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I love my book collection to death and I’m very grateful that I’m even in a position to amass them, but it also makes me sad to know that the chance that I will actually get to share them with the people I care about is basically zero. Like, I know these fantastic people who love to read and I’m in another frickin’ continent sitting on about 300 books (they don’t fit on the shelves unless I double-stack now) that I value so much, and when I chat with my friends about books I just want to reach for the shelf and say “Here, this is my favourite book, will you read it?”
Sometimes I look at the shelves and think about how much time all those books represent- for the writing and the readings- it’s kind of staggering, you know?
And yet it’s a bit of an empty feeling. I’m lucky enough that my mother supported my love of hardcovers so- I remember we would send a bag of secondhand books back from the states when the USPS still had the M Bag, a freight bag for books only that took a few months to arrive but was cheaper.
Hardcover books that were meant to be read by more then two people. Made to withstand many more readings then this.
I love them and I know them and some of them have chunks falling out and I remember when I sat on that one and left a crease and who else will love them because please, let there be someone else who takes joy in them and let me know them.
I’m sitting here putting nice bookplates in my favourites and what is the fucking point of it all, who will ever read it? I still remember the times I have lent out books-
a friend I grew up with: I gave him Cirque Du Freak about 4 years ago so he could try the english version after liking the translation, Sh*t My Dad Says he took to the army when he was conscripted- they were impressed that he could read English, and recently, The Vampire’s Assistant.
A caregiver from Malaysia: the Artemis Fowl books- she enjoyed them up until the fourth, not liking the demons in it.
That’s basically it. I know I won’t (and can’t) bing them with me when I move on, and the thought of them sitting alone, unread, and gathering dust makes me sad.
(My books, the last year that everything fit on the shelves properly)
Do you ever realize, during a crushing case of the forever alones, that you’re lamenting on the internet to other people about your alones and that these other people seem to care enough about you to listen to you?
And even though they can’t be there in meatspace,
even though, for all its wonder, chat is never fast enough when your emotions are going ten places at once,
even though no matter how fast you go, line after line spilling across the screen in an obnoxious wall of words, you can never render text fast enough to describe your feelings and thoughts,
the hand motion and leg twitch and lip chewing that hold their own place in conversation…
There are people in the world that care about you enough to listen,
and that’s kind of giving me a case of the feels in a major way so,
Thank you. For everything.
Somehow it has gotten so that the words “repent!” and “confess!” seem inseparable from their exclamation, tinged with overtones of guilt and justice. “Repent! Confess your sins!” cries the memory of the fanatic seen in the corner of some forgotten film. “Repent and be saved!” it cries, probably followed with some threat of hellfire.
It’s a funny thing though, this repentance. Painted-perhaps by my own eye-as a sentence. All too often it seems a cry from some holier-than-thou type, or someone drunk on penance- and directed towards one who (as yet) needs none. What use is forgiveness to one who has done no wrong?
To repent, to seek forgiveness and penance, seems primarily for the seeker’ benefit. It is an admission that you did ‘wong’, that you no longer believe you were ‘right’, that you caused yourself suffering, which you now want to migate. (which isn’t to say the other won’t feel validated to see you beg forgiveness) it is a statement: “I did something to you that makes me feel low” and giving the ‘wronged’ power over you in hopes that you get back on equal footing again.
(publishing old drafts.Jan 23, 2015)
I’ve heard it said you can’t practice it.
That you can’t go off to “practice your style” because either you got it or you don’t.
I don’t rightly agree with this.
I believe everyone has style- no, I believe that we are born with style.
Being alive- every experience, everything that we see, adds to our sense of style.
The business of being alive and growing up often also ends up suppressing our style.
When you have to wear a uniform, your style is being denied. When you’re told to ‘put on something nice’ for a wedding, your style is being ignored. When you associate ‘dressing nice’ with a set or type of clothing, your style is being erased.
When all the cool- and uncool kids are wearing X brand sneakers and you start wanting them too, when you change something about yourself to fit in better, when you accept without question the improvement suggestions of others- you are ignoring your sense of style.
Unless you are mindful of it, it’ll grow fainter and fainter. Eventually, you’ll be unable to hear it at all. You will ponder over what flavor of ice cream you like, try to recall what you used to like when picking a notebook, and look for what you should like in the magazines, looking for an opinion that will make people think you know your style.
Not everything can be found in a magazine or on youtube.
You can bite moves, but you can’t bite flavor.
How can you practice style? Style is a sense, not a skill.
How to you practice inspiration? How do you ‘get style’ if you don’t got style?
How can you create, say, a signature cocktail? Or a signature, for that matter.
You have to the basics. You have to know what the individual elements taste like. How to write the alphabet.
Experience helps. Knowing what goes together with what. Drinking many different mixed drinks. Knowing what letters flow into each other. Seeing how others flourish their signatures.
Most important, knowing what you like. That is Style.
Style is that accumulation of all the things you like, wrapped around you.
How do you know what you like?
By knowing what you don’t like. What you’re OK with. trying things that you think are silly or stupid or weird and seeing what you feel.
By writing your name over and over and over again in every way imaginable, and looking for examples when you can’t think of any more variants.
By making strange and sketchy looking drinks that you’ll have to finish by yourself, and adding things to try and make it better till you’re left with a mish-mash of unrecognizable liquid that you gulp down so you can start again.
Making a space for yourself and disregarding everything you’ve learned about what is ‘proper’ and ‘right’ and ‘nice’ and ‘pretty’, so that it’s just you and yourself and the full range of possibilities.
And now you try to feel it.
It’s quite likely you won’t. Ads tell you what is cool and what is sexy and what is elegant and powerful; schools and societies and friends and pretty much every human being not you shows you or tells you what they think is right and hip and acceptable, what is gross and bad and wrong. You can’t just drop that all at once.
But slowly, you do.
You do all the things, starting where you’re comfortable and working out, and try to ask yourself, try to feel “Is this right? Do I like this?”
And you start finding things. Confirming and discovering what you like. Realizing what stuff you’re just OK with. Deciding what actually make you scoff.
Now you know style.
But knowing your style don’t mean knowing how to express it.
You just know what you’re looking for.
You throw everything at yourself and see what sticks. You overdo and overuse them because you’re so excited and finding something so unique and fresh and you.
You feel fed up and drop it for a year and pick up ten other things. You get a sense of a right time and place.
Finally you forget it all.
There is no ‘sense of style’, for it is inseparable from you.
You feel the music, or the mood, or the anything, and you know what to do.
Without thinking, with feeling.
The other day, I saw a post from a friend that got me thinking.
“Some people say home is where you come from. But I think it’s a place you need to find, like it’s scattered and you pick pieces of it up along the way.”
I thought many things. I thought:
Home is like dinner at a buffet-
You start with and empty plate and ideas of you you’ll fill it up with,
but as you pass different items at the counter you think
“Hmm, that might be nice” “That’s an option? SO GETTING IT”
There are some things almost everyone gets and some people might skip it, or eat it weird, but that’s their thing- it’s no one’s business but your own if you mash two cones into your ice cream and churn it into a mush, thankyouverymuch.
Then you get back to you table and maybe you realize you shouldn’t have gotten that much pasta salad even though it looked pretty good, but that’s okay, because you’ll get less next time.
Anyone can be depressed.
You don’t have to be poor or unloved or homeless. You can be depressed even if you are privileged. There is no “even” needed in that sentence.
Depression is not an award. You don’t get to be depressed only if you win at ‘who’s life sucks the most’
Depression is not like therapy or street performing. You don’t need a licence for sadness.
The depression police will not fine you $120 for being to rich to be depressed.
The depression police will not let you off with a warning if you cooperate.
Anyone can be down or sad or blue or feel like a sack of shit.
You can be depressed about being depressed. There are no rules. You don’t need a reason to be depressed.
You can even enjoy being depressed. It’s not uncommon.
You might feel guilty about being down in the dumps when you feel you shouldn’t.
There’s always that little part of us that says “Why the fuck are you sad? You’re not depressed. It’s not possible for you to be depressed. There are starving children in Africa whose lives suck more then you can imagine. You have different foods to choose from.”
You know the voice. It’s the one that tells you that your art is shit. Painful to look at. Maybe it’s right.
You don’t need to show your ten-year daddy-issues permit to enter Sadness City. You don’t need an excuse.
Why are the starving children always African? Perhaps so they don’t feel too close to us..
Still, why not say, Brazilian? Cambodian? Australian? Everywhere has their starving children. Why don’t the starving adults get no love? Love, name-checked, whatever.
You know what I’m talking about. A loss of will. A mental brick wall. A sense of lacking in your soul.
The nameless empty.
It comes and goes at its whimsy. It takes priority above all else. Even if you stick to your routine, It occupies your mind, turning everything to ash. Impermanent. Dust in the wind.
It is what makes you sigh a thousand sighs, drives you to lay on the floor, seemingly transfixed by the ceiling.
In truth, you are not transfixed on the pattern of the carpet nor the dancing of shadows, but by your own sorrow.
You have to rely on memories now. “I think this made me happy” and “The dishes must be washed to prevent badness” are what you sail by, even though the idea of happiness and unhappiness lose their sway.
You are not happy. You are not unhappy either, save for lack of happiness. You just…. are.
An existence without purpose. And it is purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us.
Pain and pleasure hold but wisps of their former power.
So it is. You will exist for a time, then you will live again.
Nothing will help you when it comes, there is little you can do then, save convincing yourself to get a few mundane tasks out of the way whist you care not about any unpleasantness.
But when it is gone, fret not. Do not berate yourself. It is said that the time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time, but what of truly wasted time? When you did naught to gladden, satisfy, nor further yourself in any way?
Move on. You can’t change the past. That time, that part of your life is gone forever, so don’t waste time thinking about it.
Tell yourself that until you believe it. Do something that will make you forget.
I think people are made up out of parts, pieces of this and that. elements of your life that you put together for viewers.
It’s like there are all these different sections in me, and decide what parts to bring out for what people.
Like a maze with spinning walls and secret passageways that I can rearrange so the path suits the walker.
For every person, I create a new path. Bringing some sections out and hiding others. Sometimes a well lit path with the clean study and the neat room, most times simple and short. Respectable. Because I am a respectable person. Anyone who’s walked that maze will tell you.
Then there are my close friends. the closer you are, the more paths you’ll find. More forks in the road, more rooms to examine.
And for some, there is no path, no exit to be led to. The sliding walls are all open. The revolving rooms are stuck halfway. The secret passageways are all unlocked. nine thousand and one choices with no exit to this maze. Sometimes, there’s even a tentative map with the interesting bits circled in light pencil marks.
First off, if you’re unfamiliar with the term, an MPDG or Manic Pixie Dream Girl/Guy is explained here.
I’ve had quite a few thought on MPDG-ism.
I recall, after having the term explained to me, (and realizing I have quite a few of the books listed on the TvTropes page) that I wanted to be a MPDG, wanted to have an MPDG.
I’m not entirely sure if I’ve grasped the concept or if I have skewered the term to fit my world view, so this is how I think of MPDGs.
I believe MPDG is a state you take on.
You summon it like you put on a nice suit or a good cosplay.
Some people will love you for it, and, like Roxie said (in Chicago),
“I’m a star, and the audience loves me, and I love then for lovin’ me, and they love me for lovin them”
I saw a bunch of Bleach Shinigami dance battling at Connecticon, and I thought that was amazing. I’d also realized then, dancing in costume makes people like you more, because you don’t fit the breakdancer stereotype look (accurate as it is, somewhat).
This year at Connecticon, I did a fair bit of dancing in cosplay.
People thought I was cooler then I was.
I feel that my opinion doesn’t matter. I know, deep down, that I’m not doing anything special, that there are at least 10~15 people here that can smoke me easy, that I am embarrassed, but none of that matters
I am not dancing as myself.
I can make a choice. I can dance as a character, not for myself, but for others. I love that they love me. I do what I know they will want. It’s only for a moment, after all, and their excitement more than makes up for it. I get to have a bunch of strangers cheer for me, they get to see a dude dressed as a wizard dance. Win-win!
Maybe they get inspired or something. Not my business.
Of course, this is unsustainable, because I’m not doing it for myself.
If you’ve ever played a racing game, you know that little N20/Boost/Nitros gauge? There’s a reason you can’t use it from start to finish, the engine can’t take it. But for a moment you are flying, the fastest thing on the road, and it’s a fine way to get that edge to overtake.
Thus, Magical/Maniac Pixie Dream State.
I imagine it is the same with entering MPDS. You become great, You blow some minds. Inspire people. Make them think, make them dream, just like in the books. Be a character in their world.
At the end of the day, you use up the last of your gauge and return to normal.
They have a memory, an inspiration, a belief that their dreams may be achieved.
You know that you have made a difference. You get to feel admired, perhaps.
You know that someone saw you as greater than you are, and believed it.
You look at those greater than you, cooler then you, and feel that one day, you too could stand where they are.
They are your MPDGs. They don’t need to know you well to raise you up, make you shoot for the stars. Perhaps a word of encouragement. A slight half-nod of approval.
In fact I once read a post about how much one such inclination of the head from an older head was enough to feel welcome. To know they’ve been where you are before, and you might be where they are now.
I guess that I mean is to inspire.
A better example would be a speech writer. (something I know nothing about)
Yes, you’re spending time and effort to create words that move, that inspire people.
No, it’s not spontaneous inspiration that flows through you when you get on the stage, but is that so bad?
You prepared a speech for an occasion, you laboured over the wording, the length, and other minutiae, seeking the best way to express your emotions, to share your thoughts, your ideals with others. Does that make you fake? What if you’re practising your writing skills and write about something you didn’t feel that strongly about, but through the writing, understood? Is that worthless?
We ponder over the wording of letters, articles and speeches because they represent a statement, an expression of intent to other persons.
We do not, however, ponder over the exact wording of asking a librarian for help, ordering food at a restaurant, or explaining what we’re looking for to a staff member the store.
We know public figures don’t always speak like they do at the podium or on stage, as we know actors may be different from their characters. Still, we might think of the character when we see the actor in the news.
I guess what I mean is that to be an MPDG is to acknowledge that you are a character in the play of another person’s life. To look at your character and think “What role do I play? How can I further the plot? How do I develop this character and impact the MC?” (Main Character)
Just a title.
What’s the matter?
But a status, it defines not oneself
Perhaps the norm, at one time or other.
Is that all you have to speak, the wary route of conversation and askence?
Perhaps I’d mind not this dreaded business,
mind not this now intrusive inquisition
cringe not inside as you ask,
were the road less weary.
If the trails of conversation be as roads in the land,
Then this is the forest where lay all close to me.
Tread soft on the unbeaten path
and you shall leave no mark.
Dash along by guidance of your map
and the forest shall grow over your footprints.
But when every explorer on the land
would make the pilgrimage
though the forest,
A trail shall be blazed.
The path be cleared (of trees)
and shops will rise
as if from the earth
to walk the path
nay, the road.
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Please book in advance.
I remember after I read Shade’s Children I counted off several (at least 5) fractions of myself starting with
Primary:my main thoughts and personality who could and frequently over ruled the others and whom, under normal circumstances everyone else’s ideas were QCd by.
Secondary: The subtext, The first reaction- the thoughts and wants I turned a blind eye to, followed less, didn’t voice, or plain forgot about if I wanted enough.
3 through 5 or 7 Overwhelmingly emotional based thoughts/decisions, instinctive reactions, lashing out. Usually meditated or subdued by the Primary, occasionally let through by secondary. 3 was anger(combined with a slightly weakened Primary could produce a very balanced calm), and 4or5 was sorrow I believe.
I would run self diagnostic on myself and they would all talk to each other, like in the book. I wish I remembered how the system worked and who was what now.
Having every emotion a voice unto itself is rather complicated, and probably didn’t work out that well. Mainly it would identify the motivation behind thoughts, I guess.
A few years later, I notice many dancers have a persona of sorts. I was taught when you finish a set, you don’t pick yourself off the ground. you don’t turn around and walk away, or lower your head. No matter how much you sucked, how badly you messed up, you got up as if you had just kicked the other guy’s ass all the way to Spain and back. Looked at him with a “I’m better then you and you better believe it” look.
Some people I had met- kind helpful people, When there were in “battle mode” and looked you in the eyes, you backed up and got the hell out of the way. Others would become flamboyant and mocking, laughing at some secret joke.
When it was over, they immediately reverted back to being really cool and friendly people again.
I also noticed the different attitudes I took when using different names in different communities on the internet.
Thus came phase two.
Phase two consisted of different characters, with a different balance of emotions and thinking styles. In it’s current incarnation, which is by no means final, it consists of Skry, ink, and James.
James is my usual self. In new company. To elders. Those that intimidate me. Everyone else. The starting ground, if you met me IRL, You’d meet James..
James is at best intelligent, soft spoken, thoughtful, responsible. Not like “Those other kids,” the bad kids. Trusted by parents. Prone to “What a nice young man!”
ink is based on younger James, when he knew not how to think before speaking, and when to be silent. As such, ink is open, energetic, playful, silly. Most all the time quite happy and showing it. Dramatic. Empathetic. Cares for ‘his people’ If you knew me by the ‘net, you might know ink.
Skry is who ink wishes to be: A concept, a character that is executed to varying degrees of success. Skry is larger-then-life. Skry is the kid with the cool shades. Skry is earnest, friendly, excited, almost fearless in his enthusiasm. Skry is part MPDG. He will push you to do what you want to do. To ignore the fear. Skry knows not embarrassment and is up for anything.. Skry can be intimidating, but rarely does so. Unlike James, who is very careful about his opinions, Skry knows what he thinks and doesn’t care if you disagree.
These are also merely elements, albeit more complete elements, that make up the whole. Still, it was a step forward. Now there are three sets of mental/emotional profiles.
Sometimes I wonder what the point of the system is. I did always enjoy over thinking things.


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Photo by Aaron Ricca.
KINGMAN – Women military veterans will have an opportunity to mingle this weekend.
Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services will host the 2017 Arizona Military/Veteran Women’s Expo 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Kingman Regional Medical Center, Mohave Conference Room at 3269 N. Stockton Hill Road.
The one-day event is for women who have served or currently serving and their families. Women vets are encouraged to join their fellow service members and veterans for education and relaxation. The events are part of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services mission to enrich and honor Arizona’s veterans and their families through education, advocacy and service.
This is the first time AVDS has reached out specifically to women veterans in the Kingman and Bullhead City areas.
“Something that were trying to do is to honor and recognize the women veterans,” said Stephanie Michael, Minority Veterans Program coordinator for ADVS.
There will be numerous veteran service organizations and non-profit organizations on site including the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans. There will also be representatives from the VA and ADVS to answer questions about benefits and claims.
Breakout sessions will emphasize women’s health, PTSD, military sexual trauma, mindfulness and holistic healing services such as massage and acupuncture. Some local businesses will donate their time to provide hair and nail care.
“It’s really about collaboration and getting the women to come out, meet each other and get these services to the vets in your area,” Michael said.
The event will include breakfast and lunch, raffle prizes, breakout sessions and exhibitors. Refreshments and registration begins at 9 a.m. The event is free, but pre-registration is requested.
Please register all individuals attending (dependents, spouse, caregiver, etc.). Childcare is not provided at the event at this time.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.org.

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text: The 2km long Coaling Tunnel was built between 1921-24, when Taiwan was still under Japanese occupation. Designed to connect north-south traffic on the island, it was a major thoroughfare until it closed in 1968, when a new road meant it became little used. It reopened in 2008 as a bicycle route that promotes the growth of sustainable tourism. As you exit the tunnel you can join a bicycle path that tours through fishing villages and coastal scenery on a 20km round trip. Since 2008, 1.85 million people have visited the tunnel, bringing almost NT$300 million in benefits to the local economy each year.

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Article: Mark St. Leger Demonstration, March 2012
May 23, 2012 19:25, submitted by Tucker Garrison (author: Bob Gunther, photos by Tina Collison)
March 17, 2012 – Demonstration
Mark St. Leger
Mark St. Leger is a career carpenter/cabinetmaker; who, for the past 23 years, has been teaching high school woodshop. He has incorporated his creative turning into his student classes. He is a very active demonstrator and workshop leader for woodturning clubs. He first demonstrated for CMW in June of 2000 and again on Nov. 15, 2003 and Feb. 21, 2009. He has served as a board member for the AAW in 2003. He demonstrated at the NC Woodturning Symposium in 2011 and has demonstrated at AAW Symposiums.
Mark specializes in small-scale turnings, off-center work, boxes, thread chasing, and tool making and design. He is very enthusiastic to share with others what he has learned throughout the years.
Mark began his demo with spin tops. For the first top he drilled a ¼ inch hole through the center of a quarter held in the jaws. The small burr left on the quarter was removed with a pen knife. The chuck was removed from the headstock and a piece of hard maple was gently hammered into the headstock Morse taper. The piece was 5/8” x 5/8” x 3.” Before placing the piece in the taper the edges were chamfered off with a pen knife. The piece was then rounded into a cylinder using a 5/8” roughing gouge made by Doug Thompson. The stem portion was turned down to about 1/16” diameter. A tenon was turned to accept the quarter with the ¼” hole in the center. A tight fit was achieved. The tenon was undercut so the CA glue, when applied to hold the quarter in place, would not push out when the quarter was pressed on. The top was then sanded (150 grit to 600 grit). It was parted off with a skew. Once parted off the quarter was pressed on. This completed the quarter top.
A second spin top was done (Tippy-Top). A drive center was placed in the headstock. The live center was placed in the tailstock. A blank 1 ¼” x 1 ¼” x 3” long was placed between centers and turned into a cylinder. A short #2 Morse taper was formed on the headstock end and this was placed in the headstock spindle. The live center was removed.
The body of the top was turned 1” in diameter. The
handle of the top (tailstock end) was made ¼” in diameter and 3/8” long using a parting tool. The body
of the top was shaped into a squatty sphere. It was then hollowed about 3/8” deep using a drop nosed hollowing gouge, which was essentially a scraper. The spindle gouge was then used to further define the base of the top body (what it will spin on). Before parting off, the top was sanded. The bottom of the top was sanded. When spun the top flipped over and continued to spin on the handle, thus a “Tippy-Top.”
Next Mark turned two lidded boxes. The first was an acorn box. The chuck was placed back on the headstock. The blank used was a piece composed of zircote and maple – 1” zircote and 2 1/2” maple glued end to end and 1 ½” square. Yellow glue was used. First it was diluted and applied to the end grains to partially seal them. After 3-4 minutes full strength yellow glue was applied and the pieces rubbed together until they “grabbed.” This gives a solid end grain/end grain glue line. The maple end was placed in the jaws. It was roughed into a cylinder. The cup of the acorn box (zircote) was shaped with a spindle gouge. The base of the cap was at the tailstock end. The basic shape was achieved before hollowing of the cap. It was then hollowed using a Hunter carbide tool. The inside was undercut to get a sharp lip. This will help when fitting the top to the base.
Once hollowed the top was further shaped, sanded and parted off. The opening into the top was measured and a tenon turned on the bottom (maple) portion to match the opening of the top. Once a tight or snug fit was achieved the top was sanded. It would then be waxed. The body was shaped and made 1” long. The tailstock was brought up. A ½” hole was drilled into the body to open it up before hollowing. It was then hollowed as was done on the top. When hollowing go in on center and begin hollowing with the cutting edge atabout the 7:30 position, then raise the cutting edge to 8 or 8:30 position for an efficient cut. Again, the Hunter carbide tool was used. The base was further shaped and then sanded. Don’t sand too much or the fit achieved earlier will be ruined. It was parted off. The opening of the bottom was measured and a tenon formed on the waste block to act as a jamb chuck. The bottom was placed on the tenon and further shaped and sanded. Use a slower lathe speed when sanding. The top was then fitted on the body. This completed the acorn box and the morning session.
Mark began the afternoon session with a square lidded box. Blanks were prepared ahead of time. They were 3 ½” x 3 ½” x 1 ½” thick. The outline was shaped using a band saw. The edges of the blanks were textured using a rotary cutter, a small flap sanding disc and a butane torch. The center of the piece was marked with a spring loaded punch. The chuck jaws were closed tight. The blank was held between the live center and the jaws. The tool rest was brought up at a 45 degree angle. The bottom of the box was shaped (tailstock end) and a tenon turned to go in the chuck jaws. The tailstock was removed and the piece was placed in the jaws. The top of the base of the box was then shaped. An ogee shape was transitioned toward the center where the box opening would be. Shaping was continued until the edges of the base were about 3/16” thick. The center portion was further shaped.
A final surface was achieved using a Hunter Hercules tool. This minimizes sanding. The base was hollowed. A ½” Forstner bit was used to initiate hollowing to about 3/8” deep. Further hollowing was done with the straight tool to remove the impression in the bottom left by the drill bit. A hook tool was used to undercut the interior of the box. A small round skew was used to clean up the edges of the entrance of the hollowed out area. This completed the hollowing. Sanding would be done with the lathe stopped. The piece was removed from the jaws and a block of wood placed in the jaws to be made into a jamb chuck. Besides fitting into the hollowed portion the jamb chuck needs to be shaped like the upper box surface in order to provide enough support when turning the bottom surface of the base of the box. The piece was placed on the jamb chuck and the tailstock brought up. The bottom was shaped by using shear scraping. The live center was removed and the base completely finished.
Mark leaves the base convex in shape so that the box can rock when in place. Sanding was done to 600. This completed the base of the box. Next the lid was made. A piece of cocobolo was placed in the jaws and turned into a cylinder. The opening of the base of the box was measured and a tenon turned on the lid piece. The lid was undercut with a skew so that the lid fit the face of the top surface of the base. The lid was then parted off. This completed the portion of the lid that will insert into the base and hold the finial that will be made shortly.
A hand made wood collet chuck was used to hold this portion of the lid. The collet was made from a piece of maple 2 ½” x 2 ½” x 36.” A table saw was used to cut a kerf into the length of one side of the piece but shy of the center then the piece was cut into 7/16” segments – each becoming a collet. One of the segments had its center marked and it was placed between the live center and the closed jaws. A tenon was turned on the collet to fit in the jaws. After placing it in the jaws a ¼” hole was drilled into the center of the collet. This hole was then expanded to accept the tenon on the lid piece. The jaws were then tightened to hold the piece. A skew was used to clean up the surface of the lid. The shape was made to compliment the ogee shape of the base. A 1/8” hole was drilled into the lid piece – 1/8” deep. The piece was then sanded and completed. Mark next made a finial using maple. A piece was placed in the headstock spindle as done for the top earlier in the demo. It was roughed into a cylinder and the finial turned using a spindle gouge. A 1/8” tenon was turned on the finial after it was sanded. The finial was fitted to the lid piece and the box completed.
Next Mark made a threaded lidded box using cocobolo for the lid and boxwood for the base. He began with the lid. A previously prepared round piece with a tenon was placed in the Talon jaws. It was hollowed about 3/8” deep. In the bottom a recess was cut on the side wall so that the thread chaser did not cut all the way to the bottom. The walls need to be straight.
Mark does not use the traditional thread chasing technique. He uses a flat tool rest to hold the chaser. The chaser needs to be above center (for female threads). This is so that the chaser cuts only at the top of the teeth thus preventing tear out. To also enhance cutting and cut down on tear-out Mark waxes the area of the threads. This is done frequently during the chasing process. Lathe speed is about 150-300 rpm. He first strikes an area with the female chaser and then lets the tool feed itself into the threading process. This completed the internal lid threading. The inside was then finished. The boxwood base (also previously turned with a tenon) was placed in the jaws. The area to be threaded was turned about 1/16” larger than the opening in the lid. A small recess was turned at the base of the area to be threaded. The flat tool rest was set below center. Threads were chased until a good fit was achieved with the lid. Unfortunately the threads proved to be unsatisfactory and Mark chased another lid and base which were fine. The base was then hollowed to about 5/8” deep.
The lid was placed on and the tailstock brought up with a drilled out golf ball attached to press up against the piece to give support. Once the exterior of the box was shaped the tailstock was removed and the top of the lid turned and sanded. The top and base were then separated. A small step was made on the base piece where the top and base met when screwed together. A jamb chuck was turned to accept the base of the box. Again, the tailstock was brought up with the golf ball for support and the base shaped. The tailstock was removed and the bottom of the base was textured with a spiraling tool. The top and bottom were placed together. This completed the threaded lidded box.
It was a great demo - besides it being very informative, everyone had a good time. Jim Nunziato in the audio section outdid himself. We will remember this demo for a long time. Much of the information in the demo is on Mark’s web site: http://www.markstleger.com

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Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2022). E-namus? Social networking sites and conservative norms of romantic relationships among second-generation migrants in Russia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(13), 3240-3258. [in English]
This article describes the normative system that attempts to regulate online behaviour in the sphere of premarital romantic relationships of the second-generation migrants whose parents came to Russia from societies of the South Caucasus which regulate female behaviour more strictly. Based on a mixed-method study, which included a survey, a series of semi-structured interviews and digital ethnography, we describe the norms as well as the means by which they are enforced. We show that this normative system is rooted in the cultural concept of namus, which regulates the behaviour of females, while the control function is imposed mainly on their male relatives. We argue however, that these norms are widely circumvented and e-namus (manifestation of namus on the web) can barely prevent second-generation migrant females from having online romance. This brings about a radical change in gender relations altogether. The article contributes to the literature related to offline-online normative transfer, online dating, second-generation migrants’ romantic relationships and intergenerational value change.
E-namus? Social networking sites and conservative norms of romantic relationships among second-generation migrants in Russia

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When the story of how she married a bisexual became known, those who judged Aisha could not understand how a woman so beautiful allowed herself to become an instrument in the queer experiment of a diseased mind so someone offered an explanation, “Love drains away all sense in women. Once they fall in love, they imagine they can fix things, people. A woman in love will attempt to flatten out the world if her lover says he won’t live with her on an oval earth.”
So Asha made the most alluring bride. The guests at the wedding dinner and the photographers were blown away when the bride made her grand entrance into the decorated hall that looked like a scene from a Disney movie. You should see her dress that was enhanced with silver embroidery and spangled with precious stones to reflect luminosity of divine splendor and light. It was impossible to not eye her slim hands that were decorated with gold, and her light skin that was adorned extravagantly with dark flowery henna. It was only January, true, yet Instagram users agreed that the bride of the year had already been crowned.
Whenever they find space and audience, Kanawa enjoy saying, “For any marriage to succeed, one party must play the fool.” They do not spell it out, and why should they when the party they refer to was already known?
So it was at Bristol Hotel upon the night of Aisha’s wedding reception. The importance of patience, especially on the part of the wife, could not be overemphasized.
“Obey him. Never question him. Your paradise lies beneath the soles of his feet so If he says stop; I have stopped it, and if he says do this; I have done it because the most important virtue in a woman is docility.”
Shamsu, well-intentioned, wants his marriage to succeed. He was all too glad to stand aside and allow his darling wife to be schooled on whose role it is to play the fool.
When the hour came for her to be taken to her new home, Aisha wept so furiously so that any observer could see that the bride nursed an unknown apprehension.
Shamsu provided her all the comfort money could buy, save peace. Except peace because their lovemaking, if that is what we should call it, was rough and unnatural, and left Aisha in pain several days later. Except when he was out of town, she never got enough time to heal before he came upon her again.
She was so well-cared for, anyone could see, but no one saw the sad darkness eating away Aisha’s heart and the physical pain radiating in her person. That was why she sought out a therapist sensible enough to tell Aisha the truth. What is it?
“Love doesn’t mean you should stay.”
Six months into the marriage, the day came when Shamsu came to his wife with a most unusual request.
“I will not let you and your man have me at once!” She thundered.
He gave her a severe beating. When a battered Aisha came seeking fatherly protection from humiliating anal sex and the promise of a painful threesome, the old man couldn’t stand the sight of her.
“Go back to your perverted husband. And stay gone.” He said quietly after he heard her story.
But Aisha did not go back. She left her father’s house and went into the world with sure steps in search of dignity.


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This is a week that happened- almostaghost
Tag Archive for 'My Morning Jacket'
In case you’re new or happened on here, I’ll explain. Every night, I pick a song of the day. I have a few methods for picking the song, but really it’s just something that in some way I feel like sharing, or represents the day somehow. Then, after 8 days, I can make a little mix on 8tracks.com. Then, PROFIT.
The mixes are usually quick – I hope not too repetitive (though I definitely choose my favorite artists more often). Also, I don’t put as much work as I might on other mixes, so songs may not flow or be quite unbalanced or whatnot. They’re just little snapshot mixes. But I do stand by all the songs! Thanks for listening.- almostaghost
I consider myself a Bob Dylan fan. A pretty hardcore one. If you ask me what my favorite album ever is, Blood On The Tracks is one of my answers. I have been to his concerts, read his biography, and have every one of his albums on my computer. This is probably not unusual nor particularly insightful, I know. I say it to mean, I feel like I know his songs pretty well. And because of that I have always loved hearing covers of Bob Dylan songs.
There’s millions of Dylan covers, and, sure, few if any are as good as his original. This new release–Chimes Of Freedom–adds 76 more to the world, by many big-time artists. The album, I’ll note, is to celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary, and proceeds go to charity. It is cheap, and you can order it here if you so desire (you can also listen to it all at that link for free).
With that said, I’m going to liveblog going through this collection. I don’t know how long this will end up, or if all 76 tracks will be worth a mention, or what. But let’s dive in!
1. Johnny Cash & The Avett Brothers “One Too Many Mornings”: Not sure where this recording of Cash came from, though I know he’s covered this song a few times. Whatever it is, the Avett Brothers jump on it and sing along with Cash and why? I’m not clear what they really bring to the table, can’t it just be Cash? The song becomes a bit too upbeat country for my tastes. It’s actually a pretty mournful song, one of Dylan’s most underrated bests.
2. Raphael Saadiq “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”: R&B/soul is a genre of sincerity, for the most part. Marvin Gaye only makes sense if you believe he really wants to get it on, right? “Leopard-Skin” though is kind of droll bluesy comedy, and has a sense of disbelief to it that doesn’t particularly fit an R&B/soul singer like Saadiq. He sounds a lot like Prince here, and there is some cool guitar playing, so not a total wash.
3. Patti Smith “Drifter’s Escape”: While this doesn’t have the energy of classic Patti Smith, it does sound amazing. Despite her raw reputation, she’s also really good at telling stories, and that’s what “Drifter’s Escape” is (as is all of John Wesley Harding). A sharp combination of singer and song here, really dug this.
4. Rise Against “Ballad Of Hollis Brown”: This folk song has always surprised me how adaptable it is, as there are some great blues, funk, and soul versions out there (Nina Simone, for example). This screamed punk rock one, though, I would happily ignore (though I will credit, they seem to get the drama of the song correct).
5. Tom Morello The Nightwatchman “Blind Willie McTell”: If you aren’t aware, Rage Against The Machine’s guitarist, Tom Morello, has found a second life as a folk musician. Woody Guthrie and Rage aren’t as far apart as it may seem! Dylan’s in that spectrum too, somewhere, I guess. Not bad, this, but I don’t love Morello’s growl of a voice here. “McTell” is a unique and strangely beautiful song; I get none of that from this version. (PS. Rage’s “Maggie Farm” is my favorite Dylan cover ever.)
6. Pete Townshend “Corrina, Corrina”: I definitely like hearing Townshend acoustic and folky sometimes. Though his harmonica-playing is not nearly as good as Dylan’s, that’s for certain (or whoever plays that here).
7. Betty Lavette “Most Of The Time”: torch soul singer jumps in on one of Dylan’s most soulful and beautiful songs (“I don’t compromise / I don’t pretend / I don’t even care if I ever see her again / Most of the time”). Cool. What I said about sincerity and soul not fitting for Saadiq & “Leopard-Skin” actually fits here. The lyrics get slightly lost beyond her voice, but minor quibble. I love this song.
8. Charlie Winston “This Wheel’s On Fire”: I’ve never heard of Winston before this. He fills the song up fairly well, but it seems like How To Cover A Dylan Song 101. Nothing particularly new or engaging to it.
9. Diana Krall “Simple Twist Of Fate”: Blood On The Tracks covers are extremely tough to pull off. People usually just play the songs as super sad/heartbroken. But Dylan’s songs on that album have so many other angles buried in them, and those depths are usually ignored. (Or more likely, other artists can’t reach them.) Elvis Costello’s wife plays the song with a dreamy, foggy sadness. I do not like this take on the song, as I think that clarity is a big part of the memories in the song, and a necessary part. Instead of “my memories of the past,” the song becomes “here’s some stuff that might have happened in the past.” In other words, a lot fuzzier, and less effective. I don’t know if that makes sense, but it does in my head.
10. Brett Dennen “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”: I don’t know Dennen, but if this is what he usually sounds like (jaunty child-like folk), “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” was a natural choice. Most covers of this song sound just like this.
11. Mariachi El Bronx “Love Sick”: whoa, what?! MEB, a punk band called The Bronx who decided to start making Mariachi-infused music, and “Love Sick” is absolutely an odd choice for that sound. It is a song of a man haunted by his past, shadowy and destroyed, head down, which is kind of at odds with the more extroverted mariachi/punk styles. That said, I dug this, for the surprise. I never would have thought this could work at all. Very cool!
12. Ziggy Marley “Blowin’ In The Wind”: genrehopping continues with some reggae.
13. The Gaslight Anthem “Changing Of The Guards”: I don’t know them, but based on this, their sound reminds me of Rise Against from earlier. Perhaps a bit less punk, but still a full-sounding clean rock band. This is a much better fit of a song than Rise Against picked. Gaslight’s singer seems good, but the track is mostly forgettable.
14. Silversun Pickups “Not Dark Yet”: I really liked the moody atmospheric music on this version of the song, one of Dylan’s most moody and atmospheric. However, I did not feel the singer at all. This is a song for which you need to have years of life experience to sing effectively. This guy clearly does not.
15. My Morning Jacket “You’re A Big Girl Now”: nice. Jim James can kill at emotion when he tries for it. Loved when the slide guitar gets in there, and cries as well. Great recording.
16. The Airborne Toxic Event “Boots Of Spanish Leather”: not bad. Amazing how a cool Dylan song done with care can turn a boring band interesting.
17. Sting “Girl From The North Country” & 18. Mark Knopfler “Restless Farewell”: I wonder if the Amnesty people put the Money For Nothing duo back to back on purpose? Knopfler is better at adopting other sounds and styles than Sting is, and I like his classy track. It seems infused with a bit of Irish sounds, as well as some folk and rock. Sting sounds like he’s faking it, pretending to be a Scottish folk singer or something.
Hmm this is already getting long and probably unreadable and I’m only at the end of disc one. I’ll make the other discs their own posts over the next few days!
Disc One was pretty good, I’d say, nothing truly terrible, and enough different genres to be entertaining that way. So far, enjoyable trip into Dylan-land.
Disc One favorites: Patti Smith, Mariachi El Bronx.
Disc One least favorites: Sting, Tom Morello.- almostaghost
^ first, a mix. It’s not ALL songs from my top 20 albums either. I do like other things too.
And had a couple of requests for an extended list, so here it is. A few that narrowly missed the top-20 just came out, and if I’d had them longer and given them more of a chance, they could’ve climbed up. Artists, next time, release your albums before November, kthxbye!
1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
2. The Antlers – Burst Apart
3. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
4. The Kills – Blood Pressures
5. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
6. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
7. Lia Ices – Grown Unknown
8. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
9. The Black Keys – El Camino
10. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
11. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
12. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
13. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
14. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
15. Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
16. Cut Copy – Zonoscope
17. Disappears – Guider
18. Youth Lagoon – The Year Of Hibernation
19. Vetiver – The Errant Charm
20. Bjork – Biophilia
21. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
22. Sophie Zelmani – Soul
23. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
24. Gudrid Handottir – Beyond The Grey
25. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
26. Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Roots
27. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
28. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
29. Feist – Metals
30. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
31. Anna Ternheim – The Night Visitor
32. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical
33. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
34. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
35. Rachel Goodrich – Rachel Goodrich
36. Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup
37. Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams
38. Wilco – The Whole Love
39. Wire – Red Barked Tree
40. Marketa Irglova – Anar
41. Marissa Nadler – Marissa Nadler
42. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
43. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic
44. Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
45. Release The Sunbird – Come Back To Us
46. CANT – Dreams Come True
47. Babette Hayward – You Might Be Somebody
48. The Roots – Undun
49. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
50. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
51. Thea Gilmore – John Wesley Harding
52. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
53. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
54. The Black Belles – The Black Belles
55. Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine
56. Snoop Dogg – Doggumentary
57. Washed Out – Within And Without
58. Ringo DeathStarr – Colour Trip
59. Pterodactyl Plains – In The Air
60. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
that’s enough; all 60 of these I do like! You can listen to my 20 favorites on my Spotify playlist. Add me on there!
Thanks for reading. Thanks for following along. Thanks for talking about music, making recommendations, and sharing stuff with me. On to 2012!- almostaghost
Hrm just home from a tiring concert (the 8th artist on this mix) and in putting this together, I have a feeling that these 8 tracks may be a kind of jarring mix of styles. Maybe not though, sometimes divergent things end up sounding good together. I look forward to listening to this tomorrow too and seeing which way it goes.- almostaghost
My monthly mix of new music is up now. This mix ended up a bit strange, somehow. I’m having a conflicted relationship with 2011 musics, but that doesn’t stop me from having good stuff to share every month!
Also, don’t neglect Mint’s latest cool “since we last spoke” mixes a couple of posts down!- almostaghost

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Lakai's eagerly anticipated follow up to 2007's Fully Flared. The Flare may have had some heavy set backs in the production of the DVD, but we assure it it's been worth the wait. Some very strong parts from the likes of Simon Bannerot, Manchild, and Stevie Perez, with some excellent bits from Danny Brady, Mike Carroll and Yonnie Cruz alongside the rest of the Lakai team. This is a definite must-have DVD.
Filmed & edited by Federico M. Vitetta
Starring Riley Hawk, Stevie Perez, Vincent Alarez, Raven Tershy, Sebo Walker, Jesus Fernandez, Danny Brady, Simon Bannerot, Tyler Pacheco, Cody Chapman, Yonnie Cruz, Jon Sciano, James Capps and Nico Niraga
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World Athletics ratifies Tobi Amusan’s 100m hurdles record
NEWS DIGEST – The world record set by Tobi Amusan in the women’s 100m hurdles semi-final at the Athletics Championships in Oregon in July of this year has been ratified by the World Athletics (previously known as IAAF).
This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement published on the athletics body’s official website.
Amusan ran a time of 12.12 seconds to defeat former world record holder, Kendra Harrison, who had set the world record in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.20 seconds in 2016, at the London Müller Anniversary Games.
The 25-year-old was, however, not done as she followed that remarkable performance with a wind-assisted 12.06 (2.5m/s) to win the final.
“The goal was to come out and to win this gold, Honestly, I believe in my abilities, but I was not expecting a world record at these championships,” a surprised Amusan had said in an interview after her record-breaking run.
The time of 12.12 seconds makes it the official world record to beat in the women’s hurdles.

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text: More than 4 million cases of COVID-19 were reported in the last four weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, about a tenth of all cases during the pandemic so far. However, that number includes just officially reported positive test results, and many experts believe the actual number of infections is much larger. According to the same data, the seven-day average for the country (137,270 daily cases) was more than four times higher than this time last year (39,355).\u00a0 Last week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky advised unvaccinated Americans not to travel for the holiday and said that vaccinated people should take precautions as high transmission rates meant travel could be risky even while fully vaccinated. Last year, cases surged in 31 states and the positivity rate went up in 25 of them two weeks after Labor Day, according to CNN. There could be a similar rise in 2021. While vaccines are the best defense against the virus, just 53% of the country is fully vaccinated and just 62% of eligible Americans. Among Michigan residents 12 or older, 56.1% are fully vaccinated, a total of 4,820,754. The number of hospitalized Americans has also gone up from a year ago, when there were 38,192 people in hospitals, according to the Washington Post, versus 99,270 this year, a rise of 160 percent. There were 1,157 confirmed patients (1,232 confirmed and suspected) hospitalized in Michigan with COVID-19 on Sept. 3. Less than 27,000 people tested positive for the virus on Sept. 7, 2020 while 129,420 new positive cases were recorded Monday.\u00a0That rise in coronavirus patients has caused a strain on resources in many states. In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, more than 90 percent of the ICU beds in hospitals that report data to the Department of Health and Human Services are in use, agency data shows, according to the Post. In Michigan, 2,427 of 3,071 ICU beds were filled on Sept. 3, leaving just 21% of ICU beds available.

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More than a dozen providers from Providence Health & Services and Swedish Medical Group reviewed and approved the copy. Provider types included Family Medicine, OBs, Pediatricians, IBCLCs, CNMs, ARNPs, and Health Educators. Knowing that information has been vetted by working doctors and nurses helps give your providers confidence in the accuracy and timeliness of the content.What if my system wants to use different content?
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One of those rare afternoons when you get to a spot just on time. I really didn't know heavy rain loomed imminent, the barometer surely falling fast. Some light showers had been around, but nothing to indicate to any certainty heavier, although some of the clouds made me think it could happen.
During the retrieve on my second cast, I just let the Senko fall, saw the line twitch. let it tighten, set the hook and instantly knew I was into a really big bass. It fought like all, and I knew I had--at last--hooked a bass five pounds or better. I even thought, for one moment, it could be a really big smallmouth. I felt happy, appreciating this on six-pound test. And then I quickly measured 20 inches. Thanks to whomever photographed me with the fish before swiftly released.
I took no more than half-a-dozen casts. Rain began to fall pretty heavily. I marched out. Once I got to the car--a deluge.
Now I want to part with the five-pound mark for a heavier bass here. I wonder how long this will take, if I ever beat this fish for size. It will be enough, if I don't. The 17 1/2-incher on my previous outing to the reservoir wasn't bad.
There are secrets. I can tell you the bass hit about 10 feet deep, and that the approaching storm may well have had to do with it. They haven't spawned yet either, although the water is fairly warm, probably low to mid 60's, but not quite spawning temperature. The reservoir warms slower than just about any other New Jersey water body. Perhaps none other warms as slowly. Merrill Creek Reservoir is deeper, but the water filled with many more fertile particles that help warm it.
I had no thermometer. I could be wrong. Maybe this bass has spawned and is fat because of feeding, but I don't think so. Bass now frequent relative shallows and later in the summer move deeper. Casual persistence on any particular body of water clues you into possibilities. Nevertheless, I know the typical dry, sun-drenched day doesn't make hooking a really big one very likely. I've heard of a nine-pound largemouth sighted that wouldn't hit anything, not even live bait presented with four pound test. The largest I've heard of caught in all these years of the reservoir's existence didn't break the eight-pound mark. Of course, the state record smallmouth at seven pounds, two ounces is another story.
They're in the reservoir and today this bass seemed easy to catch. But over the course of time, big bass don't seem to be easy to catch for anyone fishing here.


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A western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) may be spotted on a beach hike along the central or southern Californian coast. Their habitat includes beaches, the sand dune hinterland, and—further inland—stream, pond, and lake environments. Natural predators of snowy plovers and their tiny eggs are coyotes, raccoons, and other birds such as falcons and owls. The snowy plover population of the Pacific Coast has been designated a threatened species—not so much because of those predators, but of habitat loss. An interpretive board at a trailhead in the Montaña de Oro State Park, south of Morro Bay and Los Osos, provides the following information:
The coastal strand provides excellent nesting habitat for the threatened western snowy plover. Nests and fledglings are susceptible to loss from human-caused disturbance and predators. Loss of habitat along coastal California has caused concern for the survival of the species.
In the park you'll find certain sand dune areas marked as protected and temporarily closed during the nesting season. Those areas provide spaces wherein the plovers build their nests from kelp, driftwood, shells and whatever else they may find along the shore.
References and resources
 California State Parks: Western Snowy Plover • Sharing the Beach
 Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office: Western Snowy Plover
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European law enforcement seized €4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency, luxury vehicles, and loads of cash.
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Canada is turning the BIG 1-5-0!
To celebrate this milestone, Tourism New West has created an Insider’s Guide filled with over 150 experiences in New Westminster – all sourced from our locals. Don’t miss your chance to pick up your own copy of the guide – launching on Canada Day at the Tourism New West Info Booth in Queen’s Park!
New West has you covered with family fun activities all day long across the whole city. The main celebration at Queen’s Park is from 11:30am – 3:30pm and is sure to get year 150 off to a great start. This celebration will be bigger than it’s every been before, taking over the entire Queen’s Park with entertainment including:
- Arts and Heritage Workshops
- Community Groups Presentations
- Live Performances
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Starting at 2pm, the New Westminster Multicultural Festival kicks off down at Westminster Pier Park. This event will be full of performances from around the world, including world music, dance interpretations, vocal performances, and more. Don’t miss out on trying the delicious ethnic cuisine available as well. The last two hours (from 8pm-10pm) will feature ZUMBA public dancing, leading right into the fireworks. The Hyack Festival Association is putting together the fireworks show, so make sure to be down at the riverfront by 10pm to get a good view!
If you have kids with you, consider checking out the Canada Day Celebration at the Fraser River Discovery Centre. With special events from 3pm-9pm, bring the whole family down to enjoy activities such as sturgeon puppet shows, jigsaw puzzles, the toddler corner, a scavenger hunt, prizes and so much more!

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Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall is set to star in the Signature Theatre revival of Will Eno's Thom Pain (based on nothing) this fall. The Debate Society's Oliver Butler (The Amateurs) will direct the monologue play about a man trying to save his own life.
Hall and Butler recently teamed up for a staged reading of Eno's play Gnit, a unique take on Henrik Ibsen’s five-act, 40-scene play Peer Gynt, which took place at Theatre for a New Audience in June.
Hall was most recently seen Off-Broadway in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Lazarus by David Bowie and Enda Walsh. He previously portrayed the title character in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and also starred in Eno’s The Realistic Joneses on Broadway. His other Off-Broadway credits include Mr. Marmalade, Cymbeline, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Henry V, and The English Teachers. His film and television credits include Dexter, Six Feet Under, and Game Night.
Thom Pain (based on nothing) will run October 23–November 25 on The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Opening night will be November 11.
In Eno's acclaimed 2004 solo play, a man named Thom Pain desperately, and hilariously, tries to save his own life—or at least make it into something worth dying for.
The revival is the first Legacy production since Eno completed his five-year residency at the Signature. His time at the Off-Broadway theatre included productions of his play Title and Deed and the world premieres of The Open House and Wakey, Wakey.
After debuting in London, Thom Pain (based on nothing) premiered Off-Broadway in 2005 starring James Urbaniak, with direction by Hal Brooks.
The creative team for the Signature revival will be announced at a later time, and tickets will go on sale on September 13.


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About Forge Early Learning Center
Forge Early Learning Center is an independent preschool and child care center serving King of Prussia and the surrounding communities. Forge is privately owned and operated by Nancy Gosselin, who has more than 25 years of experience serving families in a child care setting. Nancy began her career as a teacher in a national, corporate-owned child care facility.
In 1997, Nancy became the owner and operator of Bright Light Early Learning Center in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Her goal was to create a child care center that would offer the absolute best in early childhood education in a warm and loving environment – a “home away from home” that would focus on the individual needs of each child. As the mother of four children, she understood the challenge of working families and sought to offer programs that are both flexible and affordable. Bright Light has become one of the finest independent child care centers in Chester County.
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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has replaced it hardline defense chief with a little-known army general.
The significance of Jang Jong Nam's appointment wasn't immediately clear. The announcement comes amid tentative signs of an interest in diplomacy after weeks of rising animosity and dueling threats on the Korean Peninsula.
Little is known about Jang. Mention of his new role was buried Monday in a state media dispatch listing those who attended an art performance with leader Kim Jong Un.
It's not known when Jang replaced Kim Kyok Sik. Kim is the former commander of battalions believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010. State media previously identified Jang as head of the army's First Corps who pledged allegiance to Kim Jong Un and threatened South Korea in a speech last December.


I, like many others, waited for the Police Chief’s 90-Day Summer Safety Plan to be revealed. You remember, back in early June of this year. It seems like a long time ago but was really only about a month ago, when Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell was in the news because the mean streets of Cincinnati were starting to look like Dodge City in the old wild west. So as the shots were ringing out, Jeffrey Blackwell was called on the carpet to account to the Mayor and City Manager why this was happening, and what did he plan to do about it. The chief quickly informed his bosses that he was already working on a plan and that it was almost done, to which Harry Black said, “oh yeah, well show it to me by Friday”, or something to that effect. The chief offered to resign but changed his mind and decided instead to ask the community to think of something to help him write the plan that was almost done. As you may recall, Friday came and went but no plan was presented. The City Manager was not upset, he said that was okay, he did not really mean Friday as in Friday but he meant Friday as sometime within seven days of a Friday. (or something to that effect).
Finally the plan was revealed. Curfew Centers! Shift Changes! Personnel reassignment! Overtime for Captains! Almost immediately after the plan was revealed, Blackwell discovered what Lincoln had discovered many years ago, that is, one cannot please all the people all the time. To almost every element of the Chief’s plan there was opposition. The first problem was the concept of enforcing long-standing curfew ordinances. But the laws were not to be enforced in the traditional fashion whereby police officers arrest the offenders and take them to detention. No, instead, the police would escort the misguided youth to one of two area churches where they would be counseled, told of God, and encouraged to lead a more civilized life. They would be encouraged to do so by Pastors, outreach workers and police officers. But wait someone said. We cannot do that. That would violate that “Separation of Church and State” thing that might be somewhere in some document, or maybe it was something someone once said. We must not corrupt our youth with information about God, doing good, and obeying the law. So that part of the plan changed.
New Plan! Curfew violators will not be arrested but will be taken, not to a church but to a recreation center. Once taken there they will be greeted by Pastors, outreach workers, and police officers where they will be counseled, told of God, and encouraged to lead a more civilized life. See the difference. In church there were no basketball courts. But wait, there is more. The plan changed again. The new plan is that curfew violators would not be arrested, or detained, nor would they be counseled, told of God, or encouraged to lead a more civilized life. Instead, they would be left to wander the streets, dodge the bullets and in some cases to fire the guns. Yeah that’s it, that’s the plan, we can now move forward with the Police Chief’s Summer Safety Plan 3.0.
Of course, the curfew part of the plan is not the only part of the plan that has changed. In fact, almost all parts of the plan have changed. The original plan to shift officers from many preferred assignments to street patrol was scrapped. I think someone realized there was value in what many of those preferred assignment officers were doing and that value would be lost if they were transferred. The part of the plan where patrol officers would be put into a different off day rotation was scrapped. Somebody forgot to factor in such things as training days, sick days, etc. Oops! I do not know for a fact, but I suspect there was a lot of push back from the rank and file with regards to that plan to change off day groups. However, the good news is that the Gang Unit will be out on the weekends patrolling the hot spots, if only someone could figure out where those hot spots are. Of course, that is what the Gang Unit is supposed to be doing anyway, so that is not really much of a “new” plan, is it? One element of the plan that seems to have some stability is the part where the Youth Services Unit will be stationed around the recreation centers and pools, to insure the typically crime free parks and pools stay crime free, I guess. But, of the 90 day plan that is in only the beginning of those 90 days, less than 60 days are left until the schools open and the pools close. The Youth Services Unit, of which a large part is composed of School Resource Officers, will then be pulled from the “Plan” and returned to their normal duties in the schools.
From my perspective, this is a plan that has not been planned out very well. In fact, I would feel more accurate in reporting the plan as a knee jerk reaction to pressure on the Police Chief by City Manager Harry Black and Mayor John Cranley. I realize that the police Chief can do little to influence crime trends. Crime trends are typically influenced by social-economic factors, populations shifts, and the current drug of choice in the city (now heroin). But, the Police Chief gets paid the big bucks to try, and if those attempts are not successful then it is the old buck stops here concept. Nobody knows how much of the plan is viable. Cranley said in the beginning that the plan would be fluid, that it would be tried and if it did not work, another plan would be tried. Little did anyone know that the plan would change, several times, even before it was implemented. Maybe that is the plan, to use smoke and mirrors, misdirection and obfuscation to keep the focus on the planning of the plan, hoping that the reasons for the plan will go away on their own.
I love Cincinnati. I grew up in Cincinnati and I worked for over 40 years in and for the City of Cincinnati. I truly hope something can be done to curb the violence. I want my old Cincinnati back. I hope Jeffrey Blackwell is able to do something to improve the quality of life in Cincinnati by providing a safer environment.. If he cannot, I hope his successor can.
Those are my thoughts, what are yours?
I urge you to comment and discuss. Feel free to disagree. Interested people debating the issues is where the answers will be found.


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It is always good to occasionally get out of the local bubble and talk to people in other domains who do similar, or not similar, work. Today I had the privilege of speaking at the New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) meeting with Patrick Yott, a colleague from Northeastern. We were invited to speak about “Digital Repository Services with Fedora.”
As I entered the conference this morning, I realized that, contrary to most conferences I attend, here was a group of a few hundred people, and I knew virtually none of them besides the contingent from UConn who were also attending. These folks spend much of their time thinking about how to describe and make available materials of all types and in all formats and I briefly wondered how they would take to an archivist talking to them about organizing and managing a digital repository. I found to my pleasure, but not my surprise, that this group was talking and thinking about many of the same things as I was, and were keenly interested in what we had to say about modeling content objects in a digital repository, and even better, had interesting ideas on how to do that.
Patrick and I are separately building Fedora repositories at our respective institutions and building the teams we need to make these repositories realities. We both know and understand the value of metadata and metadata librarians who think broadly about resource management and description, and how metadata extends well beyond descriptive cataloging.
The takeaway that I’m getting from the conference so far-which continues as I write this during the lunch break- is that the important metadata work for us in the digital repository domain is to focus on developing and modeling the relationships among our digital repository objects so that they are flexible enough to exist in multiple domains and in multiple discovery systems
So, while we are working at UConn to develop a technical system to leverage a common repository of heterogeneous content, we also know that any technical system is only as good as the data (and the data models) that reside in it.

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I ended up making a traditional dish- rosemary potatoes. I roasted about 5 cups of potatoes and 1 onion with a dry sherry and teryaki sauce dressing with a couple tsp of freshly chopped rosemary from the garden. (I am proud to say that the plant is thriving dispite M and mine's incapability to grow anything!!) The potatoes turned out great after sitting in the oven for half an hour or so on convection.
And for recipe number two:
A while back I had found a really neat recipe called Mini Wonton Quiches from none other than the Incredible Edible Egg website. The company that runs that incredible edible egg campaign never ceases to amuse me, for some reason.
I modified the recipe, making it healthier and vegetarian friendly. They actually turned out very photogenic, and so adorable! Not to mention they tasted good, too. I don't imagine that they would keep very well as leftovers, but they sure are easy to make, and the amount of servings is very easy to manipulate.
Mini Wonton Quiches
4 servings, 140 calories each
Adapted from the Incredible Edible Egg website
- 16 wonton wrappers
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup veggie burger crumbles (I bet you could also use tofu)
- ¼ cup green onion, chopped fine
- ¼ cup red bell pepper, chopped fine
- ¼ cup carrot, chopped fine
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tsp fresh basil, chopped
2. Beat the eggs in a medium bowl . Add burger, green onion, carrot and bell pepper; mix. Stir in the salt, pepper, and basil, and divide among the wonton wrappers.
3. Bake until filling is set, about 11 to 13 minutes.

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Jalen Brunson (shoulder) is seven weeks into his rehab, which was expected to be four-to-six months following surgery, Dwain Price of Mavs.com reports.
Rayshaun Hammonds has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft and will not return to college, Jeff Goodman of Stadium reports.
Bay will remain in the 2020 NBA Draft, Jeff Goodman of Stadium reports.
Justise Winslow (back) noted that he is "pain-free and symptom-free" and plans to "get right back into the swing of things" when the season resumes, Michael Wallace of Grind City Media reports.
Zach Collins said in a recent interview that he's "on the right track" with his recovery from left shoulder surgery and noted that he hasn't experienced any setbacks in his rehab, Chris Burkhardt of NBC Sports Northwest reports.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker told Daniel Sallerson of the Pelicans Radio Network in a podcast appearance Wednesday that he's no longer sporting a hard cast to protect his fractured right wrist.
Meyers Leonard (ankle) indicated last week in an Instagram interview that he'll be ready to play if or when the NBA season resumes, Shandel Richardson of SI.com reports. "I'm feeling much, much better," Leonard said. "Obviously, I had an injury there right before the season was suspended. And it was bad. I think most people were aware of that."
Jeremy Lamb (knee) has resumed walking, Scott Agness of The Athletic reports.
LaMelo Ball declared for the 2020 NBA Draft on Tuesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Jahmi'us Ramsey has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reports.
Malcolm Brogdon released a video on the Pacers' official Twitter account saying that he's "100 percent" healthy.
Makur Maker has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.
Aleksej Pokusevski has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft, Jonathan Givony of ESPN reports.
Precious Achiuwa has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft and will hire an agent, Jonathan Givony of ESPN reports.
Karim Mane has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft but will keep his college eligibility, Jonathan Givony of ESPN.com reports. "I am not planning on hiring an agent right now," Mane told Givony. "I want to hear directly from teams. If I can get a guarantee I'll be drafted, I will probably need to think about staying in."
Evan Fournier is expected to make a full recovery from the UCL sprain in his right elbow by the time the suspended NBA season resumes, Josh Robbins of The Athletic reports.
Kevin Durant (Achilles) had been taking part in 3-on-3 on-court workouts with the Nets before the NBA went on hiatus March 12, Alex Schiffer of The Athletic reports.
Jaylen Brown's (hamstring) trainer, Desmond Eastmond, said Friday that the forward "wouldn't miss a beat" if the season "started back tomorrow," Tom Westerholm of MassLive.com reports.
Coach Luke Walton said in a conference call Wednesday that Marvin Bagley (foot) is "doing great" and "feeling much better," Jason Jones of The Athletic reports.
Kira Lewis announced Tuesday that he'll keep his name in the 2020 NBA Draft and forgo his final two seasons at Alabama, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.


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Researchers from the University of Minnesota led by biomedical engineering professor Bin He have been testing a thought-controlled quadcopter. Their goal is to develop thought-control devices working at high speed, without any surgical implantation.
If you have nightmares about being watched, this will be your worst ever. Your mobile phone, the thing that you carry around almost everywhere, might be giving away your location to hackers. According to a new study, anyone with a cheap phone and open source software can easily track the location of a mobile phone (on GSM network, which provides service to 80 percent of the global mobile market) without the owner ever knowing about it.


The Lake Superior Binational Forum will shut down operations at the end of March because of funding cuts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Environment Canada stopped funding the forum in 2011.
The cross-border volunteer group brought together industry, environmentalists and communities to discuss the best way to manage the lake.
The forum's American coordinator hopes the program can be reborn as a charitable organization called Friends of Lake Superior.
"More than ever before the public is interested in Lake Superior, and they're demanding protection," said Lissa Radke. "We don't want to lose the momentum that we've created."
The forum was the only group that provided open dialogue across the entire watershed, she said.
For example, in 2008, the forum organized a series of public discussions around cleaning up a contaminated area in the Marathon, Ont. harbour.
Forum volunteers made recommendations based on what they heard from people at the meetings.
The main issue that emerged was concern around the town's sewage treatment plant, which the municipality agreed to upgrade the following year.
If the forum can't recreate itself as a non-governmental organization, Radke said, that kind of consensus-building is what will be lost.
"So we might think we know everything, and we might have very strong opinions, but when we hear from other people who think differently from us there's a great learning opportunity, and that allows us to make better decisions for our own community."


A little while ago, we introduced you to photographer Ed Pingol’s Cullinator, a Mac app that played nice with a PC gaming controller and helped you to significantly speed up your Lightroom workflow. As many of you pointed out, however, the Cullinator could easily be turned into a DIY project, and it looks like photographer Paul Snow of Photo Thoughts was listening.
Here’s another option for DSLR-toting photogs who want to control their gear wirelessly from a distance without spending a fortune. It doesn’t have the range of the CamRanger or the ability to send over a live view like, say, the built-in wireless on the Canon 6D; however, it’s less than one sixth the price of the first, and you won’t have to upgrade your camera to get it.
It’s the Satechi Bluetooth Smart Trigger, and it comes in three versions that are compatible with a range of Canon and Nikon DSLRs (plus a couple of Pentax options) for only $45.
We’ve seen quite a few wired and wireless DSLR controller options in our day — ranging from the creative DIY variety to the cool but expensive type — but we’ve never seen one that looks quite like this. The newly announced K-Circle from LockCircle looks like something Iron Man would use if he were into photography — assuming he shot Canon, that is. Read more…
If you’ve been dying to turn your Android phone into a remote for your Canon DSLR, today’s your lucky day. A developer who goes by “chainfire” has released a new app called “DSLR Controller“. It gives you live view and access to a whole host of camera functions through your phone, which connects to the camera through a USB host cable. Check out the demo above to see it in action. The beta version currently costs $8.56 over in the Android Market.


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Sinn Féin ensures institutions protect the most vulnerable – O'Neill
Sinn Féin MLA Michelle O’Neill said progress had been made at today’s Executive meeting on welfare protections for the most vulnerable in society.
Michelle O’Neill said:
“It’s often said that a society can be measured by the way it treats its most vulnerable members.
“Sinn Féin has sought to defend people with disabilities and people on benefits against a Tory assault on the welfare state.
“The Executive has now brought forward proposals agreed by the five parties in the Stormont House talks which will protect the most vulnerable against Tory welfare cuts.
“We have agreed to provide a package over six years of almost £565m to mitigate against the potential loss of benefits to individuals and families.
“We have retained a series of anti-poverty measures and set up a Supplementary Payment Fund to provide protection specifically to families with children, people with disabilities, and the long term sick.
“There are safeguards for people moving from DLA, for lone parents and people have been protected from the impact of the bedroom tax.
“These protections and others are unique to the North and in sharp contrast to the cuts-driven welfare system in Britain.
“This is a good example of the institutions making a practical difference to those citizens most in need.”