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|2010-09-11, 06:16
|Link #17581
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|2010-09-11, 07:02
|Link #17582
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
To a create a crater 1km wide from a ground collapse you need a whole geofront under Rokkenjima. I know we do have EVA ANGE LION but....
|2010-09-11, 12:36
|Link #17583
Join Date: May 2009
Well, we really don't know. But a series of specifically placed explosives in the caverns, assuming they're as extensive as we're being led to believe, is certainly an easier way to create a 1km crater with less explosives and less ejection of debris. It would also appear to the outside observer to more readily be ruled an accident. I'm sure the more experienced investigators wouldn't think so, but if there were a coverup, it'd be easy to say something like "unknown disturbance caused caverns to collapse" or something and write that off as an accident. Blame it on an earthquake, or gas, or volcanic activity, make up whatever story you like and declare the island off-limits due to "seismic instability."
|2010-09-11, 13:27
|Link #17584
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Or they actually just said that the old self-destruction device and ammunition storage detonated by an unfortunate accident and the island is off-limits due to various spread out unexploded shells or something. They can't prosecute Eva without any evidence, can they?
|2010-09-11, 18:14
|Link #17585
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: InterWebs
But if you think about it, Lion's world is full of non-sense. Why display a freaking book while Kinzo is supposed to have Beatrice's body and why hold a funeral THEN when Lion's already a freaking adult? Why hold any funeral at all? Why the 19 years delay to hold a funeral? And how come Rosa never get any punishment beside her self-imposed guilt (perhaps because she never said anything about the incident, and everyone else just thinks Beatrice met her demise truly by accident herself)?
|2010-09-11, 18:27
|Link #17586
Local Crackpot
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Somewhere?
I think that Beato-2 and Kinzo's wife died around the same time. It would explain that whole 'We haven't seen Kinzo cry this hard since Mom died' statement that's been irking me to no end. If you felt no love for another person and just... went with the flow, there would no reason to cry so much (unless you had guilt). But to cry just as much for a person you really did love (well, obsess over)...it's kinda...odd.
|2010-09-12, 00:57
|Link #17587
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|2010-09-12, 03:12
|Link #17588
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
In the real Lion's world (well, as much as Lion's world could be real at all) these fantasy events probably don't exist at all.
|2010-09-12, 03:51
|Link #17589
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: InterWebs
|2010-09-12, 07:53
|Link #17590
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
I don't think she died in 1967. I thought about that before and realized that logically it shouldn't be possible.
We know that Rosa told everyone that she ran away from her house because she had a quarrel with her mother and she told them that it was about 20 years before.
So 20 years before, Kinzo's wife was still alive, else everyone would decidedly think that Rosa is telling a lie.
Then if Rosa's story is true, Kinzo's wife was alive in 1967 when Beatrice2 died.
Now the point here is that Rosa isn't sure about the exact year, but if that was the very same year her mother died, do you think she wouldn't remember? It's unthinkable.
You would definitely remember the year your own mother died, and Rosa should remember it happened a little after she experienced a very traumatic event.
The other siblings also should have mentioned something like "so it was around the time mother died".
Logically that's what I would expect... but this is a story where people forget that Ange exists so who knows...
There is also Natsuhi's story about the baby. She explained how Krauss and Rosa weren't around... but she didn't say anything about her mother in law.
"My husband had been on a business trip. Rosa-san, who had still lived on the island at the time, had been traveling with her friends.
......Father and I were the only ones on Rokkenjima!"
Yes this is a story were people forget about the existence of their closed relative.
|2010-09-12, 12:04
|Link #17591
Local Crackpot
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Location: Somewhere?
|2010-09-12, 12:43
|Link #17592
Senior Member
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|2010-09-12, 22:45
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Join Date: May 2009
It's very weird that we have no idea when Kinzo's wife died. It might help at least reconcile a few issues, but if what Rosa said is accurate, her mother's been dead no earlier than after her alleged incident in 1967ish and Natsuhi either forgot (or Ryukishi did) that Kinzo's wife was on the island thereafter, she wasn't on the island but Natsuhi forgot to say why, or she was already dead at that point.
I'm not at all sure what that means. Does it fix the date of Kinzo's wife's death to that time? What does that mean? Did ryukishi just forget, like he did on occasion with Ange?
|2010-09-12, 22:52
|Link #17594
Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
Well he hasn't even given us the courtesy of knowing Grandma's name yet.
I wonder if Kinzo's wife might have been one of the grandparents they say died while Battler was away. I think it might make some sense for Rudolf to beg Battler to come back with the pretext of going to grandma's funeral as an Ushiromiya.
|2010-09-13, 00:11
|Link #17595
Join Date: May 2009
Thinking about themes...
I had a theory that each episode of the first four arcs is meant to represent the thematic elements advanced initially: Fantasy, Mystery, Anti-Fantasy, and Anti-Mystery. For example, with the first epsiodes we'd have:
EP1 - Mystery: Whodunnit? No explicit supernatural elements.
EP2 - Fantasy: A magical witch appears! Everything is the result of magic! Surrender to the witch!
EP3 - Anti-Fantasy: Supernatural elements are explicitly and aggressively denied. Events deemed suspect are declared to have never happened at all. We will finger a culprit in the end because we must to deny what we see.
EP4 - Anti-Mystery: We have no information to go on. The crime is unsolvable without information from an external source.
So I don't think that's too implausible. And I've noticed thematic parallels in each episode to the corresponding one in the main arcs, so while they're not "answer arcs," I do think they're meant to show us something.
Only recently did I think about "chiru" -> "breakdown." There are too many cracks in Chiru's facade for it all to be accidental and I've thought of too many things that just "don't click" in each episode for me to accept that they aren't somehow flawed. However... what if those flaws are intentional? Chiru arcs are a literal thematic "breakdown" where the themes are taken to their extreme?
EP5 - Mystery Breakdown: A super detective solves the crime with every trick in the book. A culprit is fingered and forced to the point of confession... but everything was wrong and she's not confessing to the right thing.
EP6 - Fantasy Breakdown: Fantasy to its logical extreme produces contradictory puzzles. Too much fantasy done wrong and things stop making even fantasy-sense.
EP7 - Anti-Fantasy Breakdown: Go to any lengths to make all the facts fit an answer which denies fantastic elements by explaining everything, even if you aren't sure it actually fits. Gloss, throw in a freakin' submarine and an alternate timeline, do whatever it takes.
EP8 - Anti-Mystery Breakdown: What is the ultimate scenario in which incomplete information exists...?
Note that these thematic problems are not their opposites - the breakdown of Mystery is not Anti-Mystery and the breakdown of Fantasy is not Anti-Fantasy. I'm not sure what else there is to that, though... and ep8 can always prove me wrong.
|2010-09-13, 00:32
|Link #17596
Local Crackpot
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Location: Somewhere?
The ultimate scenario can either be:
A. The mystery is actually an illusion which hides the answer.
B. The mystery is full of facts, but they are all misleading, making them factual errors.
C. Some other thing that slipped my mind.
Evasion of the Red Truth, In which Beato never died, which is why she can't be revived.
Screwing with the Detective, in which Will must prove Lion is somehow not an illusion, and is seeking and gathering info that's hard to find because the memories of Lion are already fading away.
Screwing with the Detective 2, in which Piece-Battler is confirmed to be the detective and faces...Himself... and Will.
Repeated Episode 1 with Will and more changes. Meaning no meta-world or anything.
Repeated Episode 1 with No Will, meta-world, etc.
There are a lot of scenarios that exist, but to say which one's the ultimate...? Kind of hard.
|2010-09-13, 00:37
|Link #17597
Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
Well, Renall, I hadn't read much on your theory before. I do remember thinking something similar about there being similarities in the core arcs to the question arcs and that they could be representing them in a round about way. I hadn't thought deep enough for it to be thematic like that though. I think that anti mystery could work with episode 8 too to explain some of the more unorthodox mystery elements of the story, and hey we might actually get the "later queen theory" mentioned in game if that's true.
All I can say is that if that's what Ryukishi has been planning all along I think it's really clever.
|2010-09-13, 06:09
|Link #17598
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
There is something strange with EP4...
Shannontrice is confirmed even by the phone call
Spoiler for EP4 pic:
With the common interpretation of Shannontrice, this is refering to the <See you again> of 6 years ago.
So...this Beatrice would be Shannon...but...the problem is later.
Spoiler for EP4 pic:
You can tell that Suit!Beato = Shannon Personality and Meta!Beato is the Beatrice personnality...but then...there is the You are not Ushiromiya Asumu's son. scene. There is something...strange ? For now, it goes like this :
...and this doesn't make sense, because Ange tried to stop her saying "I know what you're to, stop" or something like that.
So I think it's safe that it was not luck.
Now...According to the information in EP1 only, the only one who knows that Battler is not Asumu's son is Rudolf. Therefore, with the Sh(k)annontrice theory, Rudolf must have told Shannon that Battler is not Asumu's son.
But...just tell me if there is a clue of Rudolf telling a servant that...
But ho god the Asumu!Beatrice theory is so wierd...Shannon makes more sense but how would she know that ?
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|2010-09-13, 14:33
|Link #17599
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Maybe on Rokkenjima Prime the story of Battler's birth was revealed.
Or maybe Shannon being obsessed about Battler, made some research...
|2010-09-13, 14:40
|Link #17600
Join Date: May 2009
Mystery, Anti-Mystery, and Breakdown Mystery, or something to that effect.
With mystery, you're concerned with using information available to solve a crime. With anti-mystery, you're positing that a crime exists, but not enough information exists to solve it.
So what is the logical breakdown there? No information? Irrelevant information? A true but incomplete eyewitness account (Oliver suggested this prospect, and it would fit with Ryukishi's "1+1" solution concept)? Not enough information even to know whether a crime happened at all? The revelation that there is no answer?
I have no idea, but I'm confident in saying that ep8 will draw on thematic and character elements from ep4 (so we might expect to see more Ange, more Battler, and perhaps more Rosa and Maria), and yet at the same time play itself up to the extreme variant of ep4. Since ep4 itself ended with a baffled Battler unable to make sense of what happened, it's tough to imagine ending on an even more clueless note... but we'll have to see how he twists it around. Certainly, few people would argue ep6 and ep7 are all that similar to ep2 and ep3, but thematically they certainly are.
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Roger Taylor regularly tracks websites and recently came across something in TripAdvisor that boosted his spirits.
Bushkill Inn, which recently completed its first quarter of operation under the general manager, rated five stars in the website ratings, the only hotel he could find with that rating in the Poconos.
Roger Taylor regularly tracks websites and recently came across something in TripAdvisor that boosted his spirits.
Bushkill Inn, which recently completed its first quarter of operation under the general manager, rated five stars in the website ratings, the only hotel he could find with that rating in the Poconos.
"We're only open 90 days from when we started on Aug. 15, and out of 96 hotels, we're rated No. 1 in the Poconos with a five-star rating," Taylor said in his distinctive English accent. "It's a critical factor when guests are making reservations. Reviews are critical and we've gotten favorable ones."
Not bad considering that parent company Pocmont Holdings LLC of Lakewood was the lone bidder in an auction late last year, changed contractors to Brooklyn's Saje Construction and did not begin fully putting its makeover plans to work until the beginning of the year.
"That's a fantastic accomplishment for a brand new property and from a staff where the majority never worked in the hotel industry before," said Taylor, as he reset some lounging chairs in the grand lobby area and picked up a tiny piece of paper off the carpet.
He said there are 85 employees, and most of them started after a two-week introduction. "I have the best housekeeping crew here out of any hotel where I've worked," he said.
Phase II under way
That rating comes with only with Phase I of the project completed for the hotel's 81 rooms. Phase II is well under way, converting cottages adjacent to the hotel into luxury suites. Their facades of partial stonework are completed as work has moved indoors.
The hotel industry has changed in the last four years, Taylor explained, as 55 percent of hotel reservations are made within 48 hours because a myriad of websites offering instant bookings at affordable prices.
"On Wednesday, I could have 12 to 15 rooms booked and by Friday, it would be 60 to 65," Taylor said. Although most of the business comes from the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas, he said there is a "small portion but important part of the business" coming in from the western part of Pennsylvania.
Although the online option has increased the volume of business for many hotels like his, it comes at a cost. Travel agents take 10 percent of the room price but offsite agencies and websites pull in 20 to 25 percent of that revenue, Taylor said.
Keeping it upscale
To keep the inn attractive to browsers and to encourage guests to return, he said he has to keep it upscale and appealing to the active urban lifestyle.
The six luxury king and hospitality suites bathrooms have a state-of-the-art small television screen flush in the mirror so guests can watch the latest news or shows while grooming. Bathroom floors also are heated, and Taylor said the towels are far more plush and expensive than in most hotels. The bedding is 600-thread linens with a plush Bushkill teddy bear propped on the pillow that roused some of the biggest decor debates.
"We weren't sure whether to have a black bear or a brown one," said Taylor as the bright brown color prevailed.
Each room has a 40-inch flatscreen television.
Offers spa, restaurant
Consistent with the upscale image, the inn has refined a 3,500-square foot elegant spa. Its Steakhouse restaurant has appointed as executive chef Jorge Lopez, who was executive sous chef at the Las Vegas Regent Grand Spa Hotel and Casino and as executive chef at Lutece at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Additionally, Lopez served as corporate executive chef for 105 properties under the Columbia Sussex Corporation. Certainly the selections and the price range are not for the conservative diners.
The kitchen also was remodeled to transition to a kosher kitchen that is overseen by a rabbi when Jewish groups come in. Suite doors have turnkey locks to accommodate the conservative guests who cannot use the electronic locks.
Taylor said it remains a Gentile hotel, however.
Some things remain from the days when it was Pocmont Inn, including one large stained-glass section in a ceiling of the main lounge where there are live performers on weekends. Taylor said the inn "still has the charm of the older Poconos resorts and that helps."
Seeks conference bookings
There still are things that Taylor wants to do heading into the heart of the bustling winter ski season as he said the inn has partnered with Shawnee Mountain. He said he wants to strengthen the inn's appeal for conferences with expanded information systems for large corporate meetings, an area that he admits is still slow at this early juncture. But he said it takes time to establish that reputation.
There's been a wedding there ,and the Greater Pocono Chamber of Commerce has a holiday mixer booked for Wednesday.
He also wants to better establish its onsite recreational image by improving the hiking trails and improving and expanding the recreational activities, which includes a well-equipped fitness gym, tennis and volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, archery and miniature golf as well as indoor and outdoor pools and a game room for children.
And after the winter, Taylor wants to build an English garden by the lake as a quiet haven for guests and for corporate events. He also wants to build an 1,800-square foot deck at the lake to accommodate small gatherings and is levelling the softball field so one area in the back can be used for barbecues.
As for the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Bushkill Inn prepared well and lost power for three days afterward before coming back up on Thursday that week. A small generator took care of the minimal necessities such as refrigeration and emergency lighting. But the days after that, Taylor said he had 75 percent occupancy, with crews from power companies as well as some displaced local residents who got a 35 percent reduced rate. Taylor said he is looking to get a full-service generator, another of the many ideas that seem endless.


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A Visit with Suzanne Fuoco of Pink Slip Jams
Who: Suzanne Fuoco
What: Pink Slip Jam
Where: Portland, Oregon
Suzanne Fuoco's background in fine art and cooking come together beautifully in her 3-year–old company, Pink Slip Jam. Her products taste like something from a fairy tale, as flowers, local produce, spirits, essential oils and spices collide into the most innovative jam flavors. Once you've gone Pink Slip Jam, your toast will never be the same. Here's a conversation with Suzanne and a peek into the kitchen where she concocts her jams.
Suzanne has ruined me for run–of–the–mill confitures ever more and let me say, that's a good problem to have. This jam maker is truly an artist when it comes to her wares, basing flavors on story, place and season. Have you ever heard of such compelling combinations of fruits? Meyer lemon and Tahitian vanilla marmalade, kumquat and peony, or strawberry, rhubarb and rose petal. These are just a few of Suzanne's other–worldly, floral and absolutely delicious jams.
Suzanne is from Northern California but moved with her family to Portland, Oregon about four years ago. She uses a friend's restaurant kitchen to make her jams, which she sells at a few restaurants and shops around town. Her jams are even featured in an upcoming ice cream flavor at a previously toured local company, Salt and Straw. That is a collaboration I'm greatly looking forward to.
The Test Kitchen
Pink Slip Jams is currently seeking a different commercial kitchen, as Suzanne is expanding her line of canned goods. For now though, she uses her friend's restaurant kitchen at Oui Press in South East Portland. Their kitchen is abuzz with activity as Suzanne prepares a batch of Meyer lemon/Tahitian vanilla marmalade. It's about 150 square feet and has a large stainless steel table, so useful for keeping everything clean and proper for the jam–making process. It's a beautiful space perfect for weekly jam sessions.
The Secret Sauce
Suzanne tinkers with recipes quite a bit to achieve the balance she's looking for. At the core of her jams is seasonal, local produce, but she does love to add edible essential oils to boost certain notes within her jam. These powerful oils from cardamom, rose, and lavender, for example, are wonderful components to Suzanne's jams. They act almost as barely–there aromas, similar to a tiny bit of a different grape in a full bodied, singular vineyard wine. These essences become the nose, tickling your sense of smell as well as taste.
The artistry of Pink Slip Jams is in the blending of unusual combinations of disparate elements and being inspired by all of life's events. From the sublime to the ridiculous. For example, one flavor of Suzanne's is loosely based on her teenage sons' rescue of a baby crow and nursing the bird back to health. Another series of jams was based on Mad Men characters, and each of the jams had a touch of alcohol in the mixture. Amazing, right?
The Business Plan
Pink Slip Jam is expanding and in process of finding a larger commercial kitchen to operate in. Suzanne is also starting to make sweetened fruit and flower–based syrups as well as savory chutneys. What started as a neighborhood endeavor, selling a few jars to parents at her sons' school, became a full&fledged job pretty quickly. Due to demand, from parents then friends of friends, then local shopkeepers, Pink Slip Jam grew slowly and steadily.
At this point, Suzanne is still the sole jam-maker, handling everything from orders to making the jam to blogging about her inspirational concoctions and recipes she's tried featuring her jams, chutneys and syrups.
The Community
Suzanne's jams are rooted in her community in that she uses almost exclusively local produce; she's very connected to the farmers she purchases from. She's also very collaborative in that she sells jams around Portland to shops and restaurants who love her product. In several of these establishments, she's created a specialized flavor to use in one of their dishes. The relationships Suzanne has built with local food makers is symbiotic.
She lights up when speaking about her jam being featured in a seasonal flavor of brie cheese ice cream at Salt and Straw, in which a big blob of her fruit jam will be dolloped on the top of the cone.
For me, Suzanne's jams are apart of a very intimate time of day; my breakfast. Slathered on baguette with salted butter and a pot of black tea, my own little family rises to the crunch and smack of warm bread and melty, sweet, dazzling jam. This small community: myself and my husband, is very grateful.
5 Quick Questions for Suzanne Fuoco
Favorite online resources for your kitchen?
Mountain Rose Herbs for incredible spices and flower petals. Aftelier Parfum for some of Chef Mandy's essences (I love cardamom and geranium oils).
The one thing you can't live without?
From a purely practical point of view (no pun intended), I'd have to say my contacts or my glasses! I'm terribly nearsighted, as well as being a very visual person. I take inspiration from art, nature, nature and books, and people all around me, so I need to see!
If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be and why?
This is a tough call, but ultimately I'd have to say Julia Child. She was so engaged in all manner of cooking, loved talking and people, sharing ideas and recipes, never afraid to admit mistakes AND in addition, was my middle son's pen pal for 3 years before she died! I treasure the notes she wrote to him.
What's in your Google Reader?
• Glass Petal Smoke
• The Dinner Files
• Design Sponge
• Remodelista
• Punk Domestics
• Anarchy in a Jar
If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
First thing would be to pay off the house in Portland, pay off an ancient student loan (ugh), and, if any funds are remaining I'd return to Italy, and spend time taking some cooking seminars. I'd take my whole family.
What's your favorite vehicle for eating jam?
My favorite way to use almost any flavor of jam is to make a crostata, or an Italian jam tart. The crust is buttery and rich with hints of cinnamon and whenever I've made this, there are no leftovers! It's great for breakfast with tea, or as a dessert. I've taken variations with different designs in the dough for all sorts of holiday parties. While the intense red or pink jams look the most dramatic, my personal favorite flavor to use is Heart of Darkness (black mission fig, cocoa nib and cinnamon). Absolutely decadent! And easy!
Thanks, Suzanne and Pink Slip Jam!
Related: A Visit to Salt and Straw: Artisan Ice Cream in Portland, Oregon
(Images: Leela Cyd Ross)


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Digital Game-Based Learning: A Selected Bibliography
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January 10, 2012
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Council continues to light up scoreboards as she averaged 28.3 points per game in leading her team to a trio of wins over the past week. In an 80-71 win over Brewton-Parker (Ga.) on Jan. 6, she blistered the net with 41 points, making her the only Wolfpack in school history to score 40-or-more points twice in one season. Council also added nine rebounds and two steals in the win. She followed that performance with 25 points, six rebounds and three assists in an 85-63 blowout win over Southern Poly (Ga.). She also posted a line of 19 points, four rebounds and six assists in Loyola's victory over the University of New Orleans on Jan. 2. On the week, Council shot 27 for 55 (49.1 percent) from the field, including 10 of 18 from 3-point range.
The 5-foot-8 senior guard from Houston, Texas, leads all NAIA Division I players with a scoring average of 24.2 points per game and has Loyola off to a program best 13-1 start. Her 6.2 rebounds per contest rank 21st best nationally and her field goal percentage of 47.5 ranks 36th.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Jan. 17.
Nominees: Hayley Pettit, Montana Western; Lavanda Ross, Union (Tenn.); Victoria Jones, Tougaloo (Miss.); Chelsea Cluesman, UVa-Wise; Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.); Jenna Diakos, LSU Shreveport (La.); Towanda Sutton, Central Methodist (Mo.); Sharron Andrews, William Woods (Mo.); Kelsey Canavan, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Celeste Jones, Robert Morris (Ill.).
2011 Composite Award Winners (Schedule)
Week 1: Amber Williams, Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Week 2: Keiva Council, Loyola (La.)


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Affectionately known as 'The Mother City' by locals, Cape Town is South Africa's most celebrated city and has been witness to the unfolding of the country's identity. It's also a place of incredible natural beauty, with golden beaches, crashing waves and lush groves surrounding the cosmopolitan urban districts. At the back looms the vast Table Mountain, which offers some truly jaw-dropping views.


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Preparation for Marketing - Course for Therapists and Coaches
Cathy Towers - Business Therapy
Monday, 26 February 2018 from 19:00 to 20:00 (GMT)
Event Details
For therapists and coaches on a budget, wanting to overhaul their business, or just needing to begin somewhere, this is a simple starter course.
"I think your course is really good. I love how clearly and honestly you've thought it through. I think it's appealing for therapists because it does highlight the more friendly, caring side of business. I think it's lovely and supportive - like a cosy quilt you want to snuggle into." Jenny Skinner Alexander Teacher
It is designed for therapists and coaches who have conflict about marketing and want to grow confidence to ensure they are ethical in how they promote themselves.
It doesn't matter whether you are starting out or established, this course will give you a sound basis from which to feel comfortable with promoting yourself.
This course is a supported home study. You can do it anytime you wish, and allow as much time as you wish, though I suggest a minimum hour a week to focus and carefully work through the tasks. Every two weeks for 16 weeks you will receive an email module with:
- structured questions/tasks to answer which get you thinking about and planning your business
- top tips and bottom blips
- a video or audio clip about an area of marketing where I share my experience and approach
Marketing doesn't happen by magic: you will have to be active in attending to the questions, and acting on what you decide!
However, the course does provide a solid start and plenty of gems and help from an experienced practitioner.
It doesn't matter when you sign up, that is when your course starts! If you need a break, just let me know.
NB No mailout on Easter Monday
Week 1 GETTING IN THE MINDSET TO MARKET - taking away the pain of the bit we didn't sign up for!
Week 2 MAKING EVERYTHING SAFE - for you and your clients
Week 3 RESEARCH - a vital piece of planning to transform your confidence
Week 4 BRANDING...OR BEING YOURSELF? - on being authentic and ethical
Week 5 TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO - simple steps to make your communication heard more easily
Week 6 WHAT DOES THE CLIENT WANT? - most therapists focus on what they offer rather than the client. Take a look through their eyes
Week 7 INCREASING AWARENESS - comfortable steps to being visible
Week 8 REVIEW AND RENEW - gathering and regrouping, an essential element
Who is the tutor?
Cathy Towers has many successful years in private practice and has offered training in building your private practice since 2007. She regularly attends mainstream business building events and intentionally combines what she learns with spiritual laws of success.
In 2010 Cathy opened Exeter Mind and Body Clinic where she hosts a great team of counsellors and natural health practitioners. She runs Facebook and Twitter for a couple of organisations.
Money-back guarantee: If you look through the first week's session and feel that the style is really not for you, please do contact me within two days and I can arrange a refund, which means you will not receive any subsequent session emails. Or you can contact within six days and this refund agreement is still possible minus the booking fee charge made by Eventbrite. After six days no refund is available.
When & Where
Home Study
United Kingdom
Monday, 26 February 2018 from 19:00 to 20:00 (GMT)
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Cathy is co-founder of BUSINESS THERAPY with Sue Haswell
We help you put your relationship with your business "on the couch", taking the pressure off doing to pause in reflection.
Do you offer a service which is deeply personal and find that conventional marketing stressing you? You need a perspective which is about the relationships you have around your business. We offer a considered psychological approach to improving your confidence and connection in relational marketing in three areas:
My name is Cathy Towers and I have been a psychotherapist in private practice for about thirty years. I also speak and run workshops on the topics above.
If you are looking for a "six-figure income" as promised by many business coaches, then I am not your woman as although I teach about money, earning it is not what I focus on. Why? Because I believe when we do work that we are passionate about, and involves SERVICE then money is rarely the driving force and making it the main focus creates conflict not comfort. I focus on the beliefs and behaviours we have around money, and the parameters we set in our business. That way we ensure that earning a fair fee feels good not bad.
If you are seeking the skills and confidence to become professionally visible in a way that feels clean, ethical and authentic, then I'm worth a conversation. My principles are not compromised and I can still pay the mortgage!


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A lot of my friends (and family) are still in full-on baby mode. My best friend Jamie had her second baby just this week, in fact, a precious boy named Blake, whom I got to spend quality time with in the hospital on Wednesday—the same hospital Preston was born in. It brought back some incredible memories for me that hit me the minute I walked through the hospital doors. Holding and feeding him definitely made me think I might be ready for at least one more, sooner rather than later. But I still have some reservations...
As I've mentioned a few times, my "womb friend" Robin had her daughter Hailey a couple of months ago (she's also a step-mom to an eight-year-old). Our cousins Ally and Jordy (she's eight years younger than I am), are due with their first (a girl) in July. I have two friends who recently had their third babies; another two who had their second earlier this year; and some more that are probably going to try for a third within the next year or so. My husband's best friend has three kids, too—ages 5, 2 ½ and 11 months.
I recently heard one of my closest friends from high school is pregnant with her fifth.
The women in my age group—many of whom I attended camp, grade school, high school and/or college with—are still having babies. Some of the ones who were married by the time they were 30 are onto kid no. 3; the ones who married a little later—almost all of them—have two now. The babies are still popping out around me—and in a lot of cases, they're having them very close together, within two years or less.
I've stopped caring about the fact that my kids won't be that close in age—it's not something I can control, so I don't spend too much time worrying about it. I truly believe everything happens for a reason—I actually take comfort in knowing that.
We were having lunch in the suburbs last weekend and saw a dad (who looked our age or older) pushing three kids around in two strollers, all under the age of three or four. Jay pointed him out to me.
Him: "Look at that guy…"
Me: "We are sooo not those people."
Him: "I think we are."
Me: "You think we could handle three kids that close in age?"
Him: "I know we could."
Me: "That wouldn't freak you out just a little?"
Him: "N-o-p-e."
Okay, my husband's great with kids. I think I'm pretty great with kids too. That's not really the point. Being great with kids doesn't mean juggling three that close in age is a breeze, especially if two of those kids happen to be twins or are less than two years apart, when you already have a toddler. This is something I think about a lot. It's something I have to think about, because if and when we decide to move forward with more fertility treatments there's about a 20 percent chance of us having multiples—even at my age.
Twins wouldn't scare me nearly as much if I didn't already have a child—but I do. So it does. Frankly, having one more scares me sometimes. It's not a matter of loving kids, or even wanting more kids—it's a matter of not being naive about what having more kids would mean.
Even though my friends are still having kids right now, which does make me feel less anxious about it, I still can't escape the fact that I'm not as young and sprightly as I once was. I have a much bigger job now than I did when Preston was born (that's a huge factor); I have more responsibilities (another factor); I know what it means to take care of a child, both financially and logistically (bingo!). I'm not going into this blindly. That's probably the no. 1 thing working against me right now when it comes to having more kids (that, and this little thing called "unexplained infertility"). I'm overly cautious; hyperaware of all the challenges. I wish I could get pregnant accidentally, but since it doesn't look like that's happening I can't pretend I don't know what I'm getting myself into.
Are your friends done having kids, or still popping them out? How many kids are you hoping to have? Do you ever worry about having them too close together and how difficult that would be? Sometimes I think there's a very good reason why we haven't been able to conceive our second yet—maybe someone is watching over us to make sure we're ready for it when the time is right for us, whenever that time may be.
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As Edible Westside releases its third issue, I continue to beam with pride. While it's certainly not my magazine (that honor belongs to the uber-talented publisher/dear friend Linzy May Mahoney), getting to write articles about beer since it got started has been both exciting and educational. And it seems like each issue gets better and better; the newly released Fall 2012 issue being no exception.
For my part, I got to contribute a piece about one of my favorite guilty pleasures: mead. As friends can attest, I've had a love affair with mead ever since I brewed my first batch back in 2006. Now charged with writing an article about it, I went looking for local mead makers, but found myself coming up dry. By a stroke of luck, I was hanging out with my friends Mike and Ryan from the awesome San Diego beer publication, West Coaster SD, and they suggested I check out some guys from Golden Coast Mead that were looking to open their own place via a Kickstarter campaign. Sweet!
Interviewing one of the co-founders, Frank Golbeck, I became fascinated by his passion and worldview, and knew I had what I needed to make this article shine. So, if you're interested in learning more about mead—its interesting origins, its flavor profiles, and the endless possibilities it holds—check out my article in the digital edition of Edible Westside. (And dig those awesome illustrations by my good friend/local beer darling Cambria Griffith!)
You can read my Golden Coast Mead article online or seek out a free physical copy at one of the many distribution spots across LA's Westside. And do keep your eyes peeled in early December for the upcoming Winter 2012 issue; I've got a tasty article on barleywines up my sleeve! Cheers!
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Has the entire nation been short-changed at the Post Office?
The government of a "botched privatisation" over its controversial sell off of Royal Mail, saying taxpayers have lost out hundreds of millions of pounds.
Three months after the flotation, the opposition said the postal group's share price was more than 70% higher than the 330p at the time of privatisation last October.
The price has remained above 500p, "dramatically" higher than the figure set by the coalition, said Labour, adding that Business Secretary Vince Cable had maintained that judgment should be passed on the sale price of Royal Mail after three months.
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, said: "On the day the Royal Mail fire sale went ahead Vince Cable was clear that the Tory-led Government should be judged on the basis of the price of Royal Mail shares after three months.
"Three months later, the Business Secretary's dismissal of the sharp rise in share price as 'froth' has been demolished and increasingly it looks like the taxpayer has been left short-changed at a time when services are being cut and families are struggling with David Cameron's cost of living crisis.
"We know that Vince Cable considered, then rejected, the option of floating Royal Mail at a higher price which would have brought in more cash for taxpayers.
"He still has serious outstanding questions to answer on the price he could have received three months ago in respect of what increasingly looks like a botched privatisation."
Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said: "Three months ago we had 'Cable froth' and now we have taxpayers left with a bad taste as hundreds of millions of pounds have been lost.
"The British public were against the sale of this great public service as consumers and now they know for sure they got a bad deal as taxpayers too."


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Louis Gomez
Alumni Member
Other information
SILC Alumni Member (former SILC Faculty Member, University of California, Los Angeles) and member of our Spatial Network.
Biographical Sketch: LOUIS M. GOMEZ
Professional Preparation:
B.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Psychology, 1974
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Psychology, 1979
2009‐ current present Professor, School of Education, Learning Sciences and
Policy Program, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Senior
Research Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center, The
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1993‐2009 Professor, School of Education & Social Policy, Learning Sciences &
Department of Computer Science –
1986‐93 Director, Human‐Computer Systems Research ‐ Bellcore, Morristown, N.J
1979‐86 Member of Technical Staff, Bellcore, Murray Hill, NJ
Helen Faison Chair of Urban Education, University of Pittsburgh
Aon Professor of the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University
Five Most Recent Publications
Bransford, J. D., Stipek, D. J., Vye, N. J., Gomez, L. M., & Lam, D. (Eds.). (2009), The role
of research in educational improvement. Cambridge: Harvard Education
Bransford, J. D., Stipek, D. J., Vye, N. J., Gomez, L. M., & Lam, D. (2009). Equity,
excellence, elephants, and evidence. In Bransford, J. D., Stipek, D. J., Vye, N. J.,
Gomez, L. M., & Lam, D. (Eds), The role of research in educational improvement
(1‐17). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
Gomez, L. M., & Hentschke, G. C. (2009). K‐12 education and the role of for‐profit
providers. In Bransford, J. D., Stipek, D. J., Vye, N. J., Gomez, L. M., & Lam, D.
(Eds), The role of research in educational improvement (137‐159).
Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
Herman, P., Perkins, K., Hansen, M., Gomez, L., & Gomez, K (2010). The Effectiveness
of Reading Comprehension Strategies in High School Science Classrooms.
in Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference of the Learning
Sciences. Gomez, K., Radinsky, J., Goldman, S. &Pellegrino, J. (Editors).
Krakowski, M., Ratliff, K. Gomez, L., & Levine, S. (2010). Spatial intelligence and the
research ‐ practice challenge. Proceedings of the 2010 Interactional
Conference of the Learning Sciences. Gomez,K., Radinsky, J., Goldman, S. &
Pellegrino, J. (Editors)
Five Other Recent Publications
Herman P. & Gomez L. M. (2009). Taking Guided Learning Theory to School:
Reconciling the Cognitive, Motivational, and Social Contexts of Instruction. In
Tobias S. & Duffy T. Constructivist Theory Applied to Instruction: Success Or
Failure. New York: Routledge.
Spillane, J. P., Gomez, L. M., & Mesler, L. (2009). Notes on reframing the role of the
organizations in policy implementation: Resources for practice, in practice . In
Sykes, G., Schneider, B., & Plank, D. N. (Eds)., Handbook on education policy research
(409‐425). New York: Routledge.
Bryk A. S. & Gomez L. M. (2008) Ruminations on Reinventing an R&D Capacity for
Educational Improvement. In Hess, F. M. (Ed), The Future of Educational
Entrepreneurship: Possibilities for School Reform. Cambridge: Harvard
Education Press
Herman, P., Gomez, L.M., Gomez, K., Williams, A., & Perkins, K. (2008). Metacognitive
support for reading in science classrooms. In proceedings of the
International Conference for the Learning Sciences,(ICLS '08), June 24 ‐28
Utretch, Netherlands.
Gomez, L., Sherin, M., Griesdorn, J., & Finn, L. (2008) Creating Social
Relationships: The Role of Technology in Pre‐Service Teacher Preparation.
Journal of Teacher Education. 59, 117131
Selected Synergistic Activities (2000present):
Senior Partner, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Member, National Educational Technical Planning Committee
Member, Advisory Board, Pearson Publishing, Assessment & Information
Technology Division
Board of Trustees, Center for Assistive Technologies (CAST)
Member, New York City Educational Reform Retrospective Panel
Collaborators in the Last Four Years
Luis Amaral (Northwestern University), Anthony S. Bryk (Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement in Teaching), Kimberley Gomez (University of Pittsburgh), Phillip
Herman (University of Pittsburgh), Moshe Krackowski (Yeshiva University), Susan
Levine (University of Chicago), Jennifer Russell (University of Pittsburgh), Mary Kay
Stein (University of Pittsburgh), Uri Willensky (Northwestern University),
Graduate Advisors: Steven E. Palmer & Eleanor Rosch (University of California,
Thesis Advisor in the Last Five Years: Benjamin Shapiro (as of 6/1/10, Research
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin), Hisham Petry (current), Peter
Wardrip (current)
Sponsor (6) Phillip Herman (Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of
Pittsburgh), Samuel Kwon (Assistant Professor, Concordia University), Ken Rose
(Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University), Ben Shapiro (as of
6/1/10, Research Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin), Kimberley
Williams, (Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh)


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Legal Authority
Public Welfare Investments
National banks may make investments that are primarily designed to promote the public welfare under the investment authority in 12 USC 24 (Eleventh) and the implementing regulation, 12 CFR 24. This authority allows banks to make investments that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income individuals, low- and moderate-income areas, or other areas targeted by a government entity for redevelopment, or if the investment would receive consideration under 12 CFR 25.23 (the Community Reinvestment Act regulation) as a "qualified investment." Examples of these investments include supporting affordable housing and other real estate development, providing equity for start-up and small business expansion, and revitalizing or stabilizing a government-designated area (see the Public Welfare Investments Fact Sheet (PDF) for details).
National banks seeking to provide financing to tax credit projects under the public welfare investment authority must either request prior OCC approval or submit an after-the-fact notice to the OCC, depending on the bank's safety and soundness profile, CRA performance, and the nature of the project financing. Federal Savings Associations may make similar public welfare investments under 12 CFR 560.36.
Federal savings associations have limited authority under 12 CFR 160.36 (De Minimus Investments) to make investments of the type permitted for national banks under 12 CFR 24.1
Federal savings associations are also authorized under 12 CFR 159 to make investments in service corporations engaged in broad range of preapproved activities, including certain community development related investments and activities that include "investments in low-income housing tax credit and new markets tax credit projects and entities authorized by statute (e.g. community development financial institutions) to promote community, inner city, and community development purposes."
For more information, please see the Public Authority Resource Directory.
If you need additional assistance, please call the Community Affairs Department at (202) 649-6420 or contact your District Community Affairs Officer.
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Consideration
CRA: Community Development Loans, Investments and Services, Community Developments Fact Sheet.


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With a chic cowl neckline and cropped sleeves, this lightweight bebe sweater is sure to sculpt a city-chic look. Try it with a pair of leatherette pants.
- 95% acrylic, 5% polyester.
- Center back to hem: 22" (56 cm).
- Sleeve length: 13" (33 cm).
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Same-sex marriage in Christian history
A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai in Israel. It shows two robed Christian saints. Between them is a traditional Roman 'pronubus' (a best man), overseeing a wedding. The pronubus is Christ. The married couple are both men.
Prof. John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University's history department, discovered that in addition to heterosexual marriage ceremonies in ancient Christian church liturgical documents, there were also ceremonies called the "Office of Same-Sex Union" (10th and 11th century), and the "Order for Uniting Two Men" (11th and 12th century).
These church rites had all the symbols of a heterosexual marriage: the whole community gathered in a church, a blessing of the couple before the altar was conducted with their right hands joined, holy vows were exchanged, a priest officiatied in the taking of the Eucharist and a wedding feast for the guests was celebrated afterwards. These elements all appear in contemporary illustrations of the holy union of the Byzantine Warrior-Emperor, Basil the First (867-886 CE) and his companion John.
Such same gender Christian sanctified unions also took place in Ireland in the late 12thand/ early 13th century, as the chronicler Gerald of Wales ('Geraldus Cambrensis') recorded.
Same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe list in great detail some same gender ceremonies found in ancient church liturgical documents. One Greek 13th century rite, "Order for Solemn Same-Sex Union", invoked St. Serge and St. Bacchus, and called on God to "vouchsafe unto these, Thy servants [N and N], the grace to love one another and to abide without hate and not be the cause of scandal all the days of their lives, with the help of the Holy Mother of God, and all Thy saints". The ceremony concludes: "And they shall kiss the Holy Gospel and each other, and it shall be concluded".
Another 14th century Serbian Slavonic "Office of the Same Sex Union", uniting two men or two women, had the couple lay their right hands on the Gospel while having a crucifix placed in their left hands. After kissing the Gospel, the couple were then required to kiss each other, after which the priest, having raised up the Eucharist, would give them both communion.
Records of Christian same sex unions have been discovered in such diverse archives as those in the Vatican, in St. Petersburg, in Paris, in Istanbul and in the Sinai, covering a thousand-years from the 8th to the 18th century.
The Dominican missionary and Prior, Jacques Goar (1601-1653), includes such ceremonies in a printed collection of Greek Orthodox prayer books, "Euchologion Sive Rituale Graecorum Complectens Ritus Et Ordines Divinae Liturgiae" (Paris, 1667).
While homosexuality was technically illegal from late Roman times, homophobic writings didn't appear in Western Europe until the late 14th century. Even then, church-consecrated same sex unions continued to take place.
The evangelical Christian response will likely be to either question whether these were really like "marriage" or reject them as Satan-inspired evil that shows how far astray the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have gone.
Wikipedia has more on Sergius and Bacchus.


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Monday, October 20, 2008
Things To Consider
As Hebert points out, there is a "vacuum" in Quebec, due to Harper's failure, the NDP's inability to breakthrough in any meaningful way. The Liberal Party now has the opportunity to move beyond the sponsorship stench and re-engage the Quebec electorate. As far as I'm concerned, Ontario will never be the electoral monolith for the Liberals again, the advantage of a divided or unpopular right evaporated, if we are too hold power again, then Quebec will be key. When perusing the various contenders, the person best equipped to possibly succeed in Quebec should be given priority.
Whichever contender demonstrates the capacity to raise money, without relying solely on loans, should be given due respect. A leadership race isn't viewed in isolation, those best able to mobilize supporters to give show that they have the capacity to inspire and motivate, a trait which will continue after a leader is chosen. Given the new rules, where the money moves is indicative of something beyond elitist tendencies, you need the grassroots to bankroll.
Political Spectrum
Much debate about whether we should move to the center, stay the same, or gravitate farther left, which point on the spectrum is best suited to maximize and harvest voters. This will be a personal decision for many, but my litmus test will be a leader that provides enough of a contrast with Harper to be a true philosophical alternative, but has the capacity to still be attractive to the center, they don't call it that for nothing.
The Economy
We are heading for a sustained downturn, even if the next election is three years away, it is entirely conceivable that our economy will still be challenged, our fiscal house more of an issue than this election. Baggage on the economy is important here, our leader must be credible and forward thinking. I assume the economy, how we move Canada forward within the global reality, will be the key issue in the next election, so we should consider that, and which regions we can find economic appeal. You do the math on that one.
Who has the moxy, who has the eloquence, who has the common touch. Someone that highlights Harper's lack of charisma. One thing this election reinforced again, it's a game of superficial attributes, who has soundbite appeal, who can articulate in a concise and direct manner.
18 comments:
- Local Grit said...
Along with Quebec, the next leader need to appeal to the West. If we don't start appealing the fastest growing region in the country we will never get a majority again.
- 6:32 PM, October 20, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Two thoughts (for the record, I was a strong Ignatieff supporter in 2006 and now don't really care anymore)
Economy: If that's going the be the major issue for the next couple years, does Rae become a liability due to his record? However, at the same token, I think he would have the best one on one fight , from a selling point of view, against Harper.
Quebec: I think Ignatieff is the defacto Quebec candidate. Even before chosing someone that can have a significant impact on Quebec (ie. Ignatieff), the LPC party must first decide whether Ignatieff's vision for Quebec is the correct one. A lot of Quebecers the last time around saw the victory of Dion in the context of the LPC's views on federalism. And the seat count should indicate how they partially reacted.
At the same time, Ignatieff got roasted by staunch federalist Liberals from Ontario and the ROC media and I believe, that, above all else, led to his defeat.
It's why I sort of wished we had a major policy convention before this last election. There are some fundamental core issues that party cannot seem to get consensus around.
Tough to be a Liberal these days, whatever that means.
- 6:32 PM, October 20, 2008
- Steve V said...
I hear you.
local grit
Agreed, especially B.C. and Manitoba. Alberta is a lost cause, but we can start slowly, almost a ditto for Sask. That's just the reality, whereas Quebec is more fertile ground.
- 6:45 PM, October 20, 2008
- Gayle said...
May I suggest that any candidate who is going to be divisive should not win.
I heard Mark Holland say that today on Newman.
- 6:57 PM, October 20, 2008
- JimmE said...
Good Post Steve
While I mostly agree, a couple of points:
Ontario - The provincial Liberals were able to Mop-up the province. Federally we can do that again.
Money - How is it we Liberals wrote the rules & are the one's who can't figure them out?!! For one, we need to find a way to get incremental donations. Leadership Convention should be a way to MAKE MONEY not loose money!
Western Canada, the Maritimes & the NDP - We lost seats in these regions in part due to the NDP. As you said, the centre is where the votes are, we need to convince all Canadians the Liberal party is the party of the Progressive Centre. We need policy that connects with my dipper friends that does not seem fiscally rash to my Reform/SoCred mother-in-law.
I don't care what folks say, politics is about emotion, we need thoughtful policy & a leader that connects on an emotional level.
- 7:06 PM, October 20, 2008
- Steve V said...
I saw Holland, and it sounds nice, but they're all divisive at this point, the main contenders I mean. Also, take it for what it's worth but Fife said the Iggy and Rae camps already have an agreement that the one with lesser support moves to the leader, so if true, the chance for someone to come up the middle isn't credible.
Someone mentioned that we should put a cap on the leadership fundraising, so we don't drain the party and have all these outstanding debts. I love that idea, especially if it looks like a battle between the old school buddies (which is VERY likely).
- 7:47 PM, October 20, 2008
- Gayle said...
Steve - I take everything from CTV with a grain of salt right now.
I spoke to a CBC reporter today who told me the "exclusive" CTV report that McCallum was going to be the interim leader was a false leak given to CTV as a response to the Dion interview fiasco (he also told me the actions of CTV were highly unethical, though I doubt I have to tell you that).
That said, if it were true I actually like that deal, since it minimizes the damage (unless Iggy wins of course). ;)
- 7:52 PM, October 20, 2008
- Steve V said...
I wonder if Coderre jumps in, that could hurt Iggy in Quebec, otherwise he will be in a powerful position. Is it 1/3 of the total delegates?
- 8:05 PM, October 20, 2008
- Anonymous said...
The problem we ran into last time was that although Ignatieff swept Quebec, there were still not enough Liberals to fill those delegate spots when it mattered. You know, actual bodies on the convention floor. That's how bad the situation is in that province.
I also wouldn't count Ignatieff as an automatic Quebec shoe in favorite. A lot of Quebec Liberals were just as mad at him for not being able to win as they were at the LPC in general for not supporting the nation stuff.
If I were a betting man, I would say Rae has a 70/30 shot to win. His surrogates have been organizing for a while. Dont be surprised that when the leadership contest really kicks off, he will have a commanding lead in terms of money and a slight lead in terms of caucus endorsements.
I also like LeBlanc and think he is an up and comer, but his staunch federalist views may hurt him in Quebec. I hope he decides not to run at this point.
- 9:14 PM, October 20, 2008
- Steve V said...
I'll take that bet :)
- 10:19 PM, October 20, 2008
- Jeff said...
I have a question. Is there any possibility at all of Dion running for the leadership in May?
After all, he believes that he was right about where the party and the country should be heading. And lots of people respected his integrity.
The fact that he didn't step down suggests to me that he wants to keep fighting for his vision. And if he does a good job in challenging the Conservatives and promoting his vision, then wouldn't he want to try again?
Is there anything in the rules or in what he said that rules out this as a possibility?
- 11:19 PM, October 20, 2008
- JimmE said...
I think Dion was asked this question & said no to him contesting the leadership.
- 11:50 PM, October 20, 2008
- Jerry Prager said...
The fact that there is a Liberal gov in Toronto may be one of the reasons there is a Con one in Ottawa. Historically, during the long reign of the Cons in Toronto, Ottawa was Lib, something about a balance of power. The federal Libs will take Ont again, after McGuinty is gone.
- 9:04 AM, October 21, 2008
- liberazzi said...
I think the points that have been made over the past few days that a new leader is only a bandaid are valid. (This doesn't mean I am changing my opinion of Dion). Perhaps an Iggy or a Rae can, I dare say fluke out a win the next go round. I hope the reports that one will support the other depending on the circumstances are true. My belief is that we need to make incremental improvements seat wise and party wise. If we can regain out seat total of around 100 seats next time, then that would be a victory in a sense. Then work our way to minority status, then a majority. We could be on the outside for about 4 to 5 years. If we can keep the CPC to a minority in that time period then we hopefully can minimize the damage they may create. It's a four point rebuilding process, leader/team, policy, finances, local organization. If we only change the leader, then we have failed. My hope is a McKenna or Manley stay out of it, as they will be viewed as saviours. Ideally, a Rae, Iggy or Kennedy can be caretakers/rebuilders who can then leave the party in good hands for the next generation. In the meantime, they can clease the party of some of the deadwood i.e. then "insiders" and those MPs just hanging around growing their pensions. Finally, I would be surprised if Coderre would run against his buddy Iggy. I have zero respect for Coderre and I wish he would just go away.
- 12:45 PM, October 21, 2008
- Steve V said...
I still can't figure out what the point of Coderre running would be. There is no appetite for another francophone, and his appeal outside of Quebec would be miniscule to say the least. Given his known affinity with Iggy, I don't see how a run increases his profile. Outside of a vanity exercise, a run lacks any practicality, that I can see.
- 1:08 PM, October 21, 2008
- Koby said...
I have serious reservations about both Rae and Ignatieff. That said, both have obvious strengthens and I would be happy with either at this point. Both are excellent communicators and both speak better French than Harper.
As to the question as to what the Liberals can hope for the next time out, I do not think a weak minority is out of the question given the economic times we live in. In order for that to happen though a few things will have to happen. The Liberals will have to rebound and more in suburban Vancouver, recover in Winnipeg, take 50 seats in Ontario and fill the void in Quebec.
- 6:15 PM, October 21, 2008
- Miles Lunn said...
I think we need to focus on every region. Certainly I agree that Quebec is fertile ground, however we need to focus on areas off the island of Montreal, where I think we have potential, but it will require work. As for Ontario, we won't sweep it again anytime soon, but surely we can do better than winning only six seats outside the GTA. Ideally we should win the overwhelming majority of ridings in the GTA and about half outside of the GTA. Even if we cannot win in rural Eastern Ontario, there is absolutely no reason we cannot win in smaller centres like Kitchener, Barrie, St. Catharines, London, Brantford, Sarnia, and Peterborough.
Also we cannot keep on writing off Western Canada. This worked for Trudeau since he could sweep Quebec and worked for Chretien since he swept Ontario. As long as the Bloc Quebecois exists, we won't sweep Quebec again either, so we need to win some seats in the West. I agree Alberta is mostly a lost cause, but I think British Columbia and Manitoba are fertile grounds. I also think Saskatchewan might be more favourable after the next boundary re-distribution. If they got rid of the split urban-rural ridings and instead had all ridings either entirely urban or entirely rural, then we might be able to win some of the urban ones.
- 9:27 PM, October 23, 2008
- Steve V said...
I don't think we should write off British Columbia, but when you look at where our membership has really fallen apart, it's Quebec. It's about time we weren't so passive about it, and did start thinking outside of the fortress ridings, this is the first real opportunity post-sponsorship. I agree on Ontario, we can flip many seats back, just not the sweep scenarios that used to mask other problems.
- 11:19 PM, October 23, 2008


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Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why the Catholic League is starting a new initiative aimed at atheists:
Approximately 80 percent of Americans are Christian, and 96 percent celebrate Christmas. Of the 20 percent who are not Christian, non-believers make up the largest segment, though the number of self-identified atheists is tiny. David Silverman, president of American Atheists, knows this to be true, which is why he is frantically trying to inflate his base. "We want people to realize that there may be atheists in their family," he told the New York Times, "even if those atheists don't even know they are atheists."
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Don't these people have anything better to do? Why the hell do they have to force their delusion on everyone else?
It would give their delusion more legitimacy.
Well, from their perspective, they're only doing the same thing we are with our books on atheism, talk-show appearances, lectures, TV shows and such. Never mind the fact that we've got to increase our media coverage more than 1,000-fold to come close to what they've already got sprayed all over the airwaves ... err, the cable TV lines (not really in the air, anymore).
I understand why they're doing it. I just think they're being incredibly foolish about it, thinking they're going to turn a rational, skeptical atheist back into a theist (even more foolish to think they're going to turn someone who wasn't indoctrinated from birth into one). It's the sort of bullshit they push about Christianity being the thinking man's religion. Clearly a lot of them have convinced themselves of their own bullshit.
Believe in Nothing, Stand for Nothing and be Good for Nothing ?
Burn in your Hell !
I saw the headline and assumed this was an atheist idea - maybe to "adopt", or provide support for atheists who had been disowned by their parents.
Heh, alas, no. Just another fucked up Catholic idea.
This highlights the absolute intolerance of catholics/christians. Believe or burn in hell.
I have to question what kind of mind control takes place here when people are so intent on "It's my way or the highway" and to have such lethal consequences for not doing so - eternity burning in hell.
I will never stop being amazed at the shock christians feel when confronted by atheism. The gathering of the masses only alludes to world domination and brain washing - and ultimately money. The more to donate....
It is only when you look from the outside in, that you can see the hypocrisy and ridiculousness of it all.
Did you hear? the pope turned on the vatican christmans lights via his Ipad. I wonder if his god-wifi service is the fastest on the planet?
I wonder if any Christian reading that article is dumb enough to try and adopt one of us.
I am guessing - yes.
Notice it ends with some nice libel against atheists:
'As an added bonus, they will no longer be looked upon as people who "believe in nothing, stand for nothing and are good for nothing."'
Note the quote marks - who is he quoting? Himself?.
I wonder if we offer ourselves for adoption will they pay our bills for us?
Didn't Hemant Mehta (not sure if spelled his name right) already sell his soul on e-bay?
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Northern Bald Ibis
(Geronticus eremita)
Facts about this animal
The Bald Ibis is a hen-sized, black bird. The length (tip of beak to tail) is 75 cm. The head is completely naked in adult birds, the skin is reddish. The beak is long and downwards curved. It has a dark, metallic black iridescent plumage with green and purple area on the folded wing. The legs are red. There is no marked sexual dimorphism.
Did you know?
that there are eight times as many waldrapp ibises in zoos than survive in the wild? The prosperous zoo population is in the order of 2000 birds. In the wild the species is critically endangered with only about 250 specimens surviving in Morocco and an even smaller number in Turkey and Syria.
|Name (Scientific)
|Geronticus eremita
|Name (English)
|Northern Bald Ibis
|Name (French)
|Ibis chauve
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Ibis eremita
|Local names
|Arab: Beshar el Kheir (Beshar, Bashar,B'shar meaning "bringer of luck")
|CITES Status
|Appendix I
|CMS Status
|Appendix I Included in AEWA
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Vladimír Motyčka
|Morocco, Turkey, Syria
|Semi-arid steppe areas and coastal cliffs
|Wild population
|Approx. 200
|Zoo population
|Total zoo population exceeding 1500. 964 reported to ISIS (2005)
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 17 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The waldrapp ibis is critically endangered in the wild. Therefore, zoos keep the species primarily for conservation reasons. By means of regionally coordinated breeding programmes an ex situ reserve population could be built up, which is several times larger than the extant wild populations. Preparatory work for a reintroduction is being done in Morocco, and several research programmes are being carried out in Europe with a view of reintroducing the species to the wild.


text: With the release of 1.13 the Diablo II ladder has been reset and all previous ladder characters are now normal non-ladder characters. To participate in the new ladder you'll need to create a new character and ensure the "Ladder Character" option is checked. For more information on ladder characters visit the Arreat Summit Realm Character Types page.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
"Waterproof Mascara" is so country. And it's so Sheryl Crow. And it's so Brad Paisley. Really, it's like the trifecta of country songs. The single-mom ballad on Crow's upcoming Feels Like Home album was co-written by Paisley. "I made Brad Paisley write a chick song about being a single mom," Crow told the Washington Post . The lyrics are pretty heartbreaking — enough so that you actually should be wearing waterproof mascara when you listen to "Waterproof Mascara." It's about a boy asking his mom all kinds of questions and wondering why all his friends have daddies. "There's things you shouldn't see when you're a kid/That's why I wear waterproof mascara/'Cause it won't run like his daddy did." She has been out playing this song and others off the album at radio stations across the country, which she described as being very Coal Miner's Daughter. Referring to the movie about Loretta Lynn and her husband, Crow says, "It really is like the scene where Doo zips up Loretta's dress and she runs in with her new acetate, her 45, and says, 'Here's my new record,' and she plays something on air, shakes a few hands and leaves," Crow said. "It really is a throwback to that, and it's the most organic thing I've done in years."


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If you can on Saturday evenings check him out online (if you don't live near Manc).
Not only is he an ex Smith but he is also a funny chap....
for example when the Arctic Monkeys track Leaving before the lights come on' and it says what time does the bus come at the end? Well when that track ended Rourke said
'What time does the bus come?' Echoing the song, then said 'I think you might have missed it!' We know what he meant even if the non-smiths fans didn't get the joke!


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Hi everyone! I'm Carly from Chic Steals, and I've been a huge fan of M&J Trimming for such a long time. I make it a point to always stop in the store and meander through whenever I'm in New York City. It's like a glittering treasure trove for me, stocked full of beads, baubles, trims, rhinestones, and appliqués – so much so that I'm never able to leave with empty hands. It's amazing how easily you can update a piece of clothing or an accessory with said beads, baubles, and appliqués…and how incredibly high-fashion projects can look when you've added a bit of frivolous sparkle to them.
Project 1:
Sequin Nails
I love a metallic manicure as much as the next girl, but most polishes aren't bright enough to truly gleam like the real thing. Though a little tedious, a sequin manicure gets those fingertips a-sparkle: a true conversation piece!
*6mm Flat Loose Sequins Style# 34424 in Turquoise
*thick clear base coat nail polish (the stickier the better!)
*thick clear sealing topcoat nail polish
How To:
1. Cut a bunch of sequins in half, and some into quarters.
2. Work on each nail one-by-one. Spread a thick coating of base coat onto a nail. While it is still wet, use the flat end of the toothpick to pick up a half-sequin, and place at the tip of your nail in the center. (It's easier to pick up the sequin if you lick the end of the toothpick.)
3. Fill in the sides of each nail with the quarter-sequins.
4. Continue to fill in the nail with more half- and quarter-sequins, layering each one overlapping the previous one a little, covering the center of your nail going back to the cuticle.
5. Cover with at least one coating of topcoat; thick enough so that the edges of the sequins don't lift up or feel too scratchy.
Flash those holographic talons! My manicure lasted about 5 days before the edges of the sequins lifted up too much, so something like this would be perfect for a party or a special occasion.
Project 2:
It's so simple to update an old bangle with wrappings of brightly-colored ribbon and thread! You can even use scraps of fabric to keep things fun and festive.
*38mm Silky Grosgrain Ribbon in Sapphire and Grey Style# 42053 (1-800-9MJTRIM)
*Thread Style# 42681 in Flint and Mink Blue
*M&J Trimming ribbon
*contrasting color of fabric paint
*glue for fabric, metal, and plastic
How To:
1. Use fabric paint to paint designs on your ribbon; I chose lines and dots. Allow to dry.
2. Place a small amount of glue on the end of a ribbon, and glue it to the inside of the bangle. Wrap the ribbon around the bangle a couple times, then cut and glue the free end to the bangle inside.
3. Add the other color of ribbon, and the painted ribbon as well, overlapping the ribbons on the bangle as you go.
4. For visual interest, add an area of thread wrapped around the bangle as well.
5. After all ends are glued down and the bangle is covered completely, add a contrasting ribbon tied around the bangle for a little sass.
Wear stacked with other bangles or on its own as a cute accessory to brighten your day.
Project 3:
Bead-Edged Cut-Out Top
Give them all the cold shoulder with this skin-baring top. Take it to the next level with a border of bright metallic beads around saucy cut-outs.
*8mm 60″ 8MM 60″ Faux Pearl PKG Style# 49380 in Silver (1-800-9-MJTRIM)
*long-sleeved knit top
*marking chalk
*fabric glue
*clear bead cord (I'm using Magic Stretch)
How To:
1. Try on the top and mark where you want to cut out the shoulder (remember to mark an oval a little smaller than you want for your finished piece).
2. Cut out where you marked with scissors. Try the top on again to make sure it's the shape you want, and make adjustments if necessary.
3. Turn the top inside-out and carefully notch around the cut edge so the fabric won't pull too much when you turn it inwards. Spread a small amount of fabric glue around the edge of your cut-out. Fold the fabric inwards to create a finished edge.
4. Make a double knot in your beading cord and thread your beads onto it, until you have enough to go all the way around the cut-out. Knot the end loosely so you can add more beads later on if you find you haven't strung on enough.
5. Use a doubled length of matching thread to stitch your string of beads around the cut out. Stitching over the cord in-between each bead I found is
enough to secure the string onto the top.
6. If you get to the end of the string and find you still haven't gotten all the way around the cut-out, un-knot the cord and add more beads on. Finish the cord with a double-knot and trim the cord close.
Wear with something a bit more covered-up on the bottom to play off the sultriness of the cut-outs on top.
Project 4:
Bead-and-Ribbon Fishnet Necklace
*8mm 60″ 8MM 60″ Faux Pearl PKG Style# 49380 in Silver (1-800-9-MJTRIM)
*38mm Silky Grosgrain Ribbon in Sapphire Style# 42053 (1-800-9MJTRIM)
*metallic beads
* 6mm Flat Loose Sequins Style# 34424 in Turquoise
*6mm Mesh Tube Ribbon Style# 36876 in Grey (1-800-9-MJTRIM)
*large crystal pendant
*assorted jumprings, rings, and chains
*necklace closure
*pliers (I used round-nose, flat-nose, and wire-cutting)
*optional: lighter or open flame
How To:
1. Tie the end of the ribbon to a ring.
2. Make the closure of the necklace and add a jumpring with chain attached to it to one side. Add a jumpring to the other side and attach it to the ring from the previous step.
3. Make the pearl bead string by dropping beads into the mesh cord, and knotting the cord on either side of each bead.
4. Attach the pearl bead string to the ring with the ribbon by simply double-knotting the metallic mesh cord around the ring, and trimming the excess.
5. Make the metallic bead string by threading a sequin onto an eyepin, then a bead, then another sequin, and finishing the eyepin in another loop, trimming the excess. Attach each beaded segment to each other to create the bead string.
6. Try on the necklace and decide how long you want it. Cut the attached chain accordingly, and attach the beaded string to the end of the chain with a jumpring.
7. Attach another large ring to the end of the beaded string – this will lie in the center, and hold the pendant.
8. Tie the free end of the ribbon to the ring, and trim the excess. If the ends of the ribbon are fraying too much, you can heat-seal them with an open flame.
9. Attach a smaller chain to the end of the pearl bead string, trim the excess, and attach it to the center ring as well.
10. Slip the pendant inside the mesh cord. Twist the ends tightly around the pendant, roll to the back, and trim.
11. Attach the pendant to the center ring with jumprings.
Wear a regal piece like this with simple, understated clothing so it stands out all on its own.
Tip: Choose black or orange beads for a spooky Halloween-style spiderwebby piece!
Project 5:
Sparkly Beaded Hairclip
*4″ x 2 1/4″ Rhinestone Applique Style# 47335 in Black ( 1-800-9MJTRIM)
*stiff black felt
*hair barrette
*hot glue & glue gun
*hand-sewing needle and matching thread
How To:
1. Remove the center spring from the barrette and spread hot glue on the top. Press on to the felt and allow to dry.
2. Use the needle and thread to stitch around the barrette to secure it to the felt further.
3. Hot-glue the appliqué to the other side of the felt, directly on top of the barrette.
4. Once dry, trim around the felt with scissors. You can even take a small pair of scissors and cut out all the intricate spaces in the appliqué for more visual interest.
This piece looks lovely securing a ponytail, or glittering out from the back of a braided chignon. The ways to use a beaded appliqué are numerous: you can add it onto a ribbon belt, a boring cloche, an old clutch, use as a shoe-clip, attach to a ribbon and wear as a wristlet, or even attach a chain to either side and sport it as a pretty pendant necklace. Wear it with flair!


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A bill filed last week by U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., tightens enrollment requirements in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
The CRP was originally implemented to prevent erosion and protect sensitive farmland by providing funding for landowners to convert marginal cropland to grass or timber.
Recently, however, the program has tended to enroll high-quality and otherwise highly productive land, all at a time when farmland is becoming scarce, Roby said.
"We need to apply smart erosion prevention and conservation techniques on marginal lands, but using taxpayer money to encourage landowners to let quality cropland lay dormant doesn't make sense," Roby said. "This legislation restores common sense to the Conservation Reserve Program and saves taxpayers' money."
Roby's bill, the Preserving Marginal Lands and Protecting Farming Act, H.R. 349, would:
• Reduce the overall number of acres held in CRP nationwide by 24 million acres over four years.
• End payments for non-farming of the most fertile and least sensitive lands. The CRP classifies acreage in eight categories based on the soil's ability to support vegetation and crops. This bill would make non-marginal Class I and II lands, which are the most fertile and least sensitive, ineligible from the CRP.
• Save taxpayers millions in federal spending annually.
Conservation incentives on highly eroded lands and other environmentally sensitive land classified as Class III through VIII would not change.
The legislation would not affect a landowner's right to convert private land to timber or grasslands for conservation purposes if he or she chooses to do so.
Roby put forward a similar bill last year and was able to get portions of it included in the farm bill that passed out of the House Agriculture Committee in July 2012.
The farm bill did not pass the full House before the 112th Congress adjourned.
Farming and conservation groups from across the agricultural spectrum support Roby's resolution.
They include:
• Alabama Farmers Federation
• National Grain and Feed Association
• American Feed Industry Association
• Agricultural Retailers Association
• National Chicken Council • National Oilseed Processors Association
• National Pork Producers Council
• National Turkey Federation
• North American Millers' Association
• The Fertilizer Institute
Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell praised Roby's bill, citing the need for more available farmland and less wasteful spending in Washington.
"We support Congressman Roby's common-sense legislation that addresses two huge challenges jeopardizing America's future," Parnell said. "It offers an opportunity to reduce deficit spending in Washington, and it keeps our nation's most productive farmland in cultivation."
Parnell added that technology advancements alone would not meet the growing world demand for food and fiber. The availability of quality farmland will be vital, he said.


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The guy who runs the street-corner gas stations at the bustling Fairfax-area intersection gets them going and coming.
The filling station owner operates not one but two Chevron stations at the corner of La Brea Avenue and Beverly Boulevard, a sight that often leaves motorists doing double takes.
And that may have been Ben Pouldar's plan 15 months ago when he opened a Chevron service station right across the street from the Chevron station he already owned.
"It really is incredibly weird," said Davon Williams as he gazed across the street while pumping $3.699-a-gallon unleaded into his car.
"I actually saw the other Chevron station first but I was in the wrong lane to turn into it," said Williams, an actor and writer who moved to Hollywood 11 months ago from Philadelphia. "Then I noticed this one and pulled in."
Two pumps over, San Pedro healthcare worker Sonja Carter said the Chevron on the southeast corner was easier to get to as she crossed the busy intersection.
"There's just too much traffic around here. I was going this direction, so I picked the station on my right side," Carter said.
Across the street, Sheila Collins was gassing up at the Chevron station on the northwest corner.
"I was going east on Beverly and didn't see the station on the southeast corner because a truck blocked my view," said Collins, an actress who lives in Pasadena.
"Then I looked to my left and saw this place. I saw a left-turn lane and pulled in here," she said. "At least I hope it was a left-turn lane."
As Collins was speaking, a loud crash erupted in the middle of the crowded intersection, followed by a lengthy screeching sound. Collins watched as a convertible scraped to a stop on westbound Beverly.
Smoke poured from under the car as its willowy blonde driver jumped out. She peered in disbelief at her right front wheel, which was tucked beneath the car. Employees from both stations ran out to help.
Inside the northwest station's mini mart, clerk Scarleth Garcia watched the scene unfolding from her register counter's window. The Chevron across the street is usually busier than her Chevron, Garcia acknowledged.
"That station has been here the longest. People are used to it," said Garcia, a South Los Angeles resident. "This one used to be a Valero station."
Back across the street at the other Chevron, clerk Raphael Crisanto tackled a question about why one of the stations' per-gallon price signs was lower than the sister station's a few days earlier.
"It shouldn't have been. They're the same," said Crisanto, who lives in nearby Koreatown and has worked at the station more than four years.
"But the other station has an electronic price sign," he added. "Maybe I was out there changing the prices manually when you drove by."
He said that Lionel Valdes, who manages both stations, sent him across the street to work temporarily when the Chevron sign replaced Valero's.
Both stations sell snacks and both dispense diesel fuel, Crisanto said. "But the one over there has a car wash," he said. "And we don't."
Valdes said motorists were initially surprised when the second Chevron station opened in October 2012. "But they're used to it now.
"They like not having to make a left turn to get in here," he said.