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Meet Trisha + Justin! They're getting married in just three weeks! I had SUCH a wonderful afternoon with them during their engagement session! We started off at their home and then headed to a random redwood forest tucked away just a few miles away from where I live! Love the mood of these photos and it makes me super excited about the upcoming wedding day!
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Lee Granger said:
I am so happy for you two! Congratulations!!! What a great looking couple.(10.16.12 07:10 PM)
oriana said:
Amazing shots. Congrats(10.16.12 08:02 PM)
elliebe said:
your work is always spectacular. and these are beautiful. :)(10.16.12 08:04 PM)
shari said:
wow - gorgeous couple and beautiful work amelia! that sunset was breathtaking!(10.16.12 08:17 PM)
Christine Chang said:
Super cute couple with super cute dogs! And that sky? Omg!!(10.16.12 10:30 PM)
Scott Windes said:
I wish I could zap you back to the year 2001 to shoot my engagement photos Amelia...(10.17.12 09:55 AM)
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These images are really nice and it looks like nature also joined to make the day a lot more special for the couples. Awesome images, I love it!(10.17.12 03:48 PM)
Kathy said:
If I am crying looking at their engagement pictures how the heck am I going to make it through their wedding??????? Trisha's Aunt Kathy(10.17.12 05:28 PM)
appleMOON said:
love that pick-em-up truck!(10.18.12 02:27 PM)
Robert Arenz said:
Love the black/white couple in truck picture. Regards, Robert(10.20.12 01:02 AM)
Bijutoha said:
Engagement with better spectrum Photography ! professionally love it so much . by the way best wishes for them .(12.10.12 10:42 PM)
Soumen Nath said:
Awesome wedding photography.(02.04.13 09:07 AM)
Ozzy said:
The trees from the first picture looks incredible. And the way the sun pokes through some of the trees is exceptional. These are really solid photos. This is a master at a work!(08.16.14 04:29 PM)
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Through all the years of being a photographer, I have never been asked to photograph a surprise proposal! So when Andrew (the groom-to-be) contacted me about the idea I was ecstatic! He wanted to pop the question to his lovely girlfriend Lia at the happiest place on earth, Disneyland!! He had it all set up for them to be walking by and a characterture artist would lure them into a drawing of them together. When all was done the artist would flip the photo around and show Lia what was being drawn and then Andrew would drop down on his knee for the actual proposal. I LOVED watching this from afar, I was nervous and excited just waiting for it all to happen. I'm SO glad that I was able to be part of such a momentous occasion, so-much-fun!
Let the photos tell the story....
Congrats to Lia & Andrew!!! I can't wait for the wedding next August!!!
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Blair Van Bussel said:
I absolutely love everything about this! Such a sweet idea, and beautiful photos to remember the amazing moment!! :)(09.28.12 12:52 PM)
Alyssa Armstrong said:
Oh I have been waiting for this session to hit the blog ever since I saw you mention it on twitter awhile back. LOVE this so much! You made Disneyland look so peaceful!(09.28.12 01:04 PM)
lia said:
I'M not sure if I was more happy to be engaged or to see you Amelia. lol thank you SOOOO much for capturing probably one of the most amazing moments in my life. The quality of your pictures are phenomenal but more importantly the moments you captured this day brings me so much joy!! you are the best.(09.28.12 01:26 PM)
delovelydetails said:
love this! so cute, i really wanna do a photoshoot at Disneyland eventually!(09.28.12 01:37 PM)
Chung Nguyen said:
So sweet!(09.28.12 02:41 PM)
Danielle Green Rigby said:
That's how I got engaged too!! We now have the picture hanging in our living room. Great idea Andrew!(09.28.12 06:09 PM)
Heather Armstrong said:
Love!! You are so creative!!!!!!!(09.29.12 01:36 PM)
Drew Renner said:
I love the expression on her face as she realizes whats going on. Killer job Amelia.(10.03.12 09:24 AM)
Rebecca said:
Fantastic! What a great moment to get to capture(10.06.12 09:21 PM)
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I have been waiting for over an year to watch this movie. And boy was it worth it. I only have 2 friends who love the LotR movies as much as I do. And both of them were out of the city so I had to go to the theater alone. It actually turned out to be great. I had the whole row to myself so I could giggle, cry and say the dialogues out loud along with the actors.
I am glad that this book is being made into a trilogy. I know there are people who say that the book doesn't have enough content to be made into 3 movies. But i think it's mostly people who have not read both the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings who say this. As both the books are connected a lot of the back story for LotR that is not in the Hobbit but in the appendices of the LotR books can be included in the movie as they occur in the same timeline. Plus the characters are more fleshed out in the movie. I mean there are 14 in the dwarves company and we are given time to get to know them.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a bit more dark while The Hobbit has a lot more lighter moments. This is not just in the way the movie was made out to be but the way the book was written too as The Hobbit was more of a Children's book. To that effect Martin Freeman in the role of Bilbo is great. One of my favorite parts in the book is when the dwarves come to Bilbo's door and he has no idea why. He is just too polite to ask them to leave too. This scene was directed and acted out well in the movie.
With everything said and done I am an LotR Geek. I loved the movie and for me it is way up there with some of the greatest movies adapted from a book. For me this movie would be rated a 4.8/5.

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The Reef is a luxury high-rise condominium/hotel located on beautiful Paradise Beach at the incredible Resort that is Atlantis! This direct Ocean Studio is a rare must have Studio unit. Sit on your balcony, and watch the sun rise over the pristine Paradise Beach. The Reef's elegant suites are offered fully furnished from linens to tableware and feature a wide array of custom interior amenities such as crown molding, granite counter tops, fine European kitchen cabinetry, top of the line appliances, luxurious bathrooms, plush wall to wall carpeting, LCD flat panel TV's and a Bose stereo system. Owners of The Residence at Atlantis (The Reef) have exclusive access to their own private gym, a Starbucks Cafe, conveniently located in the lobby and an owners concierge team available to assist with everything from dinner reservations to in-house massages and cocktail parties. Other amenities include the Mandara Spa, Cain Pool and Beach Club, 22 on-property restaurants and high-end shopping at the Atlantis Marina Village.
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Over the 50 years they have fished at Ruttger's, Jerry and Connie Lewandowski have named all their bass hot spots after their fishing buddies. They've caught more than their share, but the memories of good days on Bay Lake are the real trophies. "We've traveled all over the world and Ruttger's is one of our favorite places to come home to." – Connie and Gerry
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On Friday, I mentioned that I won a giveaway from byBMG. Well, today, I wanted to show y'all two ways that I have styled the skirt that I won:
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This outfit is super, super comfy. A lot of people don't know how to properly mix patterns. This outfit is a great example of a really easy trick that I use for pattern mixing: Make sure that the patterned pieces have at least one color in common. Your outfit will look more put-together when the patterned pieces share a color or two.
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In her EKATVA journey, Krishna has learned about inner happiness and inner strength.
"Helping others is the way to feel santosh (contentment)," the 11-year old says sagely.
Krishna describes a young boy she met near Gandhi Ashram whose leg was handicapped from polio. As he was trying to cross the road, faced by an onslaught of speeding rickshaws and heavy buses, Krishna and her friend noticed his struggle and hurried to help him.
"You should have seen his face when I took his hand and my friend took his bag" Krishna's face lights up as she tells the story.
"He was so happy. When he said thank you, I felt something good open up inside me."
The value of seva, or service, that Krishna has developed through EKATVA has pushed her beyond her comfort zone. Her mother explains that before, Krishna used to look out for herself only. But recently, she has noticed her daughter putting the wellbeing of her siblings and parents before her own.
"We are one family," Krishna says. "We should take care of each other."
What activities of service and compassion have done for Krishna internally, the rigorous EKATVA dance rehearsals have done for her physically, helping her realize the limits of her physical strength.
Since the beginning of this journey, Krishna has been fragile, both emotionally and in terms of her fitness. Daily dance practice has been grueling, especially in the heat of Ahmedabad summer. The rehearsal schedule and dances demand strength and endurance, something that young Krishna was visibly lacking.
But just as she has displayed a change in her behavior toward others, recently, her strength has improved as well.
During the children's exercise routine at practice one morning, the children began a contest to see who could do the most jumping jacks. Five minutes passed, and kids started dropping. Then ten minutes. The number continued to fall, as more exhausted little dancers ran out of gas. Finally, nearly 20 minutes into the contest, only two children remained. Delicate Krishna and tiny Chandani surprised everyone with their stamina, and even more so, with their will power and desire to win.


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Councillors are to meet to discuss the potential arrival of a giant octopus-inspired building in Chiswick.
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Developers London and Bath Estates, the brains behind London's Gherkin, hope the £52m office block, which will project advertising to drivers on the M4, will become a sculptural landmark to mark the gateway to London.
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On this episode of Top Gear USA, Fully Charged, they set out to decide who had chosen America's best entry-level electric vehicle (EV), and I can't believe it took them this long. Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust and Rutledge Wood arrived at Rocky's Pit Stop at Milan, Michigan to find the EV's waiting for them. Rutledge opted for the Nissan Leaf, Tanner took the Ford Focus Electric (surprise, surprise); and Adam was once again making his ancestors proud with the Fiat 500e. Along their road trip to Lansing, the EV's would be tested and the victor would get to test drive the Tesla Model S Performance Plus. The first of these was at the Milan Dragway, twenty miles away.
Personally, I love the idea of electric cars. I grew up in a city and my commutes were hardly ever more than twenty minutes from home, with most of my delays from traffic. So the idea of a small vehicle with disgustingly good fuel mileage and zero emissions makes me giddy. However, the guys did highlight one of the main problems that our generation has with the EV's: no engine noise. It's unnervingly quiet, and will take us a while to get used to it. There's also range anxiety, which would be solved if more charging stations were available.
"Oh God, when he laughs like that it freaks me out." – Tanner Foust
At the Milan Dragway, the expected challenge would be a drag racing the petite EV's but no! Top Gear did something much more interesting than that. A supercharged LS Chevy Camaro ZL1 set a time, and the boys were required to match or beat it. However, they were given custom built electric race cars from Lawless EV Racing: 1994 Chevy S10, Porsche 944 and the 1X3X dragster. It's well established that the technology in our daily drivers were tested on the race track. So these beasts were a fantastic way to introduce an audience to the power of EV racing.
"In case God forbid anything, come here (hugs Tanner) I just want to say goodbye now." – Adam Ferrara
Back in their production models, the guys convened a few miles away for a reverse speed test. This was a test of not just their EV's ability to reverse at speed, but of the drivers' skills. Thankfully nobody went off the course, but it looked sketchy for a moment. However, can we just appreciate how much fun speed guns are…and cheating. Top Gear is the only TV show where cheating is an acceptable form of entertainment and soap operas.
"Oh, it's making me sweat. That's so fast!" – Rutledge Wood
The next challenge was to drive their EV's through the Eastland Center shopping mall in Harper Woods, all the while avoiding security on a Segway. It was funny if not one of the most manufactured segments ever on this show. There were many elements to it and when potential property damage is taken into consideration, the only genuine bits seemed to be some of the cast's reactions while driving. Afterwards, they demonstrated the EV's quietness by sneaking out of a house in a serene suburban neighbourhood. Each exited through a second story carrying a decibel meter, which was then attached to the car's rear bumper. They had to do one lap of the cul-de-sac in the quickest time but making the least amount of noise. Their methods of leaving the house were indicative of each guy's personality. Tanner was physically good at getting out without making much noise…until he got in the car and couldn't slow it down. It wouldn't have been a surprise if Rutledge fell out the window, then again it would have been less noisy. Adam went for the teen-movie method of getting out of the house, but surprisingly it worked really well and will be considered for my own future shenanigans. This was one of the more hilarious premises Top Gear has dreamed up for these three. The soundtrack was perfect suited for their inevitable failures, and very well done overall.
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To the victor went the spoils, which in this case was a date with the Tesla Model S Performance Plus at Rosamond Skypark. Unlike the small EV's that were featured in this episode, this sedan was quite a different creature. The Tesla proved that it certainly has the kilowatts to outdo a 580hp Camaro ZL1's combustion engine. However, it was time to tango with the Mercedes Benz S550 on a one-mile road course. The Stig did what he does best, which is set lap times.
".. / …. — .–. . / -.-. .-. .- ..-. – / … . .-. …- .. -.-. . … / …. .- … / -.-. …. . . … . .-.-.-" – The Stig saying "I hope craft services has fresh cheese."
Top Gear did their very best to make electric vehicles look attractive and fun. However, I would have loved to see a longer road trip, more like the Men's Health Electric Car Challenge in 2012 which went from New York to Los Angeles. It was a lot of fun to read about and would have been even more fun to watch. However, it was entertaining and actually managed to teach audiences about the history of electric cars in America. How nice for one of the History Channels top shows to talk focus on history albeit briefly. Hat tip goes to the cast members who chatted with fans on social media and shared behind-the-scenes info about the show. The next episode was American Supercars which aired on November 12, 2013.


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17 Cute Kids Reacting to Stuff With Brutal Honesty, Joy and Horrorby Free Britney at .
Kids. They're the best and there's never a dull moment.
Our younger home companions possess no filter, and little perspective on life, but rather than serving as negatives, these factors only make them more endearing.
Spring anything on them and you're guaranteed to get an honest assessment of that which they've been presented. Often unpredictable, but always forthright.
We've seen this in a series of recent comedy videos in which kids respond to the Game Boy and other archaic devices such as rotary phones or the Walkman.
Which is what ... a music player?! Seriously?!
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Off-Kilter Magazine celebrated its One Year Birthday! Araba Ankuma who we were introduced to by the founder of Off Kilter, Felton Kizer, brought an amazing exhibit into the shop! Covering the walls with some passion, power and honesty.
This was such an amazing way to start the year! In the midst of all the negativity we are challenged by with the politics and other lingering issues, it is inspiring to see someone take a positive twist, while still being raw and honest.
Thank you again to Araba and Felton!
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"There are those who are here for themselves. And those who are here for everyone else. I want to be the latter."
Araba Ankuma is a documentary and editorial photographer based in Philadelphia, PA. Her work touches on themes of Invisibility and Hypervisibility within a world that so desperately lacks human empathy. By approaching social issues through her visual scope, she aims to illuminate the invisible narratives of the people who exist both underneath and on the periphery of our world's societies.
"Chi Boys" is the culmination of research conducted throughout the summer of 2016 in Chicago, to bring to light a side of the black male that has often been neglected. What motivates the African-American man to contribute each day to a society that gives so little back? Instead it abuses and discards him. Over the course of the summer and throughout various parts of the city, she asked each participant the question. "what is your biggest fear?" in the hopes that by knowing what a man is running from, we may better understand what he is running towards.
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While in Uganda (Nov. 2010) Chelsea had the privilege of teaching women to crochet. None of these ladies had ever crocheted before and I was amazed when I arrived 20 minutes later to see how fast many women had learned...they were crocheting evenly and several different stitches. I enjoyed watching Chelsea's face as she saw how eager these women were to learn.
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PHOENIX -- For fans of the Oakland Athletics, watching the team's whirlwind 2012 campaign and historic run to the postseason was a dream come true. For A's pitcher Brett Anderson it wasn't as magical. He was stuck watching for most of the season and dreaming of how he could contribute.
The 25-year-old lefty missed 14 months while recovering from "Tommy John" surgery on his left elbow. As the A's young starting rotation experienced ups and downs, injuries and victories, Anderson kept rehabbing and working toward returning.
On August 21, he took the mound against the Twins and fired seven innings of one-run ball. He would go 4-0 in his first four starts, but end the regular season 4-2 with a 2.57 ERA as an oblique strain sidelined him again. Still feeling pain in his right side, Anderson returned in the postseason for his first career playoff start, twirling six scoreless innings.
With all the troubles behind him, he reported to camp on Monday with a positive outlook, a clean bill of health, and a sense of relief.
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Anderson used the time away from the mound to dedicate himself to physical fitness. He and the A's hope the hard work and new routine will pay off.
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"I know that feeling exactly," Parker said. "He pitched the second half awesome last year and I'm sure he's just as ready as anybody to get going and have no restraints, no holding back. I'm sure he feels great. We're glad to have him back at 100%. That's going to be key for us."
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With one celebrated former general under fire for an extramarital affair and another current commander getting questions about "flirtatious" or "potentially inappropriate" emails, it's been military leaders' personal lives, rather than their professional standards, which have been making news.
But the real scandal of military leadership these days, says Tom Ricks, the author of the new book The Generals , is the lack of accountability that exists in the military when it comes to the on-the-job performance of its top brass. Ricks is a former reporter for The Washington Post and a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His new book examines the military's increasing unwillingness, since World War II, to fire or relieve its generals of their duties. On Leadership columnist Jena McGregor spoke with Ricks about why there's greater tolerance today for poor behavior, the problems that has created and what the solutions might be. The following interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity:
On Leadership: In light of how little controversy surrounded what you describe as the poor leadership of several generals during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, what do you make of all the attention being paid to the Petraeus affair?
Tom Ricks: You don't want people to get away with immoral or unethical behavior, but you really want to focus on professional competence. Soldiers in wartime will put up with an awful lot if they feel they are being led competently. In wartime, in combat, one wants to survive. And if they're not going to survive, they want to know at least that their lives are not thrown away by some guy who doesn't know what he's doing.
So I think the real scandal is not David Petraeus' sex life, but the people who preceded him in Iraq who led the military badly. Likewise, in Afghanistan, the real scandal is not whether a Marine general is flirting with a woman by email. The real scandal in Afghanistan is that we've had 11 commanders in that war in 11 years. That's a lousy way to run a war, because the new guy comes in and by the time he gets to really understanding the situation and knowing what's going on, it's time for him to get ready to go home.
You wouldn't try to have 11 CEOs of a corporation in 11 years. In World War II, you can't imagine rotating Eisenhower home in January 1944 and saying "it's time to give somebody else a chance to command out there, Ike." We've been running our wars with a kind of inattentiveness and recklessness, and we've run into a situation where we care more about the sex lives of generals than the real lives of soldiers.
Do you think the president should have accepted Petraeus' resignation?
No, I wish he hadn't. I think it was a possibility for a teaching moment. First of all, it didn't have to be public. They could have said "let's try to keep this quiet. Dave, you go home, make amends to your wife, do what you need to do, and then you go back to work. That's your punishment. You don't get to leave your job." And had it publicly leaked out down the road, I think you could just put out a short statement saying the president was aware of this, it's a private matter, and he's confident that Gen. Petraeus did not compromise national security.
We're in a steady descent into a world in which there is no privacy, in which the FBI is investigating lovers' quarrels, while, if I understood this correctly, there were 57 American casualties in Afghanistan last week—that is, killed or wounded. That worries me much more than what Gen. Petraeus may have been doing with one woman, between two consenting adults.
Military leaders garner more respect from the general public than leaders in many other fields, and the business world—both via corporate training programs and business school academics—tends to lionize the military when it comes to teaching leadership. Yet your book explores why the leadership at the top of the military is really problematic. Why do you think that discrepancy exists?
The U.S. Army is a great institution. The rebuilding of the U.S. Army after the Vietnam War was an epic struggle and was enormously successful. Today we have great frontline soldiers. They are well equipped, they are well trained and they are in cohesive units.
The problem is at the very top. This magnificent rebuilding of the U.S. military after Vietnam really did recreate the force, but they kept the old head. The one thing they didn't really change after Vietnam was how they shaped their generals. What we got was a generation of officers who thought tactically and not strategically. It's the difference between being trained and being educated. You train people for known attacks. You educate people for the unknown, the complex, the ambiguous, the difficult situation.
Much of the book refers back to George Marshall, who led the Army during World War II. How would you characterize his style of leadership?
George Marshall was a good man and a great man and a decent man. He was not a nice man. He couldn't afford to be nice. He took advantage of the crisis to get rid of 600 officers he considered "dead wood." He had a system during World War II under which generals had about 90 days to succeed, to get killed or to be relieved and move into some other job. It's a system of extreme accountability.
Marshall believed that generalship should be extremely difficult, that generalship should be extremely stressful—both physically and intellectually—and that not everybody can do it. So he expected a certain percentage would fail. He saw relief of an officer not as an extraordinary event, nor necessarily as a career ender. It happened all the time and it was a sign the system was working. Today, perversely, the Army sees relieving an officer as a sign that somehow the system has failed.
Why did the Army pull away from that approach?
The first reason is that in these smaller wars that follow World War II—Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan—it's hard to say what success looks like. The second reason, I think, is bureaucratization. It's the natural inclination of bureaucracy to protect its own interests. In World War II, Marshall profoundly believed that the lives of soldiers and the interests of the nation were more important than the careers of officers. But by Vietnam, the Army is running the war for the benefit of its officer corps. This is not a thought that was original with me. It was actually said first by Gen. William Depuy, who said we ran the Vietnam War so officers could punch their ticket in combat command.
It's a bureaucracy that has become increasingly attuned to its own interest. Everybody looks out for each other. Mediocrity is tolerated. And when you tolerate incompetence, you get an incompetent organization. Eventually, not only does it not know what success looks like, it doesn't know what competence looks like. It doesn't know what good leadership looks like.
You reference a Harvard Kennedy School of Government study that looks at the frustrations of junior officers. Within the Army, is there a fear—even a false one—that they have a pipeline problem? That if the Army relieved more generals, there wouldn't be enough talented people in line to replace them?
No. You have a military with a total of 1.6 million people on active duty, but you've only got a few hundred senior generals. I don't think you need to get rid of that many. One or two removals would send a message to the others. These are smart, hardworking, determined people. They would change their behavior if that started to change.
Some corporations use a "forced ranking" system in performance reviews, in which a certain percentage of managers or employees are pushed out. There is always, in other words, a need to winnow the ranks. Could the military benefit from this?
Yes, and in fact, it's a system the military had in World War II. In The Effective Executive , Peter Drucker cites George Marshall. He says you don't do anybody any favors by leaving people in their jobs if they're failing. If you leave them in place, you're not being fair to the executive's subordinate. You're not even being fair to the leaders themselves.
The epilogue of your book includes an exhaustive list of changes the military needs to make to improve its senior leadership, from adding more accountability to considering "360-degree evaluations" to not retiring officers so early. Which ones are the most critical?
There's only one that's absolutely critical, and that is to enforce accountability. It's also the one that I think is the most difficult to achieve, because a bureaucratized general officer corps will not enforce accountability by itself. We have a Congress that doesn't know what military effectiveness looks like and we have a media that doesn't know anything about the military any more. We have an American public that doesn't understand the military. We don't—oddly enough, for a country that's been at war for 10 years—we don't know much about war anymore.
The tragedy to me is everybody these days says they support the troops, but one way to support the troops is to give them good military leaders, and we don't. These wars today, they're not World War II. But a soldier who gets blown up by an IED in Afghanistan is every bit as dead as a soldier machine-gunned by the Germans on Omaha Beach. And he's every bit as deserving of good leadership as his predecessors were.
Several of the suggestions you make in the epilogue have to do with giving officers more exposure to the world outside the military through granting leaves of absence, sending rising officers to elite universities or assigning new generals to a one-year course of preparation, such as living overseas in a developing country for a year of "broadening." Why is that important?
It's most helpful not in leading to accountability but in encouraging critical thinking. It's about going to a university and finding all your basic assumptions about life and about the United States challenged by intelligent people who just believe differently than you do. When you go to the Army War College, you're surrounded by people like you who think like you. When an officer goes off to Harvard, he's going to find anti-military people, he's going to find socialists, he's going to find anti-American people and he will have to think a lot harder. That's very good at enabling people to think critically, to understand difficult, complex, ambiguous situations.
And there is nothing more difficult, ambiguous and complex than today's wars. They are a lot more complex, politically, than dealing with the Soviet Union. That was when strategic thinking atrophied in the military. The Soviet Union was almost the perfect enemy: It was big, dumb and slow. The strategy was pretty clear. We were going to contain them until they collapsed. If we had to fight them, we were going to fight them in certain places and in certain ways. Now, we don't even know who the next enemy might be, where the next war might come from, what are the best ways to deal with these complex enemies. That requires a lot of hard thinking. Not everybody's going to be capable of it.
The comprehensive review you think needs to be done, which really steps back and analyzes the performance of generals and of the institutions that put them in power – what do you think it might take to make that happen?
I fear it might require some sort of catastrophic event. But Secretary Leon Panetta did announce recently that they are going to review the professionalism of military officers. The phrase that struck me in Panetta's statement was "stewardship" of the profession. If you're a steward, you are responsible for the public. The phrase Panetta used speaks to both personal and official behavior.
If you are a professional by definition—military, clergy, medical, law—you're not doing it simply to make a buck. You have a higher purpose. So one aspect of stewardship is the question of whether it is proper for retired generals to go make millions of dollars in the defense industry and sell products to their former subordinates. That's a legitimate question about professionals. Another one might be, is it proper for retired generals to use their names, their ranks and their services in endorsing political candidates? What I'm hoping is that this phrase in the Panetta statement is going to be interpreted quite broadly to include a range of behaviors and questions.
So you're encouraged that such a review could improve top leadership?
It gives me some hope. Encourage is too strong a word.


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East Asheville Real Estate
Communities, Neighborhoods, and Towns in East Asheville and Beyond
The neighborhoods and communities East of Asheville are generally broken into two distinct groups. First there are those communities due east of Asheville along Tunnel Road / Hwy 70, which parallels eastbound Hwy 40. The second group of communities are those to the southeast along Hwy 74-A towards Lake Lure.
Tunnel Road / Hwy 70 Neighborhoods, Communities and Towns
Tunnel Road begins just east of Downtown Asheville at its namesake tunnel, which passes through Baucatcher Mountain. Just southeast of the tunnel is Chunns Cove Rd, which travels northeast away from Asheville. The Chunns Cove Rd. area is similar to North Asheville, except that it is has slightly smaller more affordable homes. Below Chunns Cove Rd, Tunnel Rd travels south for about one mile though a highly commercialized zone before turning east and passing under Hwy 240.
Over then next 8-10 miles Tunnel Road / Hwy 70 passes through several neighborhoods and towns as it heads east toward Black Mountain. The first of these is Haw Creek. Haw Creek is known for its older homes and affordable apartment and condo housing. Next, Tunnel Road passes through Oteen and Swannanoa. Development in these areas varies greatly between smaller, older homes along the older more established roads, with new condos and homes in certain areas, especially closer the Tunnel Rd. There are also several newer high end developments at higher elevations in the area. Another characteristic of East Asheville is the contrast between the commercial zones that directly border Tunnel Road, and the more rural communities that can be found along the more established roads that travel perpendicular to it. One such example is Riceville Rd, which travels northeast of Tunnel Rd, between Oteen and Swannanoa, into the rural community of Riceville.
After Swannanoa Hwy 70 becomes less commercialized for a few miles before becoming more developed again as it approaches Black Mountain. Black Mountain is a quaint, relaxing community with a rich arts and crafts culture, wonderful dining options, many luxurious accommodations, and many beautiful homes.
Fairview Rd, Hwy 74-A Towards Lake Lure
The other corridor which is often described as East Asheville is Hwy 74-A towards Lake Lure. The first community in this direction is Oakley, which is located between the Biltmore Village and Hwy 240 on Fairview Rd. Oakley is one of the last sections of affordable housing near downtown, and is home to many young working class families.
Southeast of Oakley, Hwy 74-A passes through the communities of Reynolds and Fairview. These communities are best known for their abundance of high end mountain developments, many of which offer private gated entry and spectacular views. In fact this area will be home to the highly publicized new Cliffs Golf Community, "The Cliffs at High Carolina," which will include a golf course designed by Tiger Woods. Fairview turns more rural as it travels farther southeast with some older more affordable homes. Even farther southeast you get into the extremely rural section between Asheville and Lake Lure, which has more campgrounds and rental cabins than homes.
Zip Codes
The residential zip code for East Asheville is 28805. Other zip codes associated with communities east of Asheville include: 28711, 28720, 28730, 28746, 28757, 28762, and 28778.
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Top 5 Best Meizu MX4 Reviews
by Jan 21, 2015 9:59 am0
We're biased when we say the Meizu MX4 is a killer phone, with amazing hardware and design, but you cannot ignore it when some of the best tech sites in the world also say the Meizu MX4 is an amazing device! Here are our top 5 best Meizu MX4 reviews from the web!
Meizu shocked the tech world with the launch of the Meizu MX4. A phone which all new alloy chassis, beautiful display and stunningly good Mediatek MT6595 octacore processor (making the MX4 the most powerful phone on Antutu for 2014!).
Since September plenty of tech sites from around the world have handled the Meizu MX4, made reviews and come to their own conclusions for Meizu's amazing mid-range device. Here are our pick of top 5 best Meizu MX4 reviews:
- GSMArena Meizu MX4 Review: "The Meizu MX4 makes a great first impression and has no trouble keeping it up"
- GizmoChina Meizu MX4 Review: "A lot has been achieved."
- Android Authority Meizu MX4 Review: "Attractive, premium design without breaking the bank"
- Phone Arena Meizu MX4 Review: "a worthy flagship device"
- CNET Meizu MX4 Review: "The Meizu MX4 may have the looks to stand toe-to-toe with the flagships"
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S.F. quandary develops over 'orphan' block
A matter of a few yards along Market Street has community groups around the Castro wrangling with city planners over what rules should govern development in their neighborhood.
The center of the dispute is a 16-unit condominium/commercial development due to be built on a long-vacant lot at 16th and Market streets. Neighborhood activists were set to go before the Planning Commission this afternoon to challenge that approval, arguing that the building should meet the stricter development rules in effect just steps away on the other side of 16th Street.
A compromise late Wednesday afternoon means the groups will be bringing an agreement, not a battle plan, to the commission, but that doesn't solve the larger problem of the very different building rules for very similar pieces of San Francisco real estate.
Divisions that may be logical for urban planners don't always make sense to the people who live in the affected areas, said Peter Cohen, vice president of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association, one of the groups that opposed the original construction plan.
"The community doesn't see those boundaries," he said. "It breaks the continuity of the neighborhood."
But for developers like Angus McCarthy, who owns the site at 2299 Market St., the rules are the rules and his job is to follow them.
"The project is code complying," Alice Suet Yee Barkley, an attorney for McCarthy, said in a June 30 letter to the Planning Commission. "There are no extraordinary or exceptional circumstances that would warrant ... review of this project."
For years, Market Street from Church Street to Castro Street all fell under the same development rules. But in 2008, after years of discussion, the Board of Supervisors approved the Market and Octavia plan, which called for higher developer fees, fewer parking spaces, more low- and moderate-income housing and increased density in the newly defined area.
But the edge of that district is the intersection of Market, 16th and Noe streets, leaving the single block of Market from Noe to Castro "orphaned" from its former district and keeping its less restrictive zoning rules.
That more building-friendly zoning has made that block a target for development, Cohen said. Besides the project coming before the Planning Commission today, there are also plans to put condominiums atop the Gold's Gym at Market and Noe and to replace an independent gas station at Market and Castro with more condominiums.
The financial benefits for a developer are clear. On that orphaned block, developers can provide one parking space for every condominium unit, making them more attractive for upscale buyers more likely to own cars. The transit-oriented Market and Octavia plan, though, only allows one-half a parking space for every unit.
The Market and Octavia plan also calls for developers to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in impact fees for new construction, a cost not required in the block outside the area.
While McCarthy agreed to cut two parking spaces from the 16 that were authorized and to do some pedestrian improvements to the street outside his building, it was far less than would have been required under the rules of the adjoining area.
"Suddenly developers are looking upstream" into that last commercial block of Market Street, Cohen said. "Developers want to game the system by taking advantage of ... a vestige of old development rules that say everyone needs a roof over their car."
Cohen's group, along with organizations like Castro Area Planning & Action, the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association and Livable City, wants planners to extend the more restrictive zoning rules all the way to Castro, reunifying that section of Market Street.
Changing the zoning would take a minimum of 24 months and cost at least $200,000, planning officials have said.
"It is not feasible ... to put projects on hold while the city determines how to extend the controls to Castro Street," planners wrote in a July 1 report recommending that the commission deny the effort to block the project.
But the only reasonable way to meet the neighborhood's needs - and the city's policy of "transit-first" development - is to tighten the rules for all of Upper Market Street, all the way to Castro Street, Cohen said.
"Nobody wants to get in a fistfight, developer by developer by developer, over every project planned for the block," he said.


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What does Arvo Pärt have to do with the Eiffel Tower in Paris? The answer can be heard in Paris on 4 Nov: Paavo Järvi conducts the Orchestre de Paris in the première of Silhouette for string orchestra and percussion. Silhouette is, as the subtitle suggests, an homage to Gustave Eiffel.
Pärt about his work:
The first impulse to write this work came from my spontaneous reaction to Paavo Järvi's first-class interpretations of my work, which I had heard on one of his CDs. I called him immediately to tell him of my enthusiasm, and discovered that he was about to take on the new role as chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris. I was filled with the irresistible urge to write something for this occasion, for his "new orchestra". In the course of the telephone call it emerged that Paavo Järvi's agreed. I immediately thought of Gustave Eiffel and his work, of an homage to a great architect. I was very happy to hear that the orchestra reacted positively to my idea.
A splendid book of illustrations of the plans and blueprints for the tower lay on my desk, captivating me. I was impressed and inspired in many different ways by Eiffel's artistic vision, by his combination of sober rationality and elegance. From the perspective of a composer Eiffel's tower has many features which are comparable to the structure of a piece of music – the connections between the structural elements, the transparency of the construction, and much more. Even stasis, such an important aspect of architecture, is also a key element of a piece of music.
As regards my work Silhouette, the piece came out short and light, like a dance, a waltz, something dizzying – perhaps like the winds which caress this pointed colossus.


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drawing up stitches...
Recently I was thinking about how it might be interesting to create some illustrations that look like they have been embroidered. Different from a pattern...more like a full color illustration of a completed embroidery. It would be different from my usual style, and more complicated. But it could be a nice blend of two things I love.
And then last night I got an email from someone looking to have a tattoo designed. A tattoo that looks like it was embroidered. Interesting...
So I started sketching what stitches might look like.
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I think this is really interesting Mollie, and has huge potential for some really gorgeous drawing :DReplyDelete
I was doing that last week in work... I drew an eye, the lash line was split stitch with 3 straight stitch eye lashes, satin stiched iris bordered in back stitch and a stem stitch eyebrow. It made me really want to embroider it. I haven't yet, the drawing is currently a bookmark, it's a pity I can't stem stitch as nicely as I draw it. I just can't quite get it right, it's very frustrating.ReplyDelete
- Jerksica11:44 PM
I, too, have been thinking about an embroidery style tattoo. I'd be interested in seeing what you come up with while brainstorming this project. I'm seeing beautifully detailed flowers and simple running or satin stitch text I've also thought a great deal about crochet inspired tattoos. I think you've just inspired me to start brainstorming! :)ReplyDelete


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Friday Family Dinner, 2016
Better late than never…
This year, we're down home and simple, taking our inspiration from the flavors of Louisiana.
French 75s
Cheap Beer
Creole Crab Cheesecake
Crackers and Relishes
Hush Puppies
Cheese Biscuits
Cajun Seafood Boil with Crab, Shrimp, Smoked Sausage, Corn and Potatoes
Tabasco and Honey Glazed Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Creole Bread Pudding with Whipped Cream
Lemon Chess Pie
Family Dinner 2015
This year we're doing something a little different. We won't be doing Thanksgiving. After talking it over for a few years, we decided that the whitewashing of history and the awfulness of the Pilgrims to both Native Americans and other colonists is not worth celebrating.
We also aren't fans of Black Friday and reckless consumerism (oh, we're still buying presents and decorating like bananas for Christmas, but we're drawing a line here).
Still, we want to share a good meal with the ones we love. So, we'll be having Family Dinner Friday this year!
The Menu
Champagne Cocktail:
Autumn Bellini
Apertif Cocktails
Antipasto Misto
Artichoke Frittata
Crostini with Ricotta:
Butternut Squash
Roasted Grape
Arugula, Pecorino, Pear and Pine Nut Salad
Main Course:
Citrus-Marinated Crown Roast of Pork
Italian Bread and Sausage Stuffing
Fig and Port Sauce
Green Beans with Lemon and Capers
Fennel with Parmesan
Roasted Butternut Squash with Balsamic Vinegar
Pan-Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Pancetta
Pizzelle with Lemon Marcapone
Marsala and Dried Fig Crostata
Thanksgiving 2014
Thanksgiving 2014
Martinis with Blue-Cheese Stuffed Olives
Cheese Board with Figs, Grapes, Nuts and Honeycomb
Honey-Drizzled, Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Blue Cheese
Pepper-Cheese Breadsticks
Crudité with Assorted Relishes
Apple Pecan and Feta Salad
Honey-Apple Vinaigrette
Parmesan Rolls
Brazilian Cheese Balls
Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast Roulade Stuffed with Goat Cheese, Pecans, Dried Cherries and Figs
Pear Glaze
Pear Cider Pan Gravy
Cranberry Sauce with Port and Dried Figs
Tuscan Bread Stuffing with Goat Cheese, Dried Cherries and Prosciutto
Garlic, Herb and Parmesan Stuffed Brussels Sprouts
Sweet Potato and White Cheddar Gratin
Gruyére Mashed Potato Puffs
Pumpkin Mini Cheesecakes With Whipped Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce
Salt and Straw's Pear and Blue Cheese Ice Cream
Thanksgiving, 2013
Here it is: Pretty much the only reason I use this blog anymore:
Black Velvets
Beer-battered green beans and olives with Drop Top Aioli
Crudité and assorted relishes
Assorted Hard and Soft Cheeses
Crackers with Bacon Full Sail Amber Ale Jam
Black Pepper, Parmesan and Workhorse IPA Bread
Honey Maple Elysian Great Pumpkin Ale Bread
Urban Farmhouse Saison, Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Cheese Dip
Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout Candied Pecans
Pear and Walnut Salad with Blue Cheese and Widmer Hefeweizen Vinaigrette
Widmer Hefeweizen Honey Rolls
Rogue Hazelnut Ale-Brined Turkey under a Bacon Blanket
Onion and Rogue Hazelnut Ale Gravy
Quick Wit Cranberry Relish
Homemade Whole-Grain Ninkasi Total Domination Ale Mustard
Red War Ale and Apple Stuffing
Fat Tire-braised Rosemary Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Roasted with Bacon and Black Butte Porter
Ace of Spades IPA Brussels Sprouts Hash
Guinness Hot Chocolate
1554 Pecan Pie
Rogue Chocolate Stout Stout Chocolate Pudding
Thanksgiving Menu 2012
Thanksgiving 2012 Menu
Appetizers and Snacks
Shrimp Chips
Crispy Wontons
Pot Stickers
Hundred Corner Shrimp Balls
Lantern Dumpling sauce
Sri Racha and Wasabi Deviled Eggs
Drinking Vinegars: Ginger, Cranberry, Satsuma
Asian Beer
Green Papaya Salad
Pork Salad with Lettuce Cups
Hawaiian Bread
Thai Roasted Turkey
Nuac Chom
Cranberry Satsuma Relish
Sticky Rice Stuffing
Peanut Gravy
Corn with Fish Sauce Butter
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Pumpkin Curry
Scalloped Potatoes with Coconut Milk and Chiles
Coconut Tart
Green Tea Fortune Cookies
Tea-Poached Pears with Tapioca Pearls and Satsumas
Lemon Lemony Lemonlicious Lemon Curd
I like lemon curd. I use Alton Brown's recipe.
First, juice and zest all the lemons. (Or, like 5)
This is my zester.
Then, beat the egg yolks and the lemon juice and the other stuff together.
And cook it like it's hollandaise. Then take it off the heat and put an absurd amount of butter in it.
And then you got yourself some sunshine in a jar!
Strawberry Jalapeño Jam
Mince about a cup of jalapeños.
Then have jalapeño fingers all freakin' day because you didn't wear gloves.
Toss in 7 cups of sugar. (Mmmmm…sugar)
(Looking at this made me want to make candied jalapeños).
Cook it until the sugar melts, then run the submersible blender through it. If you don't have a submersible blender – or if you (unlike me) are capable of planning ahead, you can mash the strawberries before cooking them.
Once the sugar melts, add a package of pectin and do the usual jam thing – boil the hell out of it for a couple of minutes, toss into sterile jars and process for 10 minutes.
It's freaking DELICIOUS! I don't know that I'll go back to straight jalapeño jelly. The kids don't like it, but they are wusses.


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featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music
October 8, 2016
Scott Foley, Purveyor of Dust
I keep flirting with the idea of airing a show featuring all pre-2000 americana, alt.country and roots music. Other thoughts: Long ago I aired a program composed of all Townes Van Zandt, a couple performed by the man himself, with all the rest TVZ covers. What about two hours of songs almost everyone would recognize - the "greatest hits" of our kind of music? An A-B-C show selecting my favorite artist for each letter of the alphabet. Nothing but instrumentals? Or is this counter to my restriction against novelty shows?
For now, we get what we get, and we'll like it: Another collection of new stuff that matters, music that challenges our notions of what fits, and All the Rest. Live Ryan Bingham. Great rusty Two Dollar Pistols. The stentorian tones of Paul Cauthen. And brand new Gillian Welch from 20 years ago ...
I'm a fan of Van. Van Morrison. I was in attendance at the concert that became his 1994 Night In San Francisco record (my wife was quite expecting and slept thru much of the concert, plus Van played far too much saxophone). Sure, there's Astral Weeks and Saint Dominic's Preview and even Into the Music. But my favorite Van happens to be 86's underappreciated No Guru No Method No Teacher. I love his occasional departure into ecstatic reverie, and how he weds folk and soul.
That's a long intro to an appreciation for Hiss Golden Messenger's new Heart Like a Levee record. Born from the ashes of Court & Spark, MC Taylor's initial forays as HGM were more intricate acoustic pastoral folk, sometimes going so far as to include birds, streams and nature sounds between and beneath tracks. It's not especially surprising that Taylor's educational background is as a folklorist and field recorder. 2014's Lateness of Dancers found HGM incorporating a fuller band sound, with occasional horns and gospel touches. I voted it my 3rd favorite album for the year.
Heart Like a Levee was reportedly begun as a commission for Taylor to write music inspired by a collection of black-and-white photos of a coal mining camp in Kentucky. Listeners curious about that project might do well to track down Vestapol, a much more pared back acoustic session that accompanies deluxe editions of the record. While Heart Like a Levee drops the occasional geographical reference point, songs like "Cracked Windshield" or the crushing "Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer" deal more in matters of home and away, dedication to music and focus on the family. The title cut bounces along merrily enough, on strummy mandolin and choral backing vocals, but asks, "Go easy on me / I'm not doing well / Do you hate me honey / As much as I hate myself". The record offers as many acoustic as electric moments, but is largely propelled by what Rolling Stone called a "gospelized country-soul" vibe. And MC Taylor often seems to be writing from a very conflicted place of self doubt and confession.
Whereas much of Haw and Poor Moon addressed the world from a more introspective vantage, Levee makes a good deal more noise. Like Van Morrison, Taylor is becoming a spirit-driven bard of sorts, a bandleader driving into spirals of reverie alongside the Cook brothers of Megafaun, Matt McCaughan of Bon Iver and pitch perfect backing vocals from Tift Merritt and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man. "Biloxi" establishes an immediate country rock current as one of the year's strongest singles. But in the midst of the rootsy stomp he's singing, "All around my old hometown I was known as a loner / Oh you know I wasn't lonely / I just liked being alone / Lord it's hard". "Tell Her I'm Just Dancing" is the heaviest Hiss Golden moment to date. Alongside "Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer", there's an uncommonly urgent propulsion behind the cuts. It's on tracks like "Happy Day (Sister My Sister)" and the closer "Highland Grace" that the Van Morrison comparison is best appreciated. Both cuts are deeply soulful reveries, lovely "gospelized" extensions of folk 'n soul. Heart Like a Levee is as personal as anything from MC Taylor's catalog, while establishing a new highwater mark for inviting us into the places where he celebrates the stuff that makes life worth bearing.
- Ryan Bingham, "Southside of Heaven (live)" Ryan Bingham Live (Axster Bingham, 16) D
- Blitzen Trapper, "Love the Way You Walk Away (live)" Live At Third Man Records (Third Man, 16) D
- Longest Day of the Year, "Damage Done" Seth & May EP (Mulewax, 16) C
- Handsome Family, "Red Door" Unseen (Handsome, 16)
- John Calvin Abney, "Weekly Rate Palace" Far Cries and Close Calls (Horton, 16)
- Two Dollar Pistols, "There Goes a Heartache" You Ruined Everything (Yep Roc, 02)
- Nathan Bowles, "Burnt Ends Rag" Whole & Cloven (Paradise of Bachelors, 16) D
^ Hiss Golden Messenger, "Heart Like a Levee" Heart Like a Levee (Merge, 16)
- Tift Merritt, "Dusty Old Man" single (Yep Roc, 16) D
- Aaron Lee Tasjan, "Ready To Die" Silver Tears (New West, 16)
- Shovels & Rope, "Last Hawk" Little Seeds (New West, 16)
- William Elliott Whitmore, "Old Devils" Animals In the Dark (Anti, 09)
- Courtney Marie Andrews, "15 Highway Lanes" Honest Life (Mama Bird, 16)
- M Lockwood Porter, "Strong Enough" How To Dream Again (Black Mesa, 16)
- Dan Layus (w/Secret Sisters), "Only Gets Darker" Dangerous Things (Plated, 16) D
- Bap Kennedy, "I Should Have Said" Reckless Heart (Last Chance, 16) D
- Drive-by Truckers, "Filthy and Fried" American Band (ATO, 16)
- Paul Cauthen, "Once You're Gone" My Gospel (Lightning Rod, 16)
- Tami Neilson, "Holy Moses" Don't Be Afraid (Outside, 16)
- Seth Walker, "Turn This Thing Around" Gotta Get Back (Royal Potato Family, 16)
- Band of Heathens, "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler" Highway Prayer: Tribute to Adam Carroll (Eight 30, 16)
- Deer Tick, "Twenty Miles" Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan, 10)
- Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster, "Laid Low" Constant Stranger (Big Legal Mess, 16)
- Gillian Welch, "Dry Town (demo)" Boots No. 1: Official Revival Bootleg (Acony, 16) D
- Roger Hoover, "Dust" Pastures (Last Chance, 16) D
- Jason Isbell, "Blow Wind Blow" Musical Mojo of Dr John (Concord, 16)
- Chuck Prophet, "Countrified Inner-City Technological Man" Night Surfer (Yep Roc, 14)


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[UPDATE Monday] More Information on the GSD Boil Water Notice
Ralph Emerson, GSD General Manager, says crew found water coming out of the ground on Friday evening while Emerson was out of town, attending to the birth of his 11th grandchild, Mr. Pierce Orion Emerson.
GSD Has a Backup Water Source
The crew phoned Emerson, and it was decided to turn off the water coming through the treatment plant from the river and switch to utilizing the district's well up near Chautauqua, called the Tobin Well. Tobin Well is a groundwater source which is chlorinated on site before distribution.
Interaction with the Regulatory Agency
Ralph Emerson said the District reported the incident to the State's Drinking Water Division in a timely way. He also reports the DWD both said the water was probably safe between the time the incident started and when it was discovered and said that the boil water notice needed to go out.
What Happened
The water coming from the ground at the water treatment plant was identified as the 30 inch diameter pipe that constitutes the contact chamber. The contact chamber is where the treated surface water and the chlorine spend time together to make certain the chlorine and the water have mixed sufficiently.
Wahlund Construction came to unearth that contact chamber tubing Saturday morning, and Emerson says the twenty feet of it they dug out had spiral fractures in it. Emerson says they don't know why yet, and their engineer will come evaluate the situation this next week. Emerson said they have not identified evidence of shifting ground causing the problem.
The Water Stayed Chlorinated
According to Emerson, the reason the water did not become unsafe is a function of geography. Because there is a long distance of pipe between the treatment plant and District customers, even with the contact chamber failing, the water had the mixing time it needs to ensure all the water has contact with chlorine and is, therefore, safe to drink.
Because it is the weekend, Ronine Lund of the Drinking Water Division of California Environmental Health Department isn't yet available for comment.
Communications Need Improvement
District procedure for getting word to people needs updating, Emerson said. The current procedure is to personally call everyone. Emerson said he started the phone list but later discontinued the direct notification because he felt the press release to local news outlets and on the District's website met the State's requirements in this scenario. He also reports the District does not have a database with email addresses for their customers.
Emerson said if the water had been unsafe, he and staff would have gone door to door to be certain people knew about the problem. And he said, to assess the situation while the pipe was broken, the crew has been taking samples throughout the incident. Locally, the crew could test that the chlorine levels were correct, but the District will get more thorough lab results Monday evening to confirm that all has been safe throughout the weekend.
UPDATE Monday, November 26th: A full presentation will be given to the Board if Directors Tuesday evening, but it seems Operator Brian Miller was in the building when the incident began Friday evening. Miller says he heard a bang strong enough to send him running outside to see what had happened. He soon discovered the water coming up out of the ground. Engineers were out today but weren't yet sure what had led to the failure if the contact chamber. It doesn't appear to be vandalism, but some kind of equipment failure.


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I'm not one to get jealous of other artists, but I'll make an exception for Steph Stamb's work as he's perfected a style of art that I'm desperately working hard towards achieving. Seen here is his piece entitled 'SarAlice' in which Steph Stamb re-imagines Alice from the ever-popular Wonderland series as a sadistic bunny butcher. The bunny head in her hand is, of course, Frank from the cult favorite Donnie Darko, but my favorite part of this 'SarAlice' illustration is all of Alice's intense tattoos.
If you're a fan of Steph Stamb's wide-eyed painterly heroines, you can see more of his works in your local comic book store and also on his blog.
Implications - As the North American population continues its economic recovery, consumers are still craving products to distract them from their financial situations. As such, surrealistic artwork is in high demand. Corporations can capitalize on this by utilizing surreal imagery in their advertising campaigns.
Whimsical Wonderland Editorials
Vivid Wonderland Photography
60 Fairytale Fashions
Fairytale-Themed Stores
Disney-Inspired Eye Artwork
Steph Stamb Puts His Spin on the Wonderland Heroine
- By: Jason SoyJun 30, 2011
References: stephstamb.deviantart & ufunk.net
References: stephstamb.deviantart & ufunk.net


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Cutting edge – Victorinox ceramic knife
Ceramic knives are different from a standard knife for a number of reasons – the blade remains sharp for much longer than a typical steel edge and also will never affect the flavour of food – something a normal blade can do.
Manufactured from zirconium oxide powder which is compressed at incredibly high pressure, the blade is nearly as hard as diamond. Ceramic material is also very light weight, weighing half as much as a steel blade of similar size and as such is ideal for the home-cook who spends plenty of time chopping and slicing.
The blade is also acid resistant, meaning cutting lemons and limes will not eat away at its edge. In testing it lived up to expectations, capable of all manner of kitchen work although some users might find its light weight somewhat disconcerting.
The blades are beautifully designed, featuring white ceramic blades and ebony handles to provide a real contrast.
The range is available in a 12 and 15cm chef's knife and a 17cm Santoku knife, starting from £57, available online.