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Quotes For 2014 (Part 1) - Poem by Maya Hanson
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams, writer
Active imaginations are rarer than they seem.
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. -Morihei Ueshiba, actress
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. –Marie Curie, chemist
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. -Mark Twain, writer
Everything in this room is eatable. Even I'm eatable...but that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies. -Johnny Depp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. -E.B. White, writer
I am only as strong as the chocolate I eat, the hair spray I use, and the friends I have.
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it. –Walt Disney, cartoonist/inventor
I have seen the future and it’s like the present, only longer. -Henry Quisenberry
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. –Marie Curie, chemist
I'm little, but I love big things. –Lorrie Fair, athlete
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. -Johann Sebastian Bach, musician
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. –Douglas Adams, writer
It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people. –Marc Jacobs, designer
Laughter is not only the best medicine, it has created my entire existence.
My role model is never seen without a smile on her face. And that is why she is my role model.
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien, writer
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -Mark Twain, writer
The greatest thing that has ever happened to me hasn’t happened yet.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. –Pearl Bailey, actress
Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder. -Paul Valery, poet
We loved with a love that was more than love. -Edgar Allan Poe, writer
When one ducks a challenge, the results are the same as failure. When one decides to meet it head on, one has seen the impossible.
You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself. -Pearl Bailey, actress
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On another topic, Roberts, who was nominated as a justice by President Bush last month, advised the White House to strike language from a description of a housing bill that referred to the "fundamental right to be free from discrimination." He said that "there of course is no such right."
Now, as I've written before, I understand that Roberts is an arch-Conservative and is not likely to support politically anything for which I stand. But I also believe that the country is ill-served by such a divisive figure, particularly given what I consider a great likelihood of Roberts being made Chief Justice one day.
It is true that there is no express right to be free from discrimination written into the Constitution. However, can Roberts really read the passage "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence and not believe that the Founding Fathers at least intended a nation where unfair discrimination is not tolerated? Moreover, I believe that even if no such right is explicitly expressed, it still makes our society greater to have such an unexpressed right. I view it in the same light as the right to privacy; not explicit within the Constitution but still an essential part of the commonly-held understanding of the relationship between the government and the citizens of the United States.
Now, I know that many supporters of Roberts say that his writings as an advocate for the Reagan White House do not necessarily represent Roberts' views on the topics on which he was writing. I have it on good authority from several attorneys that lawyers often write briefs in defense of their client's interests that may not necessarily be held by said lawyer. Fine. But the very fact that Roberts chose to associate with Republican administrations throughout his career tells me that his judicial views must be similar to the Republican platform in most respects.
So far in Roberts' writings I've read examples of anti-choice, anti-women's equality and staunch pro-business interpretations of the law. This latest leaves me more convinced than ever that John G. Roberts is not the paragon of lawyers that the so-called "Liberal Media" has made him out to be. I firmly believe that Roberts is a judge whose nomination should be stridently opposed by our elected Democrats, especially given that, again, I believe him to be a prime candidate for Chief Justice one day.
If Roberts is Bush's "consensus pick", does anyone want to even speculate about whom he'll nominate next?
I don't; I want to sleep at night...

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Mexican psilocybe cubensis spore print
Mexican Dutch King magic mushroom spore print,
The Mexican Dutch King is an isolate fom the Mexican psilocybe cubensis, is the Mother of all cubensis mushrooms.
Mexican Dutch King is a very easy to grow magic mushroom strain with nice cinnamon brow caps.
The Mexican Dutch King was sold in shops in the Netherlands and Amsterdam before the ban on magic mushrooms.
General information about the Mexican Dutch King Psilocybe Cubensis strain:
Caps: 45+ mm, Cinnamon brown to lighter brown in color, sometimes with nipple/ acute umbo. Bell shaped, round, flat the caps can be different within and in every flush
Stem: 50-120 + mm, medium to tall slim in size. White yellow color. Turns blue when touched.
Spores: Dark brown almost black.1.5–17 x 8–11 µm, subellipsoid, basidia 4-spored
Substrate: Brown Rice Flour, PF Tek and Rye grain. Enriched soil and dung
Mexican psilocybe cubensis Spore print
The Mexican spore prints are made on sterile foil which is stored in sterile ziplock bag and kept under refrigerated conditions. Each spore print has a tiny scratch of spores removed from the print. With this swab a test run on agar or liquid culture is made to check the conditions of the spores. Only spores that germinate are released as a print.
Store the Mexican Spore print refrigerated between 2*C-8*C Celsius or 35*F-46*F Fahrenheit. A mushroomspore print can be stored for years.
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Join us on on Saturday, February 7th, for a one hour program on Lacey Waves presented by Susan Wilson.
The Lacey Weave workshop will take place on Sunday & Monday, February 8-9, 2015 at the Berthoud Community Center. Lacey weaves have been a favorite of generations of handweavers. Weaver-controlled techniques, e.g. Brook's bouquet and leno, allow the weaver to place the lacey areas wherever desired in the cloth. Pictorial images and geometric shapes can be created at will. Lace is created "automatically" using the loom controlled lace structures, e.g. huck, Swedish lace, and Bronson lace. Students will create a sampler of a variety of weaver-controlled techniques and one 4-shaft or 8-shaft loom-controlled structure. Drafting principles for several loom-controlled structures, as well as techniques for creating lace on other threadings, will be covered.
Cost is $100 for guild members and there is no material fee.
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On March 4, 2015, Matt Kuchar was at the Miami Heat’s half-court line to raise $25,000 for the United Way. He missed the shot – and then ponied up the $25,000 for the charity, himself. Donations like these, from rich professional athletes, are often followed by the detracting judgment that the money meant nothing to them. The altruism tainted by the belief that since athletes often get money for just “showing up,” their charity is in some way lacking, because it wasn’t “earned” and didn’t come from the heart. Even if that were true, would it matter to the person who received the donation?
The Sin of Doing Good Deeds, the subject of a 2008 New York Times article, told the story of Daniel Pollata, who ran a for-profit company that raised more than $300 million for AIDS research. He paid himself $400,000 a year as head of the company. When the public became aware of his yearly income, outrage ensued and his company went out of business. Even if it was wrong for him to make such a salary, does it matter to those whose research was greatly improved by the hundreds of millions of dollars from his work? Does it matter to those with AIDS?
Fomented by the increasing belief that it is unethical to be hugely successful, tainted altruism is a form of jealousy directed at those who have been rewarded for work well done with wealth or fame – or both – in hopes of reducing them to a state of ignominy.
Which brings me back to Kuchar.
The initial outrage that Kuchar might have paid his fill-in, local caddie $3,000 when he won the Mayakoba Golf Classic – and not the regular Tour caddie norm of a salary, about $3,000, plus 10 percent of the winner’s share – was stoked by a typical few on social media. The few who want to be viewed as heroes in search of wrongs, but who then conquer little dressed-up lies.
It came to light that Kuchar and his substitute caddie, David “El Tucan” Ortiz had an agreed upon salary prior to the start of the competition, that was acceptable to both parties. If that had not been the case, why would either of them have proceeded? But Kuchar, despite winning the event and almost $1.3 million dollars, appears not to have paid Ortiz a bonus. If this is true, is it an indefensible slight?
In Mexico, depending upon the source, the average weekly salary is $285. Ortiz makes a reported $200 a day – six days a week – being a caddie at Mayakoba, about four times the average weekly salary. Assuming he was idle for a week as the Tour took over his course, he would have been out $1,200. But he was, by all accounts, paid at minimum $5,000 – not the initially inferred $3K – roughly four times his average salary and around 17 times the average salary in Mexico. One can easily see why he would be inclined to enter into such an agreement with Kuchar. It was by any definition, a good week for him.
That Kuchar did not pay Ortiz the normal Tour caddie bonus is hardly news. When a local caddie is picked up at a Tour event, this is not that unusual. The percentage that Tour caddies make is to properly compensate a lifetime on the road – both for the inconvenience and the expense – and to offset the weeks when their player misses a cut and the fact that they can be fired at a moment’s notice.
But regardless of what arrangement was made between Kuchar and Ortiz, should it be of concern to anybody to what salary an employee and an employer agree? No. A third party, unless invited, has no business getting in the middle of contract negotiations between two people, who will, of their own accord, either find acceptable terms or walk away.
It was tweeted numerous times that Kuchar had a history of being cheap and a few caddies contacted me to expound on his stinginess. Asking for details, I was told that after one of Kuchar’s wins he met up with a few players and caddies for dinner. When the bill came, he had the audacity to only pay for his share. No doubt if he had paid for the whole table he would have been deemed a helluva guy with a great sense of generosity, but the fact that he paid only for himself – and a few at the table thought they were entitled to a free meal – made him cheap in their eyes. I understand picking up a check goes a long way toward good will, but is there no place to exist between generosity and villainy?
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Matt is not stingy with his time or his money. He and his wife, Sybi, have for years given their time and support to a camp for children with various handicaps. In 2018, alone, Kuchar’s support enabled Camp Twin Lakes in Georgia, to provide week-long therapeutic camping experiences for 90 children with serious illnesses, disabilities and other life challenges. One of the campers, Noel Reese, a 14-year-old who has epilepsy and loves golf, said of Kuchar that he inspires with his commitment to the camp and that he has a heart of gold.
I’d argue that those who want to taint the altruism of Matt Kuchar with a little dressed-up lie, misstating the specifics and circumstances of the labor-and-payment agreement and misleading many about him, are like the old man who dips a glass into the ocean and pulls it up for everyone to look at, and then proudly says that it is proof there are not sharks in the sea.
I need more evidence.

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AMD's Ryzen 2000 processors (like Ryzen 7 2700X) can be old news now, but AMD's new budget-focused B450 chipset comes out of the gate ready to inject more value into the AMD AM4 platform. Our success with the X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WIFI gives us high expectations for the smaller B450 Aorus Pro card, but Gigabyte retains some features that could have made this forum spectacular. Either way, the B450 chipset is a good place for builders and players who do not need the X470's additional feature set, and Gigabyte delivers a great product with the B450 Aorus Pro WIFI, for a surprisingly affordable $ 1
- Compatible with X470
- Wide Connectivity and Premium Aesthetics
- Very Good Value
- OC Boundaries Due to Hardware and Software Implementation
This board can not fully push Ryzen chips to its limits, so just expect modest overclocks. But otherwise Gigabyte gives an excellent value worthy of the Aorus brand.
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Over the past year with testing of Ryzen-based buildings, we have only had success with the company's boards, and their B450 takes improvements from the X470 and uses them for AMD's updated "mainstream" chipset.
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For those who do not hold chipset fixes, AMD's increase from 300 series to 400 series increases primarily with physical performance management improvements to formally support XFR2 (an update of AMD's expanded frequency range) and Precision Boost Override for what AMD calls its 2nd Generation Ryzen chips (Ryzen 2000 series). AMD provides specifications for speech and supported memory speeds, regulatory design requirements, and other provisions for these updated cards. Between the X470 and the B450, the same IO dynamics that were found with last year's X370 / B350 residues support. In other words, the B Series supports fewer USB3.0 Gen1, PCIe Gen3 x16 tracks, and PCIe Gen2 lanes than their more expensive brothers. For more information, check the chart above.
On the surface, fewer tracks and port support are heard as an instant con, but most developers do not support another graphics card, larger SATA RAID configurations, or 5GB USB. Also, with the same mindset, manufacturers do not need to provide fully activated down-end boards that compete directly with their higher tiered offerings. From there, it's really a thought experiment about which chipset is "better", and hopefully we'll shine a bit through it throughout the article.
Enter Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro WIFI. Gigabyte has traditionally maintained its Aorus brand for premium offers, but for the B450 they could not resist the release of the trap we appreciate from previous reviews. Getting a well-respected brand to a lower level appears to be a marketing gimmick, but it appears that this forum is on par with similar offers from the X470. From an aesthetic perspective, the B450 Aorus Pro WIFI looks shockingly like X470 Aorus 5, with the omission of LED-lit DIMM and PCIe tracks. Comparing the B450 card to the X470 Aorus Ultra, the inclusion of Wi-Fi in the B450 Pro may be enough to negate the X470's enhanced connection elsewhere.
The B450 Pro WIFI is equipped with plenty of RGB light, RGB power switches and an addressable LED interface that helps reduce these shortcomings for future upgrades for builders. For a budget board, we do not expect the contents of the carton to be significant, and Gigabyte does not override accessories and additional parts. The company has its brand labels along with documentation, a pair of SATA cables and a Wi-Fi antenna for connecting the SMA connectors on the back panel.
The I / O panel reflects the B450 chipset's reduced IO, with access to only four USB3.1 Gen1, two USB3.1 Gen2, HDMI 2.0, DVI-D, Gigabit Ethernet, five analog audio and one digital audio jack and two Wi-Fi antenna ports. The integrated back panel is a nice aesthetic inclusion that is usually only found on the pricier enthusiast chipset board. Builders with APUs like Ryzen 5 2600 are primed for upgrading from older chipsets thanks to video ports. And the lack of USB 2 means we're not questioning which ports are at high speed when they get around behind the PC.
Sound coverage on the B450 Aorus Pro is delivered via Realtek ALC1220-VB codec with enhanced audio signal to noise conditions and impedance detection for use with different strengths drivers at different degrees of "headphones." As for wired networks, the tried and true Intel I211AT controller is used here and Gigabyte includes its cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator to prioritize network traffic through the Ethernet port. We do not have results with this tool, but it seems that more vendors implement features that mimic the Rivet Network's Killer brand, which prioritizes enhanced network performance packages. An advantage we like with this forum is the inclusion of the 802.11ac controller, although it is a 1×1 design that uses Intel's AC3168. Even if you plan to use wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi can be handy when you build, troubleshoot or upgrade your PC, and the workbench / kitchen table is not near an Ethernet connector.
As we look along the outer edge of the board, we see two USB2.0 heads, a USB3.1 Gen1 and various front panel heads on the bottom. The RGB connectors are located in the lower and upper right quadrants of the board, also accompanied by three of the board's five 4-pin fan heads. The right edge hosts four angled SATA3 heads and the 2 vertical SATA heads that look lonely on this B450 chipset. System power is delivered via the standard 24-pin ATX elevator next to the four DIMM slot with two locks, and an 8-pin EPS 12V plug is plugged next to a fan head in the top left edge of the board. Finally, a single 4-pin fan head is just below the Vreg lift link, for use with fans just above the IO shield.
As simple as the PCIe configuration looks, there are some interesting things to keep in mind when choosing parts. Firstly, the M.2 slots are connected to PCIe Gen3 x4 and x2 respectively, which is a nice deviation from Gen2 variants on other cards. However, the x16 tracks are misleading, with only the top slot connected to the PCIe Gen3 x16. The center x16 and bottom x16 share bandwidth with the x1 track, and the center track only works on x4 when none of the others are populated. Otherwise, it runs in x2 mode.
After looking at some higher-end discs with the X470, the building with the B450 shows its limitations: The target group controls component selections and our nitpicks. The fan head of the 8-pin EPS header really needs to be somewhere else to be considered useful and it would be nice to have the 2 vertical SATA peaks converted to oblique head shots and moved closer to the chipset. In the case of component recommendations, we suggest a dedicated GPU and either run a capture card or other device in the top or bottom tracks. If you need extra bandwidth, fill the x4 slot. But if you do, we see the risk of blocking the GPU's airflow. We do not recommend running more than two IO cards in this motherboard.
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Eli Reed was born in the US and studied pictorial illustration at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. Reed's special reports include a long-term study on Beirut (1983-87), which resulted in his first, highly acclaimed book Beirut, City of Regrets. Most notably, Reed has documented the African-American experience over more than 20 years, published in Black in America (1997). He joined Magnum Photos in 1982 and lives in Austin, Texas.
David Alan Harvey was raised in Virginia and lives in New York City. When he was 20 he lived with and documented a family in Norfolk, Virginia resulting in the publication, Tell It Like It Is (1966). Harvey has published three major books – Cuba (1999), Divided Soul (2003) and Living Proof (2007). He has exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He joined Magnum as a nominee in 1993 and became a full member in 1997.
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Howbery to look out for birds
We have pledged to focus on birds during our second year taking part in a biodiversity scheme. In the first year, we championed bumblebees, completing the necessary criteria by October to earn our first petal of the Nurture Biodiversity Award.
To enhance conditions for birds on the park and earn our next petal, we will have to meet a set of objectives defined by Nurture Landscapes (which maintains our grounds) in conjunction with the British Trust for Ornithology. The grounds team will be working on a initiatives that include adding more bird boxes, bird feeding and monitoring stations, and ensuring that there are plentiful berries and grains for birds to feed on in our grounds.
When we complete this year’s objectives, the British Trust for Ornithology logo will be inscribed on the blank petal of a flower-shaped award, joining that of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. We will then pick another area of biodiversity to focus on for the following year, such as butterflies, insects, amphibians or wildflowers. There are six petals to complete in total.
“Encouraging biodiversity is very important to us,” Howbery Park Estates Manager Donna Bowles explained. “We are committed to cherishing our beautiful landscape to the benefit of wildlife and people. We were thrilled to make a difference to bumblebees last year and are excited to now concentrate on birds.”
“We already know there is a rich variety of birdlife in the park and on the bordering stretch of the Thames, including woodpeckers, red kites, nuthatches, spotted flycatchers, and an occasional kingfisher, and we want to make sure conditions are right here and enable as many species as possible to thrive,” said Nurture’s Business Development and Biodiversity Manager Simon Blackley. “The aim of Nurture’s scheme is to improve biodiversity in small, manageable steps, and we are starting to see the differences that these actions can make. Birds are important to biodiversity for many reasons – they spread seeds, control pests, clean-up road-kill and give early warnings about the planet.”


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Over the years, the Santa Barbara Triathlon and its athletes have raised more than $330,000 in support of many worthy causes.
“We are extremely honored and grateful to be the beneficiary of this year’s triathlon and to be benefiting from its presenting sponsor Montecito Bank & Trust’s additional fundraising efforts,” wellness manager Christine Brown said. “Funds raised through the 2009 triathlon will enable our internationally-recognized Cancer Well-Fit Program to be offered at no cost to cancer survivors in Santa Barbara County.”
The Cancer Well-Fit Program is a small group exercise curriculum uniquely designed for individuals who have recently become de-conditioned or chronically fatigued from their cancer treatment and/or disease. Local resident Julie Main helped launch the program in 1993 as a positive way of turning her breast cancer diagnosis into a positive outcome for the community. To keep up with local demand, 14 Well-Fit groups are held per year.
Presenting sponsor Montecito Bank & Trust has added three fundraising vehicles to the mix this year. It will donate $25 to the Cancer Center for every new bank account opened before Oct. 30 with a bank coupon affiliated with the triathlon. Coupons will be handed out to all 2,000 racers in their race bags as well as to anyone who stops by the Montecito Bank & Trust booth throughout the weekend. In addition, every Friday for a month, the bank’s employees will be offered the option to wear jeans in exchange for a $5 donation to the charity, and the bank employee who raises the most money for the Cancer Center (a minimum donation of $500 is required to qualify) will get a free day off of work.
For the first time this year, the triathlon will present the new annual Barbara Warren Community Spirit Award to honor the memory of Warren, a world-class athlete who died after last year’s event. The award will go to the individual who raises the most money.
For those who would like to watch this year’s triathlon, the start and finish lines will be at the Cabrillo Bathhouse at East Beach, 1118 Cabrillo Blvd. in Santa Barbara. The triathlon will include one long course that will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, and two shorter sprints that will start at 7 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. Sunday. All three events include an ocean swim, bike ride and run of varying distances. A Sports Expo (open to the public) and check-in will be from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.
— Jonatha King is a publicist.