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Etymologically and conceptually linked with sense perception (as opposed to, in the Platonic tradition, noēsis or intellection) in ancient, medieval, and early-modern thought, aisthēsis formed part of theorizing not only questions surrounding beauty and art, but also perception, epistemology, and even ontology (in, for instance, the work of Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas). During the Enlightenment and its project of subdivision and categorization of the "humanities," aisthēsis became subsumed, in the work of Alexander Baumgarten, by "aesthetics," the study of beauty in the narrower sense. However, by the beginning of the 20th century and the Marxist/Freudian/Saussurean revolution in humanist inquiry and the "avant-garde" revolution in the arts, aisthēsis resumed its place and function as a central node in a vast network of concerns: for the Marxists, the history of aisthēsis follows the pattern of social development of progressive mastery over nature by humankind, described as a process of rationalization (the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory); in psychoanalysis and phenomenology, artistic activity is regarded as the "sublimated" expression of socially objectionable energies, taking place in a world conceived of as indefinite and open multiplicity (John Dewey, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, et al.); in poststructuralist theory, the image not simply "acquires" a politico-aesthetic function by way of an act of judgement, but rather accedes in its very technological condition to a political imaginary, to an aesthetics as such (Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, et al.). In the second half of the 20th century, with the progressive technologization of society, aisthēsis formed the backbone of media studies, which examines how technological innovation overthrows a settled political and aesthetic order, with special attention paid to the effects of electronic media and the hypertext: non-linearity, repetitiveness, discontinuity, intuition (e.g., Marshall McLuhan and Jay David Bolter). At the dawn of the 21st century, in the aesthetico-mimetic doubling of the mediasphere, from teletext and satellite TV to the World Wide Web and GPS, a critical, ecological mode of thinking aisthēsis assumes the ideal function of an "avant-gardism" in affecting the structure of how things come to mean, how meaning is virtualized, and how the virtual is lived.
Keywords: aesthetics, perception, philosophy, art, psychology, beauty, avant-garde, structuralism, phenomenology, media studies
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Joining Powdrell in teaching the conservatory will be UH theater faculty and HSF's professional cast and crew. Among the instructors will be television actor Seth Gilliam ("The Wire"), who will play the title role in HSF's "Othello."
"We're going to approach these students as young pre-professionals, who are going to either seek theater degrees or will eventually become seasoned performers, " said Powdrell, an alumna of UH's School of Theatre & Dance and theater teacher at Friendswood High School. "They will receive a firsthand look at a resident Shakespeare company during rehearsals and also learn from these actors, designers and dramaturges."
Conservatory students also will develop short scenes they will perform on the Miller Outdoor Theater lawn prior to each HSF performance.
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While this conservatory is the first of its kind in the city, the festival itself is celebrating 37 year of entertaining Houstonians. In addition to "Othello," HSF also will present "Taming of the Shrew" directed by Jack Young, UH associate professor of theater. All performances begin at 8:30 p.m. at Miller Outdoor Theater and are free to the public. For more details, visit http://houstonfestivalscompany.com/. Performance dates are as follows
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Organizing and conducting an Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) deployment involves making organizational commitments and setting goals, as well as assigning or approving the roles of individuals, the allocation of resources, and the decision making and review process.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - HOMEBREW SHOP IN SEOUL? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in HOMEBREW SHOP IN SEOUL? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message mack the knifeJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: standing right behind you... Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 4:55 am Post subject: HOMEBREW SHOP IN SEOUL? 4 years ago there was a hombrew shop in haebonchong "blue beer lab" owned by the guy who later opened "free crocodiles" in shinchon. free crocs is still around but the phone number for blue beer is no longer active. is that place still around? any other homebrewers here in seoul? Gombae! Back to top MagogJoined: 09 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:02 am Post subject: Yea I used to do a few beer home brews in the big crate bottles. But with all the cleaning, storage, experimenting etc found it easier to go to the bottle store. Back to top simulated stereoJoined: 18 Jan 2003Location: municipal flat block 18-A Linear North Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:44 am Post subject: A few years ago my friends and I all pooled our cash together and bought most of that guy's stock. He was going out of business at the time. But he may have opened up a new shop since then. Like I said this was a while back so who knows. Back to top here it isJoined: 29 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 4:34 pm Post subject: The blue beer lab definitely went out of business. My last shipment from them, maybe spring of 99, included cans of malt with exp dates of 97. It's a shame, b/c though a bit limited in selection and high in price, he was in country. I've homebrewed about 50 batches in Korea with various partners, currently getting my supplies one of 2 ways. Optimally, whenever anyone I know and can impose on is coming to Korea, or coming back to Korea, I place an order on line, get it shipped to them (free continental US shipping from morebeer.com) and have them shlep it back. Otherwise, I have morebeer.com put it on a ship...shipping charges high, but what are you gonna do? Been culturing yeast for a few years, but recently all went "off", so having a few white labs cultures air mailed. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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On Sunday, October 8th, Ellen and I took turns driving to the Grand Canyon. Geez, what a drive! After a great dinner looking at the sun set over the Canyon, we nestled into our room at the Yavapai Lodge and organized our gear to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim of the canyon.
We grabbed the first shuttle to the South Kaibab trailhead in the dark the next morning. The trail, although desiccated by mules, was stunning as we descended and watched the sunrise. My knees weren't too happy, but I was ecstatic.
After descending about 5,000 ' we crossed the Colorado River and made it to Phantom Ranch right at noon. Were we ever in luck, the temperature down there had dropped about 15 degrees since the week before.
From there the trail followed Bright Angel Creek in a rather pleasant level-ish manner for a while, but the party had to end sooner or later. What goes down must go up, and the North Rim of the GC is 1,000' higher than the South Rim.
One of the elements of a hike like this is that one group tends to leap-frog other groups, and in this way you become a sort of "family" with other hikers. As we neared the N. Rim I really slowed down and Ellen got ahead. Then I caught up to one team, then they passed me up. I gave them a message to tell Ellen that I was on my way. When I topped out at the Rim, lo and behold, an ice chest of cold beverages was waiting for me! Better yet, the good soul gave us a lift to the cabin that Ellen had reserved for us, two miles up the road!
Once again we had a great dinner and nightcap and prepared to hike back to the South Rim in the morning.
The van dropped us off in the dark again, and we began to trek down the trail. It was just a reverse of the way we came up, only the view was entirely different.
We had lunch again at the bottom of the Canyon. Then after some really screwy route-finding we made our way up the Bright Angel Trail, different from our route down into the Canyon. We crossed the big river on a different bridge and once again we went UP!
We arrived at the South Rim just at sunset, and much to my amazement, there were saints at the top handing me a cold celebratory beverage again! Total miles in 2 days: 44. Total elevation gain (and loss) about 11,000 feet.
Later, pictures to follow!


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Here's a little festive something from the vaults that I'll be making later…
We were entertaining the Anthropologist for a birthday lunch and with a guest who takes such care over her own entertaining a degree of effort is essential, such as making a new dish, or sacrificing several days and your sanity to prepare a little something from Heston Blumenthal [or, as on this occasion, both!]. And whilst there's nothing new about chicken liver paté per se, I'd never done it before, so for me it counted.
I think I'd always imagined it would be a complicated business, but it turned out to be a surprisingly simple affair [unlike what was to follow!]. You can make it with just some sautéed livers, a splash of booze and some melted butter and seasoning – or you can phaff about a bit more, as here.
This will make enough for four, twice over, plus a little extra for a solo lunch or two.
- 400g of chicken livers [which when trimmed of sinew and any greenish parts yielded about 300g]
- 200g of butter, plus more butter clarified to top the paté
- 300ml of port, brandy, or madeira – or any mixture thereof, plus a splash more
- 1 large banana shallot or 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf, plus more for decoration
- A few blades of mace
Place the chopped shallot or onion, bay leaf and mace in a small pan. Add the booze, bring up to a simmer and allow to reduce until the liquid has all but gone. Discard the bay leaf and mace.
Sautée the livers in a knob of the butter for three or four minutes each side. You want a nicely browned exterior and a pinky middle. You can finish them off with a glug of brandy in the pan and a quick flambé – by no means essential, but why waste an excuse for a bit of flambé drama?! You'll feel more like Graham Kerr, and who could resist a paté made by the Galloping Gourmet? Melt the remaining butter. Tip the shallot and livers into a food processor, with any liquid and pan scrapings from the livers, and blend, adding the melted butter and a good splash more of your chosen booze as you do.
Season well, and scrape the paté into bowls or ramekins. Top with some clarified butter and decorate with bay leaves, pink peppercorns, cranberries and a grind of black pepper – or whatever takes your fancy. In the absence of anything else I ended up using halved glacé cherries. Chill for a few hours or overnight, but do remove from the fridge a while before serving.
Serve with cornichons, halved cherry tomatoes, and some good bread. You may find that your guests would prefer at least some of this to be toasted – I know I did! Then if you're looking for something to follow it, and have a few days going spare, you could do worse than Heston's liquorice poached salmon with vanilla mayonnaise, soy-marinated salmon roe, pink grapefruit cells and reduced balsamic glaze…


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This poster is part of a new series of ads put together by the Liga Contra el Cancer in Peru, urging men to play with their balls more often in an effort to help stop testicular cancer.
Not that many men will need the encouragement, but the "give your fingers a better use" motif is a catchy one. Maybe not as catchy as the pink undies, but catchy.
So, yes. Male readers, put down those controllers and give yourself a feel. It's for a good cause!
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It was once the highest Bungy Jump in the world! It may have lost its title to China, but the AJ Hacket, Nevis Bungy Jump in Queenstown, New Zealand is no less thrilling!
At 134 meters, this is a monster of a Jump.
Bungy Jump New Zealand
Getting there is part of the thrill. The 40-minute drive from Queenstown takes you to a steep and winding access road. Once you reach the turn-off, the journey goes up a private mountain access road.
One wrong turn and you will plunge off the edge. (Something to get your nerves ready for the big jump)
To make the jump more terrifying, you have to take a cable car out to the centre of the gorge where you jump from another cable car dangling high above the river below.
Check out: The Top Things to do in New Zealand
What It's Like to Bunjy Jump Nevis
Your guide will clip you into the tiny moving box as you make your way out to the jumping platform.
When you arrive, the music pumps loudly as you walk over the transparent floor showing the valley below.
To add to the terror, they prop you up on a see-through shelf.
You sit on a bench staring into the abyss below while they strap your legs and joke and laugh with you.
Is this your first time trying a bungy? Ah you'll love it, they say. But all you can think is "What the hell am I doing up here?
Your time has come and they have you cross the line to the "non-safe zone" where you are plopped into a barber's chair. Your mind can't focus on anything as they strap your legs to the bungy.
But you have to concentrate because you need to know what to do once the jump is over.
You said What? I have to pull the rip cord on the second bounce?
I doubt reaching up to pull a cord off my legs as I flail through the air will be the first thing on my mind. Oh well, I'll give it a shot.
The Flying Kiwi was kind enough to book the Nevis Bungy and the Swing. Our Flying Kiwi travels through New Zealand have been one thrill ride after another and the jump from the Nevis will be difficult to top. For adrenaline junkies and adventure seekers this is a must do for anyone stopping in Queenstown on the South Island.
New Zealand is definitely living up to it's reputation as the adrenaline capital of the world.
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There is no explaining what it's like to jump so we will let the video speak for itself.
I highly recommend buying the video and photos from AJ Hackett, they are very pricey, but for this once in a lifetime opportunity it is worth the $130 New Zealand Dollars. (approx. $100 Canadian dollars for video and photos of both Bungy and Swing provided on a USB card. Bungy only on a disk is cheaper prints are even cheaper.
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- The cost to jump is $260 New Zealand Dollars.
- You can book the Swing and the Jump (which I did-swing video to come soon) for $395 New Zealand Dollars. ($280 Canadian Dollars approx)
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- The prices are steep, but Ajay Hackett has an impecable safety record. They spend money to keep equipment updated and beyond safety standards and the cost of leasing an entire canyon must be astronomical. We at first thought it was a cash grab until talking to several locals about it.
- The market can definitely bear it as bus load after bus load of people arrived at the jumping area. Nobody seemed to mind spending the money on this adrenaline activity.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
First Love
I'd like you to meet Abbey Chandler from ON A DARK WING. By getting to know my character, perhaps you'll get a glimpse of me. I'm her shadow. Authors often share bits and pieces of their life's experiences with the character they create. One of the big personal inspirations I shared with Abbey in her book was my first love.
Hal was the name of my first major crush. Tall and lanky, he was shy and had a quirky smile and tousled dark wavy hair. Totally cute. He played drums in my brother's garage band and drove a yellow VW bug. The boy banged on drums, but his sweet quiet nature drew me to him. Like my character Abbey did with one perfect guy, I watched Hal from a distance and was too shy to talk to him much. Yeah, he hung out at my house for band practices, but I was too young to do more than ogle him. He stole my heart in a big way and took a piece of it when he left. I have never forgotten him.
More on Hal later.
In my latest book with Harlequin Teen—ON A DARK WING—Abbey falls totally in love with Nate Holden. Who wouldn't? He's a great guy. Nate is hot with an amazing body, smart, and popular. He dates likeable real girls, not cardboard cutouts, and volunteers as a mountain rescue guy in Alaska, sacrificing his life to save others.
Here is Nate in Abbey's words:
"At that moment, I had two really good reasons to forget how much my life sucked and Taco Thursday paled in comparison to the reason standing next to me. Nate Holden stood talking to his buddy, Josh Poole. His deep voice tingled in my ear and made my belly twist into a major knot, the kind of thing that felt terrible and amazing at the same time.
Even with his back to me, every side of Nate Holden was excellent. I loved how his dark hair curled at his collar and he always smelled good, but with a full frontal, his hypnotic blue eyes made me forget to breathe. Whenever he talked, his lips could mesmerize me for hours. Being next to him felt like getting sucker punched—and liking it. He'd always be out of my league, an unreachable boy from an alternative universe who came to me in my sleep and tortured me. Sweet torture.
Nate Holden had been a constant reminder of how messed up I was. He was the complete opposite of me, someone I had no business even wanting. We had absolutely nothing in common. Brownie points for him. But that didn't stop me from practically stalking him. Deduct said brownie points. I played scenarios in my head, where he needed me as much as I wanted him. How sick was that? That would never happen. My fantasies were the only way I'd ever get close to someone like him."
~Abbey Chandler – ON A DARK WING
But of course with every book there is conflict. ON A DARK WING (Harlequin Teen – Jan 2012) is a coming of age story for a girl who is lucky to be alive after she survives a car accident five years earlier where her mother was killed. She crossed paths with Death once and lived past her expiration date, yet she can't move on with her life because she carries the burden of guilt over her part in the accident. That tragedy marks her. Tanner Lange looks out for her from a distance, the only way he thinks she'll accept him—as her best friend. Being a boy in a wheelchair, he doesn't feel he has much to offer her except his unflinching loyalty, the same loyalty she had always shown him after he was paralyzed. Tanner sees the major crush Abbey has on the perfect boy—a great guy who doesn't even know she exists—Nate Holden. But Death has a reason for finding Abbey again. When she crosses paths with Death again, she'll learn what love and loyalty truly are.
To share more about me and an inspiration behind this book, I finally need to talk about Hal, my first crush who had his own link with Death. Hal was killed by a drunk driver while he drove his little yellow VW. I can still see his cute face in my mind. I clipped out his death notice from the newspaper and for years I kept it in a special secret box of "his" things. I never told anyone how I felt about it. That was too personal. I never got to see Hal grow into a man. He'll forever be that cute boy with a crooked grin, tooling around in his yellow bug. A first crush is special because it's the first. It's intense and none that come after will be quite the same, even if you find THE ONE.
But not every first crush story turned out sad like mine, so I'd like to hear from you. I want DEETS, people! You don't have to share full names, but I'd love to hear about your first crush. Was it someone you knew or a famous celebrity? How did you stalk him or her? What things did they do that you still think about? Spill it!
"Dane's well-developed characters provide an authentic exploration of guilt, loyalty, and belonging."
~Publishers Weekly for IN THE ARMS OF STONE ANGELS (Harlequin Teen, Apr 2011)
14 comments:
- Anita Grace Howard said...
Awww, SWOON. This post is awesome! And dang, girl, you sure nailed those "first time to be twitterpated" physical reactions. :)
I'm so sorry about Hal.
My first crush was my brother's best friend, too. We ended up moving away, but I can to this day remember his goofy personality and cute smile. Those are the things that drew me to him.
- January 20, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Jordan Dane said...
Thanks, Anita. Hal has always stayed with me, even though he never knew how I felt. No one really did. I was devastated after he died. Suffered in silence, keeping a box of memories from him.
Sometimes writing YA helps me explore things I didnt back then. Kind of cool, but can sting too.
Thanks for sharing yours too. He sounds adorable. The little things you found special in him probably stuck with you. Exploring the attraction, and our reaction to it, helps formulate our judgment in the future, I think.
Almost forgot I was blogging today. Am on deadline and haven't been coming up for air much.
- January 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Adrienne said...
Hi, Jordan! Wow, that excerpt takes me back. My first heavy-duty crush was a photography student in my class. We were both on our second year of photography, but we were in the photo 1 class because of scheduling. So we usually had the darkroom to ourselves. He would look over my shoulder when I worked on the enlarger, we would work on projects together, and he had the cutest southern accent. I was a year ahead of him, so I graduated, went to college, and we lost touch.
- January 20, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
Ha! Adrienne--I got chills just reading your line "he would look over my shoulder." OMG! That close proximity would drive anyone nuts. Him too, probably. Fun stuff. Thanks for that visual.
- January 20, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Jennifer Archer said...
Love this post, Jordan! Sad and heart-felt and so cool that you were able to turn to Hal's memory as you wrote your wonderful book. My first serious crush was in junior high. A guy named Terry. He had a girlfriend and my heart broke whenever I saw them together. He never knew it. I even deemed a song "our song," and I listened to it constantly and wallowed in melodramatic angst.
- January 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- Jordan Dane said...
Jenny--You've captured first love exactly right--and with such honesty. It's often from a distance and generally doesn't end well, as far as having a future. It's more of a rite of passage into adulthood.
When you write a first person narrative (from inside the head of a young girl going through it), it can sound borderline stalkerish, but that's what first crushes can be for many kids, if they're honest.
Have a great weekend. *hug*
- January 21, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Jordan Dane said...
We gotta hear from our guys on this one. Brett, Dan, Chris--got any guy stories?
- January 21, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Chris Grabenstein said...
I vaguely remember meeting her in a dark room and peering over her shoulder, hoping something would develop. At the time, I had a very cute southern accent. Don't know whatever happened to that girl...she was a year older than me...
- January 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
Chris--You are a BIG chicken. A very funny big chicken, but poultry nonetheless.
Thanks for the laugh, buddy.
- January 21, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- Dan Haring said...
Well...I didn't really actually date anyone in high school. Just had a series of crushes. Actually my main crushes were from 2nd-7th grade, then 8th-9th, then 10th-12th. I became super good friends with each of those three girls, and even (yikes) kissed one. But things never progressed beyond that.
The last girl was probably the toughest. I was soooo smitten with her. I wrote so many emo poems about her. Sheesh. Her friends all said she liked me. I took her to homecoming and we kissed once as I dropped her off. Then Monday morning came and she acted as if nothing happened. A year more of super emo poems followed, but I never got closer to her than that one night. But seeing as how all three crushes and myself are happily married with kids, I think it worked out all right :)
- January 21, 2012 at 11:57 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
Emo poems. I had a guy in 8th grade who wrote me poems. He was also my first kiss on an unofficial date, a school outing in 8th grade that the boys & girls paired up for.
My mom & dad didnt allow me to date until I was 16, but a nice senior boy asked me out when I was still 15 & my parents okayed it.
Interesting that you didnt date in HS, Dan. More common these days, I think. And great that you became good friends with your crushes. Not so common, but sweet. Thanks for sharing your story. And yes, I think everything worked out for the best.
- January 22, 2012 at 8:16 AM
- Jennifer Archer said...
Jordan, I think it's less common for kids to really date now then when we were young. At least by my definition of a "date." My kids had few dates in high school. They did more of a group thing. The same is true in college. Unless it is a serious relationship, they get together in groups to go out. And if it is more serious (in college) there seems to be less going out and more staying in. :)
- January 22, 2012 at 3:19 PM
- Jordan Dane said...
Thanks for your comment, Jenny.
I've noticed that too in my nieces & nephews. Thought it was a bit strange. As a society, we spend more time online & texting, rather than having real face to face contact or even talking on the phone. When I visited the CIA & the FBI in DC, the speakers talked about how hard it is to find young agents who have real street smarts & ability to talk on the fly. They also can't read body language well. Very strange.
- January 22, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Dan Haring said...
I went on dates and to dances and such, but I didn't have a serious girlfriend. The kids in my family also weren't allowed to date or go on dates until 16. Also, there was a proximity issue. 6 smaller towns and one larger one comprised my high school, and I lived in one of the smaller towns, about 20 minutes from the main town. Made dating a bit harder.
That's really interesting about the CIA and FBI. Unfortunately it totally makes sense.
- January 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM


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Over four decades, the puzzling gold ring drove Pard Lowe crazy.
Oh, sometimes he'd forget about it. But sooner or later, it'd creep back into his mind. And every time, he'd again get to pondering about that old, battered school ring, especially who in the world owned it.
He'd found it at a lake not far from home in southwest Missouri. Occasionally, he'd get offers to sell it.
"No," he'd always say. "There's someone this ring belongs to. I'll get it to him."
As years and decades tumbled along, he kept that promise. And with luck and help, he recently located the owner — 400 miles away in Peoria.
"I hope he's tickled pink," says Lowe, 77. "I know I'd be."
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"I had a brother, two years younger, named Bud," Lowe says in his easy drawl. "To my dad, he was Bud, like Buddy. And I was Pard, as in pardner — like, 'howdy, pardner.' "
Lowe went to school in nearby Exeter, population 772, class of '55. He had a class ring, lost it twice, found it both times.
By the late '70s, he was managing the marinas at Table Rock Lake, which eventually became a big draw to tourists to nearby Branson. Back then, the lake would recede during droughts, hitting a particularly low point in 1979.
One day at work, Lowe ambled along an exposed stretch of gravelly lake bottom. Amid the grit, he spotted a golden glint.
Reaching down, he picked up a ring.
"There was quite a bit of wear on it," he says. "The water and gravel really worked on it. I couldn't make out the high school."
All he could discern was a horse, "1971" and "GC." He asked around to see if anyone knew anything about a missing ring. No go.
So he went to a library and looked up crests for area high schools. None of the crests appeared similar to the horse on the ring.
Over time, he expanded his library search to a wider number of schools. He'd pore over school logos not only in Missouri, but the three neighboring states around the Ozarks.
"It was hard work," he says. "I didn't have a lot of leads to go on."
Long stretches of time might pass between library visits. But he didn't give up the hunt. Whenever he'd think of the ring, he'd head to the library.
Meantime, a few folks knew about the ring. They'd offer to buy it, but he kept declining.
Usually, he kept the ring inside a beat-up old pickup truck stored in his garage. There, no interloper would think to look for any valuables. Earlier this year, while searching for something in the truck, he spotted the ring. He grabbed it and started fiddling with it.
By happenstance, daughter-in-law Crystal Lowe spotted him with the ring. She asked about it, and he told the story. He'd never tried the internet in his search, but she offered to poke around.
"My daughter-in-law has one of those smart phones," he says. "Fifteen minutes later, she had it figured out."
The horse, with a knight atop, was part of the old crest for Richwoods High School. So the Lowes called the school to ask if someone could look at a class photo from 1971.
"They were very, very nice at that school," Pard Lowe says.
Minutes later, the school had an answer: the ring likely belonged to the only member of the class of '71 with the initials G.C.: Gary Crow.
Lowe wasn't surprised that the ring belonged to someone hundreds of miles away.
"We did have a lot of people visit (the lake) from Peoria," Lowe says.
But how to track down Crow? Easy. He's still in Peoria. Directory assistance did the job.
Soon, Pard Lowe was on the phone with Gary Crow, 60, Richwoods Class of '71.
Lowe says, "I made him give me some identifiers about the ring, such as where and when it was lost.
Crow, who provided all the right answers, was flabbergasted to hear about the ring. He still is.
"I can't believe he found it," Crow says, chuckling. "I asked him if a fish swallowed it and he hooked the fish, or what."
How did Crow lose the ring? In the summer of '72, Crow joined relatives for a trip to the lake. He was waist-deep in water, throwing around a football with others. As he flung the ball, his ring went with it. He saw it sail 15 feet or so, then plunge into the water.
"I looked for it for a while," Crow says. "I couldn't find it."
He figured it was lost for good — until Lowe called. A package recently arrived in Peoria, reuniting Crow with his ring for the first time in 42 years.
This weekend, Crow and his wife are heading to Missouri to thank Lowe in-person and take him out to dinner. For the trip, Crow might leave the ring at home, to avoid the same sort of mishap as in the last time he took the ring to Missouri. In fact, lately he has been keeping it in his bedroom, just to be safe.
"My wife wanted to wear it," Crow says with a laugh. "I said, 'No. You might lose it.' "
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Kim Dotcom's new file sharing service, mega.co.nz, went live at 6.48 a.m. local time in New Zealand on Sunday, to mark the exact time and day of the police raid on his Coatesville, Auckland, home last year.
However, the new file sharing service soon became unavailable due to high demand. Dotcom tweeted around 9:00 a.m.: "250,000 user registrations. Server capacity on maximum load. Should get better when initial frenzy is over. Wow!!!"
By midday, it was possible to access the site using the web address https://mega.co.nz. The site has a simple, no frills esthetic, making it easy to navigate.
The file sharing site is a secure online storage box for files which are encrypted when they are uploaded. The process to register was quick, with just name, email and password required and authentication via an email. Once registered, the user is taken to a page where they can begin using the service.
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Auckland lawyer Rick Shera, who comments on intellectual property and who has joined Dotcom's legal team, told stuff.co.nz that the cyber-locker service is a different model to Megaupload which was shut down by US authorities following the police raid last year.
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Shera said legal teams from several jurisdictions are "looking at this and pouring over it."
The site has a section for posting copyright infringement notices, with the following message to potential pirates: "We respect the copyright of others and requires that users of our services comply with the laws of copyright. You are strictly prohibited from using our services to infringe copyright. You may not upload, download, store, share, display, stream, distribute, e-mail, link to, transmit or otherwise make available any files, data, or content that infringes any copyright or other proprietary rights of any person or entity."
Domain name registrar Instra Corporation announced last week that it will be providing product, billing and technical support for Mega. Instra founder Tony Lentino will be the new CEO of Mega. In addition, the National Business Review reports that Instra is also an investor in Mega, along with Luxembourg-based domain reseller EuroDNS and Christchurch-based Digiweb.
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Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison says the inspector was found fatally shot in a pickup truck Wednesday night. The man was a Department of Licenses and Inspections employee who had inspected the building May 14.
Officials were informing department staff Thursday morning and the man's name wasn't immediately being released.
City officials are planning a 9:30 a.m. news conference.
The building was being demolished when it collapsed onto a neighboring Salvation Army Thrift Store on June 5, killing two employees and four customers. Police allege a heavy equipment operator was high on marijuana when it happened.
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At the open house, residents will have an opportunity to discuss the upcoming construction schedule and project phasing with representatives from the City's Public Works and Utilities Department. No formal presentations are planned.
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My post before this was a kind of therapy / Buddhism / personal growth kind of deal, but I also spend a lot of time thinking about how to run effective teams and to be a responsible, thoughtful manager of people. It is my work: I am a lead engineer at Bungie, an independent video game developer of about 300 employees (though not for long, we're growing.) There are some unique aspects to making videogames, and I'll use game development terminology here as I refer to, say, texture artists or sound designers or programmers, but when I talk to friends in different creative industries - film, industrial design, other software development - I find these themes are pretty universal.
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NASA's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has done more than take some of the most historic pictures of our cosmos during its 15 plus years in orbit -- it saved the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Title - Ed Weiler, Acting Assistant Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate - The story of the Hubble Space Telescope launch is best...
The way I like to describe it is...
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Title - May 22, 1990 - The conclusion we've come to from that...
Title - Douglas Broome, Program Manager, Hubble Space Telescope ...is that there's a significant spherical aberration appears to be present in the optics.
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I remember giving a talk to some young kids.
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Users will some day soon toss aside their keyboard and mouse because their computers will understand their hand gestures and even the look on their face.
That's Intel's vision anyway.
The world's largest chip maker is focusing on perceptual computing at this week's International CES show in Las Vegas.
We'll control our computers in the not-so-distant future with gestures, voice commands and facial expressions, according to Alastair Ong, an Intel demo presenter.
"It's Intel's vision of the future," he said on the show floor. "Right now, we use keyboards and mice. We're moving away from that. We're looking for ways to improve the user experience. What's more empowering than controlling our computers?"
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