Friday, March 21, 2008

Most Famous Wildfire Photograph Ever

Most Famous Wildfire Photograph Ever Taken!

Some consider this photo taken by a firefighter as the most beautiful photograph of a forest fire ever taken on a digital camera.

John McColgan, a BLM firefighter, took photos on August 6th, 2000 while fighting fires in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. McColgan says he "just happened to be in the right place at the right time" with his Kodak DC280 digital camera. McColgan could not be found for days after the one of those pictures spread like wildfire on the Internet.

The elk and fire snapshot has fast become the most downloaded environmental photo on the Internet. One About Forestry Forum member writes that the shot was "of the Bitterroot fires, south of Darby and taken (the shot) from a bridge over the Bitterroot River."

Charles Westmoreland, Texas forestry consultant, suggests that the photo "will probably be more famous than the Yellowstone Lodge fire picture." I have to agree.

Here is the U.S. Forest Service story...

John McColgan's stunning photo of two elk cows in the East Fork of the Bitterroot

From USFS Fire News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 -- FAIRBANKS, ALASKA: For about a week now, there's been a medium-size manhunt under way across the West. The man everyone's been hunting for is John McColgan of Fairbanks.

McColgan hadn't done anything wrong, unless you count disappearing and not being easy to find. Dozens of people, from firefighters to web spooks to reporters, were hunting for the guy. McColgan was busy becoming a daddy, though, and not being very cooperative about being tracked down.

It all started with a fire, a camera, and a couple of cow elk. McColgan, a fire behavior analyst employed by the Alaska Fire Service, was working on the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. It was Sunday, August 6, the day that several fires burned together near Sula into one 100,000-acre blaze. He was standing on a bridge over the East Fork of the Bitterroot River, and shot the photo with his Kodak DC280 digital camera.

Next thing he knew, the manhunt was on.

A jpg of the image was sent from one person to another person, and within about 24 hours the elk photo had world-wide-webbed its way across the West and wound up on the computer screens of dozens of people. Everyone wanted to know where it was taken and who took it.

"Best darned elk photo I've ever seen."
"Best darned fire photo I've ever seen."
"Best darned photo, period, I've ever seen."

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	John McColgan, the BLM firefighter who took this photo Aug. 6 during fires in the Bitterroot Valley, says he "just happened to be in the right place at the right time" with his digital camera. Photo by JOHN McCOLGAN/BLM Alaska Fire Service

mail delivery on good friday

mail delivery on good friday:

WHAT'S OPEN AND CLOSED
Good Friday

Advertiser Staff

City and state offices will be closed Friday in observance of Good Friday. It is not a federal holiday.

People's Open Markets: Closed.

Municipal golf courses, recreation centers, zoo and botanical gardens: Open.

Mail: Post offices open; regular residential and business mail delivery, and post office box collections.

Garbage: Regular Friday refuse collections.

Landfills/transfer stations: Open.

Libraries: Most closed, April 6 to 8. Information: www.librarieshawaii.org.

TheBus: State holiday schedule. (For route and schedule information, go to www.thebus.org.)

Handi-Vans: Regular operations.

These traffic and parking regulations will be in effect:

On-street parking will be free, except for meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Kapi'olani Park. Meters must be fed in municipal parking lots.

Tow-away zone parking: Parking will be permitted in the towaway zones that allow it on holidays.

Coning: No coning.

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hound dog lyrics

hound dog lyrics:
(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
You aint nothin but a hound dog
Cryin all the time.
You aint nothin but a hound dog
Cryin all the time.
Well, you aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.

When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
Well, that was just a lie.
You aint never caught a rabbit
And you aint no friend of mine.

hard boiled eggs

hard boiled eggs:

How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

I love hard boiled eggs. For years I ate one every morning until my doctor told me that you shouldn't eat the same food every single day. So now I eat them only a couple of times a week. Sometimes with a little salt, usually without. Used to be that people were scared of eating eggs because of the cholesterol in the egg yolks. Now research has found that eggs also raise the good cholesterol that bodies need. When it comes to boiling eggs, the biggest problem is that people can easily over-cook them, leading to a dark green color around the yolk, and a somewhat sulphuric taste. Here's a my method for cooking hard boiled eggs so that they don't get over-cooked:

1 First make sure that you are using eggs that are several days old. If this is Easter time, and everyone is buying their eggs at the last minute, buy your eggs 5 days in advance of boiling. (See the reference to using old eggs in Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking). Hard boiling farm fresh eggs will invariably lead to eggs that are difficult to peel. If you have boiled a batch that are difficult to peel, try putting them in the refrigerator for a few days; they should be easier to peel then.

2 Put the eggs in a single layer in a saucepan, covered by at least an inch of cold water. Starting with cold water and gently bringing the eggs to a boil will help keep them from cracking. Adding a tablespoon of vinegar to the water will help keep the egg whites from running out of any eggs that happen to crack while cooking, but some people find that the vinegar affects the taste. I don't have a problem with it and I usually add a little vinegar. Adding a half teaspoon of salt is thought to help both with the preventing of cracking and making the eggs easier to peel. Put the burner on high and bring the eggs to a boil. As soon as the water starts to boil, remove the pan from the heat for a few seconds.

3 Reduce the heat to low, return the pan to the burner. Let simmer for one minute. (Note I usually skip this step because I don't notice the eggs boiling until they've been boiling for at least a minute! Also, if you are using an electric stove with a coil element, you can just turn off the heat. There is enough residual heat in the coil to keep the eggs simmering for a minute.)

4 After a minute, remove the pan from the heat, cover, and let sit for 12 minutes. If you are doing a large batch of eggs, after 10 minutes you can check for doneness by sacrificing one egg, removing it with a slotted spoon, running it under cold water, and cutting it open. If it isn't done, cook the other eggs a minute or two longer. The eggs should be done perfectly at 10 minutes, but sometimes, depending on the shape of the pan, the size of the eggs, the number of eggs compared to the amount of water, and how cooked you like them, it can take a few minutes more. When you find the right time that works for you given your pan, the size of eggs you usually buy, the type of stove top you have, stick with it.

I also find that it is very hard to overcook eggs using this method. I can let the eggs sit, covered, for up to 15-20 minutes without the eggs getting overcooked.

5 Either remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and place them into a bowl of ice water (this is if you have a lot of eggs) OR strain out the water from the pan, fill the pan with cold water, strain again, fill again, until the eggs cool down a bit. Once cooled, strain the water from the eggs. Store the eggs in a covered container (eggs can release odors) in the refrigerator. They should be eaten within 5 days.

sebastian horsley

sebastian horsley:

he agony and the ecstasy

Artists suffer for their work, but few are prepared to go as far as Sebastian Horsley. Here, the 'Soho Kristos' talks to Jessica Berens about his crucifixion, self-publicity and winning over the doubting Thomases

Sunday May 26, 2002
The Observer

When the artist Sebastian Horsley was thrown out of St Martin's School of Art for forging a document to gain a grant, he didn't mind too much. He was afraid that an institution might 'normalise' him. As a painter he never wanted to paint things as they were, but the way he felt and sensed they were, and the only way to achieve this was to undergo experience. When he painted sharks in 1997, he went into the sea in a cage and looked at them face to teeth. So, when he decided to paint the crucifixion, he decided he needed to be crucified. In the Philippines to be exact. On the week of his 38th birthday. In August 2000. Jesus Christ Superstar.

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post office holidays

post office holidays:

2008 Postal Holidays

Tuesday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Monday, January 21 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
Monday, February 18 - Washington's Birthday (President's Day)
Monday, May 26 - Memorial Day
Friday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, September 1 - Labor Day
Monday, October 13 - Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11 - Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27 - Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day
Thursday, January 1, 2009 - New Year's Day

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minnesota road conditions:
Interstate 90 eastbound: from Exit 275 - US 14 to Wisconsin State Line
serious accident, road closed — for the next four hours

ohare airport

ohare airport

Chicago O'Hare has four terminals

Terminal 1	is for United and United Express flights plus Lufthansa departures.
Terminal 2	airlines include Air Canada, America West, Continental, Northwest, United and US Airways.
Terminal 3	airlines include Alaska, American and Delta.
Terminal 5	is the international terminal for most non-US airline departures and all international arrivals.

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christopher guest

christopher guest:
Overview
Date of Birth:
5 February 1948, New York, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
US-born actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for... more
Trivia:
In 2005, announced his intention to stop making mockumentary films, because... more
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations more
Alternate Names:
Lord Haden-Guest / Nigel Tufnel

good friday no meat

good friday no meat:
You must be Catholic? Not everyone follows this tradition.

Abstaining from something helps to refocus on what is important.

One belief of why meat was chosen is because most people feel that giving up meat (beef and chicken) is an inconvenience.

Another belief is that in many poorer countries, beef is a specialty.

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I don’t want to say that Chrysler LLC vice chairman sounds like Fox News Circus Clown in Residence. I have a lot of respect for Jim. But when asked about the economy and market volatility and plummeting consumer confidence, Jim suggested that the best thing folks could do is “stop reading the newspapers.”

Just as Circus Clown Hannity (CCH) often repeats that Michigan is a one-state Recession with a straight face, Press thinks the overall economy is “very sound.” It’s the news stories about the lousy economy that is feeding paranoia and unrest.

usps holidays

usps holidays
Event calender
Charles W. Chesnutt stamp — Jan. 31 — Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings stamp — Feb. 21 — M.K. Rawlings Historic Site, Hawthorne, FL (Cross Creek)
American Scientists stamp — Mar. 6 — Mega Stamp Show, New York, NY
American Journalists stamp — April 22 — National Press Club, Washington, DC
Mount Saint Mary's University Stamped Card — April 26 — Emmittsburg, MD
National Postal Forum — May 18-21 — Anaheim, CA

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free ride lyrics

free ride lyrics:

Free Ride Lyrics By Edgar Winter Group

The mountain is high
The valley is low
and you're confused on which way to go
so I've come here to give you a hand
and lead you into the promised land
so...
come on and take a free ride [free ride!]
come on and sit here by my side
come on and take a free ride
all over the country I've seen it the same
nobody's winning at this kind of game
we've got to do better it's time to begin
you know all the answers must come from within
so...
come on and take a free ride [free ride]
come on and sit here by my side
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shroud of turin

shroud of turin:The Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. A man that millions believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. Is it really the cloth that wrapped his crucified body, or is it simply a medieval forgery, a hoax perpetrated by some clever artist? Modern science has completed hundreds of thousands of hours of detailed study and intense research on the Shroud. It is, in fact, the single most studied artifact in human history, and we know more about it today than we ever have before. And yet, the controversy still rages. This web site will keep you abreast of current research, provide you with accurate data from the previous research and let you interact with the researchers themselves. We believe that if you have access to the facts, you can make up your own mind about the Shroud. Make sure you visit the page where you can Examine the Shroud of Turin for yourself. We hope you enjoy your visit.

kathleen soliah

kathleen soliah:
Ex-SLA member gets sentence reduced
A prison board cut one year from the 14-year prison sentence of Sara Jane Olson, an ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member formerly known as Kathleen Soliah. Olson pleaded guilty to the 1975 attempted bombings of two Los Angeles police cars.

Last fugitive SLA member sentenced
James Kilgore, the last fugitive member of the Symbionese Liberation Army to be brought to justice, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for passport fraud and possession of a pipe bomb. He is expected to be sentenced to an additional six years next month on murder charges after pleading guilty last year in the 1975 shooting death of a bank customer during an SLA bank holdup.

Fifth SLA member makes plea
Former 1970s radical James Kilgore, who spent decades on the run from bomb and murder charges linked to his days with the Symbionese Liberation Army, pleaded guilty Friday to federal explosives and passport fraud charges.

ncaa winners

ncaa winners: We have compiled this complete list of every NCAA Tournament champion since 1939. As you can see below, the list also includes the NCAA Champions opponent and the two other teams that made it to the final four for every season.
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stingray kills woman

stingray kills woman:

MARATHON, Fla. - A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her face as she rode a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said.

Judy Kay Zagorski, of Pigeon, Mich., was sitting in the front seat of a boat going 25 mph when the spotted eagle ray, with a wingspan of 5 to 6 feet, leaped out of the water, said Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The 57-year-old woman's father was driving the boat on the Atlantic Ocean side of Vaca Key, Pino said.

"He had absolutely no warning. It just happened instantaneously," Pino said.

The collision knocked Zagorski backward onto the floor of the boat, Pino said.

The impact likely killed the woman, and she did not appear to have puncture wounds from the ray's barb, Pino said. An autopsy is planned, Pino said.

Zagorski's sister was standing next to her when the stingray appeared but was not injured, Pino said.

The stingray died from the impact, officials said.

Spotted eagle rays can weigh 500 pounds and have a wingspan of up to 10 feet. They are known to occasionally jump out of the water but are not aggressive and use the venomous barb at the end of their tail for defense.

The rays are protected in Florida waters and are typically seen swimming on the water's surface.

"Rays jump to escape a predator, give birth and shake off parasites," said Lynn Gear, supervisor of fishes and reptiles at Theater of the Sea in Islamorada. "They do not attack people."

In 2006, a South Florida man was also critically injured when a stingray flopped into his boat and stung him. James Bertakis, 82, of Lighthouse Point, underwent surgery because the stingray left a foot-long barb in his heart. He has since recovered.

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typical white person

typical white person:

I've expressed admiration for Barack Obama's political skills, but maybe, in a time of stress, his inexperience is beginning to show. In an interview earlier today, he referred to his grandmother--the one he slandered in his speech on Tuesday--as a "typical white person."

Think about it: can you imagine any Presidential candidate, in any context, describing anyone as a "typical black person?" Or a "typical Asian person?" Worse, what Obama said was that the "typical white person" views others of different races with fear and suspicion. Obama appears to be digging himself in deeper and deeper.

are banks open on good friday

are banks open on good friday:
Ken Dodd was born on the 8 November 1927 in Knotty Ash on the outskirts of Liverpool, son of a coal merchant, Arthur Dodd and wife Sarah Dodd. He went to the Knotty Ash School, and sang in the local church choir of St. Johns Church, Knotty Ash. At the age of seven, he was dared by his school friends to ride his bike with his eyes shut.....and he did, for about 10 feet and the bike hit the kerb. Ken went flying open-mouthed onto the tarmac, resulting in his famous teeth of today

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trans allegheny lunatic asylum

Last August, a Morgantown contractor paid $1.5M for the old Weston State Hospital and its 300+ acres. The hospital’s new name is generating the most noise: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, its name in the 19th century. Some advocates for people with disabilities are upset with the name, including the WV Mental Health Consumers Association, the Statewide Independent Living Council, and Valley Healthcare.

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World Barista Championship 2-DVD Set available from Bellissimo info group.

In a joint venture with the World Barista Championship (WBC), Bellissimo Media Productions has created a two-DVD set documenting the 8th Annual World Barista Championship (WBC) held in Tokyo, Japan July 31 to August 2, 2007. This DVD set is the first of its kind produced in the eight-year history of the WBC, and uniquely captures both the heart and mind of the exciting 2007 championship event.

If you are in the coffee business at any level, this DVD set is a must for your training library. Watching these DVDs takes you to the event and allows your baristas to observe the world's best, which can only excite and enhance their own passion and performance.

The first DVD is a 60-minute overview of the WBC event that documents the full WBC experience, allowing viewers to see and feel the excitement generated by this competition as well as to hear from the participants, attendees and coffee professionals from all over the world. This documentary-style DVD includes interviews, local color shots and footage of all of the competitors in action.

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bill richardson

bill richardson:

It is with great pride, understanding and acceptance that I am ending my campaign for President of the United States.

When I entered the campaign, it was clear that we, as Democrats, had the most talented field of candidates in my lifetime running to change the direction of our country. And in the end, one of them will.

Despite overwhelming financial and political odds, I am proud of the campaign we waged and the influence we had on the issues that matter most to the future of this country. A year ago, we were the only major campaign calling for the removal of all of our troops within a year's time from Iraq. We were the only campaign calling for a complete reform of education in this country, including the scrapping of No Child Left Behind. And we were the campaign with the most aggressive clean energy plan and the most ambitious standards for reducing global warming. Now, all of the remaining candidates have come to our point of view.

what is good friday

what is good friday
What do Christians Celebrate on Good Friday?
Good Friday is observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance, and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross. (For a more detailed explanation about Christ's death, see Why Did Jesus Have to Die?)

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sara jane olson

The LA Times has a long profile, gleaned from hours of interviews, on how former SLA member Sara Jane Olson is coping in prison. Even if you're not interested in Olson (formerly known as Katheen Soliah) or her case (TalkLeft coverage is assembled here), it's a great read because it really conveys the dismal, grey, barren life of a female state prison inmate.

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Symbionese Liberation Army Timeline

Associated Press/January 17, 2002

The Symbionese Liberation Army began in the fall of 1973 when no more than a dozen white, college-educated children of middle-class families adopted a seven-headed snake as their symbol, a black ex-convict as their leader, and the phrase, "Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people'' as their slogan.

The violent group derived its name from the word "symbiosis,'' a biological term referring to unlike organisms coexisting harmoniously for mutual benefit.

Some dates in the history of the SLA:

Nov. 6, 1973: The SLA issues a "communique'' claiming responsibility for the murder of Oakland Schools Superintendent Marcus Foster, a black man, because he supposedly favored a police plan for students to carry identification. Joseph Remiro is serving a life sentence for helping shoot Foster.

Feb. 4, 1974: SLA kidnaps 19-year-old newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst from her Berkeley, Calif., apartment.

April 15, 1974: After weeks locked in a closet, Hearst joins the SLA, begins calling herself "Tania,'' after the girlfriend of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, and is photographed holding a rifle during a robbery of the Hibernia Bank branch in San Francisco.

May 17, 1974: Six heavily armed members of the SLA, including leader Donald DeFreeze, die in a shootout and fire that consumes their Los Angeles hideout. Hearst and Bill and Emily Harris escape because they had been stopped at a store for shoplifting. The Harrises eventually serve eight years in prison for the Hearst kidnapping.

April 21, 1975: Myrna Opsahl, 42, is killed during a robbery of the Crocker National Bank in Carmichael, near Sacramento.

Sept. 18, 1975: Hearst captured by the FBI in San Francisco.

March 20, 1976: Hearst convicted of robbing the San Francisco bank.

1976: Steven Soliah acquitted on charges related to the Carmichael robbery.

January 1979: President Carter commutes Hearst's seven-year sentence and she is released from prison after serving 21 months.

June 1999: Kathleen Soliah, Steven's sister, arrested in St. Paul, Minn., where she has been living under the name Sara Jane Olson.

January 2001: Hearst pardoned by President Clinton.

October 2001: Olson pleads guilty to possessing bombs with intent to murder police officers by bombing Los Angeles police cars in retaliation for the 1974 shootout.

January 2002: Olson, Bill and Emily Harris, Mike Bortin and James Kilgore charged with first-degree murder in Opsahl's death.