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Obama: The story so far
Barack Obama has long fascinated the Monthly's writers, and last year we found out that he still does the same to the American public. In the wake of his decisive victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, we chart Obama's story from Judith Brett's early 2007 notes on the Democratic hopeful to Noel Pearson's take on his racial politics, Peter Conrad's recent profile and all points in between.
Waiting for Barack: The improbable president – September 2012
"Obama's rarest and most refined quality is his capacity for self-questioning. This detachment from the oddity of his own hybrid existence is essential for an autobiographer, and might have been appropriate for one of the philosopher-kings of antiquity; for a president it is more like a handicap. The occupant of the Oval Office is supposed, as George W Bush once gruffly said, to be 'the decider'. Obama has a different view of the proper presidential mentality." – Peter Conrad
Angry Boys: Republicans and the US Presidential Race – February 2012
"In the 2008 campaign, Obama promised change and inspired a devotion and fervour for the hope he offered. Since then, the country – historically centre-right – has shifted even further to the right. According to Gallup, in 2008, 37% of Americans identified or leaned Republican. In mid 2011, this had crept up to 40%. With so much belief, and such stratospheric expectations, Obama was always going to disappoint; the narrative was written for him on election night. It was only ever going to be a question of degree." – Julia Baird
Comment: Address to the President – February 2012
"Mr President, if the United States fails then the whole cause of freedom fails, John F Kennedy said half a century ago. He meant it must lead by example. Yet we could not help noticing that at the very same time as one bunch of Americans were paying any price and bearing any burden and meeting any hardship to assure the success of liberty, another bunch were behaving as if it were their equally solemn duty to make themselves obscenely rich. And I must say, as a mate, we did wonder why you rewarded them with bailouts and positions in your Cabinet, especially when to no one's surprise they put the great bulk of the money not to new lending, restructuring mortgages, stalling foreclosures or doing a single thing to help their country or their struggling fellow citizens, but to satisfying the same old scabrous greed." – Don Watson
From the Chrysalis – June 2010
"The euphoria has long gone. The Right insists he's a socialist and soft on terror, and the Left declares him meek, naive and unprincipled. It's as if the muse has left him. He'll be lucky to win a second term. Then again, the man's luck is not the striking thing about Obama. The striking thing is the quality of his mind… All the strands of his experience and judgement had led him to that stage. He had thought his way to the presidency. And there is still reason to hope that he will think his way through it." – Don Watson
Patriot Acts: Learning from America – June 2009
"American patriotism does not celebrate a country that exists or has ever existed. It is a celebration of the idea of America: of possibility, what Barack Obama calls 'America's promise'. Where we may look upon America as the country of slavery and racial segregation, Americans see a country that overcame these things. Theirs is a sense of self that is forward-looking, oriented towards constant improvement… When Obama spoke of 'change', he was tapping into an American tradition. The project of freedom is a constant one, an 'unending search,' in Johnson's phrase. George Washington called America an 'experiment'. American patriotism is about the hope embodied in that experiment." – Waleed Aly
Once Upon a Time in America: Getting Elected in Zanesville, Ohio – December 2008
"It was like a dream, some nights – America was liberal again. But nothing Obama did for himself, and nothing the media did for him, was half as good for his campaign as the financial crisis. The financial crisis gave him purchase: it proved his case and disproved McCain's… You can spell out the deficiencies of the society, the statistics pointing unmistakably to decline, and they won't question them – but they will say they're optimistic. Probably it was this reflex that led McCain to say the fundamentals of the economy were sound; and when he realised they weren't, to say that he had faith in the American worker. American workers didn't need his faith, they needed help – and things were such that at last some of them were prepared to admit it." – Don Watson
Obama! What he must do to win – May 2008
"Barack Obama's response to black and white disenfranchisement has, so far, been to summon up the twin spectres of evil corporate America and special interests in Washington. His challenge is to find a policy framework that indeed seeks to better perfect the union and to create the Great Society, but to do this he needs to understand the reasons for the failure of previous attempts - the principal lesson being that a government cannot plan and deliver a Great Society. Rather, the sole aim of a government should be to allow, indeed to mandate, individuals to take responsibility for bettering their lives, and to provide them with the maximum opportunity to do so." – Noel Pearson
"Obama's critics point out that he is short on policy specifics. And people may well not heed the invitation – or not quite yet. But they may. The looming environmental crisis is one which confronts us with our interdependence, not just on the environment but on each other, and so it is likely to propel increasing numbers of people into public action to seek collective solutions to a collective problem. It is becoming blindingly obvious that the West cannot go on as it has done, consuming resources as if there is no tomorrow, year after year, decade after decade, into an open-ended future which is simply more of the same. Popular culture, with its fascination with disasters, knows this. Global business leaders know this. Politics is paralysed." – Judith Brett
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Stephanie Williams Releases 'This Modern Romance' Photography Book
Focal Press, a leading publisher of media technology books for 75 years, has announced the availability of "This Modern Romance: The Artistry, Technique and Business of Engagement Photography" by award-winning photographer Stephanie Williams with writer and photographer Christen Vidanovic. "This Modern Romance" hits shelves on Nov. 15 and is available for pre-order from Focal Press, Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Whether you're an aspiring photographer, established industry professional or recently engaged, "This Modern Romance" is sure to inform and inspire. In her first book, Williams shares her insight into the psychology of shooting and directing couples, current and emerging industry trends, and the use of blogs and social media. Discover photography tips on romantic styling, workflow, and branding that will help get your engagement sessions recognized by prospective clients along with established industry publications.
"Static poses, bland backgrounds, and overly Photoshopped photos of couples are no longer suitable to a growing demographic of stylish and design-savvy customers. Engagement and wedding photography has taken a bewitching turn toward spirited, compelling imagery that showcases a couple's individual personality and style," Williams said. "Together, photographers and couples are energizing the wedding industry by celebrating couples' engagements with creative, unique photo shoots and putting the focus on the couple's relationship and connection with one another."
As a photographer, you'll learn how to diversify the way you interact with clients and style your shoots. Successfully booking romantic portrait sessions and providing your couples with creative, playful, and beautiful images can mean a lasting - and lucrative - relationship.
In addition to technical guidance on lighting and equipment, Williams offers tips on building your brand and getting your work published. Read testimonials from wedding professionals, bloggers, editors, stylists, and some of Williams' very own clients.
Williams runs her own wedding and fashion photography studio, This Modern Romance. She was listed as one of the Top 20 Destination Wedding Photographers in the world by Destination Weddings and Honeymoons as well as one of PDN's Rising Stars in Wedding Photography. Her work has been featured on the cover of magazines including Pacific Weddings and California Wedding Day, as well as in the pages of The Knot, Brides, Oui, Southern Weddings, and numerous blogs and Internet publications such as Style Me Pretty and Green Wedding Shoes. View her work at www.thismodernromance.com.
Vidanovic is a writer, photographer, and creative consultant currently traveling between Hawaii, San Francisco, and New York for work. She holds a B.A. in journalism, celebrates creative collaboration, and can be found online at www.christenvidanovic.com.
About Focal Press
Focal Press has been a leading publisher of Media Technology books for 75 years. We provide essential resources for professionals and students in many areas including: film and digital video production, photography, digital imaging, graphics, animation and new media, broadcast and media distribution technologies, music recording and production, mass communications, and theatre technology. For information about Focal Press visit www.focalpress.com.
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RIM Changes Their Name, BlackBerry 10 Release Dates, New Devices and Alicia Keys
RIM had their much awaited unveiling of their new BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system early this week. Some of the announcements include a company name change, new BB10 devices, release dates and… Alicia Keys?
First and foremost, lets start with RIM, or Research In Motion, will no longer bear that name. Their Chief Executive, Thorsten Heins announced today that they will officially be known simply as "BlackBerry". This change comes after 28 years when they originally began using the name.
"It is one brand; it is one promise."
Now on to the goodness (no not Alicia Keys…yet). BlackBerry announced the Z10 & Q10. Lets start with the Z10, the flagship device.
The Z10 is equipped with a 4.2-inch touchscreen pushing a resolution of 1280×768 at a cool 356 ppi. It is powered by a 1.5ghz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, 2GB of RAM and has full 4G LTE compatibility.
The phone will hold 16GB of data internally and features a microSD slot for up to 64GB of additional storage. The phone has NFC capability and has both front and rear cameras; 8MP and 2MP respectively. As for the battery we are looking at 1800mAh battery.
The phone will launch on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile & Verizon in March in the US and will go for $200 with a two-year contract. The device launched in the UK on January 31st and Canada will see in on February 5th. It will come in both black and white, however the white is exclusive to Verizon.
As for the Q10, the major difference between the two devices is the fact that this one comes equipped with a physical QWERTY keyboard (hence the Q). BlackBerry says it is the widest keyboard they've ever produced, which should make it that much easier to speed type.
The processor, RAM, storage and cameras are all identical but comes with a square, 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 720×720 at 330 ppi.
The device will also launch on all the major carriers but won't see a US release until sometime in April and a UK/Canadian release is still to be announced.
Both phones will obviously come loaded with the BlackBerry 10 OS which has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. Some noticeable features include a fully controlled UI solely from gestures or swipes, a new BBM, full multitasking with "BlackBerry Cascades" and a social media integration center dubbed "BlackBerry Hub."
The most noticeable difference in the features is the way the user interacts with the interface. As mentioned, the device is completely controlled through the use of gestures and swipes. There are no physical buttons on the device (aside from the keyboard on the Q10).
Lastly, and arguably the most shocking piece of news was the fact that musician Alicia Keys has been elected as the company's new Creative Director. Details are sparse as to what exactly she will be doing in this new role but according to Ms. Keys her range of activities have been very "hands on."
"I am an extremely committed and focused individual. I am going to work closely with the app designers and developers, the content creators, the retailers and the carriers to really explore this BlackBerry 10 platform and create ideas for its future," proclaimed Ms. Keys on stage.
Only the future will tell whats in store for BlackBerry, but from the looks of it they are on the right track. While the new devices don't stand out from the other flagships in the market it is definitely a contender and the BlackBerry loyalists will undoubtedly have a field day with them.
What do you think? Is it too little too late for BlackBerry, formerly known as RIM? Or do you think they came out of the gate swinging and will be here for some time to come? Shoot us your thoughts in the comment section below.


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The Master's College women's volleyball team's debut at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championships didn't exactly go as planned on Tuesday afternoon in Sioux City, Iowa.
Cal State San Marcos defeated the Mustangs 25-22, 25-20, 25-22 in TMC's first appearance in the tournament in school history.
The game was the first of three pool-play contests TMC will play, with the second coming today against Viterbo at 3:45 p.m.
"The biggest thing for us tonight was that we had a really hard time sticking to fundamental execution," said outside hitter Sam Dougherty. "That is the main focus of our team this year — serve-receive, defense and unforced errors."
Overall, the Mustangs committed 20 hitting errors and allowed nine San Marcos aces.
"A lot of us just got ahead of ourselves," Dougherty said. "And being nervous that we were even there. Not a culture shock, but just anxious and almost not knowing how to respond. Just being so excited that we were at the national championships."
The Mustangs held late leads in all three games.
They were ahead 21-20 in game one before allowing a 5-1 run to lose. It was a 6-0 San Marcos run that flipped a 20-19 lead into a 25-20 loss in game two. And a 21-20 lead in game three was erased by a 5-0 run.
"I don't want to take anything away from San Marcos, but if you look at the box score we had more kills than they did we had more assists than they did. We had more digs than they did and we had more team blocks than they did," said TMC head coach Robert Blanken. "When you look at the stats overall, you have to ask what was the difference and the biggest thing was we made too many unforced errors — especially in tight games you can't make as many errors as we did."
Aubrey Bekendam and Victoria Callihan led TMC with nine kills each. Callihan also notched a team-high four blocks. Rebecca Peluffo led with 23 digs and Sam Dougherty had 16.
For San Marcos, Sami Castillo led with 13 digs and three aces, and Taylor DeGraaf had 12 kills.
The 2012 season has already been the most successful in school history with the Mustangs rising to No. 6 in the nation and making their first national championship tournament appearance.
TMC finished the regular season third in the highly competitive Golden State Athletic Conference behind No. 1 Concordia and No. 4 Biola.
"I feel like tonight was just a big wake-up call on our part," Dougherty said. "I think that for sure (today) we will bounce back, no doubt about it. Tonight was a good way of helping us realize that it's going to be a process and we need to take it game-by-game if we want to make it to the championship."


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4 Year Anniversary Iraq War Protest/Rally
March 18th, 2007, the 4 year anniversary of the war in Iraq. Tens of thousands march to the Civic Center.
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We do not all have the most expensive internet service to load huge photos as we do not usually need it. Please trim your photos. We do not need to see the sky or the buildings. We just need to see the posters and banners people are carrying and costumes, if any, they are wearing. As to featured speakers, many of us are horrified that proud Zionist and Democrat Carole Migden is featured in any photos, much less speaking on the stage. Where were the Palestinian speakers? Where were their contingents in the photos? Our peace marches always proudly support the Palestinian liberation struggle and oppose the heinous crimes of the US puppet and military base that exists to protect US oil profits, namely Israel. Every single Democratic official and every single Republican official by definition is pro-Israel, which is to say pro-genocide, pro-US imperialism.


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Well, this is embarrassing. My last post here was nearly a year ago and, ironically
enough, it was one celebrating the one year anniversary of this blog. At that time
I said:
" I started The Old Colony Graveyard Rabbit a year ago today as a place to
post pictures from my cemetery trips. I'm afraid it doesn't get as much attention
from me as my genealogy blog West in New England but I hope to do better
this year and post here more often. I'm fortunate to live in Massachusetts
which is rich not only in history and genealogy but also in some of the most
interesting and beautiful graveyards and cemeteries.
Besides sharing more pictures, I want to try to research & share the stories
of the people whose lives are represented by their grave markers.
So here's to another year of photography and story telling!"
Well, obviously, that didn't happen.
Here's the bad news: I've been without a car since last August and while I
intend to get a new one, chances are that won't be happening until the
But there is good news: before the demise of Ping the Wonder Car I was
able to visit quite a few local cemeteries and as a result I have about six
months' worth of pictures to share here.
Here's to a better year of picture sharing and story telling!.


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Satcon Technology Corporation® (NASDAQ CM:SATC), a leading provider of utility scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 1-for-8 reverse stock split of its common stock. Satcon anticipates the reverse stock split will be effective and that its common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on The NASDAQ Capital Market at the opening of trading on July 19, 2012. Upon effectiveness of the reverse stock split, every eight shares of the company's issued and outstanding common stock will be automatically converted into one issued and outstanding share of common stock. No cash or fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Satcon will round up to the next whole share in lieu of issuing factional shares that would have been issued in the reverse split. The reverse stock split, which was approved by Satcon's stockholders on June 20, 2012, will reduce the outstanding number of shares of common stock from approximately 144.2 million to approximately 18.0 million. Concurrent with the reverse stock split, Satcon will reduce the number of authorized shares of its common stock to 37.5 million. For the 20 trading days immediately following the reverse split, Satcon's common stock will trade on a post-split basis on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol "SATCD" as an interim symbol to denote the reverse split. After this 20 trading day period, Satcon's common stock will resume trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "SATC." In addition, the split-adjusted common stock will trade under a new CUSIP number. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the company's transfer agent, will be acting as the exchange agent for the reverse stock split. Stockholders who hold their shares in brokerage accounts or "street name" are not required to take any action to effect the exchange of their shares. Stockholders who have existing stock certificates will receive instructions from the transfer agent after the reverse stock split becomes effective.
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Canada 1 - United States 2 (U22) overtime
Summer Exhibition
Canada opened up their three-game exhibition series against the USA in Ottawa on Thursday night, dropping a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime decision.
The Canadians looked good early, with Valerie Chouinard (Matane, QC) opening the scoring 1:39 into the game, firing the puck through the legs of American goaltender Jesse Vetter. Dominique Thibault (L'Orignal, ON) and Sabrina Harbec (Montreal, QC) picked up the assists on Chouinard's goal.
The second period was scoreless, but not uneventful. Seventeen penalties were called in the period, but neither team could capitalize with the man advantage.
The Americans finally got on the scoreboard early in period three, as Erika Lawler connected on the power play at 4:37, snapping the puck past Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados (Edmonton, AB).
The Canadians found themselves in penalty trouble in the overtime, going two men down in the opening 1:40. The Americans capitalized, with Sarah Parsons finding the net two minutes into the extra frame, giving the Americans the 2-1 win.
Special teams were the story of the game, as the Americans went 2/18 with the powerplay, while the Canadians were 0/12. The Canadians were outshot 41-21.
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NORTH COUNTY -- A new area code is coming to phones near you. What's not known, however, is whether 760 will disappear in North County or just be supplemented by a new code for new users. Either way, it won't happen until 2009.
The Public Utilities Commission decided to add a new area code because the region is running out of numbers, due to population increases and the proliferation of mobile phones.
The proposals, which residents are invited to comment on at a Feb. 21 meeting in Carlsbad include:
- Replacing 760 in North San Diego County with a new code, possibly 442.
- Adding the new code alongside the current area code, which would mean your neighbor might have the new code while you would keep your 760 code.
In either case, PUC spokeswoman Terri Prosper said it won't cost more for users.
"Costs to make calls to and from the existing area code will not change," she said in an e-mail.
As it exists today, the 760 region stretches over a broad geographic area that runs as far north as Yosemite National Park, to the Nevada and Arizona border on the east, down to the Mexican border -- with a small portion extending to the coast. That small portion, which includes Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, San Marcos, Vista and Escondido, among other communities, has the greatest population.
Two of the three plans would make North County part of a new area code region. One plan would carve out an area extending from the coast to near the Salton Sea on the east and from the Orange County border on the north to the 858 area code region on the south. A second plan would have slightly different boundaries on the east.
A third plan would simply add 442 to the whole 760 region as a second area code in what the PUC is calling an "overlay" plan. Under this plan, residents would have to dial 10 numbers for every call, regardless of where they are calling in the area code region.
The decision to give North County a new area code came from an Oct. 10 meeting of the PUC and the North American Numbering Plan Administration. The two agencies met to find a way for North County to avoid running out of phone numbers due to increased population and sales of cellular phones.
The PUC develops policies regarding telecommunications to keep the industry fair and make necessary services available to California customers. The plan administration coordinates the North American Numbering Plan, an initiative started by American Telephone & Telegraph in 1947 to simplify direct dialing of long distance calls. The plan helps administer telephone numbering for 19 countries in North America, including the United States, Canada and most countries in the Caribbean.
A new area code has been in the works for North County since 2000. At that time, the PUC planned to split off the western portion of the 760 region, similar to current plans, into a new 442 region. The action was suspended when the PUC realized the area had plenty of phone numbers, but they were being held and not used by various phone companies.
Since then, the agency passed new regulations concerning how phone companies get and allocate phone numbers. Now, phone companies must use 75 percent of their current phone numbers before they can request more.
North County and Southwest Riverside County are quite familiar with area code changes. At one time, the 714 area code covered the entire area south of Los Angeles to the Mexican border and east to the Arizona and Nevada border. As the population and need for more phone numbers increased, the PUC carved 714 into several different area codes.
First in 1982, the San Diego area got its own 619 area code. Then in 1997, the 760 region was created out of parts of 714 and 619.
The last North County area code change occurred in 1999 when an area including Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, Del Mar, La Jolla, Poway and the northern portion of the city of San Diego were turned into the 858 area code.
The Feb. 21 public meeting in Carlsbad is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Faraday Building at 1635 Faraday Avenue. Officials from the PUC will attend.
Contact staff writer Patrick Wright at (760) 739-6675 or email@example.com .


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HTC One lands at AT&T on April 19 for $199.99. Pre-orders start on April 4
AT&T has finally decided to announce pricing and availability details for the HTC One today. The superphone will become available on April 19 for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. This is for the version with 32 GB of storage space. If you'd like to double that up to 64 GB, you'll need to pay a whopping $100 more. AT&T will be the only carrier in the US that will offer the 64 GB HTC One "at launch". So it's an exclusive of sorts, but for a limited time. Just how long this exclusivity will last isn't clear at this time, but we'll keep you posted.
AT&T will begin taking pre-orders for the HTC One on April 4, so this Thursday. If you pre-order, you'll get a free HTC Media Link HD wireless HDMI adaptor, which will allow you to wirelessly share content from your phone to your TV, and is apparently a $90 value. Good to keep in mind.
On April 4, pre-ordering will start at 1 pm CT – if you go to this website. AT&T will have both the black and silver variants of the HTC One. The carrier has also listed a couple of apps it will preload on the HTC One (read: bloatware) – the AT&T DriveMode, which helps curb texting and driving, and AT&T Ready2Go, which lets you set up and customize your device from a computer. These almost certainly won't be the only two AT&T-specific apps on the One, though. Carriers love their bloatware.


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With its fourth move in nearly four decades, the Alliance branch of Buckeye State Credit Union has an upgraded facility and can offer some new services as a result of a streamlined process.
The move of just a little over a half mile -- from 1731 W. State St. to a brand new building at 1010 W. State St. -- took place over Presidents Day weekend in order to minimize member inconvenience and service interruption, and the process from planning a move to working out of the new office happened in less than a year, according to Kathy Hammond, business development and communications director for Buckeye State Credit Union.
"It came at a good time because our lease was up in the fall (2013)," Hammond continued. "Of course, when your lease is ready to expire, you look at all options, and it was more cost-effective for us to actually build a new building over time."
"We just wanted to renovate, and we were looking for ways to streamline things and be a little bit more efficient, and this building seems to provide that for us," added branch manager Renee Kuhn, who said privacy, visibility and security have improved with the office construction modeled somewhat after the Painesville and Canton branches. "We're closer to the center of things (in the city), which makes things more available for the community. Membership growth is also a goal of ours, and being more centrally located is helpful to some people."
New features include a lower special services desk, which is handicapped accessible, and an enclosed room for safety deposit boxes. A few outdoor housekeeping items, such as blacktop sealing, striping for parking spaces and landscaping, have yet to be completed.
Overall, member response has been positive, Kuhn said. "They really like it. When they come in and they say, 'Ooh, it's so pretty," we like to hear that -- that they have a nice environment to come into that makes them feel good when they come through the door."
Buckeye State Credit Union has roughly 5,678 members associated with the Alliance branch, and roughly 17,500 throughout the organization's five northeast Ohio locations, but both Kuhn and Hammond stressed the members mean more than just numbers.
"Credit unions are owned by their members, so members kind of have this community feeling, and that's the felling that we want to project -- that they're part of our family," Hammond said, adding each branch participates in a number of community fundraisers and projects.
Alliance's office recently participated in a clothing drive for the YWCA, and this quarter is promoting a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.
"We're seated here in the Alliance community," Kuhn assured. "We'd like to stay for everyone; the more accessible, the better."
As a whole, Hammond said, the credit union also seeks to implement programs, such as a "Money Desktop" financial planning software available on computers and mobile devices that launched in January; mobile banking, coming in May; and an identity theft protection program coming in June, that have value to the members.
Buckeye State Credit Union is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
For more information, call 330-823-7930 or visit www.buckeyecu.org.
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Alright, ate way too much food today. Have a headache from the chocolate souffl� at lunch. It was a wreck of a day going out to lunch with the ILs. And last night we went out for pizza. Just not feeling good today. So tomorrow I get back on track. No more junk for a while. I really do need to lose all this weight, once and for all. I'm going to reset the rest of my lifts tomorrow, but I think I might start the New Rules of Lifting for Women instead of Wendler's 531. I like the idea of doing Olympic lifts instead of just straight strength based things. If I remember, it eventually included sprinting as well. So I'm going to check it out when we go to the library this week. I'm just kind of frustrated with myself. I don't really care about the number on the scale, but I have a lot of belly and lower body fat to lose. So I need to sort this out.
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I'm really struggling lately. I've eaten way too much ice cream this summer, blaming my lack of willpower on the warm temperatures. I got a cold and so have been really down the last week or so. I skipped lifting to try and give my body a break to recover from fighting off the cold. It's just about gone now.
I'm just not really sure what to do at this point. Other than the junk that I know I shouldn't be eating, I don't really enjoy food at all anymore. I can never think about what I want to have for dinner, or lunch. I eat basically the same things over and over. Perhaps that's my problem? I'm considering going to Trader Joe's to check out their prices and see if anything strikes me. I could easily start going with DS once a week after the school year begins. I'm thinking about taking the grocery shopping back to see what I can get organic and to keep the random crap out of the house.
I need to sort all this out!
As I see some progress with the changes in my exercise toward more body weight exercises, I've decided I'm going to move even more that way for a while. Starting on Thursday, I'm going to do a quick routine 3x/week Th, Su, M. I'm also going to see how much I can get out and walk. I might need to go after the kids are in bed, but we've got sidewalks around here. I'm going to find some good songs and put them on my MP3 player and just get moving. DD goes to camp tomorrow, but DH is home still until next Wed. So I have 8 days with him around to try and get in more walking. I'll still be playing soccer on Wed nights, so that will be my sprinting. I'm going to be sure and put forth full effort when I'm there.
I also sat down and made a list of breakfast and dinner options. I'll get back to planning our meals and will be purposely including carbs for dinner 3-4 nights/week. I think I need that. One of the days while DD is at camp I'm going to head over to TJs and check out their prices. And this Saturday I'm going to try and get over to the Farmer's Market. I need more variety in what I'm eating so I enjoy it more and don't feel the need to turn to junk. I was back down to 172 this morning, so I haven't strayed too far off. My cold isn't fully gone either, so I know I still have some inflammation.
Hopefully this will work. I'm going to try using the Facebook workout thing that someone else posted. Of course, any time they prescribe pull-ups I will sub in a modified version until I get there. I like the look of them though, kind of like crossfit but not as crazy and all body weight. Let's be honest, I don't need to squat any amount of weight other than myself. I'm looking to be able to play soccer well and age gracefully. Perhaps I'll get back to weights later, but I think body weight exercises will help burn this body fat off without building a lot of extra muscle.


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A Kansas City Country Affair
When you think of rustic Americana, a lush green country side with horse ranches and cowboy boots seem to fit the bill.
Blaire and Austin were married in a sun kissed outdoor ceremony beneath a grove of leafy trees and an aisle perfectly accented with golden sunflowers. Blaire was such a stunning bride, glowing in our soft tulle "Eureka!" gown, finishing her look with the most darling pair of cowboy boots, her something blue! How clever!
From the 10 gallon hats down to the romantic barn house reception, this couple's wedding just exuded mid-western country charm. And to their surprise, Blaire and Austin ended their evening being serenaded by one of Country Music's biggest stars, Kip Moore. Cheers to these sweet newly weds!! To see more photos from this "rustic chic" inspired wedding click here.


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If the Best Picture Academy Award can help a low-budget, literary-based film like Million Dollar Baby earn $100 million at the box office, just think what a Quills Award will do for the books that win the soon-to-be prestigious award. Book publishing is one of the leading high-profile media industries without a significant consumer-driven award. Also, none are televised. When it premieres on NBC in October, the Quill Awards will definitely have the edge.
Promoting literacy and reading are the goals behind the brand-new awards show and NBC was happy to sign on board to work with Quills chairman Gerry Byrne and Reed Business Information.
"From our perspective, we like the whole aspect of promoting literacy," says Jay Ireland, president of NBC Universal television stations. NBC, which already has the Today Show book club, will be taking another step in advancing the cause of the written word. "A lot of people read," says Ireland, "and this show has a broad appeal for our audience."
The NBC Quill Awards show will highlight the October 11 live event. "Our plan in year one is to produce a fabulous one-hour package which we anticipate to enhance in the years to come."
Ireland promises that NBC will deliver a "great show that we feel will be of value to the community."


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I am going to dispense with the whole travel-related theme for this one and focus on the apology...
Dear Malia,
My sincerest apologies for sending these belated birthday wishes to you. I'm afraid March 25th came and went in a blink of an eye. Both of your cousins, Miles and May, were honored. Being the Overlord progeny with a username and profile, being overlooked is not acceptable. My fault. (Benny has to wait a bit for his birthday hello.)
So, the pirates are on their way via the flying blimpy thingy and should be there shortly. Their credo: Birthdays last as long as the time it takes to celebrate them. Simply put, your birthday isn't over just yet! Something tells me there will be a knock at your door shortly with lots of loud singing and a few pressies to boot. (No, you're not old enough for a barrel of rum just yet.)
Once again, I'm sorry for being a bad TP Mom/Pirate Captain. I do hope your day was filled with family, friends, lots of good plunder and cake. Cake is always important. Lots of cake. The great big slices that sugar you up and keep Mom & Dad awake all night.
Captain Isa and the Pirate Crew
With that, Captain Isa wonders how she's going to catch up with the flying blimpy thingy...


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No more 'Goonies' for Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton is hilarious during a new interview in Vanity Fair magazine, conducted by the always-hilarious Eric Spitznagel. In in, Eric gets Martha to talk about the odds of a Goonies reunion movie.
"I hear from Corey and Sean about it occasionally. I've heard they're talking about maybe turning it into a musical. Goonies occupies a very special place in people's hearts, obviously, but it's become way bigger than I ever imagined it would be. I think to sully that with any kind of further investigation might actually kind of ruin a great thing."
Click here to read the full interview.


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NEW YORK (Dec. 13)
The 1971 annual conference of the United Jewish Appeal urged American Jewry to intensify its support of the social and educational programs vital to the people of Israel. The conference, which began Thursday and ended today, was attended by more than 2,000 delegates from 250 communities around the country. In an interview, Edward Ginsberg, UJA general chairman, who was re-elected for a fourth term, said. "The people of Israel carry an enormous financial burden. More than 30 percent of Israel's gross national product goes toward defense needs. Israel has no money to share the burden of the vital social programs which have always been the traditional responsibility of world Jewry, primarily American Jewry." As a result, he noted, a human crisis exists and it grows more serious each day as new immigrants arrive who must be housed, fed, educated and trained so that they can become self-sustaining members of their society. During 1970, Mr. Ginsberg reported, some 50,000 immigrants arrived in Israel and at least 50,000 more are expected in 1971. There are still 200,000 immigrants of prior years who have yet to be fully absorbed into the fabric of Israeli life. Mr. Ginsberg observed that UJA's 1971 campaign seeks "not only to arouse American Jewry, but to get them involved in the human needs of their brethren in Israel. The people of Israel have been called upon to give their flesh and blood. All we ask from the American Jewish community is to give the money to maintain vital humanitarian programs."
The opening session of the conference began with a presentation of cash redeeming 1970 pledges by representatives of some 50 communities from around the United States. Shimon Alexandroni, Economic Minister of Israel to the United States and Canada, told the conference's opening plenary session that "Israel's balance of payments deficit for 1970 is $1.3 billion and a $1.5 billion deficit is projected for 1971 because of the large increase in defense expenditures." This year Israel's cash reserve, he noted, is at the lowest level since 1962. "The war of attrition has had a severe impact on Israel's economy, setting it back ten years." Joseph Meyerhoff of Baltimore. UJA honorary general chairman, commented that "this illustrates the situation the people of Israel face in seeking to furnish social and educational programs for the absorption and integration of newcomers. Voluntary contributions of American Jewry for these humanitarian programs are more vital than ever before." Samuel L. Haber, Joint Distribution Committee executive vice-chairman noted that in 1970 the JDC provided a variety of rescue, relief and rehabilitation services on behalf of some 315,000 needy Jews around the world and in Israel. Philip Soskis, executive director, New York Association for New Americans, reported that the majority of the refugees helped to settle in the greater New York area were from Poland. Some also came from other Eastern European countries as some from the Middle East.


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Anchors Suma & Anasuya with her son for Kumari 21F Dubsmash
Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 05:48 PM
It has been observed that Dubsmash videos have been flooded every where in the video galleries and it seems like every second person is making dubsmash videos. It is mainly cine people, who are making dubsmash videos. The present video depicts anchors Suma and Anasuya with her son presenting the dialogues from Kumari 21F movie. It is to be mentioned here that the movie makers of Kumari 21F have come out with dubsmash contest in which many celebrities have participated.


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Energy Storage Tracker 1Q17: Market Share Data, Industry Trends, Market Analysis and Project Tracking by World Region, Technology, Application and Market Segment
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|エネルギー貯蔵設備の世界市場:市場シェアデータ・産業動向・市場分析・プロジェクト追跡 Energy Storage Tracker 1Q17: Market Share Data, Industry Trends, Market Analysis and Project Tracking by World Region, Technology, Application and Market Segment
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Energy storage is shifting from being considered a nonessential but desirable addition to renewable energy projects into a standalone solution that provides customers and system owners significant value. The traditional emerging markets in the energy storage sector have become prime targets for both new and established industry participants. New projects are being announced on a weekly basis in 2017, and the global energy storage industry is continuing to explore different business cases that make energy storage systems (ESSs) profitable. Innovative applications like renewables integration and behind-the-meter (BTM) systems are becoming economically attractive, resulting in the continued emergence of new geographic markets.
Navigant Research believes that improvements in performance in energy storage technologies, developing regional regulatory and market drivers, declining capital costs, and new business models are poised to make energy storage a growing and viable part of the electricity grid. Several key factors are expected to drive the global need for increased energy storage deployments. For example, the development of new distributed, intermittent, and variable generation sources (such as solar PV and wind) that are connected to global power grids will require increased load balancing against demand. Overall, the global energy storage industry is poised to continue growing quickly over the next several years.
This Navigant Research report provides a comprehensive resource of global energy storage projects. The Tracker includes a database of 1,420 projects (encompassing at least 43,083 individual systems) and tracks the country, region, market segment, capacity, status, technology vendor, systems integrator, applications, funding, investment, and key milestones of each project. In addition, the report includes an analysis of the technology choice within each major region for energy storage, analysis of the leading regions for energy storage capacity and projects, and market share analysis for technology vendors for deployed projects and projects in the pipeline.


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Diane E Bennett
Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA
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- DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from epidemiologically linked case pairsDiane E Bennett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1224-9. 2002..Foreign-born persons with TB may have been infected previously in high-prevalence countries; screening and preventive measures recommended by the Institute of Medicine could prevent TB reactivation in these cases...
- Minority HIV-1 drug resistance mutations are present in antiretroviral treatment-naïve populations and associate with reduced treatment efficacyJeffrey A Johnson
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS Med 5:e158. 2008..We used sensitive and simple tests to investigate evidence of transmitted drug resistance in antiretroviral drug-naïve persons and assess the clinical implications of minority drug-resistant variants...
- The requirement for surveillance of HIV drug resistance within antiretroviral rollout in the developing worldDiane E Bennett
Global AIDS Program, National Centre for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 19:607-14. 2006..To describe surveillance measures to inform HIV drug-resistance prevention, as part of the public health approach to antiretroviral therapy in developing countries...
- Prevalence of tuberculosis infection in the United States population: the national health and nutrition examination survey, 1999-2000Diane E Bennett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:348-55. 2008..The goal for tuberculosis (TB) elimination in the United States is a TB disease incidence of less than 1 per million U.S. population by 2010, which requires that the latent TB infection (LTBI) prevalence be less than 1% and decreasing...
- The World Health Organization's global strategy for prevention and assessment of HIV drug resistanceDiane E Bennett
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Antivir Ther 13:1-13. 2008..As of December 2007, 25 countries were planning or implementing the strategy; seven countries report results in this supplement...
- HIV drug resistance threshold survey using specimens from voluntary counselling and testing sites in Hanoi, VietnamHIEN TRAN NGUYEN
National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Antivir Ther 13:115-21. 2008..Estimating transmitted resistance in the infected population will enable the appropriateness of current antiretroviral drug regimens to be assessed and will inform plans for future HIVDR surveillance...
- Antiretroviral drug resistance surveillance among drug-naive HIV-1-infected individuals in Gauteng Province, South Africa in 2002 and 2004Visva Pillay
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
Antivir Ther 13:101-7. 2008....
- Surveillance of transmitted HIV drug resistance in the Manzini-Mbabane corridor, Swaziland, in 2006Gugu Maphalala
Swaziland Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National Reference Laboratory, Mbabane, Swaziland
Antivir Ther 13:95-100. 2008..We used the WHO's HIVDR threshold survey method to assess transmitted HIVDR in three antenatal clinic (ANC) sites along the corridor between the two most populous cities in Swaziland, where ART was introduced in 2003...
- Surveillance of transmitted HIV drug resistance among women attending antenatal clinics in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaGeofrey R Somi
National AIDS Control Program, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Antivir Ther 13:77-82. 2008..We used the WHO HIVDR threshold survey method to assess transmitted HIVDR in Dar es Salaam where ART was introduced in 1995 and where approximately 11,000 people are currently on ART...
- Consensus drug resistance mutations for epidemiological surveillance: basic principles and potential controversiesRobert W Shafer
Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Antivir Ther 13:59-68. 2008..The process used to create a previously published list of drug resistance mutations for HIV-1 surveillance is reviewed and alternative approaches to this process are discussed...
- A novel sequential sampling technique for the surveillance of transmitted HIV drug resistance by cross-sectional survey for use in low resource settingsMark Myatt
Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London EC1V 9EL, UK
Antivir Ther 13:37-48. 2008..The method is currently being used in several such settings...
- Recommendations for surveillance of transmitted HIV drug resistance in countries scaling up antiretroviral treatmentDiane E Bennett
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Antivir Ther 13:25-36. 2008..Transmitted drug resistant HIV strains will be seen first in cities or health districts where antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been widely available for years. WHO recommends countries begin surveillance in these areas...
- World Health Organization surveys to monitor HIV drug resistance prevention and associated factors in sentinel antiretroviral treatment sitesMichael R Jordan
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Antivir Ther 13:15-23. 2008..Performed regularly at representative sites, the data generated will inform evidence-based decision making regarding national and global ART regimen selection and minimize the emergence of HIVDR at a population level...
- Identifying the sources of tuberculosis in young children: a multistate investigationSumi J Sun
California Department of Health Services, Berkley, CA, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1216-23. 2002..Potential differences between sources for patients <5 years of age and source patients that transmitted TB to adolescent and adult patients were identified...
- Outcomes from monitoring of patients on antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings with viral load, CD4 cell count, or clinical observation alone: a computer simulation modelAndrew N Phillips
HIV Epidemiology and Biostatistics Group, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, and Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK
Lancet 371:1443-51. 2008..Our aim was to study the potential consequences of such monitoring strategies, especially in terms of survival and resistance development...


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… a lead investigator for the Above Top Secret organization was the first to alert me to the now "viral video" and story of the alleged "strange explosion in space" as recorded by one Elijah Prychodzko, a young Sacramento, California resident. The story broke locally on the 30th (December 2012) and I received Johnny's e-mail the following day.
Sacramento.cbslocal.com in part wrote:
"This mysterious little tale begins earlier this week when Good Day Sacramento's Cody Stark got this message on Facebook: 'I have something on video no one has ever seen. I had my telescope out, caught an explosion in space. Wanna see the video?'
Cody's response? Absolutely!
The video was shot with an iPhone through the eyepiece of a telescope, so CBS13 had to enlarge it to get a better look. It was shot on Dec. 20 around 5 p.m. in Sacramento by viewer Elijah Prychodzko.
'I saw something that I'd never seen before. I saw another object orbiting this — whatever it was up there, and I've never seen anything like that before,' said Prychodzko."
The video that accompanied the article was of the local newscast that aired the story (basically, reiterating the printed article) ; embedded therein was an interview with Prychodzko, along with "snippets" of his video he delivered to Cody Stark (a reporter Good Day Sacramento)).
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… See side-by-side still shots of a known weather balloon bursting, and the Prychodzko claimed space explosion:
Still From Prychodzko Video Tampa Bay Weather Balloon Shatters 7-2-12
via theufochronicles.com UPDATE: Viral 'Video Of Explosion in Space' is a Weather Balloon – Yes Really!.


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Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain;
Seek faithfully till you find me
A New Years feast at King Arthurs court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any one of Arthurs men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the knight but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain sets out to find the Knight in the wild Northern lands and to keep his side of the bargain. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tale and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval Romance.
Brian Stones evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction that examines the Romance genre, and the poems epic and pagan sources. This edition also includes essays discussing the central characters and themes, theories about authorship and Arthurian legends, and suggestions for further reading and notes.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the masterpiece of medieval alliterative poetry. The unknown fourteenth-century author (a contemporary of Chaucer) has imbued his work with the heroic atmostphere of a saga, with the spirit of French romance and with a Christian consciousness. It is a poem in which the virtues of a knight, Sir Gawain, triumphant in almost insuperable ordeals, are celebrated to the glory of the House of Arthur. The impact made on the reader is both magical and human, full of drama and descriptive beauty.


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Zurag Insired Paintings
December 30, 2015
I've had a few months to process my trip to Mongolia and incorporate it's inspiration into my work. As beautiful as the landscape was, I was most inspired by the art work I saw there. I went to two great museums, an awesome gallery, and a few monasteries and temples that all had great artwork ranging from contemporary to traditional. My favorite style of painting was the Zurag style which uses mineral pigments on cloth and combines unique artistic techniques and colors that produce a flat, decorative painting. The style is also characterized by its vibrancy, limited perspective and use of humor. With roots in ancient rock art that depict the life of hunters and herders, a common subject explored by artists in this genre is the life and ways of Mongolian people.
"One Day In Mongolia" by Marzan Sharav 1911-1919.
This is perhaps the most famous painting in Mongolia. It was painted with mineral paints on cloth and illuminates the many different aspects of Mongolian life. It is at the Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum.
There is no vanishing point or perspective so regardless of distance, everything is shown in the same proportion. Very little research has been done on Mongolian zurag painting and the art form is virtually unknown worldwide due to its strong similarity to Tibetan Thangka Painting, Chinese Painting and other Asian Paintings.
I love this gouache piece by Tsend-Ayush.U done in 1986. My favorite part is the clouds and the absence of perspective – the ways the image was layered and stacked. It is part of the collection at the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery.
Aside from the artwork the most impressive part of Mongolian for me was the sky. With the landscape being so open the sky, which was always filled with amazing clouds, became the focal point. But perhaps I am just really into clouds!
Here is another gouache painting I found by Tsend Ochir called "The Gathering of Skies". It really depicts the unique layering of swirly clouds that I have only ever seen in Mongolia.
I was so influenced by this new style of art that I had to crate some new work incorporating some techniques. Since most of the zurag paintings are done with pigmented paint or gouache, I thought that the flashe paint, which is very pigmented and flat, would work well in this style. And though the zurag paintings often depict scenes in their landscapes, I like my landscapes void of people. I did however incorporate the lack of perspective and came up with my own version of zurag inspired paintings:
Counting Beautiful Things, 24×24″, flashe on canvas
Laying in the Sun, 24×24″, flashe on canvas
Color of the Wind, 30×30″, flashe on canvas
So far I am having fun layering the paint, stacking the landscape features, and most importantly adding clouds!
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September 22, 2015
I have always been intrigued by the vast open landscape and the nomadic way of life in Mongolia. It seemed like such a remote country that I never thought I be able to visit, but I am very fortunate to have an adventurous boyfriend who was willing to make it happen. After looking into the logistics of getting around the country we decided that driving on unpaved roads with no signage for two weeks was not the best idea and decided to book a tour. We went through Selena Travel and were very happy with our choice, especially after seeing how people drive in Ulaanbaatar! Our first day we did a city tour, the highlight was the Gandand Monastery:
Prayer Wheels at Gandan Monastery
The monastery was constructed in 1809. In the 1930's Mongolia fell under Communist rule and under the influence of Stalin, many monasteries were destroyed and more than 15,000 lamas were killed. Gandan was one of the few monasteries to escaped the mass destruction.
Temple of Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara which houses the the 87 ft statue of Buddha.
87 ft high statue of Buddah is the tallest indoor statue in the world. It was magestic to walk into the temple and see the feet of the statue, only then realizing how tall it was!
The walls of the temple are lined with hundreds of of images of Ayush, the Buddha of Longevity.
Here is a great shot of the city. It was much larger than I expected with a population of about 1.5 million people. While most people live in apartments, there is a large Ger district on the outskirts of town. There people live in traditional yurts.
Day 2 of our tour took us down to the Gobi town of Dalanzadgad. We got our first experience of driving on unpaved roads. Luckily our driver was very experienced. We stopped at the Yoliin Am George for a hike before reaching our first Ger Camp:
Yoliin Am George is in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountans and translates to "Valley of the Vultures"
We were fortunate to spot this little Pikas, a relative of the rabbit.
In the winter ice fills this gorge. Fortunately the ice was melted but that didn't stop it from raining.
I like this shot of Peter, our tour mate, in the van. It highlights the comfy blue seats we bumped around on!
We came across this beautiful paved road. Too bad it was going in the wrong direction. It was the last paved road we would see for over a week.
These are two of my favorite shots from the whole trip. I love the color of the clouds in the setting sun.
Day 3 took us to the Khongor Sand Dunes, it was everything I imagined the Gobi Desert would look like:
On our way to the sand dunes we stopped in a little town for some tea and choco pies! There is our driver Dave, and Carol and Peter, our tour mates. All the way from Naples Florida, Carol and Peter are avid travelers with Mongolia being their 102nd country visited. It was great to hear all their adventures.
Here is a sweet shot of some desert daisies I took at a rest stop, which if you are lucky, in Mongolia is just a nice bush on the side of the road…
That is a good looking group of camels!
And our lovely, awesome tour guide Anna. She took great care of us!
Day 4 we stopped at a nomadic herder's Ger and were "treated" to camel's milk and camel cheese. it is customary to take any food or gift you are offered so we all tried a little taste. I can't say it was the worst food I ever ate, but very close to it. We moved on to the forest of Saxaul trees, they call them Gobi Trees, which only grow in a small area of the desert:
After we went to the famous Flaming cliffs, where in the 1920's archeologists found the first dinosaur eggs:
I looked for dinosaur fossils to no avail.
Luckily this guy was waiting to greet us at our Ger camp!
Perhaps the best part of the trip was the view of the stars at night. Without any light around for miles we could see millions of stars and the milky way.
Day 5 took us to the Ongi River and Monastery Ruins. It was one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia, Founded in 1660. It was completely destroyed in 1938 by the communists:
This temple was reconstructed in 2004
The beautiful and serene Ongi River.
Every night we stayed at different Ger camps. Each Ger was unique and beautiful, and pretty comfortable. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner was served at the Ger camps. The food was always very good. For breakfast we had bread and butter and jelly, soup, eggs and sausage and coffee and tea. Lunch always consisted of a salad, then soup, then a main course. For dinner we had salad and a main course which was usually some form of mutton, and always a Mongolian beer, or two…or three…
Day 6 we drove to Karakorum, the ancient capitol of Mongolia established by Chinggis Kahn and his son. It was one of our longest driving days and we made it just in time for a spectacular sunset:
Day 7 we visited the Erdene Zuu Monastary founded in 1586:
Here I am holding a falcon outside the monastery. This huge bird was heavy and his talons were digging into my hand even with the serious leather glove on. I am happy he didn't eat me.
After the Monastery we headed east towars Hustai National Park and saw plenty of animals along the way:
We arrived at Hustai National Park, home of the Przewalski Horse. The Przewalski's horse has never been domesticated and remains the only truly wild horse in the world today:
Day 8 we awoke to a beautiful Rainbow as we left Hustai for Gun-Galuut Nature reserve:
We saw a vulture and a falcon outside the Giant Chinggis Kahn Statue.
Day 9 the first day of the Nomad Festival was held by the locals outside of Gun-Galuut. I got to do an early morning horse ride with a fellow traveler, Rosie:
Our handsome drive Dave and his friends put on their traditional Mongolian Deel on the way to the Nomad Festival. There we learned about the nomadic way of life.
A beautiful nomadic woman in resting in the Ger as women prepare milk tea and distill yogurt vodka.
Two local men sing a traditional drinking song as we passed around bowls of Airag, fermented mare's milk, and vodka distilled from yogurt. I was rooting for Bimpe, the gentleman on the left, to win.
David is saddling a horse as part of the competition.
At the end of the day we were treated to a dance performance by locals.
Day 10 was the second day of the nomad festival. We got to see an archery competition, wrestling and horse racing. Anna, our tour guide, took me behind the scenes to hang with some locals:
Tour guide Anna in her bright pink Deel, with Joe, the MC for the event.
Lovely ladies making fried meat dumplings in a Ger for the festival.
My friend Bimpe in the blue Deel.
Handsome Mongolian men wrestling.
Day 11 we made it to Terelj National Park. It's hard to believe this gem is only 66km away from Ulaanbaatar:
My post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the van that made it all happen!
Well that is it folks. It was an amazing adventure!
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Tamara English at North Portland Library!
September 02, 2015
Hello, things are winding down here in the studio as I get ready for a 15 day trip to Mongolia. Yup. Mongolia. But before I leave I wanted to write about another great show happening here in Portland. Tamara English is a Portland Artist who's work I admire and drool over! Her show is titled "For The Bees". Here is the info for the show and some images:
English has exhibited her paintings extensively in the US, including at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Addington Gallery in Chicago, IL, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art in Scarsdale, NY, The Bedford Art Center in Walnut Creek, CA, and in London at Turner Barnes Gallery. Upcoming exhibitions includes those at Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA and Autzen Gallery at Portland State University.
Paul Rutz and Chris Wagner at Guardino Gallery
August 25, 2015
Hello! I am getting excited for Last Thursday at Guardino Gallery this Thursday, August 27th. I have known Paul for a while and somehow he convinced me to model for him, for his upcoming show, The Tattoo. I really didn't need that much convincing, I was happy to get to spend a few hours hanging out with such an amazing artist and chat about everything from art to football. Through Paul I met Chris and they make quite a team. Here are some images and further info for their upcoming show (you will have to go to the show to see my portrait):
The Reader by Paul Rutz
Peace Corps Volunteer by Paul Rutz
Chauvet by Chrisopher Wagner
Show Title: The Tattooed
How we choose to ink ourselves can reveal our personalities and values, obviously, as well as the link between the passage of time and our growth through adulthood. Fading ink, cover ups, additions, and restorations—the permanent is only partially so.
How does someone paint that?
Tattoos replace faces as the focus of these painted portraits. I've carved lines, craters and holes into the panels around the painted bodies. These decisions come from months of experimentation into how painting can echo tattooing—digging into as well as marking the surface of ourselves. The tattooed body isn't like a canvas, the way I see it, because we don't etch into canvases. Anyone with a tattoo knows the pain is part of it.
I've measured every body part—and every tattoo—at precisely life size, preserving the real-life dimensions of the bodies represented on these panels. I also painted each body from multiple points of view, wrapping the picture around the body somewhat, as many Paleolithic cave painters did. This is one way to make documentary pictures without resorting to photography, and it requires models willing to pose for several weeks.
Sculptor Christopher Wagner and I have worked together on two series over the past two years, asking how we can combine our skills toward novel ways to make portraits. In the first, a 2014 series of combat veteran portraits, we spent more than 400 hours together in my studio with live models. It pulled Chris out of his comfort zone, the woodshop, for nearly a year. This time I asked him pull me toward the cramped hands and no-turning-back attitude of wood carving
Please go check out the show this Thursday, August 27th at Guardino Gallery from 6-8pm.
Reinventing The Helm
June 04, 2015
I have been included in a great show at the Sara Nightingale Gallery called Reinventing the Helm. It is a nautical themed show, and though I have no direct maritime experience I drew on my memories and daydreams for my work.
Port, 30×30″, flashe on canvas,
Five Boats, 30×30″, flashe on canvas
The Sag Harbor Express wrote a nice article about the show so if anyone is near Water Mill, NY, check out the show! The opening is Saturday, June 6th from 6-8pm.
Friday Art Rambeling
March 13, 2015
Things have been very exciting at my studio lately. I just got into two Galleries in New York. The Road Gallery in NYC and Sara Nightingale Gallery in the Hamptons. I will also have one of my images in Refresh Magazine soon! I have applied to a bunch of opportunities and I am just waiting on the results…
It feels good to be getting my art back on track. The past few years have been rough recovering from Lyme Disease. My energy and concentration is continuing to increase and I think it makes a huge difference in the quality of my work. I feel my work has more focus and intention. I am also starting to feel more connected to the art world, and just the world in general. Now that I am coming out of the fog cloud that Lyme created and I can look back on my experience with it and see how it has impacted my work.
I've been working on a new series based on a trip I took to eastern Oregon this Jan. The motivation for the new work came from wanting to create more depth in my work, and also from experiencing the passing of time while meditating. I spent most of my time over the last 4 years inadvertently meditating. My brain was too tired to think or worry so I really was just being in the present moment. I am very thankful for that experience because it makes me look at the world differently. Now I am able to slow down and notice the subtle things that change slowly over time: seasons changing, the light shifting, clouds passing…
I am just realizing that time plays a huge part in my work. I've always used the landscape to express my self, but looking back on my work I am using the landscape to express my relationship to time. I am becoming more and more interested in experiencing art that changes over a period of time. I think of how we experience music as a piece that unfolds and changes during a duration of time.
When I was in Iceland in 2011 I would collect seaweed and bring it back to my studio. I loved watching it dry out over the course of the day. I made a book out of bound pages of seaweed and let it dry out so it became unreadable.
I want to start creating more "slow art". Art objects that change slowly over time, art that can be experienced over a period of time, or images who's subtle details slowly become visible. So, stay tuned!
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Rothkos In Space
February 04, 2015
I am really excited about the 2014 Betty Bowan Award winner Ralph Pugay, who's work I got to see at the SAM gallery when I delivered art there last month. Here is a little expert about his work:
"Pugay paints vignettes that seem humorous at first but address topics of anxiety, confusion, and misguided certainty. He characterizes the scenes in his works as "absurd situational narratives, constructed through the melding of incongruous symbols and ideas, where the mundane and fantastic converge", creating allegories to engage contemporary modes of consciousness and morality."
Here is one of my favorite pieces from the show titled "Rothkos in Space":
The humor in Pugay's work just makes me happy. I am always thinking, probably overthinking, about my art. What am I painting, and what does it mean, is the piece a success, will it sell, how does it fit into my body of work…..on and on and on. I realize that in trying to create a consistent body of work I've taken a bit of the fun out of painting. I am not exploring as much, or exploring in the confines of a strict set of rules that will produce similar pieces.
But when I do sit down to paint, and allow myself to "play" I paint lines that end up forming landscapes. Then I think about Rothko's work. I saw his exhibit at the portland art museum a few years ago. It was interesting to see his early work, but his iconic "multiform" piece are where it's at. Im was in awe of the space he could create on the canvas so it makes sense that his paintings would be floating in outer space in Pugay's painting!
I am fascinated with outer space. I like thinking about it abstractly, which is easy since I have no formal training in physics or cosmology. It is incomprehensibly vast, and thinking about it somehow calms me. A few days ago I decided to explore space in my work. I don't know how but I am excited to see what happens. I have also been thinking more about the things that occupy space that we can not see like gravity and molecules. But more specifically the things we can't see that we don't understand like dark matter and spirits. This takes me to Iceland.
I just recently re-applied to the SIM residency in Iceland. The one that I did in Feb. 2011. I've been wanting to go back ever since I left. Though I have tried to get my self excited to go to somewhere that I have never been, which is almost anywhere else in the world, I find myself trying to go back to Iceland. Whenever I hear the word "Iceland" I get so happy and excited, so why fight it, I need to go back there.
When I did my first residency, I became aware of what a magical place Iceland is. There is an unseen force at work on that island. Perhaps it could be explained geologically or maybe it really is because of the Hidden People, the spirits that live in the volcanic rocks. But there is something magical and unseen going on there and I need to go back to explore it.
(So I guess I need to come to some sort of conclusion that ties this all together so I can go paint)
I like art that makes me happy, and Iceland makes me happy. And it all has to do with creating space and things in space.
Summer in the Studio
August 14, 2014
I've been pretty busy this summer playing with flashe paint and working on new paintings for my upcoming show this September at the Eastside Exchange building here in Portland. I am loving the new colors palette I get with the flashe paint. Lots of bright primary colors, and lots of blue. I've been playing with more layers and using different techniques to create textures:
This piece reminds me of the diagram in geology books showing the different layers of rocks. I am very excited for the opening, and am continuing to paint nonstop.
It's great to create pieces when there is a destination for them. I gave myself plenty of time to work on these pieces and am really happy with the outcome. But inevitably there will always be great opportunities that pop up unexpectedly. A few weeks ago I received an email from the USA network asking if they could reproduce some of my work to be used in a scene in the Season 2 finally of their show "Graceland". Thankfully they even offered to pay me! So if you watch "Graceland", please keep an eye open for my art!
Alaska: Full Circle!
June 06, 2014
I have always been fascinated by Alaska. When I was a kid my next door neighbor's cousins would come visit ever summer from Alaska. They would tell tales of walking to and from school in the winter with flashlights because it was so dark out, black out curtains for the summer because it was always daylight, and running into moose! I was hooked. I carried around a little puzzle piece of the 49th state as a reminder of my goal to go there. Thanks to a willing travel partner with plenty of frequent flier miles my dream came true!
Not only did I want to experience 24 hours of daylight, I wanted to see glaciers, and mountains and wildlife. I wanted to experience first hand the effects of global warming on the environment to gain inspiration for my art work.
We landed in Anchorage at 11:00pm to a sunset blazing red through the haze of smoke from a near by wild fire due to an unusually warm dry spring.
The next day we drove to Homer. The air was thick with smoke creating interesting colors reflecting off the water in Cook Inlet.
Here I am with my amazing travel companion in Homer. You can see the Portlock and Grewingk Glaciers spilling out of the Kanai Mountains across the Kachemak Bay. Luckily the winds were blowing in our favor and much of the smoke filled air cleared out of the souther part of the Kanai Peninsula. We spent two days exploring Homer. It has a cute little downtown with a great book store, Captain's Coffee Roasters, and the Pratt Musuem.
Our first wildlife sighting: Sand Cranes!
We were off to Seward and Girdwood to see some glaciers and hike in the northernmost rain forest in the world.
Here at Exit Glacier, just outside of Seward, you can really see evidence of global warming. The drive into the valley carved out by the retreating glacier has date markers documenting it's retreat since 1815.
A glacier that once filled a whole valley seems unimpressive as it now only peaks out from the Harding Ice Field above the mountains.
Our last stop in Alaska was to see the impressive 6 million acre Denali National Park.
We stayed in a sweet little cabin at the Perch Resort owned and operated by two brothers. My favorite part of the whole trip was eating fresh baked blueberry muffing for breakfast at their restaurant.
We never got to see Mt. McKinley due to cloud coverage (it's usually cloudy 2 out of 3 days in the summer) but the park was still beautiful and impressive.
You don't have to look far in Alaska to see wildlife. I was very excited driving into the park and spotting my first mamma moose with it's little baby! They are very cute from the safety of your car, but they can be mean so don't get too close!
Reindeer alert! Some Caribou stumbled across us as we were on a hike. They didn't seem to bothered by humans.
We patiently waited at a safe distance while they foraged along the trail.
Denali was probably our favorite place and two days there wasn't nearly enough time. When we go back to Alaska we plan on spending more time there and taking advantage of some of the great tours and activities inside the park. I would love to stay at the Perch again and go back tot he 49th state brewery for some great beer and the biggest portion of mac & cheese ever!
We headed back to Anchorage and spent our last day of vacation in the city. It was cold and rainy so we didn't mind spending all day in the Anchorage Museum. It was an amazing museum with a mix of contemporary and traditional art by native and non-native artists. It also doubled as a science center with cool exhibits for children of all ages. The museum is a great place to learn the history of Alaska and of it's native inhabitants. One exhibit in the musum's Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska, shared how how each Alaska Native nation is unique–and how all are connected. One of my favorite quotes from the exhibit is from the Haida people: "…after the arrival of the Europeans in the late eighteenth century, we suffered great losses in population, cultural knowledge, and most of all self-esteem, self-worth and identity…It has been the art that has brought us back to our roots."
There were so many great exhibits in this gem of a museum, but one exhibit really turned me on:
Gyre: The Plastic Ocean. I this it was a great coincidence that this exhibit happened to be showing and luckily I got to see it. I've been fascinated with the ocean gyres since I first heard about them. Also, David and I happened to be celebrating our one year anniversary in Alaska and our first date was at a science pub lecture on the Pacific Gyre. We had come full circle!
So, what happens is all the plastic that gets into the ocean, and doesn't get washed up back on shore eventually breaks down into little pieces and gets stuck in these circular currents called gyres. Gross. The plastic that does wash back up onto the beaches gets eaten by birds and other marine life. And guess what? Plastic isn't digestible.
"Midway" by Chris Jordan, digital photograph
There were so many great pieces of work in this exhibit, but this piece by Karen Larsen was my favorite. "Preservation" relates to Karen's childhood memories of farm life and about the connection we loose to the land, water and our sense of place when we opt for convenience.
Well folks, I leave you with the last image of Anchorage from my amazing trip! Alaska was amazing. Thanks for reading!
Lyme Disease Awareness Month!
May 08, 2014
May is Lyme Disease Awareness month so I am dedicating this post to my experience with Chronic Lyme and the impact it had, and still has, on my art. I want to share my story, not only of my struggle with the Lyme, but my struggle with my life after Lyme. There is plenty of information out there on the symptoms of the disease. But what happens after Lyme? Most people never get better. Eventually you learn how to cope with Lyme and create a new life for yourself.
So, a brief history of my Lyme: I started having anxiety and chronic fatigue in 2005. Nothing severe enough to cause much alarm. In 2009 I had a very stressful year and I believe the stress weakened my immune system enough for the lyme to really take over. As the year got more stressful I began to notice something was really wrong. I couldn't comprehend what I was reading or stay focused and organized. I had no energy and my right knee and elbow started hurting.
By Jan of 2010 I was having such bad anxiety I couldn't eat or sleep and finally was so sick I had to go to urgent care. The doctors had no idea what was wrong with me and sent me home. Luckily I was seeing an amazing naturopath at the time, we spent about a month testing me for all sorts of things. When every test came back negative, she suggested I get tested for Lyme. Sure enough I tested positive.
I was very fortunate to have been diagnoses correctly so early on. A lot of people who have Lyme go untreated for years. Like me, they never realized they got bit by a tick. Because Lyme mimics so many other diseases it can be really hard to diagnose and tests can sometimes result in false positive or false negatives.
In March I started my 10 month treatment of antibiotics, but by the end of April I was so sick I could no longer get out of bed. The medicine that was supposed to cure me was wreaking havoc on my body.
I spent the next 8 months my life in bed. I had to give up every aspect of my life and focus on healing. Most days I struggled just to get out of bed and go to the bathroom. Gravity was my enemy. I was lucky if I could make it to the couch in my back yard studio. I would lay there looking at my art wondering how I ever had the energy to hold a paintbrush. How would I ever be well enough to paint again?
By October of 2010 I started to see a little improvement and by January of 2011 I was finally able to get off the antibiotics. I realized my road to recovery was only just beginning. Not only did my body have to recover, I had to start getting my life back together. I had to get back to the "old me".
Here I am 4 years later, I still have symptoms and like most people who have chronic Lyme, I don't know if I will ever fully recover. I finally realize I will never get back to the "old me". I have learned to cope with Lyme and balance my life so I can stay as healthy as possible. But it isn't easy. Compared to how I felt two and three years ago I feel great, but my body still aches and I am always tired.
Sleep, sweet sleep. Being tired is the base line of my existence, then there are the times when I am exhausted. And not just regular exhausted, painfully exhausted. My body aches with a buzzing pulsation, I can't think, I feel like I am going to vomit. Living with Lyme is living with a limited daily supply of energy and there is no borrowing from tomorrow's supply. When you are out of energy, you are out.
Being tired and in pain all the time makes it hard to go out and participate in life. I have really slowed my pace of life down, and I have to continue to work at keeping it that way. It is too easy to fill my week up with errands and socializing and then not have enough energy to paint. I also had to make changes to my studio practice and to the direction I want my art career to go to accommodate my health.
Having a couch in my studio is a must, having my studio in my house is preferable. It makes my life a lot easier when I can multi task throughout my day by getting household chores done or taking a quick nap while I wait for paint to dry. I find myself saying no more often now, not just passing up socializing but also turning down art opportunities. While I used to enjoy painting murals, I know I can't work at the pace and scale needed to complete a mural. I paint at a much slower pace now, so I have less work available to show.
The benefit is that I have more time to contemplate my work. If I am too tired to paint, I can still sit in my studio space and look at the art, deciding what my next move will be. I find I am much happier with my finished work more often now. I also find that I am much happier with my life now. I don't have the energy to sweat the small stuff and my life is filled with amazing people who support and love me.


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Season Diary - Week 32
We headed to Dingwall on Saturday without the influential Dicker and McKenzie due to suspensions, so we started with a bit of a makeshift team.
That said, Lee did try to replace like for like by drafting in Wilson and Roberts.
It was our turn to don the Dick Turpin masks though and send our far-travelled fans home delighted to have weathered the storm and snatched a late unexpected winner.
It was veteran Boomer who delivered the goods again breaking more records in the process, it's almost a weekly occurrence now!
Kris is the only player to have scored 100 league goals with two teams, although one of them no longer exists.
It was a great result.
Not so great was the U20's getting knocked out in their cup semi-final on Sunday.
It was 1-1 at the end of normal time but an offside goal for Rangers in extra time knocked the stuffing out of them and there was to be no way back.
Excellent effort but sadly no reward.
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