees Owel's missing person flyer as Hongdo visits the junkyard.
S01:E36 - Season 1, Episode 36
Manhoo confronts Dukyeh about Jisang and tells her to bring him Minho's blueprints. Haesang deliberately gets into an accident as Owel tells her she will stop the wedding.
S01:E37 - Season 1, Episode 37
Manhoo promises Heather Shin that he'll find her daughter as she is about to depart. Chanbin and Sawol start to officially date. Haesang and Sehoon get married. Haesang finds out that Owel is Sehoon's sister as she enters the house.
S01:E38 - Season 1, Episode 38
Manhoo encourages Sawol and Chanbin to date while attempting to reunite her with Heather Shin. Haesang receives a call from the police and gets quested regarding the accident. Dukyeh acknowledges that she took Jisang as Manhoo finds the security footage.
S01:E39 - Season 1, Episode 39
Manhoo insincerely apologizes to Sawol to become in-laws with Heather Shin. Siro gets caught as he runs into Sawol and Chanbin at Manhoo's home. Manhoo is enraged as he finds out Dukyeh had a child.
S01:E40 - Season 1, Episode 40
Sehoon grows suspicious as he finds out that Haesang was from the same orphanage as his sister. Minho gets disqualified from the Chunbee construction competition. Sawol realizes that Kihwang is Hongdo's father.
S01:E41 - Season 1, Episode 41
Kihwang is saddened to find out that Hongdo is his daughter. Haesang becomes uneasy as Sehoon investigates Hongdo's accident. Dukyeh plans to reveal the truth at Sawol's wedding.
S01:E42 - Season 1, Episode 42
Manhoo is enraged as Kihwang chooses Dukyeh as the new Chairwoman of Bogeum. Haesang feels suffocated as Sehoon and Sawol search for evidence of Owel's accident. Everyone is surprised to find out the identity of Heather Shin.
S01:E43 - Season 1, Episode 43
Dukyeh takes Sawol from her wedding and Minho cries as he finds out that Sawol is his daughter. Kihwang and Sehoon believe that Haesang was involved in Owel's accident.
S01:E44 - Season 1, Episode 44
Manhoo reveals to Kihwang that Haesang caused Owel to fall. Haesang feels burdened as Sehoon takes over the investigation. Dukyeh receives a message that Sawol has been kidnapped during the ceremony.
S01:E45 - Season 1, Episode 45
Dukyeh announces Sawol as the next heir. But Sawol shows no intention of becoming one. Haesang discovers Owel crossing the street.
S01:E46 - Season 1, Episode 46
Haesang grows more anxious of Owel's identity. Kihwang and Sehoon are tormented as they find out more about Haesang. Manhoo pushes for Sawol and Chanbin's marriage to get his revenge on Dukyeh.
S01:E47 - Season 1, Episode 47
Kihwang and Sehoon confirm that Haesang was behind Owel's accident and takes her to the scene. Sawol gets married to Chanbin and agrees to become the next heir to stop Dukyeh.
S01:E48 - Season 1, Episode 48
Chanbin recommends Sawol as the new Executive Director. Owel shows up in front of Sehoon to reveal Haesang's wrongdoings.
S01:E49 - Season 1, Episode 49
Owel burst into tears as she is reunited with her kids. Chanbin reacts coldly when Sawol asks if he could forgive Dukyeh. Manhoo tries to find the Pine Tree storage to destroy it.
S01:E50 - Season 1, Episode 50
As Owel is brought as a witness, Haesang reveals that Sehoon is Owel's brother nullifying the trial. Chanbin arrives at the construction site in news of an inspection when the celling collapses above him.
S01:E51 - Season 1, Episode 51
The police arrest Manhoo at the hospital while Sawol struggles reminiscing of her times with Dukyeh. Siro and Sehoon come forward as witnesses during Haesang's trial.
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Establishing a partnership with CCP
Partnerships between your agency and U of T (through the CCP) can be initiated by either party. The CCP may approach your agency with a proposal from a community-engaged learning course or extra-curricular program. The CCP will also gladly receive project or placement ideas from community agencies. While we cannot guarantee that we can provide students for your request, we will carefully review your project idea and make our best efforts to find the right course or co-curricular program for you to partner with.
The CCP is committed to supporting local community-based and not-for-profit organizations, voluntary sector, school boards and governments in the GTA and Peel Region, in order to strengthen their capacity to serve their clients, develop new initiatives and enhance existing programs. We support community-based organizations by linking student groups and academic courses to community-identified and community-engaged experiences.
Academic community-engaged learning
Academic community-engaged learning can be described as a "course-based, credit-bearing educational experience that allows students to (a) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility." Bringle and Hatcher (1995).
Courses seeking partnership
We are currently seeking community partners for several academic service learning courses in 2015-2016: NEW342 Theory and Praxis in Food Security, PCL389 the Role of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Society and POL494 Citizenship, Renewing Civic Engagement. Placement requirements vary among courses.
Alternative Reading Week
Alternative Reading Week is a program that runs annually during the University of Toronto's Reading Week. The three-day event involves 200 students who are assigned to volunteer projects that take place within various community organizations such as yours. Students are expected to complete the full three days of service, and are encouraged to continue being involved after the completion of the event.
Join the CCP's Community Partner Advisory Committee
The University of Toronto Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP) is inviting expressions of interest to join our Community Partner Advisory Committee (CPAC) for Spring 2019.
The CCP was created with a mandate to build community, strengthen capacity and steward partnerships for mutual learning between U of T students and community partner organizations. CPAC members play an instrumental role in supporting the CCP as it fulfils its mandate.

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An inside look at California's cap-and-trade program
An inside look at California's cap-and-trade program
California is gearing up to set in motion cap-and-trade, its market-based program for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, with the state's first auction for carbon allowances next month.
The program was created by the state's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which aims to reduce emissions in the state to its levels in the 1990s by 2020. The way it works: Businesses, utilities, refineries and manufacturers in California that spew more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year are required to obtain allowances to emit greenhouse gases. The program will cover around 350 to 400 businesses, according to officials at the California Air Resources Board, the agency managing the program. Even those headquartered out of state are required to participate if they operate facilities in California.
Each year, the "cap," or the overall amount of emissions the state allows, will shrink, as will the number of allowances for sale. That means emitters will need to shrink their greenhouse gas levels or buy allowances.
The Air Resources Board distributes sizeable portions of these allowances for free to many businesses. Some utilities, for example, receive all their allowances at no cost. Businesses that have to purchase a portion of their allowances must buy them either at an auction held by the Air Resources Board on Nov. 14, or in the marketplace from other companies. Businesses can also meet the cap by purchasing a limited amount of "offset" credits from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions offsite -- for instance, from companies that specialize in disposal of ozone-depleting refrigerants, agency officials said. The offset credits need to be approved by the Air Resources Board.
GreenBiz's Ambika Kandasamy talked to Dave Clegern, a spokesman at the California Air Resources Board, on what companies need to know about how the new carbon market will be implemented. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
GreenBiz: Is cap-and-trade a mandatory program?
Dave Clegern: Any business that is generating more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year is covered by cap-and-trade. They're in. Companies that generate less can opt in to the program, and some of them have. Companies generally opt in when their business plans indicate they can receive free allowances by following the cap-and-trade regulations -- monitoring and reporting emissions. The advantage to them is that they do their calculations, and determine that they will receive enough allowances under the program that they can sell some.
GB: When does the emissions cap go into effect, and who is under the cap in the first year of launching the program?
DC: The first compliance period begins Jan. 1, 2013. The cap is 162.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. They [the participants] are primarily refineries, utilities, cement manufacturers, glassmakers and some of the larger food processing facilities. That's the lion's share of them.
GB: The California Air Resources Board is holding an auction on Nov. 14 to bid on allowances. Which businesses are participating in the auction? What's the auction platform, and process?
DC: We don't know finally at this point. We'll have an idea after everybody's registered for the auction platform. We're still registering participants until Oct. 15. The auction platform is being run by Markit North America. It interfaces with our financial services provider, which is Deutsche Bank. The auction itself is closed. It's a blind auction -- the people who are bidding can't see each other's bids.
There's a floor price [for each allowance]. It's technically called a reserve price. That's $10 an allowance.
GB: How many allowances could a single business purchase? Is there a limit on this?
There are limits at the Air Resources Board auctions. Covered companies can purchase no more than 15 percent of what's available, and third parties no more than 4 percent. We have no involvement in the secondary market, other than that all trades or sales must be registered with us.
GB: How are allowances allocated to businesses?
DC: They're based on the products that businesses in the different sectors produce. There's basically a benchmark process, and if you're significantly below the benchmark, you will end up with a surplus of allowances. And if you are at or above the benchmark, you will likely have to go out and get some from somebody else or buy them at auction. The benchmark differs by sector and is essentially an average of the carbon intensity for the finished products produced in each sector.
But for the first two years, all of the industrial entities get 90 percent free, so they only have to account for 10 percent of their emissions in terms of actually buying something or reducing emissions. If they reduce their emissions, they don't have to buy anything.
GB: Which businesses get free allowances?
DC: The utilities get all of their allowances free for the duration of the program, but the utilities operate under a different set of rules in that they -- the investor-owned utilities and some of the public ones -- are required to sell all of their free allowances at auction and then put [the proceeds] into a process that will return some value to their customers. It could be in terms of controlling rates. It could be using more renewable fuel. The Public Utilities Commission is working out the details on that, because they manage rates.
GB: And which ones get up to 90 percent free?
DC: Those would be the industrial ones. Refineries. Phillips 66, Chevron, all of those folks. There are a number of cement plants.
Photo of oil refinery provided by David Sprott via Shutterstock.
GB: One of the concerns of this program is that companies might move out of the state to avoid participating in it -- the concept of "leakage" -- what can be done to prevent it?
DC: Well, it is an issue, and what is done to prevent it at this point is that a certain percentage of the free allowances that companies get are based on preventing leakage. If we run into a particular sector or a facility that is in some way unique and has a problem in meeting what we need them to accomplish is that we will work with them.
A good example of that is the cement industry. One of the more common kinds [of cement] is called hydraulic cement, which is the kind of cement that will stay hard underwater. In the process, what's called clinker [a substance necessary to producing hydraulic cement] is made.
The problem with clinker is that there is no alternate technology for making it. And at this point, there is no way to make hydraulic cement without manufacturing it, but it is extremely greenhouse gas intensive. So we sat down with the cement people and talked that through, and what we arrived at was that, because their process emissions is not something that they can really do anything about except go out of business, we gave them a modification to their allowance budget that will take that into consideration.
GB: What modifications are given to businesses like cement companies that have difficulty lowering their emissions?
We work with individual facilities and entire sectors to make compliance manageable. In some cases, that has involved additional [free] allowances. In others, it has involved allowing them to enter the program later, as is being done with the combined heat and power facilities.
GB: How can businesses that are not participating in the auction in November buy their allowances?
DC: In 2013, there will be four auctions, and in 2014, there will be four auctions. There's also whatever's out on the secondary market, which we really have no involvement with, other than that we track the allowances that are handed off from party to party. There should be adequate allowances around. The primary advantage of getting into it early is that there's a very good chance that the price will be lower.
GB: Is California's cap-and-trade program modeled after other cap-and-trade programs in the world?
DC: To some extent California's program is modeled after the regional greenhouse gas initiative in the Northeast, and the European Union's emissions trading system. But the Air Resources Board has adapted those plans and made changes to suit the market we'll be dealing with.
GB: What are the costs associated with California's cap-and-trade program?
The projected costs for the various contracts associated with cap-and-trade program are (24-month contract):
Auction operator -- Markit, North America: $750,000
Financial services administrator for auctions -- Deutsche Bank: $500,000
Market analytics -- Market monitor: $400,000
Market training for state staff -- Cutting Edge Capital: $200,000
Development of tracking system, international linkage administration, contract management and other services -- Western Climate Initiative, Inc.: $3.7M


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Ex-Wayans Brothers assistant sues
A former assistant to the Wayans Brothers has sued the comedy team for unspecified damages, saying they snatched his You know you're a Golddigger ... book and published it as their own.
Jared Edwards of Los Angeles filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday against Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans and St. Martin's Press.
The lawsuit said Edwards worked as an assistant for a decade beginning in 1995.
It said in 2005 he wrote jokes about women who seek wealth and status through romance.
He said the brothers rejected his book, but in May published their own: 101 Ways to Know You're a Golddigger.
St. Martin's Press did not immediately return a call for comment.
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Man, you really can strap a Go Pro to just about anything, can't you? Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve of the most creative uses the versatile camera.
For more adrenaline-inducing action, you should also check out these 12 videos of a real-life Spiderman, people BASE jumping from famous places, and 10 ejection seat tests.
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Big Feet Pajama Co. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Big Feet Pajama Co.
We are Big Feet Pajama Co., a manufacturer of footed pajamas for adults and kids (as of Fall '09) - http://www.BigFeetPJs.com
We are in the process of redesigning our entire website. We recently held a contest for a new logo and homepage through 99 designs and loved the outcome. Here is the new design -
We would now like to redesign our size chart page (adults/kids/toddlers/infants), as we are in the process of adding infants/toddlers/kids pjs to our existing lineup of adult pajamas.
Here is a link to our existing adult chart - http://www.bigfeetpjs.com/sizing.html
The new graphic(s) should incorporate the new look and color scheme of the most recent contest winners. It doesnt even have to be a chart. It might be nice to incorporate the bear from the logo in some fashion. It needs to be informative and easy to understand. Dont worry about adding the text above the existing graphic, as that will not be there on the new website.
Here is the sizing for the new kids line -
Kids Sizes
Size Approx. Weight
XS 38-43 pounds
S 44-52 pounds
M 53-69 pounds
L 70-95 pounds
Infant/Toddler Sizes
Size Approx. Weight
12 Months 18-20 pounds
18 Months 20-24 pounds
2T 25-30 pounds
3T 30-35 pounds
4T 35-38 pounds
All ages, men and women
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About RickyRood
I'm a professor at U Michigan and lead a course on climate change problem solving. These articles often come from and contribute to the course.
By: Dr. Ricky Rood, 1:04 AM GMT on March 12, 2017
Dilemma: Past and Future of Science in Society
Dilemma: I like those old Greek words. They suggest hope, or perhaps, hopelessness. It is pretty clear from, say, Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric, that the types of political arguments and of political behavior we see today have been around a long time. That includes attacks on reason, logic, and science. Hope, perhaps, is represented in that this is something that we have seen before. Hopelessness, beca...
By: Dr. Ricky Rood, 10:00 PM GMT on February 03, 2017
Organization, Presence: Adaptive Management in the Trump Administration
Once again, I woke feeling great. Decided I need to think about how to manage my career or, well perhaps, what's left of it. Think I am going back to my EOS editorial and see if any of what I said made sense.
I am one of those people who feel that there is value of organization and management in our science enterprise. This has been an albatross around the neck of my car...
By: Dr. Ricky Rood, 12:11 AM GMT on January 10, 2017
Fear and Loathing, Irony and Deception
Surely, some will think that I will sound like an apologist in this blog. Oh, well.
Several colleagues have told me that my last blog / editorial was a struggle to find optimism. After finishing that blog, I had no sense of optimism. (I expect an updated version of the editorial will be published in the February print edition of EOS.)
A common emotion among my climate friends is a feeling of lo...
By: Dr. Ricky Rood, 3:47 AM GMT on December 02, 2016
This is a stripped down version of an editorial that appeared on the American Geophysical Union's EOS.org. Also note the formal citation at the end. Please read it there to give them the page counts. Thanks. r
I have a collection of documents on the presidential transition at this link.
Take the Long View on Environmental Issues in the Age of Trump
Donald Trump will be the next president. What will this mean for the environment...
By: Dr. Ricky Rood, 5:10 AM GMT on November 05, 2016
Salience: On the Eve of the 2016 Election
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There has been an ongoing discussion on the PUBLIB listserv for the last week or so. It started off with a short question:
A patron checks out 20 music CDs. Proceeds to rip them to his laptop while in the library. Then returns them.
What should I have done? Is that copyright violation? Should I have told him? Stopped him?
What the thread has evolved into is a strange journey through the psyche of the public librarians around the country. What I thought was pretty simply slam dunk of an answer ("It's a copyright violation happening right in front of you. You should have stopped it and informed the patron what they were doing was illegal") has stirred what I can only imagine (and hope) are fringe perspectives. It ranges from the absurd idea that patron privacy is ABSOLUTE even in the face of overt illegal activities to screeds against corporations and their profit making with some excuse making arguments between regarding the value of staff confrontation with patrons (a non-starter) and the milquetoast "We don't actually KNOW what they are going to do with the CDs after they rip them" shrug-of-the-shoulders (extraordinarily weak looking the other way mentality).
While I'm relieved that there were other librarians on the list who rebutted these suppositions, there was a very dismayed "WTF" moment to the whole thread. The casual manner in which peers were willing to set aside the law in the face of an overt copyright violation is rather disheartening as society moves towards another intellectual property turning point. I'm not suggesting that librarians kick in doors or engage in surveillance of patrons at their homes, but the profession can do its part in educating the public as to the current copyright law and what it means for them.
Lest we forget that these patrons are also voters, represented by their elected officials on both the state and national level. If they really have a problem with the current copyright laws, then they are well positioned to take actions on changing those laws. It would be rightfully cynical to think that one person doesn't have a shot at changing the overall status quo, especially not in the face the deep pockets of the entertainment industry. But librarians can foster those people at the personal level with a greater eye towards a longer term cultural attitude change. It will not be an instant gratification moment that we have become inclined towards, but something on a longer term over generations.
The people who cast aside the profit motive forget that they benefit from it in indirect ways. It can be through sales tax collected locally on purchased works; the companies that employ people in their area to develop, make, manufacture, and sell those items; and let's not forget those corporate sponsorships for library programs and conferences that the profession likes to have every year. It is the profit motive that facilitates the sale of content to libraries in the first place. If those companies feel that libraries are hurting their bottom line by not defending their intellectual content (and they exist), then they are going to be less motivated to sell content to us or attach an increasing amount of strings (such as DRM) to the product.
The fact of the matter is that being lax on copyright does not get a chair at the table the next time it becomes a priority to change. It weakens our standing within that conversation to be turning a blind eye or offering up weak rationales for not educating the public or taking action when warranted. It is true that we cannot control what patrons do beyond our front door, but librarians can act on what they see and hear on the inside. The smug arrogance of a 'sticking it to the man' now costs the institution in the form of reputation and credibility in the future.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
UK edition of my book shipping!
The UK edition (soft cover), published by A&C Black is available.I've been watching Amazon UK like a hawk and late last week learned that it started shipping last week. So unbelievably excited!! You can find it here.
The US version, published by Chronicle Books, will be a hard cover edition and has a slightly different title (Mastering the Art of Fabric Printing and Design). I've learned that the US edition won't be available until sometime this spring. The mysteries of book publishing, right? :) I'll keep you posted on the US edition and share any news I receive.
The book is broken into 6 sections:
Understanding Patterns
Sourcing Inspiration
Designing Patterns
Understanding Fabric, Inks & Dyes
Hand Printing
Digital Printing
Going Pro
The first 2 chapters are filled with information on the basics of pattern design, defining your color palette and inspiration for your designs. The 3rd chapter is filled with tutorials for creating digital pattern repeats.
Chapters 4 and 5 include guidance on a variety of methods for dyeing, stamping and screen printing fabrics. I was fortunate enough to get to collaborate with some immensely talented women who are experts on those topics, so you'll find tutorials and information from Malka Dubrawsky (Stitch in Dye), Jesse Braytenbach (Jezze Prints) and Lara Cameron and Tegan Rose (Ink and Spindle).
Chapter 6 covers digital printing in depth and walks you through the process of understanding how to set up your files and manage your colors.
The final chapter includes advice for going pro and features interviews with some truly amazing and talented leaders in fabric design. I was so humbled to be able to interview so many people who's designs are included in my own fabric stash and their fabric is a part of so many quilts and goodies I've sewn over the years.
I can't express how thankful I am to have been able to write this book and for all the help and support I received along the way. It's been a tremendous journey from sitting down to starting to write the book during the summer of 2010 and seeing an actual copy of the printed book this fall. Thank you all for your never ending encouragement and support!! It's meant the world to me. I can still hardly believe that I actually have an ISBN number that's recorded in the Library of Congress.
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- Lisnaweary Quilts said...
Congratulations on your book! Amazing that we in the UK will get something first!! I'm really interested in this and will be buying a copy!
- October 15, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- Angela said...
congratulations! It sounds like a wonderful book and on such an interesting topic. Fun for the UK that they get it already too.
- October 15, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Little Island Quilting said...
Wow- fantastic news. Well done.
- October 15, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Nicole Follow the White Bunny said...
Eeep! I just ordered mine on the bookdepository.co.uk they ship worldwide for free :)
- October 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- Reene@Nellie's Niceties said...
I've been stalking the postman since my despatch email was sent on Thursday! It had better be here Monday or there'll be trouble ;)
- October 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- yardage girl said...
Yay - just ordered it - can't wait!!
- October 15, 2011 at 1:59 PM
- virginia o said...
Ohhh, congratulations! I want a copy of this when it's available in the US.
- October 15, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Cynthia Strickland said...
Congratulations Laurie! What a wonderful achievement!! I live in the US but don't want to wait so I just ordered it from the Amazon UK. Can't wait til it arrives. I am also designing my own fabric and need all the info I can get on going pro someday! Thank you so much for sharing your journey!
Cynthia Strickland
- October 16, 2011 at 6:08 PM
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- October 16, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Pam said...
Congratulations. I'm going to Amazon and check it out. Sounds kike a great book for me.
- October 16, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Reene@Nellie's Niceties said...
It's arrived! Woohoo!
- October 21, 2011 at 1:32 PM
love love love your fabric designs.
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'In art, the term ancient and modern have no place.' I'm sure most artists would acknowledge the truth of this aphorism and the fact that it was written over 1,500 years ago (by the Chinese master Hsieh Ho) underlines its durability. Today, we perhaps tend to overemphasise 'originality', often forgetting that we may have failed to recognise its source. Over and over again, artists refresh themselves with visual material from any number of sources: other cultures, nature, science and the new technologies. Equally, an iconic image such as the Virgin's face can be depicted over and over again without becoming trite, provided that each variation possesses a truly individual perception.
Let me quote from what I wrote in 1989 about my eight variations on Rubens's drawing A path bordered with trees: 'I find myself returning time and again to this ink and wash drawing. It has several interesting features: it is in excellent condition; its means are simple but its effect is rich; spatially it divides into four roughly equal vertical sections which are given an odd twist by the abrupt conclusion of the wash ground on the right. Initially, it was this curious sense of space that intrigued me, as well as the receding path, a motif I have always found appealing.'
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I could play tomorrow afternoon-I know it's a little late, but I didn't know if I could play until now.
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Lead and Wellesley works for me. Whatever time in the afternoon is fine.
Sorry I haven't responded. I have had to work extra and then my knee was bothering me some. I could play this Saturday afternoon if you are available!
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Adjoint based optimal control using mesh-less discretizations
- An easy numerical handling of time-dependent problems with complicated geometries, free moving boundaries and interfaces, or oscillating solutions is of great importance for many applications, e.g., in fluid dynamics (free surface and multiphase flows, fluid-structure interactions [22, 18, 24]), failure mechanics (crack growth and propagation [4]), magnetohydrodynamics (accretion disks, jets and cloud simulation [6]), biophysics and -chemistry. Appropriate discretizations, so-called mesh-less methods, have been developed during the last decades to meet these challenging demands and to relieve the burden of remeshing and successive mesh generation being faced by the conventional mesh-based methods, [16, 10, 3]. The prearranged mesh is an artificial constraint to ensure compatibility of the mesh-based interpolant schemes, that often conflicts with the real physical conditions of the continuum model. Then, remeshing becomes inevitable, which is not only extremely time- and storage consuming but also the source for numerical errors and hence the gradual loss of computational accuracy. Apart from this advantage, mesh-less methods also lead to fundamentally better approximations regarding aspects, such as smoothness, nonlocal interpolation character, flexible connectivity, refinement and enrichment procedures, [16]. The common idea of mesh-less methods is the discretization of the domain of interest by a finite set of independent, randomly distributed particles moving with a characteristic velocity of the problem. Location and distribution of the particles then account for the time-dependent description of the geometry, data and solution. Thereby, the global solution is linearly superposed from the local information carried by the particles. In classical particle methods [20, 21], the respective weight functions are Dirac distributions which yield solutions in a distributional sense.
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Do/would you have two dogs?
My fiancé and I are toying with the idea of getting a second puppy. A relative of a coworker is looking to rehome their 5 month old male Chihuahua and we are considering taking him in.
We currently have a 4 year old, female Chihuahua and two adult cats. The current dynamic among them all is wonderful. They all get along and often sleep and play together.
Financially, we are prepared to vet and care for an additional furry creature and I am also prepared for the time/responsibility that goes along with a new puppy (although, our first pup was such a breeze I am trying to prepare myself for the fact that it doesnt always go as smoothly with most puppies).
However, I have some reservations about upsetting the balance in our household. We are blessed with three pretty low maintenance, social, happy and healthy animals and I dont want to jeopardize that. Im also aware that another dog can add more restrictions in terms of travel and leisure time. We dont travel often but I am just trying to consider as many options/scenarios as possible before we make the final decision.
I suppose my question is: How did you decide to go from one dog to two? How do you feel about the decision now?
it is a tough decision...
We decided to get a new puppy as a companion for our 2 year old dog, he always loved playing with the other dogs in the family, but they are hours away from us, so we don't visit constantly. We also felt it would be great to have 2 pups, and were ready for it.
The first couple months were very tough for us, as friendly as our big boy was, he didn't like the idea of a new kid in the house, now do take into consideration they had not met before we brought him home (error #1!) it was really hard, our older dog was depressed and very unhappy, to the point we were considering re-homing the little one.
It has now been almost 6 months since the puppy came home with us, and yes they fight sometimes, others they don't even want to be around each other, but for the most part I can say they love each other and are very good friends now... and I enjoy the 2 Knuckleheads very much
Would it be a possibility for you to bring the little guy home for a week or so to do a trial? maybe that will give you a better idea...
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That would be a good idea but they are quite far away so it would be a fairly large undertaking to execute a "trial" period.
In general, this seems to be a good idea. How quickly everyone adjusts to the new addition is really the most important issue. My brother got a 2nd dog, a Shih Tzu puppy, as a companion to their Bichon mix and they both bonded with each other almost instantaneously - it was a surprisingly smooth and problem-free introduction. I guess it depends on the disposition of each animal.
We went from 1 to 2 to 3 to 6 to 8. Each transition had its own challenges, but it all worked out in the end. I wouldn't hesitate to go from 1 to 2 again...the 6 or 8...well We're gettin' too old for that many, I think! The main thing to remember is that both dogs will still need their one-on-one time with mom and dad and that until they learn each other's dispositions, they'll need some close supervision. If they could meet first on neutral ground, it might go a long way toward letting you know if the two are compatible.
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We have 2 dogs (+ 6 cats)- works great for us, I think it just depends on the dogs. We got Jessie Joy 2 1/2 years ago, Simon loves her, she thinks he is "her" dog. When we adopted her we took Simon with us to meet first, I think that was a good idea. They miss each other when they are apart - it is evident.
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Is your female Chihuahua desexed? If she is, she may not have the tolerance towards a pup's playfulness that an intact bitch might. I introduced a pup here and my adult cattle dog, not speyed, thought he was wonderful, started acting like this was her pup she had to rear and educate. LOL. I think you'd have to monitor the situation. One advantage could be that if you want to travel, but leave the dogs at a boarding kennel, they would be company for each other while you are away. Like Hazel, I went from having one to 2, to 4 and on up to 12 with no regrets. I think I'll hate it when eventually I get back down to only two.
We went from one to two and don't regret it but all of your questions are valid and it's good that you're thinking it through beforehand.
We had hoped that the second dog would be nice company for the first when we were out. Our second dog came from a friend who is a breeder. She was three years old and being "retired" and re-homed. I was trying to make arrangements to get her here (she was halfway across the country) when my son flew there and got her to surprise us for Christmas.
So fun! But.....it didn't give us a chance to acclimate them to one another. I wish I had had the chance to introduce them on neutral territory. There was a lot of excitement. She was frightened in her new surroundings AND she was in heat. So when he approached her she tried to take his face off. LOL !!
Well not that bad, but she gave him "what for" and that stayed with him. She's really a very mellow dog but it wasn't a good first meeting.
So plan that well.
It did change our dog sitting arrangements. When we went from one to two it was too difficult for our back up sitter (usually my son is available) but I've since found another one who is WONDERFUL and I have a friend who lives nearby who is always willing to run over and give them dinner and a piddle if I'm out and running late.
My concern wouldn't be the two dogs, dogs tend to work things out fairly well, I would pay extra attention to integrating the new dog with the cats. It can all be done, and many people here can attest to that.
I would love to have another dog but with a fairly large dog, 4 cats, 2 of which are bigger than alot of small dogs and a small house, I'm waiting a bit. I would love to foster a small dog but don't know right now.
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We've thought often about adding another dog but I don't see it happening. This dog makes me happy, keeps me busy and entertained, keeps me interested in his training classes.
Plus, I don't see how I could reconcile the different exercise needs, because I would want a puppy. This dog is high energy and needs lots of mental stimulation and physical exercise. A puppy could not keep up and I have a job.
Mostly I don't think I really want another dog. I feel fulfilled with this one. Of course I was thinking of where I'd go for grooming if I didn't find the owners of that lost poodle, I was bonding to her just an hour after finding her. So maybe I don't know my own mind.
Oh, oh yeah, I did find her owners. Darn. Whew?
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Slinging espresso may seem like an odd first step toward a promising career path, but that's what it became for Jon Ferguson. Back in 2005, Ferguson, a Nebraska native, was working the counter at Seattle's Zoka Coffee, where he got his first taste of some of the world's finest coffees. He was hooked. "It was like a light turned on," he says. "I wanted to learn all there was to know about coffee."
Especially drawn to the craft of roasting, Ferguson wanted to make the leap from serving coffee, but roasting gigs can be tough to find, even in Seattle. After a quick apprenticeship in San Francisco, he returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Neb., with ambitions to set up his own shop. Being a college town, Lincoln has its share of cafés, and opening a new shop is always risky, but like a growing number of those lucky enough to have experienced truly great coffee, Ferguson felt compelled to spread the new coffee gospel to a place where a great cup had been in short supply.
Ferguson's Cultiva Coffee, which opened last year, might appear from the outside much like any other independent coffee shop, but the trained eye can spot some telltale signs of a deeper commitment. Take the La Marzocco espresso machine on the bar. Every espresso shot is ground to order and intricate rosette patterns don each latte. There's also the immaculately maintained small-batch coffee roaster, with Ferguson parked beside it on most days, diligently charting the progress of every roast. And amid large burlap bags of predominately organic and fair-trade coffees is a Cup of Excellence logo, indicating that the beans were purchased from an innovative auction system that rewards farmers for outstanding quality. Pop in at the right time of day and you might even be invited to join Ferguson and his crew at the counter for a cupping, to dip a spoon into fresh samples of the previous day's roasts.
Despite creating an increasingly popular coffee oasis, customers occasionally stop by asking for flavored coffees or other preferences inherited from other local shops. But Ferguson stays true to his ideals of quality, knowing that his customers will eventually catch on. "At a certain point you just have to do what feels right and inspire others to participate. I'm still amazed by how many people come into the shop and say they heard we have the best coffee in town," he says. "I'm humbled by it."
The Little Kiosk That Could
Blogger and espresso enthusiast Ben Szobody was bemoaning the state of coffee in his hometown of Greenville, S.C., when he received a blog comment that threw him for a loop. It was an invitation from Shannon Hudgens, owner of a kiosk at the Haywood Mall that Szobody had dismissed a couple years earlier under its previous owner. "I think I laughed out loud," Szobody says. Still, he visited the coffee stand, and his first shot of espresso was "flabbergastingly good." Despite the unlikely location, Szobody became a convert. "I still have trouble keeping a straight face when I tell people where it is—next to the Belk's perfume counter."
Granted, it's not where Hudgens thought he'd wind up. "Not many kids grow up saying they want to be a barista or own a coffee shop," he says. "I wanted to be an astronaut like every other kid. Life just sort of hands you opportunities, and mine came in the form of a run-down espresso bar in a mall in Greenville. It was on the verge of being torn down and thrown away, and I thought I could save it." Occupying a small patch of 250 square feet outside a department store with a handful of tables and chairs, the unassuming kiosk didn't seem like too difficult an undertaking. But upon opening Coffee & Crema, he embarked on an unexpectedly steep learning curve. "Making great coffee is hard," he says. "Even making good coffee is a challenge."
At first, he did what many coffee shops in his area were doing. "I bought cheap coffee and poured any one of 23 flavors into it," he admits. "I sold cheap, prepackaged pastries and cakes. I sold flavored coffee. None of it tasted very good."
But gradually Hudgens' mindset changed. He attended a few industry events and was drawn to some of the emerging ideas about specialty coffee. "If this shop was to be my legacy, then I wanted it to be meaningful." he says. He began immersing himself in coffee culture, gleaning information from Web sites, books, podcasts and online forums. He upgraded much of his equipment, installing a classic Faema E61 espresso machine. "Then we went with the best roaster we could find—Terroir in Acton, Mass., and let their coffees train our palates. They were really instrumental in helping us get a grip on how good coffee can be." Hudgens studied up and taught himself proper espresso-making techniques, And last year, he even placed in the finals in a regional barista competition as an underdog amid seasoned competitors. "Training for that improved every aspect of how I worked the bar," he says. "I got faster, became more confident and made a better drink."
Focusing on quality won him many new devotees, but it may also have been his saving grace. When a big coffee chain store opened upstairs, it had little impact on sales. In many cases, Hudgens notes, the contrast has been good for his reputation, as more customers routinely acknowledge how much better his coffee tastes to them. According to Szobody, you'd have to drive to Atlanta or Charleston, S.C., to find coffee as good as Hudgen's, making Coffee & Crema a unique destination for serious coffee enthusiasts. "Everyone knows we're passionate about coffee, and that counts for a lot," Hudgens says. "We'll just keep making the best drinks we can until the day people start expecting coffee the way we prepare it instead of how other places do it."
Steering Folks Towards Espresso
In the lakefront vacation town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Jon Lewis might have an even stranger setting than a mall kiosk for his coffee destination—depending on where he's decided to park.
Among barista pros, few enjoy as much respect and admiration as Lewis. A frequent finalist in the national barista competition scene, he has made a name for himself as a skilled and eloquent competitor. Yet while most top-level baristas hold court at famed espresso bars in cities known for their coffee, Lewis has never felt that need. "I want to make coffee for a living," he says, "but I don't want my life to be reduced to an equation of 'I need to sell x number of cups in order to pay the bills.' I want to serve people and help foster a robust local community that cares about the way we relate to the rest of the world."
Two years ago Lewis and a friend opened a small roasting company, Bumper Crop Coffee, in a barn in nearby Newman Lake, Wash., and Lewis and his wife started selling beans at Idaho's Kootenai County Farmers Market. "We always saw the farmers market as the venue where we felt most comfortable and engaged as consumers, so we jumped at the chance to participate as producers."
They started with a propane stove and a simple Chemex pour-over coffeemaker, serving samples of fresh roasts and chatting up neighbors and passersby. But Lewis longed to bring espresso into the mix. After a failed attempt to convert a retro Airstream trailer into a mobile coffee station, he came across a classified ad for a '79 Ford step van outfitted with water and power. Long Story Short Coffee was born. "The truck gives me a stage, a platform, a diorama for coffee service," he says. "It's a way to flesh out some type of American dream without incurring a typical American debt."
Lewis' unique mobility, has allowed him to move his show beyond the farmers market, hitting concerts and other events where quality espresso might be welcomed, even visiting local businesses to fuel workers' coffee breaks. "I'm trying to offer not just a convenience, but an unexpected blessing for coffee lovers," he says. With his topnotch beans, preparation and service, Lewis continues to challenge himself and his espresso-enthusiast customers while still appealing to the area's less-experienced coffee drinkers. "[My customers'] experiences and expectations of coffee couldn't be more varied," he says. "I serve old-timers and young families, Starbucks devotees and self-proclaimed coffee snobs."
For Lewis, success in a small town hinges on finding a business model that puts less pressure on the bottom line and more on steering people toward quality coffee. "I think a fundamental difference, at least in my mind, is that I regard coffee as a gift, versus a commodity. I don't want to make money selling coffee, I want to make a living by making coffee."
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With Rulfo from Rodier
It appears that though things are logistically complex I may just be able to get my photos back. This makes me very happy.
Many years ago in a hostel in deepest darkest Montmartre I got chatting with a group of Mexicans out to discover the delights of Paris. Asking them what Mexican literature they could recommend I was greeted with a chorus of 'Juan Rulfo' (amongst others who I shall continue to track down - Octavio Paz was another who's poetry I bought and loved). Yesterday, having found the book in a second hand shop, I sat down in a cafe with an ice coffee and a fine piece of cheese cake to read half the canon of one of the most renowned Spanish language writers.
A strange tale, Juan Rulfo wrote only two pieces of fiction, Pedro Paramo, which I read in the cafe, and The Burning Plane. With these two short works, his name in Spanish language literature is often lauded alongside the likes of Borges and is said to have influenced many including Marquez. It may be through more vicarious means but I can see parts of his writing in some of the mid 20th century American authors too, whose style is often simplistic and powerful.
This book is a strange weave of past and present, living and dead, that the Mexicans seem to write about so well. Starting off with the journey of a man to find his father, the story blends several timeframes into an almost continuous narrative which at times is confusing but always infused with the same dry, desolation, revealing the dead town's past and downfall.
The book has apparently been filmed several times, and twice the script was written by Marquez. Sounds like a fantastic combination which I'll be on the lookout for. It definitely reads like something Gilliam should be involved with.
I'd be interested to hear anyone who has read the Spanish and English versions of this to tell me how much I'm missing. The answer may be a lot but the language itself is actually very simple in the translation, I believe this is deliberate.
Now, coming up to Friday evening, it's a lovely chance to spend it with my family again after so long away. I don't count myself as very religious at all but I do value the particular aspects of family and community that Judaism brings with it.


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NEWS- Tuned up: New AM station beams in
Last October, Anderson Communications LLC filed for FCC approval to build and operate what would be Charlottesville's fourth AM station. Now, just over a year later, Kentucky-based Anderson is selling 1450AM to Saga Communications.
Best known locally for last year's purchase of Eure Communications, which held a trio a Charlottesville stations– 3WV, WQMZ, and WINA– Saga is a communications conglomerate based in a suburb of Detroit. According to a station official, Saga owns about 90 radio stations and three television stations from Vermont and Norfolk to Ohio and Washington.
The approval of the 1450AM permit is all but final as general manager Dennis Mockler awaits the paperwork on the $150,000 transaction. Once official, the sale means Saga Communications will own four stations, second only to Clear Channel, which owns or operates six Charlottesville stations.
While he awaits the arrival of his furniture in Charlottesville, Mockler is assured the station will add to local flavor even when Saga is snowed in halfway across the country.
"I want us to continually adapt to the needs of the community. We're in a world right now where things change incredibly rapidly– people's needs change, their interest changes," he says. "I want us to be plugged in as much as possible."
While Mockler and other local managers will start to hire the new staff soon (the number is still uncertain), Sam Bush, Saga's chief financial officer, knows that Charlottesville is a great radio market. Because plans remain up in the air, Bush says he's not able to desccribe the new station's format.
But he promises programming "that the community is lacking." Given the nature of the FCC-approved facilities– an existing tower at the intersection of Rio and Melbourne roads– Charlottesville residents shouldn't expect a huge station– it's more likely to be standard AM talk and news.
"We always like to be able to identify with the communities we operate in," says Bush. "Between the University and the city, there's a lot of economic growth going on."
After what Mockler calls "a problem with the tower brackets," the launch date for AM1450 has been pushed back from an intended November debut to late December or early 2006.
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Prior and throughout pregnancy, nutrition plays a major role not only in your health as an expectant mother, but also in the health of your unborn baby.
Years ago, a healthy pregnancy meant following a diet rich in essential perinatal nutrients such as folic acid and calcium. But the latest science demands another important nutrient be added to that diet: DHA, docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid.
DHA is brain nutrition. It's to our brains as calcium is to our bones. In fact, optimal infant brain and eye development and function depends on it.*
Throughout life, we all need DHA – it's one of the good fats in our bodies. Its job is to go straight to the tissues, like those in the brain, to keep them functioning to the best of their ability.
On average, pregnant and nursing women in the U.S. consume 60-80 mg of DHA a day, from food and drink, which is only 20-25% of the recommended intake.* That's why DHA is one of the most important supplements for pregnancy.
While you have to wait to see if your baby will have your nose or eyes, you can know ahead of time you've given your baby every benefit when it comes to brain development.
Major brain growth occurs during the second trimester of pregnancy – and throughout the first two years of life – so these are when the need for DHA is greatest.
However, like you, your unborn baby can't efficiently produce DHA and must rely on the placenta during pregnancy, and breast milk or DHA-enriched formula after birth. When you take a DHA supplement during pregnancy and nursing, it significantly enhances the level of DHA available to your baby in and out of the womb.
In fact, studies show maternal DHA supplementation resulted in mental development advantages in children including improved psychomotor development (such as eye-hand coordination) at 2.5 years of age and improved attention skills at 5 years of age. (View the clinical research.)
- If you begin prenatal supplementation when you start trying to become pregnant, continue through pregnancy and while breast feeding, you can ensure your baby will get the essential nutrition necessary from the beginning.
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Like the best toys, the Daisharin Tetsubo-kun Horizontal Bar Gymnast Game is simple, fun and addictive. It involves only two buttons but still requires a surprising amount of skill and concentration to play successfully. Spin your gymnast around and around with the yellow button, playing close attention to rhythm and speed. And then with the right timing you have to release him from the bar with the red button. Get him to land on the mat on his feet and you have won your medal.
You get different points depending on where your gymnast lands when he dismounts from the high bar. That is, if you can get him to dismount at all, of course!
This is bound to popular across the generations. This older gentleman certainly seemed to enjoy testing his skill at the high bar.
The Daisharin Tetsubo-kun Horizontal Bar Gymnast Game features:


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This little blog has not exactly been a consistent source of news and pictures of our growing family, now has it? Here's your semi-quarterly update on what's been happening in these parts...
Aaron & I celebrated our 10 year anniversary in June, and were blessed to get away for a couple wonderful days at the Lake of the Ozarks. (Thanks to Grandma Grace for coming to watch the girls for us.)
We're getting closer to baby's arrival (just 9 weeks to go). Don't think I ever said it here, but the 3 ultrasounds we had were all somewhat inconclusive, but lean toward indicating that this baby will be girl #5.
We have been having lots of fun this spring/summer. I might do some posts about some of our activities, but for now here's a link to our May & June photo albums.
May 2011
June 2011
Well, hello there!
This little blog has not exactly been a consistent source of news and pictures of our growing family, now has it? Here's your semi-quarterly update on what's been happening in these parts...
Happy Easter!
Jesus is Alive! We have reason to celebrate! I hope that you, dear visitor to our little blog, know the hope that is found in Jesus.
every knee will bow (including your own) and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. This won't be spiritual knees in some ethereal fantasy land. You, my friend, will have a body on that day, and you will bow before the King of the universe.
He desires that you know Him and worship Him now, in your brief life on the earth. By His very real death and resurrection, He has made the way for you to have True Life. To know God and be transformed into His image. You do not have to be a slave to sin!
This is what we celebrate today.
An egg hunt might seem like a silly way to celebrate, but there is something to be found in the symbols of searching , finding hidden treasure, within eggs (representing new life), and the opening of that egg to find a surprise gift waiting inside (like discovering the open tomb, and the surprise gift of the resurrection of the Messiah).
Find all of our most recent photos in our April 2011 album (including Abigail's science project and our Easter egg hunt).
Science, science, I love science...
(Any Jelly Telly fans out there? Dr. Schniffenhausen's song is stuck in my head... "Science, science, I love science, everybody do love science, come along and you'll love science too at least I hope so...")
Abigail had her first science fair at school, and wowsers! It was a lot more work than either of us were anticipating! She has loved science for a while, and I hope that the frustrations we encountered in this project have not dampened her enthusiasm. She really enjoyed surveying people as part of her research. And the experiment itself was mostly fun. We've learned some things, and next year we'll know more what we're getting into!
Joelle wrote her name for the first time!
Joelle has been practicing her name for a while, but before today she's only gotten the "J" and the "o". Today she was drawing on the window with wet erase markers, and she got the whole thing!
Abigail lost her first tooth!
Yep, we're still here :)
Oh, Hi. I remembered we have a blog, and decided maybe it was time to update :)
Reasons for our blog silence have been varied, but one significant factor is this:
Yes, indeed, that's what's been cooking around here for the last few months. I'm nearly 20 weeks along now. We don't know gender for sure yet, but have an ultrasound scheduled for April 18. We are all looking forward to welcoming another precious baby into our family.
For some photographic snippets from early 2011, check out our Web Albums:
April Photos
March Photos
February Photos
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Sorry for the long delays between posts. There are various reasons for the sparse posting (not the least of which is the busy nature of life in this house with four little ones.) For now, there are more pictures posted in the Picasa album, if you care to see what we've been up to this month.
Lately I've been posting more on Facebook than I have here, so if you are family, friend, know me in real life, you can find me there. (And really, is there even anyone reading this blog that doesn't know me in real life? Probably not.)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Our best attempt at a group photo of the girls
Christmas tree, creative styling by Abigail, Eliana, and Joelle


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Very nice =D
Makes it look alot warmer.
Smokin' Guns is intended to be a recreation of the "Old West's" great atmosphere. It is being developed on IoQ3's implementation of Id Softwares IdTECH3 engine. This Total Conversion of Q3 includes weapons created with historically correct information about damage, rate of fire, reload time, etc. It also includes gametypes and maps inspired mostly from western styled movies. And to increase the feeling of a "Gunslingers Atmosphere" music tracks and sounds have been adapted to the simulated times. The Smokin' Guns game started its life under the name of Western Quake³. It was originally developed by a team known as Iron Claw Interactive. They released WQ³ beta 2.0 in 2003, after which development all but ceased. In May 2005, development of Western Quake³ was taken over of by a bunch of cowboys calling themselves The Smokin' Guns with the blessings of the former team. Improvements to the game continue to this day! Please post all support issues in the forums for the game.
Very nice =D
Makes it look alot warmer.
nice work
Nice, though looks more like everything is about to either melt or burst into flames. From the shadows I'm guessing it's a sunset, but it still seems a little to bright. Take it down just a little maybe?
looks hot
nice games
cool, but could you make skybox better? cuz rocks looks awful. ( everything else is good)
you can do it yourself in game.
It looks like a meteor is falling!
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Here a nice point of view toward Durango Bank with Bloom effect enabled with Smokin'Guns engine v1.1b3


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First time poster here (and thank you for all the other posts to everyone - all good information).
I have seen quite a lot of strange different things in the wireless spectrums, but this one is a "headscratcher" for me.
There seems to be several small (small bandwidth) signals present.
Just below the center channel of 36, above channel 64 and about one at the start and end of channel 52. (and two faint ones above 36 and almost just center of 48).
If you set the utilization sensitivity at -95 dbm it is very easy to spot the ones below 36 and the ones above 64.
But the question is .. what could these signals be ?
Are these radar signals ? - The reason I ask is that the customers APs are doing excessive DFS on channels 52 to 64.
(PS: I have now moved several km away from the customer's site, in a hotel in the same town, and it appears that the signal is still there - do I have a spectrum analyzer hardware failure ?)
Any suggestions ?


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Colorado's first-ever recall results have national implications
By Aaron Harber
Guest Commentary
The successful recall of two Colorado state senators due to a campaign spearheaded by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights organizations sent a shockwave through Colorado which reverberated across the entire nation.
The successful legislative recalls were the first to ever occur in the history of the state. One of them took out the sitting state Senate president, John Morse, a former police chief who already was term-limited and whose legislative service was scheduled to end in 34 weeks. The other recall took out State Sen. Angela Giron, who presided over a Democratic-leaning district in Pueblo.
The two state senators faced irate voters who were upset with their support of what appeared to be relatively modest gun control legislation. One bill limited the size of gun magazines to 15 rounds in an effort to force a mass murderer to either reload or use additional weapons (but clearly did not impact hunters). The second bill expanded background checks for gun purchases so it would be more difficult for criminals to buy weapons.
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