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I would like to learn more about the different theories regarding the nature of Christ's atonement. I would like to learn to refute the arguments that a Campbellite friend of mine makes regarding Christ's death as merely an example rather than as propitiation. Could you recommend either articles and essays, or even a good systematic theology book that would not overwhelm a layman? I am well-read, but I do recognize the limits of my capabilities.
For articles and essays appearing in magazines and journals, I am afraid I cannot be of much help to you. But the librarians of any of the best Reformed seminaries might help you. Also, I am no expert on Campbellite theology. But I can heartily recommend the following which I think will be of help to you in the situation you describe:
(1). Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, Part III, Soteriology. I won't give page numbers as I think this work is available in more than one edition (mine is quite old). In Chapter IX Hodge surveys and responds to various historic "Theories of the Atonement" (moral theory, governmental theory, mystical theory, etc.). In the preceding chapters he sets forth the "Mediatorial Work of Christ" (IV), His "Priestly Office" (VI), and the "Satisfaction of Christ" (VII), and he answers the question "For Whom Did Christ Die" (VIII).
(2). Benjamin B. Warfield, The Person and Work of Christ (I have the 1950 Presbyterian & Reformed edition). Part Two is devoted to "The Work of Christ as Redeemer." There he reviews and evaluates "The Chief Theories of the Atonement" (X) and "Modern Theories of the Atonement" (XI), as well as setting forth a positive exposition of the biblical teaching on our Lord's atoning work in "Redeemer and Redemption" (IX), "Christ Our Sacrifice" (XII), and two further chapters).
(3). Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (published by Eerdmans in one volume, obviously more concise than Hodge) has a full section on "Divergent Theories of the Atonement", and provides a thorough setting forth of the biblical doctrine.
(4). John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied. I don't know of any finer exposition of the Bible's teaching on the atoning work of Christ. Murray's method is a careful exposition of the texts of Scripture, building a positive understanding point by point in a systematic way that is thoroughly drawn from the Scriptures (rather than imposed upon them). The first half of the book, just 70 pages in my edition (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1955, but it is available in other editions) covers Christ's atoning work; and the balance, the application of that work to sinners.
None of these works would require you to have a knowledge of the biblical languages. If, as you say, you are well-read and well motivated, you will not be overwhelmed by them, though you will have to work at them. The last time I checked, Hodge's and Berkhof's systematic theologies were available through Christian Book Distributors; the CBD catalogue I have does not seem to include Warfield's Person and Work of Christ (inexplicable!), nor do I see a listing for Murray's book, which I am sure has been reprinted by Banner of Truth. All four works, however, are important, and any Orthodox Presbyterian pastor or Westminster Seminary grad should have them all.
Please feel free to come back with follow-up questions.
The Lord bless your efforts to help your Campbellite friend.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that Paula Drake has been appointed an Associate Director to serve as Chief Counsel and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer in the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).
Starting Aug. 6, Drake will oversee a staff of eight lawyers and coordinate the efforts of attorney-advisors in the SEC's 11 regional offices.
According to the SEC, Drake served most recently as general counsel and Chief Operating Officer at Oechsle International Advisors, LLC, where she was involved in all aspects of the investment management business, including registering investment advisors and establishing risk and compliance programs.
She has extensive experience managing litigation, regulatory relationships, examinations, audits and internal investigations, and recently completed eight years as a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), the SEC says.
Before joining Oechsle, Drake was an attorney with the law firm of Ropes & Gray, and at Fidelity Investments. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Ph.D. in English from the University of Massachusetts.
"It's very exciting to welcome Paula to our leadership team. Paula adds extensive legal, business and industry experience and expertise," said OCIE Director Carlo di Florio, in a statement. "She will help us with the continued advancement of the national examination program, including leading the critical legal function, developing our national examination policy manual, and overseeing our internal compliance team."

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Redhook honors longtime worker with special beer
Special cream ale wins second place at competition
The Redhook Brewery is honoring one of its own.
The brewery said it has created a tribute beer in honor of Ben Harris, who was a longtime member of the company.
Officials said Harris passed away earlier this year.
The Ben Harris beer is available on draft and in bottles in select markets in New England and Pennsylvania.
The brewery said a portion of proceeds from the beer sales will benefit the Benjamin Harris 2012 Memorial Trust.
"Ben Harris was longtime member of the Redhook family and a dear friend to all of us. We are looking forward to sharing this special beer with Ben's family, friends and beer drinkers who live outside of Portsmouth, New Hampshire," Redhook senior brewer Alex Kopf said. "Ben Harris Beer was brewed in tribute to Ben, and we hope that the community will join us in honoring his legacy, celebrating his life and remembering Ben with every pint of Ben Harris Beer."
According to Redhook, the beer is a special take on the cream ale style.
The brewers said the beer includes two-row barley malt, Carapils for a touch of sweetness, Victory malt for a touch of breadiness and a dose of corn for good measure. It also includes some Sterling, Saaz, and Hallertau hops -- "which create a crisp, clean and refreshing beer just for Ben."
The company said the beer won second place in the cream ale category at the 16th Annual Great International Beer & Cider Competition.


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Velo Magazine — July 2012
If race coverage is what you seek, Velo's July 2012 issue is for you. From the Giro d'Italia to the Amgen Tour of California, from the women's Exergy Tour to Indiana University's Little 500, Velo was on the scene. Editor-in-chief Neal Rogers signs in with his reflection on Memorial Day…
If race coverage is what you seek, Velo's July 2012 issue is for you. From the Giro d'Italia to the Amgen Tour of California, from the women's Exergy Tour to Indiana University's Little 500, Velo was on the scene.
Editor-in-chief Neal Rogers signs in with his reflection on Memorial Day weekend, an eventful few days of racing that saw North American victories in the Giro, the Exergy Tour and the U.S. national road championship. In preparation for the Olympics, he's brushing up on his Star-Spangled Banner lyrics — and memorizing "O Canada," too.
In our "VeloNotes," Andrew Hood takes a critical look at the UCI points system, and Chris Case sits in with up-and-coming U23 rider Joe Dombrowski (Bontrager-Livestrong), who is in contention at the Baby Giro this week. Ryan Newill discusses the Tour de France and its unique potential to showcase the beauty of competitive cycling. Dan Wuori looks at Liquigas-Cannondale's dynamic duo Timmy Duggan and Ted King, whose shoestring teamwork at the USA Cycling Professional National Championships allowed Duggan to ride away with a win in the road race.
Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal is pictured on the cover celebrating his Giro d'Italia win, the first for both Garmin-Barracuda and Canada. Andrew Hood chronicles Hesjedal's journey to victory, with a close eye on his thrilling, stage-by-stage battle with Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez.
The Giro wasn't just about "Easy Ryder," though. Hood analyzes Mark Cavendish's proud struggle to hold onto the red points jersey, which he ultimately lost by one point to Rodríguez, and Taylor Phinney's performance in pink.
Meanwhile, in America, the Amgen Tour of California saw Liquigas' Peter Sagan showcase his exceptional talents. Matthew Beaudin reports on Sagan's dominating performance in the Golden State, during which he won five of eight stages. Chris Case adds his take on a resurgent Robert Gesink after his Mount Baldy stage win, and Beaudin makes a case for Levi Leipheimer as a Tour de France threat based on his performance in California.
The sport's top female athletes were competing stateside as well, and the stakes were high. At the inaugural Exergy Tour in Boise, Idaho, Olympic hopefuls and Specialized-lululemon teammates Evelyn Stevens, Amber Neben and Clara Hughes swept the podium, while pre-race favorite Kristin Armstrong (Exergy Twenty12) dropped out with a broken collarbone. Armstrong says she's still gunning for a coveted Olympic time trial spot, but the selection committee's final decision isn't slated until June 15. Axie Navas has the story.
Not every bike race carries the "weight of a nation" or holds Olympic spots on the line. Some, like Indiana University's Little 500, are more focused on fraternity fame. David Boerner took to the collegiate stadium this April to cover one of America's most widely attended cycling events. The competitors may be circling a cinder track on identical aluminum Schwinns, but the "Little Five" is nothing short of epic.
In any race other than the Little 500, though, an aluminum Schwinn may not be the best equipment choice. In our aero wheel test, VeloLab headed to the A2 wind tunnel and hit the roads near and far. Did our battery of objective and subjective tests prove that you really can buy speed? Find out which wheelset will make you fastest. You may be surprised.
In their training column, Dean Golich and Chris Carmicheal offer tips to help the "Joes" race more like the pros. Hint: it involves finding a power-to-cadence "sweet spot."
At the back, Dan Wuori convinces you to race him for King of the Mountains points up his driveway — via Strava, of course. Think you have what it takes?
Pick up an issue of Velo's July 2012 edition at local booksellers or bike shops starting June 26. The digital version is available June 20 on Apple Newsstand or Zinio.


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This past weekend's "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" event, which officially signaled the end of the organization, drew one of the smallest audiences in Strikeforce-Showtime history.
Overall, the event averaged a 0.82 household rating and 310,000 viewers, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed with industry sources.
Even though the Jan. 12 event took place during Showtime's free-preview weekend, which made it available in approximately 80 million homes, the event ranked 13th out of the 14 "Arena Series" events that have aired since 2011.
"Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" took place at Chesapeake Energy Center in Oklahoma City. The main card, which saw Tarec Saffiedine take the welterweight title from Nate Marquardt, aired on Showtime following select prelims on Showtime Extreme. Daniel Cormier, Josh Barnett, Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza also picked up wins during the main-card broadcast.
The event came after two canceled shows (in September and November). While initially expected to feature three championship fights, "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" was plagued by injuries and featured many mismatches. Many winners and losers from the card are now headed to Strikeforce's sister promotion, the UFC.
Strikeforce's five 2012 events averaged 446,000 viewers. Strikeforce's eight events in 2011 drew an average of 521,000 viewers. The previous event, "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman," scored 529,000 viewers.
The Showtime ratings for Strikeforce "Arena Series" shows since 2011 included:
- "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva" (February 2011): 741,000 viewers
- "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" (June 2011): 624,000
- "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" (July 2011): 571,000
- "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" (January 2011): 561,000
- "Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman" (August 2012): 529,000
- "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley" (April 2011): 528,000
- "Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey" (March 2012): 472,000
- "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Final" (May 2012): 463,000
- "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal" (December 2011): 460,000
- "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy" (July 2012): 420,000
- "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson" (March 2011): 412,000
- "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" (January 2012): 344,000
- "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine" (January 2013): 310,000
- "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" (September 2011): 274,000
For complete coverage of "Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine," stay tuned to the MMA Events section of the site.
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All Web servers do essentially the same thing: They get requests and ensure a proper response is returned to the caller. Producing the response is not necessarily a task that servers can accomplish internally. For Web servers, an extensible architecture is a must -- and it is also one of the points that differentiate one Web server from another. IIS -- the Microsoft's Web server -- is no exception.
When the request for a resource arrives, IIS first verifies the type of the resource. Static resources -- images, text files, HTML pages, and script-less ASP pages -- are typically resolved directly by IIS without the involvement of any external modules. IIS accesses the file on the local Web server machine and flushes its contents to the output console so that the requesting browser can get it.
Resources that require server-side elaboration are passed on to any tailor-made modules that registered to handle those resources. Requested resources are mapped to registered modules based on their extension.
The details of how a request is being processed depend on the "process model" in use within IIS, and ultimately on the internal architecture of the Web server. The internal architecture of IIS changed significantly in the past decade to stay in sync with the progress of ASP.NET.
Originally, ASP.NET was envisioned to work in a way that revolutionized the internal architecture of the IIS of the time -- IIS 4. For about a decade new versions of ASP.NET and IIS followed one another, each reducing the gap between the design of each run time environment. In the beginning, ASP.NET was just an embedded shell within IIS 5. With the release of Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7, the circle closes and, at least when IIS 7 is configured to work in Integrated Pipeline mode, a single runtime environment exists for all incoming requests and all incoming requests go through a pipeline that is nearly identical to the classic ASP.NET runtime pipeline.
In an integrated pipeline, an ASP.NET request is like any other requests except that, at some point, it yields to a sort of simplified ASP.NET runtime environment that now just prepares the HTTP context, maps the HTTP handler, and generates the response.
When the application pool that contains an ASP.NET application running in Integrated Pipeline mode is initialized, it hosts ASP.NET runtime classes in the worker process and gives them a chance to register a set of built-in HTTP modules and handlers for the IIS pipeline events. This guarantees, for example, that Forms authentication, session state, and output caching work as expected in ASP.NET. At the same time, the ASP.NET runtime also subscribes to receive notification of when an ASP.NET request needs processing.
In IIS 7 running in Integrated Pipeline mode every request goes through a sequence of events for which both managed and unmanaged handlers can be defined. ASP.NET itself registers its own handlers for system events to capture and handle its own specific requests. Handlers of pipeline events are HTTP modules.
The big difference with classic ASP.NET and earlier versions of IIS is that any managed HTTP modules registered to handle early stages of the request can execute without first routing the request to the managed runtime of ASP.NET. A managed HTTP module can be added through the IIS manager and can operate on both managed and native requests. Similarly, a managed HTTP handler can be mapped to any resource types directly from the IIS manager or via the web.config file of the ASP.NET application. IIS doesn't serve ASP.NET requests itself though. In between the PreRequestHandlerExecute and PostRequestHandlerExecute events, IIS 7 hands an ASP.NET request on to the ASP.NET ISAPI component for actual processing.
IIS 7 supports two working modes: Classic and Integrated Pipeline. You select the working mode the application pool your application belongs to. All applications in the same pool share the same working mode. The Integrated Pipeline mode is the default mode and it makes it faster for a request to be served and gives more programming power to ASP.NET developers as it let them to control more carefully more types of resources.


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Our storytime also includes 5 learning activities you and your child can enjoy together.
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On Friday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood laid out the likely consequences to his department and the FAA of possible automatic federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, that are scheduled to start March 1. In the absence of a revised budget deal between the Obama Administration and Congress, he said the FAA is planning $600 million in cuts through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends September 30.
LaHood said the move could result in furloughs, air traffic control tower closings and an overall reduction in capacity, as well as delays in the National Airspace System. Likely actions include the closure of more than 100 ATC towers at airports with fewer than 150,000 annual operations; the elimination of midnight shifts at 60 other towered airports; a reduction in force at the remaining towers and air traffic control centers; and delayed repairs and reduced preventive maintenance and spares provisions for all National Airspace System equipment.
In a letter sent to affected stakeholders, including AOPA and NBAA, LaHood and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta warned that "we may reduce the efficiency of the national airspace…to maintain the highest safety standards." LaHood said facility shutdowns would begin in April.
william (not verified)
February 27, 2013 - 10:56am
Where exactly are the fuel tax funds going? What a bunch of crooked politicians.
Mike (not verified)
February 27, 2013 - 12:05pm
And what makes anyone think User Fees are going to fix anything!!!!
Ron Wright (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 3:06pm
KALN tower needs to be closed. It's a waste of OUR money. Very little traffic. Save money, shut the place NOW..
Warren Graef (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 3:33pm
I was caught in the 1960's in a reduction in force so that the FAA could close some airport towers. They closed flight service stations and contracted that service out to someone else. The end result is that we now have fewer places where pilots can get a decent briefing and more interaction on line. There are ten fold more pilots in the air now than there were in the 1960's and they want to shrink the safety net even more. With the loss of so many air traffic controllers and control activities, we are going to start seeing many more situations with less than standard separation. We will probably start seeing more near misses if not mid air collisions. The FAA will then knee jerk and start limiting General Aviation to certain areas and certain times of day or night. They may eventually go to a system similar to what is experienced in Europe. We should be fighting for more controllers spread out at smaller airports regardless of the traffic count. We should be seeing more assistance from the FAA instead of fees that don't benefit us anyway. Unfortunately, I don't see a bright future ahead for any of us in aviation.
Douglas Manuel (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 3:57pm
Strange… I always thought that a successful business adapted to meet the market, not by making the market adjust to the business.
Lee Ensminger (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 5:36pm
You're right... but the government has never tried to operate as a business; they don't have to, so they don't bother. [Typed in my most sarcastic font]
Dave (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 5:16pm
Let them close the towers, fine with me as although you may not believe this; but safety is better at non-towered airports. Pilots and Air Traffic Controls are totally capable of working without towers at the smaller airports; it is the progressives in those towns who begged for the funds to build their empires in the first place even though they were not needed. - Besides this is a Red Herring, another Obama Marxist Ploy.
Cr (not verified)
March 21, 2013 - 9:07pm
What is your source for better safety at non towered airports? I would like to hear more. Why is this so? Also, could you provide some specific information regarding which towns require more funds for which empires? Could you be more specific and provide factual information?
James (not verified)
February 28, 2013 - 8:39pm
A $600 million hit over half a fiscal year is not insignificant. The Air Traffic Organization is very labor intensive given 16,000+ air traffic controllers and technicians. About 85% of its operational funds goes to salaries. Even if they went after programs and management, air traffic controllers could not escape these indiscriminate cuts.
Staffing air traffic facilities, especially 24/7 types, is always a balancing act. Throw in furlough days and users may experience an unpredictable day-to-day system impact as facilities struggle to juggle sick leave, medical disquals, training, etc.
Mike (not verified)
March 1, 2013 - 2:17am
Ronald Reagan fired all of the controllers in 1981 . It made for an inconvenience, but we worked through it. The same thing will happen if sequestration happens.


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Must-Have Used Car Documents
As posted on April 30, 2014 on www.myfoxatlanta.com
By Dana Fowle
ATLANTA - When you shop for a used car the top of your list is likely getting a good car at a good price. But, the deal is no good if you don't walk away with all of the right paperwork.
The I-Team has taken so many calls over the years from viewers who've run into problems with their used car but are stuck because they don't have all of their paperwork -- like the bill of sale. Seems pretty basic, but don't walk off without it. That's your proof of sale.
If you get into a finance agreement, the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection says state law requires the finance agreement be in writing. Make sure you sign a document that's been filled out completely. No blank spaces with the seller saying, "Oh, I'll fill that in later." That's a big no-no.
The law also says clearly that the seller - a dealer or an individual seller - needs to fill out an odometer mileage disclosure form. The Federal Trade Commission says a dealer - someone who sells more than six cars a year - must hand you a Buyers Guide - something that's chockfull of important car buying information.
And, the Certificate of Title. This is a very big deal. This is the paperwork of record that establishes who owns that automobile.
The head of the state's consumer protection office says if any of these documents are missing, consider it a red flag.
"Reputable dealers will furnish those as a matter of course. Their people are trained to do that. But, if you're buying from someone who is sketchy, you've got to be very careful," says John Sours, the head of the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection.
He adds, if a car salesman hands you the keys, without handing over some of these important documents, you need to think very hard about whether this is where you want to spend your money.
In the heat of negotiations, it's easy to forget some of this, so print off this pocket list to put into your wallet. Carry it with you.
And a quick reminder: Before you buy get a vehicle history report. That is money well spent.
Print and put in your wallet.
1. Bill of Sale: This is your proof of sale.
2. Finance Agreement: Must be in writing. Leave no blank spaces
3. Odometer Mileage Disclosure Form
4. Certificate of Title: Establishes ownership.
5. Buyers Guide: FTC requires this.


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Online Public Schooling for split parents
My niece is a married mother but her first born child is from another father who is objecting to homeschooling. She would like to do an online charter school and since it is a public school would the courts keep her from doing that?
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Charter schools are still technically public schooling, not homeschooling, so no court is going to block that on the basis of it not being good enough, or use it against you in custody hearings. There is no legal basis. Even full homeschooling would probably be ok, unless it's shared custody rather than sole custody.
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Family dining should be a good experience for all involved. In our family we look for a casual place with good food and a decent kids menu. Favorites of the younger generation include chicken fingers, mac and cheese, pizza and quesadillas. We look for a place where the noise-level is high enough that we don't have to worry about interfering with people's dinner enjoyment if we get loud. It's sometimes challenging going into a new town where you don't know the ropes. How do you find the places that fit the bill? We did very well in Breckenridge armed with restaurant recommendations from a few locals who knew the dining scene.
By the time we arrived in town our first night it was late, we were all starved and a bit cranky. After choosing the wrong restaurant (it was not on the list of family dining recommendations) we split up. Steve and I ended up at Bubba Gumps, a Cajun restaurant, part of a chain we'd never heard of. Not fans of chains we would have steered clear and missed a good meal. Besides Bubba's, there are only a few other chains in Breck. The ubiquitous Starbucks, Daylight Donuts, Subway and the popular ice cream chain, Cold Stone Creamery; a refreshing change. We shared peel 'em and eat 'em shrimp and a tasty order of ribs. They hit the spot. The kids (that loving nickname encompasses two generations) found Downstairs at Eric's, a casual place with an arcade. The casual menu offering soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers pizza and more had something for everyone. The adults could enjoy a relaxing drink while the kids played games.
We also tried these recommended places with good results.
The Blue Moose, serving breakfast all day is a fun choice. Popular with both locals and visitors, they are known for their pancakes, omelets and breakfast burritos. Unless you like washing dishes, bring cash. They don't take plastic. Open weekdays from 7am to noon and 7am to 1pm Saturdays and Sundays. They are at 540 S. Main St Breckenridge.
Columbine Café is another venue popular with locals. Tucked in the back of a building on Main Street, it is easy to miss if you are not looking for it. They have an extensive breakfast menu, including pancakes, waffles omelets and Eggs Benedict. For warm-weather dining there is a great outdoor patio if you don't mind waiting. Actually, you have to wait for indoor seating at peak dining times. They also serve lunch. Breakfast is served from 7:00 am to closing (1:30pm), lunch begins at 11am. They are located at 109 S. Main Street (on top of Downstairs at Eric's).
Daylight Donuts, a locally owned franchise of the 900-store chain is a busy place at breakfast time. The kids ate there twice, we tried on out last day, but there was a 40-minute wait, so we tried a few donuts and their famous sausage rolls. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves in the packed place and it recommended by a few locals. They serve breakfast from 6am to noon and close at 12:30pm. You can find them at 305 N. Main Street.
Lunch and dinner:
The great thing about casual, family restaurants is you can usually rely on them for lunch or dinner (and often breakfast). Often the menu is the same for both meals.
The local outpost of Breckenridge Brewery, a small Colorado chain of brewpubs, is a great choice for lunch or dinner. The children's menu pleased our two and the adults were able to sample the local micro-brews. Choose from Agave Wheat, Oatmeal Stout, Avalanche Ale and more. The beer experts in the family pronounced it good brew; the guys left with Tee shirts as souvenirs. The pub-style food was good.
Giampietro Pasta and Pizza scored big with the whole family. Everything we tried in this tiny eatery was delicious. From bruschetta (the deal of the day, you can make a meal out of it) to thin crust pizzas to pasta, sandwiches, meat dishes and specials; it's all good Our daughter-in-law enjoyed the cauliflower soup special so much she went back and had it again. Not only was it tasty, the garnished bowl was lovely to look at. A local told us she buys Giampietro's pizza dough (a deal at $3 for a large pizza) and makes her own. The lunch menu is available from 11am to 4pm daily and the dinner menu from 4 to 9:30. The pizza menu and the specials are available all day.
Those same savvy folks who own Giampietro's also run the popular and packed Empire Burger. Specializing in 100% natural Harris Ranch choice Black Angus beef ground daily, they also offer turkey, buffalo and Boca burgers. The menu offers a selection of starters, sandwiches and salads. Want a late-night snack? Empire is open daily from 11am to 1am.
We had dinner without the rest of the family a few nights.
Mountain Flying Fish offering fresh sushi attracts both locals and visitors. We ran into the one person we had met in Break there. The sushi was delicious. We tried a wide assortment and enjoyed it all. Located on the top floor of 500 South Main Street, they are open daily from 5pm to 10pm.
Mi Casa serves its own take on Mexican food in several large dining rooms overlooking the Blue River. I wasn't very hungry and ordered the delectable-sounding Avocado Frito, a batter-dipped and fried whole avocado "stuffed" with chicken or spiced shrimp. The avocado was incredible; anything battered and fried pretty much is a slam-dunk. Steve ordered the Chile and Nut Crusted Ruby Trout, he loved it.
Our one big dining regret; we didn't get to is the Crepes a la Cart stand making lunch, dinner and dessert crepes on the west-side of South Main Street. This popular street-food vendor was busy every time we drove by. There are other places on the list that we didn't get to either, but there's always next time.
Author's note: In some cases The Santa Fe Insider Travel Examiner has been provided with complimentary accommodations, meals, admissions etc. while traveling. This has not influenced this article in any way.


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Very few Jews arrived alive to the huge pit, which had been prepared earlier by the Germans and their local assistants. This mass grave was filled later with the corpses, which were spread all about. This common grave of all the murdered Postov Jews is to be found on the other side of the railway line at the end of Bazielan Street.
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Motel Katzavitsh in Postavv
Moshe Katzavitsh in Postavv
Abraham Roichman and wife in Israel
Moshe Roichman and wife in Israel
Raya Roichman (now Eisenman) in Israel
Abraham Friedman in Israel
The child, Tzipora Golomb (parents perished) in Israel
Fanye Tzepliovitsh and 3 children - In Postov.
Devora Friedman - in North America.
Rivke Friedman in Postov.
Tzipe Friedman in Postov
Pese Friedman in Postov
Yitzhok Barkman in Postov
Yaakov Foigl in Postov
Yoel Veksler and his wife Nechama - in North America.
Chaim-Ber Veksler & wife in North America'
Rivke Veksler in North America
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Abraham-Mitze Friedman, a Postov partisan, was in Dolhinov, a shtetl not far from Vilejka, when most of the Dolhinov Ghetto was annihilated. He and another, Shimon Shapiro, managed to escape from the Dolhinov Ghetto and attached themselves to a Soviet partisan group in the forest led by Tymzok. (For more information go to the Dolhinov Yizkor book to Avraham Friedman Story). Shortly afterwards they began to search for ways to save Jews from the Postov Ghetto. After 3 days of steady wandering he arrived in Postov Ghetto. The news that he and other partisans were in the Ghetto spread promptly. They simply could not believe such an accomplishment, until it was ascertained that this hero was in contact with the Judenrat, and had asked them to let all able-bodied, fighting Jews out, so that they could go to the partisans and carry on the fight against the German murderers. The Judenrat refused. They argued that it must be either the entire Ghetto or no one. Since he couldn't take all, he left the Ghetto, taking only his sister, Leah Shapiro, and her 3 year old child, Shlomele, and his brothers, Moshe and Henech Friedman.
But Abraham-Mitze did not stop there. He undertook a difficult journey of hundreds of kilometers till he reached a Christian acquaintance, who had connections with partisans. He asked him to take a letter to his friends in the Postov Ghetto. This Christian, named Naumtship, who lived in a village between Postov and Kabilnik, carried out his request.
When we got the letter, we organized a group and sent them into the forest. In this group were: Michall-It;ze, Zalman and Abraham Friedman., Milke Zaslavsky, Chaya Ruchman, Devora Friedman (Gordon) and Abraham Ruchman. They met at the designated spot and from there went into the forest to the partisans. Abraham Ruchman went back into the Ghetto to await news from the group.
- they all perished
In this way several weeks passed. Once this same Christian came running and asked that I hide him so that no one would meet him. I worked for Rache Estrin, outside the Ghetto, where there had once been a bakery. I hid him away there and he gave me a letter from Abraham-Mitze Friedman. The letter read as follows: "I await you a week from Wednesday at the same spot as previously. This was 6 km. from Postov and you had to pass through the Jewish cemetery. The partisans received word that they are ready to liquidate the Postov Ghetto, so come immediately since you may be too late to save your lives if you wait."
I only told the men about this letter. On the 2nd Wednesday, I also told the women about the contents of the letter, and told them to prepare to leave. In a half-hour we were all finished with our preparations, and armed, we left the Ghetto. First we tore off the yellow Shields of David, which the German murderers had ordered us to wear, sewn to our clothes on both sides. Afterwards we cut the barbed wire fences, removed three boards from the barrier, and carefully, with great difficulty, we managed to save ourselves, only a few days before the Postov Ghetto was completely annihilated.
The following were in the group: Zalman the tinsmith and his wife, Reizel from Heidutzishok (now in America). Zalman, Nachman, Abraham, Fanye and Rachel Roichman; Tzvia and Feigele ( One year old old) Golomb; Dobe Shapiro; Sonia, Leah and Gese Zaslavsky; Chaval, 'Czipe and Fechke Friedman; Chaim-Eliyahu Katzovitsh; Nehama, Zlatke, Esther and Mindel Gordon. With this, the work in Postavy of the heroic partisan, Abraham-Mitze Friedman, ended. There simply were no more Jews left in Postovy. There was no one left to save. Abraham-Mitze Friedman died a heroic death during the unequal battle against the German murderers. This occurred in September, (I don't remember the day) 1943. May his name be remembered forever.
Right off we went back into the house and asked the stranger to get out of bed and show us his documents. When he dressed himself and put a large cross around his neck, Nachman recognized him. He was a Postov priest as well as a German spy who used to look for partisans as well as Jews in the villages, he looked for Jews who had fled from the Ghettoes. He had a revolver as well as documents proving he was a spy. We took him with us. Riding out a few kilometers., we promised to let him live and return everything to him, provided he told us something about his "good deeds". This person began telling us about how he had had no small part in the murder of the Postov martyrs, as well as in other Ghettoes. Of course we quickly felt the urge to take at least a small bit of revenge on him. But we disagreed among ourselves as to who should have the privilege to kill such a disgusting priest-spy-murderer. We drew lots and it was young Nachman who was actually able to taste some sweet revenge.
Nachman was not satisfied with this alone. He still wanted us to go to Postov. Perhaps we would still find someone there. But when we came to our liaison officer, Naumtshik, he warned us not to take the risk because the danger was great and the entire area filled with many German murderers. There was suddenly a banging on the window of the peasant's house in which we were sitting. The peasant led us out the back door to the bath-house, thinking it was Germans. It was a groundless fright. It turned out to be an escaping Jew, Clendl Tzepelovitsh (son of Zalman), who had saved himself from the Postov slaughter and banged on the window searching for a haven. He told us in detail about the destruction of the Postov Ghetto. He said that his mother and sister, PJylime, had also saved themselves. They were about 20 kilometers away. Nachman went with him immediately to the place and brought them back to us. All of us then went further. On the way we met three other survivors: Leibke Einhorn (later killed as a partisan); Yaakov Foigl (a tar dealer now in Postov); Yitzhok Barkan (also in Postov for a while and later in Israel). A11 were naked, barefoot and hungry. In a nearby village we were able to get clothing and food for them. In this way we brought them into the forest to the partisans. There, the heroic young Nachman fell courageously, after a prolonged battle with the Nazi murderers. This occurred October 25, 1943.
Dvorah Gordon nee Friedman wrote from the U.S.
I was born in the small shtetl of Postavy. It is located not far from Vilna. Five days after the war started, my father, my grandfather, and my brother were murdered. On June 27, 1941, they became the first victims in our town. Shortly after they were killed, all the Jews of Postav were put into a ghetto. I was there for about three to four months, and then my cousin Avraham Mitzia Friedman arrived from the forest. He told us that we must prepare ourselves to leave the ghetto and join him in the forest. Clearly, we found ourselves in a dilemma. People said that our leaving would endanger their situation, and the Germans would punish them. The Judenrat did not allow us to leave the ghetto and go to the forest. My cousin, who was a partisan, threatened them and said that if they prevented us from leaving he would shoot in the air, and his partisan friends who were hiding in the Jewish cemetery would come to his aid. He did not mean this, but he wanted to scare them so that they would let us leave the ghetto. Finally, the Judenrat released a list of fifteen people who they permitted to escape.
The committee of the Judenrat took out some of the wood pieces that surrounded the fence of the ghetto, and helped us get out. Before my cousin left, he told us where we should meet him, but we did not know the roads there. We walked for about five hours but could not find him or his friends. Here we were, a group of fifteen people, walking by the dawn's light like a herd without a shepherd.
Not knowing where to go, we decided to go into a tunnel to wait for the partisans, hoping they would come and get us. As the day arose, we could hear from afar sounds of horses. When we looked, we saw that a carriage was approaching with two passengers. We were too afraid to talk to them. Later we found out they were partisans but we missed our chance. Morning came and we knew we could be seen by the light of the road, so we left and hid by the light of the nearby forest. In my group was my uncle Abrasha. Originally, only my brother and I left the ghetto; my mother and two sisters had stayed in the ghetto. I came to my uncle and said that soon we would be found here anyway, so we may as well go back to the ghetto to get my mother and sister. At first he refused to go back but finally agreed.
I put a kerchief on my head, and together the two of us went to town. On the way, I met some Christian neighbors of ours who went to the town's church.
Immediately, they recognized us. I decided to go to the smith, whose daughter had been my classmate. It was Sunday and he was not working, but he asked that we leave his house, as we were risking his life as well as his family's. I said, I only had one question: was the ghetto liquidated? He said that no, Jews were still alive. Before evening came, we passed by our old house and saw that there were ten Jews praying in our house as if someone died. They were in shock when they saw us. They said that the Judenrat had said that the fifteen people who had left were killed, and that they would bring to the ghetto the heads of all the people that were killed. I think that they just wanted to make Jews fear to leave the ghetto and also make the Germans believe that they had not condoned the escape and were opposed to it.
We stayed in the ghetto for two months before my cousin came again and asked whether the Judenrat would let another group of Jews leave. I decided I would not go to the forest without my mother and sisters, so we all left together. When we reached the forest of Nieve, we met with the Jews who had been there for a while already. They looked horrible, their faces were blackened from soot. We were still very clean and had brought with us soap, towels, shoes, and some clothes to change into. Everyone looked at us as if we had arrived from America.
It was very hard to get used to the forest. I remember the first time my mother boiled potatoes; they became red and were very salty. My mother said she would never get used to life in the forest or food here. My mother said to Vanka, a non Jew who lived near the forest, "I will bring you everything I have brought from the ghetto. In exchange bring me a pail of water, which I will use only for drinking for the three of us." The guy started laughing at her, saying, "you must get used to life here. you are in the forest. what do you think!? you think that we should build a well for you here?" He brought us some dirty water.
Slowly, we started to get used to this bitter life in the forest.
Winter came and it become cold, but in our group there was no man who could build us a zimlanka, so we built a tent from pine tree branches and lived there until spring. We made a bonfire under it, which we kept continuously burning, and we spent the majority of the day huddled around it. We also cooked food over the bonfire. In the tent with us lived a young woman from Vilna who used to be a classmate of mine. When we fell asleep she stole our potatoes and threw them in the bonfire to bake them, and then ate them. Every morning we would find that a few potatoes had gone missing overnight.
One time, Myra, the girl, fell asleep by the bonfire. She was so exhausted she did not notice that her jacket had caught in the fire, and a few minutes later, the entire tent had burned down. Everyone became enraged and started yelling at her not only for burning the tent but also for stealing the potatoes in the past. After a time, her cousin came and took her away with him.
When we could not take the cold anymore, and our clothing could no longer protect us from the elements, Mother told our cousin, who had come, that she no longer cared about her fate, as long as she could die in a clean bed. I told her that the road was very dangerous and that we did not know how to even get out of the forest, but Mother was very stubborn and insisted that we return to the ghetto. We started walking out of the forest, but, to our great luck, a group of partisans came forth. Among them were a few Jews we had known who asked her Riva, where are you going?
She said, "we are going home to the ghetto. We cannot take life in the forest any longer." They answered, "your home is here in the forest. There is no other place for you. Mother explained that we had no zimlanka, as the rest of the Jews did, and that this was the reason we were leaving the place. One of the partisans called me aside and said, "Dvorele! Have pity on your mother and yourself. I haven't the heart to tell her, but the Postav ghetto is no more. There was a slaughter there; there is not one Jew left alive there." I said to him that I did not have the courage to tell this horrible news to my mother, so we agreed to tell her that there was a huge snowstorm now but that in a few days they would come back and take us to the ghetto.
So we returned to the forest. Those Jewish partisans helped us a lot, bringing us flour, potatoes, and clothes. We slowly got used to forest life, as the rest of the Jews there had. Now we were faced with other problems, the main being the blockades we would have to run to distant places every time there was a blockade,. People would not let us join them to look for food in the villages. Since we had no men with us it was dangers for us to look for food alone.
The fact that we were a group of women only made life in the forest unbearable. There were no men to defend us, and it was very difficult for women to survive alone. I remember one incident having to do with potatoes.
The rest of the in the forest went during the night to take some potatoes. They did not let us know that they were going, and they refused to take us with them to the village when we asked them to join, so we decided to just follow them. When they left, we snuck into the potato cellar. When we descended, we found people already there, and we were not able to all fit inside of it.
Mother said, "Children, I will go into the hole and bring back potatoes." she went down and filled a sack with potatoes, but could not lift it to come back up with it. We yelled to her that she should just fill the sack half-way and then give it to us. Meanwhile, the cellar had emptied. Only my sister and I remained above, while Mother was below. We tried hard to lift the sack out, but it was cold and our hands were frozen and we could not get it out. Morning came, and we were very fearful that farmers would come and find that we were robbing them of their potatoes. We were also fearful that a Soviet partisan would come and kill us, so finally we decided to let go of the potatoes and get Mother out of the hole. It took more than an hour - finally, we were able to take her out and she was empty-handed, so we cried bitterly that we had lost such a treasure of potatoes. I will never forget the picture of us standing and crying by this hole.
One swelteringly hot day, Mother came to the house of a farmer in this village, and the owner of the home gave her something cold to drink that they called 'Kvas' here. Made from dry bread and water, it tasted very bitter. They would put a little piece of dry sourdough bread in a large container filled with water, and, after a few days, a sour drink would result. Mother asked that the woman would give her a bottle of the drink for her two sick daughters who were in very poor health, so it could give us strength. The woman answered her that she would be happy to give her all the liquid that she had, if she had any container where she could put it. When my mother started thanking her effusively for this great present, the woman said, "Don't thank me. I prepared this drink but no human being wants to drink it. Even the pigs in the barn refuse to taste it. It turned too sour." The next day, my mother returned to this village with two pails in her hands, which she filled with the thirst-quenching drink. The entire way home, she could not stop crying, thinking about how awful our situation was, and that now we are happy to receive a drink that even the pigs did not want. Lucky for us, we recovered from the typhus without any medicine or doctor, all thanks to this bitter 'Kvas' from the village.
Yoel Wexler wrote from the U.S.;
By the end of the summer of 1942, all the Jews of Postavy were condensed in a small ghetto. The ghetto area was tightly guarded from all directions. Our living circumstances were deplorable. We, a band of ten men who were veterans of the Polish army, decided to do something. We got together and established an underground Jewish unit in the ghetto.
Our main mission was to defend the Jews in the ghetto and try to arrange for their eventual escape to the forest.
When we approached the Judenrat and demanded to receive aid from them, in order to enlarge our underground band and plan an escape, their refusal was unequivocal.
We had to let go of the idea of organized underground in the Postavy ghetto.
I decided to build a secret shelter for my family and some of my friends. It was clear to me that a day would come that we would need such a place.
Clearly we had to build such a place in total secrecy, only two other family members took part in the construction. The "Sakharon" was build under the ground, the entrance was dug in the back yard of our house in the ghetto and a tunnel was dug in the direction of the fields. I constructed a few air chimneys and camouflaged them with shrubbery, so the hideout was unnoticeable from the outside. We buried a large amount of food in our shelter, sufficient for many days.
When we realized that the ghetto is about to be liquidated we ran to our shelter. We were a group of a dozen people. We stayed underground for nine days. We had no idea what was taking place above the ground. As time passed and we started running out of food we decided to check the area outside the shelter. When we came out we found the area clear of Jews.
All the units were able to find shelters amongst the local farmers. After short time tragedies befall upon us, the very first occurred to my parents. The farmer who gave them shelter went to the Germans and reported them. The German arrived and killed them on the spot.
I was hiding together with my wife; Nechama. Winter arrived and it was a particularly cold winter. The farmer who gave us shelter refused to risk his family any longer and ordered us to leave. We found out that the Glebokie Ghetto is still standing and since we could not find any shelter we decided to go there by foot.
During the walk in the snow Nechamas' feet froze, as soon as we arrived in the ghetto Nachema was taken to the hospital and her left foot was amputated.
As spring of 1943 arrived Jewish partisans started coming to the ghetto and urging us to escape. My friend Zalman Fridman came to the ghetto from the Neyever forests and took me with him back to the forest. In the Forest I met some of my old friends- amongst them were Ytzhak Barkan and Boris Gruniman. Later I met with Hirshka Gordon.
I left Nechama behind in the Ghetto. Nachama was there until the fall of 1943- on the day of the liquidation and horrible slaughter Nechama escaped and arrived in the forests of kazan.
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All the units were able to find shelters amongst the local farmers. After short time tragedies befall upon us, the very first occurred to my parents. The farmer who gave them shelter went to the Germans and reported them. The German arrived and killed them on the spot.
I was hiding together with my wife; Nechama. Winter arrived and it was a particularly cold winter. The farmer who gave us shelter refused to risk his family any longer and ordered us to leave. We found out that the Glebokie Ghetto is still standing and since we could not find any shelter we decided to go there by foot.
During the walk in the snow Nechamas' feet froze, as soon as we arrived in the ghetto Nachema was taken to the hospital and her left foot was amputated.
As spring of 1943 arrived Jewish partisans started coming to the ghetto and urging us to escape. My friend Zalman Fridman came to the ghetto from the Neyever forests and took me with him back to the forest. In the Forest I met some of my old friends- amongst them were Ytzhak Barkan and Boris Gruniman. Later I met with Hirshka Gordon.
I left Nechama behind in the Ghetto. Nachama was there until the fall of 1943- on the day of the liquidation and horrible slaughter Nechama escaped and arrived in the forests of kazan.
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"If and man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." John ii. 15. The spirit which is in the world is widely different from the Spirit which is of God; yet many vainly imagine they can unite the two. But as we read in Luke x. 26, so it is between the spirit of the world and the Spirit which is of God. There is a great gulf fixed between them-- a gulf which cuts off all union and intercourse; and this gulf will eternally prevent the least degree of fellowship in spirit.
If we be of God and have the love of the Father in our hearts, we are not of the world, because whatsoever is of the world is not of God. We must be one or the other. We can not unite heaven and hell-- light and darkness
As we look at the professing Christians of to-day, the question arises, Are they not all conformed to the maxims and fashions of this world, even many of those who profess to have been sanctified? But they say the transforming and renewing here spoken of means, as it says, the mind, not the clothing. But, if the mind be renewed, it must affect the clothing. It is by the Word of God we are to be judged, not by our opinion of the Word; hence, to the law and the testimony. In a like manner the Word also says: "That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with bordered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but which becometh a woman professing godliness, with good works." 1 Tim. ii.9, 10; 1 Pet. iii. 3-5. I might quote many passages to the same effect,
Dear Christians, is not the low state of pure religion among all the churches the result of this worldly-mindedness? There is much outward show; and doth not this outward show portend the sore judgments of God to be executed upon the ministers and members? Malachi ii.7, says: "The priest's lips should keep knowledge," etc. But it is a lamentable fact that too many priests' lips speak vanity. Many profess to teach, but few are able to feed the lambs, while the sheep are dying for lack of nourishment and the true knowledge of salvation.
The priests' office being to stand between God and the people, they ought to know the mind of God toward his people-- what the acceptable and perfect will of God is. Under the law, it was required that the priests should be without blemish-- having the whole of the inward and outward as complete, uniform and consistent as it was possible to be under that dispensation; thereby showing the great purity that is required by God in all those who approach near unto him. "Speak unto Aaron and his sons that they separate themselves," etc. The Lord here gives a charge to
Man may fill his office in the church outwardly, and God may in much mercy draw nigh to the people when devoutly assembled to worship him; but. if the Minister has not had previous recourse to the fountain which is opened for sin and uncleanness, and felt the sanctifying and renewing influences of the Holy Ghost, he will feel himself shut out from these divine communications. Oh, that God may baptize the ministry and church with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
By the baptism of fire the church must be purged from its dead forms and notions respecting the in being of sin in all believers till death. The Master said: "Now ye are clear through the word which I have spoken unto you; abide in me," etc. Oh! blessed union. Christian, God wants to establish your heart unblamable in holiness. 1 Thess. i. 13; iv.7; Heb. xii. 14; Rom. vi.19. Will you let him do it, by putting away all filthiness of the flesh as well as of the spirit? "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" etc. 1 Cor. iii. 16,
Do not misunderstand me. I am not teaching absolute perfection, for that belongs to God alone. Nor do I mean a state of angelic or Adamic perfection, but Christian perfection-- an extinction of every temper contrary to love.
"Now, the God of peace sanctify you wholly--your whole spirit, soul and body. 2 Thess. v. 23. Glory to the blood!" "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." Paul says: He is able to do exceeding abundantly, above all that we ask or think. Eph. iii. 20.
Beloved reader, remember that you cannot commit sin and be a Christian, for "He that committeth sin is of the devil!". If you are regenerated, sin does not reign in your mortal body but if you are sanctified, sin does not exist in you. The sole ground of our perfect peace from all the carnal mind is by the blood of Jesus, for he is our peace, whom God hath set forth to be a propiation, through faith in his blood. "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace where in we stand"--having
Let the blood be the sentinel, keeping the tempter without, that you may have constant peace within; for Satan cannot swim in still, waters. Isa. xxx. 7.


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The final drawing
I didn't want to simply copy a photo, but rather capture a bit of the character's persona and add in a little bit of stylization to the drawing. I used elements from several photos to come up with my drawing which I then projected onto my cold press illustration board. I refined the drawing and added some value using Prismacolor pencils. I like Prismacolors because they don't get scrubbed off when applying wet washes of acrylic paint.
With oil wash lifted out
Next comes the "ugly" step where things can get scary. I apply a purplish wash of very thinned down oil paint in one pass with a wide varnish brush. The oil is very thin and settles down int he valleys of the board texture but since the binders are mostly obliterated by the thinner, it does not fully adhere to the surface. I then lift out the highlight areas using a kneaded eraser and sometimes a pink pearl eraser.
After Prismacolor application
When I have lifted all the areas I want to remove, I spray the surface with a photo retouch varnish to seal off the oil and give the surface a little tooth in preparation for some Prismacolor. This step can be overdone, so I use the pencil fairy sparingly and apply it with a light touch.
Stopping place- still a lot of work to do to finish
After I am satisfied with some of the colored pencil application, I come back with more acrylic and keep working the surface, pushing the lights and the darks, alternating back and forth with a little more pencil if needed until I am finished. I stopped this demo after two and a half hours, but there is still quite a bit of work left yet to finish this one up right. I'll post the final version sometime later and link to this post.
Addendum: The Finished Painting
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When the Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans last week, the team crossed a threshold for sports franchises: They joined 11 other teams in the National Football League to have won more than one Super Bowl in the 47 years the game has been played. It is a mark of distinction in sports, to be sure.
But long before the Ravens became Super Bowl XLVII champions, they crossed another threshold in sports, one that can be every bit as difficult to achieve as becoming a consistent winner on the field. This one is the "brand threshold" — when you cross from being just another name in sports to actually gaining elusive brand status.
In just 17 years, the Baltimore Ravens have become a sports brand, not just a franchise with two Lombardi Trophies. In the contemporary sports marketplace, it seems that everything and everybody wants to be considered a brand, from the players and coaches to media personalities and others. In other fields, a name, an identity, a T-shirt and a logo can make you a brand. The bar is higher — much higher — to become a brand in sports. A brand is also an identity, but beyond that, it's a set of values and also includes an image and a personality.
Since the franchise arrived from Cleveland in 1996, and the name "Ravens" was conferred on the formerBrowns, the leaders of the franchise have created, and then embraced, a collective attitude that has allowed for a brand to be built. To consumers, a brand stands for a set of expectations which the company will deliver on. In other words it's an "expected experience" imposed by their customers and followers. Whether it's UnderArmour and its "Performance" mantra, or BMW's "Ultimate Driving Machine" motto, there is a set of attributes or benefits that the customer expects to be associated with the product. For a sports franchise like the Ravens, winning, of course, is part of that expected experience. However, it's much more than that.
Carefully and steadily, the Ravens football and business operations have built a relationship with the team's fans and community that is inclusive, transparent and indeed a two-way relationship in which their supporters feel that they can contribute to the fullness of the experience of being a fan. From the original fan contest used to help select the team's name in 1996, through to fan engagement in selecting the adopted team anthem of "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes, the strategy and tactics have been carefully considered in order to distinguish themselves from other teams, as well as integrating their fans in various ways and creating a platform that supports the team's distinctive self-expression. On any given day on the streets of Charm City, you are more likely to hear the deep base toned chant "oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh" than you are to hear "Good morning, Hon" in local Bawlmerese dialect.
In the social media-fueled environment of the sports world today, the "conspicuous expression" of the Millennial market segment has replaced the "conspicuous consumption" of the boomer generation. Consumers want to curate their own experience with a brand and become part of the message. The Ravens have capitalized on this explosive opportunity and fostered the notion that to be a Ravens fan is more than just attending a game, or casual connection to the team. It's a connection to all those other fans, the result of which is building a "Ravens Nation" that allows people to self-identify in the way of their choosing. An illustration of this is "Purple Fridays," a day when fans and followers can self express at work, in school and throughout the region. Although this concept was initiated by the team years ago, the ownership for it now belongs to the community and has grown exponentially, to the point where to be spotted not wearing the color is to be out of step, both in form and fashion.
This is a hallmark of what the best brands in the world accomplish: They not only meet the measure of consumer's expectation of the product, but also, more importantly, they have the effect of enhancing the lifestyle of its customers. From Apple to American Express, and from Google to Gucci, they become a standard — not only in their respective product category but as a symbol of what others products and services aspire to be.
According to a recent report from Forbes Magazine, the Ravens have been valued at more than $1.1 billion. Apart from the costs associated with players under contract and a several other tangible assets, the remainder of that value — perhaps more than half of it — can be attributed to the Ravens brand. (By way of comparison, in that same survey, the Dallas Cowboys were valued at the top, $2.1 billion, the Washington Redskins at $1.6 billion and the New York Jets at $1.2 Billion.)
In less than the time it takes to grow old enough to vote or buy a lottery ticket in Maryland, the Baltimore Ravens brand has accelerated to a point that may soon have it exceeding the brand value of franchises in much larger markets.
Just as Edgar Allan Poe methodically crafted the classic narrative poem "The Raven" about an obsessive and undying devotion, so too is a relatively new name in sports emerging and informing us about how to translate that devotion into a long-lasting brand in sports.
Marty Conway is an adjunct professor of sports management at Georgetown University and a senior consultant for Way Forward Associates. You can follow him on Twitter @MartyConway.


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I'm User:Waldir on several Wikimedia projects and I started following explainxkcd.com back when it was a blog, where I commented as "Waldir". Due to my Wikimedia background, I was one of several commenters who insisted in turning the blog into a wiki. The move was eventually made, and was announced on the blog on 31 July 2012. Two days later, I registered my wiki account, and since then I've made 5,980 edits (and counting).
My favorite comics:
- anything Wikipedia-related (because I've been editing Wikipedia since 2005)
- 1292: Pi vs. Tau (because I've been a tauist since I read the Tau Manifesto in 2010)
- 1285: Third Way (because I've been spreading the word about it since I first read this blog post)
explain xkcd stats:
Fun fact: Appropriately (considering the tagline), romance, math and language are the three most populated categories within the Comics by topic category; in contrast, sarcasm is way below! That makes me happy. :)
To do[edit]
- sysop one-time tasks
- Style the wiki! Example of what can be done: http://setiquest.org/wiki
- Add Menu-to-tabs gadget
- Add 6tabs gadget
- non-sysop one-time tasks
- Use a local help/FAQ page and link it from the sidebar rather than mediawiki's vanilla help which isn't very friendly.
- Create Category:Nerd sniping from this list? Perhaps as a subcat of Category:My Hobby?
- meta content
- Topics to cover/mention: our twitter account the xkcd irc channel (and its wiki), the blag, the forum, other sites explaining xkcd ([1], [2], [3], [4], maybe invite members+content of the other wikis in once we're established?), etc.
- make sure the contents of the blog posts in the wikipedia category have all been included in this wiki's pages. Also make sure all such entries are properly categorized under Category:Wikipedia.
- bot edits
- rename comic pages to "number: title" (on hold until consensus in page title format is reached)
- rename section "Description" to "Explanation"
- add {{Comic discussion}} to all comic pages
- remove unused
imagesize=parameter from {{comic}} (it's on the documentation in case anyone needs it)
- add redirects from 1.png, etc, to the actual filenames
- Add links to original comics from xkcd (and hotlink to images). Also, format image pages in standard fashion (comic images, characters...)
- server-side
- update mediawiki. The latest update was to 1.19.x (LTS), but it is only supported for a few more months.
- after version 1.20 the PAGESINCAT magic word accepts parameters
- Extension:Comments -- Davidy22 says it introduces quite a bit of meta-pages, being generally messy. Maybe a different solution would be a better choice.
- Extension:Configure -- need to test it locally first, clean up any rough edges and send them upstream.
- Try to get a rendered feed of Special:NewPages, instead of [5], filter it to show only comics, and add RSS link on the sidebar.
Proposed changes to page naming scheme[edit]
- Set up namespaces, e.g. Comic:, Topic:, xkcd:, Meta: (replacing "explain xkcd")
- Discussion at explain xkcd:Community portal/Coordination#Page names.
- Alternative: only namespacify non-comic pages, that way the main namespace is guaranteed to be only comics (and pages in main are already content pages by default -- not that it would be hard to set others up as content namespaces too, since we'd need to edit the server config file to add new namespaces anyway)
- Pros
- Special:NewPages gets filterable by namespace, so we could get only new comics (not sure this is really that useful, though: they have all been created and new ones are now put in place as soon as Randall publishes xkcd, so there's not really a need for a feed / notification system)
- Special:Random/Comic becomes possible (currently all sorts of pages can be returned. True, most pages are in the comic namespace, but occasionally people will come across a meta page or something.) In fact, we'd have other specialized "Random X" too (random character, random topic...), as well as the all-inclusive Special:Random.
- We could embed Special:Allpages/Meta, etc., to get the list of all items in a given namespace, even if they haven't been categorized yet
- Cons
- ?
- Rename comic pages to use numbers in parenthesis after the name --> "Comic title (number)", e.g. Michael Phelps (1092)
- Having the number at the start of the page name was meant to automatically sort the page in categories, but doesn't really work since the numbers aren't zero-padded. That was kind of a hack anyway. MediaWiki supports category sort keys natively, so we should be taking advantage of them (e.g. by adding SORTKEY to the {{comic}} template) rather than relying on a specific page title format to achieve the same effect.
- Pros
- Using colons in page names is kind of ambiguous, since that's how namespaces are identified.
- This would allow the use of the pipe trick when linking to a comic, since content in parenthesis is automatically stripped out: [[Michael Phelps (1092)|]] results in Michael Phelps
- Cons
- We can't have auto-complete in the search box by typing just the comic number (and people coming from xkcd will likely use the number for search, not the comic title).
- Alternatively, we could use the opposite format: 1092 (Michael Phelps), which would still preserve the pros, arguably even better matching the label people tend to choose when aliasing a comic link (i.e., the comic number, rather than the comic title).
Image pages as the comic pages[edit]
Even nicer would be to merge all comic pages with the image pages, preferably renaming the "File:" namespace to "Comic:". This can probably be done with Extension:SpecialNamespaces, but I need to test to make sure. Not only this would eliminate duplication of pages on the wiki, bit it would also provide extra functionality, e.g. embedding a comic on another page, and allowing category pages to display thumbnails rather than names only.
recurring maintenance tasks[edit]
- Special:UncategorizedCategories
- Special:UncategorizedFiles
- Special:UncategorizedPages
- Special:WantedCategories
- Special:DeadendPages
- Special:LonelyPages
- Special:WantedFiles
- Special:DoubleRedirects
- Special:UnusedTemplates
- Special:WantedPages
- convert wikipedia links to use the {{w}} template.
- Done as of 2014-05-29, using the regex search
\[(https?:)?//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/([^ ]+) ([^]]+)\]and replacement
- This search (see also) might work better than the list above
- Done as of 2014-05-29, using the regex search
- Unpatrolled changes by registered users
- Unpatrolled changes by anonymous users


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This will be the only DVD that will deliver all the Kliq road stories along with other exclusive backstage stories from their tenure in the WWF. This is the first ever shoot style interview Hall and Nash have done together and, as you can imagine, they play off each other with great charisma. You will be the fly on the wall watching two great friends goof on each other while discussing the business they are so passionate about. The locker room ribs. The heat between Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. Vince McMahon. Sean Waltman. All the big stories are covered.
Over the years we have heard differing stories on how the deal with WCW went down, but now is the first time both Hall and Nash were together to answer this question on what really happened behind closed doors and in the booking office. We also get the inside scoops on what Hall and Nash really thought about the following: Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, Bill Goldberg, the MTV Spring Break incident, who should and shouldn't have been in the NWO, Larry Zybsko, Vince Russo, and so much more. All the controversies. All the backstage politics. All the wild stories. All in one DVD!!
Don't be left out as Scott Hall and Kevin Nash deliver the shoot interview everyone will be talking about. Two of wrestling's greatest talkers give their thoughts on Jim Cornette's rants, Fake Diesel and Razor Ramon, their return to WWE, and even working through Scott Hall's personal-life battles. This is THE shoot DVD for any wrestling fan of the '90s and remembers when the word "attitude" wasn't just a buzz word. From meeting up in the early 1990's WCW as Vinnie Vegas and the Diamond Studd, to holding a lot of gold in the WWE during the New Generation in a very intriguing time of that company's history, to the historic jump that helped changed wrestling forever, this is the one DVD you won't want to miss!
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Do each of you think it is time for Flair to step aside
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Thoughts on how Lex Luger turned out today as compared to when you worked with him
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Were you guys apprehensive about going back to WCW and being misused like in the past
What were each of your initial impressions of Eric Bischoff
Who's idea was it to get Eric so involved in the angle and your thoughts on it
Did either of you guys sense jealousy from the WCW boys when you went over and the two of you started getting over
Did any of the boys ever say anything to you guys about something you may have said about them during a match you guys did commentary on
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This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise the awareness of book buyers and encourage everyone to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books.
The campaign is organized for the second time by Eco-Libris, a green company working to make reading more sustainable. We invite you to join the discussion on "green" books and support books printed in an eco-friendly manner! A full list of participating blogs and links to their reviews is available on Eco-Libris website.
All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Nikki McClure; Abrams Books for Young Readers (March 2009); ISBN 9780810983212; 32 pages
Book Source: Review copy from publisher
"Every bird and every tree
and every living thing
loves the promise in a day,
loves what it can bring."
Carpe diem (seize the day) is a phrase that most of us are familiar with but might not always take to heart. Each day is a gift, full of hope and promise. Cynthia Rylant reminds readers to live each day to the fullest in her book, All in a Day. She doesn't often mention particulars in her wonderful, poetic verses, but rather describes a day using broad phrases that apply to all lives and appeal to all ages.
"The past is sailing off to sea, the future's fast asleep. A day is all you have to be, it's all you get to keep."
Nikki McClure's idyllic cut paper illustrations provide the reader with imagery needed to visualize a perfect day in the life of a child. From sunrise to sunset, a little boy's life is full of simple moments outside as he takes joy in both work and play, observes nature and spends time with family. He feeds the chickens, blows dandelion seeds, cuddles in a hammock, and takes a walk through the woods. Each and every image is nature-based and full of astonishing detail. McClure is a master of cut paper art and each illustration is cut by hand from a piece of black paper.
Truly an eye-opener with a wonderful message and striking illustrations, this book is one to ponder and cherish. Children may not quite fully understand the sentiment and will probably not react as emotionally to the text as an adult, but the illustrations offer plenty of food for thought and convey the message in a way that adults may miss. My kids naturally appreciate nature more fully than I do. They marvel at the smallest things and take in life with wide open eyes, ready for each new experience. Same goes for this gem of a book. If you take the time to read it, make sure to pause and experience each page, search out the lost feathers and the broken egg. Point them out to a child. And, as the book implies, do the same in life -- take it all in, make each moment count.
All in a Day is printed on recycled paper. The illustrations portray natural living and stewardship of nature. That's not surprising given the illustrator's background. In an interview on Mishaps and Adventures, McClure remarks, "I want my work to resonate with a deep collective memory of fingers in soil, growing food, talking to birds (not just listening), people working together in community."
As a book blogger, I'm excited to have the opportunity once again to participate in the Eco-Libris campaign and hope that publishers like Abrams continue to incorporate green practices into the production of their books.
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McClure's intricate cut paper illustrations require advanced skills plus the use of a X-Acto knife. While an elaborate cut paper illustration probably isn't a project for young children, they most likely can make simple cut paper chains. Because we're talking about eco-friendly publishing and green choices today, I thought we'd try using some of our old newspapers for this project. We took a piece of newspaper and accordion-folded it. For my animal paper chain, I decided to draw the silhouette of a squirrel holding half a heart. My daughter just made an easy heart paper chain. When deciding on a silhouette to use, you have to be sure that enough of the silhouette will touch the edges so that they remain joined and form a connected chain.
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"As we roll out these features, we continue to look for new ways make PC games easier to create and better for customers to experiences," said Valve co-founder Gabe Newell.
The Steamworks toolset allows PC developers to integrate the various aspects of Valve's Steam platform into their games, including achievements, Steam community support, automatic updating, shared settings across multiple computers, and more.


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Grant money saves Kountze assistant principal's job
A Kountze High School senior said she wouldn't be close to graduation, applying for college and ready to face the world if it wasn't for her assistant principal.
Lily Hoke said that during her four years at the campus, Assistant Principal Chet Deaver has been encouraging, motivational and respectfully stern. During a rough time her sophomore year, Hoke said she was close to giving up on her dreams when she had a meeting with Deaver.
"I walked out of his office knowing that I couldn't give up," Hoke, 19, said.
Hoke wasn't the only person positively affected by Deaver. His influence on students, parents and staff caused a school board member to go out and find a way to save his job
Deaver's position was one of a dozen eliminated in March by trustees for the 2013-14 school year due to budget cuts. At last week's school board meeting, Trustee Donna Moody said she'd received a grant to fund Deaver's position, which drew a large amount of applause from the audience at the meeting.