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It's a shame that we likely will have no close City Council races in this election, with mail ballots going out in the next few days. The only drama might involve ballot issues, which says something in itself.
Until we compensate our city leaders better, most potential candidates will opt not to run, knowing they can't balance Council's serious demands with their own need to make a living. We're glad to see some worthy candidates this year, but it's time to expand the gene pool.
Here are our election thoughts.
Contested races
District 1: Scott Hente (incumbent), unopposed
Scott Hente gets another four years serving the city's north and northwest sections, and deservedly so. Though some judge him negatively simply for being a developer/homebuilder, Hente has paid attention the past four years, he has a sense of humor and he's in no one's pocket. We always prefer competition, but it wouldn't have been easy for a newcomer to legitimately challenge Hente.
District 2: Darryl Glenn (i), unopposed
We wish Darryl Glenn had opposition in his northeast district, and in this case there's an additional reason. We would like for Glenn to talk more about his political aspirations, because all we hear is that he's running for county commission in 2010. (Replacing term-limited Wayne Williams would earn him $87,000 a year, quite a raise from $6,250 on Council.) If he had divulged that, perhaps someone would've run against him (and thus have had a better shot at being appointed to fill out Glenn's term).
District 3: Jerry Heimlicher (i) vs. Dave Gardner
Nothing warms our heart like seeing a courageous progressive candidate going after a Council seat in Colorado Springs. Such is the case now with Dave Gardner, but we have strong thoughts that get in the way of giving him our support to represent the city's south and southwestern areas.
First, Gardner obsesses on his anti-growth platform, and hasn't broadened his campaign strategy to deal with the full breadth of topics and problems that matter. It's admirable that he cares so much about the desperate need to control, if not curtail, growth in the area, but he'd have a better chance if he weren't simply a one-issue guy.
Second, Gardner would stand a better chance of gaining traction if he were competing against Bernie Herpin in District 4 or even Glenn in District 2.
Still, he's a maverick with boundless energy, and his technological expertise could be invaluable in the right situation. He also raises many uncomfortable questions that should be asked. Council needs more of all these traits.
Then there's Heimlicher, one of this Council's better members. He's hardworking, knowledgeable, approachable and cooperative. He deserves another term, based on his performance (actually across five-plus years, because he initially was appointed to Council in 2003 before being elected in '05).
This is the only real race on this ballot, and we like both candidates.
Let's put it this way: Gardner's idealism is so refreshing, and he shouldn't be discouraged. If he comes up short here, he should position himself to run for an at-large seat in 2011. That would mean broadening his scope perhaps pushing to be appointed to the Utilities Policy Advisory Committee, and dealing with much more than just growth-related issues.
And actually, Heimlicher admits he might consider running for mayor in 2011. So if Gardner still wants to become more involved, his chance might come via an appointment to fill out Heimlicher's term.
You could vote for either one without apology. But we do like Heimlicher's agenda, especially his dedication to helping redevelop deteriorating areas such as South Nevada Avenue, East Platte Avenue and now (because of redistricting) South Academy Boulevard. We also can't overlook his leadership roles with the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments and the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority.
Our recommendation: Heimlicher.
District 4: Bernie Herpin vs. Tony Carpenter
As Herpin himself reminds us, the Independent ranked him ninth out of nine at-large Council candidates before the 2007 municipal election, in which he was unable to keep the seat he was appointed to in 2006.
Yet this time, without a truly formidable and sufficiently funded challenger (sorry, Tony), we find ourselves backed into a corner.
This looked like such an interesting race in the city's east and southeast areas when local Obama campaign organizer Rob Andrews was creating excitement early on. We saw, and still see, huge potential for Andrews, who grew up here and turns 25 next week.
But Andrews isn't part of this race. Carpenter is, and he feels validated from running previously for this seat as well as for mayor, finishing second to Lionel Rivera in 2007. Carpenter's heart is in the right place. But his facts and numbers are too scrambled, and he's basing too much on what was happening in the 1990s when he was a city employee not what's going on now.
That leaves Herpin, who undoubtedly will win this race and spend the next four years on Council.
He admits to feeling restrained back when he was appointed to fill Richard Skorman's seat. We acknowledge that Herpin is more knowledgeable now about city issues, and his "gun guy" label barely got a mention during our interview. He even tells us he will support the plus-one health benefit option for city employees if and when it comes up again (though, he says, not because it would benefit same-sex partners).
Taking all those factors into account, we can feel more comfortable with Herpin, though we can't give him a full-fledged endorsement.
Our soft recommendation: Herpin.
Ballot issues
Issue 1A: Jobs
Ballot title: "Without raising additional taxes, shall the existing .665 general property mill levy tax be extended from its current expiration of December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2025 to be used exclusively to create, attract and retain primary jobs, market and promote Colorado Springs, require City Council to create and appoint a five person Job Opportunity and Business Sustainability Committee with no more than two members of City Council appointed thereto, to make recommendations to City Council pertaining to the expenditure and use of such revenue, with all revenues and expenditures constituting a voter-approved revenue change?"
This issue has caused us a lot of mixed emotions and heartburn. What bothers us the most is hearing a local spin on the mantra that came out of Washington, D.C., during the Bush administration: that we have to support this, and if we don't, we aren't civically minded and we obviously don't believe in the city's future.
Nothing could be more off-base. At the same time, though, we don't like hearing that if we do endorse this issue, we're caving in to the pro-growth crowd. We think both sides have good reasons, and flawed reasons, for feeling as they do..
We would be more inclined to support this if it didn't focus on "primary" jobs and if it only lasted five years, forcing backers to perform and then prove their case again.
We also wish Council had added an alternative measure allowing the city to use this expiring property tax to fund parks, which would benefit all homeowners.
We generally support the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corp., which is behind this measure. But we've seen that it and the city have been able to act more creatively in the past, and we believe they should continue to do so in the future.
As much as we believe in property taxes as the way to stabilize the Springs' finances, we cannot see devoting this money to recruiting more jobs (or even retaining them, though that seems like a lower priority) at such a turbulent time, while so many other city programs and basic services are being eliminated or reduced. This money also could have gone to the city's general fund.
It is our hope that in 2011 the city develops a big-picture plan to create sustainable funding by raising property taxes and reducing our dependence on regressive sales taxes.
Our position: We don't embrace or endorse either side. Vote NO.
Issue 1B: Revenue Retention for Essential City Services
Ballot title: "Shall the City of Colorado Springs be permitted to expend up to $1,200,000 to provide essential City services, this amount being the estimated 2008 revenue above the 2008 fiscal year spending limitation mandated by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, otherwise known as 'TABOR' (Colorado Constitution, Article X, Section 20 and City Charter, Article VII, Section 7-90), and constituting a voter-approved revenue change?"
No-brainer here. It's too bad TABOR's inflexibility forces this kind of vote regarding "excess" revenue, which really isn't "excess" at all when you consider how many millions are being cut from the city budget.
Our position: We fully endorse 1B. Vote YES.
Issue 1C: Expansion of TOPS Maintenance Responsibilities
Ballot title: "Shall the existing 0.1% (one-tenth of a cent) City sales and use tax for Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) be amended to allow no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the revenue from the tax and interest earnings of the TOPS fund to be used for stewardship and maintenance of all City-owned trails, open space and parks for a period of five years, from May 1, 2009 through April 30, 2014, only, with a change to biennial independent audit requirements, and no other changes to the TOPS program as authorized in previous elections?"
We can't go along with the anti-1C argument that the voters made their feelings known by resoundingly approving the TOPS extension. Circumstances can change, and they certainly have. A vote is the best way to determine whether feelings have, too.
Here's the real problem: This is merely a small Band-Aid to stop a major financial hemorrhage. Taking away from TOPS to support a parks department that has been cut so severely is not a good strategy.
Were this proposal part of a larger package being offered as a long-term solution, it'd be a different story. We suggest the city consider a way for property taxes to fund development and maintenance of parks, because they do make neighborhoods better and enhance property values.
Our position: Vote NO.
Issue 1D: Federal Grants and Federal Funds
Ballot title: "Shall the City of Colorado Springs benefit from the receipt of federal grants and federal funds to assist the Colorado Springs Airport and the City's other enterprises compete for those federal funds, by replacing the definition of 'Enterprise' in the Charter of the City of Colorado Springs, Article VII, Section 7-90, with the same definition of 'Enterprise' as found in Colorado Constitution, Article X, Section 20, as amended?"
No question here. With federal stimulus funds being dispensed, it is vital that voters embrace this measure. Otherwise, the city might have to decline certain grants. This measure simply changes our version of TABOR to conform with the state's version.
Our position: We fully endorse 1D. Vote YES.
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The day the gardening world came to my village!
Last week-end the sun shone and it felt like the whole gardening world descended on Gullane in East Lothian - my home village! Ten gardens, of diverse size and style, had bravely volunteered to open under Scotland's Garden Scheme.
I helped a friend with her large garden and fielded questions about the garden and its different rooms and planting styles.
Of major interest was my friend's long 'Naturalistic Border' which she has been developing over the last few years. It is supposed to peak in late summer but it looked wonderful last week-end - helped of course by the sun. I can't wait to see it in September!
The planting style uses a lot of carefully chosen ornamental grasses and drought tolerant perennials. With strong foliage shapes, bold colours and attractive flower and seed heads they look beautiful through the seasons. This style of planting is both low maintenance and ecologically friendly.
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A few days away.
We are home after a wonderful week away on a remote farm in Golden Bay. It was touch & go for a while there whether we would actually make it thanks to the tail end of the cyclone that hit Australia.
It took us two and a half days to finally reach our destination with two thwarted attempts thanks to high winds, severe flooding & fallen trees … but we got there in the end & found a magical spot to enjoy a few days with family.
Mr Boiled Egg & Soldiers & I found ourselves in a simply gorgeous, rustic chalet for two.
Rather like a ship's cabin, with stunning views & a clawfoot bath, I was in my element!
Between the rain storms we hung out at the beach & built fires.
My clever niece & nephew caught fresh salmon which was quickly smoked….
And now we are home again & it feels like winter might finally be here.
Cottage pie for dinner tonight by the fire.
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Nominated by Barack H. Obama on June 29, 2011, to a seat vacated by Robert H. Whaley; Confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 2012, and received commission on March 8, 2012. Serving as Chief Judge effective January 27, 2016.
Gonzaga University, B.A. 1983
Gonzaga University Law School, J.D., 1986
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Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington from 1987 to 2012; holding the positions of First Assistant from 2006 to 2012, Criminal Chief from 2003 to 2006, and Deputy Criminal Chief from 2003 to 2006. From 1986 to 1987, he was a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice.
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A promising trend in real estate is constructing houses and buildings with value added features and using materials that are of a better quality, especially when reselling the property in question is a distinct possibility. If materials used in construction of house is of bad quality, it will not only reduces its life but also the value of the building. Nowadays, people are well aware of the quality of materials and extra safety measures in a house building. It is directly associated with the cost of a house.
The following are some architectural measures and construction materials that can enhance the quality of a house's structure, making is stronger, more durable, and easy to maintain and as a result increase its value.
Water Proofing of Building
Bitumen chemical, asphalt, sealants and plastic sheets are used to water proof the plinth level at the time the foundation is being laid. Sulphate resistant cement can also be used in foundations. Water proof paint used in overhead and underground water tanks can dramatically reduce water seepage and play a vital role in increasing the life of a building. Special variety of water proof cement can be used in exterior walls of the house in order to evade moisture inside a building. Continuous splashes of rain causes dampness in a building which should be avoided as far as possible. For this, sanitation system must be proficient. Drainage should be rapid and sanitary items used in construction should be of good quality.
Galvanized iron pipes are stronger and more durable compared to plastic ones. Remember, it is easier to maintain pipes that are not concealed.
Constructing a building with hollow blocks instead of regular bricks provides good insulation. It keeps a structure cool and reduces air-conditioning related energy bills significantly.
Laying tiles on the surface of the roof makes it a useable space and also provides heat proofing. Brick tiles are economical and ideal for this purpose as they are heat and water resistant and easy to maintain. If you have higher budget, consider using marble tiles which also have a cooling effect.
Embellishing the exterior with bricks, texture, and uncut stone tiles add value and are also weather resistant and maintenance free as opposed to painted walls.
Explore the possibility of 'hard' landscaping in the form of partially tiled yards and courtyards; these are easier and less expensive to maintain compared to a full ledged lawn.


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Admin Commands Toolbox
Last Updated: Dec 11, 2014 Game Version: 1.7.10
Owner: ProfMobius
A small collection of commands used to facilitate server administration.
Right now, supports 2 commands :
- /pregen <dim> <minX> <maxX> <minZ> <maxZ> : Generate a portion of world between chunk coordinates [minX,maxX] and [minZ,maxZ]
- /purgechunks : This command will try to free as many chunks as possible.
- /setspawn <x> <y> <z> : Set the default spawn position at [x,y,z]
- /pregenspawn <nchunks> : Will generate nchunks in all directions centered on spawn (Overworld only)
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#19 LordofEditing Posted Jan 3, 2017
#13 walkerjonny Posted Aug 14, 2015
How do you define the size of a chunk?
Is it a square of 1*1 or do you define it with its usually size of 16*16?
If you define it the usual way then you have a calculation error somewhere.
At the moment you define a square with the size Xmin=0, Xmax=1000 and Ymin=0, Ymax=1000 to have a chunk count of 1000000. But that is not the chunk count. It is the block count of one height layer
To get the usual chunk count you have to divide this through 256 (16*16) which leads to a chunk count of 3906,25
If I'm true there then you should recheck your code to avoid miscalculations and possibly mismatched chunk generation caused by that error.
The LENGTH of a chunk is 16 blocks. Hence, if you say "pregenspawn 100", the mod will pregen in a radius from spawn with a length of 1600 blocks. (100chunks * 16 blocks/chunk).
Your world, in this example, will be 3200 blocks in diameter.Last edited by Minecr4ck: Jan 5, 2016
#12 erythreas34 Posted Aug 12, 2015
Does it generate mod ores and bioms?
A remember some time ago it didnt
#10 MCFUser82713 Posted Jun 3, 2015
An option to throttle the pregen functionality would be great for those with less than a monster of a machine. It can crash the server even on a fairly beefy dedicated machine.
I have pregenned this on my own machine many times, no problem. I am also currently pregenning on MinecraftServerHost, and CPU is at 23-30%. Unless you have a low end/old machine, I think you'lll be fine! By the way, I'm running with 225 mods. With heavy terrain generation.
#8 drendude42 Posted Feb 27, 2015
When using the pregen commands, it generates an entity in every chunk, seemingly. Having thousands of entities makes it generate chunks much more slowly. Is there a way to fix this while it generates?
You might want to clarify the pregenspawn description. I thought nchunks was the number of chunks it would generate when it is actually the radius (in chunks) around spawn. I discovered this with the command "/pregenspawn 500" expecting 500 chunks to generate and now my server is generating 1,000,000 chunks.
#4 Cosmology27 Posted Nov 21, 2014
So the /set spawn is doing nothing for me. It registers that it worked, and the game tells me I've set the spawn, but then when I die, right back to the normal spawn location.
I've tried exiting the world and going back in, still doesn't work.
Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?
Also, does this allow for spawning underground, or in buildings? It has a Y value, so I assume it would right?Last edited by Cosmology27: Nov 21, 2014
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On Being Plagiarised
On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to the site of another zine. There I saw a something that reflected my poem as if in a mirror that's been through a house fire.
Throughout the day, a quickly assembled posse – mostly poets, mostly in the UK, mostly collaborating on Facebook – exposed more and more cases. Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised.
My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking and shaming of the perpetrator, one David R. Morgan of Luton, took not many hours. Within days the trail of his thefts was known to thousands. Poems affected include one or more by Wendy Battin, Henry Braun, James Cervantes, Denise Duhamel, William Greenway, Halvard Johnson, Colin Morton and who knows how many more. Most of his first discovered thefts were of poems in the Contemporary American Poetry Archive, a home for out-of-print books created by Wendy Battin and housed quietly, if not as obscurely as Morgan perhaps imagined, at Connecticut College, where I teach.
What bothered me was not being robbed: I still have the original poem, and since Poetry magazine published it in 1974, my ownership, if that is the right word, could hardly be questioned. The insult was partly that the plagiarist assumed my poem was too obscure for anyone to discover his theft. The worst of it, though, was what Morgan did to the poem. All of his filchings discovered so far have involved his altering the original, usually making small or very small changes to the text but always replacing the title, a puerile gesture of concealment. My poem is called 'A Little Song', which I'll stand by, though it may be ostentatiously modest. Amy Lowell used it in 1912. I didn't know about Lowell's poem until all this came up, but had I known, I wouldn't have changed my mind. There are good reasons why you can't copyright a title. Onto his version of the poem, Morgan bolted the remarkably boorish 'Dead Wife Singing'. (The woman in question was not my wife and was not dead, though she is now, forty years on.)
He also disfigured the meter. 'A Little Song' is in Sapphic stanzas. I wrote it as a graduate student, trying my hand at filling a complicated old mould with new stuff. I kept at the exercise long enough to get two or three stanzas, saw out of the corner of my eye that it had a kind of trajectory, and completed it in four stanzas. Then I discovered that, while certain annoying parts of my mind had been busy in the squirrel-cage of syllable-counting, something else had sneaked in and given me one of the better poems I had produced to date. That was a lesson in forms and 'exercises' that I still pass on to students.
I included 'A Little Song' in my first book, published by David Godine in 1983. A few years later, James Merrill told me that my poem had brought Sapphics to his attention. Four of the poems in The Inner Room (1988) use the form. I am not stupid enough to prefer mine.
When Morgan mutilated my poem, he was mutilating the tedious and fervent labour, the discovery of what I hadn't known I meant to mean, and the reward of a single moment of high praise. 'A Little Song' has faults, including some melodramatic and opportunistic line-breaks. How would I feel if the thief had improved my poem? I'd be abashed, but I'd also be bewildered that someone who could do that would bother, rather than write a better poem of his own.
In the early rounds of emails, several people said: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.' I never knew that the aphorism was coined by Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), but it is now no more difficult to learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author's name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn't imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you've watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it's plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice.


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Local nurse takes a hike to heal Nepal
Well, maybe not exactly Santa. But certainly people who walked with the spirit of Christmas.
Instead of carrying a red velvet bag on their backs, these people carried loved ones on their backs.
In a basket.
Down a mountain.
For two days.
"People there have very limited access to health care, so when they heard we were there, people would make these unbelievable trips to come and see us," said Bonnie Long , a New Milford nurse who spent eight weeks in Nepal, bringing health care to some of the country's most remote villages.
Long, 56, was part of a medical expedition organized by Himalayan Healthcare, a nonprofit group founded in 1992 to help Nepal's poorest people see a doctor or nurse, sometimes for the first time in their lives.
Her volunteer odyssey began in late September and stretched until just before Thanksgiving. Along the way, Long helped women in labor and men in comas. She helped kids with broken arms and angry infections.
Just as importantly, she will tell you, she built important friendships and memories on the other side of the world.
The first five weeks of Long's trip were spent at Megh Bahadur Parajuli Clinic in Ilam, an ambitious hospital making the most of third-world resources, a place where oxygen masks and other "disposable" devices were used over and over.
"I used to think to myself, 'How can they do that? This is so gross. I can't watch.' But then I started thinking about it," Long said. "Just imagine if these things weren't here. A used oxygen mask on a 70-year-old man who needs a breathing treatment is better than no mask at all."
Long was prepared for challenges to her training in western medicine. She didn't anticipate the intense spiritual surge that followed.
"I had been in that nursing rut where everything had to be done a certain way," Long said. "All of a sudden I found myself in a place where there were no rules. Or at least if there were rules, I didn't know them."
Take, for example, the pregnant 16-year-old who arrived at the hospital after two days of labor. The product of an arranged marriage, the girl had already been married for two years.
"The girl was on the labor table, but she wasn't following the instructions from the obstetrician," Long said. "Finally, the obstetrician started hitting her on the chest and the leg with the back of her hand.
"I thought I was going to have to leave the room, but I stayed. Later on, when I asked the obstetrician why she hit her, she told me the girl ... had no idea what labor was.
"(The obstetrician) needed to get her attention and get her to focus, so she slapped her. It's nothing we ever would've done here in this country, but we weren't in this country. It was my lesson to learn."
There were plenty more lessons where that one came from.
As the honored guest at a local church -- local meaning an hour's walk each way -- Long was offered its only chair. Instead she chose to sit with the other women in a segregated sanctuary.
Other times she was honored with food, a precious commodity in a region where survival depends on a good growing season and livestock remaining healthy.
"A lot of times I was the only one eating, so it felt a little bit uncomfortable," Long said. "There's enough food for everyone -- as long as you can grow it."
Long spent the last few weeks of her adventure on an arduous trek deep into the mountains to set up temporary clinics. The itinerary included two and a half days of hiking in altitudes up to 13,000 feet.
Just how unforgiving was the landscape here? Nepal has eight of the 10 highest mountain peaks in the world, a rugged countryside that cradles remote villages such as Tipling and Lapa.
"After giving so much in nursing (for 35-plus years), I had forgotten what it felt like to receive," Long said. "It's not that I needed the validation or anything like that. But I definitely got more than I gave."
Earlier this month, she struggled to write about her Nepal experience in Christmas cards.
Finally, it came to her, an epiphany from 7,500 miles away.
"I made the journey," Bonnie Long wrote, "but the journey made me."
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Double Dark Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes w/ Ghirardelli Chocolate Chips inside, topped w/ Pink Cream Cheese Frosting and Dark Chocolate Ganache, garnished w/ Chocolate Sprinkles and Fresh Raspberries!
Phew, that was a mouthful.
So the other day, I went to buy some fresh raspberries, and then this happened...
... Another happy baker =)
The few changes I made was added some Ghirardelli baking chips into the cupcake batter to add a crunchy texture to the cupcake once you bite into it. So worth the extra step!
For the ganache recipe, I used 1/2 cup Ghirardelli chocolate baking chips, added 1 ounce of the Baker's chocolate (to make it even more dark), and added about 2-3 Tbsp powdered sugar (or how ever much that suits your taste). See basic instructions here.
(Below: an ounce of Baker's Chocolate unwrapped)Once you have the cupcakes placed in the cupcake tray, add in your Ghirardelli baking chips (about 4-5 pieces), bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 F for only about 10 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean), and they should come out looking like these!!!
As for the frosting, I decided to add pink cream cheese frosting, chocolate sprinkles and raspberries!!! They turned out great!
It did get a bit messy with the ganache, but who cares!!! it was so much fun decorating with it!
When all is finished, now you can eat you cupcake!!!


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Tag: America Freed
Aww, How Sweet, but True!
When my first-grader came home yesterday, she proudly announced that the first thing she'd written in her journal at school was, "Today is the integration in Washington."
My wife gave her a puzzled look.
"Wait, what's the word?" my daughter asked.
"Yes, that's what I mean. Inauguration."
She had not a clue.
Obama Loves Women
Via War Room:
"On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women's health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman's right to choose.
While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue, no matter what our views, we are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make. To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services.
On this anniversary, we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons: the chance to attain a world-class education; to have fulfilling careers in any industry; to be treated fairly and paid equally for their work; and to have no limits on their dreams. That is what I want for women everywhere."
And his administration's position is here.
America Marches Ahead!
War Room gives props to the current president:
Thursday, President Obama signed four executive orders that represent a break with Bush administration policies about the treatment of detainees suspected of involvement with terrorism. One order mandates the closing of the prison at Guantánamo Bay within a year; another lays out rules for interrogation, a third establishes a task force to determine how to deal with those currently held at Guantánamo and the fourth is about the case of detainee Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri.
By the time Obama signed the orders, they weren't a surprise. But some of the wording still stands out, particularly this section from the order regarding interrogations:
From this day forward, unless the Attorney General with appropriate consultation provides further guidance, officers, employees, and other agents of the United States Government may, in conducting interrogations, act in reliance upon Army Field Manual 2 22.3, but may not, in conducting interrogations, rely upon any interpretation of the law governing interrogation — including interpretations of Federal criminal laws, the Convention Against Torture, Common Article 3, Army Field Manual 2 22.3, and its predecessor document, Army Field Manual 34 52 issued by the Department of Justice between September 11, 2001, and January 20, 2009.
Short version: With one stroke of a pen, Obama just erased more than seven years of the Justice Department's legal justifications for the Bush administration's interrogation policies.
They're are Only Two of the Happy People….
I'm all ready to start beating up on 44 and his administration where warranted, but I expect nowhere near the excesses (in breadth or depth, quality or quantity) of Team 43, and certainly none of the viscera.
Is the safest bet in the world that in far worse circumstances, 44 will do better than his predecessor? Like, duh.
Do I expect all my dreams to come true in this administration? Like, duh.
I'm watching, eyes wide open.
But, Goddam, this is cool. If it doesn't make you smile….
A Good Idea
This may well be a procipitous time for a significant national health insurance. Helps people battered by the economy to get or remain insured, and removes an economic burden from businesses including, maybe that vile Joe the faux-Plumber.
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday will release a sweeping proposal to overhaul the health-care system that largely reflects President-elect Barack Obama's vision, increasing the chances for action next year.
There is one important difference between the initiative coming from Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus and the plan Mr. Obama laid out during his presidential campaign: Mr. Baucus would require all Americans to have health insurance, while Mr. Obama has rejected the idea of a mandate.


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Old Barn = New Home
Located within the stone walls of former Barn that was built in 1906, this is the home where my Family and I now live. We purchased the property 10 years after the barn structure had been dismantled and trucked away. With only scrub trees and weeds overtaking the stone walls, my wife and I had a vision to resurrect and preserve those walls while creating a home within that would be understated and comfortable. The beauty of the property would be the stone walls, the gardens we would create and the surrounding open spaces of Chester County. We think we have succeeded but as with most people's homes, it is an ongoing project and we keep trying to make it better!


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There is a great probability that legal aid defendants in criminal cases would not be able to choose their own lawyer for the future. If they want they can also go for a fixed-fee legal advice online.
This plan appeared as an opposition to the idea of the justice secretary to cut legal aid.
In the words of Chris Grayling money could be saved as young and inexperienced lawyers are hired for legal aid cases. This meant that taxpayers would not keep on paying for a "legal 'Rolls-Royce'" to defend the people who receive legal aid.
Critics, on the other hand, claim that less experienced solicitors could harm justice seriously.
However, critics pointed out that this would leave legal aid defendants in their access to justice.
Last Thursday Tory MPs declared that the state should be banned to choose a defendant's solicitor or barrister.
The Commons Justice Committee chairman received a letter from Mr. Grayling in which he claimed he was ready to reconsider part of his plans on legal aid only if these could help to reduce legal aid spending.
"The rationale for proposing this change was to give greater certainty of case volume for providers, making it easier and more predictable for them to organise their businesses," he wrote.
"However, I have heard clearly from the Law Society and other respondents that they regard client choice as fundamental to the effective delivery of criminal legal aid."
He added he would think carefully once more and define whether clients receiving criminal legal aid have to be allowed to choose a solicitor or not.
The Law Society and Bar Council were both pleasantly surprised by the news.


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Time for the June ABS challenge !
At first glance ,I was struck by the masculine feel of the strong graphics and deep colors in this month's painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper. However, taking a second look,those metal urns caught my eye . What was familiar about them?
Here's how convoluted my inspiration can sometime be...
For Xmas my boss gave me some fantastic beaded guls !
I Loved them ! While searching for more to add to my new "collection",
I purchased some tribal silver button tassels .
These are often used as adornments for belly dance costumes.
I think that is about as far from the Hopper painting as one can possible get !!!
But, the shape of one of my beads seemed to perfectly mimic those urns.
That was all my muse needed to be off and running.
The urn shaped bead became my focal pendant.
I had some large beads in my stash in just the right jade greens and yellow ocre tones. For a pop of color I pulled beads in the blue from the man's shirt. Then I copied that blue to make a polymer clay toggle in the rhomboid window shape. For more of that masculine feel, I added some bits of leather cord. I liked the look so far . But, I felt I wanted a little bling to create a balance of masculine /feminine ...yin/yang.
The scene's brightness comes from "hidden fluorescent " lights
Since we can't see them ,could we imagine them to be those old round drugstore light fixtures? A few vintage chandelier crystals could be those lights and add my desired touch of girly glitz!
My new necklace promises to be one of my fall favorites.
It should be perfect with wooly sweaters and tweeds.
A June challenge entry ready for autumn adornment !
This is my night diner design from belly dance element inspiration .
My mused sometimes gets confused about themes !
this week
follow your muse
even if she's confused ....
Bead Happy !


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How to Minimize Transition Trauma: Confronting our tendencies toward delaying the move
I came across this incredible article about the potential for "transition trauma" involved in moving from the family home after 30 or 40 years. Let's face the obvious: that potential only increases the longer the move is delayed. One reason cited for the putting off this move is the sheer overwhelm often experienced at the… Read more »


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Cottage is quiet, clean, well equipped and suitable for travelling with a young baby. The owner provides travel cot, baby bath and high chair. The patio outside has a bbq and is all one level so safe for a toddler. Nearby town of saint Girons has a great market on Saturday mornings. Highly recommend for food shopping. Nearby Castillon has small grocery store and also a bakery, butcher etc. There is an open air swimming pool also. The local restaurant auberge de la core was great but you will need to book a table even at lunch times. The nearby bethmale lake is great for a walk and a picnic. All in all a great holiday if you want to be somewhere quiet with not too many other tourists.
A gem of a cottage with a log fire which we needed in the first few days. Fully equipped for all eventualities which was a good insurance policy as the cottage is isolated. A great find and perfect for a couple wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.


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Young Cubans React To US Embassy Opening
The views expressed below are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Generation Progress.
I thought we would be celebrating in Havana.
Five years ago, I spent a semester in Cuba as an undergraduate student and forged friendships with Cubans my age in spite of—or perhaps because of—the official antagonism between our countries.
"Politics is shit," a Cuban friend said one night as we reflected, somewhat tipsy, on the intransigence of our governments. It felt impossible, I added, that our nations could be so distant and yet only be separated by 90 miles.
"Yeah, geography is shit too," he responded.
When I arrived for a visit last month, I expected a change in tone. The governments of Cuba and the United States had agreed to establish diplomatic relations months earlier. Since then, the Obama administration had begun working to unravel the complex legal machinery that, for the past half-century, has cut Cuba off from its northern neighbor and brought a lot of economic hardship to the island.
I encountered more trepidation than I expected.
"It will be very good for the economy," a young man told me in the central city of Santa Clara as we rested on a park bench. "But from the ethical, moral, cultural, social, and even aesthetic perspective, that's another question."
Another friend of mine—I'll call him "Daniel"—suspects that the United States will bring down the Cuban government by lifting the embargo for a period of a few years and then suddenly reinstalling it, choking off Cuba's newly Americanized economy.
Indeed, the United States hasn't abandoned the goal of regime change in Cuba. Statements from the Obama administration imply that, through engagement, it is simply looking for more effective means.
"They have done us a lot of damage, but they haven't achieved what they wanted," my college Spanish professor told me when I paid her a visit at her house. "They are going to try to do from within what they couldn't do from outside."
On the morning of August 14, I went to Daniel's house to watch on TV as John Kerry presided over the unfurling of the American flag and official opening of the United States embassy in Havana. My friend Yassel Alejandro Padron Kunakbaeva had arrived earlier, and sat shirtless in a rocking chair, smoking a cigarette as he waited for the event to start.
"I think it's necessary to have diplomatic relations with the United States," he said, but he had his mind on a much older American flag.
Cuban independence from Spain in 1898 was immediately followed by four years of American military occupation. The United States insisted that Cuba's constitution grant the United States control over Cuba's finances and foreign affairs. When US troops left in 1902, two flags flew from Havana's Morro fortress, one Cuban, one American.
"It was a powerful symbol," Yassel said.
For half a century, Cuba would be a de facto American colony. American marines made landings in 1906, 1912, and 1917. By the 1950s, American mobsters dominated the island, with the acquiescence of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Historian Richard Gott wrote that for Cubans, Fidel Castro's revolution of 1959 was "the first genuine attempt in their history to establish an independent republic." Castro and his revolution, despite their flaws, occupy a space in Cuban historical memory similar to that of George Washington in the United States.
Fifty years of US hostility toward that revolution has made the United States an easy enemy in Cuban eyes. Cubans seem unsure how to reinterpret American intentions as the era of diplomatic engagement dawns.
As Kerry's speech neared, Yassel propped open a hardcover book on the dining room table, so that photos of Marx and Engels faced the TV. "They need to see this," he said. The heat of Cuban August was apparent even through the TV screen; visiting American men were apparently still obliged to wear black suits. Behind the embassy, three antique American Chevrolets were parked conspicuously within view of the TV cameras.
A few minutes behind schedule, an overhead shot showed Kerry and his delegation striding toward the embassy. "The imperialists are walking through the front door!" Yassel shouted. "I'm seeing it, but I don't believe it."
Kerry's speech was respectful and conciliatory, although he portrayed the preceding half-century of conflict as one between two equals, rather than a global superpower bullying a small island. He outlined the steps the United States has already taken toward rapprochement with Cuba, and the steps that he says Americans are willing to take if Cuba makes political and economic reforms.
As we watched, Daniel avoided the television, sweeping, making coffee, smoking cigarettes. "This is a cultural invasion," he muttered at one point.
If so, there is a lot at stake. When I first arrived as an exchange student, I quickly realized that Cuba is special. For all of the country's flaws, there exists a collective spirit deeper than mere cliché or socialist platitude. The Cubans I know share profusely, abhor inequality, rarely get lost in their cellphones. "There's less alienation of the individual here," one Cuban put it to me recently in aptly Marxist terms. Cubans also have a strong sense of national identity and pride in culture that I haven't encountered elsewhere in Latin America. I don't think it's a coincidence that this is also the least Americanized country in the hemisphere.
After Kerry's speech, we made the short bus trip to see the newly hoisted American flag. "I'm not going to get close to that thing, though," Daniel said, and left us after the bus ride to go sit in the shade under a nearby statue of Cuban independence hero José Martí.
The crowds that had gathered outside during the ceremony had dispersed. A few tourists milled along Havana's seafront drive, taking photos. The American flag across the street was small, and almost underwhelming. Yassel found it jarring though—one of the few that he had seen in his life. Behind us, the Havana skyline was visible along the Straits of Florida, a pastel medley of Spanish fortresses, dusty apartment buildings, and pre-revolutionary hotels built by American mobsters.
"This is my city," Yassel said. "I don't want to see it full of McDonalds and other American companies and think Cuba is no longer an independent country. I don't want Cuba to become just a country like all the others."


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Above are the two assets I did for the project.
Below are screenshots of everyones assets put together.
I still got a lot of stuff to polish before you guys can see it. -_-
Stay tuned!
Check out the video!
About TIMe timothy, awesome stuff. Can't wait to see the video!
I like the the whole story behind "project 17" lol ...btw this is looooking sweeeet!
eesh. we'll stay stunned that's for sure
seck son!!!!!! 1 yr in senecar PAID OFF.
this is INTENSE. partially because of the music but mostly because of the awesomeness
Dang good timmy....Love what you guys ended up with there. Defifnitely you all are gonna end up with an awesome job.


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The beauty of having the press set up and space to work in as that it gives time and space to experiment. I love learning new techniques but I am not a very good student so trial and error have been my two main teachers in life that I can credit with some form of 'edukacion'.
I started with an owl. I find it a wise move as I like them and I can copy my woodcut image as seen on here earlier. I like both the positive and negative image but I think I maybe over inked the glass.
Next I tried adding more colours by cleaning the glass re-inking it and then repressing.
I am still finding too much ink on the glass in places I want shade and not darkness...
Trying less ink I did this large poster sized print. My fave so far and its called 'sweaty trainers'
Next I tried inking the glass then taking a light impression just to take the top layer of ink down a bit.
I am loving this technique even though it only gives me one print I am starting to think I can do multiples by thinking about the image I am going to use the method for.
The dark lines are starting to come out dark and I am now able to shade using my finger. I am also getting a slight print/darkness/smudge from where my hand catches the paper but I really like it. The negatives aren't so great now the inking technique has evened itself out.
Now I am happy I will close the day with 'Sweaty trainers 2'. I will sleep happy tonight and dream of things I can draw and print this way tomorrow.
I also had the company of fellow Artistic Off Licensee, Johnny Morrall. Who after finishing his wonderful woodcut on the presses and then joined in the fun with a very apt little piece.
Nice one Johnny... Oh and Andy of course.


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Humbug Hurry Up XC Race Report – Jordan Anderson 6.25.14
Last Saturday I raced the Humbug Hurry Up XC, it was somewhat overcast and about 80 degrees, which made it perfect for a race. Jason and I raced the regular course, which was 2.5 laps and 24 miles. We rolled off the start line up the blacktop for a 1/4 mile at 10 am sharp, and then made a left onto the dirt and started racing.
Jason and I were sitting in the front 5 of the pack, and once we hit the first climb we both moved up a spot. I was in 2nd during the climb until we made it to "monster mile," the steep, mile-long fire road climb. I moved into the lead right at the beginning of it, gave an effort to create a gap, which worked out so I just kept on grinding to the top. After a quick recovery on a short descent, I found myself on the hike-a-bike before the really fun DH.
After that short and painful hike, you get rewarded with a long, fast and flowing DH back to the start of the second lap. The next lap and half played out the same, I came across the finish at 2:07. Jason did great also, second in his class, 5th overall. Super fun race, thanks to everybody who put it on and to Owens for getting me up there!


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In this week's Spectator, Julie Bindel explores the culture of 'inappropriate behaviour' in Parliament. Her piece, "Carry on Westminster", makes a number of revelations about the way parliamentarians behave towards women in the Westminster village, including the following:
- Nick Clegg was given a written complaint in March 2011 about Mike Hancock, Lib Dem MP for Portsmouth South. A constituent who told him that he 'cannot be trusted and is a liability to women, public, and your party'. Not only was there no investigation, but there was not even a reply. When the constituent took her complaint to the party, 'the Lib Dems did not want to know. If the police and Commons authorities had not acted, they told 'Annie' [not her real name], neither would they'.
- A former councillor, John Thompson, wrote to Paddy Ashdown about Hancock in the 1990s. Ashdown, then Lib Dem leader, never replied.
- Female MPs were amazed that one MP notorious for groping was not long ago promoted.
- Another Tory minister is teased by colleagues for blowing his parliamentary budget on a very expensive but very beautiful young researcher – only for her to arrive for work wearing a large engagement ring. She wasn't wearing it in the interview.
Bindel's piece suggests that the Rennard problem – where a complaint was given to the LibDem hierarchy but then ignored – is a systemic failure in the LibDem system. And it could date back to Paddy Ashdown's day.
What kind of culture lends itself to complaints of such severity being ignored? Bindel describes it in her piece: a world where parliamentarians tell their lunch guests what they should wear and even look under the table to inspect their skirt. A world where, according to one researcher, no-one dare make complaints of sexual harassment against male MPs 'for fear of being targeted, ridiculed or even sacked'.
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The National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Zambia, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Regional Training Camp in Lusaka, Zambia which aims to strengthen the Paralympic Movement in Southern Africa.
The IPC camp, which ran from 3-8 October, brought together almost 50 athletes, coaches and administrators from the five NPCs to share knowledge and ideas.
Sponsored by the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) and Charity and Sport, delegates had the opportunity to attend a series of workshops and sports training sessions.
The NPCs used the opportunity to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for South to South Cooperation, which covers training, competitions, awareness raising and government lobbying.
They agreed to co-operate by exchanging training programmes for leadership, coaches and classifiers. In addition they will exchange competition programmes in Athletics, Powerlifting, Wheelchair Basketball, Goalball, Sitting Volleyball and Swimming.
In the memorandum, the NPCs also committed to "promote independent living among the disabled through entrepreneurship skills development; share relevant information on the development of sports for the disabled; and embark on awareness campaigns of sport for persons with disabilities in rural areas."
A key aspect of the memorandum was also to jointly exert pressure on their respective governments to provide financial support and tax relief, make all sports venues accessible to persons with a disability and increase influence and recognition for Paralympic Sport at government level.
"The five National Paralympic Committees also agreed to urge their governments to include members of the National Paralympic Committees in all government sports-related committees and
international conferences" and "employ full-time employees with knowledge of disability sports in the Directorate of Sport," the agreement read.
Source: Newsletter de l' IPC
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I have a job working as a telemarketer for a very annoying and pointless company that seems to think calling people at 6:30 on a Sunday evening will make them want to buy the product and/or service it provides. Judging by the responses I get from 99.999999999999999% of the people I call, they do not wish to ever for any reason in the history of time buy said product and/or service. And many of them would also like me to go fuck myself. I understand that they might have things to do at 6:30 on a Sunday evening such as "spending time with my children" or "reading a book" or "masturbating furiously while thinking of your mother, you annoying telemarketing piece of shit," but I have to make a living somehow and this is the only way I can do that, since I'm a big giant asshole who either didn't bother finishing school or perhaps went to university for something retarded and now can't find a job in that field, because the only job on Earth available in that line of work is being the person who teaches the course at the university I went to, and that person hasn't died yet so I can't have their job. What can I do to make potential customers buy the shit I'm trying to sell?
Just Wants to Talk About the Sale We Have on Right Now
Dear Just Wants to Talk:
Kill yourself.
The Comedian
Dear The Comedian:
I am a douchebag who stands near the bus stop outside the mall, trying to pick up women. I use great lines such as "Hay bayby" and "Due yoo wanna tuch it?" I am so obviously stupid that when I speak, people can hear the spelling mistakes I would make if I were writing the words down instead of saying them aloud. Once -- it was a Friday, I think -- I had a shower. I even almost used soap. No matter how hard I try or how many times I grab my junk through my grey track pants and shake it in the direction of a pretty girl, I never get any action beyond stuffing my dick into the vacuum when I get home. It's a good thing I've never used the vacuum to actually clean my floors, or I might get some sort of STD. I know you can't get STDs from plain old floor-dirt, but sometimes my roommate Ted whacks off and leaves his spew on the floor, and if I vacuumed up his spew and then got it on my dick while it was stuffed in the vacuum, I might get the herpes Ted has. Can you tell me what I need to do to finally meet a girl who will let me stick it in her?
Dirty Douchebag with Brown Stuff in His Teeth and Half a Boner At All Times
Dear Dirty Doucebag:
Kill yourself.
The Comedian
Dear The Comedian:
I live in a townhouse complex surrounded by normal people, but I am a giant ass-zit who plays really loud music of such compelling genres as "Death Metal" and "Cats in a Blender." Sometimes I play it during the day and drive everyone nuts, and sometimes I play it at night and drive everyone nuts. I don't understand why my neighbours all refer to me as "Dick Face" and "Shut Up You Piece of Shit" and "I Hope You Die in a Fire." I have a bicycle that only looks like it's been hit by trucks seven or eight times max, and I'm pretty much only 97% physically repulsive. I suppose if you saw me from a distance and the sun was shining in your eyes and I was facing away from you, you might think I was OK-looking. I'm not, though. I have no redeeming qualities and I should probably move away and leave all these nice people alone. My question for you is: would you like to come over tonight and listen to some death metal with my in my basement? I am very lonely, since I am such a useless pile of balls.
Death Metal Rules and I am Very Cool Because I Like It
Dear Death Metal:
Kill yourself.
The Comedian
If you have a question for The Comedian, please send it (along with a self-addressed stamped box large enough to hold whatever dead animal I decide to mail back to you) to:
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Just back from the NYC Comic-con; really enjoyed it. The highlight for me was finally getting to meet my conspirators on the Angel books, Brian Lynch, Scott Tipton, Franco Urru, David Messina and of course head-honcho Chris Ryall.
Sometimes you meet up with co-workers on a given project and end up just making polite conversation with each other until it's time to leave. Not so in this case, we genuinely all got on famously. Brian's wife Carrie was also there, and she's a total class-act, lovely lady. Herself and Jackie rolled their eyes most of the time as Brian and I traded childish, yet devastatingly witty, quips.
Brian himself didn't disappoint, in fact we clicked from the get-go. A magnificent (and handsome!) fellow. Cannot wait to get going on our upcoming books(details a ways off yet unfortunately).
The Italian lads were incredibly gracious, Franco was very charming and totally fluent in English. He presented me with a beautiful Spike original page, which was totally unexpected and very much appreciated. I am genuinely a huge fan of his as an artist and a person, but mostly his ability with the ladies. David too was just so nice, and his originals blew me away. He went out of his way to chat to us throughout the con, and I have much respect for the man. Not to mention his rather attractive studio-mates...
Italians are fantastic.
Scott spent much of his time with David, as the two are such a tight unit when it comes to their books. They make an excellent team, and Scott described some wonderful stuff that they have upcoming, he's a hell of a writer(as I know first-hand due to collaborating at the mo on our first book together, Not Fade Away). Another gem of a man!
And then there was Chris, herding us into some semblance of a tightly oiled machine; no mean feat. I've never met somebody who works so hard at what they love, and that's a bit of a statement considering the industry we're in. Got a heck of a turn-of-phrase, that guy; very dry and witty. Right up my alley. Chris and IDW treated us all to a slap-up meal and drinks on saturday night, great fun!
That's where this pic of (left to right)Franco, Brian, myself and David was taken by Jackie.
Good times.
Posted by Stephen Mooney at 10:45 AM
4 comments:
- Fenderlove said...
Sounds like a great time! Franco Urru gave you art? Lucky! :D
- February 15, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- Stephen Thompson said...
Plus there's a Dunkin' Donuts behind you, you lucky bastard. God I miss the one on Grafton Street.
- February 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- Moondog said...
I miss it too Thompson.
But it's gone now.
It's... gone.
- February 18, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- Gillian Comerford said...
Did someone mention donuts???
- February 19, 2009 at 12:36 AM
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