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Ducheyne, Steffen (2008) J.S. Mill's Canons of Induction: from True Causes to Provisional Ones. [Preprint]
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In this essay, my aim is twofold: to clarify how the late Mill conceived of the certainty of inductive generalizations and to offer a systematic clarification of the limited domain of application of the Mill's Canons of Induction. I shall argue that Mill's views on the certainty of knowledge changed overtime and that this change was accompanied by a new view on the certainty of the inductive results yielded by the Canons of Induction. The key message of the later editions of The System of Logic as conceived by the late Mill was no longer that by the Canons of Induction we can establish scientific certainty and true causes, but rather that the Canons are useful in establishing causal laws in a provisional way.
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Frameline -- San Francisco's main LGBT film event (and the oldest in the world) kicked off last night and will continue on through next weekend.
A highlight comes this Saturday morning when Jeremy and Randy Stulberg's documentary "Broken Heart Land" has its world premiere. Spotlighting the lack of HIV/AIDS awareness and LGBT rights throughout the American heartland through one teen's tragic story in Oklahoma, the film promises to be a powerful experience. And if you can't catch it at Frameline, "Broken Heart Land" will air nationwide on June 24 on World Channel's America ReFramed program and select PBS channels.
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So much smoke and mirrors with this one... From what I've read so far the FIA knew about the test but then failed to administer and supervise it properly... Surely it should be the case that Pirelli should contact the FIA requesting an additional tyre test then it should be down to the FIA to arrange it with the teams and have FIA people in place at the test to ensure it's fair. The FIA should put this mess down as their own mistake and arrange for the same 1000k test to be done with all the other teams present.


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It's been almost three years since M.Ward released his latest solo album, Hold Time. In the time that has elapsed, Ward has kept himself busy with other projects, including She & Him and Monsters of Folk, both of which have been featured on TBT over the past year.
On April 10th of this year, myself along with many other M.Ward fans will be embracing the release of his 6th solo album, entitled A Wasteland Companion. Personally, as much as I love the music of She & Him; featuring the duo on various occasions, it always saddened me that M.Ward's vocals never played a featuring role (no offense Zoe).
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Taverna trio: Owners Guy Holder, Disa Dimitrakakis and Angie Giannakodakis at Elyros. Photo: Luis Ascui/Getty Images
It's been a labour of love involving sanding and painting, menu testing and on-the-ground research. But later this week the trio behind Cretan-inspired wine bar and diner Elyros hope to finally open in Camberwell - almost two months later than scheduled.
Guy Holder, Disa Dimitrakakis and Angie Giannakodakis, from Carlton's Epocha, have buddied up on the project, spending every free moment imbuing the light-filled former Magic City site in Burke Road with a contemporary Cretan feel involving timber, marble, mosaics and genuine taverna chairs.
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The 2010 Classified Staff Awardees include (from left to right, front row) Jonathan Simpson, physics and astronomy; Kris Hunnicutt, mathematical sciences; Dana Simpson, office of the Dean; Godfrey Kimball, pre-awards; Martin Clark, industrial engineering; (from left to right, back row) Anolyn Watkins, office of the Dean; Dean Gulari; Michelle Kirby, civil engineering; Brittney McCall, industrial engineering; Lillian Burns, electrical and computer engineering; not pictured Paul Rowland, Advanced Materials Laboratory.
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Lindsey Luke sat out her freshman year at Wake Forest and will come to Utah with four years of eligibility remaining.
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SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's soccer team has signed Wake Forest transfer goalkeeper Lindsey Luke, head coach Rich Manning announced this week.
"Lindsey is a talented goal keeper with all of the tools to be successful at this level," said Manning. "She is athletic, has good hands and communicates well with her defense. She has tremendous experience at the youth and National Team level. At the end of last fall, with Hannah Turpen's graduation and injuries to Molly Poletto and Cassity Cutrer, we were in dire need at the goalkeeper position. Lindsey will give us immediate help and will challenge for a top spot in the net. We really look forward to having her join our team this summer."
Luke will come to Utah with four years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2011 season as a freshman at Wake Forest. A native of Newport Beach, Calif., Luke had a standout high school career at Corona del Mar HS as well as a very successful club soccer career. In her senior season alone, Luke was named First-Team All-Pacific Coast League as she led Corona del Mar HS to the league championship title. She was also named First-Team All-CIF Division One and First-Team All-County, was selected to the Daily Pilot Dream Team and was voted the Daily Pilot Dream Team Player of the Year. Additionally, Luke was chosen as a Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Top 15-Athlete, ESPN Rise Player of the Week (Feb 2, 2011), Corona del Mar HS Defensive MVP and Team Captain.
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The subject was broached duging a visit to my LBS yesterday.
The drag on the oem Team Issue FSA Megaexo all but negates the positive effects of the CF Frame and stibb bottom end.
Apparently this drag issue affects Ultegra and Dura Ace BB as well.
The suggestion -if I didn't want to pay out big bucks for a ceramic bearing megaexo BB-was to have Phil Woods bearings installed in place of the origionals.
Anyone else have this done?
If so, your feedback please .
I'm definitely not putting up with the drag again this season. The question is: will the simple LBS installed PW bearings do the trick or is a entire new ceramic bearing BB the better long term option.
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7:30 PM at AL Brown High School. North Mecklenburg (2-2) at Kannapolis Brown (3-1). This is the first meeting. Players to watch: North Mecklenburg – WR Stephen Langford, DB Devon Sutton, RB Will Santiago; Kannapolis Brown – FB Gabe Lucero, RB Casey Walker, RB Sandon McCoy. THE SKINNY: North Meck heads into this MECKA 4A conference opener after an overtime loss to Myers Park. Brown rallied from a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Berry last week. It's been up-and-down for both teams, which could make for an interesting game.


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Anyone else wanna join me in my bike love thread?
Anyone else wanna join me in my bike love thread?
i love biking too!
i ride for exercise and lost 10 lbs in a month!
congrats, it seems everyone that picks up on biking loses some weight. wohoo!
. . now if only i could afford to eat more to keep up with the biking
thanks its awesome
and i agree with u there..too little food when i come home after long rides :/ haha
its way worth it tho!
I wouldn't get up at 4:40 in the morning if I didn't love the ride to work!
Yeah, me too. And it's nice to see them coming up behind you since they have their lights on.Actually it's kind of nice having the road mostly to myself.
I'm upset right now because I can't bike, I don't have the right layers.
Never get into an argument with an idiot, they only drag you down and beat you with experience.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan: if you're riding a bike and not having fun, then you're doing it wrong.
I like riding at night because i can play with all my bright'n'shiny toys on my bike
I love hauling things on my xtra. I love the unused air of the early mornings, the rhythm of movement, the feel of gravity and centrifugal force as I corner or handle obstacles.
I love cycling.
I see unexamined people. All the time. I don't think they know they're unexamined.
i like bikes and riding them for the fact that they are hassel-free. they are elegant in their simplicity.
i like the fact that i can pace myself and not have to go too fast. i get nervous on the roads when i use my car. plus i am always worrying about the car breaking down and the expensive repairs.
i like the fact that i can see more of my surroundings on a bike. i feel i have more control over the experience of transporting myself on a bike. in a car in bumper to bumper traffic your like a stuck pig.
another plus that gives me peace of mind is that if anything goes wrong with my bike i can fix it myself or pay just pocket change to my local bike mechanic to fix the problem.
I've been cycling for fifty-one years, so I no longer have 'Stuffing's ebullience. . .if ever I did. That said, cycling is a long-term relationship that returns more joy each time I "throw a leg over". No big deal, just the comfort of long experience.
- Virgil, Aeneid (Book 10, Line 284)
When I was a teen, i went on a week-long bike trip with a church youth group, an almost unheard-of thing in my circle at the time. After my return, my mother bought the loaner bike I'd ridden from the teacher that organized the trip.
That 10-speed Schwinn took me not only ALL OVER TOWN, but to a different world -- where passion was inflamed like I'd seldom experienced! My sense of freedom and joy took me to high school registration, commuting to my later 1st job... and to find my estranged father, who'd been basically run off by my mother!
Stupidly, i allowed car lust to come between me and the bike; it wasn't until after age 40 that I rekindled that passion, and now, nearly a decade later, I'm not about to let it go again! I'm car-free, have been for 5 years, ride everywhere I need to go, and for the days when riding just isn't the thing to do (weather & surfaces just TOO nasty), I take the bus.
I now have the goal in front of me to ride 90 minutes on my 90th birthday.
While I have broken bones for the first time in my life after starting to ride as much as I do, I love it too much, too deeply, to give it up. I feel younger, freer, more alive every day I throw a leg over the bike.
I'd rather have the bike in my life than a woman. It's not sex, but rides are pretty close to that level of pleasure!
Cycling = fun.
I <3 Cycling
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I love being able to get places faster than a person driving a car or public transportation. I love being able to haul stuff home in my panniers. I love my new pink bar-end tape.
I gave up showering so I could ride to school/work without waking up too much earlier, you gotta have your priorities in order.
I'm just a kid who gets in trouble sometimes
People asked me many times why I ride. I though about this many times and there is no single reason to it and I can never quite put it eloquently, I just... like it! It's complex, yet simple. It may take several paragraphs of explanation or just few words. What is it that makes me go out in the morning and ride in 20F weather with strong winds where people have hard time walking, or in pouring rain or in 90% humidity on a 90F day?
I enjoy driving too though. IMHO cars have place in life too and, like many other things, if used properly can enhance our life. But the American society developed a car fetish and succumbed to it. Thanks to Robert Moses and his hatred for human powered transportation and mass transit, thanks to greed and stupidity of auto industry and politicians USA has choked on traffic. We have underdeveloped rail system, poor mass transit because we are supposed to drive cars! Our highways are strangled by millions of tractor trailers and cars occupied by a single person!
We have become slaves of this system and bicycle, the most efficient machine known to humanity, lets us break away from it, become different, independent and better. It provides the ease of use, the utility, the flexibility and the feeling of freedom and control that is almost addictive. It makes us happier and healthier. It makes us feel like kids again.
Whew way too much love here...post this in the road cycling forum so we can make fun of everyone...


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• Veterinarian - Dr. Tamara Goforth, Veterinarian for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
• Representative from SPCA Cincinnati - Jim Tomaszewski, SPCA Cincinnati Trustee
• Representative from the animal rescue community - Elizabeth Johnson, Executive Director, Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay/Neuter Clinic
• Representative fro the City Prosecutor's Office - to be chosen by John Curp, City Solicitor
• Representative from the Cincinnati Police Department - to be chosen by Chief James Craig
Following a long battle with cancer, former Cincinnati City Councilman and Vice Mayor David Crowley passed away early this morning.
Crowley, 73, had struggled with the illness since leaving City Council in 2009 due to term limits. After a grueling round of chemotherapy that took a toll on his body, Crowley appeared to have beaten the disease but it recently returned. He is survived by his wife, Sherri, four children and six grandchildren.
No matter what you think about her, you've at least got to admire her spunk.
Perennial candidate Sandra "Queen" Noble has suffered another defeat at the polls. Noble ran in the Libertarian Party's primary Tuesday to be the nominee for Ohio's 1st Congressional District seat.
Noble received just 20 votes (12.74 percent of ballots cast) and lost to Jim Berns, who got 137 votes (87.26 percent).
Berns will face off against U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood), the Republican incumbent, in the November election. Others in the race are Democratic candidate Jeff Sinnard and Green Party candidate Rich Stevenson.
For comparison, Chabot got 57,005 votes in Tuesday's primary, while Sinnard got 4,509 and Stevenson got 91.
Regular CityBeat readers are familiar with Noble, who ran as an independent last year for Cincinnati City Council. She received 2,726 votes, and finished in 21st place.
During that election, Noble responded to CityBeat's questionnaire to candidates, but her answers didn't always connect to the queries posed. For example, when she was asked about a garbage fee proposed by City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr., Noble replied, "He's a morpher, over-charging folks for the grand larceny committed by public and staff officials dipping in the till. In '05, I ran for mayor. I offered a guaranteed cure for male-pattern baldness. I'd still do Mr. Dohoney, damn!"
Also, she became known for her unusual public appearances and actions on the campaign trail, such as dressing in a makeshift cat tail and cat ears, and drawing whiskers on her face. In a candidate biography, she described herself as a "fashion designer in Walnut Hills who designs tails, which she wears."
At one memorable candidate forum, Noble left the room by walking across the table tops where people were seated in the audience. She also has a personal injury lawsuit against the "Stolen United States of America," in which she's seeking "$994 trillion" in damages.
Noble, 56, previously ran unsuccessfully for Cincinnati mayor in 2005, receiving 121 votes; and for Congress in Washington, D.C., in 2010, receiving 785 votes.
Additionally, she was a candidate for U.S. president in 2004 and 2008, ran for mayor in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and ran for Los Angeles City Council, according to Project Vote Smart.
Leslie Ghiz has angered some Occupy Cincinnati supporters by posting on her Facebook page the home and email address of one individual and the email address of another who criticized her for pressuring City Manager Milton Dohoney to kick the protesters out of the park. The two individuals wrote to Ghiz's campaign, according to Ghiz.
A resident has filed a complaint with the city's Law Department, alleging that Christopher Smitherman's dual role as a Cincinnati city councilman and president of the NAACP's local chapter constitutes an abuse of corporate powers.
In his complaint, resident Casey Coston states that the NAACP's status as a 501(c)(4) organization under the federal tax code allows it to lobby City Hall and participate in political campaigns and elections without jeopardizing its tax-exempt status. Such activities are a conflict of interest with Smitherman's council duties, Coston alleges.
Cincinnati's streetcar project lost big on Tuesday as voters ushered in ex-Councilman John Cranley over Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls in the mayoral race and three non-incumbents who oppose the project to City Council, according to unofficial election results from the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
With all precincts reporting, Cranley handily defeated Qualls 58-42 percent. Cranley ran largely on his opposition to the $133 million streetcar, while Qualls promised to expand the project.
Voters also elected three non-incumbents to City Council: Democrat David Mann, Charterite Kevin Flynn and Republican Amy Murray. The three non-incumbents oppose the streetcar project, which means re-elected Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld, Republican Charlie Winburn and Independent Chris Smitherman are now part of a 6-3 majority on council that opposes the project.Democrats Chris Seelbach, Yvette Simpson and Wendell Young — all supporters of the streetcar project — also won re-election. Incumbent Democrats Laure Quinlivan and Pam Thomas lost.
It's unclear if the newly elected council and mayor will stop current construction on the streetcar once they take power in December, given concerns about contractual obligations and sunk costs that could make canceling the project costly in terms of dollars and Cincinnati's business reputation.
But Cranley and the six anti-streetcar elects on City Council vested much of their campaigns on their opposition to the project, which they claim is too costly and the wrong priority for Cincinnati.
Supporters argue the project will produce a three-to-one return on investment — an estimate derived from a 2007 study from consulting firm HDR and a follow-up assessment to the HDR study from the University of Cincinnati.
City Council's new make-up will be five Democrats, two Republicans, one Charterite and one Independent. That's a shift from the current make-up of seven Democrats, one Republican and one Independent.
The new council slate will be the first to take up four-year terms following a city charter amendment voters approved in 2012.
Sittenfeld also landed a huge win and easily topped the City Council race with 10,000 more votes than Winburn, who, at 27,000 votes, got the second most ballots cast in his favor out of the nine council victors. Sittenfeld netted nearly 5,000 more votes than Cranley did in the mayoral race, although Cranley ran in a head-to-head race with Qualls while Sittenfeld was one of nine candidates voters could pick out of a pool of 21.
Citywide voter turnout ended up at roughly 28 percent.
Other election results:
Cincinnati voters rejected Issue 4, which would have privatized Cincinnati's pension system for city employees, in a 78-22 percent vote.
In the Cincinnati Public Schools board election, Melanie Bates, Ericka Copeland-Dansby, Elisa Hoffman and Daniel Minera won the four seats up for grabs.
Hamilton County voters overwhelmingly approved property tax levies for the Cincinnati Zoo and Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in 80-20 percent votes.
This story was updated with the final reported results.
Councilwoman Yvette Simpson is questioning why WCPO used a man named Jim Kiefer as a source for a story after he harassed her on social media with racist insults.
WCPO's Kevin Osborne
quoted Kiefer in a story, identifying him as a supporter for John Cranley's mayoral
campaign. (Full disclosure: Osborne formerly worked for CityBeat.)
When Simpson saw the story with Kiefer as a source, she says she immediately recognized him as someone who has repeatedly harassed her with racist remarks on Facebook.
Kiefer's Facebook page was publicly viewable prior to Simpson calling him out on Twitter yesterday, but it has since been made private.
On Oct. 20, the day before WCPO's story was published, Kiefer posted a message on his Facebook wall that said, "For my pick as worst councilperson in cincinnati (sic).... Evette (sic) getto (sic) Simpson!" Although the post included various grammatical and spelling errors, Kiefer then attached an image that said, "No you may not 'Axe' me a question. I don't speak Walmart."
Several of Simpson's colleagues, including Councilman Chris Seelbach and City Council candidate Mike Moroski, have come to Simpson's defense after she posted the image.
The issue for Simpson is whether a media outlet should be
using Kiefer as a source, considering his images and posts were publicly viewable on Facebook. Simpson says Osborne never responded to
her email asking whether he or WCPO is aware of Kiefer's history. Osborne is Facebook friends with Kiefer.
CityBeat contacted WCPO News Director Alex Bongiorno by phone and email to ask about WCPO's policy for vetting and identifying sources, but no response was given prior to the publishing of this story.
WCPO's story detailed criticisms from Cranley supporters against opponent Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, who Simpson supports. Specifically, the story questioned why Qualls allegedly never sought an opinion from the Ohio Board of Ethics over whether her work as a realtor presents a potential conflict of interest with her support for the streetcar project, which could increase property values — and perhaps Qualls' compensation as a realtor — along its route.
It turns out Qualls had asked for a professional opinion on the ethical issue at least two times before,
but the city solicitor deemed the connection
between Qualls' work and the streetcar project too indirect and
speculative to present a conflict of interest, according to an email
from City Solicitor John Curp copied to CityBeat and other media outlets.
Kiefer called CityBeat after people on social media discussed CityBeat's various calls for comment for this story. Kiefer said the images were supposed to be jokes. "You have to have a sense of humor," he said.
The Cranley campaign says it has and wants nothing to do with Kiefer.
"John (Cranley) wouldn't know Jim Kiefer if he walked past him in
the street right now. It's not someone that he's ever met. It's not
someone that he's ever dealt with. It's not someone that the campaign
has ever dealt with," says Jay Kincaid, Cranley's campaign director.
"Whatever his views are don't reflect those of John."
Kincaid also points out that Cranley's record goes against
some of the bigotry perpetuated by Kiefer's posts. While on City Council, Cranley
championed and helped pass an anti-racial profiling ordinance and LGBT
protections in local hate crime laws.
Simpson's history with Kiefer goes back to at least June,
when Simpson says Kiefer went on a racist tirade against her on Facebook
in the middle of an online discussion over the city's parking plan. The
discussion has been deleted since then, but Simpson says
Kiefer told her to never return to the West Side of Cincinnati.
This is not the first time Kiefer touted images with bigoted connotations on his Facebook wall. In one instance, he "liked" an image of President Barack Obama in tribal regalia. In another, he posted an image of Barney Frank that mocked the former congressman's homosexuality.
A group that supports preserving the historic Gamble House in Westwood is angry that Cincinnati building inspectors aren't enforcing the law at the property, which is allowing heavy rainfall to damage it while a court battle drags on about whether to save the mansion from demolition.
Bob Prokop, of Save the Historic Gamble Estate Now, said the city's inaction about securing the house contradicts what a building inspector told him would be done at the property in an email from last spring.
A Democratic operative who once served as former Cincinnati Councilman John Cranley's campaign manager already is staking out cyber turf in advance of Cranley's rumored run for mayor of Cincinnati. Two Internet domains have been registered for CranleyForMayor on GoDaddy.com. The domains were created three months ago. As yet, no active websites are operating on CranleyForMayor.org or CranleyForMayor.info.
Both sites are held in the name of Jay Kincaid, a longtime Democratic operative in Cincinnati. This year, Kincaid has been working on the campaigns of Denise Driehaus, who is seeking reelection to the Ohio House, and Steve Black, who is running for Common Pleas Judge. (Kincaid is engaged to Black's daughter.) Kincaid ran Cranley's successful 2007 campaign for reelection to Cincinnati City Council and was paid about $26,000 for the work. Obviously, he and Cranley go back a long way. It's doubtful Kincaid would have staked out the Internet domains for another candidate to double-cross Cranley. There have been instances where people have grabbed domains to shut out opponents, or set up spoof and decoys as dirty tricks. By all accounts, Kincaid is described as a trusted adviser.
So far, there's been no official announcement that Cranley is running for mayor. Yet there have been plenty of rumors. Cranley recently positioned himself as an opponent of Mayor Mark Mallory's efforts to finance the streetcar project, a move that put him back in the news. Registering Internet domains is likely to add to the speculation. All candidates these days have websites, and the portals are central to fundraising, getting out the word on issues and scheduling events.
Who else might be running to succeed Mallory, who is term-limited out of office next year? Among the D's, names being mentioned include Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, Democratic State Sen. Eric Kearney and Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Kearney is the highest-ranking Democrat in the Ohio Senate, and can't run for reelection due to term limits. He's reportedly told people he wants to move into the mayor's office, but he's also said to have recently changed his mind. The word from Democratic insiders about Kearney: Stay tuned. Qualls, who served as mayor in the 1990s, is said to be a definite. Sittenfeld is called a complete question mark.
On the GOP side, Charlie Winburn might run again. And Chris Smitherman is considered a possibility as either a Democrat, Republican, under a Third Party flag or an independent.
Amid all the debate over a recent proposal to tax panhandlers, some people have wondered whatever happened to Cincinnati's requirement that all beggars get city-issued I.D. badges. In a little-noticed decision, an appellate court struck down that provision more than two years ago.


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A year or so ago, if you had said "Let's eat vegan" to me, I would have run from you screaming in horror. What? Eat some bland, boring lump of something that's supposed to pass as a hamburger? No way. But then I discovered Sasha Raj and the amazing cuisine she quietly champions through 24 Carrots, her cozy restaurant hidden away in a little strip mall between a Starbucks and a Subway. Raj and her best friend/cousin Shyam Viji joined forces in opening 24 Carrots in May 2008, and now Raj — a biochemist, surprisingly not culinary trained — is flying solo, always creating, expanding, exceeding her customers' expectations. A lifelong vegetarian and a vegan for the past couple of years, Raj is proud that the restaurant has 90 items made from scratch and actively supports the Local First initiative to source everything they can in Arizona. 24 Carrots serves vegan, vegetarian and "raw" cuisine. Vegetarians will eat non-flesh-based foods (cheese and eggs are generally OK), while vegans don't consume any animal proteins. Raw food is not heated above 114 degrees, which preserves more live enzymes in the food. Much of the restaurant's menu is gluten-free. Raj said she's trying to show people that vegan food is "just one more delicious cuisine" that will help people feel better.
Scene: Cozy, welcoming, calming, intimate. Order at the counter, and your meal will be brought to you. Kind of a "coffee house" feel, where guests are encouraged to take their time, read a book (many provided on the bookshelves within), chat, admire the art for sale on the walls, peruse the large chalkboard wall filled with creative doodles and inspirational quotes — and, of course, dine. Shades of lavender, gray, black and white lend to the serene feeling.
Food: You may think this is just a smoothie/juice bar at first, for indeed that is one of the specialties at 24 Carrots. Everything here is fresh and natural: no preservatives, no additives. The items listed on the smoothie and juice menu are pretty much what they use to create the rest of their menu. Fresher than fresh fruits and veggies, grains, seeds, nuts, spices — all combined to make flavorful dishes you wouldn't believe were vegan. Take the award-winning Carrot Cake Pancakes ($10), served with real syrup and fruit, one of many "brunch" items available all day. Other brunch options: Eggs Benedict, a duo of housemade tofu eggs, sprouted kamut toast (kamut is a type of ancient grain, similar to wheat), avocado, vegan bacon, aioli and fresh seasonal fruit ($10.50); and the Raw-ky Road Oats, created with fresh apple juice-soaked oats, fruit, almonds, flax, chia, sesame and almond milk ($10). The housemade granola served with spring fruit ($6.50) makes you realize you'll never eat the run-of-the-mill store-bought stuff again.
If you're not feeling like breakfast, dive into the rest of the menu. Start off with the vibrantly colored Creamy House Pate ($8), served with sprouted kamut toast points, pickles and honey herb mustard, or perhaps the Raw Jalapeño Poppers ($6), four baby bell sweet peppers stuffed with jalapeño cilantro almond cheese. Soup and salad offerings include the day's special soup on the chalkboard ($4 cup, $6 bowl). Among the salads is a fabulous Raw Zucchini Noodle Salad ($6/$10), organic zucchini "noodles," kale, assorted veggies, seed medley and a delicious pomegranate/raspberry/balsamic dressing.
Main courses feature a variety of handcrafted sandwiches and house favorites, including a daily Burger Basket ($11.50; a Butternut Squash Burger was being served up on my visit), Quesadilla del Dia ($9.50), and Gaia's Pizza (market price; an eggplant variety the day I was there was $12.50). I decided to throw down the gauntlet and order a Smoky BLT Club sandwich ($9.50). Yes, this was a challenge: how could 24 Carrots please my bacon-loving self with a vegan "bacon?" Normally, this "bacon" is made with tofu. But when I made it known that I was allergic to soy protein and several types of nuts, Raj and her team used some sort of culinary trickery to transform coconut into a crispy, smoky, slightly spicy bacon-like delight.
Desserts: Pastries are a delight (gluten-free, made fresh daily: muffins, cupcakes, cake slices, cookies, from $2.75 to $5.95). I finished my meal with a scrumptious Zucchini Protein Power Muffin ($2.75) loaded with tasty pumpkin seeds, featuring a hint of cinnamon, and garnished with a cashew coconut cream. Wow. Just wow.
Drinks: Smoothies and fresh-squeezed juices ($4.50-$8.50), hot and iced loose teas ($2-$4).
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Charges were filed Monday in connection with the death of a pedestrian in a crash last month in Carteret County.
Michael Sharron Bowden of Clinton has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, according to a news release from the Atlantic Beach Police Department.
Bowden was operating the 2008 Volvo tractor-trailer, owned by Valley Proteins inc. of Winchester, Va., when the Nov. 9 collision occurred.
Sue Johnson Cross, 57, of Raleigh was attempting to cross N.C. 58 at the intersection of West Drive in a marked and controlled crosswalk in the beach town when she was struck by the tractor-trailer operated by Bowden as he attempted to make a right turn on red at the intersection, police said.
Cross was transported to Carteret General Hospital and then airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where she later died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
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Georeferenced Databases for Assessing the Historical Conditions of Health and Environmental Problems: various historical data, including census data, for Canada.
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network) Earth Institute, Columbia University
Interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment
CIESIN hosts:
- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment. Data set themes include agriculture, climate, conservation, hazards, health, infrastructure, land use, marine and coastal, population, poverty, remote sensing, sustainability, urban, and water.
- Data Distribution Centre, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Access to baseline and scenario data related to population, economic development, technology and natural resources for use in climate impact assessments.
- World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment
Wide range of global data focusing on population, sustainability, poverty, health, hazards, conservation, governance, and climate.
Climate Data Online (National Climatic Data Center, NOAA)
US and international climate data.
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Discovery Portal (National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA)
DEMs may be bathymetric, topographic, or a merged combination of both.
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Browse by type of data or by data discovery tool (aerial photography, satellite imagery, elevation, land cover). EROS Data Discovery Tools include:
- Earth Explorer: Search, preview, and download individual High Resolution Orthoimagery files. Search by map interface, text search, or coordinates.
- Global Visualization Viewer: Search and order tool for aerial and satellite products distributed by the USGS and NASA. Graphical map interface.
Environmental Data Explorer, United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)Environmental data, covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP.
Epi Info, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Administrative boundaries for all seven continents. Links to demographic, health, and environmental data.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations: GeoNetwork
Portal to geospatial data from the Food and Agriculture Organization. Dataset categories: administrative and political boundaries, agriculture and livestock, applied ecology, biological and ecological resources, climate and agroclimatology, fisheries, forestry, hydrology and water resources, land cover and land use, population and socio-economic indicators, soils and soil resources, topography.
Access to over 400,000 federal geospatial datasets, maps, and services. Search and link to live maps, features, and catalog services, downloadable data sets, images, clearinghouses, map files, and more.
Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
"The GCMD holds more than 25,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences."
Global Land Cover Facility (University of Maryland)
Research focusing on land cover and land cover change from local to global scales. ASTER, IKONOS, Landsat, GeoCover, MODIS, QuickBird, Orbview, and SRTM data available for download. Please note Intellectual Property Rights and Source notes/restrictions for each dataset.
Harmonized World Soil Database
A 30 arc-second raster database with over 16000 different soil mapping units.
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) (University of Michigan)
ICPSR offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data. Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more.
Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. For each scale, themes are listed on Cultural, Physical, and Raster category pages.Most data contain embedded feature names, which are ranked by relative importance.
Orthoimagery Resources
Free orthoimagery from NASA's World Wind wiki.
Unidata (UCAR, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
Earth-related data: Includes Forecast Model Output, Satellite Data, Radar Data, Lightning Data, Wind Profiler Data, Aircraft-Borne (ACARS) GPS Meteo. (SuomiNet)
Searches 34 UN databases and 60 million records.Themes include Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade.
World Bank Data: Agriculture and Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness, Climate Change, Economic Policy and External Debt, Education, Energy and Mining, Environment, Financial Sector, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Labor and Social Protection, Poverty, Private Sector, Public Sector, Science and Technology, Social Development, Urban Development
WHO Data: Mortality, Health Systems, Environmental Health, Noncommunicable Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Health Equity, Road Safety, Millennium Devlopment Goals
Unfortunately, there aren't large databases of GIS data like there are for textual data. A small selection of databases with data (both GIS-ready and not GIS-ready) is listed below.
The database for research in the geosciences and the only one that you can begin to narrow down searches to just geospatial data. Use the subject headings for GIS data as shown in the first line. Add other keywords or subjects for place or theme, as in the examples in the second and third lines below.
American FactFinder
Contains U.S. population, housing, industry, and business data. Can be accessed by dataset or topic.
Neighborhood Change Database from GeoLytics
US Census data from 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 at the census tract level. Need to be in a UCB Library to access. Request password for each use.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Data on many different topics. Most not GIS-ready.
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets
Data on many different topics. Most not GIS-ready.
The Map Library has geospatial data from many government and commercial sources. Contact library staff for general data questions and in-depth research assistance in locating GIS data.
2006 Aerial Photography from DRCOG: Boulder County and parts of Weld and Broomfield Counties. Color, orthorectified imagery with a one-foot pixel resolution and a spatial accuracy of approximately four feet. (Map Library public GIS computer)
Digital historical aerial photographs for the city of Boulder: Every decade from 1950s-1990s (Not georeferenced. Ask Map staff for details). See also Historical Aerial Photographs of Colorado.
TPCs (Tactical Pilotage Charts): Georeferenced topographic/aeronautical maps. 1:500,000. Includes coverage for most of the world. (Map Library public GIS computer)
Geocover™ 2000 and 1990: Landsat 4/5 and Landsat 7 satellite imagery mosaics for the world. (Map Library public GIS computer) Also available online.
SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission): 90m DEMs for the world. (Map Library
public GIS computer) Also available online.
VMAP0: Vector data layers for the world at 1:1 million. Includes major road and rail networks, hydrologic drainage systems, utility networks, elevation and depth contours, coastlines, international boundaries, vegetation, populated places and more. (Map Library public GIS computer) Also available online.
World Vector Shoreline Plus: Coastlines, political boundaries, oceans, and bathymetry for the world at scales from 1:250,000 to 1:120,000,000. Coverage varies by scale. (Map Library public GIS computer). Also available online.
The Map Library has one public workstation available for GIS use with ArcGIS software.
Please bring a writable CD/DVD or USB flash drive to store your work.
ArcGIS (ArcInfo package updated regularly through campus site license)
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Microsoft Windows XP
Intel Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz
1.00 GB of RAM
24" flatscreen monitor
DVD/CD-ROM R/RW drive
Printing, Copying and Scanning
The GIS computer prints to an 11"x17" color printer.
The MFD (multi-function device) in the map library copies and scans in color or black and white. More information
Computer Labs on Campus
To find a computer lab on campus that has ESRI GIS software, search here. Enter "esri" in the "software developer" search box.
The Map Library and Earth Science Stacks have many books on using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Search Chinook using a keyword search for "geographic information systems"
CU Boulder Institute of Behavioral Sciences: Geographic Data Sources
Guide to U.S. and worldwide geographic data
Site License for Esri (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Esri Training Catalog: includes links to free training as well (including beginner course "Getting Started with GIS")
- ArcGIS Resource Center: Help, Blogs, Forums
- ArcGIS 10 Tutorials
- Esri Mapping Center: Interactive support for people making maps with ArcGIS software
Downloadable PDFs and HTML files take users step-by-step through essential remote sensing and GIS functions including downloading free Landsat data from the USGS GLOVIS website, creating multiple scene mosaics, clipping mosaics to a defined study extent, applying Maxent modeling and more!
Find and Use Census Data in ArcGIS
A presentation created by Chris De Sisto in 2010. These slides provide a summary of Census data products (TIGER/line, American FactFinder, and Census Bureau Geography) and how to use them in GIS.
A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research, by Ian Gregory.
Provides information for historians about using GIS in historical analysis.


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Kristle Helmuth is a 26 year-old Army veteran, wife of a wounded warrior, and mother of two children. She is currently working toward her B.S in Communications and digital media. Kristle is the author of Forget The Dog Not The Baby, a blog that shares her personal experiences regarding her husband's injuries in Iraq, and their journey through healing. Kristle has also been featured in many media outlets including Fort Riley's award-winning newspaper- The First Infantry Division Post, Familyofavet.com, and SpouseBuzz, a Military.com sponsored blog. She also received a nomination for Military.com's best U.S. Military Spouse Blog in 2011, and again in 2012. Kristle has spent her free time advocating for military spouses and volunteering for military support organizations including; Operation Homefront, The USO, CAUSE, Hike For Our Heroes, Wounded Warrior Project, Military Warrior Support Foundation, and many others. She has used her broad skill-set to increase awareness of the issues facing our nations wounded heroes, share resources, and provide hope for military families facing the many challenges associated with Military life. Kristle is always there to offer support, encouraging words, and a kind open heart to all Military Spouses.
Years ago, I never thought I would be writing an article about marriage or the military and marriage at that. I was dead set on never getting married and if I did since I was a soldier myself, it would be to a civilian who would support me and follow me around as I traveled the country. We would wait to have kids for a very, very long time, I would retire from the military and we would live happily ever after. Well, you know, God always seems to have a different plan for us, something bigger than ourselves. I met my husband just a few weeks after finishing basic training and AIT; he was a soldier too. We were blessed with the news of pregnancy just a few short months after meeting and were married shortly after that. This is where I believe our story to begin.
Even after two of my three expectations for my life were changed I still thought I knew what marriage was all about. We had it down, we were the perfect team we both got the baby ready in the morning before heading to P.T, we came home and got ready for work and had breakfast together, we went to work, came home, had dinner, bathed the baby, watched a little TV, and we were off to bed. The next day was the same thing over again. We rarely fought, and now I wonder if it was because we didn't have time. Then he deployed. My world crushed down around me and I had to grow into my independence. With him being 8,000 miles away and unable to talk to me every second of every day, I learned to just give him the highlights reel which almost always caused an issue when he found out more than I told him; it was not good for our marriage. He felt completely out of control, and I felt like I had more power than ever, we started to fall out of our team framework and the further we fell the worse things got between us.
Things only continued to get worse from there. Things got really bad in Iraq for him, I could tell, but he wouldn't tell me specifics. I would find out things from other people and I suddenly realized this is exactly what I was doing to him. I felt that the closer we got to the end of his fifteen month deployment the worse off things got for our marriage. Shortly after returning home he was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and a laundry list of less severe but just as annoying ailments. He received these diagnoses right around the same time we found out we were expecting our second child. We had to adjust again.
That was four years ago and we are still adjusting! It took me a while to figure this out, okay, I still don't have it all the way down, but I'm learning and I think that's the point. Marriage is a constant thing, people change constantly, situations change constantly. Both internal and external factors can affect your marriage and while civilian marriages face struggles as well, I think military marriages tend to make you face them faster, and as long as both parties are looking in the same direction, it doesn't really matter how you get there, as long as you get there. Together.


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אנחנו בפייסבוק
Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom is participating in the event held by the world's largest Jewish educational organization. Under the auspices of the conference, World ORT will determine its working strategy for the next four years
Published: 06.05.12, 07:10 / Israel Jewish Scene
Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom
is in Washington DC,
not for diplomacy but to participate in World ORT's
quadrennial conference.
The conference, which opened on June 3 and runs through June 5, provides a platform for the world's largest Jewish educational organization to set its working strategy for the next four years.
Related stories:
Avi Ganon, deputy director of World ORT's Kadima Mada program, is representing the group's Israeli operations at the Washington conference.


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Lilburn, GA- Gwinnett County police are investigating a shooting that happened just after noon at the Intown Suites on Hwy 78.
Witnesses staying at the hotel say they heard a series of loud noises that they later learned were gunshots and found a man lying on the second floor balcony.
Police identified the victim as 50 year old Vincent Newsome.
Jason Burnett and his wife Leila tried to help the Newsome.
"I just told him to stay still and help was on the way. Seeing him there was really upsetting, I've never seen anyone shot," said Lelia Burnett.
Police say Newsome was out in the parking lot of the Intown Suites washing and detailing a friend's car.
"Newsome took a break and went to his room on the second floor. When he was headed back down someone attacked him there in the breezeway," said Sgt. Brian Doan.
At least one person thinks they saw the suspect as he ran moments after the shooting and gave a description to police.


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Israel's nuclear concerns
Tehran's nuclear ambitions have caused considerable concern. While the U.S. promotes diplomacy and economic sanctions, Israel is considering a pre-emptive military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. The U-T Editorial Board met with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon to discuss the issue. Here are edited highlights:
Q: What is your government's latest assessment of the Iranian nuclear weapons potential and what your government might want to do about it?
A: We very much support negotiations with Iran. We would like to see results which would not necessitate any means which are not economic or diplomatic. Having said that, what supersedes this, of course, is not letting Iran become nuclear.
But we do have some concerns. And basically it's from the way the negotiations started.
To let Iran dictate the venue for instance and also continue to procrastinate … doesn't bode well to the results.
We do believe that at the end we should see three things happening.
A complete stop of enrichment and related activity that they're doing.
Secondly, is the removal of all of this material that they have already accumulated, and, thirdly, transparency, that is, robust monitoring mechanism.
Now, the talk about some agreement or compromise is quite disconcerting because what would it mean? That they can enrich to 3½ percent or 5 percent, it's totally unacceptable.
Q: But if they enriched to a low level like that, wouldn't that be within the realm of peaceful uses of nuclear power, nuclear energy?
A: Not really.
The 3½ grade that they already have is 70 percent of the effort to weapon grade.
Not only that, if you enrich, the monitoring is much more difficult because if you're not allowed to enrich and you start enrichment, it is very, very obvious.
If you enrich to 3½ and then you're increasingly doing more, it's much harder to monitor.
Q: There are already several dangerous nations in the world that have nuclear weapons. Many, many people, including people in this country, said that it would be unacceptable for North Korea, for example, to get nuclear weapons. They now have them. Why is it absolutely unacceptable for Iran?
A: I think the case of North Korea is a good point.
I'm sure people here regret the fact that there are no more effective actions against North Korea.
But North Korea and Iran are two different cases. North Korea, whether they have the fuel, bombs in the cellar, their motive was to extract economic benefits. They have no global ambitions as Iran does. Iran, today, is the powerhouse behind terror all over the world, not just in the Middle East.
You know they're undermining the Saudis and in Tunisia and Egypt. Of course in Lebanon, with Hezbollah they pretty much took the country. In the Palestine Authority both with Hamas and now Islamic Jihad, they are the ones behind, backing (Syrian President Bashar) Assad.
They have sleeper cells all over. We have had the wrath of their terror already back in '92 when they blew up our embassy in Buenos Aires. Then two years later they blew up the Jewish Federation Building.
They tried to kill the Saudi ambassador here and the Saudi ambassador in Egypt. And their ambition comes out of an ideology which is very, very dangerous for hegemony. And now also the fact that they are in a very strategic position that they can control oil flow or the oil prices. If they have this immunity of a nuclear umbrella I think that will devastating.
On top of that, if they do that, this will be the end of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty regime because already the Saudis said if they are nuclear we are going to be nuclear. Egypt said the same. Turkey said the same.


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This was a total impulse buy.
I have always wondered what the hullaballoo is about folding bikes.....
I couldn't resist this all-original 1974 Bianchi Nealeco single speed folding bike when I saw it. The fact that it has the orig Itallian bell and license was a "deal-sealer" I have not cleaned it yet
I'm guessing that the only reason these were ever made was for people who live in shoebox apartments, but if I'm mistaken or if you know a bit about the history of folding bikes, please let me know as I'm curious.
I couldn't resist an immediate fledgling run but the front (original) tube was flat. So I popped off one of the Burley trailer wheels, which is what you see on it now. I'll have the orig wheel back on tomorrow.
They definately are different to ride. It may take some getting used to for me. So far, I love the bell and the smoothness of the (Campy or Ofmega??) hubs. The bike litterally coasts forever.
For your pleasure or disgust:


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"The Red Road," a new drama coming to SundanceTV (formerly Sundance Channel) on February 27th at 9pm, features Jason Momoa as we haven't seen him before. For one, he gets to wear a shirt, and for another, he's not in the middle of a fantasy or sci-fi landscape. A striking 6'4" tall and of a mixed heritage that includes Hawaiian and Native American ancestry, Momoa made a name for himself playing a series of memorable genre tough guys, including Ronon Dex on "Stargate: Atlantis," the title role in Marcus Nispel's "Conan the Barbarian" remake and the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo on "Game of Thrones."
But "The Red Road" finds Momoa operating in the all too real world of a small New Jersey town divided along lines of race and class. He shows off some impressive dramatic acting chops as Phillip Kopus, a charismatic ex-con and member of the local (fictional) Lenape Mountain tribe who returns home and gets mixed up in a tragedy involving police officer Harold Jensen (Martin Henderson). Created by "Prisoners" writer Aaron Guzikowski with a pilot directed by James Gray, the series finds Momoa making a serious and justifiable bid for A-list leading man status, ambitions he's been furthering with his own recent forays into directing. Indiewire spoke with Momoa in Los Angeles about the new series, playing a Native American character and the filmmaker he most admires.
You've had this string of standout genre roles playing some very popular characters. Does that come with a burden —where casting directors see you in this particular niche?
I think they do see me in that niche. That's why ["The Red Road"] was refreshing, I had to work hard to get Aaron to believe that I could do it. It was in my interest, because it's a unique role, being a Native, you know. It's very specific, so that helped. But, yeah, a lot of people think I'm just that.
I've spent a good part of the last two or three years writing and directing my next movie and you're going to get to see a different side of me. And I know who I am and I get to play some really fantastic roles that I just love. There is no way that I would just not do them, they're great and I look forward to doing the comedies and the dramas -- there's a whole side that people haven't seen.
Hollywood does not have a history of great portrayals of Native characters -- traditionally they've been ones getting shot a by cowboys or offering up mystic wisdom to the hero. Were you concerned about the type of depictions out there when going into this project?
I'm extremely concerned about that, being a Native, how they're represented. But on this, we are doing something fictional, though it's inspired by [real] things. This guy's own tribe doesn't like him, he's an outcast. That's appealing as an actor, you want to play that, to play the bad guy -- that's where the drama is right? But at some point, his tribe's going to bring him back, and he's going to do good things for his tribe and not going just be selfish for himself, and he's going to learn. That's the road he's going to have to walk.
So that's appealing -- he can give a rat's ass, but the tribe obviously does. So we represent them well, but at the same time my guy is kicking up dust with the cops, with everyone. No one likes him, but at a certain point, you're going to, and you're going to see how and why he was made that way, and you're realize that maybe he would have been, if this didn't happen. He would have fallen in love and he would have had children and he would have been fine and he wouldn't have done bad things. Truth of it is, even though he is a Native, he was raised by a white guy who was a drug dealer [played by Tom Sizemore], and it's like...
...That's a tough start.
Yeah, and it's not a historical thing that we're trying to represent. I just directed "Road to Paloma," which was loosely based off the Mojaves. I play a Mojave character, so I went there and lived with them for about a month, and asked the questions, did the traditional things that are in it. I'm not doing anything traditional as far as my character is concerned in "The Red Road," but what I did want to do is go up to the Ramapo Mountains and find that serenity.
This guy walked up to the forest a lot -- the tribe is based in the mountains and the forest and I wanted to see that forest and find that, when I'm locked up for six years, what are those images in my head. Coming back home, I wanted to feel what it's like coming back home. I wanted to make that image in my head, so there's that calm. He could have had this nice home and he could have had a mother that loved him, and his mom doesn't even hug him. He talks to the little kids and they don't even like him. It's fun to play the antagonist, antagonistic to my own tribe.
He rolls into town like he's ready to kick up trouble. Do you think he thinks of himself as a bad guy at first?
He's hurt. The guy's just hurt. He's wounded and he's a lone wolf. He just doesn't trust anyone, he doesn't have anyone loving him, and that's what we want as humans, is community, to belong. It's the polar opposite of me, I was raised with a single mother who loved me to pieces. He didn't have that -- he was raised by his father who was obviously a bad guy.
Deep down inside, Kopus wants to be loved, but he's been done wrong, and so he has that shell. We all put up those walls, and that's what's fun, acting and playing all those things. I personally haven't stretched this far ever, as an actor, so that was fun too, to have that kind of drama.
Tell me about switching between television to film. You've been on both sides, do you have a preference?
There's nothing I've ever worked on that beat "Game of Thrones" -- that's a 10-hour movie, they put a lot of money in it. Everything from costume design, the writing… so, going off my experience, TV has been the best. And Sundance, it's amazing -- the quality, the writing on the show, is unbelievable. We have great directors, an amazing cast, it's a no-brainer. It's pretty exciting, I really really hope people connect with it, I'm super pumped. And I'm excited about wearing clothes, you know, talking, using words.
You have played a lot of strong silent types.
Yes, which is hard, you just sit there and brood, I'm like, whatever.
One of the things that's really interesting about the setting of "The Red Road" is that it has a lot of race and class tensions. The tribe, they aren't federally recognized, and so they don't get assistance from the government.
They don't, right. And it's messed up. That's why, to me, it's compelling and provocative, to have that fiction that they don't get recognized -- who's holding it back, and why? There's something with the casinos, and who's the money guy, and there's always something like that. I like that it brings attention and kicks up a little dust -- that's what we like in our stories right?