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All but three of us children were born in Indiana, and I had an older brother who was in the first regiment that left our section of Iowa during the Civil War. I was exceedingly proud of him, as I remember. When I was 10 years old, we moved to Missouri and settled at Harrisonville, where I grew to womanhood. The day my twin brother and I were 22 years old, my mother was buried. My brother was at that time cook at the Eureka House at Robinson's Camp north of Denver. So, after my mother's death, I came to Colorado to be with him. I arrived at Robinson's Camp in 1880 and spent that winter there.
Robinson had a mine and hotel there, and the camp took its name from him. There was a great deal of claim-jumping in those days, and guards had to be posted about. Robinson was killed by one of his own guards who mistook him for a claim-jumper.
Early in 1881 I married George P. Moore, a miner. Shortly afterward, my husband and I went to Pitkin in Gunnison County, where he had to do assessment work on a mine. While there, I paid a dollar for a dozen eggs and found only two of the eggs fit to use. It was too high there for me, and, on the doctor's advice, my husband sent me back to Longton, Kan., to an older sister. He sold the mine and went to work at Leadville for a time. He had a brother at Socorro, N.M., who ran a meat market. He was ill and sent for my husband to come down there and run his market until he recovered. He remained in New Mexico until in May when he bought a buggy and drove up to Antonito, Colo. He went on to Pueblo, where he bought a span of mules and a camp outfit and bargained with a young man to drive it for him to Antonito in return for being taken on the Durango. This was in the spring of 1882.
We made the trip from Antonito here in a covered wagon when my daughter, Della, was a little over 5 months old. My husband knew Nathan Dickerson, who was already in this country, and he had made up his mind he wanted to take up a ranch on the Dolores River. But the water was so high with the usual spring flood that we could not hope to go down the Dolores at the time of our arrival. We camped at the H.M. Smith place at Mancos for a while. Also we were at the Simon place before we went to Durango on our way to Silverton, where my husband teamed all summer. He did well, too. When we left there in October to come to the Dolores Valley to find a home, we had $800, which was good, for those days.
Speaking of the Simon family, Mr. Louis Simon was the father-in-law of my husband's friend, Nathan Dickerson, who had married his daughter Rachel. Mr. Simon had a place in Montezuma Valley at what is since known as Simon's Draw in the Lakeview neighborhood. But at this time he lived on the Dolores River not far from Mr. Dickerson. I suppose you have heard when Mr. and Mrs. Simon's silver wedding anniversary arrived, one daughter came from Rico and another from Durango, and the Saylers, a young couple with one little child who lived nearby in the direction of where Cortez now stands, were there for the dinner. Afterward, when the Sayler's got home, they found that the Indians had ransacked their house while they were gone and had taken even some of the baby's clothes, not to mention everything eatable. They returned to the Simons' that night.
When we came to the Dolores Valley in October 1882, my husband selected a ranch at Lone Dome about 16 miles down the Dolores River from here (Dolores, the new town). A young man named Charley Salter had taken it up, but he was young and homesick and wanted to get away. The place had a good cabin on it and a ditch that would carry water for 50 acres of land completed. It had been rented the summer before, and the renter had raised a splendid crop and had the cellar full of produce. My husband bought out Charley Salter, and they went to Durango to fix up the papers and the filing. We had to live on it five years to prove up, and we kept that ranch, which was a good one, until 1916,when we sold it and our cattle. The first winter, the man who had rented it before lived with us. We furnished such groceries as we had to buy, and he furnished the vegetables.
We were very comfortable on our place at Lone Dome. Some of our neighbors were the Barnes family. Gene Salter, a brother of Charley, Jim Trimble, some English people, a bit later, the Dillons, and later still the Bradfields.
Part 2: The next segment of this story will publish in the Sept. 5 edition of The Cortez Journal.
June Head is the Historian for the Montezuma County Historical Society and may be reached for comments or corrections at 565-3880. Entire article may be found in Volume II, Great Sage Plain to Timberline, which is published by the Historical Society.


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Rancho Buena Vista wrestling coach Chris Findell ticked off his team's objectives Saturday night.
"Our No. 1 goal is always to beat Vista," Findell said moments after the conclusion of the 24th annual Robert Jenkins Memorial tournament at Mount Miguel High.
Yes, the former Panthers wrestler relishes any opportunity to best his own alma mater.
Even without a head-to-head matchup, Findell's Longhorns succeeded in that regard over the weekend. RBV claimed the tournament championship with 173.5 points, holding off runner-up San Marcos (170.5) and 19 other local teams. Carlsbad finished in third (128.5), followed by Monte Vista (125) and La Costa Canyon (124.5).
Vista placed sixth, with 124 points. Mount Miguel (104), Westview (96), Holtville (92) and Central Union (81) rounded out the top 10.
"Our No. 2 goal is to win league," Findell said. "And our No. 3 goal is to win CIF."
The Longhorns, undefeated in Avocado West competition, can accomplish the former with a victory Thursday. They travel to Vista for their final league dual meet of the season.
Saturday served as a nice tune-up for that clash and the postseason.
"Winning this tournament," Findell said, "was a good checkpoint along the way toward our goals."
RBV sent three wrestlers into the finals. Two of them, Joe Granger (147 pounds) and Anthony Ball (162), came away with first-place medals, helping to preserve the Longhorns' 10-point lead entering the round.
West Hills' John Lancaster (128 pounds) won all four of his matches as well as the Most Outstanding Lightweight award. Mount Miguel's Josh Tausaga was named Most Outstanding Heavyweight after sweeping through three matches, including a reversal-to-pin against Holtville's Lance Angulo in the final.
"I was trying to get that move the whole time," said Tausaga, whose cousin and teammate, Miracle Tausaga (220 pounds), also pinned his championship opponent. "Felt like it came out just how I planned."
Central Union's Micah Perez (122 pounds) pinned two opponents before winning in a decision over RBV's Nolan Browne in the final. Perez moved to 22-1, his lone loss coming against defending state champion (113 pounds) Isaiah Locsin.
"I was sick and couldn't breathe, so I had an injury (disqualification)," Perez, who placed third at last season's state championships, said of that defeat. "I'm all good now."
The other winners were Carlsbad's Jake Cornell (108), Calexico's Kevin Teran (115), Holtville's Phillip Gutierrez (134), Vista's Mike Armstrong (140), San Marcos' Alexander Graves (154), Monte Vista's Jose Serrano (172), San Marcos' Nick Kimball (184) and West Hills' Angel Sandoval (197).


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The first time fans got to hear any of the songs on Taylor Swift's new album, Red, came during a live web chat this past August. During that event, she took questions from fans, unveiled the title and cover art for her new album, and then played (and danced to) a recording of her new single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
So, what made her choose that song as the first taste of what's turned out to be a rather musically diverse album?
Picking that song "jumped out to me," she explained in an interview with CBS Local. "I would play it for my friends and family, and they would come back a few days later singing it, word for word. They couldn't get it out of their heads."
Which, of course, seems like a extremely good sign for a song's catchiness. But what about the fact that "Never Ever" also had to serve as the introduction to the world of Red?
Red, she says, is "a really eclectic group of songs" (as she described it, there's a song for every emotion). And, she goes on to explain, "no particular song defines the rest of the album."
So part of the decision to pick "Never Ever Getting Back Together" as the lead single was, she says, to "make people wonder if that was what the rest of the record sounds like."
And, of course, once other songs began to sneak out–the low-key, country-flavored "Begin Again," the chaotic, dubstep-influenced "I Knew You Were Trouble"–the album's sonic diversity quickly began to show.
And the fact that "Never Ever" in some ways acted as a bit of a tease? That's just fine with Taylor.
"It's exciting to keep people on their toes."
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The Pay Per Click Engines Training Programs
When deciding what kind of PPC account you would like to establish, it may be of interest to know what kind of training program is offered before you commit your money. All four of the major Pay-Per-Click engines – Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, MSN adCenter and Ask Sponsored Listings – offer some type of training and/ or tutorial program to go along with their service. Some offer worthwhile detailed help, while others simply point users to their generic Frequently Asked Questions page. We have outlined PPC search engine marketing training programs below for the most popular PPC management services to help inform you about which ones are the best.
Google AdWords
Online Training
Google offers a free online, in-depth training program on how to use their Google AdWords. This is by far the most comprehensive of any other tutorial. They spare no detail, breaking the pay-per-click management training session down into eight different categories ranging from the basic set-up to billing to optimization to maintaining client accounts. Each topic is then broken down even further into various subcategories, ultimately answering any possible question or concern. Users can choose to view the lessons in multimedia or text form. The multimedia lessons are given via a flash player and each individual slide ranges from 1 to 12 minutes. Because so much is covered, it is unlikely you will be able to get through the session in one sitting, so Google recommends visiting often, and so do we.
Pop Quiz
After each lesson, Google invites users to test their knowledge by taking a quiz on the individual slides. There are more than 80 different quizzes to go along with the PPC management training course. (There are no quizzes available for the Analytics section.) After submitting your quiz, Google will come back with the results and give the right answers for any missed questions. Taking the offered quizzes is an excellent way for users to determine what sections they need to go back and reread.
To help users stay up-to-date on the latest AdWord changes, Google has a link on their right-hand navigation that lists what sections have been recently updated and what information was added or adjusted. Referring to this will help you make sure you are using the most correct search engine marketing information.
Qualified Professional Program
For professionals who want to manage multiple AdWords client accounts, Google also offers its users a chance to become a Qualified professional and receive the Qualified Google Advertising Professional Logo for their site. For those interested, there is an online test consisting of just over 100 questions that users have 90 minutes to complete. You must take and pass the Google Advertising Professional Exam, as well as maintain a Google AdWords account for 90 days and acquire at least $1,000 total spend for your My Client Center during that 90-day period to reach Qualified professional status. Once approved, you will receive a logo that you can place on your site letting others know that you are a trained AdWords professional!
The Google AdWords training program is highly recommended and will be genuinely beneficial to both experienced and newbie PPC users.
Yahoo! Search Marketing
Yahoo! Search Marketing (formerly Overture) is considered by many to be The King of all Pay-Per-Click search engines; however, they have established a PPC training program that is, quite frankly, less than grand (unless you want to pay for it).
Free Training
Yahoo offers a very basic training program for their Yahoo! Search Marketing program, focusing on four main areas:
- Budgeting – Benefits, how to turn budgeting on, tips to maximize results
- Identifying Keywords – Benefits, buying cycle, strategies, how to connect with potential customers using broad and specific terms, reducing overall cost-per-click (CPC) and increasing conversion and sales rate
- Tracking Results – Using tracking URLs, analyzing server logs, calculating ROI,
- Best Practices (Strategies )— Selecting better keywords, using effective titles, benefits of an effecting bidding strategy, tracking techniques and benefits
Though the topics are pertinent, the amount of PPC management information is lacking. Lessons last around a 60-90 seconds and the information is given via a not-so-convenient flash tutorial that requiring users taking notes to pause and start up the Flash again. Users in need of the basics (setting up an account, managing it) will not get much help with this tutorial.
Fast Track Those with a little cash to spend may be interested in Yahoo's fee-based PPC services. Yahoo offers a Fast Track® service (now called Assisted Setup) that customers can sign up for after they pay a one-time service fee of $199. Benefits of the Fast Track® pay per click management service include:
- Expert Help – Training specialists will study your site and recommend search terms, write titles and tailor descriptions specifically for your business
- Full Control – Gives users the option of submitting search terms, budget considerations and other special instructions
- Budget Management – Sponsored Search specialists develop a customized plan to meet your financial objectives
- Customized Proposal – You receive a made-to-order proposal will up to 100 professionally written listings tailored to your Web site. Proposals will be received in just three business days.
Keeping with their pay-to-learn motto, Yahoo also offers several webinars for individuals looking to 'brush up on the basics' of PPC search engine marketing. Sessions cover a range of topics including keyword generation, campaign management, bidding, creating landing pages and more.
Yahoo Search Marketing is best suited for those willing to pay top dollar for quick results. Users who do better with guided instruction and can spare the extra cash will get a lot out of Yahoo's workshops and Fast Track® service. Those who relying on the free online tutorial may not find all the information they are looking for will probably have better results playing trial and error with the program themselves. Users are also encouraged to sign up for Yahoo's free newsletter which is sure to provide them with additional tips and information.
MSN adCenter
MSN adCenter is one of the new kids on the block when it comes to pay-per-click advertising. They tool is still in beta form and users must enter their email address to be invited into the pilot program. Unlike the first two PPC services, there is no flash-friendly training program associated with this service; users are simply directed to the MSN Learning Center to view the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Troubleshooting pages of the site. On first glance the FAQ appears to do a better job of answering pertinent questions than you would imagine. It takes subjects such as account set-up, term identification, keyword help and targeting campaigns. However, once a user clicks on a question they are usually greeted with a one line answer. For example, users curious as to how ads are ranked will receive this answer:
"Many different factors affect the ranking of ads, and an ad's ranking can change over time. Three important factors in how an ad is ranked are bid, click-through rate, and relevance."
You could hear that answer from a random person on the street. Not particularly helpful there. MSN claims additional tutorials and FAQs are found within the customer section of MSN adCenter but without creating an account I have no way of verifying that.
MSN adCenter says they will also give users customized reports:
"So what can adCenter reports tell you? The reports can indicate which of your keywords are used more often. You in turn can then make changes to your list so that you can continue applying your budget to the better performing words and perhaps remove the words that do not perform as well. Perhaps your ad text or even your destination pages could be adjusted. Tips about optimizing all these topics including using targeting as a strategy might help you optimize your campaign."
These reports are generated to pinpoint where to make improvements or how to optimize your campaign for better results. Depending on how in-depth these reports turn out to be, this could be a serious benefit for users and worth looking into.
Users interested in gaining in-depth knowledge of this PPC search engine marketing service are better off signing up and experimenting with it themselves.
Ask Sponsored Listings
Ask.com has also joined in the PPC race, recently forming their Ask Sponsored Listings service. Like their counterpart adCenter, Ask users will find all of their tutorial help located in the FAQ section of the Sponsored Listings site.
The FAQ is broken down into six main sections:
- Introduction – What are Sponsored Listings? How many listings can I purchase?
- Pricing – What is a Max CPC? How often does the ranking change?
- Basics — On what sites do Sponsored Listings show up? Are there any restrictions on the number of keywords I can buy?
- Accounts and Campaigns – What is a campaign? What is the difference between a campaign and an account?
- Start and End Dates – What are the start and end dates? When will my campaign expire?
- Campaign Details – Includes questions concerning budgets, billing, listing management, reporting, etc. broken down by section.
The Campaign Details section is by far the most comprehensive, being broken down into subsections: budgets, billing, keyword pricing, reporting, click tracking issues and others, which are then broken down even further. As for the other sections, again the topics are viable, but the short, detail-free answers probably won't do much for the more confused user.
Users who need help even creating accounts will be at a loss by reading the Ask FAQ – as this very basic question isn't even addressed! Again, those interested in seeing what the Ask PPC service is all about, are better off surfing through the site and trial and error-ing on their own, as it is likely to give you better results.
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Today marks the would-be 404th birthday of prolific Dutch painter/etcher Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, who was born in Leiden in 1606, and passed away in Amsterdam on October 4, 1669.
Cynthia Freeland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. Her most recent book is Portraits and Persons, and in the excerpt below, she considers Rembrandt's many self-portraits, and speculates as to why he was so attracted to this art form.
Rembrandt was a particularly prolific self-portrait artist. Susan Fegley Osmond informs us that,
he depicted himself in approximately forty to fifty extant paintings, about thirty-two etchings, and seven drawings. It is an output unique in history; most artists produce only a handful of self-portraits, if that. And why Rembrandt did this is one of the great mysteries of art history.
There are numerous speculations about Rembrandt's preoccupation with self-portraiture. "From youth to old age, Rembrandt scrutinized himself before the mirror, painting, etching, and drawing his changing physique and physiognomy as well as the varying psychological states that reflected the fluctuating fortunes of his life."
A first concern that seems evident in these works, as with the previous artists I discussed, is Rembrandt's social status and his identity as a gentleman. This concern shows up in his elegant garb, cloaks, hats, armor, and even in the poses in some of the images. Along with this is a concern with his artistic status and success.
Another conjectures about at least some of the images is that they are studies for paintings. Rembrandt used himself because he was a cheap, readily available model when he was planning certain sorts of composite history paintings or biblical portraits. This might account for the self-portraits showing extreme facial expressions, ones for instance where he is laughing or fearful. But these may also have been examples of a genre called "tronies" which were popular at the time and had a good market.
At a deeper level, we can sense that Rembrandt is seeking to formulate and reveal a conception of his own psychological identity, the unique person that he was. This fits with the view expressed by Arthur Wheelock Jr., who notes:
[Rembrandt] was a singularly complex individual, who from an early age seems to have fostered the image that he was different from other men, and that neither his talent nore his success depended upon others or upon the good fortune that came his way.
Wheelock later comments,
Rembrandt's earliest self-portraits are of particular interest because they demonstrate that the myth of Rembrandt as isolated genius did not first emerge in the Romantic era…but was fostered and developed by the artist himself.
Along these lines, art historians compare Rembrandt to more recent artists who have used the self-portrait as a form of experimenting with self-formation by trying on various identities (Rembrandt as the Andy Warhol of the seventeenth century!).
Like Cézanne more than two centuries later, Rembrandt employed the self-portrait as part of an effort to fashion the self, a self that took on multiple forms as the Dutch master progressed from youth to old age.
Apparently, the identity of the artist-patriot seemed most agreeable to the youthful Rembrandt. As he matured, however, armor, patriotism and all of the glamorous associations of war would lose their general appeal, and other identities would more powerfully attract his unsettled self.
Beginning in 1629, Rembrandt embarked on a new trajectory and began to fashion different identities in independent self-portraits. It was as if he was searching for a fit–a persona that would best alight with his propensities at the time.
His appeal is perhaps to be found in his ability to paint "between the lines" to give the viewer the tools to see through the every self-images he constructs. Thus when he poses one sees the artifice, and when he reveals one is smitten with the sincerity of the disclosure…
A fourth and final hypothesis that may apply to some if not all of the self-portraits is that they represent a psychological journey in which Rembrandt shows increasing concern about mortality and aging. Thus his latest portraits appeal in particular, and make a striking contrast with the rather boastful earlier images, because of their apparent honest, even almost brutal, self-scrutiny. Platzman concurs:
Most noteworthy for the history of the genre was Rembrandt's journey from thee narcissistic self-absorption of his youthful portrayals to the vulnerable self-admission of his late confrontations with his person. In fact, Rembrandt's ability to communicate across the centuries is undoubtedly due to the perceived honesty of his self-examination.
To sum up, there are four possibly competing, possibly compatible explanations or analyses of the prolific self-portraiture Rembrandt engaged in throughout his life. First, he was advancing a view of himself as a successful gentleman, at the same time as he was acquiring commissions, forming a successful studio, setting up a vast household in Amsterdam, etc. Second, he was both working on, and at the same time more or less arguing for, his status as a successful artist. Third, he was trying on different versions of himself to see which would fit best. And fourth, he was exploring his countenance as a way of facing and coming to terms with his own aging and mortality, impelled no doubt by the losses he had faced of both wives and of his beloved young son Titus.
The Rembrandt oeuvre might seem to fit fairly well with the narrative theory of the self, since on several of these hypotheses we could say that his self-portraits, taken as a body, constitute a sort of self-narrative. Thus it is not surprising to find that a position saying something just along these lines has been articulated. Osmond puts it this way:
No artist has left a loftier or more penetrating personal testament than Rembrandt van Rijn. In more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620s to the year of his death in 1669, he created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced in literature even of the intimately analytical Confessions of St. Augustine.
Osmond is making the proposal that a series of self-portraits done over a lifetime amounts to an autobiography. Of course, this is qualified since the phrase referring to Rembrandt's "an autobiography in art" is compared to St. Augustine's autobiography in literature. But just what is the difference? Is there one? Surely if Rembrandt had left us with an actual autobiography it would not be likely either to be preferred to or regarded as somehow more authentic or revealing than his sequential self-portraits. In fact the self-narration view does not actually equate the sort of narrative that constitutes a self with an autobiography. I would put the difference by saying that the one (narrative self-constitution) is done prospectively as an ongoing process and the other retrospectively. The self that is constituted by living out a narrative must reflect and assess on a pre-existing whole in order to produce an autobiography.


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Take 5 With Eric Dahlquist
Roddin' @ Random
Many hot rodders look at the 1960s as the glory days of hot rodding and racing before things got crazy with sponsors, money, and national coverage. As HOT ROD staffers, we've envied the magazine heroes that came before us. They got to drive the iconic muscle cars when they were brand new, witness racing before it became truly big time, and enjoy behind-the-scenes respect with the OE manufacturers that is much harder to attain today. The current staff often turns to those veterans for advice or just to wax nostalgic, and one of the most accessible is former HOT ROD Technical Editor and Motor Trend Editor Eric Dahlquist.
Dahlquist grew up on a farm in Lockport, New York, and had mechanical stuff on his mind nearly from birth. He got a pilot's license at 14 (dad had a plane) and began to dream about trekking to California to work for HOT ROD when he was still in grade school. While studying engineering at the University of Buffalo, he began writing about the East Coast drag racing scene—mostly for Cars magazine and the NHRA's National Dragster—when the West Coast books all but ignored it. A letter to HRM publisher Ray Brock earned him a trip to meet Brock in Akron, Ohio, to do a story on Art Arfons' barnstormer, and that eventually led to the cross-country road trip, an office at Petersen Publishing's 5959 Hollywood Boulevard building, and a '55 Mercury four-door for his daily driver. That was in June 1964, and his bosses were Publisher Brock and Editor Bob Greene (succeeded by Jim McFarland).
Dahlquist worked at HOT ROD until April 1968, when he moved to Motor Trend, eventually becoming the editor and developing even closer ties to the new-car manufacturers. The Motor Trend gig lasted until 1975 when he and HOT ROD Editor A.B. Shuman left to take on a small custom publishing project for Chevrolet. Dahlquist eventually bought out Shuman's shares and the company became Vista Group, the West Coast representative for Pontiac, GMC, Oldsmobile, the GM Design Staff, and many more in the later years, including Mercedes-Benz. It's where we magazine staffers went to get many of our test cars throughout the '80s and '90s. Today, Vista Group is mostly involved in vehicle placement for movies, television shows and commercials, and other advertising mediums. The Knight Rider Firebird? That was Dahlquist's doing. So was Don Prudhomme's Pepsi Challenger Firebird Funny Car in 1982. Any time you see a new Mercedes or other exotic in a big Hollywood movie, there's a good chance that Dahlquist and Vista Group made it happen.
Because Dahlquist was so heavily involved in it, he was a natural to sit down with and ask about "the good old days" of the automotive and hot rodding worlds.
HRM] Tell us a story from your early days at HOT ROD.
ED] In my first staff meeting at HOT ROD, they assigned me four stories and gave me less than 30 days to do them. Three of them were on things I knew very little about, and I questioned [HRM Publisher Ray Brock] about it. He said, "You know what Eric? This is a real tough world. It's sink or swim, so which is it going to be?" I said I guess I'll swim. They assigned me to [photographer Eric] Rickman and we basically lived together for four years, driving all over to the shops from San Francisco to San Diego. We met people, did storiesI was force-fed the job.
HRM] What was it like to work for Ray Brock?
ED] Over the years, we were great friends. There were some speed bumps, but right to the end, we were friends. Early on, he took me to Detroit and introduced me to people at Ford, GM, Chrysler, and AMC. He'd introduce you to guys your own age, mostly engineers, saying, "As they go up in their careers, you'll go with them," and that's exactly what happened. It was the same with the races. We went to Daytona in 1965 and Ray said, "Now, this is going to be a test." I was thinking he meant the story angle, but he didn't make any arrangements for me. He left it up to me. I figured out the travel from the Petersen travel lady and got that. When I showed up at Daytona, Goodyear had just put up the Goodyear Tower, the place to be with VIPs, execs, food, and all that. Ray had passes to the suite, and I was following him and George Hurst up to the security checkpoint. The gal at the desk looked at me and asked him, "Is he with you?" Ray looked right at me and said, "I've never seen him before." Then he turned to me and said, "This is another test. If you can find your way in here, legally and not on my coattails, you'll move up a couple of notches." He and George walked up and got a drink and left me standing there. The girl at the counter said, "Who was that mean son of a gun?" That's my boss. So I walked back to the pits and started doing my job.
That night, I went to a party at the Daytona Plaza Hotel and this guy walked up to me and said, "Hey, you're Eric Dahlquist. I'm so and so from Goodyear PR and I have something for you. I couldn't get this to you before the race," and he handed me my pass to the tower. I had done some circle-track stuff in HOT ROD, and he had read it. The pass had a number on it, and I asked him, "Just for curiosity, does Ray Brock have a higher or lower number?" He said, "He's got a higher number, 135, I think." That meant they made my pass before his. The next day at lunchtime, I started walking to the tower and Ray is in front of me, turns around and says, "Now Eric, I told you yesterday, we're not going to bring you up here." I said, "Ray, don't worry about it. If I go to jail, you guys can either bail me out or not." I deliberately waited while they went upstairs, then I went up. Ray's at the bar with somebody and sees me, and says, "What are you doing up here? Did you sweet-talk your way past that girl? Because if you did, you're going to have to leave." By this time a few people had gathered, and I told him, "'I have just as much a right to be here as anyone, including you," and I showed him my pass and made sure he and everyone else knew mine had a lower number. Everybody laughed. The point of this story is that Ray would never hold anyone's hand. You had to figure out things on your own.
HRM] What are some memorable stories you did in HOT ROD?
ED] I did the first Street Hemi for HOT ROD, in 1966, I think ["Plenty Hot The Hemi," Jan. 1966 issue]. I went to Detroit and got a prototype car, and Jack Watson and I went out street racing in it. We had four races. Four cars abreast, I mean, it was something. We shut everybody down, and the only thing that was even close was a 1963 Max Wedge 413 in a Satellite or something. We raced that guy like four or five times, and I don't think he had ever been beaten. We pulled off in a parking lot, and he wanted to look at the engine right away.
HRM] When you witnessed the decline of the muscle car in the '70s, did you realize that years later the '60s were eventually going to be looked back at as "the golden era" of muscle cars?
ED] Not at the time. It didn't seem like it would ever end. I got there at HOT ROD at just the perfect time, because the GTO had just come out, the 442, the 396 Chevelle, then the ponycars, the Mustang and the Camaro, and then all the rest of the stuff, the GS400 and all that. It was just baboom, baboom, baboom, and everything got better every year or half a year. Then, in December 1969, I think, at Motor Trend we ran a cover of the Ford with a "shotgun engine" [Boss 429] in it, the yellow Daytona car. The Superbird had just come out with the wing and the Hemi, and the Dodge Daytona 500. It just looked like these things were going to fly because every moment they were dropping down out of the sky like those dandelion parachutes it seemed like. And American Motors! The SC Rambler, what?! [laughs] It didn't seem like it would ever end, and all of a sudden, it was gone, just about that quick, too. It was hit with the insurance, the emissions, the recession, the crash testing, all that stuff. In 1973-'74, it was all gone by then. And shortly afterward, you could buy any of these things for 500 bucks, which is what we all should have done, but you couldn't give a Hemi away. It was a great time, though. Thank God I was there. It was just absolutely the best.
HRM] Do you feel like it's more expensive in relative terms than it was back then? Is a new car more expensive to today's 20-year-old than it was to a 20-year-old in 1968?
ED] Oh yeah, no question. If you think about the Beach Boys song "409": "I saved my nickels and I saved my dimes..." Those kids were working in a Ralphs market as box boys and had GTOs. Not many box boys today could afford one of today's muscle cars. In 1971, I was living down the street from where I am now, within 1,200 feet, I guess. I was married, had four kids in private school, my wife didn't work, we took vacations, and I did it on $1,200 a month. We put groceries on the table, paid the house payment, did the whole thing, and did it on $1,200 a month. Milk was 22 cents a quart or something, gas was 30 cents a gallon, my house payment was $234, and taxes weren't much. This is in Sherman Oaks, south of Ventura Boulevard on Valley Vista Boulevard—OK, corner lot, nice place—and $234 a month. [Ed note: No current editor of HOT ROD could ever hope to afford what that area costs now.] The ability for people to earn in the middle class has been diminished since 1980. They're still relatively earning what they did in 1970, and we're in 2013.
HRM] What types of cars did you prefer to test? If you had a chance to drive a Street Hemi or a Ferrari Daytona, which would you choose?
ED] That's another thing that the writers today [forget when] writing [about] this stuffpeople couldn't have cared less when the 427 Cobra came out. We had one in the garage, and nobody wanted to drive it. You ever drive a 427 Cobra? They're hot. They're pure horsepower, and they're fun for a block or two, but after thatso nobody drove it. Even a Hemi, you had to change plugs just about every time you drove the things. They were race cars; they weren't really pleasant to drive. So I liked driving Mercedes and BMWs, they're nice cars.
My favorite new car of all time that I drove in testing was a 400 Ram Air Firebird in 1968. We did a story, and I think it was a cover headline. That was just the sweetest car. It was well balanced, everything worked, the shifter, everything just worked. Every once in a while a car comes along where everything is just perfect. All the tolerances line up, you know; it's just the way it comes out. You know, a car built on Wednesday as opposed to a car built on Friday, that kind of thing. And that was one. Of course, a 1967 427 Corvette, that was a sweetheart of a car. We had a yellow and black one. It was a nice car to drive. It wasn't brutal like a Cobra. A Cobra was just brutal, and that Sunbeam Tiger—I had to drive one of those to Carlsbad on a summer afternoon to test it, and by the time I got to Carlsbad my right leg was burnt to a crisp. The thing was hot, the ventilation was poor, the air roared over you. Nobody mentions that much today 'cause they're worth so much. But that was not a nice car, and the Cobra would sit down there because it was too hot to drive.
HRM] What was the biggest turd?
ED] HmmmmI think the 1971 American Motors Matador. That was not good at all. It was white with blue stripes and it was parked down at the 8490 [Sunset Boulevard] building in the garage, and it sort of got lost for a year. Nobody drove the thing. It was really bad. It was like mush. Nothing seemed to work; the radio wasn't any good. It stays in my mind.
HRM] Any other good muscle-car stories?
ED] The Cobra Jet Mustang was fun. I went back to the East Coast on a road trip for, I think, the Road Runner, and I had been talking to different engineers at Ford in its high-performance area about what it was doing. Ford kind of missed the muscle-car era in the beginning. The 390 Fairlane really wasn't anything. Ford should have been right at the forefront, but it wasn't. Bill Holbrook had a group that was putting cars together with truck parts, different blocks, and they worked pretty well, and he told me about a dealer in Rhode Island, Tasca. So I went to see Bob Tasca and his guys, some of whom I'm still in contact with, believe it or not. They showed me something called the King of the Road, and I did a story on their car for HOT ROD and showed the pieces that went into it. It went like the hammers and was great, and it turned out Ford had all these pieces in its parts bin but just hadn't put together a car. So I did the story and talked about what went into the car and the philosophy. In the story, we put a ballot in the magazine and said, if you want a car like this, check this off and send it to Henry Ford II. We got 20,000 or so of the ballots, and I got a call from a Ford PR guy at the time who said Ford was going to build it. I said, "Can we do it first?" and he said yeah. So one day, out my window, the Ford hauler pulls up, and they had a Cobra Jet in the back, a white one. It was a bare-bones car, and it had no miles. It was freshly built, so I had to go out and put miles on it before we tested it, and Brock said, "Why don't you drive to Fresno?" So I took it to Fresno over a weekend. And this was the new thing, but the Hemi was out, the Buick GS 400, which was much nicer to drive, a lot plushier. So I loaded some of the family in the car, I put enough miles to test the car, and we ran the test at Irwindale. It ran fine, not as good as it would have run if we spent some real time with it, but we got the first story.
HRM] At Vista Group, you developed a close relationship with Pontiac and racing. Tell us about it.
ED] We were doing Pontiac's press cars, and in 1981 they had something called an image conference, and I was invited back to Ann Arbor with some other guys, including Pontiac Design Chief John Schinella and Bob Dorn the chief engineer, anyone who had something to do with Pontiac in a significant way.
This was when GM was not officially in racing, but everybody agreed that it should be, but that we couldn't do it overtly. So he asked me if I could get some guys to run our cars—we're talking Funny Cars. I went to Don Prudhomme and asked if he'd run a Pontiac Funny Car, some whole new deal based on the new '82 Firebird. The chassis was up to him, but Pontiac wanted to do the body, and the aero, and at that time not a lot of people were doing anything with aero. Pontiac had just done all of these studies with the new Firebird in the wind tunnel and knew what the aero was. GM sent a clay modeler out, and Don modeled the car, a full-size clay model. The car got built, and Don was still back and forth on it. It was the Pepsi Challenger, the yellow one. We took it down to Orange County International Raceway and made a couple of passes. The first time they really got on it hard, the thing ran straight as a string, and Don was all smiles. He knew right away what was going to happen as soon as they started getting the thing cooking. It won all over the place, set the records, and that was all out of this image conference.
Cars We've Made
"Circle your choice in the box provided, and return to: Mr. Henry Ford II, Dearborn, Michigan, 48121." That's how the infamous 1967 HRM article by Eric Dahlquist began. In the three pages that followed, Dahlquist laid out Tasca Ford's formula for a super-car Mustang. The resulting pressure from HRM readership persuaded Ford to offer the Cobra Jet Mustang for 1968.
Editors like Dahlquist deserve their fair share of credit for enticing the Motor City into building enthusiast cars. Here's a quick list of vehicles writers have "forced" the OEMs into creating by showing what a few choice parts could do for new vehicle sales:
1968 Ford Cobra Jet Mustang: "Ford's Ultimate Super Cars," HOT ROD, Nov. 1967
2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon:
2010 Ford F-150 Raptor:
2014 SRT Viper TA: "Monsters' Brawl Redux," Motor Trend, Mar. 2013


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April 19 through May 18, 2002
Organized by Heather Lustfeldt and the Artspace
New work by nearly 100 emerging artists graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute majoring in Art History, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Design, Fiber, Illustration, Interdisciplinary, New Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.
Feb. 2 through April 3, 2002
Curated by Raechell Smith, director of the Artspace, and Michel Conroy, NCECA exhibitions director
Variations of and references to the history of ceramics, painting, sculpture and site-specific installation were the focus of "Material Speculations." This exhibition included the work of nine contemporary artists who explored the evolving conception of the materiality of clay. Through recently created or new installations, each artist responded to the expansive potentials of clay as an artistic medium. Artists featured in the show included Mary Jo Bole, Sadashi Inuzuka, Walter McConnell, Jim Melchert, Jeanne Quinn, Annabeth Rosen, Deborah Sigel, Jamie Walker and Frances Whitehead.
Nov. 9 through Dec. 19, 2001
Curated by Raechell Smith, director of the Artspace
This exhibition presented an overview of prints and suites published by Landfall Press over the past three decades. Recognized as one of the foremost print workshops in the United States, Landfall Press was founded in Chicago in 1970 by Kansas City Art Institute alumnus, Jack Lemon. Over the years, Landfall Press has collaborated with a diverse set of artists to create works that reflect many stylistic and artistic visions, including representational, conceptual, political and satirical. Artists included Vito Acconci, Terry Allen, Robert Arneson, Roger Brown, Christo, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, James Drake, Vernon Fisher, Tony Fitzpatrick, Peregrine Honig, Tom Huck, Luis Jiminez, Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Jeanette Pasin-Sloane, Philip Pearlstein, Joseph Piccillo, Pat Steir, Kara Walker and William Wiley.
Sept. 7 through Oct. 24, 2001
Curated by Kate Hackman, editor at Review
The fifth annual Charlotte Street Fund exhibition honored the work of outstanding visual artists in the Kansas City area with awards and a group exhibition. This exhibition features new and recent work by the 2001 award recipients: David Ford, Lester Goldman, Leeah Joo, Eric Sall and Kati Toivanen. A Lifetime Achievement Award was also presented to Ken Ferguson, whose work was included in the exhibition.
The Kansas City Art Institute's viewbook provides an overview of KCAI's academic programs, students, faculty, alumni and campus. Download the viewbook here (PDF)


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Similar to Tell Them Tuesday in Greenville, this is Spartanburg's version. Bring your sign (or make one on-site) and join us as we show our support for 1st Amendment Rights and let others know they are not alone.
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Chad Michael Murray and Kenzie Dalton End Engagement - Breakups, Couples, One Tree Hill, Chad Michael Murray : People.comChad Michael Murray and Kenzie Dalton End Engagement
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Former One Tree Hill costars Chad Michael Murray and Kenzie Dalton have ended their seven-year-long engagement.
The pair, who got engaged in 2006, "quietly parted ways earlier in the year," Murray's rep tells PEOPLE.
Murray, 32, met Dalton, 25, in 2005 when she had a walk-on role as a high school cheerleader on the show.
Murray was previously married to his One Tree Hill costar Sophia Bush, but she filed court papers seeking an annulment five months after their April 2005 wedding. By the time their divorce was finalized at the end of 2006, Murray was already engaged to Dalton.
Murray may have already moved on he was spotted leaving the Chateau Marmont in L.A. on Wednesday night with his Left Behind costar, Australian actress Nicky Whelan.


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Imagine a library where the director makes all the decisions and controls every last detail of the organization. The director is, of course, benevolent, well informed and creative, with unimpeachable judgment. Have you ever encountered this library in real life? Probably not because, in reality, we only have full control of very small projects. With anything else, we have to turn to stakeholders, both inside and outside the library. We need their support, funding, advice and approval. The following resources can help you talk about technology with some of the biggest "library stakeholders."
Funders, Politicians and Other Key Decision Makers
The governor has just walked through the door, along with Bill Gates and the Pope. Quick, say something! This is your chance to get some money for your new building! In management jargon, you're face to face with some "key decision makers." Of course, every decision maker has different values and interests, so there's no script that works in every situation. But a few pieces of advice will serve you well:
- For a good introduction to this delicate topic, see this article on Talking to Power at the WebJunction site.
- Also, take a look at Key Decision Makers which tells you how to locate major players and uncover their interests.
- Keep in mind that talking to key decision makers is just one part of the larger process of advocating for your library, demonstrating your library's value and building partnerships. There are a slew of great articles on this topic in WebJunction's Funding Strategies section.
IT Department and Other Technology Employees
See Talking with Techies for details.
Colleagues and Supervisors
Mary Niederlander at http://librarysupportstaff.com has compiled an excellent collection of quotes and links about Coworker Relationships and Communication. Also, check out Michael Stephens' Ten Steps to Ensure Staff Buy-in for Technology Projects.
The subject of communicating with vendors is covered in Vendor Selection and Management, which discusses the purchasing equation.
The right technology consultant can make or break a new initiative. Sometimes, you can "fake it until you make it." In other words, you can struggle with a new technology project or a new subject and figure it out as you go along. But sometimes, you just don't have the time, and even if you feel equal to the task, it's sometimes useful to get an outsider's perspective. However, if you hire the wrong consultant and give him or her too much control, you've just thrown away a lot of time and money.
TechSoup has several excellent articles to help you get started. Read the following articles, roughly in the order listed:
- Do You Really Need a Consultant?
- Defining the Consultant Project
- Choosing the Right Consultant
- Writing a Contract
- Managing a Consultant
A lot of the conversations we have with patrons happen informally and spontaneously while answering reference questions. The same rules apply to these situations as during any reference interview. However, if you run into tricky situations, you can also look at our advice on Talking with Non-Techies, or you can look at WebJunction's resources on Patron Technology Training.
One specific situation…and challenging conversation…that often arises in libraries is the unsolicited computer donation. Accepting an outdated PC can actually end up costing you money as you struggle to upgrade it and replace parts. Also, a library full of mismatched, nonstandardized computers can be frustrating and time-consuming to support and maintain. Consider creating a written donation policy that outlines what you'll accept and what you won't accept. For more advice, see TechSoup's Donated Computers for Non-Profits and Six Tips for Accepting and Rejecting Donated Equipment.
Stories from the Field
Communicating with library boards
So I usually go to the board meetings, and a lot of them are not really technically minded and they kind of trust me; it's like, well, we know that Matt knows what's good for the library. And so I don't make outrageous requests, and they're pretty good about it. But just having an open dialogue so that everyone along the way knows what it is we're doing. Last year, I was asking for a lot of money for a program called VSpaces, which was a federated search portal application. And it's like, if you went to a board and said, 'I want this amount of money for a VSpace; it's a federated search platform.' They're going to say, 'I don't know what that is.' So as long as my accounting department knows what it is, the director knows what it is and the board knows what it is, those communications are there. I think that makes a big difference. And sometimes, you have board members who are resistant to things, and we've had board members in the past who questioned everything and wanted details about why did you buy this many computers and why was it over this amount? And it's just a matter of working with them on communication.Matt Beckstrom
Lewis & Clark Public Library, MT
Communicating with consultants
I sort of played dumb when I called the companies and asked what they would charge per hour and how they would support us. I had one man, I can't remember, it was a couple of years ago. And I told him what we were running on our servers and how many servers we had. He kept saying, 'Well, you have to upgrade to Server 2003' or something like that, and he said, 'I can do that for you.' So I said, 'Well, we can't upgrade to Server 2003 because our library automation system has said they're not supporting that yet. They will eventually, but at the moment, they can't.' But it was like he didn't listen. He just kept saying, 'But you need to upgrade to that.' So I wrote him off right off the bat. I just said flat out, 'We're not interested in using you as a company because you're not listening to me. And you're trying to sell me things that I can't use right now.' So I think that was sort of a combination of not listening and not really understanding the library part of it.Becky Heils
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From Dailymail: "The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism.
"Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult.
"They have introduced courses for priests to combat what they call the most extreme form of "Godlessness."
"Each bishop is to be told to have in his diocese a number of priests trained to fight demonic possession.
"The initiative was revealed by 82-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican "exorcistinchief," to the online Catholic news service Petrus.
"Thanks be to God, we have a Pope who has decided to fight the Devil head-on," he said.
"Too many bishops are not taking this seriously and are not delegating their priests in the fight against the Devil. You have to hunt high and low for a properly trained exorcist.
"Thankfully, Benedict XVI believes in the existence and danger of evil - going back to the time he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." The CDF is the oldest Vatican department and was headed by Benedict from 1982, when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, until he became Pope in 2005.
"Father Amorth said that during his time at the department Benedict had not lost the chance to warn humanity of the risk from the Devil.
"He said the Pope wants to restore a prayer seen as protection against evil that was traditionally recited at the end of Catholic Masses. The prayer, to St Michael the Archangel, was dropped in the 1960s by Pope John XXIII.
"The prayer is useful not only for priests but also for lay people in helping to fight demons," he said.
"Father Paolo Scarafoni, who lectures on the Vatican's exorcism course, said interest in Satanism and the occult has grown as people lost faith with the church.
"He added: "People suffer and think that turning to the Devil can help solve their problems. We are being bombarded by requests for exorcisms."
"The Vatican is particularly concerned that young people are being exposed to the influence of Satanic sects through rock music and the Internet.
"In theory, under the Catholic Church's Canon Law 1172, all priests can perform exorcisms. But in reality only a select few are assigned the task.
"Under the law, practitioners must have "piety, knowledge, prudence, and integrity of life."
"The rite of exorcism involves a series of gestures and prayers to invoke the power of God and stop the "demon" influencing its victim."


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Shania Twain Reacts to Supreme Court's DOMA Decision
On Tuesday (June 26), the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional, clearing the way for married gay couples to receive tax, health and pension benefits. Shania Twain was among the first of a few country stars to celebrate the decision.
Congratulations to everyone celebrating #equality today in the U.S. #loveislove
— Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain) June 26, 2013
Others who heralded the decision include Jaron Lowenstein of Jaron and the Long Road to Love and Chely Wright, who married wife Lauren Blitzer in 2011.
Twain's tweet is something of a surprise, because the superstar has rarely -- if ever -- taken a stand on matters of politics. She follows Carrie Underwood in supporting the rights of same sex couples in America.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It may be Christmas time, but giving knows no season for members of the Lipscomb Athletic Department.
Throughout the year mission trips are planned by various athletic teams. Thursday afternoon 15 members of the Lipscomb cross country and track and field teams and five others left for Haiti where they will spend a week working at the Cap-Haitian Children's Home. The administrators of the home are Jillian and Hunter Kittrell, both from Nashville and graduates of Lipscomb University. Cap-Haitian is located on the north coast of Haiti.
Assistant coach Jenny Randolph was part of a mission trip to Cap-Haitian in August. She is anxious to make a return trip.
"Before we had even left in August we knew we wanted to come back," Randolph said. "I can't wait to hug all of those kids again.
"You really make relationships. Even though you are only there a week you become friends with these kids. Now with Facebook and things like this we can talk with them and keep up with them, but it will be awesome to see them all again."
There is little time for relaxation. A number of activities are already scheduled. The area has sustained heavy damage from hurricanes this year.
"We will definitely do some construction projects," Randolph said. "They had a lot of flood damage after the hurricanes. We will do whatever we can do to help get them back on their feet. We will also incorporate sports into the lives of the kids with a field day and soccer and basketball tournaments."
The library at the orphanage was damaged by the hurricanes. The teams have been collecting books for a couple of weeks for the children and will deliver those as part of the trip. The group will also carry supplies which will remain in Haiti.
"It is complete poverty outside the walls of the orphanage," Randolph said. "The last time a typical day for us was to get up at 6 a.m. to run before breakfast. We ate breakfast and then started immediately on projects.
"The kids have a pretty set schedule. We ate dinner at 6 and after dinner we would play a big group game. The little kids have bedtime at 8:30 and the older kids go to bed at 10. We are out in the sun running around with the kids all day. We go back to our dorm, have a team meeting and devo and then everyone is immediately asleep."
The athletes participating in the trip are Katie Bunker, Missy Dowd, Kellie Foley, Tessa Hoefle, Miranda Klein, Maggie Lawrence, Alex Newby, Lacey Printz, Brenna Thompson, Dani Walker, Laura Beth Westrate, Austin Casassa, Colin Dempster, Ryan Gadsey and Alexander McMeen
Steven Mason, strength and conditioning coach; and his wife Louisa Van Batavia Mason are helping to lead the trip. Also going is Steve Hoefle, father of Lipscomb standout runner Tessa Hoefle.
Only five of the members of the mission team have been to Haiti before.
The group plans to spend Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The flight to Cap-Haitian leaves at 6 a.m. Friday. The group returns Dec. 21.
Bill Taylor, head coach for the cross country and track and field teams, will be making his first mission trip to Haiti. In the past the teams have also been to Los Angeles and Belize on mission trips.
"We will be on the ground at the orphanage in the morning," Taylor said. "I don't know what to expect. You can't put imagination with reality. I am trying to keep very open about everything.
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Last week saw the culmination of the "Monsters of Rock Event", featuring Bernie Tormé, hosted by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in partnership with The Open University. I must say it was a super night. If you were unable to attend, here's a little window into what took place on the evening. Click on the burning guitar to see Bloomberg TV's report with Owen Thomas on the evening. Bloomberg have 300 million viewers worldwide which is a mind boggling number:
BBC Radio 4's Melanie Abbott also attended and put this splendid feature together on their flagship You & Yours Programme:
To my surprise, the event was also featured on BBC One News by the wonderful Mark Norman:
Riffs and Myths of Leadership also featured on BBC 6 Music, The NME, The Independent, Gibson Guitars, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, The Sunday Express, The Belfast Telegraph, Planet Rock Radio and many other media, so if anyone is looking to make an impact out there, do get in touch. This prompted my good friend, Richard Strange, the "Godfather of Punk" to ask me to get off the media so other people could have a chance! 🙂
We also had an extremely diverse audience, ranging from Academia to Pharmaceuticals, HR Specialists, Industrial Entrepreneurs, Insurance, Construction, Railways and even Lloyds of London. People came from as far afield as Malta, The Midlands and The Isle of Man for the event. So, what did they get? Here's a few remarks:
"Inspirational – a structured delivery of key management tenets through the art of rock music. The potential for chaos and mayhem reinforced the learning points – risk mitigation came in the form of common understanding, shared direction, a teamworking ethic and the freedom to demonstrate and develop creativity. Net result – a fun-filled, thought provoking learning experience. If you get the chance, take it or regret another missed opportunity to live your business life in the fast lane …….. Peter Cook (and his band of associates) rock the business world!"
Neil Smith, Oxford Brookes University
So, big thanks to Vicky Nolan at O2 for playing drums, singing and playing harp, Guy Cresswell of Promuseast for providing the lighting, John Howitt, international session musician and or course to Bernie Tormé for his superb guitar playing and good humour.
Of course, If you would like to have a micro experience of our work or maybe a 24 hour strategy retreat, please contact us. On the horizon are a sales team conference with Scott Mc Gill, improvisational jazz guitarist and a creativity masterclass with Richard Strange. I'm off for a well-deserved beer with Bernie this evening to discuss opportunities on the horizon with Google, a trip to Romania and a well-known pharmaceutical company …


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Sean wrote:Does anyone know if an English translation of the Condor Heroes trilogy exists? I have no interest (not to mention the lack of knowledge) to read it in Chinese. If there are no English translations...I guess I'll just watch the TV series.
No, but Book and the Sword as well as The Deer and the Cauldron have both been translated, and superbly so too. Except it's impossible to find a copy of the 3rd volume of Deer.


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The Illinois insurance executive accused of making clandestine videos of bombshell sportscaster Erin Andrews has pleaded not guilty to making tapes.
Michael Barrett entered the plea Monday in federal court to one count of interstate stalking.
The 48-year-old Barrett remains free after posting a higher-than-expected bond Friday of $100,000. Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn Turchin set the amount after Andrews' attorney called Barrett's alleged behavior calculated, cunning and secretive and said he posed a threat to the public.
Barrett was arrested in October at Chicago's O'Hare airport after it became clear he had tried to sell secret video tapes of the sports reporter to celebrity Web site TMZ, the FBI said in a statement.
Prosecutors say Barrett found hotels where Andrews was staying three times last year. They say he rented an adjacent room, altered the peephole and shot videos of Andrews.
Seven of the eight videos he shot and posted online were taken through a modified door peephole while the 31-year-old Andrews was alone and undressed in hotel rooms in Nashville, Tenn., in September 2008. Investigators believe the eighth video was taken in a hotel in Milwaukee in July 2008, and that Barrett actually altered the peephole in that hotel.
Barrett's attorney has said his client has no criminal record and has deep regret for the circumstances that have prompted the charges.


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Scalia the Unlikely Swing Vote in Big Workers Rights Case
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Harris v. Quinn, the case regarding the forced unionization of home healthcare workers in Illinois (and by extension the 10 other states with similar laws). To me this is a pretty easy case: just because the state is paying these workers through its Medicaid program doesn't mean it employs them — just like my doctor isn't employed by my health‐insurance company — which means that it can't force them to pay dues to a union that negotiates Medicaid reimbursement rates.
Like most of the labor cases in recent years, however, this one is likely to go 5–4. The so‐called "liberal" justices were all openly hostile to the workers' position, so the challengers will have to sweep the rest of the bench of to win. Fortunately, such an outcome is more than possible — though much will depend on the thinking of Justice Scalia, who was hostile to everyone.
The argument began in a frustrating manner, with a focus on the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, and whether a union asking for a pay increase was different from an individual public‐sector employee (a policeman, say) asking for the same raise. Justice Scalia correctly pointed out that this wasn't really the right at issue here, but he further confused the matter in distinguishing the right to petition from the First Amendment (when in fact that right is found in that amendment). He meant to invoke the First Amendment right to the freedoms of speech and association, but also indicated that he was prepared to give the government plenty of leeway when it was acting as an employer.
Justice Alito was the most skeptical of the union/government position, pointing out that unions don't necessarily act in all workers' interest, even when they succeed in negotiating certain "gains." For example, a productive young worker might prefer merit pay to tenure provisions or a defined‐benefit pension plan. Chief Justice Roberts was similarly concerned about administering the line between those union expenses that could be "charged" even to nonmembers (because related to collective bargaining) versus those that can't because they involve political activity. Justice Kennedy, meanwhile, noted that in this era of growing government, increasing the size and cost of the public workforce is more than simple bargaining over wages and benefits; it's "a fundamental issue of political belief." In no other context could a government seek to compel its citizens to subsidize such speech. A worker who disagrees with the union view on these political questions is still made to subsidize it.
It was also heartening to see that the continuing vitality of Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) was in play. That case established that, in the interest of "labor peace," a state could mandate its employees' association with a union, forcing them to subsidize that union's speech and submit to it as their exclusive representative for negotiating with the government regarding their employment. (Abood simply assumed, without further analysis, that the Supreme Court had recognized labor peace as a compelling interest.)
Justices Breyer and Kagan were particularly concerned that so many employers and unions had relied on the Abood doctrine over the years, so touching it would implicate significant reliance interests. But overruling or severely limiting Abood would only be one more step in the Court's trend of protecting individual workers from having to support political activities. More workers could thus opt out of supporting a labor union — but if unions truly provide valuable services for their members, few workers would do so.
Of course, the Court could shy away from touching Abood and simply rule that being paid by state funds alone isn't sufficient to make someone a state employee. Such a position might more easily attract Justice Scalia's vote — and that of Chief Justice Roberts, who goes out of his way to rule narrowly — even if it leaves unresolved some of the contradictions at the heart of the jurisprudence in this area, such as the duty of courts to police the murky line between "chargeable" and "nonchargeable" union expenses.
For more on the case, see George Will's recent op‐ed and the Wall Street Journal's editorial.


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Etaria had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
2 winnaars werden geselecteerd uit 64 ontwerpen ingezonden door18 freelance designers.
Classy logo needed for crochet website. Runner up compensation also offered.
Crochet Garden
Boutique quality patterns
Desired Color Scheme:
Open to almost all colors, but am a fan of coffee/natural/earthy colors, no neon colors
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fonts/art/ used, vector format, psd with high reso. layers, tif with high reso. layers & whatever else you think I may need
I began designing crochet patterns a couple years ago and now stay at home with my kids designing. The Crochet Garden is now in its second year of business, and continues to expand even more each week. This would be the first logo for the Crochet Garden.
Through Sitepoint forums and lots of questions, I now have recoded the website although not perfect, but close to how I am wanting it to look. You can see the site here: http://www.crochetgarden.com
One does not necessarily have to go with the "theme" of the site, but the logo should complement it somehow. I am pretty much open as I think there are many ways to approach the logo. I definitely know what I do not like and that is the following:
No neon colors
No cartoon-look
No bubbly/comic-book like feel
No sterile business look
Not too sure on pastels but again, I am open.
The feel for the website I was/am trying to achieve and thus would want to extend into the logo is a classy, calm but rich feel... As if one could smell the cedar, see the luster of old english, etc. Upscale, and not necessarily feminine. There are men who crochet as well. I want something creative, unique, stylish. While it should be professional, I do not a cold/business look. Browse the site, especially the patterns section and that may give you more insight.
The winner also may be contacted down the line for more work for website buttons, revamp of header etc.
More Insight to the business:
With my crochet designs, I am trying to take on a new "era" of crochet. I chose the name Crochet Garden because my patterns are like a garden. My designs are highly unique and the finished products look like items from top-of-the-line stores or top quality boutiques. With that in mind, the logo should extend this. Also, the crochet garden is indeed growing. I have now have my first advertisement in one of the biggest circulating crochet magazines, as well as a solid reputation in the internet world. The goal will be to start expanding more into the paper world and thus it is now really time to get a logo.
The site header uses Beachman Script but you do not have to use that. I do like scripts that are legible, but do not restrict yourself to those types of fonts in that I want your creative vibes to feel free. The header also has within it these dingbats.. I do have permission from the original designer to use them for whatever purposes I choose. This is up to you if you want to use them, I leave the design completely up to you. You can download them here if you wish: http://www.crochetgarden.com/dingbat
What logo will be used for:
A button on the page people can use to link to
Business cards
Printing on T-shirts, mugs etc.
On patterns themselves
(Thus needs to be high scalable)
Signed release of copyright will also be needed.
Since I work through the home and am constantly on the computer you will receive prompt feedback.. This is my first contest but I have been watching this forum for quite a while eagerly anticipating the day I finally hold a contest. So I am just as excited as you hopefully are, and am a firm believer communication is essential.
If I cannot make a decision between 2 logos, I will also offer to purchase both for the full prize of $100.00 each, that is if 2 winners are allowed.
Again this is my first contest, so if you need more information or have any questions, please ask away! And I apologize if I was too wordy in this description! :)
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GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) American Alison Walshe birdied the 17th hole in an opening-round 6-under 66 that gave her a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda at the Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines on Friday.
Korda, the daughter of former tennis player Petr Korda, won last year's Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne in a playoff for her first LPGA Tour victory.
Spain's Belen Mozo, Australia's Stacy Keating, American Dori Carter and Thailand's Nontaya Srisawang were two strokes behind with 68s.
Walshe was born in Ireland but moved to the United States when she was 3. She is in her third year on the U.S. tour.
``I guess it was luck of the draw being late, but it was all right,'' Walshe said of her afternoon start when the course had dried out after heavy rains.
``I was up early because of the jet lag, so I had some coffee and went to the gym, and then I got here, had some lunch and warmed up. It wasn't too bad actually.''
Seven-time champion Karrie Webb was in a large group four shots back in the season-opening event of the Ladies European Tour and Australian circuit.
Cheyenne Woods, Tiger Woods' niece, shot 74.
``It's nice to have the first round of the season under my belt and for it to be a good one, but still a lot of rust to shake off,'' said Korda, who held the clubhouse lead for most of the day before Walshe's late surge.
The European and Australian tours will team again next week for the New Zealand Women's Open in Christchurch, then join the LPGA Tour the following week for the Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra.


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File this one under "Really? I mean, really?"
From the Huffington Post:
LONDON — A Jane Austen museum said Monday it has received 100,000 pounds ($155,000) from an anonymous benefactor to help it buy the writer's ring back from singer Kelly Clarkson.
Earlier this month, the British government placed a temporary export ban on the gold-and-turquoise ring in the hope that money could be found to keep it in Britain.
The Jane Austen's House museum said it had raised 103,200 pounds of the 152,450-pound asking price since launching a fundraising campaign on Friday, most of it from a single anonymous donation.
"We are two-thirds of the way there in 48 hours, which is tremendous, but we're not there yet," said museum fundraiser Louise West.
The author of "Pride and Prejudice," who died at age 41 in 1817, left the ring to her sister Cassandra. It remained in the family until it was sold at a Sotheby's auction last year.
The museum at Austen's former home in Chawton, southern England, had hoped to buy the ring last year but was outbid when it sold for five times the estimated price.
Clarkson – an Austen fan who owns a first edition of the author's novel "Persuasion" – was the successful buyer. But she has been prevented from taking the ring home to the U.S. by a power that allows the British government to temporarily halt the export of works judged to be national treasures.
The museum has until December to raise the rest of the money, and Clarkson has agreed to sell the ring should a buyer come forward.
West said the situation is a shame for Clarkson, "but the ring should stay in this country, because there is so little of Austen's personal effects left."
West said the museum had invited the 2002 "American Idol" winner to come visit the next time she is in Britain. She said Clarkson's interest in the author was another sign that Austen's popularity remains strong, 200 years after she published her most famous novel, "Pride and Prejudice."
"It is very good for Jane Austen PR that a young, famous American pop star expresses a love for her," West said.


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FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- A drug may be able to dampen part of the body's immune response so infections can be fought without a resulting overkill that may cause the person to perish, a new study says.
The compound sphingosine analog AAL-R, when administered directly into the lungs of mice, helped mitigate the cytokine response, a common immune reaction that can sometimes be so strong that it can harm as much as help, according to a report published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A severe "cytokine storm" can flood and clog the lung's alveoli with infection-fighting cells, making it so oxygen can no longer be properly absorbed by the body.
When administered to mice with the flu virus, the compound helped to temper the cytokine effect enough to prevent harm to the rodent while still allowing the body to fight the infection.
"Even though this compound does not kill the virus itself, the immunopathologic response was significantly impaired," study co-leader Dr. Michael Oldstone, of The Scripps Research Institute, said in a news release issued by the facility.
The researchers believe their findings may help prevent a much-feared pandemic of the H5N1 virus, more commonly known as bird flu, and the spreading of other deadly lung infections by helping make treatment more effective without harming the patient.
"We know that many of those who died in the 1918 influenza pandemic were young people, those with the strongest immune systems whose bodies mounted the strongest immunopathologic responses," Oldstone said. "Our hope is that our current research will yield answers about how to treat this kind of immune response not only in influenza, but also in other viral diseases such as hantavirus and SARS, in which pulmonary infiltration is severe."
They plan to study how sphingosine analog AAL-R receptors work and test combination therapy, such as adding Tamiflu to the compound, as a way to kill the virus while managing the immunopathologic response.
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Bernie Clark welcomed the attendees of Schwab Impact in Washington Monday morning by encouraging advisors to "start thinking about the next generation of clients," which he also called "the now generation," saying that "they'll be harder to engage and will interact with you in different ways."
Citing research from its just-released semiannual Independent Advisor Outlook Study (IAOS) of 800 RIAs, Clark said advisors expect that generation to employ "multiple advisors" and to "expect smart, intuitive, evolving technology" from those advisors. There will be increased competition for RIAs which, while "strong," will also "validate the RIA model."
That research found that advisors also expect competition will come from two new developments: large, regional RIA firms and online advice providers.
He also cited the latest IAOS study to point out that only 19% of advisors are under 40, and that advisors themselves recognize the "need for a more diverse workforce."
As for Schwab's technology initiatives, Clark said Schwab Performance Technologies has released in pilot form a white-labeled, mobile app for advisors' clients called Schwab OpenView Mobile. Neesha Hathi, Schwab's senior vice president for advisor technology solutions, noted in a breakout session later Monday morning that mobile technology was necessary to reach both the current crop of clients and the next generation, with some estimates suggesting that 80% of web browsing will be done on mobile devices by 2025.
OpenView Mobile will be more broadly rolled out, Hathi said, in the first quarter of 2014. It will provide clients with access to their Schwab accounts, along with other information that the advisor will be able to pick and choose depending on the clients' needs and capabilities, all under the advisory firm's name, not Schwab's. It will be available for for both Apple and Android operating systems.
The second tech initiative of note is something called Project PM2, a portfolio management software application that will reside in the cloud and will more closely integrate with Schwab's existing custodial platform. Clark also announced advances on e-signatures and a wire transfer tool for mobile devices, both in pilot now, slated to become more widely available to Schwab advisors "early next year."
On one other initiative, Clark said that more than 1,000 affiliated RIAs had signed up to be listed on Schwab's RIA Stands for You Advisor Directory at RIAStandsForYou.com where investors can search for an advisor geographically.
Clark then turned to Schwab's advocacy efforts on behalf of RIAs, saying "we've engaged aggressively" with regulators this year on the proposed harmonization of RIA and broker-dealer regulations.
Harmonization, he said, "feels like dragging us back into the past" and would "add $1 billion in expenses" to the industry without providing any appreciable benefits to end clients. While Clark said Schwab was talking to regulators and legislators regularly, he called on RIAs to "write letters to your members of Congress, visit them and tell them about your business and what makes your model so right for the investors you serve."
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FBI urges search in Michelle Parker case
150 volunteers search for missing woman; Bones recovered
ORLANDO, Fla. – At the FBI's urging, police again searched near the Carter Glen condominiums for Michelle Parker, who has been missing since 2011.
Sunday's search re-ignited near the Carter Glen condominiums, where Parker's ex-fiance, Dale Smith, lives. Some bones were recovered in the search, but it's not known if they're human remains.
Investigators call Smith the prime suspect in her disappearance. Smith has not been arrested and has custody of their twins.
Parker was reported missing after an episode of the TV show "The People's Court" aired, featuring the two in a dispute over her engagement ring.
Outside the front gates, volunteers held signs letting people passing by know that that was the area where Parker was last seen on Nov. 17, 2011, at 3:16 p.m.
Less than a mile away, Orlando police officers and search dogs scoured the wooded area off Goldenrod Road in the Lee Vista area for any sign of the missing mom.
Blocks away, more volunteers wearing Parker's face on their shirts headed into the woods by Lake Moss Park.
Even though some of these areas have been searched before, police said the FBI urged detectives to comb the area again.
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There is such a thing as too much pretty. One can only stare into the face of Commander Shepard and friends so long before becoming overwhelmed. Perhaps that's why BioWare left us this tiny slice of ugly—to keep us grounded.
I love the little shortcuts that go into developing a game on the scale of Mass Effect 3. Developers don't need to waste time on things like party-goers on a completely unreachable area. Who's going to look there, anyway?
If anything the area serves as a monument to all the folks that worked their asses off to make Mass Effect 3 look and play as well as it does; a way of saying "aren't you glad it doesn't look like this?"
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