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Terr says...

Nov 04, 2009

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Behind the Designers Interview Series: Kimarie Designs, fair-trade jewelry pioneer

We caught up with fair-trade jewelry pioneer, Kimarie Burnette of Kimarie Designs to learn more about what inspires her and why she uses fair-trade labor from Bali.

1. How did you get started in making jewelry?

I traveled to Bali and fell in love with the art and the people.

2. Sustainability in the jewelry sector is pretty rare, what inspired you to go fair-trade?

My friend told me people were dying refining metal in Indonesia because of the toxic chemicals, we then set about learning how to refine our own metal and establish best practices.

3. What one thing would you like all jewelry shoppers to know about traditional jewelry?

I'd like people to know that jewelry making in Bali is a centuries old tradition that is handed down from generation to generation. All our jewelry is hand fabricated with a lot of love.

4. Who are you outside of the founder and designer of Kimarie Designs?

A mom and wife and big fan of sushi.

5. Who would you be most thrilled to know is wearing your jewelry?

My friends.

6. What is the experience of working in Bali like?

Working in Bali has been amazing. My goldsmiths now our the kids of my previous set of goldsmiths that are retired and fishing now. It has been wonderful to see them grow up get married and now have to enter “the real world” have a job raise kids etc. My aesthetic and constitution seems to fit Bali like a glove. I love the organic wild and at the same time laid back and very fatalistic tones of their culture. I am able to understand it and work within it very well.

via 3blmedia.com

Filed under: Bali, Fair Trade, Gold, Jewelry, Kimarie Designs, Pioneer, Smith, Socially Responsible, Sulusso, Sustainable, traditional

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JRE Family says...

Nov 01, 2009

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Binge eating Seagulls

Have you ever heard of binge eating bulimic Seagulls? They actually ate the crickets, went for a little drink in creek, then vomited them up and went back for more. This went on for 3 WEEKS until all the crickets were gone!

For those of you who don't know this story, the mormon pioneers just settled in the Salt Lake Valley (summer of 1848), they were into their 2nd year settling there in the valley, and they just went through a very hard winter, and desperately needed these crops to grow or they would starve. Drought, and late spring frosts killed lots of their crops already, and now the crickets were getting ready to finish off what they had left.

check out the quote:

“We were fearfully alarmed, for all of a sudden, circling above our … fields, appeared great flocks of screaming gulls. ‘A new plague is descending upon us,’ was our first thought. Down the gray and white birds swooped in hundreds, then in thousands, uttering shrill … cries as they pounced upon [the crickets]. … Then a strange thing happened. As soon as they had gorged themselves, they sailed over to a nearby stream, took a few sips of water, disgorged [vomited] and returned to join their screaming companions. All our people stood in wonderment! Our prayers were answered” (quoted in Grant, p. 446).

The seagulls came back day after day for about three weeks. They ate crickets until all the crickets were gone. The Saints knew their prayers had been answered in a miraculous way. They were grateful that their crops and their lives had been spared.

Filed under: Miracle, Mormon, Pioneer, Seagull

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h4rbl says...

Oct 17, 2009

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Metallica in concert - Cunning Stunts - Live @ Fort Worth, Texas - 1997

Think this is only the first half of the album that was released in august that same year, confusing...

Tracks: Warmup Jam, So What , Creeping Death, Sad But True, Ain't My Bitch, Hero Of The Day, King Nothing, One, Fuel, Guitar Solo, Nothing Else Matters, Until It Sleeps.

Filed under: 1981, 1997, ain't my bitch, california, cliff burton, concert, creeping death, cunning stunts, fort worth, fuel, full concert, heavy metal, hero of the day, james hetfield, king nothing, kirk hammett, lars ulrich, live, los angeles, metal, metallica, nothing else matters, pioneer, robert trujillo, ron mcgovney, sad but true, so what, texas, trash metal, underground, until it sleeps

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joehickman says...

Oct 12, 2009

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HOWTO: Wire a Laptop Hard Drive to your USB compatible Car Stereo Head Unit

Things you’ll need:

Laptop Hard Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136391
External USB case, with USB-Y cable - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392032
DC USB power source - http://www.amazon.com/Powerjolt-Dual-Universal-USB-Charger/dp/B001Q2FM5E/ref=pd_cp_e_1
Switched 12V Power Source – I spliced into my head units power source.
Cigarette Lighter Socket - http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Cigarette-Lighter-Socket/dp/B0006TIRZA
Head Unit that supports USB playback, not just iPod. - http://tinyurl.com/yf2mnoh

Find your Switched 12v Power Source (switched because you won’t want your hard drive constantly spinning, even when the car is not running). Splice into it and add the Cigarette Lighter socket. I added mine in the dash behind the radio. You’ll want to use mid line wire tap.

Plug in the DC USB Power source and then grab the USB-Y cable from the External Hard Drive case and plug in cable 3. (See diagram) You might want to add a USB extension cable if you plan to house the Hard Drive in the glove compartment.

Now plug in cable 2 to the External Hard Drive case. The last end of the USB-Y cable will plug into the Stereo Head Unit.

You’ll want to format the entire drive as FAT. If you’re using a PC for this, use FAT32Format.exe (Google).

Add as much music as you want and you’re set!

There might be an easier way to get power to the hard drive but this seemed like the easiest, fastest way to accomplish this.

Click here to download:

HOWTO_Wire_a_Laptop_Hard_Drive.zip (168 KB)

Filed under: Alpine, External Laptop HD, External USB, Hard Drive In Car, Hard Drive USB Music, Laptop Hard Drive For Music Playback, Mobile Hard Drive, Pioneer, USB, USB Music Playback, Use Hard Drive For USB Music Playback

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h4rbl says...

Oct 05, 2009

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Randy Pausch Lecture: Time Management

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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture on Time Management at the University of Virginia in November 2007.
Randy Pausch is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center and creator of the Alice software project.
http://www.etc.cmu.edu
http://www.alice.org
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

Filed under: 2007, alice, alice software project, carnegie mellon, carnegie mellon entertainment technology center, education, human-computer interaction, lecture, pioneer, professor, project, randy pausch, research, researcher, science, software, time management, university of virginia, virtual reality

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h4rbl says...

Oct 05, 2009

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.
For more, visit http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture

Filed under: 2007, achieving your childhood dreams, carnegie mellon, education, last lecture, lecture, pioneer, professor, randy pausch, research, science

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asan says...

Sep 08, 2009

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exploring new frontiers

photo credit to Mark Tedman

To discover new oceans

You need the courage

To lose sight of the shore

~Teilhard de Chenin

Filed under: courage, pioneer

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Balls says...

Aug 25, 2009

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Mace Meadow Golf Club, Pioneer, CA

Mace Meadow Golf Club is located in Pioneer, CA Phone: (209)295-7020 Website: http://www.macemeadow.com/fees.html Course History: This beautiful mountain course is tucked away but it is well worth the trip. We've included directions below on how to reach this course, since it is a bit hard to find. It's well known...

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Filed under: beautiful mountain, course management, course thanks, fairway, Pioneer, pioneer ca, right off the bat, tee time, th hole, traditional golf attire, wednesday nights, worth the trip

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joehickman says...

Jul 14, 2009

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Thy Will Be Done / The World We Knew Mail Order Stickers / Postcards

If you happen to be one of the great customers of Stillborn Records online store (www.stillbornstore.com) you will soon see these finely crafted Stickers and Postcards inside your envelope of goodies in the mail from us. It took me a complete hour to throw these bad boys together and I have to say they turned out better than I expected. I wanted to do something a little different. When I order stuff from Roadrunner / Victory or Sumerian, I always get a postcard type paper or a cool little sticker with about 90 bands on it. That's cool. I wanted to keep it a little more personal this time around.

You see, Thy Will Be Done and The World We Knew both recently released new albums via, you guessed it, Stillborn Records. I really enjoy both of these albums a lot. Not because I have to, but because they're both really killer albums. I think you should spend some time checking them out and consider purchasing via our fine online web store or via iTunes, both of the albums.

Personally I love loud music and the TWBD record slams on my two 12's. I buy a lot of metal and hardcore records that are poorly produced and or mixed, and listening to them in my car just isn't a treat for me, sounds like grumbled up crap. I was impressed when I inserted the albums into my fine Pioneer (yes I know, I need an Alpine!) stereo and proceeded to turn the volume upwards of "40" and let my 1k watt Alpine amp heat up my two Memphis 12's. It was and is every time, a beautiful, beautiful sound.

Anyways, here are the Stickers, let me know what you think. How's that for a long drawn out plug for the albums, do you want your 3 minutes back now, you speed reader!!?