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Western Technical College-Mauston offers OSHA training
Published on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Western Technical College's Business and Industry Services Division is offering OSHA 10-Hour training on Tuesday, March 17 and Friday, March 20, from Noon-5:00 p.m., at the Mauston Campus, 100 College Ave.
Designed for Human Resource Managers, manufacturing employees, and supervisors needing OSHA certification, this training cover regulations including, recordkeeping, fire safety, and hazardous walking and working surfaces. Participants completing the seminar will earn a 10-hour OSHA card.
Cost is $149 for the two sessions. For details on this and other seminars, visit westerntc.edu/bis. To register, contact the Business and Industry Services Division at 608.785.9232 or e-mail email@example.com.
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Parts of North Texas remained under a Tornado Watch following late afternoon thunderstorms which pounded area counties Monday (11/10).
A long line of showers and thunderstorms stretched from Sherman southwest to near Brownwood and kept storm chasers busy.
Some of the storms were forecast to rotate, producing short-lived tornadoes, large hail and wind gusts in excess of 60mph.
Parts of Parker, Hood, Erath and Denton counties saw more than 3 inches of rain. The heaviest rain has fell just south of Santo in southern Palo Pinto county. There were reports of water over the roadways near I-20 and Hwy 281.
Forecasters say most of the rain and storms will gradually come to an end during the morning hours on Tuesday.


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Star is encased in pantyhose. Her ankle is folded to her thigh and pantyhose tightly bind the leg to itself in a nylon cocoon. A tight hug that makes most people feel comforted - is entirely violating to our blonde beauty. Leather is added as an extra measure of security. Her hands, wrists, and neck are too wrapped in tight leather and secured to the bar at her shoulders. Her face gets the same treatment. Fortunately for Star, her tongue is pierced. A jennings gag is added and Claire ties her toungue to her nipple clamps... bitch won't have an opinion now or ever in that predicament. Out comes the cane and the cattle prod. Worked over in her little safe harbor of nylon, this bitch breaks early on... the perfect state to be in for her next predicament.
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Star is placed in metal bilbos and shackles with her feet and genitals exposed. Her head is encased in a breathing restricted latex hood. There is only a small hole that permits her to get air and push the used air out. If she gets over excited, the latex suctions to her face and she has a harder time getting the air she needs... perfect for torment. Claire grounds herself with the violet wand and goes after Star, with special attention to the feet and utilizing the wartenburg wheel for added discomfort. Since Star can't see anything as well as challenging breathing patterns, Claire clamps Star's cunt with the strongest clamps in the DB arsenal and uses them to suspend and hold in the large dick inserted into Star's cunt. Star is then given the ultimate in breathing challenges - orgasm games. As she gets more turned on and to the brink of orgasms, she starts asphyxiating herself! HOT!
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We turn the intensity up in the last scene with Star bound standing in the clear strap set. The vibrator/mic stand is brought out. Star thinks this is a pleasure item, but she could not be more wrong. Claire takes the mean black clips and covers Star's labia with them. She laces them together and wraps all the clamps AROUND the vibrator like a purse string. Any movement is painful for Star, even when she cums. Add caning, nipple clamps, and an intense pussy flogging and we have this bitch in a writing hot mess, not knowing which is better - cumming or not cumming!
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|Mar 29, 2013
Star is the greatest! Love her shoots since first seeing her on the site she mentioned in the interview (no longer existing) and it is great to see her back!
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|Mar 30, 2013
I love it when Claire Adams uses the "dick on a stick" on the models. Star was awesome! I love seeing Claire use the cattle prod too....ouch! I'll go into more details on the forums.
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Great to see Star back on Kink. She was great and I hope that some of the other sites will ask her to be on. As always love to see you
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|Mar 31, 2013
Please to see Miss ADAMS back. I realize that now, i am fully addicted to CLAIRE ADAMS. There is a lot of good misstresses, YES. But i truly appreciate CLAIRE (herself) and the fantastic work she provides. STAR is a wonderful model and so we have a GREAT SHOOT. Thank you LADIES.
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|Apr 5, 2013
Outstanding video! Welcome Back, Ms. Star! You look amazing! And the pictures you made today were pure art. Great job of Domming Ms. Claire! This is a really good Idea to invite models back. I realize its your personal preferance, but have you considered inviting others back? I would love to see you do a tease and deny on Ms. Kendra James--especially with those little black clips spreading Kendra's labia wide. Also Nina! Nina gets lost in her orgasms it would be fun to do a long tease and deny on her followed by an orgasm orverload. And then the two Lee ladies who orgasm so sweetly when tied--Pinky Lee and Annabelle Lee--I'll never forget the way you brought Annabelle to orgasm by hurting her clit. Jade Marxx is also one who gets lost in her orgasms and if you shoot her on a day when she's in a hurting mood, there's no one more genuine. There are a few other special models that I'd like to see invited back, and I'm sure there are others that you would like to work with again, like Chanta Rose or Cowgirl
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Staaaaar!!! Wow! Good to see her again.
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STAR is a star. It was very great show. Thank you. Nice to see STAR again.
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What a turn-on! Not only for the shoot but for the lovely Claire. Thanks. herbsgotfun
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Star's beautiful face should never be covered, she is too pretty, love her in everything I have seen her in, Star is definately in my top 5 favorite bondage models, would love to take her home.
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Jenni Carlson: Sounds like Kendrick Perkins needs a lesson on life skills
We knew Kendrick Perkins was no longer an altar boy.
All the mf-bombs gave it away.
Still, we didn't think the Thunder center was a knucklehead.
Perkins, who spent time as an altar boy growing up, went home to Beaumont, Texas, this past week for his annual youth camp and foundation fundraiser. His foundation aims to help children learn drug awareness and life skills, and he once told me that his youth camp is one of the most important things that he does, paying for much of it out of his own pocket.
But early Saturday morning, Perkins was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
The details?
He was arrested after an altercation at a nightclub. When police arrived, they reported observing about 50 people around Perkins, who was attempting to fight the manager of the club. The Thunder's 6-foot-10, 280-pound center had to be pushed out the back door to defuse the situation, but according to police, he was yelling obscenities and fighting others in the crowd as he was being ushered from the club.
OK, all of that by itself is embarrassing for a guy who's supposed to be in town raising funds for a foundation aimed at teaching kids drug awareness and life skills.
But there's more to the story.
Thursday night, Perkins was in nearby Port Arthur at the home of fellow NBA player Stephen Jackson. According to a local television report, the fire department was called to the house when Perkins had some sort of seizure and fell onto concrete. He was taken to the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.
There were various reports of what caused the problem — intoxication, dehydration and food poisoning among them — but whatever the case, Perk attended neither his charity game Friday afternoon nor his camp banquet Friday night.
According to a spokesperson, he was ordered by a doctor to rest.
He rested, all right. Rested enough to find a club, get drunk and cause a big ol' ruckus.
Listen, I'm not here to say that people should be held back from having a good time. Drink with your friends. Go to a club. Enjoy yourself. There's no harm in any of that.
But to be an NBA player in your hometown doing a youth camp and raising money for life-skills and drug-awareness training for kids, to be arrested less than 24 hours after going to the hospital and being told to cool it, to blow off a charity game and a camp banquet to then go out to a club and get arrested, that is plain dumb.
Clearly, Perkins' altar boy status was gone long ago, but that's because of his on-court persona. He has never been a guy who's had run-ins with the law or gotten his name on the police blotter. His bad-boy image has been all about his style of play, and frankly, the Thunder is OK with that. This is a team that needs the grittiness and the nasty that Perkins brings to the court.
He can be a hothead.
But a knucklehead?
There has never been a time when Perk seemed like a goober. Truth be told, he's one of the more thoughtful, intelligent interviews on the team. He sees situations for what they are, then he tells it like it is.
I'm going to follow his lead.
Perk acted like a bonehead this weekend. The Thunder expect better from him. Ditto for Oklahoma City.


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Fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state displaces tens of thousands of people - UN
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|UN News Service, Fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state displaces tens of thousands of people - UN, 13 September 2011, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e76f3ae2.html [accessed 27 May 2016]
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The fighting pits government forces against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and was previously confined to Southern Kordofan state before it spread to neighbouring Blue Nile last week.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update that little is known about the situation in Blue Nile, particularly in the SPLM-N controlled areas, due to lack of access. More than 100,000 people are thought to be displaced.
The security situation in the Blue Nile capital, Damazin, where fighting broke out at the beginning of the month, is normalizing but the city remains tense, according to the OCHA update.
A movement restriction imposed by the Government on UN staff remains in place in both Sennar and Blue Nile states.
Last Thursday, the Government said an assessment of humanitarian needs and the distribution of aid in Blue Nile will be coordinated by state authorities and that any humanitarian activities will be carried out by local humanitarian organizations, including the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS).
According to the Government's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) and local authorities in Blue Nile, new procedures relating to the work of UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be announced before the end of this week.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has received official requests from SRCS and another local group for food assistance to communities displaced from Blue Nile. However, due to government-imposed restrictions on pre-positioning of food stocks in Blue Nile, WFP has only enough stocks to feed 20,000 people for two weeks.
Police in Damazin have continued to provide protection to UN offices and warehouses to prevent looting. Three international NGOs have reported that their compounds in Damazin were looted.
There are reports of ongoing fighting in various parts of Southern Kordofan, but no further details have been forthcoming.
Some 8,000 newly displaced people in the eastern areas of South Kordofan have received non-food relief items. The assistance was made available by UN agencies in partnership with SRCS, HAC, and a local NGO.


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If Sugar Is As Addictive As Cocaine, Do We All Need Rehab?Danielle Sullivan
It's been well established that Americans have way too much sugar in our diets. With adult and child obesity at an all time high, it's not simply a matter of choice or preference anymore; it's a major health concern.
Back in the 70s when fat was seen as the major culprit toward good, healthy eating, many manufacturers took the fat out of the food and replaced it with sugar. So now thirty years later, not only are the typical foods, like desserts and snack foods filled with sugar, but items such as bread, yogurt and peanut butter are also laden with it.
One doctor says that sugar addiction can be so strong, we may need rehab to overcome it. California-based endocrinologist, Dr. Robert Lustig said he thinks America needs to go to rehab for sugar addiction. Furthermore, he told CBS News "60 Minutes" that he believes that sugar is as addictive as cocaine. Like cocaine and other drugs, sugar can actually cause a euphoric feeling "that triggers dopamine, the chemical that controls pleasure in the brain."
Besides diabetes, over-consumption of sugar has been linked to stroke, heart disease, breast and colon cancer. Lustig recommends that men should consume "no more than 150 calories of added sugars a day. And women, just 100 calories", which could literally be a slice of bread or a cup of coffee. The NY Daily News reports that average America eats a third of a pound of sugar every day, which totals 130 pounds a year.
Lustig explains why our food supply is so jam-packed with sugar:
"Take the fat out of food, it tastes like cardboard. And the food industry knew that. So they replaced it with sugar."
It's nothing but ironic that in our modern world where everything is vamped up so we can go about our lives faster, quicker, and more efficiently, that the best way to eat healthfully is to simply buy the pure staples (such as fruit, veggies, meat and flour, cornstarch, baking items for breads and carb based foods) and cook our food from scratch. It's really the only way to know what your family is eating. Yes, we have made strides and there are many more organic (yet higher priced) versions of food than there ever was before, but that is a definite minority in most supermarkets across the country.
Do you consume more than 100 calories of sugar per day? Do your kids? Does your family need a sugar rehab?
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I get a "popping" noise when the bike is being pedaled. The bike is brand new. I did change the cassette from an 11-26 to an 11-28. It is not a every pedal stroke. VERY random. It appears to do it only in the small chain ring. ANY IDEAS????
I get a "popping" noise when the bike is being pedaled. The bike is brand new. I did change the cassette from an 11-26 to an 11-28. It is not a every pedal stroke. VERY random. It appears to do it only in the small chain ring. ANY IDEAS????
My other problem like this came with a cheap Shimano or Truvativ crankset, it having special bumps on the inside surfaces of the chainrings to facilitate smooth shifting. Those caused the chain to deflect while remaining on the same chainring. It was very inefficient and annoying. See whether the chain deflects and makes the noise while riding.
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I will grease the pedals tomorrow. They are speedplays. Any idea if these have a history of doing that. They too are brand new. Film of grease on the seat rails????
Are you certain it is Crank/BB area?
Saddle creaks can appear in various places on the bike- as can Bar stem creaks. So can broken tubes and damaged spokes on the wheels. All of these "Have" been the cause of mysterious Crank noises so check them out aswell.
But if you can't find the noise in 5 minutes of searching- get the bike back to the LBS. Let them spend their time in Finding it?
How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
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Little creaks and pops and what not can drive yew crazy. I had one that went on and on. I tore apart the bottom bracket, repacked the bearings in the hubs (this was some years back) cleaned and lubed the drive train, lubed the pedals, cleaned and lightly greased the saddle rails. It only happened when a pedalled. It turned out to be a hairline crack in the weld on my rear water bottle cage. Eventually the cage started to fail and it became obvious. I replaced the cage and the mysterious noise ceased. Good luck on finding yours.
OK. Shop said it was the rear wheel. Replaced it yesterday. HOPE this works!
YAHOO!! After doing a pretty strenuous ride Saturday, there was NO noise. It appears I had a faulty rear hub (splines and pauls). Thanks for ALL the advice.


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DeShun Watkins
2010 guard gaining interest from schools | ThShiver.com: The sports leader in University of Kansas basketball and football recruiting
Hearing from KU, UTEP, Mizzou, Kentucky, Oregon State, A&M, and ISU
"Family ties could benefit both Iowa State and UTEP when it comes to recruiting Watkins. His uncle is former Cyclone, Kenny Pratt, who played for current UTEP coach Tim Floyd in Ames."
Wow interesting.
I'd say ISU has about no chance with this kid. UTEP then UK or KU.
He said ISU first when talking about schools interested, so that could be a good sign.
I doubt that many teams are trying to get this kid since he's 2010, 2010 has pretty much passed.
wonder why he doesn't have a rivals or espn recruiting profile
Mo Money, Mo Prohm-lems.
Originally Posted by Bardman
wonder why he doesn't have a rivals or espn recruiting profile
Yeah I couldn't find anything either.
something seems fishy here I never remember hearing about him with Mizzou either
Ooh goody--Kenny Pratt's nephew!
Go Cyclones!
Originally Posted by Aclone
Ooh goody--Kenny Pratt's nephew!
I read his nephew is 6'4" which was about the same height as KP. That's probably where the similarities end if DeShun is a guard. KP was our power forward and a pretty good one at that. I loved watching him work his way into the lane.
Kenny Pratt remains one of my all time favorites. That guy did more stuff in the paint for his height than anyone else.
Originally Posted by isuno1fan
Missouri plays a good style and press full court a lot. Kentucky and UTEP let you freestyle a lot, and Kansas runs a lot of good plays. Its a good system and I think I could play in that system, said Watkins. Wherever I go I want to come in and put my work in, and get my body like a pro body during my development year so by the second year Ill be ready, he added
yeah... maybe not... but hey who konws with hoibergs dreamy eyes .
Hoiberg's been pretty plain about a simple uptempo offense with a pressing defense. If that's a selling point for the other programs, then it's a selling point for us.
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He said ISU first when talking about schools interested, so that could be a good sign.
Normally it is. There is a pretty strong correlation to who is listed first and who is in the mix at the end. I'm not saying we are the favorite by any means but normally a team he isn't thinking strongly about wouldn't be the first out of his mouth.
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As a social worker, would he have more frequent contact with his uncle?
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Family Jarak is renting modern and comfortable rooms and apartments in the wonderful town of Makarska. The Mediterranean house is located 50 meters from a beautiful beach. The centre of the town is 15 minutes walking distance, and can be reached using the beach promenade.
Modern equipped rooms and apartments (up to 7people) offer a comfortable stay for couples and groups.
A/C, Sat-TV and a bath are in every room. All rooms have a tea-kitchen and an own fridge; and all apartments have a fully equipped kitchen.
Free WLAN access.
There are also 2 Apartments (4+6) only 2 minutes from the bus station (400m from the beach, in the center of Makarska) Please request those if you are interested.
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- Air Conditioning
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05/13/2013, Somewhere off the entrance to Mag Bay at 0 dark 30
I forgot to write about an amazing experience we had in San Jose del Cabo. At the marina there is the Dolphin Discovery operation next door that gets people in the water with trained dolphins. We walked over to check it out and found out that they had an area roped off for a pregnant dolphin that was due to give birth any time. There were trainers that were on watch 24/7 and we got to know them and learned a little about dolphins. The gestation time is one year and the babies are born tail first and generally weight about 15 to 25 pounds. One of the trainers predicted that the baby would be born on Mother's Day which was May 10. Sure enough it was born at 3AM on Mother's day and is the cutest little thing swimming around with its mom. The mother never strays from the baby and steers it and makes it dive etc. Penny gave the trainers a bottle of Pina Colada to celebrate with and they thanked her for it. I have some pictures that I will post when we get to San Diego and I rest up and get some Wi-Fi so check back.
05/13/2013, Somewhere off the entrance to Mag Bay at 0 dark 30
Today was more like the calm of last night. Hardly any wind and no seas. We just cruised along at 7 knots after some tacking in the night. The sea state calmed way down and we were able to head straight to Turtle Bay at 7 knots and the GPS shows our arrival at 11:00 Tuesday which is tomorrow. Just finished a great Spriggs dinner of pork chop, mashed potatoes, grilled onions and peas. Fletcher opened a bottle of red which he proclaims as being OK and tasty. So all is well aboard Tapatai and I even get to sleep in my bunk up forward rather than on the couch in the salon. Best of all we are dry. Once in Turtle we will get fuel and an update on the weather for the last portion of the trip which is 337 miles to San Diego. San Jose to Turtle is 407 so we will be better than half way home. The grib files show some wind kicking up Thursday and we might be able to get almost home before it hits us. So the big question is after fuel and the weather report do we leave and go out through the Keller Canal in the dark or wait until first light and use the day to go up the West side of Cedros. Hopefully Commander's will give us some good info.
05/12/2013, Somewhere off the entrance to Mag Bay at 0 dark 30
After dropping off Penny at 0530 and Darlene at 1130 Bob and I went to the propane station and filled a tank and then to Soriano's to buy fresh produce, bread and other food items we needed. Back to the airport to pick up Fletcher and then to Mega so Fletch could pick up a few bottles of "honest reds" and then to the boat for final departure prep. A final dinner at the Container and we shoved off at 6pm and had a nice smooth ride to the cape where that all ended. Once at the cape the wind picked up and the seas picked up and, of course, they were coming from where we wanted to go. So a lumpy and wet night and day and finally it calmed down as we approached the entrance to Mag Bay. We had been tacking to keep the boat from pounding into the waves and about 9pm it finally laid down with little or no wind and we are on a rhumb line course to Turtle Bay doing 6.5 knots. A lot nicer and easier on the boat and the body. Bob was fixing a turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and peas dinner but due to sea conditions beyond his control we had turkey and bean burritos. Actually that was quite good and all I really wanted. We will save a nice sit down dinner for another night. The turkey was a packaged thigh and leg not the whole bird. Looks like the GPS says that we should arrive Turtle Bay on Tuesday around 3pm. Hopefully we can get fuel and turn around and get out but may stay the night and leave at first light in order to have daylight going through the channel and up along Cedros Island. All for now.
05/07/2013, Puerto Los Cabos Marina, San Jose del Cabo
We arrived in Los Frailes about 7 hours later and dropped the anchor. There were only 2 other boats there, one of which was in Muertos with us. It was nice and calm so we jumped into the water and took a nice refreshing swim. Penny and Darlene wanted to go ashore so we put the motor on the dinghy and I took them over. As there was a swell running there was some shore break on the beach and the trick was to find a place with the least amount. That happened to be in front of about 8 people sitting on the beach but I looked back and waited until I saw a lull and headed in. I just about got there but the engine hit bottom and stopped and we went in broadside. Due to my nimbleness I was able to hop to the high side and avert a capsize. When I started the engine it would stall and make a grinding sound when I tried to put it in gear. We brought it up on the beach for inspection and I was sure that I had broken the gear box; however, Penny spotted a rock wedged between the prop and the strut that prevented if from turning. I had to take the oar out of the boat and hit the rock until it came out. I checked the gears and all seemed well so we launched me and I got the engine started and it went in gear and I roared over the incoming wave just in time. I went back to the boat where Bob and I were going to relax with a book and maybe fall asleep. Penny wanted an hour and a half to explore so we were in good shape. About an hour later I saw them walking back and they wanted to come back to the boat so I hopped in the dinghy and roared in. I was going to tell them to swim out past the surf line and they must have thought of that too as they stashed glasses hats and other stuff in Darlene's back pack and started wading out. Darlene was hanging on the side and couldn't get in so I grabbed her and pulled her in. Same for Penny and she fell in too and off we went to the boat. They both headed for a shower and we commenced relaxing. That evening I BBQed 2 nice rib eyes and Penny baked some potatoes and steamed some veggies. We had a delightful dinner under the stars and all was well. The night sky was beautiful with the Milky Way overhead. It is really nice when you get away from city lights and see all the stars. Penny has some favorites and we checked them all out with our Star Walk apps on our iPads. The next morning we were underway at 0730 for a 28 mile run to Puerto Los Cabos, our last port on our cruise before Bob, Fletcher and I point the boat North for San Diego Sunday. Nice downwind and down swell run doing 8 knots for awhile but not enough to sail. We arrived in Los Cabos and went to the fuel dock where we filled the main tank with 65 gallons and 4 50 liter panga jugs for a total of 117 gallons of fuel at about $4.00 per gallon. My calculations showed that we only burned 1.29 gallons per hour since leaving La Paz and going to Puerto Escondido and to Cabo a total of about 340 miles. We got in our slip at R-8 where we have been before and I checked in with the marina and then we washed the boat top to bottom and Penny detailed the interior. Then off to the showers for a hot one and up to the Container Restaurant for a cold lemon aide and some Ceviche and Quesadillas. Our plan is to rent a car so we can take our laundry in and we will take a drive up the East Cape to show the girls some of the places we saw 2 years ago. Thursday is the Art Walk in San Jose which we will do and then have dinner at Band Thai which Penny and I have tried before and found it to be very good. We take the girls to the airport on Sunday and pick up Fletcher at the same time and will hit the grocery store for fresh goods and top off our provisions and try to leave around midnight. So far the weather looks like it will be favorable for us but stay tuned. We are on the final leg home. Kind of sad but I am also looking forward to getting home as we have a lot of projects to get done this summer.
Keep On Truckin!
05/07/2013, Bahia de los Muertos.
Yep, Bob hit the water and I followed. Nice and warm and today when in Los Frailes will be the last of the swimming in nice warm water. Back to the cold Pacific even if it gets up to 72. Had a peaceful night in Muertos after going ashore and depositing our trash in a can and walking down to the Gran Sueno resort. There may have been one guest there and 5 people off of boats and us. Still a nice resort but the maintenance is starting to slip. Had 2 beers and a Sprite in the restaurant while Penny poached a shower using the beach shower to do her hair. The beers and Sprite cost $4.00 US which is what you would expect to pay in the US except for the Sprite. We checked out the 1535 restaurant on the opposite end of the beach for dinner and it was expensive too. $170 pesos for a fish filet which we would pay $110 in La Paz. It is getting more expensive as we get closer to Cabo. Sticker shock tomorrow in San Jose del Cabo I'm sure. Penny made a nice Enchilada pie for dinner last night at minimal cost and it was better than any food we would have had ashore. Also we have left overs to mix with eggs for breakfast this morning. We weighed anchor at 0810 which Penny said was 10 minutes late for push off (those airline employees always on time) and we are on course for Los Frailes 45 miles away. This will be our last anchorage in the Sea of Cortez and hopefully our last until we get to San Diego and Bob drops anchor in La Playa for the Memorial Day weekend. We are hoping for a good weather window for the trip home with only a quick stop in Turtle Bay for fuel. I plan on using Annabelle's this time as they have a buoy you can tie up to.
Safe travels when you start your way back north! Be careful. Although, you've only done it a hundred times!
My love,
05/04/2013, Isla San Francisco
We had a nice run up to Puerto Escondido with stops at Isla San Francisco, Puerto Escondido, Los Gatos, and Agua Verde our favorite. We spent two nights at Agua Verde and had a cocktail beach party with all the b oats anchored there. The party was on the beach in the NW anchorage dubbed the AVYC. It was fun and we got to meet a bunch of new people. Then we headed up to Los Candelaros where the new Villa Palmar hotel is located with free Wi-Fi and pool and 2 x 1 Happy Hour starting at 4 PM. Again there were about 10 other boats there and we had a great afternoon pool party, caught up on all the email and news, and they at 4 the drinks started coming. Great time had by all. Next morning we left for Puerto Escondido, 7 miles away, and arrived and dropped anchor and checked in with the harbor master. We paid for 2 nights mooring and then went to Pedro's restaurant for a really good cheeseburger. Rivals SDYC's world famous burger. Of course there was no fuel and probably wouldn't be any even though there would be about 100 boats arriving for Loreto Fest. Poor planning but if you are in bankruptcy sometimes there is no choice. However there was toilet paper and soap in the heads but no hot water. Small progress but progress at least. The next day our rent a car arrived and we drove to the airport to pick up our friends Bob and Darlene Spriggs who would cruise down to San Jose del Cabo with us and Bob will help me Bash back home. We went into town to walk around and get an ice cream and then do some provisioning. Back to the boat for cocktail hour and then to Pedro's for dinner. Had a really good dinner of fish and scallops, but the guacamole and chips api (that's appetizer in Canadian) was out of this world. Pedro told us his secret but I will only say that it includes avocado oil and cilantro ground into a pesto. Best we have had. Left Escondido and went to Candelaros for another pool day. Then south to Agua Verde for a night and we had a really rolly one that finally calmed down around 10PM. Left there for San Telmo for some beach combing but with the Northerly and the swells it would have been a rough dinghy landing so we opted out and went to Isla San Francisco where we are now. Very quiet evening spent playing the continuation of our Shanghai Rummy game. About midnight it started to blow and this morning there is a good 10 - 15 knots out of the south, right where we want to go. So we will wait and see.


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A solar-powered airplane that can fly day and night without using a single drop of fuel embarked on an unprecedented flight across the United States Friday (May 3).
The solar-powered aircraft, named Solar Impulse, took off from Moffett Airfield near San Francisco, Calif., shortly after 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT). The plane will now head south on the first 19-hour leg of its journey, and is expected to touch down at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport on Saturday (May 4) at 4 a.m. EDT (1 a.m. PDT).
Solar Impulse is the first aircraft capable of flying day and night without using any fuel. The plane relies solely on its solar panels and onboard batteries for power. During today's flight, the aircraft is expected to reach a cruising altitude of 21,000 feet (6,400 meters). (Images: Cross-Country Flight in a Solar-Powered Plane)
Solar Impulse founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will alternate piloting the single-seater plane over the five legs of the journey. Piccard was at the controls for today's takeoff from California.
This morning's flight was slightly delayed, as officials in the Solar Impulse "mission control center" in Switzerland reviewed final details of the flight plan with air traffic controllers in California. After several quick discussions, Solar Impulse received the go-ahead for the first part of its historic journey.
"Solar Impulse you are clear to proceed. Have a nice flight," flight controllers radioed to Piccard in the cockpit shortly before takeoff.
In mid-May, the ultra-lightweight plane will begin the second leg of its trip, taking off in Phoenix and landing in Dallas, Texas. Toward the end of May, Solar Impulse will depart for St. Louis, Mo.; the fourth leg will take the plane from St. Louis to Washington, D.C.; and the fifth and last leg will end in New York City in late June or early July.
Each leg of the expedition will be streamed live on Solar Impulse's website. The live feed will feature information on the airplane's position, altitude and speed, as well as camera views from inside the cockpit and Solar Impulse's mission control center.
The Solar Impulse aircraft weighs about the same as a station wagon, and its solar panel-covered wings are roughly the same length as a 747 jetliner. Solar Impulse generates about the same amount of power as a small scooter, company officials have said.


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(11:35 a.m. EDT) -- Marco Polo, the ship whose sailing was cut short due to Norovirus afflicting a large number of its passengers (44 percent), arrived back in Tilbury today, as expected.
According to the U.K.'s Press Association via Fenland Citizen's Web site, more than 600 passengers have already begun to travel home, but 11 passengers who are still recovering remain on the ship.
A Transocean Cruises company spokesman told the Press Association that, "Marco Polo will stay in Tilbury until July 14, and in conjunction with the Port of London health authority, the vessel will undergo a full sanitisation programme."
The ship is scheduled to embark on a 12-night Baltic and St. Petersburg cruise on Tuesday.
We'll keep you posted on any further developments.
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Burkina Faso: FA announces DR Congo friendly
Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo clash November 14 in an international friendly match. The announcement was made yesterday by the Burkinabe Football Federation. The match that takes place in Morocco, counts amongst preparations in both sides for the 2013 Africa cup of nations in South Africa. Congo have been drawn in group B with Ghana, Mali and Niger while Burkina Faso play in group C alongside Ethiopia, Nigeria and defending champions; Zambia.
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Good morning,
I am wondering if the following statement is correct for my setup
(because Zimbra and Bind are installed on different machines/IPs)...
( Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server (Hardy Heron) Install Guide - Zimbra :: Wiki )
Check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure it looks like this:
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
The IP address here should be the Zimbra box's private ip address.
Should that not be the IP of the name server(bind)?
Thank's a lot!


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Runners with local ties share stories from Boston
Runners from our area emailed pictures to our newsroom this evening after the explosions at the Boston Marathon today.
We spoke by phone with several of them who remain in Boston, including a mother from southwest Virginia, a cardiologist from Johnson City and a Bristol native who now lives in California.
Ed Aten was born in Bristol and still has family here, but currently lives in California. He had completed the marathon and was at a friend's apartment a few blocks from the finish line when they heard the first blast, and then the second.
He described by phone Monday evening the chaos and confusion that followed. "We looked out the window and people were running for their lives, spectators were running through the alleys from the course , the runners are running backward on the course," said Aten.
Mother of three, Amy Hamilton of Lebanon, Virginia completed the marathon in 2:57:42.
She crossed the finish line about an hour and 45 minutes before the first blast, but unbeknownst to her, time was ticking and it was slow going clearing the area. "They have railings up, they have volunteers that work on the marathon on either side. You have to keep walking, you're corralled. There's gates up on either side so you can't just hop on the sidewalk and walk out," said Hamilton.
Hamilton and her husband made it to the train 30 minutes before the explosions. They learned the news after turning on the TV in their hotel room. "Just devastation, heartbreak, concern for the families. We were just there. Thankful my kids are at home," said Hamilton.
Johnson City cardiologist Doctor Fawwaz Hamati ran in the marathon, too. He made it to mile 25 in the 26.2 mile race when he stopped to help a man lying in the street.
"He said I'm okay, can't go any further. 'You alright you hurt?' No,no, they canceled marathon. 'Why?' There were two bombs," recounted Hamati.
As for the aftermath, Ed Aten painted a picture of the city of Boston Monday evening. "SWAT teams, there are fire trucks, hundreds of police officers, no pedestrians," said Aten.
Now, a race that has become the feather every marathoner wants in their cap is overshadowed by tragedy. "It just kinda puts a damper. This should be such a fun experience and life changing experience for so many," said Amy Hamilton.
Ed Aten told us he is supposed to fly back to California tomorrow but so far there is no word about flights.
Amy Hamilton can't wait to see her children Wednesday when she returns to the Tri-Cities. She still plans to run the New York Marathon in November.
Dr. Hamati told us, when asked if this meant his last trip to the Boston Marathon, he said, "No sir, that means they've won, I am gonna keep doing it until I am paralyzed or dead."
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Posh Spice says she could not cope without a nanny
- From: Daily Mail
- April 29, 2013
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IT'S not easy being a working mum. Just ask Victoria Beckham.
The former Spice Girl turned fashion designer has given a detailed insight into the team that helps her handle the demands of a career and motherhood – which includes a nanny.
Appearing at the Vogue Festival in London, Mrs Beckham, 39, said: "I don't know how I do it. It is a juggling act. It's no different for me than any other mum.
"I get up very early and go through spelling tests and times tables tests with the kids like any working mum.
"But I am also up late because I have a baby and a 14-year-old who refuses to go to bed. So I don't get as much sleep as I would maybe like.
"But I have great people who handle my schedule. If there's a parents' night or Easter bonnet parade or nativity parade I plan around that so I can be heavily involved.
"But it's difficult juggling working, having the children, having a husband who travels. I do have a bit of help, I have a nanny, I can't do it all myself.
"I really enjoy being a mum, I love them (her children) and I'd do anything for them. But I also love what I do. I think anyone who says it's easy is lying."
Mrs Beckham was accompanied to the talk by her oldest child Brooklyn, 14. She also has two other sons, Romeo, ten, Cruz, eight, and 21-month-old daughter Harper with footballer husband David.
Mrs Beckham went on to admit her high expectations might make her difficult to work for.
She said: 'I'm a perfectionist, I like everything to be right. I'm probably a complete pain in the neck to work with because it is really important to me because I've grown this brand from nothing to where it is now.'
Mrs Beckham also revealed that she uses herself as a mannequin for the designs of her hugely successful eponymous label.
"I have a great team,' she said. 'We sit around and talk and then I basically get naked and make clothes.
"I'm designing things I'd want to wear myself. I love women and I want to make women feel good about themselves and confident and empowered.'
Poking fun at those who work in the fashion industry who make regular use of Botox, she said: "There were a lot of raised eyebrows, well those who could raise their eyebrows, that I was going to design a fashion line.
"There were a lot of preconceptions but I didn't set out to prove them wrong, I set out to prove to myself I could do it."
It was just one of many revelations Mrs Beckham made about her fashion designing business.
She said she encourages her staff to bring their children to work, joking that her office is like a "creche".
She said: "My office is quite small and Harper had this swing. So she would swing one way and bash into a pile of fabrics and then swing the other way and bash into a rail of clothes. It's a small creche."
Late at night Mrs Beckham devotes time to her beauty regime, when she plucks her eyebrows, and falls asleep thinking about what she will wear the following day.
"I've got four kids so I don't have as much time as I'd like in the morning to pick out what I'm going to wear," she said.
"I think about it in bed before I go to sleep, I visualise it. It's funny, I told David and he said he actually visualises football when he's lying in bed. And Gordon Ramsay told me he visualises food."
Mrs Beckham's morning routine also involves rigorous exercise, and she is a sworn fan of celebrity fitness guru Tracy Anderson, who Gwyneth Paltrow credits with helping her achieve her trim figure.
"I get up really early three times a week to work out," she said. "I do Tracy Anderson. It's a bit of dancing on the treadmill, a bit of bottom work."
She added: "I've done rock climbing with the children, cycling, and I don't wear heels for that."
The Beckhams moved to LA when David signed with the LA Galaxy football team and have since returned to live in London.
Mrs Beckham said she was enjoying life back in the UK, even though her husband is now playing for Paris St-Germain in France.
"Living in London is very, very different from Los Angeles, but it's great, it's inspiring – London is such an inspiring place to live, so multicultural, it's interesting, I'm happy," she added.
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Pouty Spice Posted at 4:00 PM April 29, 2013
Contrary to popular belief, the Beckhams don't have loads of nannies to assist them as David keeps sleeping with them (reference his Madrid stint) and anyway, Vicki doesn't qualify for the baby bonus so they are living off David's wages which is nothing at the moment while he plays in Paris.
Toni of NSW Posted at 3:51 PM April 29, 2013
Yes it must be very hard on her having a nanny and millions of dollars, feel sorry for her...NOT
Laurel of Australia Posted at 3:45 PM April 29, 2013
Wow, the earlier comments on this thread disgust me. You complain if she's having it hard, you complain if she's having it easy. You all had the possiblity to go out and make yourselves like she did, yet you haven't so you sit on your computer feeling sorry for yourself and bashing Victoria? It's sad to think you have children and that you would be passing this vitriolic hatred of self-made women onto them. Grow up or please stop procreating.


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Slideshow: Cold Air Funnel on Flathead Lake
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Cold air funnels are not the same as thunderstorm produced funnels and tornadoes. Cold air funnels develop in a shallow cold air mass. Winds from different directions at various levels can produce the spin in the funnel.


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Product pictures: from makeupandbeautyblog
Swatch pictures are mine.
I've been waiting (and saving money) for Dior Summer collection ever since I saw promo pictures. I've almost given up hope that it will arrive in my country (we always get collections a couple of weeks later). I've been browsing Chanel polishes, searching for the shade Morning Rose, when the SA told me that the new Dior collection has arrived and they have a gorgeous pink nailpolish. Mind you, I didn't even listen after having heard that the new collection has finally arrived. I swear I've almost started jumping out of happiness (the SA must have thought I have gone insane).
Unfortunately, the collection didn't live up to the promo pictures. On my shopping list, I've had both eyeshadow quints, lighter bronzing powder, Nude glow and at least one Crystal gloss. You can imagine my disappointment when all this products turned out to be nothing special.
Keep in mind, the products are far from being bad, but nothing stands out. I won't be grading the products, as I haven't tested them properly, but I'll give my first impressions for every product.
Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Rosy Tan:
my swatch (top left corner, top right corner, middle, lower left corner, lower right corner):
Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Rosy Tan is absolutely the biggest disappointment. The eyeshadows are frosty, but it is to be expected. What I didn't expect is the fact that the shades are incredibly sheer. The only decent shade is the bronze shade in the lower left corner. The brown shade in the top right corner applies patchily. Pink shade in the top left corner and the middle shade are very sheer, while the shade in the lower right corner barely shows up on the skin.
Dior 5-Couleur in Rosy Nude:
my swatch (top left corner, top right corner, middle, lower left corner, lower right corner):
Dior 5 Couleurs in Rosy Nude is a bit better in the terms of the pigmentation. The only really horrible shade is in the lower left corner, which is very sheer, contains a lot of shimmer and applies unevenly. The other four shades are sufficiently pigmented. I was considering purchasing it, but I already have tons of eyeshadow and I wasn't 100% sold out on this one.
Dior Healthy Glow Summer Powder in Sunset (the shade Aurora is the first picture in this post):
my swatch (Aurora is on the left, Sunset is on the right):
Dior Healty Glow Summer Powder is only a gorgeous-looking bronzer. It contains very tiny shimmer particles, but on the skin it isn't shimmery at all. Aurora is more pink based and appropriate for lighter skin-tones, while Sunset will look good on darker skin (although this shade is a bit too orange for my liking). This is again a nice product to have, but I already have enough bronzers, even though I was tempted to get it only because it is pretty.
Dior Addict Crystal Gloss:
I didn't make a swatch as there is nothing to swatch. It is Dior's version of lipgloss, similar to Givenchy Gelee d'Interdit. I've tried to swatch them and all were transparent on the skin.
Dior Electric Tropics Nail Duo:
There are two shades available: Aloha (orange) and Paradise (Pink). I'll try to upload swatches later.
Aloha is a very nice orange – it is not as bright as it is on the promo photos. There is a bit of red in it, but it makes it ideal for summer. Even I, who is not a fan of orange polish, like it.
Paradise is a true barbie pink. This was "the nice pink colour" that the SA suggested, but it looks too trashy on me. I could probably wear it in winter, when I'm super pale, but it looks really trashy when combined with tanned skin (on me at least, although I'm sure that someone can pull it off).
Overall, while the products are n0t bad, they do not stand out. If my stash weren't as huge, I'd probably considered some items, but I really don't want to hoard tons of products which I don't love 100%.


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Fall 2000 Sprawl Report
States at a Glance: Connecticut
Middletown has long been thinking about how to plan growth -- in 1931,
it established one of the first planning commissions in the nation. This tradition of good
planning has been largely kept up, and local planners continue to carefully balance
commercial and residential growth while protecting open space.
But even a well-planned town can sometimes need help. In the case of Middletown, a
faded but historic downtown was languishing in the heart of the community. Making the area
pedestrian-friendly helped turn this once-barren shopping center into a thriving main
street. Over 30 new businesses have opened in what is now called the Main Street Market,
and a new 12-screen movie theater is planned for the heart of the town.
Call it the "malling" of Eastern Connecticut. The rapid spread
of retail outlets in recent years has had a huge impact on the Hartford area. Disappearing
open space and growing traffic congestion are becoming commonplace in once-bucolic towns.
The developers of the Buckland Hills Mall are adding to these problems by creating the
biggest retail area in Connecticut. Their plans will turn a 232-acre site of farms and
forest into one sprawling mass, doubling the size of the current mall.
Not surprisingly, a local economist argues that this type of development has already
shut down a number of nearby mom-and-pop stores. And the auto-based mall expansion will
add more pollution to Connecticut's air. Continued mall development means continued costs
to Hartford and its inner suburbs.
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some one knows how to use a camera. great shots and thanks for sharing.
Awesome photos. Awesome! Makes me want to go hunting now! I hate work.
A couple of hard horn bucks.
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Very nice...thanks for sharing.
Well happy trails to you all and good luck in the draws.
I had a bunch of fun adding pics and hope you guys enjoyed them. Now if July would just get here so that it is time to go out and get some more!
On this last set I thought I would add some success pics. I have not cut a deer tag since 2011 but my wife was able to take her first ever deer this year. We had a great hunt, it was good to see her find success on her first year and be able to harvest her first ever big game animal.
Also this is the last buck I have been fortunate enough to take and it was in archery of 2011 it is right at 29" wide with a couple of kickers you cant see. I feel that this year will be a good one for me and I may have to step up my game since the wife started to hunt!
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Nice photos and great bucks!
Awesome thread! Thanks for taking the time to post.
Great Pic's. Thanks for sharing
Sweet Pics. Good work!
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Old Dragster and Funny Car Specs
Anyone know of any places to find lots of info, tech specs and pictures of old dragsters and funny cars? Such as Don Garlits' Swamp Rats (his website doesn't really tell you much), Don Prudhomme's and Tom McEwen's cars, Ronnie Sox, etc.
I've been googling around for awhile now and I can find lots of info on the drivers but very little info on the cars they used! Anyone know of any places?
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John Carmack Stands Up For Call Of Duty
The Call of Duty series is often criticized for the incremental changes made with each sequel. id Software co-founder and Doom lead programmer John Carmack believes COD detractors are missing the point.
"If they buy the next Call of Duty, it's because they loved the last one and they want more of it. So I am pretty down on people who take the sort of creative auteurs' perspective," Carmack told IndustryGamers. "It's like 'Oh, were not being creative.' But we're creating value for people - thats our job! Its not to do something that nobodys ever seen before. Its to do something that people love so much theyre willing to give us money for."
"So I do get pretty down on people that - you see some of the indie developers that really take a snooty attitude about this. Its almost as if its popular, its not good. And thats just not true."
The question of "what a video game sequel ought to do" has always fascinated me. Some argue that every new installment in a series needs to be this massive leap forward. What's a developer to do, though, when they've got millions of players that enjoy the existing Call of Duty formula? Are they obligated to keep entertaining the existing player base, at the risk of stagnation, or should they be reshaping their product to suit some new audience, at the risk of a development misstep or poor sales?
At any rate, we know where Carmack's company stands. They've been making first-person shooters since 1992 and by God, they're going to keep doing it. Their latest FPS, RAGE, is due in October.
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The New Jersey native joined Washington, DC's prestigious Arena Stage Company for the 1967-68 season. After a stint appearing in a repertory company in Beirut, Lebanon (where he was pursuing graduate studies) and various Philadelphia productions, Cristofer made it to Broadway in 1977, cast as Trofikov in the Lincoln Center revival of "The Cherry Orchard". He had met with limited success as an actor, filming the busted pilot "Crime Club" (CBS, 1975) and the 1976 NBC remake of "The Entertainer". On the big screen he was seen in "The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder" (1974) and was featured in "An Enemy of the People" (1978), a production of the Ibsen play better known for its miscasting of lead S... Continue Bio >>
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Tough duty... someone has to do it...
The workshop is gone. Hopefully the new owner of the tools, Matt Johnson will be able to make great use of them in his venture - check out his stuff here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mattjohnsondesigns?ref=seller_info - really neat mixture of wood and metal work.
The house gets a step closer to being sold and the boat a step closer to being home...
After last night's planning meeting (during which far too much Guinness was consumed), I think we can conclude the following tentative sailing schedule for 2012...
May 14 Splash
May 25 - 28 Block Island
June 2-3 Newport
June 9 Laurie's Day-Sail
June 10 Squash Club Day-Sail
June 16 - 17 Father's Day sail to Cuttyhunk
June 23 - 24 Menemsha
June 29 - July 1 Newport - Americas Cup Races
July 3 - 4 Bristol Fireworks
July 7 - 8 Local
July 14 - 29 Summer Cruise: New England's Islands.
- 7/14 Newport Anchorage
- 7/16 Fishers Island
- 7/18-21 New York City (Take in a show)
- 7/22 Depart New York
- 7/23 Arrive Nantucket
- 7/25 Dinner event in Nantucket
- 7/28 Cuttyhunk
- 7/29 Newport
Aug 4 - 5 Cuttyhunk Kids weekend
Aug 11 - 12 Local
Aug 14 - 27 France
Aug 31 - Sept 3 Fall Cruise
- Aug 31 To Shelter Island
- Sept 1 Shelter Is.
- Sept 2 Block Is. (? If open! ?)
- Sept 3 Home
Sept 7 - 9 Marthas Vineyard
Sept 13 - 16 Newport Boat Show
Sept 22 - 23 Local
Sept 29 - 30 Local
Oct 6 - 8 Columbus Day Menemsha Cruise
If you're interested in joining us on any of these days, please let us know...
We need to add the Newport Boat Show and July 4th. Well, it looks good on paper .. I wonder how much we'll actually do!
So here I am in Itajai - venue for the arrival of leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race - and I got here a week or two too early! Rats!
Beach right outside the hotel I'm staying at - can't be bad!
From the Balme Sail-Loft - old and new on the way...
Turns out to be a whole bunch more complex than we thought - at one point I was studying how 4 pieces of material came together at the same seam for hours! Which got attached to which first, then second...
I think it's highly likely that there'll be some final fitting required :-(
A lot of firsts this weekend...
-We managed to learn how to use the new sewing machine.
-We turned our house into a sail loft - with a cutting table (the floor) big enough to lay out the 6ft wide x 22ft long sailcover.
-We learned how to sew in zippers (more accurately, we learned how not to), managed to get away with it and know how to do it right next time (we think).
-All this while the two of us prepared for every 50+ year-old's favorite medical examination!
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Irene McCormack Jackson says she endured months of harassment from Mayor Bob Filner while serving as his communications director. The turning point came at a staff meeting in June when another top aide confronted the mayor over his behavior and quit.
Irene McCormack Jackson says she endured months of harassment from Mayor Bob Filner while serving as his communications director. The turning point came at a staff meeting in June when another top aide confronted the mayor over his behavior and quit.
"You are running a terrible office. You are treating women in a horrible manner. What you are doing may even be illegal," Allen Jones, then Filner's deputy chief of staff and a longtime confidante, is quoted saying in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by McCormack.
McCormack chimed in, "I agree with Allen. You are horrible." When the mayor challenged her for an example, she said she replied, "How about when you said that I should take my panties off and work without them."
The episode is described in the lawsuit McCormack filed Monday against Filner, dealing another blow to San Diego's first Democratic leader in 20 years. His own party appears split on his leadership, though many Democrats have joined Republicans in calling for the former 10-term congressman to resign less than eight months into a four-year term.
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McCormack was the first person to publicly identify herself as a target of Filner's advances, suing nearly two weeks after some of the mayor's prominent former supporters said he sexually harassed women and demanded he resign.
A second woman, Laura Fink, told KPBS in an interview that aired Tuesday that Filner patted her buttocks at a campaign event when he was a congressman in February 2005. When an attendee told the congressman that Fink was working her tail off for him as deputy campaign manager, Filner allegedly told her to turn around, patted her, laughed, and said, "No, it's still there!"
Fink, who is now a political consultant, wrote Filner at the time to ask that he apologize for "totally unacceptable" behavior, according to her email posted on KPBS' website. She told KPBS that Filner told her he was sorry but never responded to the email.
A Filner spokeswoman, Lena Lewis, didn't answer phone calls or immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Fink's allegations.
Filner rejected McCormack's claims in a brief statement Monday that once again signaled he had no plans to step down. He didn't address any specific allegations.
"I do not believe these claims are valid. That is why due process is so important. I intend to defend myself vigorously and I know that justice will prevail," he said.
McCormack worked for nine years at the Port of San Diego, most recently earning $175,000 a year as vice president of public policy, and was previously a journalist for 25 years. She took an annual pay cut of $50,000 to join Filner's inner circle in January.
U-T San Diego, the city's dominant newspaper and her onetime employer, editorialized that she came across as "composed and highly credible" at a news conference Monday with her high-profile attorney, Gloria Allred.
"She is well-known, liked and respected in the city's political, business and media circles," the newspaper wrote in an editorial that concluded, "Unless there is a dramatic development helping Filner, we suspect the conventional wisdom about the difficulty of mounting a successful mayoral recall will soon change."
The lawsuit brought renewed calls from two city councilmen for Filner to step aside. Kevin Faulconer and Todd Gloria said the mayor's office was paralyzed.
"This is taking critical attention from the issues that affect San Diego families," said Gloria, a Democrat who, as council president, would be interim mayor if Filner resigned.
McCormack says in her lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court that the leader of the nation's eighth-largest city demanded kisses and dragged her around in headlocks while whispering sexual advances.
In February, he allegedly put McCormack in a headlock while they rode an elevator with a police officer who was adjusting his handcuffs, prompting him to tell her, "You know what I would like to do with those handcuffs?" On another elevator ride, Filner allegedly said, "Wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on?"
The lawsuit says Filner asked McCormack to marry him, including once while he had her in a strong headlock during a doughnut break at a constituent event in April. The 70-year-old divorced man was engaged at the time to Bronwyn Ingram, who announced this month that she ended the relationship.
While reviewing a draft press release in June, Filner allegedly asked McCormack for a kiss and said, "I am infatuated with you. When are you going to get naked?" When she asked him to leave her office, the lawsuit says he responded, "I can go anywhere I want, any time I want."
No one had publicly identified herself as a target of Filner's advances until Monday. Last week, former supporters said Filner forcibly kissed a campaign volunteer on a public sidewalk and groped her in her car. Another constituent who attended a mayoral event at City Hall said Filner took her to an enclosed area, dismissed a staff member, asked her on a date and kissed her, they said.
An employee who worked for the mayor for six months complained that Filner grabbed her buttocks and touched her chest, according to the former supporters.
McCormack, who now works for the city in a job that doesn't report to the mayor, said she saw Filner "place his hands where they did not belong on numerous women." Her lawsuit said, without elaborating, that three women had to be driven home because of his "abusive treatment" and five schedulers resigned over his behavior.
After the initial allegations surfaced, Filner apologized for disrespecting and sometimes intimidating women. "I need help," he declared.
On Friday, he welcomed the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's decision to open a hotline to take calls from any possible victims of his misconduct, saying "some of these allegations will finally be addressed by an appropriate investigative authority rather than by press conference and innuendo."


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We found a huge tumor on her side today. We have to put her to sleep I don't want her to go I love my rat. But I'll always have my other rat I think I'll buy another one
We found a huge tumor on her side today. We have to put her to sleep I don't want her to go I love my rat. But I'll always have my other rat I think I'll buy another one
Wow, the love you had for your animal is so touching! Reading this brings a tear to my eye. Be strong, I know your buddy is looking down on you from heaven. [/sarcasm]Originally Posted by maximan1
How do you put a rat to sleep? Step on it?
"the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began...there was Cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never-ever land."
Easy guys. How would you feel if it was your pet?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
Sorry Max....
I got a dog in 4th grade. She was my "best friend" if you will...waited for me at the window every day after school, slept in my room or in my bed every night...two summers ago she jumped off the deck from pretty high and hurt her back which paralyzed her back legs.
The doc made it clear it would be best to put her to sleep...she died with her face in my hands and her eyes locked to mine until the slowly closed.
When I was a teenager, I had a pet rat called Ben. He started losing his apetite, became less playful & a growth emerged on his cheek. Whilst I was debating on what to do, he died in his sleep. The next morning, I checked his cage & he was lying on the floor.
Poor little thing, he didn't do any harm.
I know that some people might dismiss rats as pets but they can be quite cute if treated nicely.
Sorry to hear that Max.
My wife's hairdresser's daughter got diagnosed with cancer. She's 15.
Sorry to hear, Max.
. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
A fine lot you know about the creatures!Originally Posted by FrankBattle
Do you bathe 3+ times a day?
A rat does.
Do you understand rat language?
They understand human.
Oh wait, you'ge garnered all you knowlege about rats by watching horror movies.
I was diagnosed with leukemia (cancer) at age 48. Yeah, it's incureable.
Why do rats seem apt to getting cancer?
Originally Posted by TechKnowGN
Not all tumors are cancer. In fact, the vast majority aren't.
"Unless he was racing there was no way he could match my speed."
It's a freakin rat.
And yes, I am a heartless pig or whatever other colorful adjective you'd like to hurl at me.
You have starving kids and people in New Orleans and probably in your neighborhood and you are worried about some rodent.
How sad. I wonder why it is that so many rats get cancer?
Originally Posted by FrankBattle
No, you're not intelligent enough to identify with our porcine brethern.
I don't have starving kids, mine are well fed. I have no people in NOLA, they drained a swamp and built houses?!?!? Dee-dee-dee!
The more people I meet, the more I like to spend time with my rats.
We eat mice where I'm from. Rats are the dirtier of the 2.
I say kill the lot.
Sorry to hear it, Maxime.
Truth be known, the 'freakin rat' probably had more reason than you to be beloved.Originally Posted by FrankBattle
Pets emotional links, never mind it's specie, are never to be underestimated.
Having said that I hope you're donating your time, blood, and money to the Red Cross. There are people who can't get basic antiobiotics in Africa and are dying of diseases we have just about wiped out over here.Originally Posted by FrankBattle
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This is where we can wring our hands.
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Why must you people talk about cheese and potatoes? Those are two of my favorite things in life, and they are not allowed on my paleo diet.
But, to distract, I am making a scrumptious crockpot chicken recipe if anyone is interested.
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Staff Sgt. Kyle Burnett, a squad leader with Assault Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, chips his ball onto the green during the Phantom Warrior Golf Scramble at the Courses of Clear Creek on Fort Hood, May 30. The Palmdale, Calif., native and his team finished three under par during the monthly tournament. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Thompson, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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Blandford-Beringsmith says a company can give its commuters invaluable help, for example, simply by gathering information about public transit schedules and public-sector van-pooling and ride-sharing programs and putting it all together in a one-stop portal on the corporate intranet.
Another low-cost option is to set up a program in which employees set aside money on a pretax basis to cover some of their commuting costs. Federal regulations allow $115 to be set aside each month toward public transportation passes and $220 to be allocated for parking. Unlike flexible spending accounts for health expenses, any unspent amount can be rolled over from year to year.
A third relatively low-cost idea is to allow employees to adjust their starting and quitting times to avoid rush hours. "If they spend less time sitting in traffic, they're going to burn less gasoline," Blandford-Beringsmith says. And they'll also be in a better mood when they get to work.
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Long-standing battle over roles at world's biggest entertainment company subject to non-binding vote in March
CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the US, has joined major proxy advisers in calling on Walt Disney to split the roles of chairman and CEO after the resignation of Robert Iger, who currently holds both jobs, saying a split would improve oversight of management.
Shareholders of Walt Disney, which is scheduled to hold its annual shareholder meeting on March 6, are to hold a non-binding vote on whether to split the roles, a year after Iger was named chairman, adding to his role of CEO.
'CalPERS believes if the chairman were not the CEO the board might be able to exercise stronger oversight of management,' the pension fund, which owns more than 5 mn Walt Disney shares, says in recommending a vote in favor of the proposed separation.
The statement comes after major proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS both recommended shareholders support the separation, which was proposed by Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, and recommended a vote against the company's executive compensation plan. CalSTRS came out in favor of the split in mid-February.
Controversy over the dual role of chairman and chief executive at Walt Disney stretches back almost 10 years to Michael Eisner's time at the helm of the entertainment company. In 2004 shareholders voted to separate the two positions but they were joined again last year when Iger, already the chief executive, became chairman as well.
'Here we go again, sliding back into a governance structure that has already proved detrimental to the company's long-term growth and shareholders' interests,' CalSTRS' director of corporate governance Anne Sheehan says in a press statement. 'We've been through this fight before, in 2004-2005, which resulted in the ouster of then-CEO Michael Eisner and a shareholder revolt that led to the separation of the board chair and CEO positions.'
CalSTRS says the dual role has led to the creation of 'an entrenched and insular board that lacks independence from the CEO' that has led to a 'poor governance structure and compensation plans.'
Walt Disney defended the dual role earlier this week in a regulatory filing to the SEC, saying: 'Disney has delivered results that speak for themselves. The facts are irrefutable: Disney delivered record net income, revenue and EPS, and exceptional shareholder returns in fiscal 2012.
Disney's performance during Iger's tenure has been nothing short of spectacular, with total shareholder return of 139 percent that dramatically exceeds the S&P 500's return of 36 percent, and 15 percent growth in diluted EPS on a compounded basis.'


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Unity Engine Support Arrives For Microsoft's Xbox One, Windows 8
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It was obviously coming sooner rather than later, but Unity Technology has announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft to support Windows 8 and the upcoming Xbox One home entertainment media device.
David Helgason CEO of Unity Technologies, commented in the press release, saying...
Our vision is to democratize game development and provide opportunity for all developers, from individuals to massive teams,... Our collaboration will help further these goals by empowering our community to create games across Microsofts powerful platforms. Their vision to provide the best outlet for games to be enjoyed parallels our own vision to build the best platform for games to be developed and were excited to work with them to shape the future of the industry.
Haha, right...
Well, anyway the Unity 3D engine is a tight outfit of slick technological properties and advanced opportunities to make games ranging from simple 2D adventures and pseudo-3D RPGs like Project Eternity, to first-person shooters like Interstellar Marines. The engine is widely regarded as an affordable and versatile software suite for both big and small studios alike.
Making the engine available for Windows 8 and the Xbox One should prove to open up some leeway between all the tension currently circulating around Microsoft and indie developers after Sony waived fees and issued self-publishing licenses for independent developers while Microsoft is generally keeping the Xbox One development environment the same as the current ecosystem for the Xbox 360.
Microsoft is feeling the Unity, though, and they're liking the connection as it could help them win back over some of the hate they've incurred from indie developers, such as the wrath that spewed out over the interwebs that sites like VG 24/7 reported on just a few days ago. All that said, Steven Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President and Chief Evangelist of Microsofts Developer & Platform Evangelism organization commented about the collaboration, saying...
Unity has established itself not only as an incredible development toolset and engine, but as a significant force for creative freedom and innovation in the games development community, With Unitys commitment to support Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Xbox One and Xbox 360, Microsofts gaming ecosystem will benefit from the wealth of ideas and imagination flowing from the Unity games development community.
I didn't know Microsoft had an evangelism organization, but it shouldn't really be too surprising given the pious liturgy of info from the Dorito Pope whenever big game news drops, or the congregation of gamers that form up for Double XP weekend worship, courtesy of the house of Doritos and Dew.
Anyway, I'm hoping this isn't just some marketing fluff to pad the presence of Microsoft's services (you know how some games say they support Nvidia's PhysX and it's just a trash can that tips over when you bump into it? Well yeah, let's hope Unity isn't the trash can in Microsoft's playground).
Right now the Unity tech is highly respected amongst many indie devs and will play a big role in upcoming PC, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Wii U projects.
You can learn more about the Unity 3D Engine by paying a visit to the official website or finding out more about the strategic partnership between Unity Technology and Microsoft by visiting Microsoft's official website.
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