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W. Phillip Keller who is the author of A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 (1970), grew up and lived in East Africa surrounded by herders. He explains that much of what happens resembles those in the Middle East. He writes that for eight years he was a sheep owner and sheep rancher. Keller who was engrossed with the stories of the Bible uses natural phenomena to provide insights into supernatural truth. He points out that present day city dwellers will miss many biblical teachings because they are unable to relate to nomadic folks that live simple lives.
Keller brings to bear a shepherd's insight to this Psalm. He empathizes with David himself and refers to Psalm 23 as "David's Hymn of Praise to Divine Diligence." In "I shall not want," God points out that in our lives like that of sheep, we will be free from friction for he has prepared an ideal banquet for our every need. As he leads us to "still waters," He does not want us to toil on dry, semi-arid country without having deep, clean and pure water to drink. This is ideal for sheep that is grazing.
He "restores my soul." Much of this happens when sheep becomes distressed, but here is God ready to comfort them and give them rest. In "paths of righteousness," God is the assurance that his flock will strive. Even as they "walk through the valley," is an indication that our savior knows first hand the terrain of our lives, just like any shepherd that leads his sheep in mountainous territory.
"Thy rod and thy staff" will bring the sheep comfort as they are guided by a loving and caring savior. "Thou preparest a table," Keller feels this is similar to the feast like on Table Mountain near Cape Town, Africa. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life," is the everlasting care exercised over the sheep. "I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever," climaxes this proud and joyous Psalm.
Psalm 23 is considered the nightingale of Psalms. It is the epitome of feeding, guiding, governing and defending the sheep. Its climax terminates in everlasting rest, not one with sorrow and pain, but joy, hope and pleasure. We can say, "O death, where is thy sting." "Thy rod dost comfort me," as we journey feeding from His Holy Word. Now we reach the zenith and are guests of His everlasting banquet. Keller has captured it all in this wonderful book.


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Black men with very low-risk prostate cancer may not do as well with a wait-and-see treatment approach as white men, scientists reveal.
Researchers found that black men who had their prostates removed soon after being diagnosed with low-risk cancer were more likely to have the severity of their cancer upgraded based on a second assessment, compared with their white counterparts.
"It's known that outcomes for African Americans with prostate cancer are not good. That's a known fact," says Dr Edward Schaeffer, the study's senior author, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
The American Cancer Society estimates about one in six US men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, and one in 36 will die of the disease.
About 20% of cancers are very low risk and it's recommended that doctors use "active surveillance" among men who are expected to live for less than 20 years, writes Dr Schaeffer.
With active surveillance, the prostate cancer is closely monitored but not treated. That allows men to avoid the potential side effects of radiation and surgery, such as incontinence and impotence. It also gives doctors a chance to intervene if the cancer worsens.
But the data used to advise doctors on who the best candidates are for active surveillance are based on studies that included mostly white men. Therefore, the guidelines may not apply to black men, who are known to have worse prostate cancer outcomes, researchers say.
For the new study, Dr Schaeffer and his colleagues analysed data on 256 black men, 1 473 white men and 72 men of other races who were diagnosed with very low-risk prostate cancer.
The men all had their prostates surgically removed at Johns Hopkins Hospital soon after they were diagnosed.
The researchers then looked at what doctors actually found when they removed the men's prostates and whether there were any differences in cancer characteristics between black men and white men.
Overall, about 27% of black men ended up having worse cancers than doctors originally thought, compared with about 14% of white men.
Researchers also found more black men had cancers that were likely to return after they were removed.
What's more, additional research from Dr Schaeffer and his colleagues, found black men tend to have larger tumours located in areas of the prostate that are not easily accessible for doctors to biopsy.
"If you have an African American man with very low-risk prostate cancer, our recommendation at this time is that they strongly consider an MRI of their prostate (to look for these tumours)," Dr Schaeffer says.

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Orange Co. Home Price Reductions
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Since hitting the market, about one-third of homes have reduced their price from their listing price since August 1st. The following chart shows the zip codes with the highest and lowest percentage price reductions as well as all zip codes in Orange Co. Click here
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Elysian Brewing Company, located in Seattle, WA, is an extremely special and unique brewery that is involved in a variety of projects, restaurants, innovative and experimental brewing styles, and also fun local events. Elysian isn't your average brewery, because in 1996 a 220-seat beer hall was opened along with the brewery. This is very much a community driven brewery with an emphasis on providing an immensely wide variety of different beers to cater to everyone's taste buds. Elysian has created over 350 different recipe variations, experimenting with a new style each week.
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We have reviewed the accompanying Corporate Sustainability Report of United Parcel Service, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company's management is responsible for the Corporate Sustainability Report.
We conducted our review in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which includes AT Section 101, Attest Engagements. A review consists principally of applying analytical procedures, considering management assumptions, methods, and findings, and making inquiries of and evaluating responses from persons responsible for corporate social and operational matters. It is substantially less in scope than an examination, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion on the Corporate Sustainability Report. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. A review of the Corporate Sustainability Report is not intended to provide assurance on the entity's compliance with laws or regulations.
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Based on our review, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Corporate Sustainability Report does not include, in all material respects, the required elements of the Global Reporting Initiative G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Framework for Application Level A; that the 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 data, and the 2007 Transportation Index baseline included therein have not been accurately derived, in all material respects, from the Company's records, or that the underlying information, determinations, estimates, and assumptions of the Company do not provide a reasonable basis for the disclosures contained therein.
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Market indexes dive but pare earlier big losses
If you're a long-term investor, you should ignore days like Wednesday's market rout. In a decade or two, it won't mean a thing. (AmericasMarkets, USA Today)
Wall Street slashed much of its steep, early losses in late trading Wednesday as bargain-hunters stepped in to buy beaten down stocks and rescue a market threatened with losing 2014's gains. But the broad market finished mostly lower as renewed fears over the slowing global economy, corporate earnings and the spreading Ebola virus rattled already spooked investors.
The Dow Jones Industrial average, which had plunged 460 points, ended down 173 points (1%) to 16,142 in yet another wild day marked by huge market and individual stock swings. The Standard & Poors 500, after an early slump of 3%, ended off 0.8% to 1862. The tech-laden Nasdaq, beaten down 2.6% in morning trading, ended off 0.3% at 4215. A bright spot: the small stock Russell 2000, up 1% to 1072, but still down 11% from a 52-week high.
Wednesday's carnage marked the Dow's fifth straight drop, the S&P 500 closing 7.4% below its Sept. 19 record high and the Nasdaq briefly touching 10% correction mode. Selling pressures began earlier in Europe, where Britain's FTSE fell 1.9% and Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 sank nearly 3% after Germany lowered its growth projections. Investors were also unnerved by fresh Ebola fears and weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data, including a Commerce Department report that September retail sales fell 0.3%, below consensus estimates.
VOLATILITY: 'Fear gauge' hits highest level since late 2011
WHAT TO DO: Financial experts advise investors to stay in the market
Volatility, dominate in 15 of the past 22 trading sessions with triple-digit point swings after months of relative calm, gripped sentiment again Wednesday, with the Dow gyrating nearly 600 points. Many investors fled for the safety Treasury bonds, briefly pushing the yield on 10-year notes to 1.85%, lowest since May 2013. Treasuries ended the day yielding 2.14%.
Selling pressure hit a broad array of stocks. Among banking and financial stocks, Bank of America, the most heavily traded stock Wednesday, dropped 4.6% to $15.76. Citigroup, fell 3.5% to $49.68, and JPMorgan lost 4.2% to $55.53.
Airline stocks were roiled by the prospects of curtailed travel due to the spreading Ebola virus, although they bounced back from early losses of 5% or more. United Continental fell 1.4% and American Airlines ended down 0.5%. Among tech stocks, Intel lost 2.7%. Apple fell 1.2% and Microsoft slipped 1%.
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BEAR MARKET?: It's here now for 29 stocks
Energy stocks, stable in early trading as crude oil prices appeared to stabilize, were roiled again as benchmark Brent crude oil slipped 2% to $83.41 a barrel, another four-year low. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1.2% to $80.90 a barrel, lowest since June 2012, in early afternoon trading, but ended unchanged at $81.78 a barrel.
Heightened Ebola fears fueled broader selling, says Carmine Grigoli, chief investment strategist at Mizuho Securities USA.
"News of a second health worker contracted Ebola raises questions about the ability of authorities to contain the spread of the virus,'' he said.
Financial experts have a few words of wisdom for investors grappling with another day of wide market swings. (MONEY, USATODAY)
"Overwhelmingly bad news is outweighing good news at the moment," says Karyn Cavanaugh, senior market strategist at Voya Investment Management. All the global growth worries are affecting the markets. This is especially the case with Germany, which has taken a rapid turn for the worse. Until now, Germany was propping up Europe. Wednesday's retail sales data was not good, either.
"It's hard to square the drop in underlying sales with the strengthening labor market and the boost to real incomes from lower gasoline prices," said Paul Diggle, an economist at Capital Economics. "As such, we expect sales growth to strengthen again before too long."
Market strategists said news that drugmaker AbbVie was reconsidering a potential $54 billion takeover of rival Shire PLC also rattled the markets.
U.S.-based AbbVie said in a release late Tuesday that recent moves by the U.S. Treasury Department to clamp down on so-called tax-inversion deals might make acquiring Dublin-based Shire less attractive. AbbVie ended up 50 cents (0.9%) to $54.63, while Shire sank 30% to $170.49.
Among the day's bright spots, protective body suit maker Lakeland Industries, up 10% to $23.60 on speculation of increased sales due to Ebola, and protective equipment maker Alpha Pro Tech, up 14% to $8.37.
Short term, a fresh round of corporate earnings reports could reverse the broad market carnage.
"I believe some decent earnings reports, which we are expecting, can help reverse this pattern, " says Christine Short of earnings tracker Estimize.
Estimize forecasts third-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies to come in at about 9%, which would represent solid growth. Still, Short says improving economic outlook in Europe and China will be needed to support long-term market strength.
Some earnings reports are pointing to disappointments, however. Netflix tumbled 26% to $333.36 in after-hours trading after disappointing subscriber growth, while eBay was off 3% at $48.68 on lower-than-expected third-quarter results.
Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, says market selling pressures may not ebb soon.
"I still think the S&P 500 needs to fall by more than 10% to reset its dials," says Stovall. "That would bring the S&P 500 down to 1810."
The S&P 500 has gone more than 36 months without a decline of 10% or more, which is more than double the 18-month average since World War II.
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Coronation Street
Here at the Lantern Pike Inn we can justifiably claim to be the cradle of the worlds longest running soap ~ Coronation Street . It was here in 1960 that Tony Warren (the creator of the street) first penned some of the early episodes of Coronation Street. Below can be seen a montage of some of the early cast. He also very kindly wrote a note confirming his Lantern Pike connection which can be seen at the bottom left hand side of the pictures.
Do you remember the mirror that was always hanging in the pub? In 1986 Granada decided to give the pub a facelift so they staged a fictional fire. All the original props were auctioned off and Mr Alan Hart, the former News of the World Showbiz journalist bid on it and won. Come along to the pub and check out this fascinating piece of TV heritage
Also part of the 1986 clearout was the very famous Rovers Return doors, again Alan Hart acquired them at the same auction. They can be seen today proudly hanging on the walls here at the Lantern Pike
Extract from The Buxton Advertiser
"The man who plays Coronation Street legend Jack Duckworth paid a visit
to the pub where the soap saga was conceived 50 years ago. Bill Tarmey, who has
filmed his final scenes as Jack, visited The Lantern Pike Inn at Little Hayfield
where the show's creator penned the first episodes back in 1960.
Bill, who was posing for photos for the serialisation of his autobiography, took a turn at pulling pints behind the bar. "It's better than the Rovers," quipped Bill. "You've got real beer here." Bill was fascinated by the memorabilia in the pub's Corrie corner. It was here that the show's creator, Tony Warren, wrote the earliest episodes of Britain's best-loved and most enduring TV programme. The actor was especially interested in seeing once again the original doors of the Rovers Return, which was destroyed in a fire started by bungling Jack in 1986. Bill, 69, who has retired after 31 years in the role, also posed for photos alongside Tom and Stella Cunliffe, the pub landlord and his wife. Said Tom: "Corrie has always been my favourite programme and Jack Duckworth is everyone's favourite character. "It was a real treat to meet him and find out what a super bloke he is in real life."
The venue was chosen for a photo session by the Daily Mirror to serialise his autobiography, "Jack Duckworth And Me," by Bill Tarmey with Alan Hart. The book was published by Simon and Schuster on October 14 and is tipped to be a best seller. "


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100,000 hits
I've estimated for about 2 months that i would hit 100,000 hits for the life of this blog just before May of this year. It will happen actually right after this is posted. What is surprising is that i got 68 hits from Japan out of first 200 hits of the day. Well if you read here regularly you would know because of Fukushima i write regularly about Japan, but none of the top pages for the day are on Japan or nukes. My only guess is people are coming to the blog and then reading lots of posts within it and they are Japanese.
So what i am thinking about doing between 100,000 and 250,000 hits – which should be by year end.
1) Start posting paper copies of the blog here at Twin Oaks in my mailbox. i have long resisted this and i think it is time to let go and print it so people who dont want to read online or are bored in the ZK lounge can read them.
2) Continue work on Elephant Journal a) Re-write of the Funological Significance/Dark Side of Burning Man piece B) Re-work of the Radical Car Share piece i will be posting soon and C) New Community Piece
3) Do the Strange Tango greatest hits of the last year. Strange Tango is this aggregation blog and art site. I appeared in it a bit over a year ago and that re-posting doubled my daily traffic. The single piece was a long posting of 17 pieces of the previous year. Which would mean selecting and brushing up a dozen or 17 pieces from the last year.
4) Do more joint projects with other authors i love: Nexus has already worked with me on the Loony Left, Sara on Oppression Mitigation, Crystal on making memes useful (or dead), Angie on Honest Seduction, Rabbit on Manifestos, Abigail on Fluid Sculpture saving the world and Jan Haverkamp on the future of nuclear power.
And perhaps you want to write something with me? Please send your thoughts and suggestions (to the comment space on this blog).
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About paxusa funologist, memeticist and revolutionary. Can be found in the vanity bin of Wikipedia and in locations of imminent calamity. buckle up, there is going to be some rough sledding.
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Oh I see how it is, I move 3 states away and become incredibly busy, and all of a sudden I'm not one of the authors you love anymore. Humpfh.
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separate seas
mackenzie connellee
one day we exit the building
wearing skin, and another time
wearing names, and once in silence.
these days are parenthetical
like lighthouses and vary with age.
our faces stick together.
another hour we leave doors open
for strange fauna, preferably geese
and are plastered with small finches.
we want oceans to stand vacant for us,
to welcome our bodies, a shell over us,
and we watch reflections warped by glass.
the glazed areas of a room. we want
to be learned under an office lamp but
no moments for this. once by moonlight
we tell stories with no meaning, look
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Title: Graceful Scars
Author: Savannah Stewart
Release Date: March 7, 2015
Graceful, the word itself was instilled into Tegan Carter's head at an early age, but anymore she feels far from graceful. When her world is turned upside down she finds herself spiraling into the darkness without any light in sight, until Talon Fisher walks into her life.
Trying to find herself again, Tegan is faced with a dilemma she doesn't want to encounter. But will her scars keep her from allowing herself a second chance at a normal life, or will she continue to free fall into the darkness?
Graceful Scars is probably the perfect name for this book. The journey Savannah Stewart will take you on is hard and it hurts. It's riddled with heartache and overflowing with emotion. Both Tegan and Talon have been through more in their short lives than anyone should in a lifetime. Despite all of their grief they somehow manage to remain standing and when life throws these two together they find a kindred soul in one another. I fell in love with Tegan and Talon and the way they made each other light up from the inside out. Savannah Stewart captures the special spark between them and ignites it across the pages of this book. Graceful Scars is a beautiful story of finding love and finding yourself while learning to let go of the way you think things should be to allow them to be what they're meant to.
"Was I strong enough to pick up where I had left off? Was I ready to push past all the bullshit life had handed me and pick up the broken fucking pieces to create a complete puzzle again? I hadn't the slightest clue, but I had to start somewhere, and dancing was my safe haven… or at least it used to be."
Tegan spoke to me. From her very first breakdown, I could feel the depth of her pain and the fear she carried inside her. Savannah Stewart didn't sugarcoat her experiences or magically heal her by finding love. Tegan struggled and she clawed her way up only to fall right back down. It was raw and real and heart wrenching but along the way Savannah nurtured this character, allowing her to grow into her own the hard way, learning to adapt and overcome her demons at a painfully slow and entirely genuine pace. Talon is an anomaly. Hot, sweet, successful, and amazing with his little sister, he grew up far too fast. There was never a moment during this book where I wasn't Team Talon. His understanding, patience, and unwillingness to lose anyone else from his life made him the perfect match for the beautifully broken Teagan. Zoey was a wonderful addition to this story, providing levity and light where it was needed. She was the constant reminder that life was about finding joy in the little things and she never let Tegan forget that innate sparkle that only comes from dreaming big.
"There was something about Talon that was pulling me from the darkness and helping the scars of that night heal."
It was obvious from the start that this story was going to have moments of darkness, but I was impressed by the way Savannah Stewart handled them. She didn't downplay the significance of all that had happened to Tegan and she shared the emotional and physical pain of life after trauma with sincerity and grace. Even in moments of happiness, Tegan's reality was allowed to seep in and that gave this story an authenticity that anyone who has ever felt that kind of pain can relate to. I adored the overall message of this story and it's one we can all connect with. Tegan had to learn to believe in the journey of her dreams and not just in her dreams themselves. Each little twist and turn in the storyline brought Tegan and Talon to right where they needed to be and while their journey was anything but easy, it was unquestionably beautiful. I will definitely be on the lookout for more from Savannah Stewart.
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Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2019
Rory Gallagher Big Top, Donegal
Fri, May 31 - Sun, Jun 02
Event Information
Age InformationUnder 18s must be accompanied by adult(s).
Ticket Information
Early Bird - 3 Nights Concerts: €70.00 incl. booking fee
This is a standing event.
Postal orders will be dispatched when the order is placed.
Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2019 takes place in the town where the world's greatest guitarist was born - Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland between Friday 31st May and Sunday 2nd June 2019.
It will be a special three-day celebration remembering Rory Gallagher 24 years after his sad passing. Over 10,000 fans now attend the festival annually in Ballyshannon from all over the world. Featuring Glenn Hughes & His Band(Ex. Deep Purple) many more fantastic acts.
All details on the Festival line-up & latest news --- www.rorygallagherfestival.com


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Lydstep Beach Village is Haven's second park in Tenby, and is located close to the much larger kiln Park Holiday Park, but provides its own unique experience. The park has been planned as a quiet and relaxing place for a holiday, and offers a range of activities to keep families entertained throughout their stay.
Lydstep beach village offers static caravan accommodation in a range of modern vans that have been extensively upgraded and improved over the past few years in order to ensure that guests have the best possible place to stay on the park.
As well as being a great base from which to explore Tenby and Pembrokeshire, Lydstep Beach village offers a range of activities and amenities for families to enjoy during their stay including a heated indoor pool, and a large amusement centre with pool tables and arcade machines. A private slipway onto the beach makes it easy to launch your own boat or jet-ski, and a variety of water sports are available locally.
Evening entertainment at the park is on offer in the Headlands Show Bar, and includes music, comedy, and other variety acts, as well as a special children's performance by the main Haven Characters.
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So, with lambing season starting up again, it seems the local cougar is back on the prowl. I got email from a rancher across the valley who reported that he lost 3 sheep (2 killed, 1 carried off) and one of his neighbors lost a lamb or two. We've not had any problems with predators over the past almost 2 yrs here – I think the fences the previous owners put up work pretty well. Unfortunately, the recent kills, plus a mass killing (54 sheep/lambs/goats) two weeks ago across town has got the local Fish and Game folks coming out with dogs to hunt the cougar down 🙁 … Sigh – I wish the cat would just stay to a deer and bunny diet and not attract negative attention. The cougar I saw a week ago was fairly large, but I don't know if its the same one that did this latest 'snacking' – usually the frenzy killings are the result of young cats, not the more mature ones.
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Clarkson hockey
I've not paid too much attention to Clarkson hockey in the past several years – they've been generally mediocre lately. But I happened to notice this season they're showing some promise, including this weekend, winning the Badger Showdown in Madison, knocking off Wisconsin and then Lake Superior State. The last time Clarkson beat both of those teams was '91 when again the Badgers were the defending champs and Clarkson ended up getting all the way to the Frozen Four (where they summarily lost it all), but I still won a Badgers shirt from PJ for a bet that Clarkson would beat them in Potsdam during the playoffs.
New lamb for the holidays
We have a new lamb this morning from one of our Dorper ewes. Usually, there's two born, but I didn't see evidence of a 2nd lamb that had been abandoned. Lisa will have to provide pics later today (since I'm at work). In other news I saw our friendly cougar xmas eve nite as I was driving up the road – he was Welch Creek Rd down near the start of the road, not so coincidently where I've been seeing deer pretty much every nite lately.
Okay, Lisa has provided pictures.
It's a boy, woot. Pretty new, probably born sometime around 7 or 8 am this morning. He's been snagged, examined and ear tagged. His new name is M03 Stine. They're dang cute when their this little. I looked for another baby, but I think this one is just a singleton. The wind is so strong it almost blew me into the fence (it's gusting up to 28 mph up here this afternoon) It's freezing cold outside (okay, it's only like, 45 degrees, but with the wind it's just bone chilling) I brought a cup of hot HOT tea up to the pasture with me, and within 5 minutes it was ice cold. And then the wind knocked it over. Crap. So now I'm cold, with a headache and no tea. Hmmf.
Dang wind
So, with all the winds gusting around the area in the wake of the latest weather system moving thru, the power started going off/on throughout the nite, and the 4-5 UPSs around the house started their obligatory alarms, waking us up (whenever Dretti wasn't waking us up that is). PG&E figured it'd be back by, oh, 8am. Its now noon and I just finished feeding the old Generac generator another few gallons of gas. I guess we're pretty low on the "to be fixed" priority list with all the outages around the Bay area this morning. We need to score us one of these:
Honda makes some nice generators that don't sound nearly as obnoxious as the crusty Generac that we got with the house when we bought it. Maybe it'd supply less noisy power too (the UPSs seem to complain a lot about the quality of power from the generator and serenade us with yet more alarms). Ah well… time to run down the hill and get more gas just in case.
Merry Xmas
Merry Christmas to all. Especially to the nice folks from Pacific Gas and Electric who currently are being called to fix the power outage to our little slice of the grid. Fortunately, its nice and warm here today, so we're not gonna freeze. Waiting to hear back from PG&E now to see how long its going to be out – I hooked up the generator so that I could play my spiffy new Xbox360 that Lisa got me 🙂
Christmas in da hood
I saw this at Best Buy last night whilst picking up 2 Christmas CD's to complete our hospital Christmas party's music ensemble. I thought about it, and then just walked away shaking my head. There's a few folks who would really not enjoy, but now I'm rethinking it. I know of at least one person who would put this on at the in-laws just for the shock factor (I'm lookin' at you, Rob Rogers).
That's right, it's AfroMan doin' a Colt .45 Christmas! With classics like "Deck my Balls" and "Police Blow my Wad" (sung to Feliz Navidad, of course). And what would Christmas be without "The 12 J's of Christmas"….???
"Five years in the pennnnn……, 4 cops calling all cars, 3 bitch wars, 2 black eyes and a swat team in a pear tree."
AfroMan, if you are not familiar, is the musical genius who brought us the hit title "Because I got High". Uh, okay. Sure. I'm still contemplating this, but I just don't think I can bring myself to spend even $9.99 for this piece of…..work.
P.S. Do not sample Frosty, it's just…..nasty.
Tell Your Sister to Shut Up
If I ever get a band together, that's what we're going to name it. That is such a rad name for a band…..
"Hey man, whaturyou doin' this weekend?"…….
"Dude, Tell Your Sister to Shut up is playing in the city"……..
"Tell Your Sister to Shut Up?!!? Oh, man, they're totaly awsome!"
I know that there's a ton of great band names out there, but I was driving home the other night and this one just popped into my head. And I think it would be AWESOME.
Okay, time to go last minute Christmas shopping. Yay.
Ohhhhh, no he did NOT…..
The Pants just got skunked on the front doorstep. In a blaze of genius, the husband-type BROUGHT HER DIRECTLY FROM THE SKUNK'S FLAMING ASS INTO THE HOUSE. Not just into the house, ohhhhhh noooooo, into the house and shuffled her straight through the bedroom (you know, where we're going to try to SLEEP tonight) and into the bathroom. You know, the one we get to take a shower in tomorrow morning.
I made up a batch of Skunk-B-Gone, we'll see how well it works. Art is bathing her as I type. My eyes are watering, it smells so bad. He who allowed it, gets to bath it. It's luck of the draw. It could have just as easily been me having to hunker down in the shower with a stank ass skunk dog. As luck had it, I was curled up in bed with a good book. Not anymore.
I cannot believe my typicaly very smart husband brought the dog IN. THE. HOUSE.
cheese. and. rice.
We finally got our replacement pottery from Maine Potters Market – the first order they shipped had a couple broken pieces in spite of what appeared to be a good packing job. This time, they really packed the hell out of it. I swear nuclear material probably doesn't get packed so well. UPS could have dropped this box from the roof and it wouldn't have hurt it. It would have bounced sorta like the Mars rover …
Rainy, windy weekend ahead
Looks like we're in for a 'indoor' weekend – rain, wind, general crap forecast thru Monday. Hasn't rained a ton yet, tho the road crews came out in anticipation to remove loose soil along the road (presumably to keep it from turning to mud and sliding). Winds are picking up this evening – hit a peak of 47mph, with sustained winds right now in the 20s. Jack was wholly unimpressed with the wind today and wanted to go into the barn. The cats outside don't like it much either and are petitioning to come inside again.


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IPM-Hedgerow Grant
From 1996-1999, the YOLO RCD's Hedgerow grant brought together farmers, pest control advisors, and agency specialists to create five hedgerows as reduced-risk, sustainable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems. This program aimed to resolve real and perceived IPM issues through demonstration and research. Formal and informal workshops, newsletters, media coverage, and group presentations built on five years of "Farming with Wildlife" workshops and numerous local farm tours. Products of the program included an instructional 10-minute "Hedgerow Installation" video, a brochure on "Hedgerow Establishment: Practices and Costs for Field Crop Farms in the Sacramento Valley," and several published articles.


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Common Riverjack
Dragonflies | Namibia
Introduction: Common Riverjacks (Mesocnemis singularis) inhabit fast-flowing sections of streams and rivers, the adult preferring unshaded stretches of water. Singularis is a Latin word for 'remarkable, unusual, singular' referring to the position of the arculus vein that lies between the 2 antenodal veins in the wings.
Distribution: Epupa Falls, Kunene River region, Rundu, Kavango River, Chobe and Zambezi River systems.
Colouration: The body has a pale blue coating. The underside of the eyes are green.
Breeding: Females lay their eggs in driftwood and living woody plant material.
Flight season: November to April.
Max size: 35mm.
Conservation: Not threatened.
Situated on the banks of the river (hence the name) in Rundu
Close to the Popa Falls, this rest camp offers very basic accommodation
On a beautiful plot of indigenous plants and trees overlooking the river


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We made this card at club a couple months ago. It's quite clever. I added a little velcro to keep it closed. Here is the tutorial on how to make it.
Stamp Set: Chalk Talk
Paper: Midnight Muse, Tangerine Tango and white
Ink: White Craft Ink
Tools: Blossom punch, modern label punch, wide oval punch
Accessories: dimensionals, midnight muse ribbon
You Make Me Proud for CTS323
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Kari + Ryan
Kari and Ryan made it clear from the beginning that photography was a priority in their wedding. Ryan is an accomplished photographer himself and he knew what he wanted.
We had a planning meeting a few weeks before their wedding and I was asking about what they might be interested in shooting on their wedding day. I'll never forget what Ryan said: "We hired you for a reason. You just do what you do."
Music to my ears. They gave me the time I needed & went everywhere I asked.
There was no way this wasn't going to be great.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Right Now
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Right Now
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Right Now
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Wendy + Douglas
If you've known me less than five years, you probably won't recognize me in the photo above.
Today is my anniversary.
It was one of the happiest days of my life & I am thankful to have these pictures to remember it. I see these images and I'm instantly there: Our family & friends, some no longer living, all celebrating along with us.
They are moments in time kept forever.
It makes me feel like my job is important, doing this for other people. Something I tell second shooters when they first start working for me: The images you make today will be important for 100 years. We have one shot at this. Don't screw it up.
My photographers certainly didn't.
Happy anniversary, babe.
p.s. The photographers: Chien-Chi Chang, Robb Hill, Thomas Broening, Tom Volk, Dan Delong, Laura Lakeway, Steve Pestrock & Craig Walker.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Daniel + Grace + Barbados
I'm going to let the pictures do the talking for this one.
But let me say that Grace and Daniel are as beautiful as Barbados. And wonderful people with loving families.
We started Friday night with rehearsal dinner on catamarans for 100 guests. Saturday ceremony & Sunday we got together for photos on the beach. This is one I'll never forget.
Thanks, you two.
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Right Now
I know I've already posted from Marian & Brian's wedding - and I'll be posting all the highlights soon - but I'm going to put this here now.
We shot this inside the Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania. I love it & keep coming back to it. It's like a song I can't get out of my head.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Right Now
Working on Megan & Bobby's engagement shoot in West Chester on Sunday.
All good.
p.s. Okay one more.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Megan + Jason
Megan and Jason married at Mountain Springs Lake Resort and I had been looking forward to their wedding since their engagement shoot last fall.
I expected it to be lot of fun.
It was.
It was a good time not only for Megan and Jason and their guests but for me and second shooter Dan Moyer as well.
You'll see Dan in these images. He's the one making sure Megan's dress doesn't fall from the tree. Dan's my Dress Ninja.
Thanks for the good times, you two.
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I have a few spare copies of the March edition of Australian MIS magazine, which is a Cloud computing special.
You can see my morning routine perfectly in this picture – get into the office early, then set to on coffee, email and filling my brain with interesting reading before the day shift arrives at 9am.
Alongside all of the articles about the opportunities of the shift to the Cloud, it also highlights (on the front cover) the challenges it creates, and calls it 'a shadow over the IT department'. What it means by that is the changing nature of IT jobs, as it goes on to say:
|Dark side of the cloud
The global shift towards utility computing promises big capital savings for business and government. But will they come at the expense of jobs?
And Julian Bajowski even goes on to list the kind of jobs under threat – Storage Managers, Exchange Deployment Specialists; Infrastructure Managers.
Given that education appears to be moving to the cloud faster than many other business areas, maybe you should have a read!
Email me, and I'll stick one of my spare copies in the post to you *
* Doesn't seem right to not have any small print. So let's make some up: I have a small pile of magazines, and I'm happy to put one in an envelope if you send me your address. But once they're gone, they're gone.


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Nia Consulting & Development
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Mini Cases in Movement Disorders
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This collection of six short cases focuses on brain areas and neurotransmitters involved in the control of movement. Students are divided into working groups and given one or more of the case descriptions. Each scenario depicts a breakdown in the motor system that can be traced (at least in part) to some brain area or areas. Useful for a variety of courses, including physiological psychology and neurobiology, these cases are intended to give students an opportunity to apply knowledge gained from readings and lectures to real-life situations inspired by patient cases described in the literature.
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Know who you're dealing with. If the seller or charity is unfamiliar, check with your state or local consumer protection agency and the Better Business Bureau. Some Web sites have feedback forums, which can provide useful information about other people's experiences with particular sellers. Get the physical address and phone number in case there is a problem later.
Look for information about how complaints are handled. It can be difficult to resolve complaints, especially if the seller or charity is located in another country. Look on the Web site for information about programs the company or organization participates in that require it to meet standards for reliability and help to handle disputes.
Be aware that no complaints is no guarantee. Fraudulent operators open and close quickly, so the fact that no one has made a complaint yet doesn't mean that the seller or charity is legitimate. You still need to look for other danger signs of fraud.
Don't believe promises of easy money. If someone claims that you can earn money with little or no work, get a loan or credit card even if you have bad credit, or make money on an investment with little or no risk, it's probably a scam.
Resist pressure. Legitimate companies and charities will be happy to give you time to make a decision. It's probably a scam if they demand that you act immediately or won't take "No" for an answer.
Think twice before entering contests operated by unfamiliar companies.Fraudulent marketers sometimes use contest entry forms to identify potential victims.
Be cautious about unsolicited emails. They are often fraudulent. If you are familiar with the company or charity that sent you the email and you don't want to receive further messages, send a reply asking to be removed from the email list. However, responding to unknown senders may simply verify that yours is a working email address and result in even more unwanted messages from strangers. The best approach may simply be to delete the email.
Beware of imposters. Someone might send you an email pretending to be connected with a business or charity, or create a Web site that looks just like that of a well-known company or charitable organization. If you're not sure that you're dealing with the real thing, find another way to contact the legitimate business or charity and ask.
Guard your personal information. Don't provide your credit card or bank account number unless you are actually paying for something. Your social security number should not be necessary unless you are applying for credit. Be especially suspicious if someone claiming to be from a company with whom you have an account asks for information that the business already has.
Beware of "dangerous downloads." In downloading programs to see pictures, hear music, play games, etc., you could download a virus that wipes out your computer files or connects your modem to a foreign telephone number, resulting in expensive phone charges. Only download programs from Web sites you know and trust. Read all user agreements carefully.
Identity theft occurs when a someone obtains your personal information and uses it to obtain credit cards or loans, steal money form your bank accounts, rent apartments and commit other crimes — all using your identity. These acts can damage your credit, leave you with unwanted bills and cause you countless hours and frustration to clear your name.
If you're a victim of identity theft or account fraud, you should notify your bank(s) immediately. If your account(s) is with American Savings Bank contact one of our customer service representative immediately. We will work with you to make appropriate corrections of unauthorized transactions in your accounts and to correct any incorrect reports submitted by American Savings Bank to credit bureaus, and will attempt to help protect you from any future identity theft or account fraud.
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Understand the offer. A legitimate seller will give you all the details about the products or services, the total price, the delivery time, the refund and cancellation policies, and the terms of any warranty.
Pay the safest way. Credit cards are the safest way to pay for online purchases because you can dispute the charges if you never get the goods or services or the offer was misrepresented. Federal law limits your liability to $50 if someone makes unauthorized charges to your account, and most credit card issuers will remove them completely if you report the problem promptly. There are new technologies, such as "substitute" credit card numbers and password programs, that can offer extra measures of protection from someone else using your credit card.


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This is the opportunity to play an amusing round of Bubble Soccer, a one of a kind and engaging team building movement we provide for groups. Every player wears on a big plastic bubble ball. At that point simply begin running as quick as possible! In Bubble soccer the great the acceleration and the additional chance upon each other, the better time you have.
The decent thing is that it doesn't hurt. You could keep running into each other, move, turn, knock each other or thump over your rivals. You are ensured inside your bubble soccer, it is all good times! In Bubble soccer, we support high quickness; body handles and bunches of body contact. Most widely recognized damage chuckling so hard for your stomach to be harmed.
The bubbles balls we utilize in Bubble soccer are best; they cover everything your abdominal area and go path over you're the head. This implies you can move over and catch anything without inconvenience. The bubbles balls in Bubble football are not substantial and are straightforward, so you get a decent diagram and can keep running easily. Whenever you are in a corporate gathering, sports club understudies. Bubble soccer is the ideal teambuilding action for you! Clever circumstances happen constantly and Bubble football is fantastically engaging for the two players and observers.


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Godawari Power Buy Call by Emkay Global; Prabhudas Lilladher Bets on Divis LabsSubmitted by Divesh Sharma on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 22:38
Emkay Global Financial Services has given target price of Rs 143 for Godavari Power and Ispat. The analyst house has given bullish outlook for the power and metals sector company based on good growth during the previous quarter.
The business has improved and 102% higher iron ore mining compared to same period of previous year. Emkay Global has given buy call for the stock.
Several Brokerages Give Buy Call for IndusInd Bank; Market Ends HigherSubmitted by Shilpa Mahapatre on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 22:34
Several major brokerage houses have given a buy call for private banking major IndusInd Bank. Nirmal Bang has given buy call with target price of Rs 413 in October research report. The bank has announced results as per analyst expectations and stock closed at Rs 363 today.
Prabhudas Lilladher gave buy rating to the stock with target price of Rs 400. The report expressed satisfaction over asset quality of the bank and lower credit cost during the first half of financial year.
Private Banking Majors to Declare Results Coming WeekSubmitted by Sumeet Kak on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 23:30
Kotak Mahindra Bank will soon be announcing quarterly results. The fast growing private bank is expected to declare positive results as per estimates of recent report by Prabhudas Lilladher. Kotak Mahindra Bank is currently trading with a P/E multiple of 41 and is hovering around its 52-week high of 612 on NSE.
Ranbaxy to Launch Dermatology Drug Absorica in US MarketSubmitted by Sukant Sharma on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 17:00
Pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories in planning to launch Absorica in US market by the end of year. Ranbaxy has shown stellar performance in the past quarterly result and the stock price has seen significant jump in valuations.
Cipher Pharma, the company having patented brand formulation of the acne medication isotretinoin, will receive $9 million from Ranbaxy Laboratories as per media reports.
The stock price on NSE was down by 0.6% at Rs 526. The company has touched 52-week high and low of Rs 570 and 365 respectively.
Buy DLF With Stop Loss Of Rs 315Submitted by Sumeet Kak on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 17:57
Stock market analyst Prabhudas Liladhar has maintained 'buy' rating on DLF Ltd stock with a target of Rs 342.
According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock with strict stop loss of Rs 315.
Today, the stock of the company opened at Rs 322 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 490.80 and a low of Rs 259 on BSE.
Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 10.76 and 29.87 respectively.


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Just finished a track for the Listen to the Weather project curated by the sound artist Kate Carr for the Ear to the Earth Festival http://www.listentotheweather.com/navigation.htm
You can listen to other artists tracks contributed to the project here http://soundcloud.com/listentotheweather
The track Snowfall is based around a field recording of wet snow hitting bracken fronds during a walk along the Montgomeryshire Canal near where I live. The recording was taken from below the leaves so that you get a nice delicate, slushy, pattering sound. I then added some layers of sound created with the Korg Monotron and Zebra 2.5 synthesizers and mixed them live with Live 8 and the APC40 controller.


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Sherwood Park, AB. — What started as an introductory music lesson has morphed into a powerful school project that's helping students at Lakeland Ridge find their voice. And, thanks to their debut music video, they're now spreading their message to a larger audience. "I'm so excited about the project," says Nathan, a Grade 2 student at Lakeland Ridge. "It's the best thing ever. I got to pick what I wanted to share with others about Iqaluit and the people who live there."
Earlier this year, Grade 2 students at Lakeland Ridge were introduced to throat singing—a longstanding Inuit a cappella tradition. They learned about its various techniques, such as the rhythmic patterns and how to manipulate the vocal cords, and then listened to several recordings to get a feel for the style and sounds. One of those songs was, Northern Lights, by the Iqaluit-based band The Jerry Cans, which combines traditional Inuit throat singing, or katajjaq, with a mix of folk, rock and pop music. Students were immediately inspired. As a result, the teachers suggested using the song to make a music video to showcase what they've learned about Indigenous culture, perspective and history—with a focus on the Iqaluit region.
"They were thrilled, and from there the project just evolved on its own," says Jennifer Rice, the First Nations, Métis and Inuit lead at Lakeland Ridge. "Students were broken into interest groups and collaboratively researched Iqaluit geography and Inuit culture and traditions. Somehow, it evolved into a project that fully encompassed all curriculum areas, from language arts to science."
Now complete, the students have just released the video online. It starts with a brief monologue explaining how the video was inspired and the work that went into preparing it—everything from the set design to the costumes to the choreography was student driven. It then segues into the song, Northern light, performed by all the Grade 2 students and captures both Iqaluit and Inuit in a meaningful way. Most powerful is when the students begin throat singing, which gives voice to the historic struggles Inuit communities have had to face.
"They've truly found their voices," Kali Beecroft, one of the Grade 2 teachers at Lakeland Ridge. "That was the whole point. We wanted to create a hands-on learning experience to deepen their knowledge and facilitate understanding around Indigenous culture, perspectives and history. The bonus: we can share it with others to build capacity and use it as a reminder of how we came together as a group to learn something that's so important."
Looking ahead, the school plans to share the video with other schools throughout Elk Island Public Schools in the hopes of inspiring future projects. The school also plans to share the video with The Jerry Cans themselves. "I hope they like it," says Nathan. "We learned a lot and I'd loved to do other projects like this one."
View the music video:
The Northern Lights: Lakeland Ridge Grade 2 Students
Lakeland Ridge is a kindergarten to Grade 9 school serving approximately 740 students and is one of 42 schools within Elk Island Public Schools. More information about the school is available at www.lakelandridge.ca.
For more information contact:
Ryan Marshall, principal, Lakeland Ridge, 780-416-9018
Laura McNabb, director, Communication Services, EIPS 780-417-8204 cell 780-405-4902


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mémoires du futur, la collection olbricht
Two things immediately obvious regarding Mr Olbricht; he has wealth, and; he has incredibly good taste. In fact, if I had similar wealth – I already have the good taste :D – then our collections of art would complement each others quite well indeed.
On display at Mémoires du futur, was an abundance of wonderful artwork from artists like Cindy Sherman, Breughel and Durer, Hirst and the Chapman Brothers, Robert Capa, Pierre et Gilles. The range was huge, yet all carried a common theme – the macabre and morbid, the grotesque and that in ways was present throughout, and that, at times, made it difficult to view. Yet it was a somewhat morbid fascination that is not only a personal trait (I know this to be true), that made it hard to turn away. (Some notes from the exhibition PDF 1 PDF2)
Olbricht's chosen theme was more clearly emphasised by the inclusion of the "Vanitas". Vanitas, though it's not new to me in concept, I did not however realise there was a specific term or artistic genre devoted specifically to this idea. Vanitas as a theme in art is most commonly associated with Dutch and Flemish painters, but we can also now find more contemporary artists experimenting with the still life that celebrates the skull displayed alongside objects of beauty or objects that signify wealth e.g rich food or bottles of fine wine. Damien Hirst made For the Love of God. An ironic suggestion that the only way to achieve wealth, is to look inside oneself? Or perhaps to quite simply die where our wealth is found through freedom of spirit. Or was he just making an object of beauty and desire, to remind us only the rich may revel in such possessions. Whenever I view it I am certainly reminded of my place.
Paintings executed in the vanitas style are meant as a reminder of the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death. They also provided a moral justification for many paintings of attractive objects.
Most pleasantly I was introduced to two new inspiring women artists: Kate MccGwire (this post on HiFructose sums it up well) whose work I found unnerving and mildly discomforting, why I cannot say. The beauty of the feathers contrast against both the oversized slug-like or monstrous form and in some cases the horrid point of the quill which once pierced flesh. Some more of her work
Julie Hefferman also caught my imagination, Art Attack Online offer a good sample of her work though not really allowing it the kind of justice the full size paintings afford. Self portraits always win me over.
I was also very happy to see current work by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini who I briefly studied whilst at University late 90s. More of the grotesque, Patricia was one of the first prevalent Australian based digital artists, employing computer rendering to create odd little monsters I remember the large scale work of Sophie Lee cradling one happily like it was her baby. The billboard size print of this welcomed visitors who had just disembarked from a possible 24 hour journey to Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport. It was in the walk between the aeroplane and passport control. I found that a really odd choice for an initial representation of Australian culture. Piccinini has now moved on from the printed media and creates life like monsters instead. Disarming and alarming, I could not look for very long. Here is her website with a great summary of her work and statement Patricia Piccinini
I also enjoyed the collection of unusual curiosities; butterflies and beetles and rhinoceros horns, tortoise shells – some incredible examples of nature's natural aesthetics.
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Oscar DavidFebruary 2, 2012
Nice exhibition's review.
Thanks to your text I learn a little bit more about Patricia Piccinini's work.


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Alene Tchekmedyian's LA times article "Storm triggers evacuations in Santa Barbara County: 'Don't be fooled into thinking that this can't happen again'," warns of the deadly potential of mudslides following the devastation that occurred in January that caused 21 fatalities and damaged homes in Montecito.
Debris flow could be triggered by rainfall rates predicted to exceed half and inch per hour. In some areas as much as seven-tenths of an inch of rain per hour are possible because of a chance of thunderstorms.
Mandatory evacuations began Monday to protect residents from the fast-moving storm that is predicted to be worse than January's. Santa Barbara county officials asked that people help spread the word of the evacuation to everyone in their community. They also created an interactive map to help residents determine their risk level.
Matilija Canyon and North Fork in Ventura County are under voluntary evacuation orders. Areas at the highest risk include Thomas, Sherpa, and Whittier burn areas. Residents can find shelter at the Goleta Valley Community Center at 5679 Hollister Avenue.