Jamie Kennedy’s Canning at Brewers Feast 2011/ Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0 Back in 2005, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon started their 100 Mile Diet, on March 21. They almost starved; as they wrote in the Tyee at the time: Then there was a lack of variety. From March 21 until the farmers’ markets started in mid-May, the only locally grown vegetables available were humble fare like kale, cabbage, turnip, rutabaga, parsnip and leeks. By late April, even these ran out. They survived of course, and went on to write the book that was one of the inspirations for the local…
President Obama gave his third State of the Union speech Tuesday, which was nothing more than a thinly veiled campaign speech. The president began by reminding us that Osama bin Laden was killed under his watch. When bin Laden was killed in a military raid, Obama took most of the credit in his speech. This turned out to be untrue, as reported on Yahoo! and many other media outlets. Like many of Obama’s “triumphs,” his involvement was greatly exaggerated. This lead into his usual collectivism clap-trap. “They’re not consumed with personal ambition,” Obama read aloud from teleprompters. ” They work…
FORT HOOD, Texas ? A 49-year-old brigadier general died Friday in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes, the U.S. Army said, and he is among the highest-ranking service members to die there. Fort Hood announced Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner’s death Saturday in a statement posted on its website. Hildner had commanded the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Fort Hood since August 2010. He left for Afghanistan in December to support the NATO mission there. The Army said his death was under investigation, although it appeared natural. “This is a tragic loss for the Army, III Corps and for our Central Texas…
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SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE – A REVIEW The best screenwriting software are those that combine flawless screenplay formatting with user-friendly functionality. Screenwriters, don’t want the process of actually writing their screenplay to be interrupted. Writer’s block does a fine job of that! Here, we review and compare screenwriting software against these necessities to ensure that you select the best screenwriting software for you. The industry leader for the last several years, FINAL DRAFT is an easy to use (user-friendly!) screenwriting software program. Is Final Draft the industry standard? We think so. It’s the “Hollywood standard.” Consider that when advanced screenwriters think of…