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Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 8:30am
Erin M. O'Grady-Parent
Charter Applications for October 2009
Approval of charter applications.
Required by State statute (Education Law §216).
Discussion and approval in accordance with the respective recommendations contained in the attached summaries of charter applications.
Summary recommendations have been prepared for a total of 20 charter actions.
It is recommended that the Regents approve each application in accordance with the recommendations contained in the respective summaries.
Regents Meeting
ABSOLUTE CHARTER
1. Peconic Public Broadcasting, Southampton
AMENDMENT OF CHARTERS
2. Byron-Bergen Public Library, Bergen
3. Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead
PROVISIONAL CHARTERS
Cumsewogue Historical Society, Port Jefferson Station
Thomas Cole Historic House, Catskill
EXTENSION OF CHARTERS
The Children's Maritime Museum at Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson
Crestwood Historical Society, Crestwood
Leon Historical Society, Leon
DISSOLUTION OF CHARTERS
Crooked Lake Historical Society, Hammondsport
Foto Plus Synthesis, New York
Newark Public Library, Newark
12. Wildlife in Tribeca, New York
APPLICATION FOR REGENTS CONSENT TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME
13. Discovery Center of Science & Technology, Syracuse
l. CULTURAL EDUCATION
PECONIC PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Southampton, Suffolk County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to construct, own, operate, and maintain a non-profit and non-commercial public radio station on eastern Long Island for providing educational radio programs. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that an absolute charter in the first instance be granted.
BYRON-BERGEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Bergen, Genesee County
An absolute charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on May 24, 1985 to operate a library. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to add the language necessary to maintain tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3) and to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.
RIVERHEAD FREE LIBRARY
Riverhead, Suffolk County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on October 15, 1896 to operate a library. Such provisional was made absolute by Regents action on May 2, 1912. Such absolute charter was amended by Regents action on December 2, 1915. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the absolute charter to designate the service area of the library to be the Riverhead Central School District, to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served, and to add the language necessary to maintain tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3). The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the absolute charter be amended accordingly.
CUMSEWOGUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to encourage, promote and disseminate a greater knowledge among the public of the history of the State of New York and particularly the hamlets of Terryville and Port Jefferson Station, located in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, and immediately surrounding area; to collect, own, hold, maintain, preserve, and make available to the public a collection of appropriate historical materials, objects and artifacts; to arrange, create, maintain and promote appropriate historical exhibits and displays; to establish and maintain an historical research collection and archives; to bring together those people interested in history, promote and support historical research and scholarship, sponsor and organize historical and cultural activities, programs and events for the public, and issue publications in any format; to encourage the suitable marking of places of historic interest; to acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise the title to or the custody and control of historic sites and structures, and preserve and maintain such sites and structures; to cooperate with the Historical Society of Greater Port Jefferson in projects and activities of mutual interest; and to cooperate with county and state officials and historical organizations to collect and preserve materials of countywide and statewide significance. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.
THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE
Catskill, Greene County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to acquire, own, operate and maintain "Thomas Cole Historic House," known as "Cedar Grove," the home and property of the artist Thomas Cole, a national historic site, in the Village of Catskill, County of Greene, as a historic house museum and site open to the public; to collect, own, hold, maintain, preserve and make available appropriate historical objects and artifacts of Thomas Cole, the Hudson River School of Art, and related fields of art, culture and history; to advocate for and support the conservation, preservation, restoration, interpretation and improvement of "Thomas Cole Historic House," for the benefit of the public for this and future generations; to operate and maintain a visitor center at "Thomas Cole Historic House," dedicated to the life and work of Thomas Cole, the Hudson River School of Art, and related fields of art, culture and history; to offer educational programs to visitors and other individuals, and to encourage and sponsor appropriate scholarly research and publications; to participate in regional activities that enhance the economic well-being of the region and that are in keeping with the corporate purposes of "Thomas Cole Historic House;" and to cooperate with the Greene County Historical Society in projects and activities of mutual interest. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of five years.
THE CHILDREN'S MARITIME MUSEUM AT PORT JEFFERSON
Crestwood, Westchester County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on May 18, 2004 to operate a museum. The board of trustees has applied for an extension of the provisional charter. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter be extended for a period of five years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
CRESTWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on March 23, 2004 to operate an historical society. The board of trustees has applied for an extension of the provisional charter. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter be extended for a period of five years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
LEON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Leon, Cattaraugus County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on February 8, 2000 to operate an historical society. The board of trustees has applied for an extension of the provisional charter. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter be extended for a period of five years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
CROOKED LAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Hammondsport, Steuben County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on March 20, 1987 to operate an historical society. Such provisional charter was extended by Regents action on February 19, 1993. The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter as the corporation has not acted as an independent organization since its members did not renew their membership. The corporation has no remaining assets and all taxes payable by the corporation have been paid. The trustees request Regents approval of the transfer of the corporate records to the Steuben County Historical Society. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter of the Crooked Lake Historical Society be dissolved and that the corporate records to be transferred to Steuben County Historical Society.
FOTO PLUS SYNTHESIS
New York, New York County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on January 9, 2007 to operate a museum of photography. The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter as the corporation was redundant with its German affiliate, Foto+Synthesis e.V., (the "German Affiliate"), and unable to raise funds. The corporation has no remaining assets available for distribution. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the provisional charter of the Foto Plus Synthesis be dissolved.
NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Newark, Wayne County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents under the corporate name of "Newark Free Public Library" on March 18, 1897 to operate a library. That such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action on May 8, 1902, and amended on March 25, 1955 to change the corporate name to "Newark Public Library." The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter as the corporation has ceased operation and all taxes payable by the corporation have been paid. The trustees request Regents approval of the transfer of the library assets of the Newark Public Library (association town Library) to the Newark Public Library (school district public library), which was incorporated by action of the Board of Regents under an absolute charter in the first instance on October 23, 2006. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the absolute charter of the New Public Library (association town library) be dissolved and that approval be given to the transfer of its library assets to the New Public Library (school district public library).
WILDLIFE IN TRIBECA
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to educate the public about urban wildlife, wild and feral animals in urban environments and ecosystems; to promote conservation and care of urban wildlife; to engage in and provide educational, scientific, and cultural projects and programs to increase awareness and understanding of the existence, roles, and needs of urban wildlife; to conduct independent and collaborative research, write and publish writings about issues relating to urban wildlife; to develop and provide educational materials and policy recommendations for protecting and conserving urban wildlife to individuals, businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies, associations, and other organizations; to protect and promote the rights and interests of urban wildlife through advocacy; and the corporation is not authorized to operate or maintain a library, archives, museum or a historical society, or to own or hold collections in connection therewith. The Office of Cultural Education recommends that a certificate of incorporation be issued.
DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Syracuse, Onondaga County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on October 19, 1979 to operate a science and technology center. Such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action on February 25, 1983. The board of trustees has requested that the Board of Regents consent to the filing of certificates of assumed names pursuant to General Business Law §130 to authorize the corporation to use the assumed names "Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology" and "Museum of Science & Technology (MOST)." The Office of Cultural Education recommends that the consent of the Board of Regents to the filing of such certificates of assumed names be granted.
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
AnNur Islamic School, Schenectady
The Lang School, Brooklyn
Oak Tree Preschool, Geneseo
All Saints Elementary of Tipperary Hill, Syracuse
Children at Play Early Intervention Center, Staten Island
Giant Step Nursery School, Freeport
7. Glory to God Christian High School, Monticello
ll. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
ANNUR ISLAMIC SCHOOL
Schenectady, Schenectady County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on June 26, 1992 to operate a kindergarten, and a grade one through six elementary school. Such provisional charter was amended and, as so amended, extended by Regents action on July 23, 1993 and extended on April 27, 1999. Such provisional charter was amended and extended by Regents action on July 21, 2004 and May 23, 2006. The board of trustees has applied for an amendment to the provisional charter to specify that this will be a membership corporation, and that the sole member will be The Islamic Center of the Capital District, and as so amended, be extended. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter be amended accordingly and, as so amended, be extended for a period of three years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
THE LANG SCHOOL
Brooklyn, Kings County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate an elementary and middle school for children between the ages of five and thirteen who are gifted and have high potential, but who require specially designed instruction because of learning disabilities, other educational disabilities or atypical learning styles. The Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has been provided with an opportunity to review this action and the trustees have been advised that the granting of a provisional charter does not constitute approval for state funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of VESID. The Office of Nonpublic School Services and the Office of Professions recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
OAK TREE PRESCHOOL
Geneseo, Livingston County
The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents to form a corporation to operate a nursery school for preschool children from three to five years of age. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that a provisional charter be granted for a period of three years.
ALL SAINTS ELEMENTARY OF TIPPERARY HILL
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on July 26, 2006 to operate a pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, a grade one through six elementary school, and a day care center. The board of trustees has petitioned for an extension of the provisional charter. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter be extended for a period of three years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
CHILDREN AT PLAY EARLY INTERVENTION CENTER
Staten Island, Richmond County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on January 12, 2004 to operate and maintain special education and ancillary educational programs and services to pre-school and school-age children with disabilities. Such provisional charter was extended by Regents action on January 9, 2007. The board of trustees has petitioned for an extension of the provisional charter. The Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has been provided with an opportunity to review this action and the trustees have been advised that the granting of any extension thereof does not constitute approval for State funding for programs and services under the jurisdiction of VESID. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter be extended for a period of three years to allow the corporation additional time to develop its programs and otherwise demonstrate that it can meet the requirements for an absolute charter.
GIANT STEP NURSERY SCHOOL
Freeport, Nassau County
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on June 29, 1973 to operate a nursery school. Such provisional charter was made absolute by Regents action on January 26, 1977. The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter due to the lack of enrollment. All taxes payable by the corporation have been paid. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter of the Giant Step Nursery School be dissolved.
GLORY TO GOD CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
A provisional charter was granted to this corporation by action of the Board of Regents on February 11, 2003 to operate a grade nine through twelve secondary school. Such provisional charter was amended, and as so amended, extended by Regents action on July 21, 2004 and July 26, 2006. The board of trustees has petitioned the Board of Regents for the dissolution of the charter because the corporation is no longer in operation; for approval to transfer students records to Liberty High School, Liberty, New York; and for approval to distribute the remaining assets, after the payment of any liabilities, to Lighthouse Ministries. The Office of Nonpublic School Services recommends that the provisional charter of the Glory to God Christian High School be dissolved, and that approval be given to the transfer of student records and to the distribution of the remaining assets as requested.


Have you come upon Ziggy Stardust in downtown Appleton?
You can thank Chad Brady. The Appleton painter and printmaker, whose work is sprinkled throughout the city's downtown, has been working on a mural just off College Avenue since the first week of April. Barring any weather intrusions, the plan is to be finished by start of next week.
The work, found on the side of the vacant building at 115 S. State St., between an alley and Appleton Bicycle Shop, features a Rock the Vote logo, the face of the late rock and roll icon David Bowie and lyrics from his "Starman."
"He's told us not to blow it / Cause he knows it's all worthwhile," it reads.
Brady, who moved to the Fox Cities from Washington, D.C., about nine years ago, said he's wanted a reason to paint a Bowie mural since the singer's death in January. He's been a big fan since he was 12 years old and saw him perform in 1974 (and a handful of times after that). The owners of the building talked to him about using the blank canvas of the two-story building for a pro-voting image and the two ideas eventually merged into one.
The mural will be up all summer and through the election. Brady said even though Bowie wasn't an outwardly political person, he was always one to encourage people to think for themselves, and so the message seemed to fit.
He also believed Bowie himself would approve of the work. He said he wouldn't have done it otherwise.
The State Street mural is one of several Brady works around downtown. Others can be found inside the Valley Transit center and outside the Ambassador, Fox River House, the Fire, Vagabond Imports and in the alley near the History Museum at the Castle that was home to the Alley Project last summer.
For more information, find Chad Brady on Facebook at "C. E. Brady Art."


It's no secret we're devotees of the Sportster, this oft maligned platform is cheap, plentiful and well supported by the aftermarket. Created in the late 50's as a muscle bike, favored by Elvis and later ruling the dirt track oval with an iron fist, the XL has a storied past. The grim days of the elephantine wheel production chopper saw it relegated to "girl bike" status and to add insult to injury the Sportster was at the heart of the factories Dark Custom embarrassment. The adage, what does not kill you only makes you stronger, must also be true for motorcycles as the XL has not only survived, but has become the go-to platform for hardtail choppers, high bar bobbers, cafés and if the folks at Burly have their way, as a dirt worthy Scrambler. One would be hard pressed to name another bike that is as versatile, easy to work on and inexpensive to own as the beloved Sportster.
This particular unit is a 2006 883, the tamest of the Sporty models and in its previous life shuttled a retired teacher to and from his daily tennis game. Its destiny would soon change as David stripped it to motor and frame with an eye towards transforming the bike into an authentic Scrambler. We had to ask, Umm what exactly is a Scrambler? Zemla explained it this way, "A Scrambler is a unique hybrid of asphalt and dirt initiated in the 60's and 70's to address a market that was hacking up their street bikes to tolerate fire road bombing. The more popular iterations came with a Honda or BSA badge and in recent years this style has been resurrected by the folks at Triumph." Yeh, we knew that.
What does it take to transform a milquetoast cruiser into real deal dirt scooter? Giant knobbies are a good start, but the Continental TKC80 tires only come in a 17" rear, so the original rims also got an update courtesy of Ride Wright. The stock size 19" front was retained and both ends are stopped by four piston Performance Machine calipers. Suspension is naturally Burly Brand and runs a higher rate spring in the fork and a set of their 15" Stiletto shocks in the back. The end result is an un-Sportster like, but very level chassis. Speaking of chassis, this one also saw the business end of a Makita grinder and the fender struts were replaced by a pre-bent hoop from Dime City Cycles (queue scrambled egg sound of MIG welder). If you followed the build thread here on CC this was the point where it started to look like a proper Scrambler.
A pair of Monster Craftsman ribbed fenders and an NOS Six-Pack rack were sourced via Ebay. The headlight grill was originally intended for a moped and turn signals are Kuryakyn. David hand built the seat pan to lay over the updated tail section and had it covered by a local upholstery shop. "I really wanted a flat seat and it took several tries to get it to look right on the Sportster", explained Zemla. Final touches include Biltwell grips, a hand fab'd skid plate, Vance & Hines air filter and an RSD low pipe that was so new it was swiped off of a tradeshow display.
The end result is very much what David and his crew had dreamt up. A Sportster alternative with a decidedly dirt slant to it and we got to see it all built here on Chop Cult.
Fork: HD with a 2" Burly drop kit inside.
Chassis mods: Cut fender struts off, fab'd rear hoop using Dime City pre-bent unit.
Tire/wheel size and style: 19 front (stock size) and 17" rear to accommodate Continental TKC80 rubber. Rims by Ride Wright.
Other mods, accessories, cool parts, etc: RSD low pipe, NOS ATC Six-pack rack. Burly Scrambler bars. Burly 15" Stiletto shocks. Biltwell grips. PM Brakes. Proto Burly Belt tensioner and skid plate. V&H air filter.
Great build, def. thinking about a sportster for next winter build and I may just have to jock your style with that ATC rack on my Yamaha!
Steal away, the rack has proven damn useful to have.
Funny, I was just pondering about using an 883 for a tracker'ish build. Jump on here, and I find this. Very well executed build. It looks like a helluva lot of fun.
My only complaint? No action shots. C'mon, lets see it sideways throwing dirt, or better yet, airborne.
Dude! It's a Sporty! It does not fly well. We did a bunch of action shots, will add some to the build thread when we get a chance.
In my part of the world many bagger folk seem to hold dirtbikes in disdain..
The Sportster is a great bike off the showroom floor, the garage floor or craig's list. Keep 'em coming.
I love this look, I'd love to do something up like this for TOL only using a parallel twin.
Nice work David, I love your other Sporty also the plaid one, that makes quite a pair.
Pthe inspiration for my tracker Triumph project. Who told me recently that scrambler is the new black? He was right.
My minds blown! Glad you guys dig the bike! Gonna go load up the rack with beer and celebrate!
I ride a bagger, a softail, and a drz 400 for enduro and dual sport. I have always imagined bombing fire roads on a sporty, and have seen a few done this way. Yours is tops man, love the rims and tkc's, the bike just looks " RIGHT"
I love what you've done with this machine, a really well done styling exercise that also has some functional benefits.
Thanks guys!! We're stoked that you guys are into this build!


It's been so hot in DC lately, but that isn't stopping us from bird watching!
Summer camps are now in sessions since schools let out and the kids of Anacostia are ready to learn. In the morning, I teach the kids what a bird is and the characteristics that make them different than mammals or reptiles. This has gotten much easier as I now have an education team working with me! Previously I was a chicken running around with his head cutoff.
We're reaching more students in the community surrounding ECC. Being out in the community is completely different than our programs at our River Center. At the river center, we have everything we need. When we're out in the community, we learn more about the common birds that are great city dwellers. Mostly rock doves, sparrows and starlings take up our birding list, but for most kids this is their first experience birding. It's this new experience that helps change the perspective of the children when they learn that these birds could disappear if we don't take care of our environment. Our falconer, Daryl, also brings out birds of prey that really excite the kids.
My featured photo this week is of a bird pledge tree Isabel and I collected during WMBD back in May. We're still collecting the bird cutous from kids who pledged to help bird conseration!


Pick up from hotel by tour guide and driver at 8:00-9:00 am. Drive to Xian City Wall (sightseeing for 1 hour) and then move on to the nearby Terra Cotta Warriors Factory (sightseeing for 20 minutes). Take a typical local lunch for one hour. In the afternoon, visit Terracotta Warriors (3 hours) and Big Wild Goose Pagada (1 hour). Last, drop off at your hotel before 6:30 pm.
Xian City Wall: The largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.
Terra Cotta Warriors Factory: A licensed reproduction factory that displays the copy of terracotta warriors as well as the craft making process, where you are able to buy some micro warriors as souvenirs.
Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: One of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century, the life-size army that have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history- Emperor Qinshihuang for 2,200 years.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda: A holy place of Buddhists. It is the symbol of the old-line Xian city.
* Hotel pickup & dropoff & transfer for sightseeing.
* Want to join a private tour? Check our 1-Day Private Xian Tour.
Our quotation on the website is only including the pick up and drop off address in the Xian city area. If you want to be picked up and drop off from the airport you have to pay extra.


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Q: Why is S == S[::-1] faster than looping? Why is the pythonic way of checking if a string, S, is a palindrome -- S == S[::-1] -- faster than the following implementation?
i = 0
j = len(S) - 1
while i < j:
    if S[i] != S[j]:
        return False
    i += 1
    j -= 1
return True

A: Because Python code is only compiled to bytecode, which is then interpreted. That's going to be a lot slower than creating a new reversed string in C code, then comparing the string to another string with more C code.
Note that both algorithms are essentially O(N) complexity; the Python code executes at most 1/2 N iterations, and the string reversal version makes at most 2 N iterations, but asymptotically speaking that doesn't make a difference.
Since both algorithms are O(N) linear approaches, what matters then is their constant cost, how much time each iteration takes. That fixed cost is vastly lower for s == s[::-1].

A: S == S[::-1] is going to be fast in worst cases because everything is running in C for this case, which is going to be lightning quick compared to a Python based loop. The only advantage of your version is that it won't wait for the creation of a reversed string before it can starts comparing, hence in those situations* for huge strings S == S[::-1] will be actually slow.
We can improve S == S[::-1] a little bit if instead of comparing the whole we take a slice of first half and second half of the string and compare first half with reversed version of second half.
def fast_half(S):
    length = len(S)
    half = length/2
    first, last = half + (length % 2), half
    return S[:first] == S[last:][::-1]

def fast_simple(S):
    return S == S[::-1]

Let's compare them:
>>> S = 'A' * 10**5
>>> %timeit fast_simple(S)
10000 loops, best of 3: 88.7 µs per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half(S)
10000 loops, best of 3: 49.1 µs per loop
>>> S = 'A' * 10**6
>>> %timeit fast_simple(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.03 ms per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 601 µs per loop

We can make fast_half slightly fast by taking a memoryview of the first half, for second half it is not possible because memoryviews don't support extended slicing. And also they only work with str(bytes in Python 3) and bytearrays.
def fast_half_memoryview(S):
    length = len(S)
    half = length/2
    first, last = half + (length % 2), half
    return memoryview(S)[:first] == S[last:][::-1]

>>> S = 'A' * 10**5
>>> %timeit fast_half_memoryview(S)
10000 loops, best of 3: 46 µs per loop
>>> S = 'A' * 10**6
>>> %timeit fast_half_memoryview(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 523 µs per loop
>>> S = 'A' * 10**7
>>> %timeit fast_half(S)
100 loops, best of 3: 12.8 ms per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half_memoryview(S)
100 loops, best of 3: 10.8 ms per loop
>>> %timeit fast_simple(S)
100 loops, best of 3: 17.3 ms per loop

For tiny strings S == S[::-1] is the best of the lot:
>>> S = 'A' * 10
>>> %timeit fast_half(S)
1000000 loops, best of 3: 721 ns per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half_memoryview(S)
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.07 µs per loop
>>> %timeit fast_simple(S)
1000000 loops, best of 3: 353 ns per loop
>>> %timeit func(S)  # OP's code
1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.34 µs per loop

* When creation of reversed string or slicing can slow us down:

>>> S = 'A' * 10**6 + 'a'
>>> %timeit fast_simple(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 976 µs per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 566 µs per loop
>>> %timeit fast_half_memoryview(S)
1000 loops, best of 3: 523 µs per loop
>>> %timeit func(S)
1000000 loops, best of 3: 382 ns per loop

A: The following is not a great benchmarking, but every time I ran it your function is slightly slower than s == s[::-1]. I also tried to change the order of the execution (run your function first) and it still provides the same results!
import timeit

def is_pali1(s):
    s = str(s)
    return s == s[::-1]

def is_pali2(S):
    S = str(S)
    i = 0
    j = len(S) - 1
    while i < j:
        if S[i] != S[j]:
            return False
        i += 1
        j -= 1
    return True

res = timeit.repeat("for x in range(99999900,100000000): is_pali1(x)", "from __main__ import is_pali1", number=100000)
print "is_pali1", sum(res)/len(res)
res = timeit.repeat("for x in range(99999900,100000000): is_pali2(x)", "from __main__ import is_pali2", number=100000)
print "is_pali2", sum(res)/len(res)

OUTPUT
is_pali1 4.37230348587
is_pali2 4.67844009399

Note that I modified the number into a string in both functions: s = str(s) so that shouldn't bias the results. Tested on Python 2.7.6.

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Take a look at this TabStart page to find selections of silly and short poems that cover a variety of strange and unusual topics. Read a work from a poet who is in love with a dress store mannequin, or browse a poem that was written as an ode to corned beef. There are a number of outrageous and amusing poems to choose from here.
Edward Lear's Nonsense Works - This website is devoted to the works of Edward Lear, a brilliantly funny writer whose limericks are witty and pointedly nonsensical.
"Ode to A Dressmaker's Dummy" - a Silly Poem by Donald Justice - This poem by Donald Justice brings a light tone to an odd topic. He speaks lovingly of the dressmaker's dummy as if it were a living woman.
"Fabrication of Ancestors" by Alan Dugan - Check out Alan Dugan's "Fabrication of Ancestors." It is a short and cynically honest poem about the American Civil War.
"The Triantiwontigongolope" - a Silly Children's Poem by C.J. Dennis - C.J. Dennis's 1921 children's poem is as delightful as it is silly. The word invention in this work is reminiscent of that other famous children's author, Dr. Seuss.
"The Crocodile" - a Silly Poem by Roald Dahl - The Old Poetry website offers this silly and sweet poem about a crocodile. It is written by Roald Dahl, an author whose works are an excellent source of humor and childhood recollections.
"I Love Corned Beef" - Silly Poetry by A.P. Bowen - A.P. Bowen writes this silly poem that was first published in 1918. The author professes his love for corned beef and its myriad of uses.
Humorous and Satirical Poems from the Poetry Foundation - The Poetry Foundation* has an outstanding section of humorous and satirical poetry. These funny works are not afraid to embrace unusual perspectives or to explore topics and ideas that are more than a touch off-the-wall.


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Rich Caschette
Judicial Service
Judge, Colorado 18th Judicial District, 2008-2016
J.D. - Syracuse University
B.A. - Fordham University
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Richard Caschette, a former Colorado District Court Judge, will join JAG in October 2016. Judge Caschette is a graduate of Fordham University and Syracuse Law School. He served as a Denver Deputy District Attorney and was later appointed the First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado where he oversaw the civil and criminal divisions. Judge Caschette also spent over 20 years in private practice with local and national law firms. He was an AV-rated lawyer and also selected as a Colorado Super Lawyer in numerous years. As a trial lawyer, he handled complex business litigation, professional malpractice, products liability, employment, and white-collar criminal defense in federal and state courts.
Governor Ritter appointed Judge Caschette as a District Court Judge in the 18th Judicial District in 2008 where he served for eight years handling civil, criminal, and domestic relations matters. Judge Caschette has tried hundreds of cases as both a trial lawyer and jurist and has issued thousands of orders.
Judge Caschette has participated on numerous panel discussions and lectures to fellow judges on a variety of legal topics. He has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado and University of Denver Law Schools on such topics as trial practice and professional ethics.
Among other professional activities, he is a fellow and past-president of the Colorado Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates, a member of the Litigation Council for the Colorado Bar Association and group leader in the Thompson Marsh Inn of Court.
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The Evolution of Dr. King
Lee Sustar
By the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr was an avowed socialist.
Dick DeMarsico / Library of Congress
Virtually every Democratic Party politician, black or white, claims the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Conveniently forgotten is the fact that in the final years of his life, before his assassination in 1968, King broke with Democratic President Lyndon Johnson over the Vietnam War and the administration's failure to enforce civil rights legislation in the South. That's something no Democrats of national stature have been willing to do today.
While the reforms advocated by King for most of his life were mild compared to the demands of the more radical black nationalists, they were nevertheless condemned by the same Democrats who have since tried to turn King into a heroic icon and a symbol of black accommodation to the system.
In order to understand King's eventual shift to the left, it's necessary to look at the class struggles that underpinned the civil rights movement and the nature of King's organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
When King emerged as a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950s, he was at the forefront of a local movement whose example was followed in dozens of other Southern cities in subsequent years. The organization he helped found, SCLC, established several field offices, but it was essentially a group of professional organizers who typically moved from city to city to be involved in struggles initiated by local black students, workers, and farmers.
SCLC's aim was not to help these activists develop independently, but rather to lead them into nonviolent confrontation with segregationists and the brutal cops and state police who backed up Jim Crow law. According to SCLC leaders such as Hosea Williams and Wyatt T. Walker, the federal government would then be forced to intervene to support civil rights activists in order to stop the mayhem.
At first, the strategy seemed to work. A Supreme Court decision supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott. President Kennedy introduced civil rights legislation after Birmingham, AL cops repeatedly attacked SCLC-organized marches in 1963, and the bill became law a year later. Bloody confrontations in St Augustine, FL and Selma, AL prodded Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, to push the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through Congress.
Kennedy and Johnson supported civil rights only when they believed it was necessary to stave off more militant black rebellion. They had no wish to alienate the powerful Southern Dixiecrat wing of their party. King and the SCLC 's protests could be tolerated as long as they remained "nonviolent," were limited to fighting segregation in the South, and did not challenge racist economic discrimination rooted in US capitalism.
But by 1965, King's credibility among Southern activists was waning. The SCLC's habit of arriving in town in the midst of a struggle, grabbing the media spotlight, and negotiating a settlement irritated both local blacks and the increasingly radical members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), who were trying to help Southern blacks develop their own leadership.
Meanwhile, black nationalist Malcolm X rightly argued that the nonviolence advocated by King and the SCLC exposed blacks to attack by police and racist thugs.
Criticism of King reached a new peak in Selma in 1965, where police tear-gassed and clubbed activists who were attempting to march to the state capital in Montgomery. When a second march was organized, police didn't block it. But King led marchers back into Selma rather than defy a court injunction. This retreat, along with King' s acceptance of token concessions from Selma politicians, was denounced as a sellout by radicals.
Differences spilled into the open a year later after James Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi, was gunned down during his solo protest march across the state. King and SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) were among the civil rights leaders who joined several hundred activists to complete Meredith's march in the summer of 1966.
Hounded by racist thugs and brutal cops every step of the way, angry marchers eagerly joined Carmichael's impromptu chant of "Black Power" and listened intently to his nationalist ideas. While King refused to join more conservative black civil rights leaders in attacking the Black Power slogan as racist, he refused to support it on the grounds that it implied violence and would alienate potential white support.
"We've got to transform our movement into a positive and creative power," he said when asked his opinion of Carmichael. To black militants, King was viewed as a sellout. But to Democratic liberals, worried by the influence of black nationalist ideas and widespread black rebellions in Northern cities, King's position seemed a virtual endorsement of Black Power.
King recognized that he was trying to bridge an ever-widening gap. "The government has got to give me some victories if I'm going to keep people nonviolent," he said. In fact, King would soon confront the Northern Democrats as an open enemy. Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had formally abolished the last of the Southern Jim Crow segregation laws, King and SCLC turned their attention to the increasingly militant Northern blacks.
King's final break with Johnson came in April 1967 when King called for the US to pull out of its "colonial" war in Vietnam.
While a number of important Democratic senators had already turned against the war, most top civil rights leaders continued to support the administration. Liberal newspapers such as the New York Times and Washington Post , which had usually been sympathetic to King during the civil rights struggles in the South, attacked him for his antiwar stand.
A vengeful Johnson allowed the FBI to step up its long-term harassment of King and other SCLC leaders. The president was outraged when he learned of King's plans to lead a Poor People's March on Washington to close down the US Capitol.
Johnson and the Democrats had come to rely on King's nonviolent tactics and his support for their party as an important counterweight to the growing numbers of radicals in the rising Black Power revolt. When King denounced the war in 1967, the Democrats regarded him as a traitor.
Yet King's break with the Democrats did not earn him the support of blacks in the North, where street rebellions swept every major city in the country. The politics of the more radical black nationalists — particularly their advocacy of self-defense in the face of racist violence — seemed to speak more to the struggle in these circumstances.
Attacked from both left and right, King was forced to rethink his career and the organization he led, the SCLC. "We must admit there was a limitation of our achievement in the South," he told a meeting of the SCLC board in 1967. SCLC would have to call for a "radical redistribution of wealth and power." On several occasions, King told his aides that the US needed a democratic socialism that would guarantee jobs and income for all.
Other SCLC leaders, such as Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, and Ralph Abernathy, were hostile to plans for the Poor People's March. The SCLC's Southern field offices had been neglected during an ill-fated attempt to organize against housing segregation in Chicago, and the group's Northern offices were even weaker.
Moreover, the plan clashed with the black capitalist orientation of SCLC's Operation Breadbasket, directed by Jackson. "If you are so interested in doing your own thing that you can't do what the organization is structured to do, go ahead," King said in response to Jackson's criticism of the march. "If you want to carve out your own niche in society, go ahead, but for God's sake, don't bother me!"
Still, the Democrats saw betrayal in King's Poor People's Campaign — while the right wing declared it proved their longtime claim that King was a Communist. These elements, encouraged by the presidential campaign of segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace, publicly threatened King's life.
Faced with hostility from the Johnson administration, criticism from both black nationalists and the black establishment, and a divided staff, King was politically isolated as never before when he was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968 — less than three weeks before the Poor People's Campaign was to begin. King had travelled to Memphis to support a strike by black sanitation workers — he was the only national civil rights leader to do so.
Yet it wasn't long after his death that the media hacks of the ruling class began to convert King into a harmless saint.
To do this, however, they had to bury the real legacy of Martin Luther King — both the leader of the critical early struggles of the civil rights movement who refused to accept pleas for patience and moderation from his liberal Democratic allies, and the more radical black leader of the late 1960s whose vision of what needed to be changed in society had widened enormously.
Lee Sustar is the labor editor for Socialist Worker, where this first appeared.
Lyndon Johnson/LBJ
SCLC
Stokely Carmichael
Virtually every Democratic Party politician, black or white, claims the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Conveniently forgotten is the fact that in the final years of his life, before his assassination in 1968, King broke with Democratic President Lyndon Johnson over the Vietnam War and the administration's failure to enforce civil rights legislation in […]


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Profanity in Your Writing
by Paul W. West, Author | Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Some people believe using profanity in their writing makes their prose sound more realistic. They claim it's necessary for shock value. While that may be, I don't believe it's "necessary" in order to create a sense of realism, which is all fiction is anyway.
In my novel "Sweet Revenge," I have some pretty tough characters, but I don't have any of them using profanity, even when they are being beat up by a group of thugs, or by the thugs themselves, for that matter. The antagonists (thugs) swear, but I never use the actual swear words. I just say, "So and so swore," or something like that, which allows the reader to imagine the epithet.
I don't think it's necessary to show a person swearing in order to show his emotional state. That can be shown by what he's seeing, hearing, saying, but mostly feeling in his heart.
I was part of a critique group once that was supposed to be strictly for writers of young adult literature. A young boy (around 16 or 17) joined the group and proceeded to put the infamous "F"-word in every other paragraph. When I told him publishers of YA material probably would not accept that kind of language, he became even more profane. I complained to the moderator, but she refused to do anything about it, so I quit rather than read any more of his filth.
I know I don't like to read those kinds of words when I'm enjoying a novel, and I think a lot of readers would prefer not to be subjected to them either, if the truth were known.
I for one, do not believe using profanity in ANY book is necessary, adult or young adult. I've seen many books depicting bad characters who use profanity, but the author chooses not to use the actual words. I think it's sufficient to indicate that a character swears, or swore, without using those profane words.
As an example. I read "The Great and Terrible" series by Chris Stewart. I recommend reading this series and other "best-selling" books by Mr. Stewart as great examples of what I'm talking about. Mr. Stewart has some pretty awful characters depicted in his books, characters who swear and use profanity, but he does not use the actual profane words, choosing rather to indicate that a character swore, and leave the bad word up to the imagination of the reader. It works. I don't think anyone reading his books will think they are fake or phony. They're quite realistic.
Another example is Dean Hughes' books. He writes about WWII and other difficult subjects where profanity should be expected. But I can't recall a single profane word and his books are totally believable.
Certainly, it takes a bit more creativity on our part, but isn't that what we writers pride ourselves as being -- creative?
I think we can avoid using profane words and still be realistic. It just takes a slight bit more effort. In my mind, using the actual words in our writing cheapens our work and is the lazy way out, and what example are we showing our youth?
More on: profanity, swearing
Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Today, in the Query Tracker Blog, Elana Johnson has an excellent posting about the dreaded bio.
I've read a lot about the need for a short bio in a query letter. It should highlight your writing experience or credentials. But what do you do if you really have nothing to brag about? I have no publishing credits, at least not yet. I'm not a member of any prestigious writing associations. I'm not an expert in any field related to the subject matter. So what do I write?
There are two kinds of bios we writers need to be concerned with. The short paragraph, in the query letter, and the longer one sometimes asked for separately, often along with a synopsis and sample chapters.
Here's some examples of both:
Short, query letter, version:
I grew up in the town and era in which this novel is set. I currently work as an environmental biologist writing technical reports, and use fiction writing as my therapy from boredom.
Longer version:
Paul West is a freelance writer and novelist. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Paul claims to be a "Prune Picker," though he now makes his home in West Jordan, Utah.
The rustic San Francisco Bay Area countryside, the quaint small town he grew up in, and the colorful people who once lived there, have all teamed to fertilize his ever-churning mind with stories that are yearning to be told.
From his earliest days in high school, his English teachers saw some raw writing ability in him, both for fiction and non-fiction, and urged him to pursue his dream of being a writer. In college his creative writing professors also encouraged him to mold his ability into a talent.
After settling on a career as an environmental biologist, where he's written numerous technical publications, the stories swarming through his mind kept crying to get out. So Paul began writing fiction, but only as a hobby at first. He has recently finished his first novel, SWEET REVENGE, and is close to finishing his second, GERTA! Paul intends to keep letting his stories out through future novels.
Paul is a member of several writing and critique groups including Authors by Design, Writers Pen, Query Tracker, Children's Writer's & Illustrator's, Utah Children's Writers, among others. In addition to his writing, he and his wife, enjoy spending time with their four children and six grandchildren, gardening, reading, and researching their family history.
The Dreaded Bio


Flavours are the essence of food and as soon as you introduce an edible thing into your mouth…what are you looking for ?...to fell the pleasure of experimenting it!
The memory of taste stays forever as a landmark and somehow, you will always be hunting that very first sensation you had one day.
I believe that when you enjoy what you eat, it cannot be better. As French Chef Raymond Oliver used to say: "Quand c'est bon, Il n'y a pas meilleur !"
Salty, sweet, sour or bitter.... I like them all. These four sensations are natural components within all gastronomic culture and have brought complexity and diversity to the way people have created different dishes around the world.
I'm attached to flavours and gourmandize.
I keep in mind that cooking should bring emotion and give pleasure to my guest anytime, anywhere!
From classical dishes to open fusion affair, I express my sensibility of taste while cooking with generosity and respect for my ingredients. The right combination of techniques, simplicity and endless creativity brings freshness and delicate flavours to your palate.
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Wyden, Blumenauer Introduce Bill to Open Access to Outdoor Recreation
Washington, D.C. - Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer today introduced legislation to increase outdoor recreation access for visitors and boost rural economies in Oregon and nationwide. Based on input from Oregonians about how to remove bureaucratic roadblocks to public lands, the Recreation Not Red-Tape (RNR) Act expands outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans, especially underserved communities such as veterans, seniors and young people, for the first time holds … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley, Baldwin Introduce Major College Affordability Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., today introduced the "In The Red" Act, a major reform to address college affordability and put America on a path toward debt-free college. The In The Red Act will allow student loan borrowers to refinance outstanding debt at lower rates, increase Pell Grants to keep pace with rising costs and make new investments in community colleges. Additionally, the legislation will support holding … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Praise Pac-12 for Addressing Athletic Transfers
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today praised the leaders of the Pac-12 Conference for responding quickly to their inquiry by adopting a tougher new conference-wide student conduct policy for transfer athletes seeking to enroll at a Pac-12 university. The two Oregon senators had urged the conference in a letter last month to consider several possible reforms, including one which would make transfer student athletes ineligible to enroll in a Pac-12 school if they'd … Continue Reading
Senate Dems: Students Deserve Immediate Debt Relief After Attending Schools Engaged in Deceptive & Predatory Practices
Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Patty Murray, D-Wash., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and 29 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama urging the administration to protect students who attended colleges or universities that engaged in unlawful, unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices. In 2015, Corinthian Colleges filed for bankruptcy and shut down all of its … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Impose Sanctions on Foreign Individuals Responsible for Violence Against the LGBT Community
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), have introduced the Global Respect Act, legislation that would impose sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals abroad. "LGBT rights are core human rights," Wyden said. "This bill sends the message that America will hold … Continue Reading
Wyden Pushes for Bipartisan Wildfire Funding Fix, More Air Quality Research Funding
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked the Chief of the Forest Service about the agency's ongoing support for a bipartisan wildfire funding fix that would free up more funding for the work that prevents the largest, most damaging wildfires. In a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today, Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell called a wildfire funding fix, "essential for the American public." Tidwell also said fixing fire borrowing would give the … Continue Reading
Blumenauer, Wyden Express Concerns with Forest Service Proposed Logging Project in Crystal Springs Watershed
Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today sent a letter to Mt. Hood National Forest Supervisor Lisa Northrop, expressing concerns with a proposed logging project in the Crystal Springs watershed, which Congress has recognized as a valuable source of drinking water for thousands of Hood River residents. The proposal has also caused deep concern among people who enjoy the area for hiking, mountain biking, and nature watching. While the overarching … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Announce Secure Rural Schools Payments to Oregon Counties
Washington - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced today that 18 Oregon counties will receive about $35.5 million in Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payments this fiscal year for local roads and schools. "These funds help rural Oregonians pay for essential services such as providing their children with the good education they deserve and their communities with the safety they expect," Wyden said. "And they also highlight the urgent need in this Congress to reauthorize this lifeline, … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Resolution Honors Historic Columbia River Highway's 100th Anniversary
Washington - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today introduced a resolution congratulating the Historic Columbia River Highway on the upcoming 100th anniversary of America's first scenic highway, known both for its remarkable scenery and innovative engineering. "Whether you're a first-time visitor or a long-time admirer, the views of Multnomah Falls and the Columbia Gorge from this landmark byway are unmatched," Wyden said. "Congress must work to preserve and restore this highway both … Continue Reading
Wyden Welcomes Attorney General Lynch to Portland
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) welcomed this week's Portland visit by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch as providing a great opportunity for her to see the city's progress on community policing and to discuss with community leaders what more needs to be done. "The Attorney General deserves credit both for her focus on community policing and for witnessing what cities like Portland are working on to build the trust that's needed between citizens and police officers," Wyden … Continue Reading
AUDIO/VIDEO: Wyden Stands Up for Women's Access to Constitutionally Protected Health Care
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for an end to continued attacks on the constitutional right of American women to make their own reproductive health choices. Ahead of Supreme Court oral arguments in a case that represents a comprehensive challenge to Roe v. Wade, Wyden warned against the far-reaching impacts of new state laws that undermine a woman's protected right to make her own choices about her body, in a speech on the Senate floor. The Supreme Court is … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Push to Extend Overtime Pay to Millions of American Workers
Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Al Franken, D-Minn., Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today led the charge to extend overtime pay to millions of Americans who are working long hours without fair pay. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay protections that could benefit five million Americans, including 50,000 Oregonians. The proposal would bring overtime pay to salaried workers making up to … Continue Reading
Wyden, Crapo, Blumenauer, Jenkins Introduce Bill to Permanently Extend Short Line Railroad Investment
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) today introduced the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act, which would make permanent the tax credit that's been crucial in helping to rehabilitate short line and regional railroads in Oregon and nationwide. "Making this short line track maintenance tax credit permanent will create much-needed certainty for railroads that often … Continue Reading
Wyden, Markey, Franken, Dem Senators: Carefully Evaluate Proposed Charter—Time Warner Cable Deal For Potential Harm to Consumers
WASHINGTON - Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined Senators Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Al Franken, D-Minn., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today in sending letters to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the agencies to consider the potential harmful effects that could result from the proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks by Charter Communications. The proposed "New Charter" deal would effectively … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer Ask Federal Officials for Immediate Help Responding to Airborne Heavy Metals Concern in Portland
Washington - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer today wrote federal health officials asking for their agencies' immediate assistance responding to the public health risks identified by the discovery of hotspots of dangerously high levels of airborne heavy metals in Portland. The three lawmakers' letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) follows a meeting that Wyden, Merkley … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley, 31 Senators File Supreme Court Amicus Brief to Support Affordable Access to Birth Control
Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., today led a group of more than 30 Democratic Senators in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on the need to protect women's access to affordable birth control. The brief was filed ahead of next month's arguments in the consolidated cases of Zubik v. Burwell, yet another attempt by some employers to interfere with women's access to health care by … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer Ask EPA's Help in Portland Over Cadmium and Arsenic Hotspots
Washington - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer today wrote federal environmental regulators asking them to act now in response to the public health concerns of Portlanders in neighborhoods with hotspots of airborne heavy metals. In their letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, the Oregon lawmakers pointed out the extreme community concern over hotspots of dangerously high levels of cadmium and arsenic in southeast and north … Continue Reading
Statement from Senator Wyden on the end of the Harney County standoff
"Oregonians across our state are grateful to the Harney County Sheriff's Department, federal law enforcement, and local and state officials for ending this standoff without additional loss of life. The steady resolve of the Burns community and Harney County leaders like County Judge Steve Grasty and Sheriff Dave Ward has kept this sad episode from sparking something much worse. Now that the shadow of violence is lifting from Harney County, Oregonians can return to what we do best -- building … Continue Reading
Watch: Wyden Questions CIA Director on Searching Senate Files, Director of National Intelligence on Strong Encryption
Washington, D.C. -Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore, pressed CIA Director John Brennan on the CIA's improper search of Senate files at a rare open hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. "When you're talking about spying on the committee responsible for overseeing your agency, in my view that undermines the very checks and balances that protect our democracy and it is unacceptable in a free society," Wyden said. The CIA's own Inspector General concluded the CIA "improperly … Continue Reading
Wyden, Merkley Urge Pac-12 to Address Student Transfer Policies to Promote Campus Safety
Washington, D.C. - In response to recent steps taken by colleges and athletic conferences to promote safety on campus, Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged the leaders of the Pac-12 Conference to consider adopting a conference-wide student conduct policy for transfer students seeking to enroll at a Pac-12 university. In a letter to Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, the senators urged Pac-12 leaders to use an upcoming conference meeting as an opportunity to discuss the … Continue Reading


Check how many calories are in 140 grams of Banana. Nutrition facts of the Banana including amount of calories, as well as number of proteins, fat and carbohydrates will help you determine whether the Banana should be a part of your diet.
140 grams of Banana have 104 calories and its nutritional composition is as follows: 1 grams of protein, 0 grams of fat and 24 grams of carbohydrates. See the visualization below.
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A lovely email received today….
'I would like to say a huge thank you to Maria and her team for including the many events I have organised over the last several years in her various publications.
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Agents from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources found themselves forced to invoke the state statute that prohibits citizens from owning cobras and rattlesnakes this week.
In Crespatown, DNR received a tip about three venomous snakes in the home of John Paul Stosick. They got a warrant and made entry, finding three snakes: a West African spitting cobra, a monocled cobra and a timber rattlesnake.
Agents also learned that Stosick owned Daddieo's pet shop in Cumberland. Upon searching that location, they found about a dozen corn snakes. While this species prefers suffocating its prey to poisoning, Stosick was unable to slither away from the law. Corn snakes require a permit to sell, which he lacked.
The snakes were taken to Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo.


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I am a singer/songwriter that has performed all over the country and I would love to share my expertise with you. 18 years experience performing and 5 years experience teaching. Before moving to Los Angeles I taught at the award-winning Area Stage Company in Miami, FL. I have studied classical piano since the age of four and more recently studied jazz and pop/rock playing under award-winning performer/educator Daniel Strange at the Frost School of Music. I have also studied vocal performance under Dr. Ana Flavia Zuim (music director for Hamilton). I want to cater to whatever you are passionate about because I believe the best way to learn is to be excited about music!
Keira delivers an exceptional lesson experience and ranks in the top 15% of our teachers nationwide.
I have a Bachelor's of Music from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Before moving to Los Angeles, I taught at the award-winning Area Stage Company in Miami. As a certified ASCAP songwriter, my songs have garnered international radio play. I would love to share my musical expertise with you! Let me know if you think we would be a good match.
SAW proudly presents the Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) to help songwriters receive recognition for their work and to further excellence in songwriting through education. Founded in 1983, MASC is one of the longest-running contests in the United States, and attracts entries from around the world.
WAMA is a non-profit tax exempt organization of music industry professionals committed to raising the profile of the region's diverse music community. WAMA's main goal is to promote Washington area music in general and to achieve national recognition of the region as an important center for live and recorded music. Just as the nation's capital is comprised of a rich cross section of cultures, WAMA's membership embraces all musical styles from classical, bluegrass, go-go, R&B, and reggae, to rock, jazz and folk.
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My vocal lessons with Keira have been fantastic! Her training exercises are fun and helpful and I look forward to my lesson with her each week. I don't have much singing experience so I would highly recommend Keira to anyone looking for a patient and knowledgeable instructor!
I love lessons with Keira! She is so friendly and knowledgeable, and she really cares about her students.
Keira is an excellent teacher who loves sharing her insight with others. I would recommend her for all ages as she works equally well with children and adults. Her background in songwriting across different genres helped shaped my music into songs I love playing.
Keira was a wonderful beginning piano teacher for my young daughters. She was serious about the fundamentals, patient, warm and kind in her teaching style. They received an excellent foundation from Kiera for future piano skill building.
Keria was a wonderful teacher for my daughter. She had the perfect balance of fun, skills, and encouragement-- even getting my daughter to practice, which is no small feat! I strongly recommend Keira as a music teacher for any child or adult.
Keira made songwriting so fun, my boys didn't even know that they were learning! I would highly recommend Keira Moran.
Keira personalizes each lesson to fit the needs of the student. She's a fun and extremely positive teacher but also maintains a professional attitude and stays focused on the student and the lesson. Keira has helped me gain more control over my voice and I am a more confident singer and musician thanks to her.
I love working with Keira. She is equally fun as she is serious about teaching and I really appreciate that.
Keira is a fantastic instructor! She made sure to cater her lesson plans and teaching style to meet my needs. I would strongly recommend Kiera for any of your musical needs!


A blockbuster movie titled "Okoto" is all about a story of middle age lady who is a good dancer, who fell in love with a son of a multimillionaire during his dancing career. The boyfriend loves her so much that he pampers her with his father's money to support her dancing career.
Unfortunately, the lady who acted as "Okoto" betrayed the multi-millionaire boyfriend by having another affairs with her male best friend whom they grew up together till stage of having secret affairs.
The multi-millionaire boyfriend later caught them and he broke up with the dancer, the matter makes him depressed to a thinking state, One day his father saw him in a state of depression and persuaded him to look over the matter, describing the lady dancer as "Okoto" (a good dancer) object which dances till its death that his son should overlook the matter and move on with life.
The movie is directed by Kayode Adebayo.


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Qeqertarsuaq – miejscowość na zachodnim wybrzeżu Grenlandii, w gminie Qaasuitsup
 Qeqertarsuaq – opuszczona osada na północno-zachodnim wybrzeżu Grenlandii, w gminie Qaasuitsup
 Qeqertarsuaq – wyspa na Grenlandii, znana również pod duńską nazwą Disko
 Qeqertarsuaq – niezamieszkana wyspa w południowo-zachodniej Grenlandii
 Qeqertarsuaq – niezamieszkana wyspa u zachodnich wybrzeży Grenlandii położona na Morzu Baffina
 Qeqertarsuaq Stadion – stadion sportowy w Qeqertarsuaq

Inne podobne nazwy:
 Qeqertat – osada na północno-zachodnim wybrzeżu Grenlandii, w gminie Qaasuitsup
 Qeqertaq – osada na zachodnim wybrzeżu Grenlandii, w gminie Qaasuitsup
 Qeqertarsuup Tunua – zatoka na Grenlandii, znana również pod duńską nazwą Disko
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What is a Snare Drum?
Snare drums are by far the most famous voice in the drum kit. The usage of studio drummers who use an entirely different song to vary the overall sound in the instrument illustrates the theory in practice.
Certain players have distinct tones that distinguish them immediately, while others go at less distinct tones that blend with the music.
In addition, drummers often bring their snares when performing backline kits, emphasizing the importance of the instrument in creating a distinctive voice.
Snare drum, sometimes called side drum, is a military and orchestral percussion instrument with several nerves, nylon, or silk strings covered in wire (snares) stretched over the lower or snare head.
The snares resonate in a synchronized way to the head below (to which the vibration is transmitted from the higher head, also known as the batter, through the air within the drum), creating the drum to emit a sharp, penetrating, and highly high-pitched sound.
Modern snare drums have a cylindrical shell composed of plywood, wood, or metal 5-12 inches (13-30 cm) tall and fourteen to sixteen inches (35-40 cm) in diameter.
The larger models, known as guards or field drums, are employed by numerous military bands. The drumheads, which are beaten using two sharp sticks, ending in tiny knobs composed of nylon or wood, are made of calfskin or polymer.
They are held in place with a hoop made of flesh (around that the membrane gets lapped) and the counter hoop. Membrane tensioning is done by screws that work independently on each head, by rods of metal, or, currently, in the case of military bands, by rope lacings.
Snares were a common sight in ancient Egypt and were found on various contemporary Middle Eastern tambourines.
In the middle ages of Europe, they were seen on the upper or, in some cases, on both sides of the drum tabor. Tabors with large sizes evolved into the side drum after two sticks instead of one were used, and the snares moved to the lower part of the head.
It was hung at the left of the player's back via a belt or shoulder strap. It was also paired with the fife within Swiss infantry (lansquenet) regiments starting in the 14th century and then spread throughout Europe.
The role in the military of the lansquenet's drummer was essential in that it maintained the pace of marching and gave signals for action.
The early versions of side drums were the same or slightly higher in height than in diameter.
They used more extensive membranes and sticks instead of modern instruments, creating an acoustic that was heavier and less vibrant sound.
The drum's shape changed drastically during the 19th century, being a little slender and sometimes having a brass shell and rods or screws for tensioning.
While since the 17th century, the tension of the snares was able to be controlled with a lever or screw, only in the 20th century did a mechanism designed to release them instantly (for specific effects or to reduce the unwanted sympathetic vibrations generated through other tools).
Before the 20th century, membranes of snares were typically composed of the gut.
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use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorAwareInterface;

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        $namespaces = $config['websockets']['server']['applications_namespace'];

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'Why are we exporting billions of dollars around the state?' The coming showdown over Seattle's money.
2 months ago TheUSNews.net
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As readers of this column have delighted in reminding me, there was another potent force hard at work in our recent tax-slashing election: Seattle scorn.
"Quit whining, Seattleite. The rest of us are sick and tired of funding such a small section of the state," read one typical postelection email.
"Go ahead and secede – at least then places like Walla Walla won't have to keep funding your mistakes," read another.
"Pay for your friggin projects yourself," summed up another, from Pierce County.
After reading a couple hundred of these, I think I understand. One: Seattle is super annoying. Two: It's well past time we city liberals stop wailing for handouts and take care of ourselves.
So it was perfect timing this week when a new report crossed my desk that is almost certain to annoy the rest of the state even more!
Sent out by state Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, it's a fresh analysis, from the state Office of Financial Management (OFM), of how government revenues and expenditures are shared among Washington's 39 counties.
Which counties get more in state spending than they pay in taxes? And which are net "donors" of tax money to the entire state system (which means schools, colleges, prisons, welfare payments and other state government functions).
Punch line: The entire state is mooching off King County, not the other way around.
It turns out King County taxpayers exported a record $2.95 billion to prop up the state's other counties in 2016, the most recent year studied, according to OFM. About 37 cents of every dollar of state taxes paid by King County taxpayers was spent elsewhere.
Where did the money go? Ironically the ever-aggrieved Pierce County is the No. 1 recipient, getting $508 million more than it gave in state taxes. Second is Yakima County, with a net gain of $395 million, then Clark County at plus $375 million and Spokane County, which got $350 million more in resources than it gave.
Small eastern Washington counties top the list if it's scored by a ratio of help received to taxes paid. Okanogan County got back $2.07 in spending for every $1 it sent to Olympia in taxes. No. 2 is Stevens County at an even $2 coming in for $1 out, and No. 3 is Adams County, at $1.98 in for every $1 out.
In all there are 33 counties that pay less than they get, and supposed leech King County provides 97% of the money boosting those counties.
The figures show King's taxpayers sent the state $8.04 billion and got back just $5.09 billion in spending. Per capita, King paid $3,820 in taxes in return for just $2,419 in spending — or a net donation annually of $1,401 by each and every King County resident to the good people of the rest of the state.
Who are totally hacked off anyway. So much so they voted to slash transit and bus projects in Seattle in part out of sheer animus.
Carlyle, who sits on the state Senate's Ways and Means Committee, says that as a liberal he's normally fine with the imbalance, as richer counties should support the poorer ones. But now the "longstanding political compact" between west and east, urban and rural is fraying.
"Why send all this money to 33 counties if they're going to turn around and strip us of our ability to pay for our own projects?" Carlyle said Tuesday.
He cited specifically the state Republican Party's endorsement of Initiative 976, that will cut money for the Seattle area's voter-approved transit projects.
"If they're going to make an aggressive move like that to stop local control — to go after transit projects that only we're paying for — then I have no choice but to look at the state budget with fresh eyes and ask: Why are we exporting billions of dollars around the state?
"Maybe we need to throw some elbows and claw some of that money back."
That's the case I made in a "State of King" column recently. At some point the political system should just give red-county voters what they keep insisting they want, which is less government. Start by cutting Pierce County out of the light-rail project.
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When I pointed out to one reader that Seattle subsidizes the rest of the state, not vice versa, he countered bluntly: "The rest of the state doesn't care."
"The important takeaway here is not so much accuracy of facts but the perception of Seattle by the rest of us outside the city limits," he wrote. "It's about making sure Seattle feels the pain the rest of us have felt for decades."
Message received. Hey, uh, Seattle-area legislators: It sure sounds like they're going to hate us no matter what. So might as well start bringing those billions back home?
Danny Westneat: dwestneat@seattletimes.com; Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
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Find these great Hearth and Hand items at Target. They are the perfect compliment to a farmhouse styled kitchen.
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The linens are adorable!! I love the stripes and ticking patterns. And those pot holders are a must have in my kitchen.
The pitchers and colander are some of my favorites! But I am in LOVE with the mixing bowls!!
These measuring items are functional and add some farmhouse flair!
And these salt, pepper, and sugar cellars would look great beside the stove top. I love having mine on hand so I can sprinkle it in my pots and pans while cooking. When a recipe calls for a pinch of this or that a cellar makes that so much easier! And this spoon rest is just too cute!
Last but certainly not least is this adorable storage tote! This would look great filled with wooden logs by the fire place or tucked in a corner and filled with rolled up blankets. This isn't technically for the kitchen, but I just couldn't resist sharing it!
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SPs directed to attend meetings of in-charge Administrative Secretaries
At the Sub Divisional level, the SDM may call the SDPOs during the meetings as per the new directions.
The directions have been issued after it has been observed that the Superintendents of Police in some districts do not attend the meetings being chaired by the Administrative Secretaries.File/ GK
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09 Jan, 2022, 8:43 pm
Jammu: J&K government on Sunday directed all Superintendents of Police (SPs) to participate in the meetings chaired by the in-charge Administrative Secretaries during their visits to the respective districts and implement decisions taken there within the fixed timelines.
Directive has been issued to ensure better coordination between the civil and police administration for enforcement of COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB).
Similarly, the Deputy Commissioners have been given the discretion to call the Senior Superintendents of Police of the concerned district to the developmental review meetings to take note of issues related to the Police Department. At the Sub Divisional level, the SDM may call the SDPOs during the meetings as per the new directions.
The directions have been issued after it has been observed that the Superintendents of Police in some districts do not attend the meetings being chaired by the Administrative Secretaries.
"As a result of this, certain issues requiring action at their level are not addressed properly. The issue assumes more importance in view of the prevailing situations, requiring proper coordination between the civil and the police administration for enforcement of COVID Appropriate Behaviour within the districts," Principal Secretary to the Government Manoj Kumar Dwivedi has stated in a circular.
Earlier with a view to ensure better and effective coordination among different departments and monitoring of developmental activities in the districts in a holistic manner, the government on July 7, 2021 had nominated the Administrative Secretaries as in-charge secretaries for the different districts in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pursuant to this, the Administrative Secretaries have been touring the districts assigned to them from time to time.
"These visits have proven beneficial for the overall development in these districts as also better management of COVID-19 related issues. Given the range of issues being reviewed by the touring Administrative Secretaries, it would be appropriate that these meetings are attended by all district or sectoral officers. It has, however, been observed that the Superintendents of Police in some districts do not attend the meetings being chaired by the Administrative Secretaries," Dwivedi noted.
In this context, Dwivedi directed all Superintendents of Police to ensure their participation in the meetings being chaired by the concerned Administrative Secretaries during their visits to the respective districts and implementation of decisions thereof within the fixed timelines.
"Further the Deputy Commissioners may invite the concerned District Senior Superintendent of Police in the developmental review meetings so that any issue related to the Police Department is taken note of. Similar practices can be followed at sub divisional levels between the SDM and the SDPOs as well as Tehsildars and SHOs," Dwivedi directed.


Is there instant money in Twitter?
Is there instant money in Twitter? social media and social networking or get rich quick?
If you are researching social media & social networks it is fair to say that you have looked at Twitter.
Twitter is an online community of people writing text-based micro (max 140 character) blog posts. These 'tweets' are meant to be about moments in their lives. Barely a chat show has been broadcast that hasn't mentioned twitter.
Oprah Winfrey the influential American talkshow host broadcast her first "tweet" in April 2009 and has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers.
In parallel to Michael Jackson's death (but not to be compared with), it had a huge impact in Cyber space. Users of the micro blogging community blamed Oprah's popularity for causing the site to come to almost a grinding halt.
The opposite side of the coin suggests that hundreds of thousands of new members joined Twitter after Winfrey promoted it on her TV show.
There are also allegations that Oprah's profile has been the target of a 'worm attack' - a virus that hijacks users' profiles and sends rogue tweets from their accounts giving the impression that it actually came from them.
The 'worm' spreads messages mentioning Winfrey and other celebrities in what certainly appears to be a deliberate attack on other celebrities with profiles on Twitter. If you really wanted to see what Oprah tweets about, you might be disappointed unless you want to know what she ate and what her dog gets up to!
Enough about Twitter and the Joe Public aspect, where's the money?
I joined Twitter as an experiment to see where the pot of gold can be found. It didn't take too long to gain some 1500 followers ..chicken feed compared to others but it they all sent me £1 I'd be happy.
Direct messages began to flow into my email, all offering either untold riches or 'how to get 500 followers each day on auto pilot'. I'm working on what to do with all these followers and how I can turn it into cash ...back to my £1 from each, but why think small, let's go for £100 each.
It suddenly appears that I'm not the first to think about cashing in on Twitter because when I click on the many links I have received, some actually want £100 for their 'secret to Twitter riches'.
We all know the old 'how to get rich overnight scam', you pay them and they tell you to copy what they have done.
I'm testing some right now, I certainly didn't pay the £100 but to date I haven't made a penny. I've attracted more people, each offering me more riches but no hard cash!
Personally, I believe Twitter has its place in internet marketing and has great potential to help in improving online communication whilst developing relationships and also collaboration in other joint ventures with people you would have never met.
When you see an internet marketing expert offering social media marketing as part of their online services, Twitter is likely to be there.
So, let's look at Twitter as PR rather than hard-faced mercenary marketing. Yes there are people that have invented a Twitter industry and making a living out of Twitter, as there are those doing pretty much the same on eBay.
Twitter does offer unique and valuable opportunities for businesses to enhance and indeed expand their mainstream marketing and social media marketing campaigns.
Internet marketers can develop new ways to use Twitter to their advantage. Again, I urge you to turn your thoughts away from instant riches and look at twitter as a long term professional marketing tool. A few ideas you might want to look at with Twitter as part of your online PR and Internet marketing strategies include: Website traffic generation, sending press releases, promoting special offers, notification of daily deals, promote events, building relationships by opening dialogue with prospective customers ...there is so much more.
I'm not a negative person but I doubt if I will make money from the Twitter Get Rich Quick Experiment, but I'll keep you posted here.


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We love pieces with character and texture. The texture you can find in old painted wood tells a Story.
Every piece of reclaimed material tells its own story. Each item has already lived a life.
Over its lifetime it may have become forgotten or outdated, but each piece can have a chance at new life. That's why we love to use a variety of salvaged materials as much as possible.
Salvaged Material comes in all shapes and sizes, from a family heirloom to a broken skid, all having their own uses and stories. Mixing materials like black iron pipe, barn siding, and corrugated metal adds some narrative to the designs new story.
Each story is only as good as it's individual parts, in creating each unique piece of decor we understand that the smallest detail can change the tone and depth of a story. So we search for the accents to each design to create a story that is timeless and fitting for each individuals needs.