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… it's no different than surviving the ghetto..
Kevin Ross
The other day, I was in a rush to make it to a meeting when I stopped off to pay my past due electric bill. It was just one of those things that you know you have to take care of but for some reason you wait until the last minute and it always ends up costing you more, then you have the nerve to complain about YOUR mistake (laugh)
Growing up in, what I like to call the EPITOME of a ghetto taught me my survival skills and it also destroyed future opportunities for me. The Town Garden Apartments in Buffalo, New York is a place that I would have shock therapy to forget. I learned early on that the world was against me and every day was a fight for survival: personally, spiritually and physically. The minute you walked out the door, you were walking into a war zone and being friendly, kind or against the grain were grounds to be destroyed. I leaned to have an edge with my personality that served to protect but moreover harm me in future.
Many of us grew up the same way; we learned to always be on guard and to never express gratitude or kindness, as they are traits and signs of weaknesses in the ghetto. I say all that to say we have been mislead, lied to and bamboozled by our OWN thinking. Thinking this way will not only lead to but will guarantee failure, frustration, cynicism and bitterness in the short term AND the long run.
Top 6 Rules of the Ghetto I learned in Buffalo:
- Doing anything besides selling drugs, being a ho/stripper, in a gang, a pimp or doing jail time is unacceptable.
- Success is only permissible as a rap artist and a football or basketball player who maintains his ghetto mentality, thug lifestyle, poor communication skills and who spends his money mostly on cars, jewelry, clothes and quality drugs and guns.
- A college degree, high school diploma, volunteer work, job, eating salads, vegetables or fruits is completely unacceptable. As a ghettonian, you are only allowed to eat fried food loaded with saturated fat, pork, fatback, cereal, sweets and artery-clogging triple cheeseburgers and you have to be unemployed and live with your mother, grandmother or girlfriend after the age of 18..
- A positive attitude, smiling or helping an old lady across the street is grounds for death.
- If you are a success, you must keep cousin "I-was-Shot-10-Times," Jewquisha, Crackella, Murderonnie and Man Man as your management team handling and destroying all your business deals. Their goal has to be to drag you right back to the bottom of the barrel by helping you spend your money and advising you of all the people who are out to steal from you to take your attention off of them.
- An added bonus is to get arrested WHILE you are a success. This ensures your ghetto dedication and retardation for giving up a Ritz Carlton hotel suite for a pissy smelling jail cell where you can live a secret lifestyle that you will oppose and speak out against when you are freed. Your acceptance as a true ghettonian is in your ability to be extremely negative, cynical and to give everything up in order to come back home to the wonderful ghetto lifestyle described above.
OK, the above might be a bit over the top, maybe not… (laugh).
I visited an urban radio station the other day for the first time in four years and while it was exciting for me to see black celebrities walking around, music and aspects of the industry that I have always loved, there were traces of that old familiar attitude that I so well recall as a kid growing up and my early days of working at the former mom and pop black stations. Black men looking at other black men suspiciously as they got off the elevator and black women going through the motions of having a source of income and a job (sans a "career") not smiling and bitter. There were certainly exceptions to the rule but the energy that prevails is the energy that sets the tone. The negative energy was strong. There will be people pissed at me for saying that but if you get pissed at me for saying it, it's most likely that you are one of these people. That "edge" immediately made me a bit tense and I felt compelled to turn on MY edge to assimilate within environment. To say the least, none of us like to feel uncomfortable and when we have to become accustomed to these environments, there is personal hell to pay.
When I sat down to talk to these people, the brother was optimistic, had great communication skills and he was on-the-job politically savvy, the sister was a bit unfriendly, edgy and she tried to hide an element of bitterness that to her dismay came shining through her impatience, insecurity and physical appearance. I've also seen these same traits reversed in black males and females. Both were dissatisfied with the well-known corporation and they were both overworked and underpaid, which is a universal opinion in urban radio these days, but they both HANDLED it differently. He was optimistic and looking for ways to IMPROVE the situation by finding someone to work WITH the woman, she was set on finding a cushion for her frustration and she wanted someone who would be submissive to her authority, competitive and willing to work with demanding personalities and pacifying their needs (probably a source of HER unwanted frustration). She wanted to feel important by having unauthorized authority over someone else; he wanted someone who was willing to work WITH her.
I have to be honest with you, I was there interviewing for a position and after the interview, I was convinced I didn't want to work there. I IMMEDIATELY told myself, I've done this before and I'm above this. I'd really rather work flipping burgers and going to school at night to better myself, if I have to, before I deal with this type of negativity.
My entrepreneurial self-esteem had been injured over the last couple of years because I have been approaching potential advertisers, record and radio people about ads and ideas that I had and I was consistently rejected. After a while, rejection can make you bitter, opinionated or cynical and you may start to question your effectiveness and ability. In comparison, if you are looking for sex and you continuously get rejected eventually you learn to satisfy yourself (don't EVEN act like you don't know what I'm talking about).
Going to that interview, I had to stop and realize how powerful, intelligent and creative I already am. I asked myself, 'What the hell am I doing here?' I have just been doing the wrong thing and seeking the living amongst the DEAD. NEVER allow someone to have the power to make YOU questions yourself and your abilities. KNOW and BELIEVE in your strength and others will see it without you saying a word. We all have to do what we have to do sometimes but we don't have to think like everybody else. I know it's VERY hard but in the long run, it will save you from stress, fatigue and a possible early death.
Many of us feel locked in, tied down and unable to move in these situations. We get STUCK. The train is coming, we see it but we are unable to move from its destructive path. The same ghetto mentality that we grew up with becomes prevalent in the workforce and if you are not rolling out of bed with at least SOME joyful anticipation of the workday, you are living a slow and painful disease building death. I fully understand the power of negativity and at times, it seems even MORE powerful than positive energy and it is. It takes a LOT more effort to be mean, dark, bitter, angry and cynical then it does to show gratitude, love and kindness. Regardless of what your situation in urban radio or any job is you have to ask yourself, is it more important to stay down, or GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET UP? Perhaps it's time to surrender your self-defeating employment for something you REALLY want to do. I know, you say, and with good reason, 'I work so many damn hours and I'm so stress
ed out, I don't have time for anything else.' To a certain extent, that is true but to a larger extent, it isn't. There are always lunch breaks, evenings and weekends to utilize to train you or seek something else. Also keep in mind, the more you say yes, the more work you will be given. No matter how tired you are, a heart attack, stroke or death should not be on your list with this week's groceries. The first step, no matter how hard it is, is to change the way you think and your ATTITUDE. Nobody has ever said, 'I'm looking for someone who is bitter and unhappy to enhance my life.' If you are unhappy where you are in your job, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's NOT the corporation…. It's YOU… The head of the corporation is not unhappy, believe that… Have you ever thought about taking your skills and starting your own business? You choose to stay there, you choose to deal with the negativity and you choose to be bitter about it. Now you find yourself trapped in a cycle of self-defeat, you can't leave because you THINK you need the job and you can't stay because you HATE the job. So what are you going to do? drop dead? No, keep in mind the longer you allow a situation like this to control you, the more your self-esteem is damaged, that's the goal of a negative work environment. Remember the rules of the ghetto?
The key to surviving the working world game is not to become stuck in cycle of self defeat, recognize the signs, exercise your options (and you do have them) and take the necessary action to prepare yourself for a move… We ALWAYS have the answers to our own problems but we like to tell other people so that we can garner sympathy and understanding… in the end, however, we simply stuck, all talk and no action. What a waste of time… do what you need to do, keep your mouth shut about it and take action. Let me know how it goes…
Continued Success….


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Hanging in the Balance: Hoboken's District Public Schools
|Demarest School, formerly Hoboken's High School (credit: Hoboken Historical Museum Digital Archives)
As most people already know by now, the QLC Board of Education Candidates forum revealed to all in attendance exactly who was backing the Parents United slate and what values they hold dear. Beyond the thuggish hijinks though, little discussion has focused on the debate itself which was revealing in its own right.
Why These Candidates?Parents United are not remotely qualified for the School Board positions they are running for. Worse, their campaign is actively working to undermine Hoboken's Public Schools with the ultimate goal of convincing parents to abandon the public schools altogether. Like last year's "Smarter Future" slate, and the "Education for all Children" slate the year prior, the PU slate were hand-picked by a group of politicians with long histories of corruption at the School Board and city level. Like all candidates they have chosen to run, none have had any prior experience with or shown any interest in Hoboken's Public School District.
If PU are elected, their job will be to do what they are told to do, just as their elected predecessors are doing today. Once they have inserted their own Superintendent, they will have total control of the multimillion dollar public school budget and will use it to reassert their political power, just as they did before they were voted out in 2009. As has been the case with every School Board election for more than a decade, this election is about providing a quality education versus draining the budget to consolidate political power and pad pockets.
PU's total lack of prior experience or interest in the public school district was on display at last week's candidate's debate. Incredibly, not one of them has ever attended a school board meeting. And it was obvious from their comments that they are completely uninformed on what is happening at the district schools, particularly at the High School.
What They've Been Told to Say
The PU platform comprises the classic, contradictory, political platitudes: cut costs and improve everything. They claim they love the programs that exist but also say things are in a bad state and many more programs are needed. They say they intend to dramatically reduce costs but won't say how they intend to do this. Presumably this is because any proposal to dramatically cut costs must involve dramatically cutting services, programs, teachers or benefits. Not only would this damage the schools, this would also run counter to all of their promised improvements. But, hey, they're running for election on behalf of the people who selected them to run, so they're saying whatever they've been told to say.
Along those lines, one of PU's most obvious failings is their manifest ignorance of school programs and services. At the debate they claimed the public schools were deficient and needed to add language classes, cooperate with local businesses, work with Stevens Institute and other higher education institutions, add STEM courses, and add cybersecurity classes. All of these already exist! Their complete ignorance of the district combined with their desire to take control of it is not only an insult, but also a threat, to district students, parents and teachers.
Trashing Hoboken High School
What riles me the most though is PU's unrelenting, underlying, message that the High School is a terrible, scary, school that no one in their right mind would send their children to. At the debate, two of the PU candidates stated they wouldn't send their own kids to the High School, and the third said with a resigned sigh that she had "no choice" but to use the High School. Trashing Hoboken High School is a tradition amongst opponents to school reform. Their supporters enthusiastically embrace this disparaging message and, by implication, disparage the students, the teachers, the staff and, of course, the Superintendent, and the School Board.
Every High School student, every one of their parents, and every High School teacher and staff member should be personally insulted by PU's constant, ignorant claims about the High School. Unlike every other high school option for Hoboken children, the Hoboken Public School District is the only district that unconditionally accepts (in fact, is legally bound to accept) every student, regardless of economic background, physical or mental ability, or academic ability. What does this mean? It means that Hoboken public schools, and the High School in particular, have a more diverse population than any other schools in the city.
Those who have experienced the strong sense of community at Hoboken High understand that diversity is a core value and a strength. But it goes without saying that student diversity leads to diversity in grades and, by extension, diversity in test scores. Diversity in test scores does not, however, imply, as PU would have you believe, that Hoboken High School teachers are poor, curricula are substandard, or that the Superintendent and School Board neglect academic achievement. In fact, the reality is just the opposite. But as was clearly evident at the debate, irresponsibly trashing the High School is seen as a more effective talking point then providing considerate, insightful constructive criticism. Of course, to do the latter would require taking time to learn about the current state of the High School and attending a School Board meeting or two.
The Real Agenda
But PU has no reason to learn about the current state of Hoboken's Schools. Their goal is to undermine them. And the reason they do this is a fundamental part of a longer-term strategy to drive people away from the schools so that no one's left to notice when they divert resources away from the classrooms. I know this sounds like overheated conspiracy talk but, unfortunately, this exact behavior occurred for decades and only ended in 2009 when reformers first gained a majority on the School Board. Well-documented forensic audits and legal contract reviews revealed years of pillaging by PU's current backers. Once one understands that this is, in fact, the reason that PU is running, their ignorance and negativity make sense. Improving education isn't the point.
The Future is in Jeopardy
Last year's school board election was a blow to reform's efforts to continue to improve Hoboken's public schools. Reformers lost two seats which means that, this year, reform's majority is in jeopardy of being lost to those who controlled the schools pre-2009. Unlike last year, however, I sense the resurgence of a grassroots movement supporting Hoboken's Public Schools. Further, I've noticed parents starting to feel protective and proud of their schools. They're no longer willing to simply accept the uninformed, negative chatter. Community confidence in the high school is growing because parents are getting involved and getting informed.
Realize that last year's School Board election was decided by only 34 votes! So even if you are ambivalent about voting at the national level, keep in mind that your vote matters at the municipal level, not just in deciding election outcomes, but also deciding the direction of our city's public schools!
On November 8th Vote 1-2-4 to move Forward Together!

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The Mayfield tape also includes an interview with Mayfield, comments from Charles and B.B. King and performance footage of the singer with Naftalin's band at the Sleeping Lady Cafe in Fairfax.
Mayfield can also be seen, along with pioneering Oakland bluesman Lowell Fulson (who died March 9), in "Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party, Volume 1," which was taken from a series of weekly engagements that ran from 1979 to 1983 at the tiny Sleeping Lady. Volume 2 features Charlie Musselwhite and John Lee Hooker with an all-star band including Naftalin, Francis Clay and the late Luther Tucker.
There are times during Hooker's relaxed 1981 performance -- a rare document of the bluesman's music from a 12-year period in which he made no albums -- when he and the band seem to be moving in different directions, yet Naftalin manages to resolve the harmonic limbo with his riveting chord changes. "I guess that's what it meant to be a bandleader on that occasion," the one-time Butterfield Blues Band keyboardist says. The videos are available in stores or through Naftalin's www.bluespower.com Web site.


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Phil Lord and Chris Miller Not Returning For 'The LEGO Movie 2′
'The LEGO Movie' was a huge, huge success for both Warner Bros. and LEGO (over $225 million and the highest-grossing movie of the year, so far) and both parties moved quickly to make sure 'The LEGO Movie 2' was happening. That's the good news. The bad news is that it will be happening without Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who wrote and directed the original.
Like 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2,' Lord and Miller will produce the upcoming 'LEGO' sequel, but have instead passed the directorial reigns over to Chris McKay, the 'LEGO Movie' co-director. Michelle Morgan and Jared Stern are currently writing the 'LEGO Movie 2' script.
UPDATE: Chris Miller just tweeted his and Lord's support of McKay:
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Orlando Japan Festival this Sunday!
The Orlando Japan Festival is a family-friendly event with taiko drummers performance, traditional Japanese dance, ethnic food vendors, martial arts demos and more!
This Sunday, November 2nd, both Propeller Anime and Anime Spot UCF will be going out together! This will be our club's SEVENTH consecutive year going. It's a lot of fun and FREE!
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Propeller Anime Turns Eight Today! OSU!
Man, what a party we had last week! Thank you all again for coming out and making Propeller Anime the most party anime club in the entire galaxy! Today is our official birthday as we are now eight years old! Thank you for all the love and support over the years!
Before we start YEAR NINE, let's give thanks to all those who helped with the party!
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Party Updates! Game Tournaments! Musical Acts! And More!
Hey Propellerheads! As you already know, Friday October 17th will be Propeller Anime's 8th Anniversary Halloween Party at The Geek Easy! (114 S. Semoran Blvd. Winter Park, FL 32792)
We have some really cool announcements for the party to share today, including video game tournaments, musical acts, raffles, Jojo's posing, and more!
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Here's a bunch of links that you should check out, you Sun Devil fan, you.
Erickson, Sun Devils select football captains | ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University
The 2011 football season is just 10 days away and the Sun Devils have begun to prepare for their first opponent, UC Davis.
Fat Lever To Have Number 12 Honored On Jan. 28 When Sun Devils Host Washington State - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site
Sun Devils focusing on season opener
Fall camp is over, and now Arizona State's focus is on the September 1st opener against UC Davis.
Pac-12 Tour: Arizona State Sun Devils | Sports | KVAL CBS 13 - News, Weather and Sports - Eugene, OR
A recent scrimmage didn't bode well: on three consecutive plays, three players went down with injuries, including senior linebacker Brandon Magee. He is out for the season now with a ruptured achilles.
According To Arizona State, Syracuse Fans Are The Worst - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
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Brown Widow Spider,
Gray Widow, Geometric Button Spider
Latrodectus geometricus
Brown Widow Spider: Overview | Brown Widow Spider Bites | Prevention
Health and Medical Disclaimer
Brown widow spiders occur in the southeastern, southern and southwestern United States, as well as worldwide in the tropical zone. The brown widow originally entered the U.S. in Florida and spread its range in the 1990s. They have been encountered and documented in California, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Georgia.
Description & Habitat
Brown widow spiders are hard to identify due to the broad range of their coloration and their close resemblance to young black widow spiders. The easiest way to identify a brown widow is by the presence of their unique egg sacs that are woven with silk spikes on the surface.
The color of the brown widow spider ranges from tan to gray and dark brown. There is an orange or yellow hourglass shape on the underside of the abdomen of the females. Males do not have this marking.
The color pattern on top of the abdomen may have some white spots with parallel rows of black spots or a broken red line. This pattern is the source of the name geometric spider. These markings may darken and become obscured with the age of the spider, making it an unreliable source for identification. The spider has eight legs and a round abdomen, and females are 1 to 1.5" in length with the males approximately half that size.
The distinctive egg sacs of the brown widow spider have a spiky, globular form. They look like round white or light brown spheres with spikes protruding all over.
Brown widows are most commonly found on the underside of outdoor furniture, in pots, on garbage cans, in garages, or outdoor sheds and in surrounding landscaping. Brown widows feed on small insects that they capture in their webs. Their eyesight is poor and they rely on the vibrations from their web to alert them of newly captured prey or incoming predators.
A brown widow spider spins a sticky and irregular web that has a tangled or messy design in order to catch prey. Bugs and small insects fly or crawl into the web and get stuck. The web vibrates when a bug has landed on it and the brown widow rushes to the insect and bites it. The brown widow wraps the bug in silk and saves it to feed on after it is done hunting.
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Pilgrims News
1 20 Years of HLT, Jim Wright, Principal of Pilgrims, UK
2 Native Vs Non-native Debate at IATEFL Poland, Wrocław 2018, collected and edited by Hanna Kryszewska, Poland
Various Articles
Humanism today
1 Humanism is Alive and Well, Alan Maley, UK
2 The Human Face of Language Learning: A Complex/Dynamic Perspective, Carol Griffiths, New Zealand and UK
3 The "Hidden" Humanistic Teachers: Rudolph Steiner's Followers in the Waldorf Schools Round the World, Mario Rinvolucri, UK
4. Empathy as a Source of Motivation in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Csilla Jaray-Benn, France
6 How Do We Embrace Change?, Malu Sciamarelli, Brazil
5 Values and Beliefs: Constants in a Changing World, Rod Bolitho, UK
Trends – something old, something new
7 The What, Why and How of CLIL for English Teachers, Aleksandra Zaparucha, Poland
8 Stories: Their Importance In and Out of the Classroom, Andrew Wright, Hungary
9 You Are Never Too Old to Learn But You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks… Some Reflections on Teaching the Silver Generation (60 +), Małgorzata Szwaj, Poland
Reflections on teaching and education
10 Purpose Beyond Profit: It's One Thing to "Do Good", Another to "Stop Doing Bad"…, Adrian Underhill, UK
11 The Reunion. On Intuitive Observation in Educational Situations, Henk van Oort, the Netherlands
12 Random Teacher's Thoughts Organised Along A Running Trail, Marina Marinova, Germany
21st Century Skills
1 Remote Theatre: Communicating Creatively Across Cultures Through Screen Technology, David Heathfield, Europe
2 On Embracing Change: Observations From a Technophile, Daniel Martin, Spain
3 Cross-Curricular Activities Through Arts and Crafts and English with Young Learners, Zhivka Ilieva and Iliya Iliev, Bulgaria
Lesson Ideas
1 Sundry Literature Lessons (1), Robert Feather, UK
2 Literature Lessons (1), Mario Rinvolucri, UK
3 Using Pictures and Stories in the EFL Classroom, Karen Saxby, UK
Golden Classics
1 Golden Classics: A Blast From the Past, Magda Zamorska, Poland
2 Using Questions the Way We Did back in the Last Millennium, Mario Rinvolucri, UK
The Creativity Group
C Group Presenters at IATEFL Liverpool, 2019
1 An Education, Danny Singh, Italy
2 Happy Birthday, Chaz Pugliese, France
3 Humanising Language Teaching as a Force for Identity Change, Simon Mumford, Turkey
4 HLT – The Last 20 Years and the Next, Mike Shreeve, UK
5 From a Simple Request to National Impact, Claire Özel, Turkey
6 Embracing Change…Or Not, Lou Spaventa, US
7 Musings on the Topic of Change, Tessa Woodward, UK
1 The Strategy Factor in Successful Language Learning: The Tornado Effect (second edition), reviewed by Adem Soruç, UK
2 Jack-the-Cat's Adventures, Sezgi Yalin Cyprus and US
3 Alan Maley's 50 Creative Activities, reviewed by Mario Rinvolucri, UK
4 ELT Lesson Observation & Feedback Handbook, Jeanette Barsdell, UK
5 Tune into English, Fergal Kavanagh, Italy
1 Aspects of British Humour, Tim Bowen, UK
2 English Grammar Affected by Brexit Debate! May Remains but no Might!
3 Twenty Years of HLT – Twenty Years of CEF, Geoff Tranter, Germany
1 How the Heart Responds, Alan Maley, UK
2 My Poetry (After Pablo Neruda), George Bradford Patterson, US


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Hello and thanks for stopping by to see what's going on over here at Coast to Coast. Today I'm co-hosting with Allie from A Gal Named Al, Trina & Sara from Mom's Coffee Date, Tara from Mommy In A Nutshell and Holly from Pink Lady who happen to be some of my favorite blogger buddies for the Ladies Who Link party. Grab our graphic (or just link to one or all of us) and let's talk about our best travel tips & vacation suggestions. We have this fun little party the 3rd Thursday of every month and we'd love you to join. The more the merrier is what I always say…except when it comes to vacation weight…LOL.
This one turned into not only what I hope will be some helpful info, but a long walk down memory lane in the form of pictures, so grab your coffee and get to scrolling. Mom and Dad, you're going to love this post.❤
As luck would have it I'm in the process of planning a special celebration trip for Kent and myself this fall. We are planning to go to Hawaii to celebrate our 25th anniversary and a milestone birthday for myself. I won't say the number but I will tell that I will have been married for HALF my life. WOW! Now there's your word problem for the day. PLEASE, if you have a favorite island or resort I should be looking at tell me. As of right now I'm thinking Maui is going to be the winner, but you might change my mind. Who knows?
I'm currently exploring the travel packages that Costco offers. Since I'm a DIY travel agent. I think the last time we used a bonafide travel agent was when Kent booked our honeymoon. I'm a real DIY'er, even when it comes to travel. If you know the benefits of using a travel agent and have a good one (yes, I know Mix and Match Mama does travel) please leave your thoughts in the comments.
We do a fair amount of traveling these days with our kids both living in Nashville for school and now Benny actually residing there permanently with a real job. #winforhim #winfortheparents
So let's talk about a few of the major aspects of travel first.
I'm a loyal Southwest traveler. I used to always go on Kayak or one of those type sites to look for airfare when we were traveling, but I've found Southwest is consistently the cheapest and with their 2 bags FREE benefit, well, let's just say for those of us who are members of "overpackers anonymous" that's a major score.
Car Rentals
We also now frequently get rental cars and I would typically go about finding those the same way as flights up until the last couple of years. I stumbled upon CarRentals.com. It's also a comparison site, but I've had great luck with them finding me the best deal.
Thankfully most of the places we visit we are blessed to have friends to stay with but when I do need to find a hotel I turn to…you guessed it. A comparison site such as Kayak. I see what's available through them and then I also go straight to the hotels site and see if they have the same or even occasionally a better deal. I prefer not to book through 3rd parties because sometimes it can make it difficult if you need to cancel.
Okay, now let's talk about our favorite vacation spots.
For years and years we went to Myrtle Beach, SC for our family vacations and LOVED it! I'd go back in a heartbeat if it wasn't so far away and a little challenging as far as flights go.
It was the first place we took Benny and Katie to the beach.
We continued to go to Myrtle Beach most summers for a long stretch of time.
Living in Virginia for the majority of my life and up until Benny and Katie were 15 and 12, meant we were able to see and do a lot of great things. Richmond is central to tons of great tourist spots and history.
One of our favorite spots was always Williamsburg. We were fortunate to live about an hour away and would frequently go just to hang out for a day. These pictures and a lot of the ones that follow are with our friends who were just here to visit us last week. They are our favorite travel partners and we've taken quite a few trips together.
We lived 2 hours from D.C and it was yet another place we could make an easy day or weekend trip out of.
If you've never been to the Great Smokey Mountains, you're missing out. Think the fun of the beach in a mountain setting. Places to hike, go-carts, miniature golf, Dollywood and lots of fun places to eat.
The Biltmore is quite the sight to see. Sitting in an absolutely gorgeous part of North Carolina, it's just amazing to think people actually lived like this. We saw this way before Downton Abbey came out, but it totally reminds me of it if you are a fan.
Once we moved to Minnesota we were closer (as in still an 8 hour drive) to Chicago and went there for a weekend. So many fun things to see and do and I'd love to go back.
Anyone who knows me also knows my first love involves sun and sand. We expanded our beach trips once our travel had to be done by plane and for a couple of years went to Panama City. If you want a check list, so to speak, check out this post.
Most recently we've come to love Orange Beach. It's right on the Florida/Alabama border. Living on the West Coast now I can promise you that East Coast beaches and beaches on the Gulf of Mexico are far superior to any over here. Sorry to anybody that offends…just telling it like it is.
Laura Horton…does what's on the screen of my computer look familiar to you?? I just happened to notice this when proofing. Even on vacation, I'm keeping up with my blogger friends.
I'm looking forward to reading all of your travels tips and seeing your favorite vacation spots. Mark you calendar if you're a blogger for our next link up when we'll be talking about back to school prep. And all the mama's just said, "no…make it stop!"
If you've missed any of the previous Ladies Who Link I've participated in you can check them out here:
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Summer plans, recipes and activities
Link up below and have a great day! It's almost Friday…again.
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Affirmations for Challenging Situations:
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Claire Brown – Tuesday 23rd July 2019 – 9.15am.
Two pedestrians have been injured, one seriously, after a collision involving a car and parked cars in Birmingham last night.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received multiple 999 calls to Berkeley Road East, Hay Mills, shortly before 8.00pm yesterday (Monday). Three ambulances, two paramedic officers and a MERIT trauma doctor responded to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "Ambulance staff arrived to find two pedestrians who had been involved in a collision with a car which had also collided with parked cars.
"One pedestrian, a woman, sustained serious injuries which required trauma care at the roadside. Once stabilised, she was taken on blue lights and sirens to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency treatment.
"A second pedestrian, a man, was given treatment on scene for less serious injuries before being taken to Heartlands Hospital.
"The driver of the car, a man, suffered relatively minor injuries and was taken to hospital as a precaution for further checks."


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An auction can be exciting at the best of times... throw in a house with subsidence, a seller in Australia and the agent in the UK!Martin Bond Auctioneers recently ran a nail biting online auction with all the above thrown into the mix. The seller who is living in Australia and had been renting o... Read More
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Are you selling a property by online auction? Here are some of the common terms you should know. Auction Glossary TermsWe have compiled the following list of property auction terms with a simple explanation to help you understand the terminology being used in an auction sale. Unco... Read More
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We have several auctions taking place this month from Artis, Sherry Fitzgerald and more to be confirmed. Here is a bit more information on the auctions if you'd like to watch on the day. 03/09/2020 Sherry Fitzgerald O'Leary Kinsella Cranacrower, County Wexford, Y25 EA09, Ireland: Click here ... Read More
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Today is an exciting day at Offr, as we just released a redesign of our platform. Offr, as we like to say, is a software used to turn an agent's visual site to transactional. It is designed to help agents manage their workflows, sell property on their own website and to speed up the time it takes... Read More
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An 18 year-old male has been charged following investigation into a shooting incident, on February 22, 2017, that wounded another 18 year-old male. The shooting occurred at a residence in the 1300 block of Athol Street. On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 3:30 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence in the 1300 block Athol…Details


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Life Lessons
Life Lessons
I am not sure if it's just age, or perhaps I am just plain becoming too emotional about my own paintings. One thing is for sure, I am not parting with them easily. I never have. watching them go has never been an easy thing but the fact remains that if I don"t sell them I might just as well go get a job because I won't be able to eat, much less support my family.
I love being full time as an artist. I wouldn't have it any other way, so, I have to sell.
That being said, I recently read a great e-mail from the owner of that painting in that picture up there on the left, "The Georgian Bay". I can't say her name here but suffice to say her first initial is K, so I will refer to her as "K".
K told me about an experience of her's where she received an old painting from a garage sale that she just fell in love with. Here, I will let K tell it in her own words:
"I have an oil painting that my mom found at a garage sale. I fell in love with it and had it beautifully framed. It was given a beautiful second life! I often think of the artist and wish he knew how much I cherish it and enjoy it. It speaks volumes to me. I have Googled the artists name and still have no idea who this person was and what he was all about. I can see how you see your paintings as "long lost children" and your connection to them forever." K
I too have had such an experience. I have many times been in my local Value Village hunting down that characteristic old frame and seen many hand painted gems sitting inside most of the frames on the shelf. Who are those artists? Where did they come from? What was the story behind that painting?
Then I wonder, of course, if my own paintings might one day end up in such a sad state? Ohhhh, that hurts!
It's funny to me how life teaches us things. Through chains of events we discover new concepts and ideas we never before contemplated. All these years I have been painting away and just setting my paintings off into the clue beyond, most never to see again and never once considered that perhaps some, just a select few should be kept with me.
So I have begun to enact this new principle. To retain and hold in a private collection some of my most prized (and still around me) paintings. This does not mean my most powerful, or colourful, or accomplished works. Sure there are some of those in there. But actually a cross section of work from my beginnings as a watercolourist to the present as an oil landscape artist.
So now when you look at the "Currently Available" page or www.robertmcaffee.com, and through the other pages such as Forest and Trees, Water, etc, you will see a significantly paired down inventory. And now you know where those that have gone have go to.
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This is my blog page and it is where I get to be the opinionated man that I really am. The views are my own.
I invite your replies and comments, on my virtual welcome mat.
This sketch above became this finished painting below
The Pine Tree Painter.
How did I become known as the Pine Tree Painter? You could say I paint a lot of Pine Trees, that would be true. I paint a lot of other things too, but Pine Trees, Spruce Trees, Birch and others seem to be a continuous string in what i do. I just like the way they stand there like a custodian of the land. or a greeter to nature. So, I continue down the path with the Pine Tree Painter name on my head, It's ok.
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text: All of us at sometime or another face life changing moments in our lives. Some of those moments are positive, while on the other hand, some are negative. Yet, life changing events are inevitable. Jesus experiences a life changing moment in His life, His entry into Jerusalem. It is the Passover, and millions of Jews have made their way to the Holy City to celebrate God's deliverance in their lives. However, Christ is coming to Jerusalem as the ultimate sacrifice for all of humanity. This life changing moment in Jesus' life helps us understand how to deal with our own life changing events. When we are willing to work in collaboration with others, rather than isolation from others, we are better able to deal with life changing situations. It is also necessary for us to respond to life changing events with dedication rather than trepidation. So when we face life changing moments, we can rest assure that those moments are not the ends of our stories but are stepping stones to greater depths in God.


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In France, a Right-Wing Polemicist Tries Channeling De Gaulle to Win Votes
PARIS — The retro choreography was heavy-handed, its intent obvious: Éric Zemmour in a dark tie, eyes averted from the camera, reading into an old-fashioned microphone from sheets of paper, just like Charles de Gaulle in his famous speech from London on June 18, 1940, when he called for the liberation of a fallen France.
Mr. Zemmour is not a towering general, and France is not on its knees. But Mr. Zemmour, the far-right polemicist who this week announced his run for next year's presidential election, understands the power of provocative imagery. Effrontery and scandal have propelled his outsider candidacy.
His campaign-launching video was a nationalistic call for reborn French glory. From Joan of Arc to the singer Johnny Hallyday, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Brigitte Bardot, from Voltaire to Versailles, from Notre Dame to village church bells, it took viewers on a tour of Mr. Zemmour's imaginary France.
The France that — in the telling of this Jewish journalist of North African descent whose family arrived in France 70 years ago — existed before immigrants, Muslim veils, vandalism and mealy-mouthed elites led the country to its most recent strange defeat.
"His catastrophic vision speaks to a deep-rooted French pessimism," said Pascal Perrineau, a social scientist. "We are one of the most pessimistic countries in the world. Combine that with alienation from the political class, inward-looking nationalism, and a defiant French inclination to overturn the table, and you have the Zemmour phenomenon."
Whether or not Mr. Zemmour can build out from his current support — in the 12 to 15 percent range, according to polls — and qualify for the runoff round of voting in April is unclear. But one way or another, he will affect the outcome, splitting the far-right share of the vote and so opening up the field. Already this man without a party has illustrated just how far France has lurched to the right.
There would be no Zemmour phenomenon if France were not ripe for it, just as there would have been no President Donald J. Trump if the United States had not been ready for his nationalist message.
Mr. Zemmour explicitly models himself on Mr. Trump. He rose to notoriety through regular TV appearances, he laces his apocalyptic message with anti-immigrant slurs, he makes the unsayable sayable, he delights in a macho contempt for women, and his slogan might as well be "Make France Great Again."
"We are a great nation, a great people. Our glorious past presages our future. Our soldiers conquered Europe and the world!" Mr. Zemmour declared this week, before insisting that "we will be worthy of our ancestors. We will not allow ourselves to be dominated, turned into vassals, conquered, colonized. We will not allow ourselves to be replaced."
Mr. Zemmour, like Tucker Carlson of Fox News, is an ardent adherent to the theory of "the great replacement," a phrase generally attributed to a xenophobic French writer, Renaud Camus, who said: "The great replacement is very simple. You have one people, and in the space of a generation, you have a different people." The new France, according to Mr. Zemmour, would be the one that has been led to "decline and decadence" by Muslim immigration.
How did France arrive at this state, where polls suggest at least 35 percent of the population will vote for either Mr. Zemmour or the perennial candidate of the far right, Marine Le Pen, in the first round of voting?
Some factors are shared with the United States — cultural fracture between cities and the hinterland, deindustrialization, racial tensions, growing precariousness in the workplace — but others are unique to France.
Chief among them is the place of the second religion of France, Islam. Many of the millions of Muslims in France, as much as 10 percent of the population, according to estimates, are successfully integrated, but their story has tended to be overshadowed by numerous terrorist attacks by radical Islamists.
This has engendered fear, as has the perception that the teachings of Islam may be hard to reconcile with a Republic dedicated to the notion that education dissolves differences of faith in shared citizenship.
"Immigration equals Islam equals insecurity," said Hakim El Karoui, a Muslim who is a senior fellow at the Institut Montaigne. "No politician praises diversity any longer."
Mr. Zemmour's emergence changes the presidential election, to be held a little over four months from now. Because Ms. Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally, who is making her third attempt to become president, and Mr. Zemmour, will divide the hard-right-right vote, it may open the way for a center-right candidate to reach the second round. The percentage of votes needed to qualify by being one of the top two candidates in the first round will be lower.
Valérie Pécresse, a moderate conservative who heads the Île-de-France regional council and is a former budget minister, looks almost certain to be picked this weekend as the candidate of the center-right Republicans. She has described herself as "one-third Thatcher, two-thirds Merkel" and is emerging as the potential dark horse of an election where the French left seems condemned to irrelevance.
For now, President Emmanuel Macron, occupying a vast vacated middle ground, looks like the favorite. But he would be less comfortable facing Ms. Pécresse in a runoff than an extreme right-wing ideologue.
Mr. Zemmour, unlike Ms. Le Pen, has appealed to some of the center-right through his erudition and culture, but his challenge is now twofold: to convince the French that he is not a one-trick pony and to overcome the impression that he is not "presidential." In other words, he has to address issues beyond immigration, not least formulate something resembling an economic plan; and he probably needs to cut from his repertoire the kind of crude gesture he aimed at a protester in Marseille last month.
Still, until now, as with Mr. Trump, every outrage that might have derailed Mr. Zemmour has left him reinforced, or at least still standing, and often leading the news of the day. An editorial in the center-right daily Le Figaro noted this week that it was a French writer, Honoré de Balzac, who described scandal as "the pedestal of success."
Mr. Zemmour has called child asylum seekers "thieves, killers and rapists." He has said "most drug dealers are Black and Arab." He has suggested France's collaborationist wartime Vichy government saved French Jews. He has equated Jewish children murdered in 2012 with their jihadi terrorist killer because their parents chose to bury them outside France, in Jerusalem.
He has argued that "Islam is incompatible with the French republic" and suggested that mass deportation of immigrants might not be impossible. This despite the fact an entire section of the cemetery at Verdun, the World War I battlefield where about 300,000 people were killed, is given over to Muslims who gave their lives for France.
He would ban all "non-French names" like Muhammad. He would rescind the 1972 Pleven law that made incitement to racial hatred illegal and has earned him repeated charges and one conviction.
Mr. Zemmour's 2006 book called "The First Sex," published when he was a journalist at Le Figaro newspaper, was a best seller. It argued that France had declined because of the loss of male "virility" and the "feminization" of society. In a subsequent best seller, "The French Suicide," published in 2014, he waxed lyrical about the world before feminism when a bus driver could "slide a concupiscent hand" over a woman's backside without risking prosecution.
Married to a lawyer, he is openly involved in a relationship with his political adviser Sarah Knafo, 28. He has not denied a news report that she is pregnant, although he has sued the magazine that published the article for invasion of privacy, according to his lawyers. The revelations have not caused a stir in France.
"A lot of French people don't care," said Mr. Perrineau, the social scientist. "They think some level of scandal is the price to be paid for renewing French political life."
De Gaulle said in his London speech that "the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished."
That, of course, was resistance to a France that had succumbed to the racist, antisemitic ideology of Vichy.


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A sermon by Rev. David Holmlund on
Luke 18:1-8
Sermon Title: "The Persistent Widow"
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'" 6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"


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As a landlord, security deposits are essential for our protection. More likely than not, the security deposit will be returned to the tenant when they move out, but accidents do happen. Sometimes tenants are careless with a property, and landlords are left footing the bill. Security deposits not only help with damages, but they also come in handy in case the tenant breaks their terms of a lease. It also helps pay for additional cleaning, back rent, or even a key replacement.
In other words, security deposits are essential and should be treated as such. Here are a few things to keep in mind when managing security deposits from start to finish:
1. Know The Law
Each state has its own set of laws regarding security deposits. They could be guidelines for how much you should charge for the deposit, if there are pets, or if the tenant needs extra accommodations. It's imperative to read through your state's laws about deposits, just in case. It will reflect poorly on you if you did not adhere to the regulations, which may be brought up in small claims court if things go south.
2. Charge The Correct Amount
If you're a new landlord, you may be tempted to ask for less so you can attract more potential renters. However, many rental experts would disagree. If you ask for more, you'll attract more financially stable renters who can pay for first and last month's rent along with a more substantial security deposit. It can also be used as a buffer if the tenant leaves the property without notice.
3. Written Statement of Condition
It may seem tedious at first, but it's pivotal to have a walk-through with your tenant before the move-in date to look through each room and discuss any issues. There may be some mild wear and tear from the previous tenant (You can include a list of possible damages: paint chips, carpet stains, damaged tile, repainting, holes in the walls). Having both a verbal and written account of what kind of condition the living space is in, along with established agreement will help solidify that you and your tenant are on the same page moving forward.
Doing a walk-through at the end of the rental contract would be beneficial as well. This could give the tenant a chance to clean up any new mess they encounter, and you both can revisit the original list and agreement together to ensure everything is wrapped up.
4. Create A Trust or Escrow Account
This should go without saying, but security deposits should not be touched. That money is a placeholder for the tenant when moving out. If you ask your bank to make a deposit account for trust or escrow fund, it will halt any use of these funds in forfeiture – just in case your company experiences any issues.
You may also consider making a separate account altogether. It's all too easy to mix security deposit funds with other forms of income, and then accidentally spend the security deposit.
5. Explain Why Tenants Aren't Getting Their Deposit Back in Full
Just like the detailed list you created when doing the walk-through, it's equally important to send an itemized list of things that have been damaged since the tenant left. This can include the cost of repair quoted by the repair company.
If you do a walk-through at the end of their lease and point these things out in person, the list of damages won't come as a surprise. The tenant will also less likely cause you trouble, as they will have a chance to fix it on their own before they officially move out.


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Microsoft Office Product Key installation error 0x80070005
Microsoft Office is one of Microsoft's main products, and like any other product, the activation error also makes it bother. Generally, the system error shows when the system, that is, the Office software on Windows is not capable of validating the license even when everything looks correct. Office 2016 Activation Key installation error 0x80070005 is an error for Office 365, Office 2013 or Office 2016. In this Troubleshooting Guide, we will be able to easily solve Microsoft Office 365 Activation Error 0x80070005.
You can use Activation Troubleshooter for Office 365 and Office 2016 or manually troubleshoot Office 2016 activation error 0x80070005. This shows if the office is not able to verify your license. Problems may be with version, upgrade, temporary failure, number of installations, or product expiration.
Office Product Key installation error 0x80070005
The problem is clear. Windows is unable to verify your key or upgrade an office or everyone can not be activated. Because these products are under paid subscription, users must have validity before they can gain full access.
Check if your Office 365 Subscription Active:
- If you have an office subscription, the first thing you need to do is check if the license is still active. You have to see this in your services and subscriptions page
- Go account.microsoft.com and switch to that section.
- Locate Office 365 on that page, and see if it asks to renew or is activated.
- If it asks to renew, then you need to pay and then activate it.
- If its activated follow the link which says Install Office and check if you can install it on the PC or Mac i.e. Office 365 allows you to install on a limited number of devices.
Make sure Office Software is updated:
If you have installed an office in Microsoft Store, then you have to go back to the store and see if there is an update available. If yes, please update. If you have downloaded and installed Office directly from the Microsoft website or disc, then you need to follow the steps below:
Open any Office application, like Word or Excel or Powerpoint.
- Click File > Account.
- Under Product Information, click Update Options > Update Now.
- If you don't see Update Now, click Update Options >Enable Updates to turn on automatic updates. After that, click Update Options > Update Now.
Run Administrator as Administrator to Complete Activation
Often the office license failed to activate because it did not have proper permission. This is a rare situation because most applications are already allowed to activate their products. Perhaps running Windows 10 Office applications with administrative privileges may help to activate it.
- Close all Office programs. You can also check with the Task Manager to see if you are running in the background. If so, close the application.
- Find Word or any other application from the Start Menu list, and right click > run as administrator.
- Go to File > Account > Activate Product.
- See if this works.