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Saros cycle series 151 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 71 events (51 listed before 3000).

This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 158.

See also
 List of lunar eclipses
 List of Saros series for lunar eclipses

Notes

External links
 www.hermit.org: Saros 151

Lunar saros series


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One of Terrorizer's "Artists of the Decade" – Battle Metal among "100 Great Albums"
Finnish battle metallers TURISAS are part of Terrorizer's Secret History Of The Decade, a special issue of the British magazine providing an essential guide to extreme metal from 2000 to 2009. It goes through the last ten years' biggest musical movements including the most essential albums and artists.
Among some of metal scene's most legendary acts, Turisas was chosen as one of the eight Artists of the Decade and the band's 2004 debut album Battle Metal made it to the 100 Great Albums of the decade.
TURISAS vocalist Mathias "Warlord" Nygård states:
Wow. Being honoured like this by one of the absolute top metal magazines in the world is quite something. Doing well in end-of-the-year-summaries is amazing in itself, but out of a whole DECADE… I'm just speechless. Our hails to Terrorizer for this honour and be prepared, we've already set our eyes on the 2019 issue! We really aim at nailing the next decade, and our first blow – a third album – is just around the corner.
Visit http://www.terrorizer.com/decade for more info on this special issue and look forward to a new TURISAS opus, the much awaited third album later this year!
For all things related to TURISAS stay tuned to the following websites:
http://www.turisas.com
http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial
http://www.facebook.com/turisas
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If Distribution is Underway, has the Recession Already Begun? Perhaps his best point is this one. The Central Planners whether they be the Bushes, Clintons, or Obamas, will never admit the economy has turned down until it literally falls off the cliff.
I believe the trend in bond price is dow with the trend in yields up.But there is also a two month alternating pattern evident this year. Looks like bonds are poised to challenge the downtrend line again around 130.
Scroll back to the first chart, TLT = REIT ! Both are in downtrends. Remember REITs have become America's saving account for millions of retirees. If this downtrend continues when do they get worried.
John Murphy thinks the bottom in bonds has kept utilities and REITs from falling out of bed.
Was that THE TOP in utilities in February? Moving averages are trending down.
MACD at top is weakening, Money Flow at bottom is near negative, certainly pulling back. This supports the distribution theory.
Again John Murphy thought the stock rally Friday rescued the Transports but this looks pretty weak to me. Transport have still not fallen through the 8500 weekly support. When and if they do, they are likely to fall hard. As previously mentioned this is all the more amazing given low energy prices.
John Murphy also argued that the Dow 65 composite of all three Dow averages was the better picture. I would agree but I don't see a lot to get excited about.
By using USO we can track money flow at bottom which of course is not available for WTIC. What really happened is a brief counter trend rally fueled by short cover buying. This is a busy graph but by overlaying RSI one can see it really tracks momentum. About all we can do now is track this chart to see if the trend really has staying power.
I substituted UUP an ETF for the US Dollar for USO. And here we have the inverse picture. I suspect the Dollar bottoms this next week, then we will have the real test for oil. My weekly column on oil is the next post. I spotted several articles announcing renewed drilling now that oil has hit $60. Recall my prediction in late April that $61 would be the line in the sand resistance point.
As promised the Administration is putting coal miners out of business. With less coal demand, there is more usage of natural gas This is a stronger chart than crude oil.
Gold has topped its various moving averages, this suggests our friends at EWI are correct that the low was last November December 2014.
This next week okay we have thought this before, but, should be decisive for the stock market.
Bonds look to have bottomed and are likely beginning another month long rally.
Energy has rallied to resistance. It performance is tied more to the dollar and potential expanded supply with increased prices than most think.
t Wednesday's auction of contemporary art at Christie's International, which netted $658 million, an electronic screen flashed bids in seven currencies including rubles, Swiss francs and Hong Kong dollars. Collectors from more than 40 countries wound up competing for the offerings.
3. Or just bury it in the non performing loan section. this is what Japan did which kept them in a twenty year funk after the top in the Japanese market in 1989.
I am guessing the trillion dollar US student loan debt is somewhere between 2 and 3.


The Tomah Timberwolves (2-6, 1-5 MVC) travel to Veterans Memorial Field at UW-La Crosse to square off against the Central Red Raiders (2-6, 1-5 MVC) for tonight's final game of the regular season. While five teams from the MVC will be advancing to the playoffs, both of these teams will be wrapping up their seasons tonight.
Since filling in for injured Junior Quarterback Peter Brey, Sophomore Connor Prielipp has stepped up for the Timberwolves. While Tomah is only 1-2 since Prielipp has been under center, they were very competitive against the Onalaska Hilltoppers losing by just one possession.
For the Red Raiders, Junior Matt Johnson has learned the spread offense very well leading the team with 590 yard passing yards and 488 yards on the ground.
It's been a different story for the two teams this year. The Timberwolves have fallen from their 3rd place finish in the MVC last season, while the Red Raiders have improved from their 0-9 campaign in 2015. Both teams need a win here to build momentum heading into next season.
With a handful of seniors on both teams playing their final game tonight, emotions will be high. Which cast of seniors can end their high school (and possibly entire) football career with a win?


When back pain happens to you, it's a far cry from enjoyable. And while no one likes to experience it, the pain itself is actually quite common. In fact, nearly every adult in the world has experienced back pain at some point during his or her life. But in many cases, back pain doesn't actually begin in your back.
So, where does it start? Take a look at a few options that could be responsible for your back pain.
Back pain often begins in other parts of the body.
Do you ever feel like you're taking uneven steps? Frequently carrying a heavy bag to one side, poor posture, and not wearing supportive shoes can all contribute to hip misalignment leading to low back pain. Misaligned hips often begin as a result of weak back, core or pelvis muscles and uneven shoe wear.
In today's world, it seems that we're all guilty of spending at least some amount of time each day looking down at our smart phones or tablets. Unfortunately, too much of this downward tilt can cause pain in your neck from overstretching tissue and muscles, eventually leading to spinal misalignment. Back pain as a result of text-neck is a compensation reaction, with the real issue being the neck.
Teenagers and younger children face the highest risk for suffering from symptoms of text-neck.
If you spend most of your day behind a desk, you could find yourself sitting for hours on end without much movement. Prolonged sitting compresses the spine and increases stress on the back, legs, arms and even neck. To combat back pain caused by long periods of sitting, set an alarm to remind yourself to get up and move every hour. Choosing an ergonomic chair, keyboard, and mouse pad for your work space can also benefit your health.
Regardless of where your back pain has started, chiropractic care can usually help. To learn more about how adjustments could help you, contact our practice to set up an appointment.


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When ex-mental patient and former pet-sitter Havard arrives at the doorstep of his apartment, Emil hides under the bed to avoid him but finds himself stuck there as Havard breaks in and throws a raucous party inside.
Traces the origins of puppetry's famous duo Punch and Judy from their birth in Italy to their travels across medieval Europe, exploring the show's moral and cultural significance and the people who created it.
Garden Zone Garden Fence 48 in. x 50 ft. Plastic 2 in. x 3 in. 16 Ga Green Bulk 48 in. 50 ft.
This Hotel has 3 Ecodiscs in a weird layout.


Attwater, John Post. F.R.C.O. Pupil of Dr Charles W. Pearce and Dr Charles Joseph Frost. Organist in Faversham, 1873; of Clapham Congregational Church, London. Brewers clerk; taught music at Battersea Polytechnic; singer and violinist. b. Faversham, England, Jun. 26th, 1862; d. Clapham Common, London, Apr. 10th, 1909.


To determine the relationship between specified leader behavior of pastors and the job satisfaction of ministerial staff members in Southern Baptist churches with resident membership greater than 1500.
Pastors of large Southern Baptist churches participated (N=52; 73% response rate). In addition to completing the LPI, at least three other staff members (N=287) completed the LPI-Observer and the Job in General Scale.
Correlations between job satisfaction of ministerial staff members and the leadership practices ranged from .49 for Modeling to .65 for Enabling. Pastors rated themselves as most frequently engaged in Enabling and least frequently engaged in Encouraging, which were the same end points in the ranking from church staff members.


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Rebel Girl Floral
Posted by Keith Loria | Sep 7, 2020 | Florist Spotlight
Eschewing everything traditional is the key to success for this Minnesota flower retailer.
Rebel Girl Floral is not your traditional flower shop. At least that's the belief of owners James and Sothea Keller, who wanted to create something different when they started the Long Lake, Minn.-based business in 2019, noticing that most sympathy flower arrangements were put together in bland designs. Their philosophy was simple: "If you're celebrating somebody's life, wouldn't you want something beautiful to remember them by?"
"I really wanted to do my own designs and be in control of the entire creative side," says Sothea, who serves as head floral designer for the Long Lake, Minn.-based shop. "I started with funerals because I noticed most funeral flowers were extremely bad. When you're celebrating someone passing on, it should be big, grand and beautiful— something the family could take home to remember their loved one and celebrate his or her life."
Rebel Girl Floral started partnering with an area funeral home—David Lee Funeral Home & Cremation Services—making arrangements for their celebration-of-life ceremonies. "We know why everyone is there, to remember someone they love, but I wanted them to find beauty in such a sad place," Sothea says. "Unlike other funeral arrangements I saw, which were mostly carnations and mums, it wasn't what I considered a standard of celebrating a person's life."
Initial clients were so charmed by Sothea's sympathy designs that requests for wedding flowers started to come in as people saw the flair she had for arranging flowers. As more requests came in, Rebel Girl Floral began to expand its business into creating made-to-order everyday flower arrangements.
"I don't accept many weddings because I want to focus on the celebration-of-life aspect and the daily orders," Sothea says. "There are so many wedding florists, and I wanted to focus on areas that no one was really paying attention to. It's not only wedding ceremonies that can enjoy these different and beautiful flowers."
James, who operates the business side of Rebel Girl Floral, explains the idea was to flip the normal floral shop around a bit. "We're a floral studio, and we do everything custom-made to order, but we still provide daily order services, same-day flower arrangements and the like," he says. "Our website is built around daily orders. We don't have that big sign on Main Street like a traditional shop so that everyone knows we are here. We're primarily in the internet space."
Today, Rebel Girl Floral serves the Twin Cities West Metro area with one-of-a-kind flower arrangements of lush, seasonal and extraordinary botanicals.
Learning the Trade
James' mother is a florist, so it was she who first got Sothea interested in floral designing. "I started working with her more than 10 years ago, helping out at weddings," Sothea says. "But then we moved to New Zealand for about five years, and when we came back, I renewed my interest in the field. At that point, I was working with James' sister, who was also a florist."
But the couple decided it was time to do things on their own, and they started Rebel Girl Floral last year. "We still have walk-ins, and when they come in, we take their orders and, of course, we've been doing more curbside pickups the last few months, but we don't have all the additional overhead and staff that many traditional flower shops have," James says.
That's important to Sothea because it's her artistic creativity that gives the business such a great reputation. "We generally tell people, 'You can look at the pictures online, but you'll never get the same arrangement twice' because I'll never make the same arrangement twice," she says. "You will get the feel and the character, but I don't have a specific recipe; I have a color scheme, and I will use whatever flowers are in season."
Sothea's designs will reflect the season, and she will use only the freshest flowers available in the desired colors to create a perfect picture.
Dealing with COVID-19
Rebel Girl Floral was well prepared for the changes that came about due to the coronavirus pandemic because its website was already designed for online local ordering. "Our business has actually increased because everyone went online to find something—especially around Mother's Day—and a lot of local florists just don't have that online presence, or they have a more traditional look or just a lot of wedding photos," James says. "We saw a big push in business, for sure. About 80 percent of our orders for Mother's Day came in via the website. If we had received phone calls. like many traditional florists do, we would have had to hire more staff and spend too much time writing down orders. A lot of this can be hands off."
An interesting thing the Kellers noticed is that the age range of people buying flowers has gone down during the pandemic because younger people started ordering for the older generations who they weren't able to visit. "Members of younger generations like to see things online, so if they can't see photos and have an experience, they tend not to order," James says. "Our photos speak for themselves."
Sothea's goal for the future of Rebel Girl Floral is not much different than what she wanted when she founded the company: She wants to bring distinctive flowers to everyday arrangements. "I don't want what I would call 'grocery store' flowers," she says. "I would love to see more daily orders for exotic flowers, and yes, that might be more expensive, but I feel people need to see those and understand the different types of flowers that are available. There are so many, and people shouldn't stick to just the three or four they know. They will get something unique and different from us."
Sothea also hopes to push the boundaries of what is possible in floral design, such as new ideas like IllumaFloral (rgfloral.com/illumafloral).
On the business side, James is planning to grow the online presence even more and bring more awareness to the great work that florists do. "Competing with grocery store floral departments is a challenge because a lot of them in our area are putting out nice product, and no florist can really compete with that space because of their volume," he says. "But we're showing how important the creativity side is and what we can do for people and their arrangements. We are a premium and are more expensive, but we are unique and offer flowers and floral designs that consumers are not going to get elsewhere. That's our difference."
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"There's no need to choose between enriching the environment and enriching people. Enrich BOTH."
"Earthcare is too important to be used as just another excuse for control freaks to impose authoritarianism."
Now, If we treated global warming as a technical problem instead of a moral outrage, we could cool the world.
The earth has spent most of its time in ICE AGES. Are YOU smart enough to see WHERE WE ARE NOW on this LONG term chart?
Test your "EQ IQ" HERE.
An Environmental Economics professor is accused of stealing manure. Insert your own joke here.
See how runaway environmentalism played a part in the Hurricane Katrina disaster HERE, in both the Columbia tragedy and the 2005 Space Shuttle Discovery problem HERE, in the World Trade Center disaster HERE, in the northeast blackout HERE, in the California blackouts HERE, and in the California wildfires (and resulting mudslides) HERE.
10 THINGS YOU OUGHT TO CONSIDER ABOUT "GLOBAL WARMING"
See: "This technique has enabled scientists to accurately measure temperatures in the Atlantic and northern Europe going back thousands of years and the results make nonsense of the global warming scare. ... The sea temperature calculations prove that between 600AD and 1100AD temperatures were about 2°F higher than they are now. During this period, northern Europe experienced a golden age for agriculture. Greenland, now a frozen wasteland, was then a habitable Viking colony and there were vineyards in the south of England." HERE. How did Greenland get its name anyway? Do you think it was just one more ironic joke by those humorous, sophisticated Vikings? Hmm?
To move 1 person 1 mile it costs $0.06 for freeways, $2.75 for light-rail.
A U.S. A.I.D. Administrator accuses environmentalists of callousness toward starving humans HERE.
See how "the fires have exposed is just how extreme even today's 'mainstream' environmental activists have become" HERE.
Find out which Federal and State biologists resort to massive deception HERE.
More greens caught red-handed HERE.
See: "Clearly, much of the population around the world simply doesn't care for urban life. That's a point that infuriates urban planners who think that everybody should share their vision ..." HERE.
"You're only holding that position because somebody's paying you to do so (and I can't imagine anyone holding such a position for any other reason)!"
Guess what? Antarctica's getting colder, not warmer. In THIS report, scientists say ice sheets are growing.
A team of scientists calls global warming projections everything from "completely unrealistic" to "fairy tales" HERE.
See "Unfortunately for the doomsayers, their central predictions are simply not coming true."HERE.
An eminent astrophysicist talks about The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming HERE.
Model Behavior? Catch up on how the EPA Promotes False Climate Scares HERE.
See "Climate Treaty Valiantly Holding on In Its Struggle to Remain Dead" HERE.
John Daly's "Lukewarm View of Global Warming"
Tech Central Station has numerous articles on the "Kyoto protocal"
See why Enron and Bush did NOT see eye-to-eye on energy policy, despite all the "protection money" Enron paid HERE.
State Regulators & "New Environmentalism"
"The Hoodwinking of a Nation"
The Courts slap the EPA on the wrist for unscientific science, and Congress, for unconstitutionally delegating powers.
"The Kyoto Protocol will result in no demonstrable climate change but easily demonstrable economic damage."
Myths manufactured to show that native peoples are "green" are busted HERE and HERE.
U. of London Professor Philip Stott's "Anti-Ecohype Website 2000"
Publications of Environmental Perspectives, Inc.
Don't Recycle -- Throw It Away!
People for the U. S. A.
Is Global Warming Cooling Off?
Videotapes Available at the Idea Channel's "Library of Ideas"
"News stories about the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh broke almost simultaneously in 1995. McVeigh was hardly a philosopher (in fact he barely seemed literate) but the media did its best to expose the evil philosophy that drove him to murder. In contrast, the Unabomber presented himself as a philosopher and offered the world a massive eco-manifesto.
Why didn't the media use this as a chance to expose the evil philosophy of radical environmentalism?"
No, unfortunately, Ted Kaczynski is only one of many murderous environmentalists.
He's just not one of the more common type who try to hide their murderous agendas.
"Clinton realized that America could not economically afford the Protocol Gore negotiated. The Clinton-Gore Energy Department found Kyoto would lead to $400 billion a year in lost output. ... Gore tries to throw Enron on the back of the current administration. But it was Enron Board Chairman Kenneth Lay who sold Clinton-Gore on Kyoto's cap and trade system. Gore, Clinton, and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin met with Lay on Aug. 7, 1997 to go over goals and procedures for the Kyoto session. ... The corporate smoking memo here was not that from an ExxonMobil adviser to oppose Dr. Watson, but the Enron internal memo saying Kyoto 'would do more to promote Enron's business than almost any other regulatory initiative'." -- Ken Adelman HERE.
Enron, of course, is exactly the kind of corporation which could not exist in pure capitalism. As a creature, in effect, of politicians, it was deliberately converted from a small pipeline company into an international conglomerate by conniving scoundrels who designed it from the beginning to use the power of their politician-friends to give it government contracts, subsidies, monopoly powers, and favorable regulations to force prospective customers to do business with them, essentially at gunpoint. Obviously, this is fascism, not capitalism.
See "Rewarding Private Conservation" HERE.
Do you know PrivateConservation.org ? The Center for Free Market Environmentalism ?
on How Non-Green Cities Are Rebuilding the American Forests HERE, and on Private Conservation HERE.
How political stability and, especially, Property Rights are important to saving the elephants HERE.
One program serves as a concentrated example of all that's wrong with federal environmental policy HERE.
And THIS state program serves as a concentrated example of political environmental policy.
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Wicked Wonderful Words: Review: "Smokeheads"
Is there such a thing as dude lit? If there is - and I think there is - then "Smokeheads" by Dough Johnstone must surely be part of that genre. It is such a dude-ish book, written by a guy for guys focusing on things that guys should like. So I am probably the wrong audience for this one and I have to say I didn't love it. It was alright but nothing special, nothing that made me want more.
The storyline is quite good though: A group of friends who all share a love of Scottish whiskey from far-away, misty islands go on a weekend road trip to celebrate whiskey. Kind of like "The Hangover" in the sense that everything that could go wrong, goes wrong. From the moment they step foot on the island, they make enemies and when you throw into the mix a whiskey-loving hottie, vengeful local police and liberal quantities of whiskey, it all becomes dangerous. Especially because these guys are such different characters that they are bound to get into fights.
It is doomed to go wrong and it does. One bad thing after another leads to death, destruction and a chase across a remote Scottish island. Not really my kind of fun to be honest.
Maybe I am just more of a French cinema girl than an action-packed road trip girl but this book didn't do it for me. Or maybe it is because the characters are wooden with no depth whatsoever. Or because the plot is seriously difficult to believe. Or because the storyline goes from "has potential" to "please just get this over with". Not sure but it wasn't for me.
Best thing about this book: It got me interested in whiskey!


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Achilleas Gerokostopoulos (Greek: Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος, 1850–1900) was a Greek politician, a member of the Greek parliament and a Minister of Education (1890–1892). He was born in the village Patero, one of the Katsanochoria villages, near Ioannina, and grew up in Patras. He studied law and political sciences in Athens, Paris and Rome.

A partner of Theodoros Deligiannis, he was elected member of the Greek Parliament for Achaea in 1885, 1887 and 1890. During his ministry of education all the regional gymnasiums and athletic gyms in Greece were funded, constructed or reorganized.

He died on the 15 February 1900. He donated a large part of his fortune to the municipality of Patras. He was honoured with a street name (Gerokostopoulou Street) that runs from Karaiskaki Street west to Othonos-Amalias Avenue via the Georgiou I Square with a 150 m gap. The gap has been sealed to traffic since 2004.

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1900 deaths
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Government ministers of Greece
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Greek MPs 1885–1887
Greek MPs 1887–1890
Greek MPs 1890–1892
Greek MPs 1895–1899
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My sabbatical consisted of from Thanksgiving 2017 until a couple of weeks ago of vagabonding.
The classic American Road Trip but with an outdoor focus.
Camping, hiking, backpacking, and visiting friends and family.
And now I am about to start a backpacking trip. Followed by a return to employment.
Now that the sabbatical is winding down, I can't help but not reflect over the past year.
The road trip portion of my sabbatical is winding down. Tomorrow I join @andrewskurka for a week of guiding. But I have one last night of #camping on the #utah and #colorado border. A #hiking trail leads to the Colorado River across from Knowles Canyon. I even went by a pictograph panel. And the BLM site is free. After the 85% humidity of the South, the dry heat and comfortable nights of the Colorado Plateau is very welcome After next week? More to come.
My guidelines for car camping still seem to hold: I quite enjoy car camping from October-ish until mid-May or so. (Shift from November until April for desert climates) After that, I want to go backpacking. Car camping is good for inexpensive lodging in-between backpacks and exploring areas that aren't backpacking destinations. However, once late Spring rolls around, the car camping areas, even dispersed ones, get way too crowded. I don't mind people at all. Honest. 😉 I prefer to see such places as Chaco when there are fewer people.
The redwoods, the ocean, and an opportunity to see the Bay Area is something I enjoyed quite a bit. And I am glad to see them. But more to visit than an extended stay, I think. Of course, all the people I met in SoCal made the trip extremely memorable!
So long San Fancisco. It was a great couple of days getting to know you. Thanks to @technologyhiker and family for hosting me!
There is a lot off of beauty back East, and it is where I am from, but I do prefer the Mountain West at this point.
I realized that 80% humidity with 80+ degree heat is miserable (Sorry Dad! 🙂 ), I need easy dispersed camping and wild places with broad, open vistas.
But I honestly did enjoy the pockets of wildness I did experience. Be it the rocky New England coast in my home state, or seeing the southeast Appalachians with wildflowers blooming, beckoning ridges, and (once off the AT!), surprisingly little-used trails.
One of my favorite places in #rhodeisland is the #sachuestpoint #nationalwildliferefuge Even on a holiday weekend, there is ample parking, the #hiking trails give access to the uncrowded shore along the rocky #newengland coast, and there are always native birds in abundance. The nearby town beach has a line into the street, is $25, and looks to be blanket to blanket. I have the point nearly to myself and the price? Free!
I found Texas to be a delightful state!
Not much public land, but I enjoyed the land I found. Free-range bison, canyons on the plains, and of course Big Bend State National Park. Amazing!
For various reasons, I spent less time than there anticipated. But what I saw makes me want to go back. Nevada reminded me of New Mexico in the sense that it is off-the-radar for many outdoor enthusiasts. I need to go back!
The stark and isolated terrain and the history bring equal enjoyment. Walking through the canyons, enjoying the red rocks, and then stumbling upon an ancient dwelling that may or may not be on the map… There is a reason why I seem to return to parts of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico over and over again.
The history, the culture, the food, and the outdoors all come together in a place where I'll make my home eventually.
Colorado is my adopted home. But it is time to leave.
Every time I come back, I noticed the increased congestion, crowds, and how busy it all seems. Something I wrote about before. Perhaps too much? 😉 Being in isolated areas and then coming back to the Front Range certainly does not help. But there are ~5 million people in 2018 along the Front Range Urban Corridor now versus "only" 4.3 million of 2010. Never mind before 2010. I am part of that issue, of course. But having grown up in the crowded Northeast, I don't wish to be in an area that is expected to have 3 million more people in the coming decades.
More people means more regulation, harder to access places due to traffic and parking issues, etc. The culture is changing as well, too. From outdoor focused to a more urban lifestyle focused environment.
It is what it is. But not a place that feels like home anymore.
I've been nomadic for almost a year now. And feels like I am passing through and observing what is around me rather than being part of the place itself. Think after my hike, I am ready to call a place home for a bit.
I've loved traveling. But for a person who values community, the logical end of my journey is coming.
Serendipity is a real thing!
I almost did not take this photo. And it ended up being a trip favorite!
I'm enjoying the ride that is life. An excited to see more of the unexpected. New places to see, friendships made stronger, reacquainting myself with friends from my past, seeing my family happy and on to new challenges, and sparking a new relationship.
Please refrain from using the N(evada) word again on this blog :). By far the most underrated public lands in the lower 48…by very far.
Looking forward to following your Canadian adventure. Best of luck with that.


This Fri/Sat/Sun April 28/29/30 grassroots organizers from all across the planet stage the 2017 Space Apps Challenge hackathon at their local sites, a worldwide NASA Incubator Innovation program. Space Apps NYC, held at the spanking new SAP Next-Gen facility in Hudson Yards, will again be the 'main stage' for the entire global event. Before the weekend hackathon, a one-day conference will be held on Friday with speakers including astronauts Anousheh Ansari and Richard Garriott, plus Internet Society co-founder Vint Cerf. There will be multiple workshops. The entire event will be webcast live on the Internet Society Livestream Channel.
At 2pm today, Wednesday 10 April 2013, the ISOC-NY TV show will present an edited version of a recent New York Technology Council meeting – Unleashing the Power of Data feat. CartoDB, Foursquare & Public Lab, itself a preliminary to the International Space Apps Challenge, a two-day hackathon led by NASA that is taking place on April 20-21, 2013 in New York City (for which ISOC-NY is sponsoring the live webcast) plus 74 other locations around the world. The meeting discussed various ways that citizen scientists can gather, manipulate, and access data. The tv show, which airs from 2-3pm, may be viewed via Manhattan Cable or online via the MNN website.


If you've been thinking about outsourcing to a Clifton, AZ payroll provider but have procrastinated and processed your company's payroll without professional assistance, now is the perfect time to switch. In Clifton, Paychex is giving a special offer to businesses they haven't worked with that will give you 1 month of payroll service for free.
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Since the company's founding in 1971, Paychex has focused on providing solutions for small to medium size businesses across the country, and here in Arizona. Paychex has managed to grow in a way many companies can't — they've established the technology and infrastructure of a big company but kept the quality service of a small provider. .
If you use some of Paychex's other services, like retirement plan and benefits management, those are also accessible online and through mobile devices for both managers and employees. For many Clifton business owners, Paychex online payroll makes business simpler.


American Horror Story has been bringing all kinds of creepy craziness to the small screen since the first season kicked off back in 2011. The anthology series is set to return in September for Season 7, which will be called American Horror Story: Cult. Longtime fans can look forward to familiar faces like Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. The first trailer for the new season revealed Peters as another creepy character, as he'll play a blue-haired man named Kai who seems more than a little bit off his rocker. As it turns out, Peters will play other characters in Cult as well. We'll see Evan Peters as no fewer than six cult leaders.
At a screening of the first three episodes of the new season, showrunner Ryan Murphy spilled some details of what's to come. He revealed that Evan Peters will play six cult leaders from real life throughout the new batch of episodes. Among those six will be Charles Manson, David Koresh, and Jim Jones. Ryan Murphy is clearly swinging for the fences when it comes to infamous cult leaders.
Interestingly, Ryan Murphy has been trying to work Charles Manson into American Horror Story for a while now. Collider reports that Murphy was looking into incorporating Manson into Season 7 now that we're only a couple of years away from the 50th anniversary of the Manson family's 1969 murder of Sharon Tate and four others. Murphy was struggling to find a way to put a fresh twist on the Manson story; the heat of the 2016 presidential election and the powerful public personas that emerged out of the campaigns inspired Murphy to incorporate Manson as an example of an individual who rises from a group and inspires others by sheer force of personality.
It sounds like Season 7 is going to show why certain manias that seem preposterous in hindsight can feel all too real and all too terrifying when events are still unfolding. Of course, one of the big terrifying events of Cult seems to be an invasion of evil clowns, and a clown invasion being terrifying is something that will never seem preposterous. We'll have to wait and see how Evan Peters will fit into the story, as original character Kai as well as the six historical cult leaders.
Luckily, we don't have to wait too much longer to get some answers. American Horror Story: Cult will debut on Tuesday, September 5 at 10 p.m. ET on FX. For your other viewing options now and in the coming weeks, take a look at our fall TV premiere schedule.


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Somerset arts week - Art for Everyone
PUBLISHED: 13:23 26 August 2010 | UPDATED: 17:46 20 February 2013
Over 300 local artists and makers will be showcasing their work in about 200 venues during this year's Somerset Art Weeks. Taking place between 18 September and 3 October, the event will focus on individual artists and creative processes.
*Shepton Mallet based artist Jo Lucksted produces figurative ceramic sculptures reflecting themes of religious and mythological influences. She has also recently ventured into working with textiles, producing wall hangings and cushions that tap into current interior design trends.
Can you describe your technique?
I hand build using mainly white earthenware, and use my own moulds for some of the figures. These are used just to get the basic form, which I clean up and smooth over as much as possible (using old credit cards!) before each one is finished so that its own personality comes through. Faces and decorations are incised with a knife and other mark making tools. I like the figures to look worn and handled so I wet sand them to create a smooth, tactile surface.
Ive recently started using a black stoneware clay, which I cover with enough white slip to still allow some of the black to come through. Im becoming more interested in experimenting with surface decoration and enjoy using underglazes, stains and slips in combination with paper resist techniques to produce stylised graphics and decoration.
When did you first realise you were an artist?
From an early age I can remember enjoying making and creating, whether it was knitting, drawing or making jewellery. After leaving school I worked for a sculptor and as a silversmiths assistant, and later as a tutor for childrens art workshops. Throughout this time I worked in a variety of media for my own pleasure, although clay has always been where my primary interest lay. Being creative has never been something that I have had to think about or consciously acknowledge, its just what makes me happy and stops me from going a bit wobbly! But I suppose its only recently, since taking on a studio space and not returning to work after having my baby, making the commitment to concentrate solely on my art that I feel I can call myself a proper artist.
Did you have a formal education or are you self taught?
I studied 3.D Art for A level at the Blue School, Wells, which was great as it allowed me to experiment with a variety of media such as wire, chalk, alabaster and plaster as well as ceramics both throwing and hand-building. After this I came out of formal education but continued to study in evening classes in silversmithing and pottery. I eventually went on to do Foundation at Strode College, Street as a mature student, staying on there to study Advanced Ceramics.
Obviously, there is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from studying within a formal environment, but hands on experience and experimentation over the past 25 years have been equally valuable.
Living in Somerset has definitely been an inspiration-my main body of work (that is to say the figures of angels, kings and queens) was directly inspired by the sculptures in Wells Cathedral. Even as an obnoxious teenager going to school in Wells I appreciated the history in my environment and often visited the Cathedral where I could touch the carvings and stonemasonry. I also grew up in Doulting where I used the church and
graveyard, and St. Aldhelms well as part of my playground so I suppose its no surprise that my work contains religious overtones. Also, growing up near Glastonbury has meant that an awareness of celtic mythology has contributed to the spiritual diversity which comes through in my work.
What is your studio like?
I took over an empty shop on Sheptons Town Street which consists of a shop front with a window where I can display finished work. I have shelves of objects that inspire, and put up postcards and images on the wall that trigger ideas. There is also a back room where I have my old kitchen table, this is where I do my messy work, my clay space. Its good to have two clearly defined areas on a creative and practical level-it helps to keep me organised! Its also interesting being on the street-it means that I have visitors on a daily basis, people popping in to see what Im up to-as well as being part of the community of traders on the high street.
Who buys your work?
People that like it! I show in a few galleries in Somerset and also sell from the shop in Shepton, as well as doing markets (Frome Artisan Market) and local craft fairs. From selling direct to the public Ive seen that people like to find something in the expressions on the faces of my angels and other figures which makes them want to take them home! I have a few clients that commission some of the larger figures-they work well in groups and Im happy to respond to individuals requests. Ive even made a mille fleur bantam as a commission for a wedding anniversary present!
SAW Venue 114, Studio 33, Town Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5BE
Jo will be sharing the studio with two other ceramic artists, Sue Liby and Sheena Spacey
Over 300 local artists and makers will be showcasing their work in about 200 venues during this years Somerset Art Weeks.
Taking place between 18 September and 3 October, the event will focus on individual artists in their working environment looking at their inspiration and creative processes.
A diverse range of work will be on display from pottery, glass, basketry and watercolour to textiles, wood and metal work as well as print, photography and several site-specific installations. Artists of regional and national repute will be opening their studios alongside an increasing number of emerging talent.
For the first time, a new Art Weeks exhibition programme is being introduced, which will include Artists at Work at the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton. AIR Gallery in Wells and the Meeting House, Ilminster will also host exhibitions to showcase a selection of high quality and affordable work offered by Somerset artists. The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil will be transformed into a temporary studio to showcase young peoples work.
To draw the Open Studios event back to its roots, artists are encouraged to interact with visitors and talk about their work in a creative setting. There also will be workshops, talks and taster session for all ages. The Art Weeks are a great opportunity to purchase and commission artworks or to simply enjoy Somersets art and culture; most studios are also family friendly.
Visitors to the studios can enter a free prize draw to win a two-night dinner, bed and breakfast stay at the Swan Hotel, Wells, www.swanhotelwells.co.uk
A colour guide to the Somerset Art Weeks 2010 is available with maps and details of the Open Studios and exhibitions. To request a copy email info@somersetartwork.org.uk or call 01458 253 800; details plus an interactive map is also online at www.somersetartworks.org.uk
Spotlight on Somerset artists
Somerset Life caught up with just a few of those artists who will be showing their work and finding out what inspires them.
*Photographer Ingrid Hesling lives near Wiveliscombe. She often works with young people, using photography to explore such issues as identity, aspiration and sense of place. She has worked with young women in India and Africa, with a theme of creating a positive female image.
How would you describe your work?
My pictures are very diverse and difficult to categorise, but the common thread that runs through them is my view of the world. They are a reflection of my personal observations exploring my own experiences and concerns, childhood fears, hopes and dreams, the mother daughter relationship, identity and the aging process and most recently, documenting redundant workplaces.
I have lived in Somerset all my life and I love the West Country with its varied landscapes, yet I tend not to make classic landscape pictures. My images often have a narrative quality to them, as if something is poised to happen or has just happened. I like to explore the human condition, how we relate to one another, how we impact on our environment and the traces we leave behind and the quirkiness of it all. I know my work can be uncomfortable but it can also humorous. I photograph to make sense of my experiences, which explains my interest in art therapy.
I didnt study photography at college and came to it through a local evening class. I just wanted to learn how to use the camera. I was lucky to have an inspirational and creative teacher who showed me what photography was really about the image not the equipment! I then worked for several years with Peter Goldfield, who set up Photographers at Duckspool in the Quantock Hills; a centre for creative photography offering residential workshops with visiting tutors such as Fay Godwin, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Martin Parr and many other highly regarded international names. I was very fortunate to be there at that time and learned a great deal from that experience. I later studied art therapy followed by an MA in Visual Communication at UCE, which I was awarded in 2001.
It could be a scrap of discarded paper on a floor, a conversation, a work of art, friends, a place, I can never predict what may inspire me.
When travelling in rural areas of the world I find my Somerset country background allows me an innate understanding of the shared condition. This makes for an easy rapport with the people, whether it be in Africa, India, Asia or the Americas. Whoever and wherever the viewer, I want my photographs to communicate, through landscape,
documentary or portrait. I love the way photography is a form of conversation you dont have to speak the same language or read and write to connect.
If I could have a built in camera in my head and just blink whenever I wanted to capture an image I would be happy. I photograph in the world around me rather than in a studio setting. I have made pictures with expensive top of the range equipment, point and shoot cameras and homemade pinholes. The best camera in the world wont make you an artist. The French photographer, Cartier Bresson said a good photo happens when the heart, hand and eye fall on the same axis! Its an intuitive response.
When I used film I did all my own processing and printing but with digital cameras I no longer need a dark room, so my studio tends to be where my laptop is. I took a laptop and a portable printer to the foothills of the Himalayas! I still prefer to do my own printing and for exhibitions and I tend to print on archival water colour paper. I love the way the colours look, rather than glossy photographic prints.
Whats your best time of day for working?
It all depends on where I am, whats going on and the weather!
What can we see during Somerset Art Weeks?
I will have a residency at Kings College, Taunton where I will be working with GCSE and A level students. The title of my work (which is being made especially for the residency) is Open Spaces, Intimate Places, exploring the extensive college grounds and the contrasts between the old and modern buildings.
SAW Venue: The Kings College Art School Gallery.
*Jon England lives at Durston and as well as being an artist is a part-time technician at Richard Huish sixth-form college.
My work is inspired by Somerset's WWII heritage. Both the local inhabitants who experienced these events and thephysical evidence that still proliferates the countryside such as abandoned airfields and pillboxes have an amazingresonance for me.
Did you have a formal education or are you self-taught?
I graduated with a BA (Hons) Fine Art from Central St Martins, Londonin 2004.
The work takes many forms including site-specific installation, painting, photography, mixed-media and occasionally film and video. It is characterised by an inventive use of humble and unexpected materials relevant to subject matter. For instance, my discovery that James Leslie Robert Long, the last of 'The Fifty' to be executed after the 'Great Escape' was a former resident of Taunton and student of the Huish Grammar School, led me to embark on the project of rendering his and all of 'The Fifty' portraitsusing a technique I have developed of painting with 'Klim' milk, the variety the POW's would have received in their Red-Cross Parcels. This work led to me being named the first 'Reveal Emerging Artist' in 2008, culminating in a major solo show at the Brewhouse last autumn.
My studio, a WWII era timber framed 'Laing hut, has providedat oncethe departure point for my exploration of this subject matter, the place of its creation and at times the materials of its construction.
I am working in collaboration with octogenarian Edward Milligan, a former prisoner ofNazi Germany whose Lancaster Bomber was shot down in 1944 whilst attacking V1 launch sites on the French coast. Ted is a consummate draughtsman who will be exhibiting his incredible paintings and drawings produced during his captivity as well as new work drawn from his memory of the period.
I hope that my work willattract the attention of museums and institutions, those with family links to the subject matter I portray,as well as individuals seeking a unique and original artwork.
SAW Venue 11, Hut 27, Marklands, Lower Durston, Nr Taunton, TA3 5AH open Thurs Sun, 11-6
*Designer-maker Fabrizia Bazzo has been working with glass for over 12 years. She lives in Whitelackington just outside Ilminster.
I believe that glass has mystical qualities irrespective of its location; it changes in intensity with the light during the day and working with glass means having to learn to work with light itself. Transparency, fragility, reflectivity, are only some of the properties of glass that I like to use; aesthetically or metaphorically. The medium then becomes a screen where, thanks to light, feelings and emotions can be projected and received, revealed or concealed.
Glass can be a very challenging and unpredictable medium, but it is also very special, since working with glass means having to work with light itself.
I use a range of techniques to interpret my designs including acid etching, sandblasting, painting, staining and leading. The approach is sometimes representational, or may be pictorial or abstract. The final result, however, is always a fluid response utilising the vibrant qualities of the medium itself.
Although stained glass is, essentially, a 2-dimensional discipline, I have started to make panels which are more 3-dimensional by using several layers of glass, bonded by fusing or casting. Although working with glass is technically demanding, techniques and skills must be considered merely as tools they are just the means rather than an end in themselves.
This is difficult.
I have always loved painting and art in general and this has always been a major motivating factor in my life. I worked in the accounts department of a large industrial corporation in Italy for 22 years and it was my love and enthusiasm for art that gave me the motivation to find an escape from my office environment.
In those early days I learnt techniques, such as painting on china and oil on board, in the traditional way; by spending all my spare time sitting at the same table as my teachers, learning by watching and following what they were doing.
I am principally self taught and have never had any formal training or apprenticeship in glass work. However, my interest in the arts in general has driven me to attend a Degree Course in Fine Art from Plymouth University, completed in 2007. I was never allowed to attend Art College when I was younger and this was an opportunity to experience what I may have missed as well as making sure that I kept my mind open!
I was elected as an Associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 2005 and I have been a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen since 1998.
The natural beauty of the countryside around my studio, along with the simple pleasure that I get when working with a piece of glass, provide me the inspiration for my designs. Making is the mix of sensitivity with technique and inevitably it becomes a way to be.
Each of my works, whether designed for a specific architectural setting or for an exhibition, satisfies my curiosity and brings to fruition an idea.
Whilst a work for an exhibition is uncompromising, the challenge in designing and fabricating something for an architectural setting is that the work should be right for that specific space. It doesn't need to stand out or make a statement itself, but it should blend quietly with and become a part of its environment, letting the vibrancy of the colours within the glass interact with the light in the space in which it will reside.
Ultimately, the work should provoke enquiry and discovery by the viewer, as well as providing a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.
I feel privileged every time I enter my new studio. Although it is not big enough for the kind of work I do and the facilities I have at the moment are still very limited, it is still a very intimate and inspiring space with a big portion of the countryside at my doorstep. The feeling of being close to nature is all the inspiration that I need.
I love working in the morning when the light is so right and the air so pure.
SAW Venue 44, The Studio at Hall Cottage, Whitelackington, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9EF
*Fiona Hingston is an artist and teacher who lives in West Horrinton near Wells
I originally trained as an art teacher. I went back to university a few years ago to do an MA.
Drawing/ scratching on paper layered with earth and other pigments.
Inspiration comes from routine walks around my home noting the cyclical order of natures; of beauty and decay. This is not special to Somerset it is found anywhere. The use of natural materials in making and drawing is central to my practice, taking the outside into my studio and into the work.
I share a studio with the painter Janette Kerr. Its freezing in winter a delight in summer with the door open allowing sunshine and birdsong into the room.
SAW Venue 140 Cheese Yard Studio, West Horrington, Nr Wells, Somerset BA5 3ED
*Lucy Brown lives near Wedmore and makes lights and homeware in porcelain
*How would you describe your work?
I have two different avenues within my work. My lights are all about the clay.I dont use colour or glazes, they explore texture, light and form.My homeware is very different and I have a bit of fun with it.I use bold colours, and quirky shapes, playing with functional forms.
I dont know if I am, but I started doing ceramics when I was 10 and havent been able to put it down since. I have tried other mediums but have never found them as satisfying as working with clay.
I did a studio ceramics degree at Falmouth College of Arts and graduated in 2004.
I love living in Somerset and spend far too much time walking on the Mendips. Im sure this landscape inspires my work a lot.I am also inspired by gardening and plants in general, textiles and vintage crockery.
Most of my work is constructed from rolled slabs, which I wrap and use the seams as a feature. I also make some lights using fabrics dipped in porcelain slip.
My studio is at the end of the house, its lovely and light with a view of the garden.
I need to have a whole day free because it takes me a long time to get going and Im easily distracted.
SAW Venue 146, Bronhallow Barn, Clewer, Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4JF
Leo Davey lives in Minehead and is a freelance illustrator/artist
My parents are both artists. I was encouraged to draw and paint from as early as I can remember.
I work primarily in Indian ink and watercolour. My style and the subjects that I paint are forever changing. Subjects range from 1940/50s style railway posters, museum/shop interiors, landscapes, trees and childrens picture book illustration. I work mainly from
my own photos. The photo is a starting point, something to be observed, adjusted, stylised and manipulated to achieve an inspired composition.
I studied illustration at Falmouth where I specialised in childrens picture book illustration.
As well the rich diverse Somerset country side and coastline I draw inspiration from many artists. People that spring to mind are Frank Newbould (a British travel poster designer of the 40s and 50s), Norman Rockwell (an American illustrator, (Evening Post covers etc.) and Wayne Thiebaud (amongst other things a still life painter, whose subjects include richly painted pies, cakes and deli counters)
I wouldnt say that I had a technique. I use a variety of techniques, from carefully applied dip pen and ink lines to vigorously splattered and smudged gouache, from broad one colour washes to a painting by number kind of approach (without the numbers part). Every painting has different problems to solve and each solution can require a different technique.
My studio is a medium sized room on the first floor, in the front of my house, in a terraced sloping street in Minehead. I work at a table that I made at school. Its a glass topped table. Underneath the glass is a 120 compartment grid. In this grid are many knick-knacks, all the watches in ever had, toys from cereal boxes and Kinder eggs, keys, broken lighters, badges, beads and other junk/treasure. The rest of my studio is full of upright storage/display grids filled with more paraphernalia, book/DVD/video filled shelves. Everything is very ordered. I watch/listen to films whilst I paint. I love my studio.
I dont have a favourite time to work. My least favourite time is when the sun is shining directly through the window. Casting shadows over my work is one thing, but staying motivated when you could be out enjoying the sun is worse.
My work is in galleries in Godalming, Sutton Cold Field, Lynton, Porlock and Minehead. I also have cards and prints in various shops throughout the south west.
Where can we see your work during Somerset Art Weeks?
I am opening my home and studio to all those who might be interested.
I will be filling the walls of the ground floor in my house with all my latest works (railway posters, bakelite museum paintings, the winning Evolver prize piece, new landscapes and coralscapes) at 16 West Street.
SAW Venue 195, 16 West Street, Minehead, Somerset TA24 5EJ
Lucy Large lives near Stogumber in West Somerset and currently makes wire sculpture
Not until my mid-twenties. My father is a painter and my younger sister also studied painting at college. It seemed as though art was already being covered in our family. While living for a short time in southern Ireland a friend inspired me to try pottery and when I returned to England, I began some evening classes. This in turn led to lessons with a local potter learning to throw. The process really caught my attention and I decided I would like to study it further at college. I enrolled on a Foundation Diploma course and it quickly became apparent, as I was introduced to a whole world of disciplines, that I no longer wanted to work with clay exclusively. I found myself using a variety of materials, though always three dimensionally.
I did a year long Foundation Diploma course at SCAT in Taunton, which introduced me to a range of disciplines. I then went on to do a three year degree course at Camberwell College of Art in south London where I studied sculpture.
At the moment I am making wire sculptures. I have used wire quite a bit in the past and like the way you can be quite gestural with it some of the pieces feel like three-dimensional drawings.
At college my work was often concerned with a sense of theatre the idea of objects being staged and scenes created. I think some of that interest still exists in the current work and the way it is presented.
Im never sure where inspiration comes from. Its easier to trace an idea back with hindsight. My current work involves sculptures of birds, which would suggest I have responded directly to my environment, although the starting point was not from direct observation of wildlife.
I think living in Somerset has a big effect on my work, but that is as much to do with having space (literally and emotionally) to think and have ideas. From a practical point of view, having family close by here in Somerset means that I am able to make sculpture because my parents help with childcare.
I manipulate wire mesh into shapes. The mesh is sold as a material for fixing dents in the body-work of cars. I quite enjoy buying the materials for my work from a motoring specialist.
I dont actually have a studio. I work at the kitchen table of the house I rent with my husband and two daughters. The house is an old farmhouse surrounded by fields, quite cut off, so there are few distractions on the days when I get to work.
It has to be while the children are elsewhere, so I usually have one day a week where my parents look after them while I work. I can then sometimes grab the odd hour here and there when the youngest naps or in the evenings.
SAW Venue 209, 1 Castlake Farm, Stogumber, Somerset TA4 3TT
Public artist, sculpture and designer Michael Fairfax lives in Wiveliscombe. His work includes both garden and interior pieces, camera obscuras and sun burnings harnessing the power of the sun to create markings on wood.
My public art can be found in many places all over Britain including Exeter, Cambridge and Tintagel as well as in America. Every now and again I get the chance to make smaller pieces to sell. Somerset Art Weeks will be one of those opportunities.
My father was a poet and my mother was initially a dancer so the arts were always there and I guess my brother Jo and I had no chance but to end up in the arts. Jo has gone on to make a very successful career in public art.
The work that is going to be in the exhibition will be an organic reaction to the nature of wood basically a dialogue between me and the wood.
I carve the wood and some pieces are charred with a blow torch.
I have a studio at Waterrow and I get my materials from my 10 acre wood. I do all the dirty, heavy stuff there with a chain saw and then take the wood back to my studio to work on it.
The inspiration comes from being in the wood and I seek solace amongst the great oaks, the red soil and the pudding stone whilst the buzzards and ravens wheel above me.
For the last six years I have been lead artist in the Blackdown Hills neroche project.
My work is totally in response to the environment and governed by where I am. I really love the beaches around Kilve, East Quantoxhead and Blue Anchor. One of the wonderful things about Somerset is the diversity of landscape youve got the Levels, the Blackdowns and the Quantocks and the sea; its one of the reasons I love Somerset. As an artist you never turn off you could be watching a television programme or talking to your kids and have the best idea you ever had.
SAW Venue 24, Hurstone Workshop, Waterrow, Somerset TA4 2AT
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Apparition of the Eternal Church -- Messiaen film in Chicago
Though only 54 minutes long, Paul Festa's film Apparition of the Eternal Church is as inexhaustible as the music by Olivier Messiaen that it takes as its starting point.
I talk with Paul tonight -- Monday 06 October -- from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight Chicago time on my weekly program Critical Thinking on 98.7WFMT in Chicago and streamed at the same time at wfmt.com where it will be available starting tomorrow as a (music-trimmed, sigh) stream and podcast. In addition to the film, we discuss its excellent softcover companion book OH MY GOD: Messiaen in the Ear of the Unbeliever, just out in a new edition.
Paul (left) is in town this week for the ongoing University of Chicago Messiaen Festival and there will be two more opportunities to see his film here:
7 p.m. Wednesday October 8 at St. James Cathedral (Episcopal), 65 East Huron at Wabash, with live organ accompaniment by cathedral music director Bruce Barber, and a post-screening Q-and-A with Paul.
1 p.m. Sunday October 12 at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), 820 North Michigan Avenue -- no Paul, but you still get the film.
Here's my Chicago Sun-Times review of the film, from today's online suntimes.com :
A GREAT MOVIE ABOUT MUSIC
As part of the University of Chicago Messiaen festival, young San Francisco filmmaker Paul Festa on Saturday presented the Chicago première of his stunning experimental documentary Apparition of the Eternal Church. Previously a violinist and writer, Festa set out to explore how different people might respond to a rarely played or heard piece of music rich in personality and complex reference points. To say too much about the 54-minute film (re-edited in important ways this year from its 2006 original version) would mean being a spoiler par excellence, but it seems alright to note that the title is the English translation of an intense 1932 10-minute organ work by Messiaen. Perhaps the finest film ever made on how people experience music, and one of the best-crafted and moving documentaries in a very long time.
That said, this is for adult/mature audiences.
Paul and I also talk about and play music (Rameau) recorded by the great harpsichordist and early music reviver Albert Fuller (1926-2007) who was a pedagogical and personal mentor to Paul as to so many others and who plays a key role in Paul's film. Paul also maintains a website/weblog, Albert Fuller's Rendezvous Lounge: Albert Fuller in Words and Music here.


Riverside prosecutors claim that in 2001, Jason Hann killed his daughter, put her body in a trash bag and drove around the country with her body in an RV with the child's mother for nine months and then left the body in a storage facility. Last week, he plead not guilty to these charges after being extradited from Kentucky, where he was serving time for doing the same thing to his son 10 years ago. The children's mother, Krissy Lynn Werntz was also charged with these crimes and also plead not guilty. If they are convicted of these crimes, they face life life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The facts listed above are just part of the story. To read the whole story, click here. Although I have been a criminal defense attorney for years, it still shocks me how people can kill their own children. What I have found is that often times people who do these crimes have mental disorders or just snap one day and make a terrible decision. Nevertheless, all people need an attorney to ensure that they are not falsely accused, that their due process rights are protected and that they are not presumed guilty without a fair trial. Whether you live in Irvine, Laguna Beach or Villa Park, if you are charged with murder, call an experienced criminal defense attorney to assist you.


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Chevron CEO: Mike Wirth Biography
Jan 22, 2020 by Nick Dunehew	in Business
Chevron CEO: Mike Wirth
"Fundamental to a better quality of life, which is what everybody wants, they want a better future for their children, they want education, they want health care, better opportunity; economic development underpins that and economic development goes hand in hand with energy development and energy supply." – Mike Wirth
Mike Wirth officially replaced John Watson as Chevron's CEO on February 1st, 2018. Wirth was no newcomer, by that time he had already amassed 35 years working at the company. Behind the scenes, he helped lead Chevron through one of the oil industries' most tumultuous eras to date.
Now, new challenges lay ahead which require new leadership. The shale oil boom has catapulted the United States to become the largest oil-producing country on the planet. A far cry from just 15 years ago, when in 2005 it was cited that the U.S. had been experiencing a decline in oil production for 35 years straight.
As change rapidly transforms the industry, John Watson opted to retire and hand over the reins of the Chevron empire to Wirth. He is now most notably forced to grapple with the overwhelming availability of oil, a blossoming alternative energy sector, and concern for climate change.
The revamping of America's oil production is largely due to the practice of "Fracking." Check out the short video below for a detailed and simplified look at how Fracking works:
Not much is known about Wirth's childhood. What is known is that he is a Colorado native, having grown up in the city of Golden. He attended Golden High, where he enjoyed playing for the school's basketball team.
Golden is nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, just outside of Denver. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city hosts a population of about 20,500. Historical records show it's true birth at the dawn of a gold rush as the miner's stopped into town for supplies before making their trek into the mountains to seek their fortune.
At one point, the city was federally recognized as the Territory of Colorado's capital; however, upon receiving statehood in 1876, the city of Denver was recognized as the capital of the newly formed State of Colorado.
Mike's story began in a small town that lay bear the ghostly remnants of forgone opportunity – a fortune never quite realized. Interesting to note that Apple CEO Tim Cook, comes from a rural town in Alabama. Living in big cities on the coasts, we can forget the tremendous influence small-town America continues to mightily project unto the world.
After graduating from high school, Wirth attended the University of Colorado, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1982.
According to the University of Colorado, "Wirth frequently returns to campus to speak to classes and to serve as chairman of the CU Boulder Engineering Advisory Council. He received the college's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in 2010 and the University Medal in 2014."
Immediately after graduating from college, Wirth began his career at Chevron.
Chevron documents Wirth's climb to the heights of the company with the following statement from their website:
Michael K. (Mike) Wirth, 59, is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation. He was elected to these positions by Chevron's board of directors in September 2017 and assumed the roles on February 1, 2018.
Prior to his current role, Wirth served as vice chairman of the board in 2017 and executive vice president of Midstream & Development for Chevron Corporation from 2016 – 2018. In that role, he was responsible for supply and trading, shipping, pipeline and power operating units, as well as corporate strategy; business development; and policy, government and public affairs.
Wirth was executive vice president of Downstream & Chemicals from 2006 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as president of Global Supply and Trading from 2003 to 2006.
In 2001, Wirth was named president of Marketing for Chevron's Asia/Middle East/Africa business, based in Singapore. He also served on the board of directors for Caltex Australia Limited and GS Caltex Corporation in South Korea.
Wirth serves on the board of directors of Catalyst, the board of directors and executive committee of the American Petroleum Institute, and the executive committee of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is also a member of The Business Council, the National Petroleum Council, the Business Roundtable and the American Society of Corporate Executives.
Wirth joined Chevron in 1982 as a design engineer.
A Long Road
It was only after working 36 years for the company, that Mike Wirth was trusted to be installed as CEO. Thirty-Six years is a long time. Honestly, a difficult amount of time for anybody to grasp, particularly, for a student fresh out of college and beginning their career.
Keep in mind, especially if you're eyeing executive roles in a large corporation, that this is the unrelenting day-in/day-out dedication it takes. Putting in that kind of time is the minimum of qualifications. It's concerning to see the rate at which today's employees move from company to company. Sure, somebody will always be there to accept your services, but how could they trust someone with an expanded role when that person could move on to another company the next day?
On the flip side, this accelerates climbing for those few, in the workforce today, who do stick with one company. Although, there are a plethora of intangible character-related qualifications that exist when considering a person's ability to assume greater responsibility, those which far outweigh any amount of time dedicated throughout one's career.
Mike serves on the Board of Directors for both the San Francisco 49ers Foundation and the Tiger Woods Foundation. Both programs work to empower youth through the means of education while also filling their lives with the unique joy that only sports can provide.
San Francisco 49ers Foundation
On the About Us page of their website, it states that "The 49ers Foundation harnesses football to educate and empower Bay Area Youth through a collective of innovative and community-focused strategies. From award-winning STEAM education and nationally recognized youth football programs, to impactful community partnerships with leading non-profits, we are tirelessly dedicated to inspiring the confidence and collaboration our youth need to tackle what is possible."
Tiger Woods Foundation
The Tiger Woods Foundation proclaims on their What We Do page:
For more than 20 years, we have worked to create a world where opportunity is universal and potential is limitless. With an unwavering commitment to impact an entire generation, our mission is to empower students to pursue their passions through education.
We are pioneers in positive youth development, encouraging self-advocacy skills in young people. Our programs foster a growth mindset, instilling in students the strength and skills to persevere and define their own path.
Through our award-winning STEM curricula, college-access programs, digital platforms and educator professional development, TGR Foundation offers underrepresented students the resources and support needed to thrive in school and beyond.
Chevron CEO
Why Mike?
Former Chevron CEO, John Watson says "Mike is broader than that…he was selected because of his track record of accomplishment and his breadth of leadership."
"Mike is exactly what Chevron needs," said Kevin Holt, chief investment officer for U.S. value equities at Invesco, which owns Chevron shares. Refining executives "are much more returns-focused," he said. "They are less worried about finding the next barrel of oil."
An excerpt from the Wall Street Journal reads:
Finding new oil at any cost is no longer a primary objective. The move to executives with experience in finding efficiencies and reining in costs reflects a profound shift in thinking from optimism to a kind of pessimistic realism, said William Arnold, a former energy banker and Shell executive who teaches at Rice University.
The optimists, a swaggering, big-dreaming group of risk takers who wouldn't blanch at drilling six straight dry holes as long as the seventh found oil or gas, are being replaced by disciplined, pragmatic engineers, he said.
"The new leaders with this capacity are there to protect the balance sheet," he said.
To Answer the Question
Mike represents a changing of the guard if you will. He faces many of the challenges that a person born into wealth would have to encounter; although, he was not personally born into wealth. Yet, the company he leads boasts a market cap of about $215 Billion – yes, that's a "B."
He must safeguard the fortune handed down to him by his predecessors. Defense. Assuming there are no seismic shifts left for the oil industry, it's gonna be all about defense throughout his tenure.
The Write-Down
This leads us to the most epic moment of Wirth's short time as CEO. In December of 2019, Chevron announced a bombshell $11 Billion write-down. Meaning, they're devaluing their own assets. which in untechnical terms indicates they're scaling back their operations.
Due to an abundance of oil, as a result of the industry's fracking boom, the company will no longer be focused on finding new oil drilling opportunities; or, at least, they won't be investing as much money into it. Instead, they'll be pouring more resources into the easier to reach fracking opportunities, meanwhile, retreating from their more expensive ventures elsewhere.
In essence, making a statement to the world that we no longer live in a dire "do whatever it takes to find oil" environment. Inadvertently begging the once unfathomable question, does this mean there is now some kind of surplus?
In the following interview with CNBC, Mike Wirth dives into further detail about this decision:
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Texas Hold'em Poker is one of the most popular card games in the world. The online poker boom took place in 2003, when Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP Main Event. Since that time the poker has turned into something special. Nowadays many people are making a living playing online poker tournaments or cash-games. Many of them have earned a fortune doing so and quit poker, to do something more enjoyable with their lives.
As poker is a game of skill, it consists of a strategy. Players with a better overall strategy end up as the largest winners. The very first thing for someone, looking for how to start playing poker, is to learn the rules of Texas Hold'em. Don't worry! They aren't complicated. And it will take you only a few minutes to learn. There's a saying about Texas Hold'em: it takes a minute to learn, but a lifetime to master.
It's surprising enough that there are only two reasons for betting in Texas Hold'em. They are for value and as a bluff.
The term 'Value Bet' relates to such a player who thinks that he holds the best combination in a particular. Thus this gamer bets it hoping his opponent will call. As this is a simple term itself, value betting is one of the foundations and the most important parts of the game.
The term 'Bluffing' is used in case a player bets with a weak hand and hopes his opponent will fold. Hopes wouldn't be the appropriate term to use, though. As a good poker player is able to calculate whether a particular bluff is good or not.
Poker is also a game of position. As each player sits at a specific position at the table. It changes with every hand. Position is one of the most important aspects of poker. However, it's considered to be a basic and easy to learn/use strategy.
A brief look into position will teach you that the closer to the button you get, the better your position is. The reason for it is simple. The button gets to act last pre-flop and post-flop (except for blinds pre-flop). Acting last is a huge advantage. As you have the maximum amount of information regarding what other players will do in the hand!
There are many things that are incomplete in poker. One of them is information. So poker is a game of incomplete information. You can never know exactly what your opponent holds. However, when getting some information about that, you can make shrewd and logical guesses.
Every time you sit at a poker table, you have to concentrate. Watch all the hands that are played at your table. Then you can gather information about how other players play. If you play online poker for Mac at poker tournaments or cash-games, you can take notes directly in the poker client. Write down any specific things a particular player does. This might help you in future!


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Q: javascript runtime error save/restore I have created this code its make to store a table in a variable when i press save and return back to that state when i press restore but i seem to come across a runtime error on the last code (the Id of the table is sudoku) it works in firefox but not IE, Thanks
var clone
function save()
{
    var table = document.getElementById("sudoku")
    clone = table.innerHTML
}

function restore()
{
    document.getElementById("sudoku").innerHTML=clone
}

Edit:
Error Message:
Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; CPNTDF; .NET4.0E; .NET4.0C; BOIE9;ENUS) Timestamp: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:57:44 UTC Message: Unknown runtime error Line: 50 Char: 128 Code: 0 URI: file:///F:/uni%20work/home/Second%20year/CO525/assessments/Assessment2/assessment2/javascript.js Message: Unknown runtime error Line: 50 Char: 128 Code: 0 URI: file:///F:/uni%20work/home/Second%20year/CO525/assessments/Assessment2/assessment2/javascript.js

edit
full code:
    var current_cell = null; // the currently selected cell
    var saved = {};     // Object for saving the current game
    function initialize() {
var col, row;
// Work through all the cells in the table and set
// onclick event handlers and classNames for the empty
// ones.
for (row = 0; row <=8; row++) {
    for (col=0; col <= 8; col++) {
        var cell = document.getElementById('cell_' + col + '_' + row);
        if (!parseInt(cell.innerHTML)) {
            // cell is empty
            cell.onclick = selectCell;
            cell.className = 'tofill';
        }
    }
}
document.onkeypress = keyPress;
save();
    }
    var current_cell = null; // the currently selected cell
    var saved = {};     // Object for saving the current game
    function initialize() {
var col, row;
// Work through all the cells in the table and set
// onclick event handlers and classNames for the empty
// ones.
for (row = 0; row <=8; row++) {
    for (col=0; col <= 8; col++) {
        var cell = document.getElementById('cell_' + col + '_' + row);
        if (!parseInt(cell.innerHTML)) {
            // cell is empty
            cell.onclick = selectCell;
            cell.className = 'tofill';
        }
    }
}
document.onkeypress = keyPress;
save();
    }

    // mouse button event handler
    function selectCell() {
if (current_cell !== null) {
    current_cell.className = 'tofill';
}
current_cell = this;
current_cell.className = 'selected';
    }

    // Capture keyboard key presses. If the key pressed is a digit
    // then add it to the current cell. If it is a space then empty
    // the current cell.
    function keyPress(evt) {
if (current_cell == null)
    return;
var key;
if (evt)
    // firefox or chrome
    key = String.fromCharCode(evt.charCode);
else
    // IE
    key = String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode);
if (key == ' ')
    current_cell.innerHTML = '';
else if (key >= '1' && key <= '9')
    current_cell.innerHTML = key;
    }

    var clone
    function save()
    {
    var table = document.getElementById("sudoku");
    clone = table.innerHTML;
    }

   function restore()
    {
    document.getElementById("sudoku").innerHTML=clone;
   }

A: I assume #sudoku is a <table> element, isn't it? Internet Explorer does not allow setting the innerHTML property on table elements.
Instead, use proper DOM methods or just don't try to store HTML strings, but the contents of your sudoku in a two-dimensional array.

A: This is a long standing problem with IE and inserting new HTML using the innerHTML attribute.
(Gee, who'd have guessed, a problem with IE!!)
If you're willing to go to jQuery, then you can do it using...
$("#mytable").html(myHtml);

Otherwise it should work if you can somehow place the html into the innerHTML attribute of a <div> tag.
Another option is to create the individual objects yourself using the document.createElement("TR"); style of coding.

A: You can use DOM inbuilt javascript method cloneNode to clone your node..
E.G.
 var clone;
    function save()
    {
        var table = document.getElementById("sudoku");
        clone = table.cloneNode(true);
    }

    function restore()
    {
        document.getElementById("sudoku").parentNode.appendChild(clone);
    }

FOR Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Node.cloneNode

A: The code added by you look like fine but I think you are missing semicolon after each statements.

    var clone;
    function save()
    {
        var table = document.getElementById("sudoku");
        clone = table.innerHTML;
    }

    function restore()
    {
        document.getElementById("sudoku").innerHTML=clone;
    }

Also you can go through jQuery html method. Click here jQuery html() funciton, if you want to read more about html() function.
e.g

    `$('#sudoku').html(clone);`

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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
To err is human to refrain from laughing, humane.
A humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either.


We have now come to the end of 2014 LPGA season. A season that was without a doubt the best season ever. Every week we were treated to exciting and competitive events. It certainly seemed that week in and week out the outcome wasn't decided until the final hole. There were 8 tournaments that went to a playoff. We had winners from 7 different different countries. Last year I asked " how are they going to top this year?" They certainly did. Now I am thinking "how can they top this next year?" Well, Commissioner Michael Whan is sure going to give it a try. His announcements last week that 2015 will have 33 tournaments plus the Solheim cup, higher purses, and 10% more television coverage, tells me they are off to a flying start.


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Taco Remkes (Amsterdam, 20 november 1984) is een Nederlandse golfprofessional. Zijn thuisbaan is Golfclub Houtrak.

Amateur
Op 10-jarige leeftijd begon Remkes met golf. Hij kwam in de C-selectie en trainde op Spaarnwoude met onder andere Ad Wessels.
In zijn amateurtijd speelde Remkes tweemaal mee op het Challenge Open, in 2002 op Purmerend en in 2005 op Broekpolder. Bij de Biarritz Classic eindigde hij op de 2de plaats, bij het British Boys kwam hij in de kwartfinale, en bij het EK werd hij 2de in de groep tot 16 jaar.

Gewonnen
Onder andere:
 2003: Dutch Junior Masters

Professional
In 2006 werd Remkes professional. Hij speelde op de EPD Tour en eindigde als nummer 2 op de rangorde. Hierdoor mocht hij rechtstreeks naar Stage 2 van de Tour School. Deze bestaat uit 4 rondes, waarbij 83 man spelen voor 20 plaatsen in de Finals. Remkes eindigde als 18e, samen met 5 anderen. Na een play-off plaatste Remkes zich alsnog voor de finale. Deze werd gespeeld op de twee banen van San Roque. Hij eindigde daar niet bij de beste 30 en kreeg geen speelkaart voor de Europese Tour van 2008. Door zijn 2de plaats op de EPD Tour had hij al een speelkaart voor de Challenge Tour.

In 2007 behaalde meteen zijn eerste overwinning op de EPD Tour. Dat was op het EPD Open in Augsburg. Hij steeg daardoor de 3de plaats op de Order of Merit en behield die positie een paar weken. Toen hij ook nog twee keer 3de werd bij de Sierra Classic en het Polish Open, wist hij zeker dat hij in 2008 op de European Challenge Tour (ECT) kon spelen.

In 2008 werd hij uitgenodigd voor het Madeira Island Open, wat zijn eerste optreden op de Europese Tour is. Verder speelde hij het VISA Open in Argentinië, waar hij als 4de eindigde met een score van -8. In april werd hij 7de bij het  AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor in Bretagne. Toen kwam zijn eerste Challenge Tour-overwinning eind juni. Met een score van -13 won hij de Scottish Challenge, gevolgd door het winnen op eigen bodem van de Dutch Challenge op Golfclub Houtrak. De week erna werd hij 4de bij het AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse.
Midden oktober wist Taco ook zijn derde toernooizege in een jaar te behalen. Hij won, wederom in een play-off, het Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open. Hiermee verdiende hij battlefield promotion naar de Europese Tour. Hij is de eerste speler die door middel van deze regel, ingevoerd in 2004, weet te promoveren.

Via de Challenge Tour heeft Remkes zich gekwalificeerd voor de Europese Tour van 2009. Daar volgde de ene teleurstelling na de andere en hij miste 22 cuts. Eind 2009 moest hij dus weer naar de Tourschool, waar hij zich niet voor de Finals kwalificeerde. Met zijn coach Tim Nijenhuis is hij gaan trainen bij coach Stan Utley in Arizona om zijn korte spel te verbeteren.

In april 2011 kwalificeerde hij zich voor de Canadian Tour door in Californië op de Tourschool bij de beste 25 te eindigen. Op de Europese Tourschool haalde hij de Finals en eindigde op de 30ste plaats. In 2012 mag hij dus op de Europese Tour spelen. In 2012 volgde een jaar met wisselvallig spel waarin hij zijn kaart voor de Europese Tour niet behield, maar zijn deelname aan de Challenge Tour was wel verzekerd.

Gewonnen
 EPD Tour
 2007: Augsburg Classic, Polen
 Challenge Tour
 2008: Scottish Challenge, The Dutch Futures (na play-off tegen Jeppe Huldahl), Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open (na play-off tegen Roope Kakko)

Externe links
 Officiële website
European Tour: players profile
 GolfJournaal/NGF: interview eind 2010

Remkes, Taco


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Seamus Power tied for third heading into final round in Mississippi
Irishman sits six shots behind runaway leader Ryan Armour
Sun, Oct 29, 2017, 10:25
Seamus Power of Ireland plays his shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images
American Ryan Armour carded a third round of 67 to move five shots clear of the chasing pack at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
The 41-year-old dropped shots on three consecutive holes — the 5th, 6th and 7th – but recovered on the back nine capped off with a 57-foot putt on the par-4 16th to sit at 15 under for the tournament.
Fellow countryman Chesson Hadley went round in 68 to move up to second in Mississippi, with five tied in third place at nine under.
Dustin Johnson's collapse allows Justin Rose to win in Shanghai
McGinley impressed by Dunne's strong start to Ryder Cup race
Putting the key in contrasting form of Shane Lowry and Paul Dunne
Among them is Irishman Seamus Power, whose third round started strongly with two birdies but he dropped shots on the 7th and 8th.
Two bogeys and three birdies on the back nine meant the 30-year-old chalked up 71 for the round and is still in contention ahead of tomorrow's final day.
With the top 50 in the world eligible to compete in the WGC-HSBC Champions in China, the top ranking player in the field is world number 75 William McGirt, who sits tied for 23rd on five under.
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Ryan Armour
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