Cloverdale art student wins national congressional art contest

Ortiz’ winning piece, created in markers, is titled “I Love You, California” and is a dramatic image of a female face imposed on a fire-colored background, with many natural pieces of the California environment created in her features.

“(I started it) when the fires started. I wasn’t too concerned with the fires when they first started, but then when you start seeing all the dust and smoke everywhere you start to worry about your town, your family and people in Sonoma County,” she said. “I just needed an outlet to let it out. (Outwardly,) I was ignoring the whole thing, like the fire didn’t exist, but on the inside I was terrified and I just kind of let it out.”

“Also, during that time I had a greater appreciation of Sonoma County and where I live,” she continued. “I saw the valleys and the rivers and the vineyards and I was like ‘Wow, this place is beautiful, how come I never noticed this?’ So I drew that piece to show how beautiful Sonoma County and California can be, especially the parts you never see. And, also, how the fire brought more importance to Sonoma County and how people were noticing it more. I just like wanted to show how brave the people are and how beautiful this place is.”

I Love You, California
-- Jaslyn Ortiz, Cloverdale

right on sister
peace

smiley. Hang in there through your "not good choices" week and your "down the mountain" heat. Take care of yourself and as my family always reminds me, hydrate.
My preoccupation lately is water. I know you have recently had excessive amounts but here we have have had the opposite. Right now I am in sympathy with Larkin.

Water by Philip Larkin

If I were called in
To construct a religion
I should make use of water.

Going to church
Would entail a fording
To dry, different clothes;

My liturgy would employ
Images of sousing,
A furious devout drench,

And I should raise in the east
A glass of water
Where any-angled light
Would congregate endlessly.

Chinese hackers steal sensitive Navy program data

WASHINGTON — Cyberattacks sponsored by the Chinese government infiltrated a U.S. Navy contractor’s computers, allowing digital thieves to access sensitive data related to secret Navy projects on a submarine anti-ship missile.

The information stolen was stored on the contractor’s unclassified network despite being “highly sensitive nature,” according to information obtained by the Washington Post.

According to the report, 614 gigabytes of material on a closely held project known as Sea Dragon were taken. Contracted for the military organization Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Sea Dragon aims to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines.

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Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard - It's All Going to Pot

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maybe bong hits will rescind OPCOM

The “real alliance” is that which unifies and reunites North and South Korea through dialogue against foreign intrusion and aggression.

The US is in a state of war against the entire Korean Nation. And what this requires is the holding of bilateral talks between the ROK and the DPRK with a view to signing an agreement which nullifies the Armistice and sets the term of a bilateral “Peace Treaty”. In turn this agreement would set the stage for the exclusion of US military presence and the withdrawal of the 28,500 US forces.

Moreover, pursuant to bilateral Peace negotiations, the ROK-US OPCOM agreement which places ROK forces under US command should be rescinded. All ROK troops would thereafter be brought under national ROK command.

Bilateral consultations should also be undertaken with a view to further developing economic, technological, cultural and educational cooperation between the ROK and the DPRK.

Without the US in the background pulling the strings under OPCOM, the threat of war would be replaced by dialogue. The first priority, therefore would be to rescind OPCOM.

peace