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The Run of Gaston County Fall 2012 program kicked off the week of Sept. 17. This season the program is serving approximately 750 girls on 63 teams at 50 sites in Gaston County. We are excited to welcome Webb Street School and Cramerton Christian Academy and we are most grateful to our 185 volunteer coaches and our dedicated Board of Advisors who make all of this possible.
In addition to celebrating the start of a new season, we at Girls on the Run are celebrating new partnerships and initiatives.
First, CaroMont Health is sponsoring a Couch To 5K (C25K) training program for Girls On The Run Running Buddies who want to prepare for our two fall 5Ks, the Charlotte International Airport Runway 5K on Oct. 27 and the Girls on the Run of Gaston County 5K in downtown Belmont on Dec. 8. Because both these events will be large races attracting thousands of runners and walkers, we ask that all our girls be accompanied by an adult Running Buddy. C25K offers parents and other adults a great opportunity to prepare for that.
What is Couch to 5K? C25K is a fantastic 9 week run/walk program designed to get just about anyone from the couch to running a 5K (3.1 miles) in just 9 weeks. The secret is that it�s a gentle introduction to getting the body moving. We will start off alternating between walking and running short distances, and slowly build up. At the end of the program, you will be ready to run a 5K.
The C25k program will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at Martha Rivers Park, Oct. 9 through Dec. 6. Two practice times are available: 4:15-4:45 or 5:30-6 p.m. Participants will run independently one day each weekend and independently on Nov. 20th and 22 (Thanksgiving week).
The program is free. Participants will receive complimentary registration for both our 5K events and a C25K T-shirt. The program will be conducted by CaroMont Health.
C25k registration is online (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/87J77RQ) and opens today Monday, Oct. 1 at 8 a.m. Registration is first-come, first-served and closes Friday Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. CaroMont can accept 40 registrants.
Second, we are celebrating our partnership with Run and Walk Belmont, located at 200 N. Main St. in Belmont.
At Girls on the Run, running is not just a metaphor. We use this activity to inspire and motivate girls, encourage lifelong health and fitness and build confidence through accomplishment, specifically completing a 5K. Completing a 5K gives the girls a tangible sense of achievement as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. The results are the same � making the seemingly impossible, possible.
In order to accomplish this goal, our participants need to have a good pair of running shoes. And finally Gaston County finally has a local running and walking shoe store with knowledgeable staff that can properly fit our girls for shoes appropriate for training for a 5K. Walk and Run in Belmont is located at 200 N. Main St. in Belmont. The owner, Julie Seligman, has many years of experience at Charlotte Running Company and is excited about partnering with Girls on the Run of Gaston County. Julie is offering our participants and coaches a 20 percent discount through Oct. 13. In addition, Julie knows that Girls on the Run requires each girl to have a Running Buddy for our two 5K races. Walk and Run Belmont is offering Running Buddies a 15 percent discount through Oct. 13 as well.
At Girls on the Run our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. Together with CaroMont Health and Walk and Run Belmont, we hope to expand this mission to include our Girls on the Run families. We invite you to join us this fall as we pursue our Girls on the Run goal: to unleash confidence through accomplishment while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness.
Kathleen Boyce is director of Girls on the Run of Gaston County.


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…Or "Welcoming fall with an end of summer bounty…"
I realize I've been M.I.A for the past month… I expected my blog posts would slow down as school started for me, but I certainly intended to keep posting at least weekly. This month has just kept me pretty busy… beginning with visits from my sister the first weekend (so much fun!), making up for those days at work the next weekend (less fun!), camping at Silver Falls (beautiful!), running in the Race for the Cure, school and school related workshops, and again making up extra work days…
Not to mention our C.S.A. was cancelled due to pests destroying the crops. I was pretty upset about this as it was supposed to go from June to November and only ended up going until August. We were also not given the items we were told we would biweekly such as local eggs and cheese after the first month. Of course you pay for these ahead of time and cannot get a refund, so this was a big financial loss for us. We had budgeted for our grocery bills to be lower after that initial investment and it's been tough to stick to the numbers we should be. So we've been eating a lot of beans… And I'm all about frugal cooking but it's not as fun to share when every meal is focused on cheap rather than achieving it's full potential.
Additionally, I've been channeling my creative energy previously being used for cooking into other ventures… namely painting, ink drawing, and jewelry making. I have even replaced a good portion of my blog reading with Etsy ogling… If it weren't for my time commitments at work and school, I'd gladly make time for both creative cooking and art making, but I just don't have that much time in my day!
For some reason I have had tarts on my mind the last few days… I was thinking of making some with the fresh figs I bought, but have been eating so many fresh that I may run out. While trying to decide what to make for dinner, I decided to use the plethora of tomatoes available to us…
These cherry tomatoes are from our neighbor. He is growing more than he can eat and we are helping as best we can! Real tomatoes are truly divine… I can eat them like candy. They are sweet and juicy and taste like.. well, a tomato. During the winter, I hate fresh tomatoes- those mealy and bland imposters don't fool me. I only buy them because Andrew likes them, but otherwise I simply use canned tomatoes for my winter cooking.
Anyhow, I thought it would be yummy to try a savory tart with cherry tomatoes. And I am sooo glad I did… Why do I always forget how delicious savory pastries are? I love that they provide the visual appeal of a dessert, while being filling and nourishing enough for a main course.
This tart is made with a gluten free crust, which I found to be quite rich and delicious, but you can substitute your favorite pie crust if you want. I used ground sunflower seeds as an adaptation of a crust recipe made with almond flour because they are much cheaper and work just as well in most recipes.
Cherry Tomato Tart:
adapted from Marla
*1.5 cups ground almonds, sunflower seeds, or a combination of both
*1/2 teaspoon sea salt
*1/4 cup olive oil
*1 tablespoon water
*fresh or dried herbs if desired such as basil, rosemary, oregano, or thyme (I used rosemary and oregano)
*1 cup cottage cheese (I used fat free)
*1 egg
*1 large clove garlic
*herbs as desired
*1/4 teaspoon salt
*1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
*1-2 cups cherry tomatoes
*2 ounces goat cheese (or try fresh mozzarella, feta, or even cheddar)
*2 tablespoons parmesan
1.)Preheat oven to 350F. Combine ingredients for crust and mix until well combined. Press mixture into a 9 inch tart shell or pie pan. Bake for about 10 minutes and let cool while you prepare the filling.
2.) Combine filling ingredients in food processor or use an immersion blender like I did. You could also use ricotta instead of cottage cheese and mince the garlic and get away without blending it at all. Spread this mixture onto prepared tart shell and top with tomatoes in a pretty pattern. Sprinkle on the cheese and bake for about 25-30 minutes. You may wish to broil for a minute at the end to brown the cheese also.
Add a salad for a well rounded meal!

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Bowl Elsa Beskow
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Bowls with patterns by Catharina Kippel, based on illustrations by Elsa Beskow. The collection includes Uncle Blue, The Strawberry family, Dandelions, Cornflower, Beetroot, Mrs Potatoes, Poppy and Marguerite.
The endearing stories by the children's book author and illustrator Elsa Beskow have been interpreted by Catharina Kippel, a designer who has worked with Design House Stockholm right from the beginning. Using visual quotations from Elsa Beskow's works Catharina stresses the humour with which Elsa so typically portrays people and nature.
10% of the retail price of all items with the 'Carousel' design will be donated to Barncancerfonden — The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation. Retailers of these items automatically contributes to the fight against cancer in children. Thank you for joining us in supporting Barncancerfonden — The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation — with your purchase.
Welcome to the world of Elsa Beskow!
Material: New bone china. Inglazed decal.
Capacity: 50 cl (17 fl. oz.)
Dishwasher & microwave proof.
Elsa Beskow was born in southern Stockholm in 1874. Her father died when she was 15 and her mother took the children to live with her unmarried siblings who shared the same household. Elsa's aunts and uncle became the models for Aunt Green, Aunt Brown, Aunt Lavender and Uncle Blue. From 1892 to 1895 Elsa studied to become an art teacher and it was at this time that she started illustrating children's stories. Her stories and her illustrations were a dominant influence in the world of children's books for more than 50 years. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages and many of today's children's authors and illustrators have been inspired by her art.
Catharina Kippel has been collaborating with Design House Stockholm since the beginning, and is the designer behind much of our bestselling dinnerware. She has studied pottery and glassblowing in Sweden as well as ancient ceramic firing techniques in Japan, and has a master's degree from Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Since 1995, Catharina runs her own studio in Gustavsberg's old porcelain factory, and her work is represented at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the Porcelain Museum in Gustavsberg.


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stealing girlfriend
hello folks. im looking for a romance anime where the protagonist is trying to steal some guys girlfriend. could be a random good for nothing or his best friend. i dont really care about who. what i do care about is that the protagonist is a man. he should pretty much be a badass in all aspects of existence. smooth talker, can kick some ass if he has too, puts his mind to the task at hand and gets it done. and id also prefer if the show doesnt just end when they get together.
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Does the Thread leader request of "intentional stealing"?
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EDIT: I was thinking you were talking about the twisted relationship going on in the first half of the show (I'm bad with names), lol... kinda ironic because it was that other relationship that had come to mind when I viewed this thread... I don't think the Lacus relationship applies at all... it was just a political arrangement if I remember correctly.
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from what i read of usotsuki paradox it does fit the bill pretty well, if the 2 sentence description is acurate. but i want something more um... dicey i guess. where shes in a relationship with a guy and he has to go round his back to pursue the girl. maybe even hangs out with them both from time to time. and i hope i answered your question genji chan
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im liking the suggestions people. peach girl sounds like nearly exactly what im looking for just flip flopped. Naysuyki seems like an interesting premis 2 so im gonna check it out but i definitely want the original boyfriend to be alive and there most of the time.i dont want the anime/manga to try and justify the protagonist stealing a girl by making her relationship seem unfit or unnatural.
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Hey Maciej!ReplyDelete
Can we republish this on PetaPixel.com under your name?
You can contact me at email@example.com. Thanks!
The funny thing is, while this has gotten exposure, everyone thinks your kidding.ReplyDelete
Maybe I am just drinking the kool-Aid, but as a photographer, I am very well aware of the significant market for specialty viewfinders. They do not affect the final image, but they help with framing. I, myself, have a few. You can either buy the expensive ones, laser etched and such, or you can do this. Personally, I have done this to spare screens. It's a thing, and if you were kidding, well, oops, I guess.
As for Gizmodo et al readers who think this is humor. Google specialty focusing screens, then google the price of cheep standard screens. This isn't dangerous, it's frugal. I may actually make a square one now.
Thanks for the idea.
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Isn't there any patent infringement by using this type of screen ?ReplyDelete
First i dont see people using that kinda screens i dont know or someone have patent for it. Is just idea....but on one side that will be cool to get sqare view on canon dslr and firmware for 1:1 rotio...ReplyDelete
I wouldn't firmware down to 1:1. Don't trash data, the camera makers cripple our cameras enough, we don't have to help.ReplyDelete
What I would do is make an import routine in your favorite software to automatically impart a 1:1 crop. Then treat from there.
As for patent infringement... Did you really ask that? Sure, if he starts laser etching screens, he may have an issue. But even then, it's just drawings on glass. Also, you can't patent a shape, not unless you are Apple (I write this from a MBP, edit my photos primarily on a Windows machine, and call from an Android phone, it was a joke, lets not fight, lol).


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One week after moving to Silicon Valley and I'm very pleased and relieved to say that I've found somewhere to stay! It's in downtown Palo Alto, just a 5 minute walk from University Avenue, and even closer to Whole Foods (which takes food shopping to a whole new bewildering level of choice and healthiness). My new pad is also just a few blocks away on the same street from the HP Garage – pictured right – where Silicon Valley was born. Final cool thing about my "in-law" flat is that the previous tenant raised $27M from a well-known VC last month for his startup. Who knows, maybe that good fortune will rub off.
Finding a place to live
Finding accommodation in Silicon Valley or San Francisco is not easy. Like London, competition for rental properties and house-shares is intense. Trawling Craigslist 3 times a day, for hours at a time is not fun. In total I sent around 50 emails, viewed 8 places and was frankly extremely lucky to get the place I did; I saw the ad within an hour of it being posted and was the first to view the following morning – when I immediately took it. [As a side note this is my first time using Craigslist – what a terrible site – now I know why people wish it was for-profit instead!]
Work stuff
Apart from the joy's of flathunting I managed to take in FailCon, which was awesome because it was people talking much more honestly than is usually the case at conferences; a couple of events as part of the UK Trade and Industry's Cloud Mission to Silicon Valley, including an evening reception at the stunning Consul General's Residence near The Presidio; an event with Vinod Khosla doing live office hours on stage (brilliant) and visits to both 500 Startups and Hacker Dojo in Mountain View.
Fun in the Palo Alto sunshine
Today I caught up with Finbarr Taylor, a fellow Scot, and after a nice brunch in University Cafe we visited four YC companies which were having open offices this afternoon. At Comprehend Systems we even ran into Paul Graham and we chatted briefly, where he did his best to encourage both of us to work for Comprehend. Good for Paul to at least try… he's always supporting his startups!
Great first week, but next week the real work begins!


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PHotoEspaña 2010
is underway, for the first time culminating a year-round programme. PHotoEspaña is rounding up the path chosen since it was started as a Festival and which, over 13 years, has developed into a long term project which transcends the summer programme dates, organising activities throughout the year. In this edition there are over 120 activities including exhibitions, photography workshops, portfolio presentations, debates, master classes, guided tours, educational programmes, family workshops, projections and activities in the street.
The consolidation of the teaching, professional and public programmes which are currently a key part of the Festivals development and structure, make PHotoEspaña an event firmly established in society demonstrated by the more than 500 young people who are currently involved in the PHotoEspaña educational programmes at secondary schools and local authorities.
PHotoEspañas international vocation is now a fact, seen in the creation of Trasatlantica, the photography and visual arts forum in Latin American which is now in its second year. The international projection of the activities is firmly demonstrated in the Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE), sponsored by Brugal Extra Viejo. It has been extended to the call for portfolio presentations which increased in size by 60%, and for the first time in its history has had greater participation from overseas than from home.
PHotoEspaña 2010 will take place from 9th June to 25th July. The 13th of this Photography and Visual Arts Festival will offer a programme including 69 exhibitions, 31 under the Official section, 10 at other venues and 28 under the Off Festival held at 65 exhibition venues including museums, galleries, art centres and exhibition halls in Madrid, Cuenca and Lisbon. 372 artists from 41 countries will be taking part in the Festival. The Official Section, directed by Sérgio Mah - general curator of PHE10 - will develop the theme of Time, and will once again open its doors to guest projects. The Colecção Berardo Museum in Lisbon will take part in the Festival for the third year, with an Official Section exhibition, while the town of Cuenca will once again host OpenPHoto, the exhibition programme consisting of proposals from embassies and cultural institutions from 9 different countries. The Official Section of PH10 will also include the curators Alejandro Castellote, Christian Caujolle, Lynne Cooke, Douglas Crimp, Charles-François Duplain, José Gómez Isla, Laura González Flores, María Iovino, Pascal Letellier, Rafael Levenfeld, Blanca Lleó, Sérgio Mah, Oliva María Rubio, Adam Mazur, Juan Antonio Molina, Santiago Olmo, Grzergorz Piatek, Anka Ptaszkowska, Jorge Ribalta, Emília Tavares, Jaroslaw Trybus, Valentín Vallhonrat and Paul Wombell. The Off Festival, meanwhile, will include the best exhibition ideas from the main art galleries in Madrid. In Alcalá de Henares there will be photography and publishing workshops forming part of the Region of Madrid Campus PHE.
The experience of time in the work of photographers and visual artists
Sérgio Mah, general curator for PHE10, proposes an exhibition programme with a selection of artists and visual work which highlight the experience and perception of time and its direct relationship with photography.
Each image is connected to a moment and a date: the moment it was taken. Photography is tied to time - it can located, discern and file, and based on this idea, it has fulfilled one of the great ambitions of our time: to rationalise time, through an urgency to standardise it, calculate and divide it. If on the one hand photography has contributed to the creation of a rationalised and scientific time, on the other it has configured another more intuitive time, linked to a different duration. Beyond its ability for representation lies the possibility that images produce a time which is sensitive to physical and mental changes.
The programme includes different approaches to time. Exhibitions which highlight nature and the effects of photographic interruption, and what this means when in comes to perceiving movement. Other works are based on ephemeral moments, stressing the instability of the works and their temporality. Others highlight historical speculation, archiving and individual and collective experiences and, finally, the articulation between photography and other image techniques, studying the combinations and paradoxes of time between fixed images and images in movement.
Mobility, instantaneity and simultaneity define our ways of living and our lifestyles, increasingly influenced by technological cadences. Furthermore, globalisation shows us a world tied up in different stages of time: culturally, psychologically and spiritually. For this reason, PHE10 proposes a thematic programme which, using images of time and time of images, reflects on the technical and narrative paradoxes of photography, and aims to intensify perception through an attentive and reflective observation. In this way, it searches for the figure of the pensative spectator, different from the hurried, uninterested and alienated spectator. Despite the tendency to value speed and acceleration as distinctive requirements for post modern societies, it is important to point to the existence of new artistic inclinations which tend towards contrary rhythms, favouring a slower and interactive relationship with time, reconciling the work of perception with the rhythms of thought and memory.
With this thematic programme, Sérgio Mah closes his three-year cycle as the curator of PHotoEspaña. In the past two editions of as curator, he drew up programmes reflecting on Place (PHE08) and Daily Life (PHE09).
Exhibitions developing the theme of Time and related themes
At the BBVA /AZCA exhibition hall there will be 80 photographs, a documentary and work materials of the scientist and electronic engineer Harold Edgerton, creator of the mythical image Milk Drop Coronet. Edgerton invented the technology which allowed us to photograph movements not perceived by the human eye, and in doing so he immortalised ephemeral moments such as bullets passing through playing cards, bird in flight and athletes' jumps.
Fernán Gómez Theatre. Art Centre / Banco Santander Foundation present Between Times. Instants, intervals, durations, a revealing exhibition of over 200 works including photographs, video installations and films by 17 artists who have made time one of the fundamental themes of contemporary photography. The large collection PHE10 exhibition includes works by: Ignasi Aballí, Daniel Blaufuks, Iñaki Bonillas, David Claerbout, Tacita Dean, Ceal Floyer, Joachim Koester, Jochen Lempert, Mabel Palacín, Steven Pippin, Paul Pfeiffer, Michael Snow, Clare Strand, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall, Michael Wesely and Erwin Wurm. They all show and intense and extensive artistic reflection on the experience of time.
The exhibition Urban Lyrics. Photographs 1936-1991, by Helen Levitt, can be seen at the ICO Collection Museum (MUICO). The first anthology of the artist since her death last year, it includes 120 images and highlights how Levitts photographs have configured the aesthetics of street photography with their ability to suspend the moment, fixing tiny details and interrupting the flow of reality. The exhibition is completed with the screening of the film In the Street the precursor to independent film.
Casa de América presents the exhibitions Difficult Loves by Adriana Lestido, a key figure in contemporary Argentinean photography. This is a chronological retrospective covering her 30 year career. 160 black and white photographs in a documentary style, from the series Children's Hospital, Adolescent Mothers, Imprisoned Women, Mothers and Daughters, Love and Villa Gesell, in which she deals with social issues in a raw, heart-rending way.
At the Abierto por Obras space at Matadero Madrid, there will be 10 film screenings and a video installation made exclusively for PHE10 by Roman Signer. The works, selected in line with the characteristics of the Matadero exhibition space, document the tension, suspense and speed of the Swiss artists actions, characterised by his particular handing of time.
The Reina Sofía National Art Centre is holding, to mark PHE10, Manhattan: Mixed Use, a collective exhibition on the use and images taken in New York City at the start of the period of intense deindustrialisation of the 1970s, with the counterpoint of more recent works by artists who, fully up to date with the practices of their predecessors, continue to see the citys aesthetic potential. The exhibition includes the work of artists such as Gordon Matta-Clark, Zoe Leonard, Helen Levitt, Bernd & Hilla Becher, and films by Andy Warhol and Peter Hutton among others.
The Picasso Hall at the Círculo de Bellas Artes will host The art of light, and new production dealing with the creations of Lázsló Moholgy-Hagy, focusing on the period in which he developed his theory of the art of light. Over 200 works, including paintings, black and white and colour photography, films and graphic design elements, which reflect the vital importance of the artist for 20th century art. At the Goya Hall, there will be an exhibition by Óscar Muñoz, Becoming air: four suggestive audiovisual installations dealing with themes such as temporality, the ephemeral, memory and the impact of time, using ephemeral materials which fade under the effects of time, sun or air. Finally, the Minerva Hall will be hosting the latest work by Fernando Sánchez Castillo, National Episode. Tactics, a production completed exclusively for the Festival in which the author develops the habitual themes of his artistic career: collective historic memory and politics in Spain.
The Royal Botanical Gardens - CSIC will present two exhibitions sponsored by the Telefónica Foundation. Memorials is a work by Bleda & Rosa, twenty previously unpublished works taken in the cities of Washington and Jerusalem which reflect on how the memory becomes monumentalised and influences towns and cities. Jem Southam, meanwhile, presents some thirty works from the series Rock Falls, Ponds and Painter's Pool, in which we can see the patient contemplation and observation of the artist of the British landscape.
The City Museum will host the exhibition Prophecies, Photographic Collection of the University of Navarre Foundation a dialogue between around a hundred masterpieces from 19th century Spanish photography and works by 12 contemporary artists such as Gabriele Basilico, Joan Fontcuberta, Roland Fischer and Pierre Gonnord which takes a look at the archives of the Photographic Collection of the University of Navarre Foundation, currently consisting of over 10,000 photographs.
Lisbon will host PHotoEspaña for the third consecutive year, with the Colecção Berardo Museum offering an exhibition by the New York artist Collier Schorr. 60 photographs and 3 videos from the work developed by Shorr over more than two decades in a village in the south of Germany. Combining the roles of photographer, anthropologist and researcher, the artist has created a selection of photographs in which she mixes documentary with fiction.
Photography, protagonist of Cine PHE
The Spanish Filmoteque - Cine Doré will host Cine PHE, a cycle sponsored by the Vice-presidency and Council for Culture and Sport of the Regional Government. This year it revolved complete around photography. The cycle is a collection of films which develop the theme along three lines. For some the professional photographer is the protagonist; in other the idea and the experience of photography constitute the narrative thread, and finally, some films use a visualisation similar to photography. During June and July there will be screenings of films such as Blow-Up, La Jetée, The Carabineri, The Camerman, Blade Runner or The Panic Photograph.
A range of exhibitions in the guest project section
The Regional Government of Madrid presents, at the Canal de Isabel II centre, the work of Isabel Muñoz, Isabel Muñoz: love and ecstasy, organised to mark the obtaining of the Regional Government of Madrid Photography Award 2006. In this exhibition, Muñoz focuses her camera on spiritual ceremonies in Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Alcalá 31 will present a collection of over 100 photographs and publications by Juergen Teller, one of the most influential photographers of the current scene, who has created the brand image for Marc Jacobs and Yves Saint Laurant, and has photographed personalities such as Charlotte Ramplling or Cindy Sherman. The El Águila Complex will be the backdrop for the exhibition by Alejandra Laviada, winner of the Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE) Brugal Extra Viejo Award at PHotoEspaña 2009. The exhibition includes images from the winning portfolio, Foto Esculturas and from series such as Typologies, Juárez, Hotel Barner and Holes, in which her interest in themes such as the construction and destruction of a space and the life cycles of places and object becomes clear.
The Cervantes Institute will present a selection of the work included in the portfolio presentations held in Guatemala City and São Paulo. Ten Latin America photographers form part of Concealments, a collection of the most innovative work presented, which shows the trends in contemporary Latin American photography. The Madrid branch of the Cervantes Institute will present the exhibition Everything I ever loved is part of you, which looks at part of the history of Spanish video art with works by Ana Laura Aláez, Manu Arregui, Isaki Lacuesta and Enrique Marty, among others. 30 works which recreate the intensity of memories.
In the lobby of Matadero Madrid there will be a selection of The Best Photography Books of the Year, an exhibition including the books short listed for the PHotoEspaña Prize which recognises the work of publishers as a tool for disseminating photography.
The Circo Price Theatre will present, in the Malabar Hall, the works of the finalists of the European Commission Photography Award, held to mark the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. The work of the 29 photographers from 16 countries making up the exhibition shows their vision of the future in Europe and the rest of the world. The Trapecio Hall will host 50 photographs by Eustachy Kossakowski, the photographer from the theatrical and artistic avant-guard of Poland in the 1950s and 1960s, who documented the performances of Kantor and the theatrical performances by Grotowski. The exhibition is completed with images from his period in France, when he started to capture the decisive moment and study lighting effects.
OpenPHoto offers exhibitions from 9 countries in Cuenca
Cuenca will be hosting PHotoEspaña for the fourth consecutive year, and will once again host OpenPHoto a selection of exhibitions proposed by embassies and cultural institutes from overseas. This initiative, sponsored by the Local Council of Cuenca, the Provincial Government of Cuenca, the Consortium of the town of Cuenca, Cuenca European City of Culture 2016 and the Regional Joint Government of Castilla-La Mancha, will convert the town into an international meeting point. 9 countries will take part in this years exhibitions: Germany, Flanders, France, Mexico, the Central European Cultural Platform, Poland, Portugal, Rumania and the United Kingdom.
At the Cultural Centre - Open University at the University of Castilla- La Mancha there will be an exhibition by the Central European Cultural Platform, Modernisation. This collective exhibition, through the lenses of photographers from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, looks at the radical change seen in the urban landscape of Central Europe in the second half of the 29th Century, focusing on the architectural renewal of the Modernist utopia.
The Rumanian Cultural Institute in Madrid presents, at the José María Cruz Novillo Art Centre, the work Steampunk Autochrome by Nicu Ilfoveanu. An exhibition which portrays urban landscapes with a heavy autobiographical meaning combined with past and present photographic techniques, using a box camera with which he manages to capture reality in a strange fashion.
At the Antonio Perez Foundation there will be the exhibition Coming together, by Claire Chevrier and Patrick Tosani, proposed by the French Embassy. Here we can see the radically different approach of two artists to the same reality: the cities of Rome and El Cairo, creating a dialogue about urban development and architecture, between two photographers of opposite techniques: workshop photography and street photography. There will also be an exhibition proposed by the British Council in Spain, Shared Dreams by Juan Valbuena and Gabriella Sancisi. This exhibition presents two different perspectives on sport as an integrating element which promotes multiculturalism and the integration of the immigrant population in Spain and the United Kingdom.
The Antonio Saura Foundation. Casa Zavala will present Axioms by Tamara Lorenz, proposed by the Goethe-Institut Madrid, which complements the exhibitions Good Perspectives: young German photographers, on show at the Madrid branch. Lorenzs work comes close to objects and generates ingenuous and ironic compositions, and an element of strangeness. At the same venue there will be an exhibition by Gerardo Suter, organised by the Mexican Institute, which includes 55 photographs and four videos reflecting on the them of the city, and discover the symbolic, temporary and cultural components making up both the large Mexican megalopolis and pre-Hispanic settlements. Finally, there will be a collective exhibition, Battle of Shadows, presented by the Portuguese Embassy and the Camões Institute. This is an exhibition which represents how Portuguese photography of the 1950s debated between the concept of art for arts sake or the search for a social and humanistic culture. More than 70 works in the exhibition are taken from the Lisbon Modern Art Museum and the Museum of Neorealism in Vila Franca de Xira, and illustrate the diversity of Portuguese visual arts of the time.
The Semana Santa Museum in Cuenca will present the unfinished work of Konrad Pustola Unfinished Houses. Organised by the Polish Institute of Culture, the exhibition includes large scale photographs showing the consequences of the economic recession in Poland during the 1990s.
Finally, the will be an exhibition, Women in Rural KwaZulu Natal, a work in which the photographer Benny Gool and the duo NAMEN photograph cooperation projects run by the Flemish Government in South Africa. The images show how the women in KwaZulu-Natal learn to earn themselves a living through basket weaving.
PHE Encounters looks at Spanish photography: its past, present and future
PHE Encounters the programme of conferences, round tables and debate organised by PHotoEspaña and the Ministry of Culture is directed by Alberto Anaut. For three days, from 10th to 12th June, the Auditorium at the Ministry of Culture will bring together some thirty photographers, curators and experts in visual arts who will assess visual arts in our country, past, present and future, in relation to creation on the national and international scene.
Photographers such as Clemente Bernard, Bleda y Rosa, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Matías Costa, Ricky Dávila, Joan Fontcuberta, Alberto García-Álix, Cristina García Rodero, Pierre Gonnord, Cristóbal Hara, David Jiménez, Chema Madoz, Ramón Masats, Isabel Muñoz, José Manuel Navia, Leopoldo Pomés, Txema Salvans, Marta Soul and Miguel Trillo. The experts Juan Manuel Bonet, Rafael Doctor, Alejandro Castellote and Christian Caujolle will be taking part in PHE Encounters too. The programme will also include presentations of works by Ricard Terré, Estudio Alfonso, Pere Català Pic, Francesc Català-Roca, Josep Renaú and José Ortiz Echagüe.
Over 1,800 portfolios were received for the presentation called by PHotoEspaña
Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE) Brugal Extra Viejo received a total of 1,851 applications from 76 countries, 1,380 in Madrid and 471 in São Paulo and Guatemala City. This is a 60% increase on 2009, and represents an important step ahead for the programme, which for the first time has greater participation from overseas than from home. Just 70 selected finalists will take part in an activity held at the El Águila Complex in Madrid. There, the participants will receive ideas and advice from professional such as James Reid James Reid, photography editor of Wallpaper, Sandra Philips, chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Marta Ponsa, director of artistic projects at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; Brett Rogers, director of The Photographers Gallery in London; Agnès Sire, director of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris and Miguel Von Haffe, director of the CGAC-Galician Modern Art Centre. The candidates selected in the three calls for entries are in the running for the Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE) Brugal Extra Viejo Award, which consists of a solo exhibition in the next edition of PHotoEspaña.
Campus PHE: photography and publishing workshops in Alcalá de Henares
PHotoEspaña and the Regional Government of Madrid, in collaboration with the Local Council of Alcalá de Henares, through the council organisation Promoción de Alcalá S.A. offer year-round training programmes in photography and visual arts through the Madrid Region Campus PHE. Workshops and Master Classes are held in the Former Santa María la Rica Hospital in Alcalá de Henares. 22nd to 24th April, Campus PHE: Book publishing will offer advice to photographers regarding the publishing, design and overall concept of their book projects. This year, these workshops will be run by Cristóbal Hara, Gigi Gianuzzi (Editor of Trolley Books) and Markus Schaden (Editor of Schaden). A new addition this year will be the presentation of participants projects at the El Águila Complex.
Campus PHE: Great Masters will be held, also in Alcalá de Henares, from 30th June to 3rd July Photographers such as Pieter Hugo and Adriana Lestido will share their professional tips and techniques with the students in week-long photography workshops, and will offer master classes free of charge and open to the public.
PHotoEspaña organises educational programmes for children and young people
PHotoEspaña and the Banco Santander Foundation are organising an educational programme directed at 320 students from eight secondary schools in Madrid. Students at the American School of Madrid, Colegio Concertado Nuestra Señora de Montserrat, Colegio Lourdes Fuhem, Colegio María Inmaculada, IES Grande Covían, IES Ramiro de Maeztu, IES San Isidro and Scuola Statale Italiana di Madrid will have the chance to come closer to the work of great contemporary photographers to mark the exhibition Between Times. Instants, intervals, durations.
The Local Council of Alcalá de Henares, through the council organisation Promoción de Alcalá S.A. and PHotoEspaña are organising photography workshops for young people aged between 14 and 19. These courses, which are held every Saturday until June, are interactive and educations, and will involve these young people in the discovery and use of photography.
Canal Foundation: Photographic Gymkhana and workshops for children and young people
The Canal Foundation and PHotoEspaña are organising the contest Madrid is different. From 12th April to 29th May, the participants will rediscover Madrid in photographs, showing new views of traditional customs and places, using humour irony and optimism as their tools. Participants can aspire to four prizes, one of 1,000 and three of 500 euros. The Canal Foundation is also organising the Saturday workshops, photography workshops for children and young people in the gardens and elevated area of the Foundation, allowing the younger members of the family to understand some of the concepts and principles of digital photography with the help of photographers specialising in teaching.
Camper visits and family workshops
PHotoEspaña is offering visitors to the Festival the Camper Visits, guided tours which are free of charge and last approximately an hour and a half, helping visitors to discover all the details of the exhibitions in the Official Section, accompanied by guides specialising in photography. The Festival also offers the possibility of organising personalised group tours. There will also be family photography workshops on Sundays from 13th June to 11th July in different exhibition venues. Young and old can visit the exhibitions, complementing their day out with activities and workshops which make photography more accessible to the general public.
PHotoEspaña in the Street: photography for all
The street programme for PHotoEspaña will fill Madrid with cameras, photos and photographers on 18th June. The Night of Photography activities will start with the Mahou PHotoMarathon, which will start at 6 pm at the Canal Foundation. The route of the PhotoRunners, who will have to photograph the city based on a theme put forward by the organisers, will finish with an open air celebration in the Plaza de Santa Ana, where the best images from the Mahou PHotoMarathon will be on show, with photo projections set to music. The other Festival locations will also take part in this activity, opening their doors out of hours and organising guided tours with artists and curators. In this edition of PHotoEspaña in the Street the Central Office of the Local Council of Madrid will be celebrating the centenary of the Gran Vía with the Gran Vía contest: the sky over Madrid. PHotoEspaña calls on photographers who wish to portray this mythical street from the rooftops. The selected applicants will be able to take their photos on 17th June at nightfall over the centre of the city. These images will form part of a projection which will be included on the programme for the Night of Photography.
PHotoEspaña awards the best of the national and internacional photograph
PHotoEspaña delivers eight prizes that recognize the professional career and the contribution to the world of photography of specialists and professionals, and also the best expositions of the Festival. PHotoEspaña Baume & Mercier Award, endowed with 12,000 for the purchase of works and an exclusive Eduardo Arroyo´s trophy; Bartolomé Ros Award for the best Spanish professional career in photography, endowed with 12,000; Descubrimientos PHE Brugal Extra Viejo Award, whose winner´s exhibition will be included in the Official Section of the Festivals next edition; Room Mate Hotels Revelation Award, endowed with 8,000 for acquisition of works, recognises the work of a Spanish photographer under age 35; Best Photography Book of the Year Award (national and international categories) and The Outstanding Publishing House of the Year Award; Off Festival Saab Prize for the gallery that has shown the best exhibition in the Off Festival, endowed with 8,000 for the purchase of works; Peoples Choice M2-El Mundo Award, given by the visitors to their favourite exhibition; and PHotoEspaña OjodePez Human Values Award, that recognise a work of documentary photography that highlights the values of solidarity, ethics, justice or effort.
PHotoEspaña Masters
PHotoEspaña and the European University of Madrid are organising a programme to train professional in the cultural industry. The PHotoEspaña Masters in Photography: Artistic Theory and Projects is set up base on theory and technical modules lasting over 500 hours, taught by a team of tutors specialising in cultural management, university education, politics, public administration, private enterprise, design, advertising, audiovisual communications, marketing, art, criticism and creation. The PHotoEspaña Masters in Photography provides future photography professionals with the basic knowledge for understanding images. The programme is completed with professional work experience in businesses in the sector and key public and private institutions.
PHotoEspaña launches a new publishing section: PHE Books PHotoEspaña is renewing its publications with the creation of PHE Books. This new collection will present the thematic publications for PHotoEspaña 2010, which will develop the key issues of the theme of the Festival based on a selection of images by participating artists, and a collection of texts signed by the general curator of PHE10, Sérgio Mah, and other authors such as Eduardo Cadava, Damian Sutton, Ulrich Baer, Jorge Ribalta, Mary Ann Doanne and Raymond Bellour. PHE Books will also publish the PHE10 Guide, and a specific publication presenting the works of the finalists for the Descubrimientos PHE (Discoveries PHE) Brugal Extra Viejo Prize. Four art centres will also accompany their exhibitions with a catalogue presenting the highlights of the events, and texts and essays for reference. These are Between Times. Instants, intervals, durations; Urban Lyrics. Helen Levitt and The Art of Light. László Moholy-Nagy. All these publication will be available at the bookshops and official points of sale at the Festival.
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Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States. Each year in the United States, cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke causes 443,000—or 1 in 5 deaths. Economic losses are also staggering. Smoking-caused diseases result in $96 billion in health care costs annually.
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Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Karen Kolowski weighs in on pomegranates.
The pomegranate has a long, rich history and has been considered a mystical fruit throughout the centuries.
One of the earliest cultivated fruits, the pomegranate can be traced to 3,500 B.C. It is believed by some scholars to be what tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden rather than an apple. Ancient Egyptians used to bury their dead with the fruit because it was thought to provide eternal life. Greeks break one open at wedding ceremonies for prosperity. And the Chinese eat candied seeds for good luck.
Scientists have now discovered what the ancient Persians always knew: The pomegranate is a superfood, full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
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Antioxidants are scavengers that neutralize harmful free radicals, unpaired molecules that can cause damage found in your body. Some free radicals occur naturally but they can also be caused by smoking, radiation, pesticides and other forms of environemental pollution. The body can handle a certain amount of free radicals with antioxidants, but damage can occur when their production is excessive. The antioxidants that pomegranates specifically contain are polyphenols, tannins and anthocyanins.
These antioxidants are also found in wine and green tea but not in the abundance contained in the pomegranate. Current studies have shown that consuming pomegranates may help reduce cardiovascular disease by reducing LDL, or "bad," cholesterol. The antioxidants help prevent arteriosclerosis, or hardening of arteries. They have also been shown to help maintain proper blood flow.
The fruit has shown some preventative qualities when it comes to prostate and
, although more research is needed. Another study suggests the pomegranate could also help lower blood pressure. This beneficial fruit is a rich source of potassium, folic acid, vitamin C and fiber.
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Over the next century, the newly formed entity would expand on its light bulb creation, and innovate or improve on a range of other technologies in a vast number of categories, from media (i.e., radio, TV) to communications and radar to electronics and appliances. It would also make its mark in the aerospace, science, and healthcare industries. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and internal expansion efforts, GE would eventually extend its reach into other realms, including computer manufacturing (until its exit in 1970), financial/credit services, and energy and technology infrastructure, among others, becoming one of the world's largest and most diverse conglomerates. The Blurb section of our Value Line page provides a brief business description.
Scanning down the list of Dow 30 stocks in our service, we note that General Electric is among the few standouts for Timeliness. Indeed, while most blue chips are not typically known for superior short-term price performance, GE is currently ranked 2 (Above Average) for Timeliness, having been upgraded from 3 (Average) the last time it went to press (as shown in the Ranks box at the top left-hand corner of the page). Remember, this measures a stock's price and earnings momentum compared to the performance of the broader market, and it ranges from 1 (Highest) to 5 (Lowest).
But the issue's allure isn't just limited to its favorable Timeliness rank. The dividend yield (in the Top Label) is fairly eye-catching at 3.6%. This indicates the expected return from cash distributions on the equity over the coming 12 months. Annual dividend per share amounts and increases that have been declared and paid, along with analyst projections of future disbursements, can be found in the Statistical Array (middle section of the page), while quarterly payments made so far by the company are located in the Quarterly Dividend box (bottom left-hand corner).
No doubt, General Electric goes the distance to keep its shareholders happy, returning value in different forms, whether by doling out cash dividends or buying back a portion of the outstanding stock. In fact, this is supported by the covering analyst, Erik M. Manning, in the Commentary section of the page, in which he states "GE plans on returning about $12 billion in cash to its stockholders this year via dividends and share repurchases".
Still, GE has more to offer investors. Glancing over at the Projections box, just beneath the Ranks box, we see that long-term capital appreciation potential is substantial here, based on the percentage price gains expected over the coming three to five years. These take into account the current stock price (shown on the Top Label) and the High and Low Price range estimated by the analyst over the long term. In the same box, the annual total return shows the estimated rate of return including both price appreciation and prospective dividends to be paid through the 3- to 5-year time frame. These figures clearly highlight the issue as a solid income-and-growth selection, appropriate for any well-rounded portfolio.
Indeed, Erik M. Manning sums it up nicely in the last paragraph of the Commentary, pointing out that the "blue chip is best suited for buy-and-hold investors" and that "the stock's yield should hover above 3%".
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Yesterday the babies and I were working hard to get the house in tip top shape for when Zeus returns. Everyone was doing there jobs diligently while we played a fun little cleaning game. Twinkle vs. the babies. Each chore that was complete earned that team or player, in my case a point. The team with the most points at the end of 30 minutes won. So we worked hard and very fast. I got an early lead. 8-1, Go Mommy. Then the kids figured it out if they split up and all did different jobs they could earn more points faster. That is what did it. At the end of 30 minutes, all household chores were complete and the babies beat Twinkle 39-34.
While we were working I politely asked Ziggy to go get the clothes out of the dryer. He grabbed the basket and headed for the Laundry room. No questions asked. I continued working and he seemed to be gone for quite a while. Maybe 10 minutes or so. I was beginning to wonder what was going on in there. Nevertheless, I left him alone and continued vacuuming. I turn around to hear him grunting as he is dragging the basket towards the living room. It looked painful really. He was huffing and puffing and panting and I asked, "did you get them out of the dryer". He said yes Mommy, I said thank you and off he went. I looked in the basket and sure enough the clothes were all still wet. Oh my goodness, these clothes did not come from the dryer. They came from the WASHER. OH goodness Ziggy. He must have had to climb up and down the washer grabbing clothes and putting them into the basket. No wonder it took him so long. OH poor little guy. At least he tried. But I was crying it was so funny.
I love my life.
Haskins House is soon to be complete in T-30 minutes.
Friday, February 25, 2011
I love my blessings, funny stuff
Yesterday the babies and I were working hard to get the house in tip top shape for when Zeus returns. Everyone was doing there jobs diligently while we played a fun little cleaning game. Twinkle vs. the babies. Each chore that was complete earned that team or player, in my case a point. The team with the most points at the end of 30 minutes won. So we worked hard and very fast. I got an early lead. 8-1, Go Mommy. Then the kids figured it out if they split up and all did different jobs they could earn more points faster. That is what did it. At the end of 30 minutes, all household chores were complete and the babies beat Twinkle 39-34.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Why are we here?
Have you ever asked yourself this question, Why are you here? I know I have multiple times. Like years ago after becoming a stay at home mom. I was soul searching desperately to find an answer to this question. I even bought the book Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. I worked daily to read, study and research the questions and verses left for me in the book. After reading it I thought I knew why I was here. That was a young, underdeveloped answer.
So last night while in my lonely, puppy filled bed I got to thinking about this question again. Prayed about it and went to sleep. Then today while in the shower the funniest thing happened. That silly question came back to me. Ok, Ok, I get it. I am suppose to let everyone know the answer. I know the answer. I figured it out a while back when I was going through some difficult life changes. It hit me like a 90 mph fast ball to the head. BAM!!! Woah I thought. Seriously is that how answers are found or discovered. I guess so.
So after reading some blogs, tweets and facebook posts this week I am sure there is a reason I am writing this. So many people are struggling with this same question. I am with you, all of you. I have been there and I promise it was not an easy journey but one that was worth every mile walked.
So do you wanna know what I discovered. Ok, here you go.
Life, your life, my life are all about relationships and memories. That's it. That's all of it. Relationships and memories. To me, this may be morbid and all but it is how I see it and how the answer got my attention. One day I woke up to a vision of my own funeral. Except It was a TV split into 4 screens, you know that picture in picture thingy. Yeah, it was like Zeus watching 4 games at once. Only, Mine had my funeral in all four pictures except each one was different but they were all happening at the same time. In one box there I was laying in a coffin in a church with my children, remarried ex husband and a minister. No pictures, no friends and no smiling faces.Scary and sad all at the same time. The next box, same scenario with a few people I did not recognize again with a remarried ex husband. This is just depressing.
I was getting sick as I moved my head to see the third box. This time there were a few more people and some flowers. I could recognize a few people in this one but there were still no smiles or even any photos. And nobody seemed to know each other. By the time I got to the fourth box I thought I would hurl. I was shaking, trembling at the thought of another bitter funeral. But this one was different. Very different. The church floor was beautiful green grass. Flowers and pictures filled the stage where I laid, everywhere.It seemed to go on into the horizon, loads of photos of people laughing, eating and creating. In the church pews were hundreds of smiling faces. People hugging each other. Lots and lots of laughter as people reminisced about old times together. My husband was smiling and loving on my children. These people were wearing bright colors and the room was beaming with happiness. It was like a wedding. The people were mingling with everyone else. It was awesome. This immediately changed my view. Yes, this is it. This is what I want. This is why I am here. Its the people and the times I had with those people. From that day, or night, I have always understood that family does not have to be strictly blood relatives. It includes many people you met along your life's journey. So my answer to this difficult answer is simple. I am here to love and care for those around me wherever I am. No color, nationality, no hairstyle or song choice will exclude you. I want to be the one that you remember being kind, helpful and loving for no other reason than just because.
When I die or come to my last days on earth I want to be surrounded by people telling funny or stupid stories of things we did or said together. Remembering those fun times we had. I do not want cars, money, or jewelry to fill my room. I want the sound of laughter, the vision of glorious smiling faces and I want photos, lots and lots of photos for people to look through and talk to each other about.
Life is not simple. Well, lets just say we do not make life simple. Instead of fighting for your lane on the highway or struggling to have the bigger TV, faster car or bigger house we need to be making sure our friends, neighbors, and co-workers have what they need to get through life. Hugs! Shoulders! fellowship! Company! In the end isn't this what it is all about. Teamwork. Helping each other. Its not about money and all those other worldly things and stuff. Its people and memories.
I have determined this is what life is and means to me. My camera will be my extra brain as it captures all these loving caring moments.
I am here to love you, to care for you, to help you and to remind you that life is fun, special and above all things memorable.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
How cold are you?
The last few weeks we have been freezing. We moved in December out of Biloxi but did not arrive here in Illinois until January. Talk about a jolt to the system. We have finally figured it out and have learned the layering system. It is quite a time getting everyone ready to go. Zeus seems to think that he can just push through the cold. Sometimes I wonder about him.
So the monster storm arrived and we got freezing rain at 10am on Monday morning. The rain, that eventually turned to ice continued until Tuesday afternoon when it turned to sleet. Then it sleeted until Tuesday late night when it then turned to snow. It snowed until Wednesday night. Well over 48 hours of precipitation. It was crazy. Thankfully our house and neighborhood has power lines buried so we will not be worried about no electricity, plus we live in the North so the grid is used to our excess use.
Anyways I do giggle when I hear my family whining and complaining about how cold it is down there. Wow, you guys have had days in the 60's in the last 2 weeks when we struggle to reach 40 for a mere day. Then after this terrible storm your kids are out 3 days and you are complaining still. Yet, by Saturday your temperatures will be back up in the mid 50's. Sometimes you should look at those around you and see what they deal with. For heavens sake a good friend of mine in Massachusetts has several feet of snow on the ground as more comes in daily and the temps are barely at freezing. Oh well, I guess you guys in the south can't handle this cold.
Enough about my lack of sympathy for the south. Here is a few fun pictures from our enjoyable storm here in Illinois. I love weather so this storm has been absolutely amazing to me. I have watched out the window every few minutes to see and notice the change. I enjoy these swings in the weather. It is so awesome.
I hope everyone stays warm and continues to enjoy what winter brings us. Oh and remember this day when you are complaining because its too dang hot. I'm just sayin.


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How to Observe and Record an Asteroidal Occultation
There are four different methods that can be used to observe and make a record of an asteroidal occultation. Each has advantages and disadvantages and all have varying degrees of scientific value. They are:
If you are successful in making an observation then be sure to report your results.
1. Simple Observation
The simplest technique, which also presents the least value scientifically, but may be useful to get you started in the enterprise, is to simply observe the event and note whether the target star dimmed or did not dim at or near the predicted time. Just set up a telescope (or use binoculars if the star is brighter than ~6th magnitude), locate the target star and watch carefully for a sudden change in brightness.
- Only very basic equipment is required
- A report that the star was, or was not, occulted may be useful, depending on other reports.
- The exact times of the events cannot be determined with any useful accuracy
- A chord can only be plotted on a sky plane diagram in a very coarse manner, if at all, and thus is of limited value
- Observations cannot be re-examined if the data need to be confirmed, such as in the case of a possible discrepancy with other observations.
2. Stopwatch Method
There are a few different ways to do this, but my favourite is to use two stopwatches. It works like this. "Zero" both watches. Observe the target star for 5 or 6 minutes centred on the predicted time for your location. When the star dims or disappears, start one of the watches. When it returns to its normal brightness, start the other watch. As soon as you can, get to an accurate time source such as a CHU or WWV short-wave broadcast, or by telephone via the talking clock at the Institute for National Measurement Standards - National Research Council at 613-745-1576. Stop both watches exactly ten seconds after a known top-of-minute beep, counting the beeps and hitting "Stop" right on the 10-sec. beep. Subtract the watch times from the known time when the watches were stopped. The earlier reading is the unofficial Disappearance time; the later one is the unofficial Reappearance time ("D" and "R", respectively, in Occultation-Speak). Subtract your "personal equations" (P.E.) or reaction times to get your official D and R (more on P.E.'s below). Note that television time displays, such as those on news or weather stations, are not accurate enough because of delays endemic in broadcast, cable and satellite distribution methods.
You can also do this with a stopwatch capable of "split" times. Reset the watch. Press "Start" when the star dims and "Split" (or "Lap") when it reappears. Note the interval time - this is your "Duration" ("Dur" for short). As soon as possible, get to a known time signal (see above) and stop the watch 10 seconds after a noted top-of-minute tone. Subtract the displayed time from the known time to get the actual D. Add the Dur to D to get R.
- Minimum required equipment
- With practice, times accurate to about 0.2 seconds can be obtained
- Data can be confidently used in generating sky plane diagrams. See below.
- As with a simple observation, no reviewable record is obtained, which means that data cannot be re-examined later.
- Accuracy can be lost if there is a long interval between the occultation and the stopping of the watches.
- No provision for obtaining times of any subsequent events such a possible double asteroid or a "satelloid" (asteroid satellite).
3. Radio and Tape Recorder
This is the most common method - and one of the two most preferred methods - of timing occultations. Besides a telescope, the observer needs to have on-site a short-wave radio receiver and a portable audio tape recorder (loaded with tape, of course). Set up the telescope in the normal fashion. Tune the s/w receiver to CHU at 3.330 MHz, 7.335 MHz or 14.670 MHz; or WWV at 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz or 20 MHz - whichever gives the strongest and clearest signal. It is strongly recommended to use a radio equipped with a tuner that can accept several preset frequency settings so that you can switch frequencies quickly and accurately should one frequency suddenly suffer signal deterioration, an all-too-common occurrence. Set the receiver and the tape recorder close together and near your position so that the recorder can pick up both the radio time signal broadcast and your voice. Experiment with a variety of placements of the equipment and make a series of test recordings to get good clear recordings of both the time signal and your voice. Three minutes prior to the predicted D, press "Record" (and verify that the tape is rolling and recording). When the star dims or disappears, yell, "Gone". When it returns, yell, "Back". (You can actually use any words you like, but I prefer "Gone" and "Back" because of their explosive first consonants, which help in doing careful tape analyses later.) Continue watching for an additional 3 minutes, in case of a secondary event ("satelloid"?). Then stop tape, pack up your gear, determine your location if not previously known and go home.
When you get home, or as soon as possible afterwards, replay the tape with a stopwatch in hand to measure the D and R times relative to the recorded radio time signals. Do this several times until you get consistent results. Discard obviously inaccurate times - you'll know - and average your findings. Then subtract your P.E.'s and report the results.
- Times can be obtained to accuracies of ~0.2 seconds.
- A permanent, reviewable audio record of your observation is made
- Secondary events can be recorded just as accurately as the primary D and R.
- Required extra gear (radio and recorder) are compact, light and inexpensive
- Accurate timings of occultations shorter than about 0.3 second are difficult, or may be missed completely.
- No visual record of the events, so confirmation of factors such as being on the correct star cannot be made.
4. Video Recording
This technique removes the human component from the record. It requires more equipment and serious battery power in the field, but the results can be spectacular. As with all the above methods, this one starts with a telescope set up in its usual way. After the target is located and confirmed, the eyepiece is replaced with a special low-light camera, which is then connected to a video recorder and a monitor. If available, a time inserter device is installed in the queue between the camera and the recorder/monitor. This puts a visible digital clock on screen and on tape (or whatever record medium is used). It makes data reduction very fast, simple and accurate. A short-wave receiver is also set up and tuned to a good CHU or WWV signal, which is connected directly to the "Audio In" of the recorder, or (preferred) a microphone is placed near the receiver and the observer (you), as in the Radio and Tape Recorder Method above, and it is plugged into the recorder. Make a few test recordings to ensure all is operating correctly. Begin recording three minutes before the predicted time and continue to three minutes after the last event (or predicted time). Pack up, measure your location, leave your site as clean or cleaner than you found it, and go home.
At home, replay the tape frame by frame (or field by field, if you can) and note the D and R to the frame (or field). Report the results. (One frame = two fields.)
- An irrefutable record is obtained that can be reviewed ad infinitum
- No P.E. estimate is needed
- Very short events can be confirmed
- 0.03 sec. time resolution is possible
- The cost of all that extra equipment can add up
- The extra equipment requires more time to set up and dismantle
- Batteries, batteries and more batteries (unless you're near an AC source)
Note to CCD camera users: Normally, CCD cameras designed for astro-imaging (SBIG, etc.) are not well suited to this method because of their slower integration times. But there is a way. It's called the drift - scan method and is described in detail by Australia's John Broughton here.
If you can, try to use the Radio and Tape Recorder method or the video recording method. Whatever you choose, try to have more than one option available to you in the field. Murphy and his Law ("If something can go wrong, it will") just love occultations, so having a back-up system is always a good idea. If you choose to use the Radio-and-Recorder (R-and-R) Method, toss in a stopwatch or two just in case. Or you can start with stopwatches and later on move up to R-and-R or Video, but keep the watches in your kit. If you go whole hog to video, keep an audio tape recorder handy, just in case (you already have the s/w receiver, so falling back to R-and-R is pretty easy).
Reporting Results
If you have data concerning an asteroidal occultation, IOTA would like to hear from you. When you have calculated your results and determined your actual location, please send your report either by e-mail or snail mail as you prefer. More detailed information and options for reporting are found here.
Please file your report even if you observed a miss. The lack of an occultation from your location is valuable information that puts a constraint on the asteroid's size. But if you were clouded out or experienced some other circumstance that resulted in no observation at all, please do not file a report.
Using OccultWatcher
This extremely useful program allows occultation astronomers to coordinate their observations and identify upcoming events of interest. It is well-integrated with published occultation information and Google Maps to allow you to plan your observing program. You can download it from Hirsto Pavlov's website.
Personal Equation Determination
Doug Kniffen has written a nifty little occultation simulator that you can download here. With practice you can develop a consistent personal equation (reaction time). Remember that consistency, not speed, is the objective.
Sky Plane Plots
Click here for several examples of sky plane plots. A particularly good example is the (1263) Varsavia event of 2003 July 18, that was observed by 81 occultationists from BC to CA.


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Our CSA this week gave us a crazy amount of food. It's all delicious but I have to admit I get really overwhelmed every week trying to use it all up. If you're looking for a good CSA for next year, ours is Love Farm Organics in Forest Grove, they have many Portland pick up locations, and are just the best people ever.
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Kobe Bryant injury update: Knee still hurting; next exam in three weeks
Lakers team physician Stephen Lombardo examined the superstar guard at halftime of the team's game vs. the Boston Celtics on Friday. Bryant still has pain, swelling and soreness in his knee and will be re-evaluated in three weeks, which is March 14. The Lakers will have 16 games remaining after that date.
A coach Mike D'Antoni told reporters he has no idea when or if Bryant will return.
"I don't know," D'Antoni said, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com. "That's out of my hands. We'll see. I have no answer to that one."
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said before the exam that the team will patient. It can afford to be as it languishes near the bottom of the Western Conference standings.
"We're not going to push him to get back," Kupchak told reporters. "I don't see why you would. We've made a commitment to him for two more years, and I just don't know why we'd do that (push him to come back). But if he feels he's ready and he's in shape and he gets the doctor's approval, then there's no reason why he couldn't do that."
Bryant said during All-Star Weekend that his rehab has been "coming slowly." Bryant has only played six games this year. He missed the first seven weeks as he recovered from last April's surgery on his Achilles' tendon.
Lakers forward Pau Gasol expressed support for his teammate Friday.
"I know it's tough for him and it's been a very tough year for him," Gasol said, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com. "I just hope that he gets healthy. If it takes a little longer, it takes a little longer. If that means he might not play this season, I'm sure he'll stay positive and look ahead. So, the main thing is he's got to be healthy."


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Happy iNDS everyone!!
I'm last on this blog train so make sure you go to all the stops.
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ps. I will get to the April Calendar and May's will be with it! Should be working on them both this weekend. I'm so sorry it took all month to do April.
Friday, April 30, 2010
All Aboard - Man in the Moon Blog Train
Happy iNDS everyone!!
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Thank you Everyone
Thank you to all those who took time out of their lives to register and vote for my friend Cara! She made it to the final round of the Scrapping Safari competition at Gingerscraps.net. Now she must battle it out with 8 other ladies for the final spot. Whatever happens at least she has a chance.. unlike me who was voted off by an evil alliance! Guess they didn't want to go one on one with me *evil grin*
thank you again! If you ever need someone to have your back, just come find me!
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Friday, April 16, 2010
digi dare ya!
hey have you heard about digi dara ya? http://www.digidares.com/ Well I just found out about them, and their challenges are really awesome!
this week's challenge is to create a chart/graph or something to show how your life is divided.
"Dare Flares:
*The main design of the layout should be in the form of or based around a graph or a chart. It doesn't *have* to be a pie chart or a bar graph… feel free to be creative here. As long as it's something visual that clearly shows the different areas of your life.
*Each "section" of your life should contain a title (to show what that section represents).
*Each section must also be distinctive and able to stand alone. Have each section vary in size, shape, or color… use a form of measurement or number… or even images and text. Again… feel free to be creative here!
*Photos are not a must but if you choose to use them, personal and/or stock photos are acceptable.
Make it as clean and graphic as you like, or as layered and jumbled as you like. You can make it all deep and serious, or exaggerated and funny. Just make sure each area can be recognized. And as always, have FUN with it and be expressive!!! I can't wait to see what you create!"
It seems like a prefect challenge for me because I feel like I'm being pulled into different directions. Check it out for yourself.
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Friday, April 09, 2010
April collab at ScrapMatters
The ScrapMatters team came up with this new collab.
Available for a limited time at 50% off, this beautiful kit from the Scrap Matters designers will have you scrapping pages full of love, beauty and tenderness in no time flat!
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Don't be a FOOL - back up your work!
I didn't remind everyone last month, so if you are waiting for my reminders you now have 2 months of work to back up!
Last year one of the designers at Scrap Matters lost her EHD and paid thousands of dollars to get it fixed to get her files.
So don't be a fool, back up your work then back up your back up! That's right, you should have THREE redundant systems.
So if you save everything on your computer's hard drive, that's 1. if you save to CDs or an EHD that's 2. check out http://mozy.com/ - no I don't get any special kick back for tell you about them, I just think it's a great idea.
And check out Delicious to back up your bookmarks on your browser. You sign up for FREE and you can import all your current bookmarks.
This has been a public service announcement.
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Rams Lose Conference Game in Overtime
Kean University - 11, Farmingdale State - 10
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State Men's lacrosse team was defeated by Kean University(8-5) 11-10 in overtime in today's Skyline Conference game. The Rams(3-9) scored six of their 10 goals in the fourth period.
With 1:20 left in the fourth period senior Mike Maxwell(West Babylon,N.Y/West Babylon/NYIT) scored, then 13 seconds later he scored again to make the score 9-10 in favor of Kean. Freshman Erick Thomson(Floral Park, N.Y./Floral Park) scored a minute later tying the game at 10. Maxwell had three goals and an assist and Thomson recorded four goals and two assists.
Kean University was led by junior Scott Leathem(Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn) who had four goals, and senior C.J. Gannon(Morris Plains, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) had three goals and three assists. Junior goalie John Gesumaria(Cranford, N.J./Cranford) made 18 saves for the Cougars.
The Rams next game is this Wednesday April 15th, a conference game against Maritime at 4:00pm in Farmingdale, N.Y.


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Men And Colon Cancer Risk
Last Reviewed: March 24, 2011
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
Are men more likely to have colon cancer than women?
David Metz, MD, Professor of Gastroenterology at Penn Medicine , responds:
Yes, slightly higher. Please look at this link from the Centers for Disease Control showing the distribution according to gender and ethnicity. Note that the reason there is a general decline in the USA may be because of our effective screening programs as well as other factors such as healthy living.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View entire transcript from Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening.


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In general, men's bags cost less than women's do, even when the men's version is based on a popular women's design (and is larger than that design). The only place where that seems to be particularly untrue is when it comes to backpacks; perhaps designers assume that a man buying a luxury backpack is likely to be more accustomed to to exorbitant fashion pricing than one just trying to pick up a nice briefcase.
Even non-leather backpacks can reach four figures pretty quickly, and I'm not much of a fan of that no matter the gender of the bag's intended audience. If you're a dude who wants a designer backpack from a buzzy brand under a thousand dollars, check out the Carven Leather Backpack.
This design is a totally pared-down take on the Jansports we all carried in middle school, except now that we're adults, the bag is rendered in leather that appears to be super buttery.


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