Ben filming a wonderland on a late hazy afternoon.
Ben wanted to "...keep busy and not waste a whole lot of time sitting around...." The Wonderland trail in three days seemed to be the cure to his worries. Ninety-odd miles (Some books say as much as 100 miles) and about 24,000 vertical feet up and dare I say DOWN. By the end of the trip, "down" would be the most wretched, outright despicable four letter word you could ever say to me.
The plan was to start Friday at Longmire. We left my place in Tacoma at 3:30am. We reached the Indian Henries parking lot just above Longmire at 5am. The parking lot was as full as a bar on Monday morning. Only the hard cores were out. Before we left we weighted in our packs. Ben's came in at a mere 25 pounds. Mine was nearly 35 pounds. By 5:30am we were on our way.
We saw only a few people all day on the entire trail and only a couple of consequence. They were two women on their sixth day. One of them had hurt her knee and run out of IB Profin. They were headed in the opposite direction as us. I offered her four of mine and then we were gone. I would later discover the saying, "what comes around goes around," in more ways than one. There were many miles to cover so we left with few words.
Ben, who had attempted this trail a couple of times chose to do Longmire to Mowich lake first. His reasoning was that this is the hardest section and not wise to be saved for last. I had no arguments. The first 20 miles was alright. The next 15 to Mowich lake did not feel too pleasant. The sights were amazing. We cruised right through Indian Henrey's down to the Tahoma drainage.
The bridge across the Tahoma deserves mentioning. It is a suspension bridge, narrow and wobbly, high off the ground with a view that does not go away until you reach the top of the next ridge, and the next, and the next. The views never go away. This day would bring many beautiful sights as would the others.
It was still morning as we worked our way up Emerald ridge. We took a break at the top, our first. About 15 minutes later we were off again. At this time I still felt OK, but not at the top of my game. I had not worked out, or planned, or prepared for this trip in anyway. To tell the truth, I had climbed little recently, and had sacrificed much of my winter and spring to work. So I was not too surprised when my legs began to hurt as I worked my way up Emerald ridge barely a third of the way through the first day. Pathetic would be an understatement.
Our first break on Emerald Ridge.
Our next stop would be Saint Andrews park. A beautiful highland meadow with a small lake, but after a long dry summer now just a mere pond with some frogs. Ben and I had brought little food. You'd think that we would have a dozen energy bars, gu, and several dehydrated meals. The truth is 80% of our food revolved around a loaf of wheat bread, Land-O-Frost sliced ham, and Kraft singles cheese. We had no stove or tent, and about 80 miles ahead of us.
After the North and South Puyallup drainages and Saint Andrews park it was nearly all downhill. The next section I was fairly familiar with. I had biked up the West Side road to the North Puyallup drainage. I had also spent many a winter and spring day skiing the Silver Forest and the Colonnade (a ridge that stretched high up onto Rainier) by the Golden Lakes. One time my brothers, parents, and I had gotten permission to use several of the Mt. Rainier ranger cabins. We had linked the Mt. Tahoma Scenic Ski hut to hut system to the Rainier cabins. At one point the Tahoma hut to hut system had a yurt just out side of the park a mile from Golden Lakes. A great winter access point to that side of the park. Champion(logging company and owner of the land) later made access difficult and the hut was removed.
The Silver Forest is the remnants of an old forest fire. Huckleberries are everywhere. On the way down to Golden Lakes we passed a group of hikers. At this point we took some photos. Eventually, we found ourselves just behind the Golden Lakes ranger cabin taking our third and next to last break of the day. The lake was packed with campers and there were even some people swimming.
Ben entering the Silver Forest just above Golden Lakes.
Josh on his way to Golden Lakes.
After another ham and cheese sandwich we were off again. Unfortunately, in our hurry to get started we headed in the wrong direction. On our second time around we read the trail sign and trotted on down to the North and South Mowich drainages.
Ben posing in front of the Mowich Glacier.
Ben was a little worried here. Last time he had to take his shoes off to cross the river. I was hoping this time we would not have too. To my relief there were bridges across all of the forks. At first glance I swore I was going to get wet. The bridges were scattered up and down the river and some were barely hanging on.
Next we came to the North Puyallup. In-between there is a camp and a shelter. The North Puyallup had two old broken down bridges with two new ones well on there way to being build. At the last bridge we took a well deserved break. The 30 odd switchbacks down the last hill wore on the feet. After a good soak we were on our way again. Next stop, Mowich Lake and rest. 2300 feet and 3.8 miles later we were finally there. Question was, should we go farther? I did not really want to camp at Mowich Lake. Too many people. After dipping the feet in the lake and another ham and cheese sandwich it was bed time. Ben slept right on the picnic table while I took the dusty ground. Not the best camp, but it worked. As darkness fell so did I into that oblivion called sleep.
At a bit passed 5am the next morning we were up. By 5:30am we were gone, but not so fast. I caused no raised eyebrows at the pace I was going, not that there was anyone around to see. Soon to my relief my legs began to cooperate again with the addition of IB Profin to the blood stream. This next section I liked a lot. The first view was at Itsut Pass just as the sun came up. Ben filmed a short clip as I worked my way down to Itsut Camp turnoff. The only sight worth mentioning in this section besides the brush is the trees. Along this section you will see the largest Alaskan Cedars in the World. Some as old as 1200 years.
The first downhill after Mowich Lake.
The next sight on the list was the Carbon Glacier. It is the lowest glacier in the contiguous United States. As always we filled up our Camel Packs at any creek or spring that looked good. Most of the time we added Iodine, but not always. By the end of the trip I used lemonade mix. We drank about 3 quarts a day so the Lemonade was a change for the good. The suspension bridge across the Carbon made for a good view of the glacier. Next we continued uphill all the way to Moraine park and then Mystic Lake, which is by far the most beautiful highland lake on the entire Wonderland Trail.
Here we again soaked our feet and ate a ham and cheese sanwich and the 25 minutes we spent there seemed like hours. The warm sand, soft grass, enchanting views, and the monotonous waves lapping upon the beach made it hard to leave. Time was short and so we departed our minds relaxed and our bodies refreshed. The hike down to Winthrop glacier was pleasant and like the Carbon the Winthrop Glacier was right in your face. I even stopped to take a couple of pictures in the middle of the debris field.
Ben soaking his foot and analysing the damage.
Our next obstacle was Skyscraper Ridge. It was a long steep hike up, but the views at the top would prove worth it. We took a break and yet again ate a ham and cheese sandwich. After some photos we headed across to Sunrise and another very short break. From here it would be downhill for a long, long ways. My legs still hurt to this day, four weeks later due to this and the following downhill. The next dozen miles or so we encountered many people who had ventured from Sunrise, but very few others. I even saw wheel chair tracts far from sunrise.
Josh resting after a long uphill push.
Soon we made it to White River campground and a well deserved break. The use of the faucet was the best part. At this point we got the most questions asked by tourist. We had to be a funny sight sitting in the dirt next to the faucet, uncaring, with our shoes off, chilling. Soon we had to go. There were still a lot of miles to cover and it was getting late.
During this next section we would try to hike as far as we could before dark. We would not reach Summerland though. We ended up a few miles short, but found a nice campsite next to the White River. After eating our sandwiches we soon fell asleep with little talk.
Day three would test my will power. Yet again I had a little trouble walking, but my ski poles acted as second legs. I eventually forgot the pain and continued on. I would only stop when I finished. My knees hurt and I had no IB Profin left. I bummed two off of Ben and hoped for the best. My knees had taken a beating the day before and they refused to work for the rest of the trip.
With our annual trips up to Little Tahoma skiing we were very familiar with everything nearly all of the way to Pan Handle Gap. We had skied several routes off Meany Crest, some direct and some not. I did not stop at Summerland, but continued on several hundred vertical feet to were we had closer access to a clean creek. Towards Pan Handle we saw a couple of Mountain Goats and only two people. Besides Sunrise (hundreds of people), we only saw a couple dozen or so people during the whole hike and usually in groups.
Ben getting ready to rest just above Summerland.
The first break of the day at Summerland.
A Marmot watching Ben, or Ben watching the Marmot.
About 15 minutes later we were off. Soon we were at the top of Panhandle Gap the highest point of the trip at some 6,750 feet and our first encounter with snow. I enjoyed this section for its views and after Pan Handle something I had not done before. I had never ventured down to Indian Bar. The view of the serpentine creek, lush valley, and solitary cabin were breathtaking.
Josh on his way to Pan Handle Gap.
Indian Bar on the last day.
At Indian Bar we met up with a Ranger. My knees hurt so bad and then this Ranger comes up and pesters me. I sent him Ben's way after I stumbled through a few sentences. I had no wish to converse with a Ranger. Their conversations usually center around permits and regulations. I hike and climb to get away from such things. We left soon after with bellies full of water and fresh pairs of socks on our feet.
The hike up to the top of the Cowlitz Divide took no time at all. The ridge never did really end for a couple of miles though. When it did, the downhill was excruciating. To my amazement and relief we passed the two women we had met at the beginning of the trip a few miles below Indian Henry's. The conversation went something like this. "How are you doing," and with only a little humor slipping into to my voice I said, "well it is my knees that hurt this time around." Molly, I believe her name was said, "I picked up some IB Profin at Longmire if you want some." With more than relief creeping into my voice I said, "Yes," without sounding too desperate. She gave me six and I used them all before the end of the day. We talked for about 10 minutes about the highlights of our trips and then parted ways. Like I said above, "what comes around goes around," and so it did.
Almost there, but a lot of downhill left.
Eventually, we made it to the Box Canyon parking lot. During some point here I lost my sunglasses that I had for some 4 years. After a sandwich and some water we left. Box Canyon was pretty cool. It was a tight deep gorge with small waterfalls and deep holes. With any flowing creek or river though we now look at them as we do all mountains, i.e. skiable? Or with water, kayakable? Probably not, but maybe.
Next, the hike up to Reflection Lakes. This was quite a uphill trudge, but not too bad. Uphill did not bother me, only the downhill. I met up with Ben at the Reflection lakes, but continued on to a bench under some trees overlooking the lake. Three minutes later I was off again. The end was near, but ALL downhill. I suffered all of the way, but I was going to make it. Ben ate blue berries like a kid does candy on a Holoween night and mozied his way all of the way to the car.
Reflection lakes with Mt. Rainier in the background.
I saw Ben once more with blueberry stains all over his lips and hands at Narada Falls, one of the largest at 168 feet. He soon left and I would later see him at the end, the car. He had no knee problems and so cruised the downhill. I was not so lucky. Just before 8pm I made my way to the car in high spirits, but my knees hurt like none other. I dropped off my pack into the back of the car and began the hour and a half drive home. We had made it and I was happy. The end, or was it.
On the way home we stopped at Mcdonalds. I was not too sure I would eat so I turned off the car and relaxed, but then changed my mind. I then left the car locking it with the automatic door lock out of habit. After ordering my meal I realized that I had left my keys in the ignition. Not too bright. The Mcdonalds was now closed, as in locked, I couldn't really walk, and we had no phone, and no one to call. Ben felt he could break in though....with a stick. Yea, you heard me right, a stick! The only way I could think of doing that with just a stick was bashing a window in. We did it though with no damage to my Ford Explorer. We pulled on the door, shoved a stick through and pushed on the automatic door lock. The stick though was a problem. We were surrounded by cement and only a few small saplings encased in, you got it, cement. With a look to the right and a look to the left and ignoring the cameras we broke first one (the first not long enough), and then a second branch. I felt like a criminal breaking into my car and vandalizing shrubbery.
With the trip at an end we had done some 100 odd miles and 25,000 verticle gain and loss in about 62 hours, averaging 1.5 miles an hour (93miles/62hours) counting sleep. Not bad having slept at least 9 odd hours a night. Ben still felt he could do it in a day, though he admitted that he would not feel too well afterward. He had already tried and failed once. Before leaving we weighed ourselves, Ben and I had lost about 7 pounds each. A great weight loss plan, but not one I would recommend. Overall, the trip was memorable, beautiful, and so why do it in three days? Well as Ben said, we needed to "...keep busy and not waste a whole lot of time sitting around...." We saw everything at once and when I think back I do not have to think hard, because it was weeks worth of adventure stuck into 62 odd hours. Another Cascade Classic around the Wonderland and Mount Rainier, the Cascade ranges crown jewel.


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Long overdue for an update, just been busy moving for the past 2 months... I'm pretty sure that is what hell is like.. just moving furniture, for all of eternity... yikes. Anyways here are some pieces from the June/July issue of Comics and Gaming Magazine.
An article about the longest video game console generation.
An illustration about Nintendo's place at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013.
A mash up of big superhero movies.


S. Truett Cathy (founder of Chic-fil-A®) did not say a word that day but his actions spoke volumes during our two block walk between the conference center and the restaurant. As our group walked and talked, he stooped to pick up discarded cans and stray trash. At the restaurant he quietly disposed of his "treasures" in the nearest trash receptacle. Mr. Cathy had been the keynote speaker in a leadership seminar that morning. The points he made during his presentation have faded from memory but I will always remember what I learned as we commuted to lunch. As I reflected on Mr. Cathy's "teaching" after the seminar, I began to see a parallel between my role as a teacher and Mr. Cathy's role as the keynote speaker, at that conference. How many of my students remember more of who I am than what I taught? Faith integration is more than delivering a curriculum infused with biblical principles. Jesus held class in synagogues, on the mountain tops, and at the seashore but his disciples learned trust when they found him sleeping in a boat during the storm and they learned how to forgive when they witnessed His forgiving nature for a woman caught in adultery.
Mr. Cathy is a wonderful teacher and without a word he has taught me how the mere act of walking down the street demonstrates what we believe. Although, the day I encountered Mr. Cathy, he was addressing a group of business and academic leaders on leadership principles, he made it clear what he believed while we were walking to the restaurant. It does not matter if we are a teacher or a student, the same lesson applies to both. At Belhaven, we are very intentional in the way we integrate faith and learning. It is our hope that our students have the same desire to live out the biblical principles studied in the classroom. Students can be teachers to their children, friends, and coworkers, in the way they live out their lives.


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"Visual Eloquence" by the Pot O'Gold Painters
Pot O'Gold Sessions
Donegal - John O & Dean
Mick Ryan's Lament* - Andy & Ryan
1989 (take 3) - Dean & Susan & John T
Yeah That's Right - John T
Tubes and Bow Susan & John O & The Plastic O'Toole Band
Celtic Jam II - Ken & Russ & Susan & John T
Michael Collins - Andy
Dirty Old Town* - Dean & Susan & John O & Nick
The Ballad of Charlie Starkweather - Dean & Ryan & Chorus (Jess & Anna & Andy & Nick & Russ & Susan & John T & Jared & possibly others)
Whiskey for Breakfast* - Russ & Ken & Susan & John T
We Are Seven - Dean
Vagina A to Z - Ben and the Monologues
Silly Diamonds - Nick
Hate Crimes Against Joe Colling - Rob & Nick & John O & the Gigglers (with cameo appearances by Joe & James & John T) - available upon request
1989 (take 1) - Dean & Susan & John T & Willy & Ryan
*All other songs are originals
Recorded March 18, 2006
For those of you who don't happen to know what this is all about, we held the 1st Annual Paddy's Day Pardy on March 18, 2006 at Nick, James, and John's house in Portland, OR. As it was to be a potluck event, all attendees were requested to bring something musical to share with everyone else. These musical offerings were then recorded and assembled in our very own Stumped Studio. All recordings took place on the day in question, and the album was officially assembled the following day. In addition to the musical recordings, there was a group painting session going on in the basement of the building, the result of which can be viewed at the top of this page (the actual dimensions are 7'x3'). The album covers were also painted and individualized in the basement.
This was a joyous event, as can hopefully be heard in the album! Please give it a listen and start preparing for the next musical potluck!
A Tiny Tazers Production
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.


Are you on a journey of creating something extraordinary in this world?
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Q: In $\Delta ABC$ prove that $a\cos A +b\cos B +c\cos C= 2R\sin A \sin B \sin C$, where $R$ is circumradius $$2R(\cos^2 A+\cos^2B +\cos^2C)$$
$$=2R(\frac{3+\cos 2A +\cos 2B +\cos 2C}{2})$$
$$=R(3+(2\cos C \cos (A-B))+2\cos^2C-1)$$
$$=R(2+2\cos C (\cos (A-B)+\cos C))$$
I tried solving it further, but I kept getting confused with signs. How should I finish it?

A: Left hand side can be written as
$$\sum2R\sin A \cos A = R \sum \sin 2A$$
$\sum \sin 2A$ is:
$$\sin 2A + \sin 2B - \sin( 2A + 2B )
\\ = 2\sin(A+B)\cos(A-B) -2\sin(A+B)\cos(A+B) \\
= 4\sin(A+B)\sin A \sin B \\
= 4 \sin A \sin B \sin C$$
Thus, $LHS \ne RHS$. You might have copied your question wrongly.

A: In the standard notation we obtain:$$\sum_{cyc}a\cos\alpha=\sum_{cyc}\frac{a(b^2+c^2-a^2)}{2bc}=\sum_{cyc}\frac{a^2b^2+a^2c^2-a^4}{2abc}=$$
$$=\sum_{cyc}\frac{2a^2b^2-a^4}{2abc}=\frac{16S^2}{2abc}=4\cdot\frac{abc}{4S}\cdot\frac{8S^3}{a^2b^2c^2}=4R\sin\alpha\sin\beta\sin\gamma$$

A: Let $O$ be the circumcenter of $ABC$. Then $d(O,AB)=R\cos C$ and
$$ 2[ABC] = 2[OAB]+2[OBC]+2[OAC] $$
leads to
$$ \frac{abc}{2R} = aR\cos A+bR\cos B+cR\cos C $$
where the LHS also equals $4R^2 \sin A\sin B\sin C$, so
$$ a \cos A + b\cos B + c\cos C = \color{red}{4} R\sin A\sin B\sin C.$$

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Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood - PS3
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Debuting on PlayStation 3, the Call of Juarez story steps a generation back in time with Bound in Blood, a prequel to the original game. Set 20 years earlier, the adventure stars Ray and Thomas McCall, two brothers from Atlanta, in their prime, fighting for the Confederate army in the War Between the States. As the game begins, tragedy tears them from the war and their home. Ray and Thomas face a full complement of classic Western scenarios, duels, jailbreaks, gunfights, horseback battles, stagecoach chases, and more as they travel from Georgia to Mexico, on a quest for a pile of cursed gold. Weapons in the game are slightly more reliable and easy to use than era-accurate, and the game's gunplay was designed around giving the weapons a solid, authentic feel when fired. In addition to the single-player campaign, online multiplayer modes allow gamers to fight it out in cinema-inspired Western combat.
Call of Juarez: The Cartel - PS3
A clear shot at fans of previous Call of Juarez games, The Cartel for the PlayStation 3 is a story-driven first-person shooter, with multi-layered plotlines and multiple main characters each with a...
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Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is a prequel to 2007's Call of Juarez, but what this game has delivered is nothing sorts of a prequel. It is an intense, captivating, and graphically great 1st person shooter game that has focused on the action part of the game. The shootouts will definitely make you relive the Old Western experience just like our good old ancestors did. The themes of honor, betrayal, greed, faith, and love are all tried and tested Western motifs that are evident in the game. Though nothing new is introduced, these themes provide a competitive narrative.
Ray and Thomas, the McCall Brothers, have transformed from honorable Confederate deserters to treasure hunters looking for a mythical treasure. Ray is the brute and greedy brother while Thomas is the gold hearted but violent brother. The brothers have different abilities: Ray can dual wield his pistols, throw explosives in the air, break down doors - essentially all things violent and destructive in nature while Thomas is an expert in a variety of weaponry. He is the master of the rifle, lethal with a bow, can lasso his way up to high places, and kill stealthily with knives.
For most of the part, you can choose as either Ray or Thomas when playing. Once you have chosen, he will be your character for the whole game which means there are two ways to play the game. Makes up for the puny 7 hour game play.
By no means is that 7 hour boring! The game play is intensely flowing with intense shootouts, large set pieces, and one on one gun duels, with the gun duels as the boss matches. Duel controls are precise, and you'll never feel like they're preventing you from winning a quick draw. It is nerve-racking most of the time, and you'll probably die plenty of times before you get the timing of a draw right.
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is a real piece of eye candy, and this great fact is complemented by the equally great audio that comes with it. The voice acting is almost perfect as well. The game has its share of downfalls due to the short game time but who would resist a great and different shooter experience, right?
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The two tarlike rains brought the media to town.
Shots of spotted playground slides, tombstones and cars flashed on screens.
The black, slimy-sooty fallouts this summer and last in the Shippingport area, which officials said were caused by isolated malfunctions at the nearby Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant, spawned big news.
State environmental officials, plant reps and residents debated the soot's safety with starkly different test results and opinions. The state fined owner FirstEnergy Generation Corp. $25,000 for each incident. And the cameras went away.
But the black summer rains overshadowed a more serious longtime air pollution problem at the plant.
A Times investigation revealed Bruce Mansfield has been consistently violating an air permit emission standard called "opacity" since 1998 and is categorized as a "high-priority" violator by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The plant's owners have paid nearly $1 million in related state fines.
As the state considers the plant's November operating permit expiration and renewal application, the state Department of Environmental Protection's files include nearly a decade of state-sanctioned violations, decades of citizen complaints, and communications from a frustrated company that show it persistently trying to fix the problem, but failing.
Essentially, Bruce Mansfield is regularly flunking visual pollutant readings. The tests, which are done by trained eye, are used to assess the amount of emissions, especially particulate matter, or soot, leaving a plant's stacks, according to the EPA.
It's a failure that finds residents and environmental groups firmly planted opposite state officials. Residents and their backers equate the dark plumes with soot they frequently find on their properties. They fear known toxic materials in the soot are hurting them.
Their requests for state health studies have been unsuccessful; just this month the state Department of Health turned down another request. The residents, backed by two nonprofit environmental groups, plan to file a formal lawsuit in the next month against FirstEnergy. The notice of intent to sue seeks to force Bruce Mansfield to make improvements to comply with its permit.
DEP plays down the problem, saying it poses no threat. The department is considering a FirstEnergy request to increase the level of the emission standard the plant is breaching in its new permit.
"Opacity is an aesthetic standard," said Tom Joseph, DEP air quality engineer. "There are no health risks associated with a visible impact."
The federal Clean Air Act allows discretionary enforcement, so DEP has allowed the violations to continue as long as the plant shows it's making an effort to correct the problem. Donna Heron, spokeswoman for the EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region, said, "In this particular situation, we believe the state is taking the appropriate action with (its plant agreements)."
Because other tests show Bruce Mansfield is meeting its other emission standards and because other factors can influence the plumes' appearance, DEP doesn't believe the opacity standard is as relevant, officials said.
But the EPA on its Web site says opacity is easier to detect than specific emission levels, and the opacity testing is a means to ensure effective particulate emission control. It states: "EPA insists on being able to take enforcement action against any source that exceeds applicable opacity limits irrespective of the source's mass emissions."
There is nothing in the law that requires government officials to force compliance, but lawmakers did see fit to include a provision allowing citizens to sue a company when they believe the government is not doing its job.
"Some people at the DEP would say the Donora problem (a deadly episode of toxic pollution in the Mon Valley in 1948 that killed 20 and sickened thousands) was an aesthetic problem," said Charles McPhedran, senior attorney with PennFuture, one of two nonprofit environmental organizations backing the residents in their lawsuit.
"This is a real pollution problem with real impacts. It's astounding that DEP would trivialize it."
McPhedran used this analogy: "Let's say you're driving 120 mph on the turnpike, the trooper pulls you over, and you say, 'Gee, I was complying with all the other rules.' Does this mean you're not speeding? Of course not. The opacity rule is there for a reason - to protect the public health - and DEP should enforce it."
Charlie Lasky, FirstEnergy's vice president of fossil operations and air-quality compliance, voiced equal frustration that the company has been unable to reach compliance despite steady improvements.
"We've been working diligently with DEP," Lasky said, adding that FirstEnergy has made advances and will aggressively continue to try to correct the problem. "There's nobody who would rather have this behind us than us."
Of the residents' soot problems and health worries, he said, "If there is any fallout from our stacks, FirstEnergy has constantly taken responsibility for that. ... We're not aware of any health effects."
The EPA lists Bruce Mansfield - the largest-capacity power plant in Pennsylvania, and No. 24 nationally out of more than 16,000 electric utility generators, according to the Energy Information Administration - as a "high-priority opacity violator" for 12 of the last 12 quarters reported.
The EPA defines "high priority" as "the most serious level of violation noted in EPA databases. This designation provides an indication of whether violations or noncompliance events at a given facility may pose a more severe level of concern for the environment or program integrity."
Opacity is the amount of light obscured by particulate pollution in the air. Clear window glass has zero opacity; a brick wall is 100 percent opaque.
The EPA requires a visual reading to determine the density of smoke leaving stacks. The more solid the smoke, the more pollutants EPA believes are being emitted.
Plants are given opacity limits in their permits. Bruce Mansfield is violating its standard when a plume reaches 20 percent opacity, meaning 80 percent of the sky behind the plume can be seen. Officials are trained to judge these percentages by eye.
The soot in the smoke can contain metals such as arsenic, lead and mercury, as well as carbon, which can include an array of cancer-causing carcinogens that can be absorbed through skin. Some of the matter is visible; some is microscopic.
The EPA lists particulate matter as one of six "criteria pollutants" linked to early death and other serious health effects. The American Lung Association classifies particulate matter as the deadliest air pollutant.
The EPA says the microscopic portion is the worst - able to penetrate more deeply into lungs and possibly into the bloodstream - with a "significant association" to premature death.
The Pittsburgh metropolitan area, including Beaver, Allegheny and Lawrence counties, violates the EPA Clean Air Act standard for this fine soot. This "nonattainment" status means the air in the area is unhealthy to breathe, according to the EPA.
The state's plan for correcting this problem is due to the EPA next spring, with attainment to be reached by 2010, or with an extension up to 2015.
The lung association ranked the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and Allegheny County separately, as having the second-worst particle-polluted air in the country this year.
But state DEP officials bristle at that ranking.
"I don't believe the (ALA's) report is a complete evaluation of the area," said Mark Wayner, the DEP's Southwest Region air-quality program manager.
Wayner and other DEP officials also disputed the significance of Bruce Mansfield's problem.
A DEP inspector present at the latest plant stack test for particulate matter found Bruce Mansfield met that emission standard but violated the opacity limit at the same time.
Wayner said DEP has monitored the air around Bruce Mansfield. "There are no significant problems as far as air quality goes," he said. In response to the two fallouts, DEP recently put dust collectors near the plant to monitor potential fallout. They'll be out for as long as they provide useful data, DEP said.
Wayner also said that because Bruce Mansfield uses "wet scrubbers," a pollution-control device in its stacks, the plumes appear to be darker.
Scrubbers remove contaminants by forcing the flue gas through an absorber and spraying it with a water slurry containing limestone. The slurry is later used to create synthetic gypsum.
The technology is considered to be leading-edge, and DEP officials praised FirstEnergy for using it when building the plant. But the scrubbers cause plumes to contain more water vapor that makes them darker, Wayner said.
However, PennFuture's McPhedran said the method for visually testing the stack plumes includes a provision for reading a plume containing mist.
"When you look at a plume, you can see where mist begins or ends, and that's where they should be reading," McPhedran said.
Residents in Shippingport and fence-line communities have called DEP for nearly 30 years about fallout, records show. Years of complaints of black soot on cars, in pools, on houses and on clothing become repetitive.
Bruce Mansfield was cited through a local district justice's office for visible air emissions as early as 1979, according to DEP records.
A DEP letter to the plant in 1984 noted complaints and "observed stack fallout" from the plant and asked for a schedule to bring the plant into compliance. Records didn't indicate a response.
A letter from then-owner Penn Power in 1994 responded to another state request for an action plan. Plant officials had modified the plant in spring 1994 with low nitrogen-oxide controls to limit the amount of NOx emissions, a main ingredient in ground-level ozone and acid rain. But officials, like their counterparts nationwide, found the new controls unwittingly produced a "significantly darker chimney plume," it wrote.
Four years later, the plume problems were worse.
In 1998, the violations started piling up.
The following year, Bruce Mansfield entered into its first "consent order and agreement" with DEP over the problem. DEP required the company to study facilities with similar problems and try various things to reduce the thick plumes.
The company complied, but things didn't get better.
Subsequent agreements followed - in 2001, 2003 and 2005 - and the plant complied with every order, installing new equipment and using different materials to try to correct the problem, but to no avail.
Lasky, who previously worked as Bruce Mansfield's plant manager, said the company has put tens of millions of dollars into research and trying every possible solution experts have come up with over the years.
"We've been working aggressively with DEP throughout these consent orders ... Bruce Mansfield is one of the most highly controlled plants in the country," Lasky said. "What gets lost is we've made incredible advances. ... Some of the research has been leading the industry."
But after eight years under state orders, the problem persists. In March of this year, officials recorded one stack's emissions were at least 85 percent dense, more than four times the 20 percent violation level.
Bruce Mansfield has paid fines totaling $965,000 to date for the ongoing violations.
PennFuture recorded 257 violations within five years in its initial notice of intent to sue FirstEnergy. McPhedran noted the law allows fines of up to $32,500 a day for each violation. Had DEP fined FirstEnergy that way, the company could have been liable for more than $7 million.
But Michael Mendicino, DEP's chief of air-quality operations, said that because the company was cooperating under consent orders it was afforded protection from daily fines.
The state also reduced the amount of required visual testing to one hour, once a week, done by trained plant employees, with results kept on plant property. It had been done twice a week prior to that order. Federal and state employees are also trained in the visual reading method, but in Bruce Mansfield's case, DEP has allowed the plant's own trained employees to do the testing.
"Actually, our guys were probably reading lower than theirs," Mendicino said.
A DEP inspector also observes the stacks several times week but doesn't conduct the visual testing, DEP said.
Bruce Mansfield's current consent order expires at the end of this year. The timing nearly coincides with the expiration of the plant's operating permit in November.
Wayner said DEP officials are reviewing FirstEnergy's permit renewal application and its request for a higher opacity limit. State officials are also monitoring Bruce Mansfield's current consent order and will evaluate whether another should be put in place with its next permit.
Wayner said the public will be given a chance to comment on the draft renewal permit and higher emission limit after DEP's review. Public comment will begin on the first day that FirstEnergy publishes three days of consecutive notices in the newspaper; the comment period extends for 30 days after the last notice is published. DEP could schedule a public hearing if it determines there's significant public interest.
DEP last renewed Bruce Mansfield's operating permit in 2002. No comments from the public were received during the plant's two previous operating permit renewals.
This time, that isn't likely.
McPhedran said his group opposes a higher opacity limit for the plant.
"Bruce Mansfield believes it has no choice but to seek an increase in its opacity limit," he said. "It concerns me that DEP may look favorably on the company's request."
If it does, McPhedran said, it will be like the state telling residents they "have to live with it," which is unacceptable.
The residents' lawsuit will seek continuous opacity monitoring of the plant.
Both DEP and FirstEnergy said a continuous monitor isn't possible because of the plant's wet scrubbers, which don't allow for an accurate reading because of the mist in the plumes.
"We have identified several ways they could put in monitors," McPhedran said, adding that the environmental groups also will suggest ways to correct the opacity problem.
"We think there are things that will fix the problem," he said.
PennFuture last year successfully litigated a similar citizens' case against Allegheny Energy's Hatfields Ferry Power Station in Greene County. The plant had been violating its particulate matter and opacity standards since at least 1999, McPhedran said.
The settlement requires wet scrubbers to be installed at the plant by 2010. McPhedran said that although Bruce Mansfield already has scrubbers, they're outdated.
"The scrubbers on Bruce Mansfield go back to the origins of the plant," he said. "They were good when they put them in, but they're not state of the art anymore."
Lasky said the company would be receptive to any of the groups' suggestions.
Lasky also said FirstEnergy is studying ways to fine-tune combustion, as well as computerizing the entire system to eliminate any human variables there may be.
"We try to be as good a neighbor as possible," FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said.


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King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review
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Newsletter 10 - November 13, 2019
Update #10
Reminder: Policy Directions Open House
A reminder to mark your calendar for the King-Parliament Policy Directions Open House.
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Location: North Market Tent, 125 The Esplanade
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., presentation at 7:00 p.m.
The proposed King-Parliament Secondary Plan was adopted by City Council on October 29, 2019. The proposed Plan and accompanying staff report are available online. Council has also provided direction for a Zoning By-law update of the King-Parliament area. This update will be twinned with the Secondary Plan Review, resulting in a comprehensive planning framework for the area by Fall 2020.
Come find out what the proposed Plan includes and have your say on how we move forward.
If you would like to provide input on the proposed Plan to the planning team in advance of the Open House, please send us your thoughts by email at kingparliament@toronto.ca or call Michelle Drylie at (416) 392-3436.
Otherwise, we hope to see you on the 21st!
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Newsletter 9 - October 31, 2019
Update #9
Join us at our Policy Directions Open House!
The proposed King-Parliament Secondary Plan was adopted by City Council on October 29, 2019. The proposed Plan and accompanying staff report are available online.
As an area targeted for growth and new investment, the proposed Plan recommends that development occur across a full mix of uses that are designed to be compatible with their existing and planned context, conserve cultural heritage resources and improve and expand the public realm.
In addition, Council has provided direction for a Zoning By-law update of the King-Parliament area. This update will be twinned with the Secondary Plan Review, resulting in a comprehensive planning framework for the area by Fall 2020.
In order to finalize the policy direction included in the proposed Plan and to kick-off the Zoning By-law update, the King-Parliament team will be holding additional consultation throughout the Fall and Winter.
To comment on the proposed Plan and for more information on the Zoning By-law update, please join us at our next Open House:
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., presentation at 7:00 p.m.
Newsletter 8 - September 26, 2019
Proposed Secondary Plan at Community Council
Building on a year of significant research, analysis and consultation, the King-Parliament planning team has developed a proposed Secondary Plan for the area. The proposed Plan will be considered by Toronto East York Community Council on October 10, 2019.
A summary of policy directions included in the proposed Plan is available from the Information and Reports section of our website.
The proposed Plan and supporting staff report will be available from the Community Council agenda page one week in advance of the meeting.
The proposed Plan builds on the success of the in-force King-Parliament Secondary Plan (1996) in addition to updated direction provided in the recently-approved Downtown Plan. The proposed Plan addresses heritage conservation, the improvement and expansion of parks and the public realm, and built form direction in King-Parliament. The proposed Plan also includes specific objectives to enhance King-Parliament's role as an employment area and simplify the interpretation of overlapping policy frameworks that exist in the area.
If you would like to provide input on the proposed Plan to the planning team, please send us your thoughts by email at kingparliament@toronto.ca or call Michelle Drylie at (416) 392-3436. This input will be considered during the next round of consultation on the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review, which will take place throughout the fall and winter.
If you would like to provide comments directly to Community Council, you can send a letter via email to teycc@toronto.ca. You can also address Community Council directly through a deputation at the meeting.
Newsletter 7 -July 5, 2019
A great big "thank you" to those of you who participated in the King-Parliament Pop-up on Jarvis Street last month. Whether you went on a walking tour through the area, participated in a lunch and learn, or just dropped by to talk with a planner, we hope the Pop-up offered you the opportunity to learn more about how King-Parliament is growing and changing and to provide feedback on the Secondary Plan Review.
A Pop-up Consultation Summary is now available on our website. Take a look to find out what we heard from you – both about the Secondary Plan Review and the Pop-up format. All of the materials displayed and presentations provided at the Pop-up are also now available on-line. You can find them on our Meetings & Events page.
Proposed Secondary Plan – Fall 2019.
The feedback gathered through the Pop-up, in addition to our earlier consultations, is currently being used to inform the proposed Secondary Plan. The proposed Secondary Plan will be considered by City Council in Fall 2019. Stay tuned for updates on the proposed Secondary Plan beginning in September 2019.
If you have additional input that you'd like to share with the planning team over the summer, please send us your thoughts by email at kingparliament@toronto.ca or call Michelle Drylie at (416) 392-3436.
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Newsletter 6 -June 6, 2019
Only two days until the Pop-up!
City Planning is coming to King-Parliament from June 8-16, 2019. We'll be at 73 Jarvis Street, at the southeast corner of Jarvis and Adelaide across from St. James Park. Come out to give us feedback on our emerging policy directions for the King-Parliament Secondary Plan!
Check out our schedule and register for events today! You can also drop-in at any time to chat with a planner.
We've added a new lunch & learn.
Did you know that 86% of dwellings in King-Parliament are in buildings over five storeys? And, that of the families that have children in the area, 37% of them have children under the age of 6 years old? To address the needs of families living in dense urban environments, the City of Toronto has developed new urban design guidelines called: Growing Up – Planning for Children in Vertical Communities. The Guidelines focus on design interventions at the neighbourhood, building, and unit scale to help create vital communities for the city's youngest citizens.
Bring your lunch by the Pop-up and join in a discussion with City Planning staff to discuss the emerging issues that are shaping housing in high-growth areas like King-Parliament.
Meet the Chief Planner.
Don't miss this chance to meet Chief Planner Gregg Lintern and former Chief Planner Paul Bedford, ask questions and gain valuable insight into planning issues in King-Parliament.
On Thursday, June 13th at 6:00 p.m., Chief Planner Gregg Lintern will share insights on how King-Parliament is growing and changing and what that means for the Downtown and the city as a whole.
On Tuesday, June 11th at 5:30 p.m., former Chief Planner Paul Bedford will provide remarks on the ground-breaking 1996 Secondary Plan, how it has worked, and lessons learned.
Get some pointers on property research.
Is there a missing link in your property research? If you have initiated research on your property, or are looking to get started, join Cory Lemos of the Corktown Residents and Business Association Heritage Committee and Heritage Preservation Services staff to the Problem Solve Your Property Research session. They'll share some helpful advice on research methods and the process of listing a property on the City's Heritage Register.
Can't wait to see you at the Pop-up!
Newsletter 5 - May 30, 2019
Join us at the King-Parliament Pop-up!
We've added new tours.
Our schedule of events and registration page went live last week. Since then, we've added a few new walking tours to our roster. Sign up today!
A Meandering History of the Lower Don (Saturday, June 15th at 10:30 a.m.) Led by John Lorinc.
Built-Form Walkshop (Saturday, June 15th at noon) Led by Clara Romero, Perkins + Will
Art Tour of the Lower Don Valley (Saturday, June 15th at 2:00 p.m.) Led by Floyd Ruskin
Chat with current and former Chief Planners.
Bring your lunch to the Pop-up.
Curious about the future of transit on King Street? Join Transportation Services and City Planning staff on Monday, June 10th at noon for a King Street Transit: Beyond the Pilot lunch and learn session.
Want to learn more about the planning process? Ever wonder about what tools planners can use to shape growth in an area? Join us on Tuesday, June 11th or Friday, June 14th at noon for a Planning 101 session with City Planning staff.
We also have lots of open drop-in hours throughout the week. Come by and see us!
Have an idea for the Pop-up or want more information? Get in touch!
Mark your calendars for the King-Parliament Pop-up!
City Planning is coming to King-Parliament from June 8-16, 2019. We'll be at 73 Jarvis Street, at the southeast corner of Jarvis and Adelaide across from St. James Park.
What's this Pop-up about?
The King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review kicked-off in January 2019. Now, we're bringing the Review to the community through an engaging program focused on people's everyday experience of the area. Drop in to chat with a planner and other special guests, join a walking tour or attend a workshop. If you have ideas on heritage, parks and open spaces, and built form in the area, or just want to learn more about the Review, we want to hear from you!
We will provide updates on the status of the Review and share emerging policy directions. We'll use your feedback as we develop a proposed Secondary Plan for the King-Parliament area.
This sounds awesome! Where do I sign up?
An exciting schedule of events is now available on our website! All events are FREE to the public. Register for events today, then make sure to check back regularly as we continue to add new events.
Newsletter 3 - March 28, 2019
Join us on Thursday, April 11th for our Built Form Workshop!
Are you interested in the way buildings take shape? Do you have questions or ideas about how new buildings relate to heritage buildings? Ever wonder about the relationship between buildings and open spaces like parks and streets? If so, join us for a public Built Form Workshop on Thursday, April 11th. City staff and consultants will provide a presentation and lead a workshop to discuss your thoughts about recent development in the King-Parliament area and provide more information about the tools that City Planning uses to shape built form.
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. (presentation at 6:15 p.m., followed by a workshop)
Location: Temporary North Market Tent, 125 The Esplanade
Learn more about King-Parliament
Check out the King-Parliament project website for a new series of Backgrounders on the area. These easy to read summaries provide a full analysis of how the area evolved and what is going on today. Read all five!
Policy Framework: A summary of the existing policy direction for the area, in addition to information about the Secondary Plan Review process.
Trends: Infographics and charts illustrating demographic, employment and development trends in King-Parliament.
Heritage: A detailed description of the history of King-Parliament and a summary of key themes in the evolution of the area.
Built Form: A "cheat sheet" of the tools that City Planning uses to shape built form and a look at how building types in the area have changed over the years.
Parks & Public Realm: A summary of the direction the new Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan provides for King-Parliament, and an accounting of existing parkland in the area.
King-Parliament Then / Now / Next
Keep an eye on our Twitter and Instagram handles @CityPlanTO or search for #kingparliament beginning March 25th to take part in our Then / Now / Next campaign. We'll be taking stock of how the neighbourhood used to look and what it's become. Get involved to share your thoughts on what's next!
Telephone: Michelle Drylie, 416-392-3436
Stay tuned for future updates!
Newsletter 2 - February 15, 2019
Open House Materials Now Online!
Thank you to all who attended the public Open House on January 31, 2019. If you weren't able to make it, or if you'd like to take another look at the materials presented, you can now find them on our website.
If you'd like an overview of what's going on in the area today, how things are changing, and what planning policies are already in place, check out the meeting presentation. It also provides information about the three themes of the review: Heritage, Built Form, and Parks & Public Realm.
For more detailed mapping and analysis related to the three themes, you can take a look at the meeting display boards. These are available for download in two parts (Part 1 and Part 2).
A summary of all of the comments we received at the meeting will also be available on our Meetings & Events page soon.
Built Form Workshop – April 2019
We are currently preparing for a public Built Form Workshop in early April 2019. If you're interested in the way buildings take shape – and how they're influenced by and relate to the historical context and the public realm – this workshop is for you!
Newsletter 1 - January 24, 2019
The City of Toronto is holding an open house to kick off the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review. Please drop by, take in a presentation, and join a discussion with your neighbours and City staff about the future of your community.
TIME: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Presentation at 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King St. E., 3rd Floor
The King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review will build on the Downtown Plan, and provide specific direction on built form, the public realm and heritage. The Review will also consider the north side of Queen Street East, in the area generally between Sherbourne and River Streets.
Overview: King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review
Meetings & Events: King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review
Information & Reports: King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review


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The Secret Phrase Top Innovators Use
Warren Berger
How do Google, Facebook and IDEO jumpstart the process that leads to innovation? Often by using the same three words: How Might We. Some of the most successful companies in business today are known for tackling difficult creative challenges by first asking, How might we improve X … or completely re-imagine Y… or find a new way to accomplish Z?
It's not complicated: The "how might we" approach to innovation ensures that would-be innovators are asking the right questions and using the best wording. Proponents of this increasingly popular practice say it's surprisingly effective — and that it can be seen as a testament to the power of language in helping to spark creative thinking and freewheeling collaboration.
When people within companies try to innovate, they often talk about the challenges they're facing by using language that can inhibit creativity instead of encouraging it, says the business consultant Min Basadur, who has taught the How Might We (HMW) form of questioning to companies over the past four decades. "People may start out asking, 'How can we do this,' or 'How should we do that?,'" Basadur explained to me. "But as soon as you start using words like can and should, you're implying judgment: Can we really do it? And should we?" By substituting the word might, he says, "you're able to defer judgment, which helps people to create options more freely, and opens up more possibilities."
Tim Brown, the CEO of the innovation and design firm IDEO, says that when his company takes on a design challenge of almost any type — and IDEO does everything from designing new products to envisioning new ways to deliver healthcare — it invariably starts by asking How Might We. Brown observes that within the phrase, each of those three words plays a role in spurring creative problem solving. "The 'how' part assumes there are solutions out there — it provides creative confidence," Brown said to me "'Might' says we can put ideas out there that might work or might not — either way, it's OK. And the 'we' part says we're going to do it together and build on each other's ideas."
Although the HMW process has been used at IDEO for a number of years, its origins can be traced back to Basadur and his early days as a creative manager at Procter & Gamble. In the early-1970s, the company's marketers were working themselves into a lather as they tried to compete with Colgate-Palmolive's popular new soap product, Irish Spring, which featured a green stripe and an appealing "refreshment" promise.
By the time Basadur was asked to help out on the project, P&G had already tested a half-dozen of its own copycat green-stripe bars, though none could best Irish Spring. Basadur figured the P&G team was asking the wrong question ("How can we make a better green-stripe bar?") and soon had them asking a series of more ambitious HMW questions, culminating with: "How might we create a more refreshing soap of our own?"
That opened the creative floodgates and, over the next few hours, Basadur says, there were hundreds of ideas generated for possible refreshment bars — with the team eventually converging around a theme of finding refreshment at the seacoast. And out of that came a coastal-blue and white striped bar named (what else?) Coast, which became a highly successful brand in its own right.
As the Coast story suggests, there's more to HMW methodology than just using those three words. Basadur employed a larger process to guide people toward asking the right HMW questions. This involved posing a number of "why" questions, as in, Why are we trying so hard to make another green-striped soap?. He also urged the P&G team to step back from their obsession with a competitor's product and try to look at the situation from a consumer perspective: For the customer, in the end, it wasn't about green stripes, it was about feeling refreshed.
Gradually, Basadur took the HMW approach beyond P&G to other companies, including the tech firm Scient. One of his converts at Scient, the designer Charles Warren, then proceeded to take the methodology with him as he moved to IDEO. Tim Brown confesses that, when first introduced to the phrase, "I was skeptical at first; it sounds a bit Californian." But before long, Warren told me, IDEO was conducting company-wide sessions "with 700 people doing HMW together."
As Warren then moved from IDEO to Google, the infectious HMW approach found a new host. More recently, HMW was carried from Google to Facebook by Paul Adams, who worked with Warren on Google+.
And there's evidence, too, that it may be spreading to the nonprofit sector. When one of IDEO's co-founders, the late Bill Moggridge, was named director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2010, he brought HMW questioning with him. Soon after he started at the museum, Moggridge posed for a group photo with museum staff members — and everyone wore T-shirts bearing the words "How Might We…"
Min Basadur maintains that it's common for companies to expend efforts asking the wrong questions and trying to solve the wrong problems. "Most business people have limited skills when it comes to 'problem-finding' or problem definition," he says. "It's not taught in MBA programs." To fill that void, Basadur opened a consultancy, Basadur Applied Creativity, which developed its own "Simplex" process of creative problem-solving for business — with HMW questioning at the core of it.
HMW proponents say this form of questioning can be applied to almost any challenge — though it works best with ones that are ambitious, yet also achievable. Brown says it doesn't work as well with problems that are too broad ("How might we solve world hunger?") or too narrow ("How might we increase profits by 5 percent next quarter?"). Figuring out the right HMW questions to ask is a process, Brown says: "You need to find the sweet spot."
Warren Berger (@GlimmerGuy) is author of the new book A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas (Bloomsbury).
This article is about INNOVATION


You wanna have the greatest weekend of all time? Make yourself regular to what's happening with Tree & Leaf this Friday and Saturday and we'll guarantee it!
Friday night we will be kickin' it down in the Plaza District where all sorts of craziness will be happening. At DNA Galleries there will be a Fanny-Pak Fashion Show, at No Regrets Tattoo the guys of Tree & Leaf will be doing live graffiti along with performances byJabee and Tastebuds. Next door to DNA, Collected Thread will be selling some amazing homemade local wares and the Velvet Monkey will be having a DJ set by Myles Mohler! Make sure to swing by Josh McCullock's space too. He's the incredible photographer that shot all the photos on the Tree & Leaf website, and also just did a shoot for The Arbor Arts!
All of this is located within a 500 ft radius and all of these events are FREE to attend! This will be one killer block party so come down and hang with the cool kids!
If you do come by on Friday and get to hear Jabee Williams performing, you can rest assure that he will be releasing never before heard tracks from his new album "Must Be Nice" at his CD release party hosted by The Arbor on Saturday night! Mac Lethal (KC), Black Spade (ST.L MO), El Prez (LA), Jumakae (LA), Rob Victum (DAL TX), and The Puzzle People (OKC) will be performing also! This is a set you won't want to miss, with a lot of out-of-town talent. Doors open at 8pm and there will be clothing by GRP FLY andBLOOPRINT. The Arbor is located in Rockwell Plaza right next to Tree & Leaf Clothing for directions, visit our Contact page.
Come support local talent this weekend and stop by the Plaza on Friday and The Arbor on Saturday! Here are the flyers for some of the listed events. For more information click the links above.


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When Slaves Become Strange
Posted on October 13, 2017 by chaninawong
by Chanina Wong
Conjoined since birth, twins Millie and Christine garnered mass interest and attraction from when they were even ten months old.
Millie and Christine McKoy were twin sisters conjoined at the lower spine born into slave family in North Carolina, 1851. Even at birth, they were considered a spectacle as many onlookers sought to see their deformity themselves with many visitors going to their owner's home , causing him to sell them to another white couple. It was under Joseph Pearson Smith and his wife, that they felt they were treated kindly; the Smiths even made an effort to locate and purchase Millie and Christine's entire family. They contribute their Christian beliefs from their "white ma", Mrs. Smith, who they revered who also taught them how to dance, sing, read, and speak different languages (19):
"None can mistake our determination in remaining under the guardianship of Mrs. Smith. Our object is two-fold: We can trust her, and what is more, we feel grateful to her and regard her with true filial affection" (16).
The History of the Carolina Twins: "Told in Their Own Peculiar Way" by "One of Them" was sold by the twins' agents, written directly to their audience they perform for and "skeptics" of their deformity, as seen by a medical testimony placed at the end by doctors who observed the twins themselves and the detailed explanation of their lives. Their entire history is present from when they were born shocking their family, to when they were kidnapped from their "kind master and guardian", to the publication's present when they performed and traveled as a show (8). The publication almost acts as a form of advertisement, for skeptics to visit the Carolina Twins' show and see for themselves the oddity of their body. Reviews are placed in the publication further enhancing its goal of persuasion.
It is crucial in narratives of enslaved persons to consider how the speakers view themselves, especially when "one's self" is arguably, two separate minds connected in one body. It is difficult to tell if the narrative actually stems from the twins' own words or if it was twisted, despite referring to themselves in first person. At the end of their published pamphlet, the author placed lyrics of their popular songs they sing when performing, which many have requested a copy of:
"Two heads, four arms, four feet, All in one perfect body meet, I am most wonderfully made…I'm happy, quite, because I'm good; I love my Savior and my God. I love all things that God has done, Whether I'm created two or one"(21).
Millie and Christine consider themselves according to the publication as one, or "Millie-Christine", one with the same thoughts, ideas, opinions, despite two different brains and heads. Even on trains they were required only one ticket, considered only one person. One train ticket, of course, makes more sense economically, but being constantly portrayed as one person, "Millie-Christine", demonstrates how the twins viewed themselves as a singular person and a unique creation that should be displayed.
How the public viewed Millie and Christine is similar to their own perception, as an odd, but beautiful demonstration of "God's creation". They were presented like a sort of circus act as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", pleasing many crowds intriqued with their uniqueness:
Millie-Christine, the "Caroline Twin", are photographed in the center, advertised as one of the "Eight Wonders of the World", revered as a spectacle and a "freak of nature".
"The editor of the Louisville Journal said, 'The exhibition of these remarkable twins is characterized by the peculiar delicacy, modesty and ingeniousness of these young girls themselves. Nothing occurs nor can occur offensive to the most fastidious sense of propriety, or refined taste'" (17).
Their deformities were not only placed as entertainment for many to enjoy, but their songs and dancing were of "exquisite taste and sweetness". "Christine [had] a soprano voice. Millie a contralto", and their harmonic duets were paired with graceful dancing that is seen as even more impressive with the uniqueness of their four legs (16).
Christine and Millie were sold like products between owners through transactions, and were kidnapped for someone to gain a profit. They were of course, not treated with the dignity of that era's white person. But the twins were so marveled and revered that their skin color, which was a large contributing factor to how one was categorized in 19th century America, was not the reason for their "oppression" as profitable products that traveled and entertained. There is an alternative situation to consider. If Millie and Christine were white, would perhaps they be treated differently, or if their deformity been taken advantage the exact same way?
Millie and Christine's life raises the conversation discussing whether the twins were placed under the same oppression as black enslaved persons in America, even being born within a family under slavery. The twins were not set to work in the fields or care for their white masters as exploited labor. They traveled as commodities, displaying their talents as exhibitions for an audience. There are connections to be made, however, to the practice of slave traders commodifying their slaves as "products" to appear their fittest and most healthiest to gain a large profit. Such practices by slave traders included shaving men's beards, plucking gray hairs and blackening them with dye, exercising slaves so their muscles stay toned, amongst other techniques "by which the traders turned people into things and then into money" (Johnson 119).
The twins do not speak much about slavery in their publication, considering it was for their audience, not abolitionists. Slavery is spoken more as a given fact of that time's culture instead of a horrifying one, like financial transactions between owners instead of terrible exploitation. There is no incident spoken that is recalled to be graphic or violent that is usually described in an enslaved person's experience, and they revere and compliment their white owners. According to their narrative, it appears that Mrs. Smith truly loved and appreciated the twins, but her efforts in educating the twins could be considered grooming them to perform for profit. It must also be mentioned that this publication was sold by their "agents", who were their owners.
The twins were of course viewed as some sort of product with services to sell, but they were differentiated from black enslaved persons, perhaps more "worthy" of white people's attention and admiration. Practically celebrities, they even were gifted jewelry from Queen Victoria, and lived under seemingly caring owners who extensively strived to unite their family and provide an education for the twins. Their unique circumstance presents questioning if their deformity saved them from a lifetime of oppression, a different type of oppression, under typical enslavement. Did the twins even percieve themselves as oppressed at all? It may not be entirely clear, but perhaps Millie and Christine were very fortunate to have been bought under the "very giving" Smiths, who appear to have loved and worked hard for Mille and Christine and their family. Millie and Christine's circumstances cannot be understood without the backdrop of slavery, however, where they were still considered products and not breathing, meaningful people.


Well it's not the 9th floor or the 1st floor. What we're seeing here is a terrifying scene outside the 91st floor! This took place early on April 2 at the Shanghai World Financial Center, currently the seventh tallest building in the world at 1,614 feet high.
Two window cleaners were given a 15-minute nightmare ride when the suspended platform they were working on began swaying wildly in the strong wind, bashing into the building's glass facade repeatedly.
Their cradle was suspended between the 91st and 92nd floors, and slammed into the curtain wall of the 91st floor. At one point the two men are seen pushing against the glass as the platform slams into it, presumably to try and prevent it from breaking. Office workers inside the building were evacuated later on. And apart from some bruises and a sprained wrist, the two men outside suffered no harm, at least not physically.
But they must have thought they were going to die… even just watching the video, I felt scared and concerned for their safety.
The cause of the incident is presently under investigation.
What decade is this? Robots serve people in restaurants, why not design a remote control one for cleaning windows?


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What font will we choose next for our site?
Nevertheless there hasn't been much improvement on the type front for some years. This is due to several factors. First the required font has to be installed on the visitors computer. That narrows the choice to the pre-installed fonts by the OS. Although I think BitStream made an effort to embed type in webpages, I haven't heard or seen anything from them for years. Then there is the resolution of the screens, what kind of screen you're using (CRT, LCD or TFT), whether ClearType is enabled, what font-size you're using, eye-fatigue, column-widths, and so on. In short, reading from a display is totally different from reading from paper.
Interesting read: In Search Of: The Best Online Reading Experience and Eight Things You Can Do Now To Improve On-Screen Readability.
There are ways to cheat. You can use images, replace headings dynamically or use Flash. But that isn't very friendly on us webdesigners. Do you (or your clients) like to startup Photoshop or Flash everytime someone's come up with a new article heading?
So what is it we're looking for? More web-enabled fonts, that everybody has installed.
More about Microsoft & Typography here.
Author CasparPosted on June 9, 2005 June 9, 2005 Categories Design, General, Internet, Intranet, Webdesign2 Comments on What font will we choose next for our site?


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