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Disturbing mystery plagues Dieppe home
It's a beautiful Saturday in June. You've set up a big lobster dinner for your family on the patio out back. Some of those family members are lounging on the hammock and swinging chair, some ready to dig in to the delicious feast set before them.
All of the sudden, a good half of the patio, along with you and your family, are drenched in a thick, light-brown substance, speckled with blue-coloured liquid, that seemingly just fell from the sky.
"We were joking about it, thinking that it could never happen to anyone of us ever again," she said. "But then it did again, in the same spot, last week."
Source: Times Transcript (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada)
Is it from a plane, from birds? Whatever it is, it's a bit weird but not unheard of. Once, you could brush off but twice? That's disturbing.

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Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee with an Honorary Doctorate in Cognitive and Para-Psychological Sciences from the Romanian Ecological University in Bucharest.
In 1970, after studying the field of medicine and focusing on the scientific terminology of the anatomy and human physiology, she started Sahaja Yoga, a philosophy of self realiza-tion. Her yoga is now offered in over ninety countries worldwide.
According to Shri Mataji, the shape of the human brain is like a prism. As God's cosmic energy falls on it, it is refracted into four nervous systems – the left and right sympathetic, the parasympathetic and the central nervous system.
During a baby's development, those energies that fall on the anterior fontanelle bone of the skull pierce it in the center, and then pass into the lower portion of the brainstem. After leaving a fine thread of Light there, they wind their way down and settle as a coil in the sacrum – the bone at the base of the spine.
As the baby grows, the fontanelle bone begins to calcify so that, around the age of two, the flow of God's love is cut off from him. This causes him to identify himself as being separate from God and he begins to use his instincts of Survival, Pro-Creation and Willpower to obtain what he needs and wants. These are the energies of the physical, the emotional and the mental 'bodies' – the three lower Chakras.
What science does not yet understand is that there is a gap in the parasympathetic nervous system, between the vagus nerve and the solar plexus. This is part of our genetic blueprint. In Latin, the word vagus means 'wandering'. And, as long as the child continues to identify himself as being separate from God, his consciousness will dwell in these three lower centers of energy. This is the hurdle that will limit his search for God and leave him to wander aimlessly through life.
By his Spirit he has garnished the Heavens; His hand has formed the crooked Serpent. Job 26:13
But, with spiritual practices and devotion to God, this dormant, yet powerful, energy will awaken from the sacrum. It is life force – a holy force called Kundalini.
The word kundalini is a Sanskrit term that means 'a coiled energy originating from the base of the spine'. And, once the kundalini is awakened, tremendous power is unleashed, the same neutron energy that powers the orgasmic response.
In its relentless attempt to reach the higher Chakras, it will then wind its way up from the sacrum, through a central passage called sushumna, which fills in the gap in the nervous systems. The result is an enLightening expansion of consciousness that affects every element of our being, from our biological functions to our personal relationships, to our concept of reality, to our influence in the world.
Quetzalcoatl, the god of the ancient Mayans, is known as the Feathered Serpent because of his actions in Eden. But this god is not a serpent. He is like a winged angel that has emerged from the coiled, serpentine energy of the kundalini. He is a Spirit that had been transfigured from a physical body.
In the Greek language, the word sacrum means 'sacred'. There is but one bone in our bodies that is holy – the sacrum.
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the paradise of God. Revelation 2:7
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Lanette and I have been married for over thirty years. That's a long time. In fact, we've been alive together longer than we've been alive without each other. We have been through a lot with each other. There has been a lot of pain, laughter, sorrow and happiness. She has been by my side through some really dark times. My life would not be the same without her. She is truly the greatest gift I have ever received.
So, of course, I am going to just walk away from her. Oh, I will do it over time, not all at once. I'll begin by not talking to her as often. I will keep things to myself, enjoying life. I will still talk to her in times of crisis, or when I need her, but I will talk to her less and less, then not at all.
It started when I got disillusioned by seeing the marriages of others. Other wives have cheated on, or been rude to their husbands, so how can I possibly believe in Lanette?
Eventually, I will convince myself that I don't really need to be with Lanette to be married to her. "Sure we're still together," I will tell myself, "we're just not TOGETHER…" I may even be able to convince myself that I never loved her, in fact, she may not have ever existed. It was just a phase, and I left her behind.
The thing is, I can't do that. I love her too much. She means too much to me. Nor could I walk away from God.
I see people who do. I am Facebook friends with a lot of former youth group students, or people who have gone to my churches over the years. For one reason or another, many of them do not attend church. They have walked away from a relationship with Christ that once meant so much to them. They say they still believe, they may even talk about God, but in the end, they have slowly removed themselves from their relationship with him. Maybe they left because of things they saw happening in other people (maybe even me).
In Luke 15 Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son. After taking his inheritance early and leaving, he finds himself out of money and hungry:
"That brought him to his senses… He got right up and went home to his father. When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: 'Father, I've sinned against God, I've sinned before you; I don't deserve to be called your son ever again.'
"But the father wasn't listening. He was calling to the servants, 'Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a grain-fed heifer and roast it. We're going to feast! We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time."
My greatest hope is that my friends and family who have walked away from God will come to their senses. God has been sitting on the front porch of heaven waiting for them to come home. All they have to do is make that first step. He has been waiting, longing for you to come back. He already has the BBQ ready!
Waiting to see old friends… Jerry


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It's been almost a quarter century since Sports Illustrated pulled off one of the ultimate pranks and ran a featured story on the Mets latest pitching phenom, Sidd Finch.
Finch wasn't just an ordinary phenom, far from it… More like other worldly… I mean what else do you call a kid who can blaze a 150 mph fastball by your head?
As Sports Illustrated wrote in it's sub-heading:
"He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga — and his future in baseball."
Only the sharpest of minds would have noticed that the first letter in each word spelled out "Happy April Fools Day."
After Sports Illustrated ran "The Curious Case of Sidd Finch" in its April 1, 1985 issue, all of baseball was a buzz with curiosity; phones were ringing off the hook, reporters scrambled to get a bead on the story, and the baseball commissioner had to field complaints from concerned general managers who were up in arms over the Mets newest fire-balling weapon. Literally thousands of letters poured into Sports Illustrated's George Plimpton who wrote the article.
Here is the first part of that classic April Fools Day prank, that Sports Illustrated perpetrated on the entire sports world.
The secret cannot be kept much longer. Questions are being asked, and sooner rather than later the New York Mets management will have to produce a statement. It may have started unraveling in St. Petersburg, Florida two weeks ago, on March 14th, to be exact, when Mel Stottelmyre, the Met pitching coach, walked over to the 40-odd Met players doing their morning calisthenics at the Payson Field Complex not far from the golf of Mexico, a solitary figure among the pulsation of jumping jacks, and motioned three Mets to step out of the exercise. The three, all good prospects, were John Christensen, a 24-year-old outfielder; Dave Cochrane, a square but muscular switch-hitting third baseman; and Lenny Dykstra, a swift centerfielder who may be the Mets' leading man of the future.
Ordering the three to collect their bats and batting helmets, Stottelmyre led the players to the north end of the complex where a large canvas enclosure had been constructed two weeks before. The rumor was that some irrigation machinery was being installed in an underground pit.
Standing outside the enclosure, Stottelmyre explained what he wanted. "First of all," the coach said, "the club's got kind of a delicate situation here, and it would help if you keep reasonably quiet about it, O.K.?" The three nodded. Stottelmyre said, "We've got a young pitcher we're looking at. We want to see what he'll do with a batter standing in the box. We'll do this alphabetically. John, go on in there, stand at the plate and gave the pitcher a target. That's all you have to do."
"Do you want me to take a cut?" Christensen asked."
Stottelmyre produced a dry chuckle. "You can do anything you want."
Christensen pulled aside a canvas flap and found himself inside a rectangular area about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide, open to the sky, with a home plate set in the ground just in front of him, and down at the far end a pitcher's mound, with a small group of Met front-office personnel standing behind it, facing home plate.
Christensen recognized Nelson Doubleday, the owner of the Mets, and Frank Cashen, wearing a long-billed fishing cap. He had never seen Doubleday at the training facility before.
Christensen bats right-handed. As he stepped around the plate he nodded to Ronn Reynolds, the stocky reserve catcher who had been with the Mets organization since 1980. Reynolds whispered up to him from his crouch, "Kid, you won't believe what you're about to see."
A second flap down by the pitcher's end was drawn open, and a tall, gawky player walked in and stepped up onto the pitcher's mound. He was wearing a small, black fielder's glove on his left hand and was holding a baseball in his right. Christensen had never seen him before. He had blue eyes, Christensen remembers, and a pale, youthful face, with facial muscles that were motionless, like a mask. "You notice it," Christensen explained later, "when a pitcher's jaw isn't working on a chaw or a piece of gum." Then to Christensen's astonishment he saw that the pitcher, pawing at the dirt of the mound to get it smoothed out properly and to his liking, was wearing a heavy hiking boot on his right foot.
Christensen had since been persuaded to describe that first confrontation:
"I'm standing in there to give this guy a target, just waving the bat once or twice out over the plate. He starts his windup. He sways way back, like Juan Marichal, this hiking boot comes clomping over-I thought maybe he was wearing it for balance or something-and he suddenly rears upright like a catapult. The ball is launched from an arm completely straight up and stiff. Before you can blink, the ball is in the catcher's mitt. You hear it crack, and then there's this little bleat from Reynolds."
Christensen said the motion reminded him of the extraordinary contortions that he remembered of Goofy's pitching in one of Walt Disney's cartoon classics.
"I never dreamed a baseball could be thrown that fast. The wrist must have a lot to do with it, and all that leverage. You can hardly see the blur of it as it goes by. As for hitting the thing, frankly, I just don't think it's humanly possible. You could send a blind man up there, and maybe he'd do better hitting at the sound of the thing."
Read the rest of the article here, and a Happy April Fools Day to all of you…


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The Ideal Family: Two Girls?
Apparently many of us are in for a shock. We do not have the perfect family, according to a new survey by Bounty.com.
According to this poll, the "perfect" family consists of two girls. Yes, you heard right, people. That means that if you have any other familial configuration than what has been pronounced via these findings (of which I'm not sure are completely scientific), then you are likely very unhappy. Well at least that's what the survey seems to say.
The happiest parents are, apparently, those with two girls, followed by those with one boy and one girl, then two boys. The list continues with a number of varied filial permutations, ending with – surprisingly – four girls! How ironic that two girls are supposedly the ideal complement to one's family, yet doubling down on the double-X chromosone will only get you a double-dose of misery. Strange.
Following is the Bounty list, in decreasing order of parental happiness:
1. Two girls
2. One boy and one girl
3. Two boys
4. Three girls
5. Three boys
6. Four boys
7. Two girls and one boy
8. Two boys and one girl
9. Three boys and one girl
10. Three girls and one boy
11. Two boys and two girls
12. Four girls
The site also goes on to discuss the benefits of having two girls and the negatives of having four girls. You can find more details about the lists in an article I wrote about it for Technorati, here.
Firstly, I'm really not sure what the purpose of this survey was and exactly how they thought that the rest of us poor sods who don't fit into the proscribed "happiest families" contingent would feel. I mean, really – of course parents of two girls are happy, but isn't there something to be said about the rest of us that isn't pitiful or downright insulting? We may not fit into the mold that Bounty has arbitrarily formed, but rest assured that I as well as many parents of children that are not two girls, are very, very happy about the type of family that we/they do have and wouldn't change it for the world.
In a larger sense, there is something disturbing about a survey that at once pits one set of parents against others, as well as perpetuating gender stereotypes about boys and girls.
For example, some of the so-called "benefits" of having two girls are that they are "rarely noisy" and that they "help around the house."
Many parents of two girls (or more) are probably laughing out loud right now, and will tell you that their kids are not "rarely noisy;" if anything, they are the opposite. As well they are pulling their hair out trying to get them to help around the house.
In other words, if it isn't already apparent in this post, I am not a fan of surveys like these. They set up a hierarchy amongst parents and pit us against each other (the "haves" and the "have-nots") unnecessarily. Because, really – parenting in and of itself is a hard, hard job. It's rewarding beyond compare, but it's an effort to do it well. Why add guilt and longing for what we don't have into the mix?
So I have to ask: what do you think about this survey? Do you agree? Is the two-girl family the best type of family? Why or why not?
What type of family do you have? How do you feel about surveys like this?
I look forward to hearing from you!
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Bisson, Terry. Numbers Don't Lie. Tachyon, dist. by Independent Pubs. Group. Dec. 2005. c.176p. illus. ISBN 1-892391-32-5. pap. $14.95. SF
Wilson Wu, formerly a rock musician, an aeronautics engineer, a camel driver, a mechanic, and a trial lawyer, has a knack for introducing his friend Irving to strange situations, such as a gateway to the moon from a Brooklyn junkyard, the point at which the universe ceases expanding and starts contracting (located in a treehouse), or an odd manifestation of the Butterfly Effect involving Irving's wedding festivities. Award-winning sf novelist Amber Jewelry, Tea Sets, Sleeping Bags, Wholesale Tea Sets and short story writer Bisson (Pirates of the Universe; Talking Man) collects three stories featuring the incorrigible and unflappable Wilson Wu to form a loose novel exploring some of science's stranger by-roads. With mathematical illustrations supplied by sf writer and mathematician Rudy Rucker, this slim volume is essential reading for the author's fans and for fans of speculative fiction laced with considerable humor.
Drury, David M. All the Gold of Ophir. Five Star: Gale. Dec. 2005. c.404p. ISBN 1-59414-421-4. $25.95. SF
After several unexplained deaths on the Jupiter Space Station orbiting the gas giant, private investigator Mike Fynn is brought in to find the killers. Instead, he finds evidence of a conspiracy that has transferred key witnesses from the station and arranged for the death of the doctor who performed the autopsies. As he delves deeper, Flynn finds that he himself is in danger. Drury's debut features a fast-paced blend of hard sf and mystery with likable protagonists and a carefully thought-out premise. A good choice for larger sf collections.
Funk, Bret. Jewel of Truth. Tyrannosaurus. (Boundary's Fall, Bk. 3). Dec. 2005. c.448p. ISBN 0-9718819-2-8 [ISBN 978-0-9718819-2-1]. $19.99. FANTASY
The weakening of the Boundary that once imprisoned the Darklord Lorthas has afforded that evil being the opportunity to send his forces to harass the lands outside his prison, adding to the troubles already existing in the land of Alrendria. As Prince Martyn struggles with the idea of a political marriage to strengthen his country, the young mage Jeran Odara, enslaved by the Darklord in his mines, finds his loyalties at war with his compassion for his fellow prisoners. The third installment in Funk's fantasy saga (Path of Glory; Sword of Honor) increases the tension and suspense as the time of ultimate confrontation draws near. Evoking universal fantasy themes, the author provides a cast of intriguing and diverse characters, a complex villain, and a well-executed universe. A good choice for most fantasy collections.
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay. Felaheen: The Third Arabesk. Spectra: Bantam. Dec. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-553-38378-7. pap. $12. SF
Ex-policeman Ashraf Bey (Effendi; Pashazade) accepts a job protecting the emir of Tunis, who happens to be his estranged father, from possible assassination. With revolution threatening to explode throughout northern Africa, Bey becomes more and more enmeshed in the politics he despises, finding himself seeking answers to his past and to his present in the fabled city of El Iskandrya. Grimwood evokes the sights and sounds of a Middle East that might have been in this elegant blend of exotic fiction and detective story, which belongs in most libraries.
Hendee, Barb & J.C. Hendee. Traitor to the Blood. ROC: NAL. Jan. 2006. c.368p. ISBN 0-451-46066-9. $23.95. FANTASY
The son of an elven mother and a human father, Leesil is raised as a slave and trained to be an assassin and spy for his master, Lord Darmouth. Unwilling to kill on command, Leesil escapes, only to return with his beloved companion, the dhampir (half-vampire) Magiere, to discover the fate of the parents he left behind. In their hardcover debut and the fourth title of their "Noble Dead" saga, the Hendees (Sister of the Dead; Dhampir) have crafted a unique tale of vampires and half-vampire undead hunters set against a dark fantasy world ruled by tyrants. The personal conflicts of the heroes mirror the larger struggles in their world and provide a solid foundation for this tale of love and loyalty in a world of betrayal. A good choice for most fantasy collections.
Hubbard, L. Ron. The Ultimate Adventure. Galaxy. Jan. 2006. c.217p. ISBN 1-59212-214-0. $22.95. SF
The victim of a string of bad luck that has left him jobless and penniless, Steve Jebson becomes the subject of an experiment by a renegade researcher who sends him to an alternate world that resembles the Arabian Nights, down to the beautiful maiden and the evil ifrit. The late Hubbard, one of the masters of pulp sf, first published this novella in Unknown magazine in 1939; this is its first hardcover publication. Libraries with strong pulp fiction collections and author fans will want this for their readers.
Kenyon, Nate. Bloodstone. Five Star: Gale. Jan. 2006. c.343p. ISBN 1-59414-438-9. $25.95. HORROR
Driven by the voices in his head, ex-convict Billy Smith kidnaps a prostitute named Angel and takes her to the small New England town of White Falls. When Angel confesses that she has been having dreams and hearing voices as well, the unlikely pair work together to unravel the mystery that brought them to this town and to lay to rest the ghosts of their pasts. Kenyon's horror debut evokes an atmosphere of small-town claustrophobia as he brings his story to its inevitable conclusion. With a final twist worthy of V.C. Andrews, this tale of classic horror belongs in large libraries where readers are not offended by a few graphic sex scenes.
Knight, E.E. Dragon Champion. ROC: NAL. (Age of Fire, Bk. 1). Dec. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-451-46047-2. pap. $14. FANTASY
Born without scales or the hunger for gold, the gray dragon Auron escapes the catastrophe that kills his parents and his siblings. Trying to make his way in the Upper World, Auron finds unusual friends in a dwarven child and an elusive green female dragon who falls captive to a power-hungry mage seeking to enslave all dragons to his will. Auron's destiny leads him to a confrontation with the mage and a new beginning for dragons. The author of the "Vampire Earth" series has crafted a series opener with a refreshingly new protagonist who views the world from a draconic, rather than a human, perspective. A fine addition to most fantasy collections.
Levinson, Paul. The Plot To Save Socrates. Tor. Feb. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-765-30570-4 [ISBN 978-0-765-30570-1]. $25.95. SF
When her advisor shows her a fragment of an unknown Socratic dialog in which the philosopher, on the night of his execution, receives a visitor who speaks of a rescue by virtue of time travel, classics scholar Sierra and her boyfriend, Max, also a classics student, search for the truth behind the tale. Discovering that time travel is possible, Sierra and Max embark on a rescue mission like no other. Levinson (The Silk Code) spins a fascinating tale that spans the centuries from 400 B.C.E. to 2061 C.E. and ranges from ancient Greece and Egypt to Victorian London and future New York. An intriguing premise with believable characters and attention to period detail make this an outstanding choice for most sf collections. Highly recommended.
Masterton, Graham. Manitou Blood. Severn House. Dec. 2005. 369p. ISBN 0-7278-6291-X. $28.95. HORROR
A plague in which the victims feel as if they are on fire from within and are compelled to drink human blood threatens to reach epidemic proportions in New York City. Recognizing the plague's supernatural origins, medium Harry Erskine consults the spirit of a Native American shaman to discover what is behind it. Together with a Romanian psychic and Dr. Frank Winter, who has nearly succumbed to the plague himself, Harry hunts for the malevolent being who seeks to remake the world in his image. The prolific Masterton (Hidden World; Holy Terror) adds another horror gem to his body of work. A masterly plotter who evokes both terror and suspense, Masterton also creates well-rounded characters ready to do their part in the hidden struggle between good and evil. A few graphic scenes of sex and violence may limit the readership, but hard-core horror fans and followers of the author will want this title.
McMullen, Sean. Voidfarer: A Tale of the Moonworlds Saga. Tor. Feb. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-765-31437-1 [ISBN 978-0-765-31437-6]. $27.95. FANTASY
An ovoid object falls from the sky, leading Wayfarer Constable Danolarian to believe that it is a dragon's egg. Upon hatching, however, the object reveals an invasion force of sorcerers from the world of Lupan, come to conquer. Danolarian refuses to allow his world to fall and enlists the aid of his sorceress girlfriend (and her formidable mother), as well as the dispirited sorcerers of Alberin. Australian fantasy author McMullen's latest installment in his "Moonworlds Saga" (Glass Dragons; Voyage of the Shadow Moon) offers new heroes and villains and a look at the unusually talented group of peacemakers known as the Wayfarer Constable. Superb storytelling and an unusual setting make this a first-rate addition to most fantasy collections.
Norton , Andre & Jean Rabe. Return to Quag Keep. Tor. Jan. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-765-31298-0 [ISBN 978-0-765-31298-3]. $24.95. FANTASY
When a group of role-playing gamers uses a set of enchanted miniature figures in their game, they are transported to a world of dragons, elves, and wizards and become trapped in the form of the miniature they chose. Now they attempt to find a way home in spite of assassins paid to kill them, wizards trying to control them, and the odd monster who just wants to pick a fight. Their journey ultimately leads them to the place where it all began, the fortress known as Quag Keep. The late Grand Master Norton wrote the original Quag Keep in 1976 after her first experience with the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. Nearly 30 years later, just before her death, she asked fantasy author Rabe (The Finest Creation) to work with her on the sequel. With believable characters, plenty of action, and storytelling of the highest quality, this fantasy adventure belongs in most fantasy and YA collections.
Rankin, Robert. The Brightonomicon. Gollancz, dist. by Trafalgar Square. (Brentford Trilogy, Bk. 8). Dec. 2005. 359p. ISBN 0-575-07009-9. $20. FANTASY
The youthful hero of Rankin's latest fantastic romp takes his girlfriend to Brighton for a weekend, but instead of a romantic outing, he finds himself cast into the water only to be rescued by the enigmatic Dr. Hugo Rune. Suffering from memory loss, the young man agrees to help Dr. Rune solve a series of 12 mysteries patterned on the Brighton Zodiac formed by the patterns of Brighton's streets. His adventures and their final resolution result in a freewheeling tale that combines the best of British comic writing with a panoramic approach to storytelling. Libraries should purchase where there is a demand for comic fantasy or where the author has a following.
Resnick, Mike. Starship: Mutiny. Pyr: Prometheus. Dec. 2005. c.290p. ISBN 1-59102-337-8. $25. SF
When new first officer Wilson Cole reports for duty to the starship Theodore Roosevelt on the outer fringes of a galactic war, he brings with him rumors of his tendency to exceed his orders – and promptly gives the crew an example. After disobeying his commander's orders and following his own instincts to achieve a major victory, he finds himself the object of a court-martial for insubordination. Instead of facing an almost certain guilty verdict, he and his loyal followers take the Theodore Roosevelt and declare themselves independent from the military, regardless of the consequences. Prolific sf author Resnick (Kirinyaga; A Hunger in the Soul) launches a new series of military sf adventure with a solid introductory tale of one man's faith in himself and the loyalty of his comrades. A good choice for large sf collections.


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Faces of Australia: Woollarawarre Bennelong
The First Fleet of convicts and soldiers with their families arrived in Sydney Harbor in January 1788 to construct the first colonial settlement in Australia. The fleet of ships was commanded by the colony's first designated Governor Captain Arthur Phillip who immediately set about establishing the colony of New South Wales. The first years of establishing the colony was extremely difficult as the settlers tried to grow crops in a land the understood little about. To make matters worse was the fact that the settlers were occasionally attacked by the black Aboriginal locals that did not look fondly at the white settlers suddenly appearing on their land.
First fleet landing in Sydney Harbor.
Despite the attacks on the settlers the Arthur Phillip issued strict orders to the colonists that no punitive action would be taken against the Aboriginals in return because he himself was under strict guidelines from England to establish friendly relations with the locals. As the attacks continued Governor Phillip decided that something had to be done to bridge the language barrier in order to communicate what the settlers felt were their good intentions to be friends of the Aboriginals. So in order to do this the governor authorized the capture of two Aboriginals in order to study their local Aboriginal dialect along with teaching the natives English. In hindsight it would appear kidnapping is probably not the best way to show your good intentions but at the time Governor Phillip must have felt he had little choice.
Two Aboriginals were eventually captured in November 1789 on the Manly coastline on the north head of Sydney harbor. The two captured Aboriginals were named Bennelong and Colbee and were treated well while in captivity. Little has been written of Colbee but much was written about Bennelong in the settlers journals which seems to confirm the significance and impact he had on the colonists. Bennelong whose full name is Woollarawarre Bennelong was a tall, strong, and handsome man in his mid-20's when he was captured. Bennelong had an extroverted personality and love to talk and laugh. The personality caused Bennelong quickly begin to learn the European customs and grasp English. He was then able to teach some of the early settlers such George Bass how to speak the Aboriginal dialect. He was soon even wearing English clothes and became good friends with Governor Arthur. In 1790 Bennelong did much to bring understanding between the locals and the settlers which almost ended in disaster when Governor Phillip was speared through the shoulder while trying to communicate with a local tribe. Governor Phillip survived the attack and with the help of Bennelong stop the settlers from retaliating.
Eventually with the help of Bennelong Governor Phillip was able to establish a peace agreement with the surrounding Aboriginals and peace and trade flourished between the two alien cultures. In recognition of Bennelong's help to the colony Governor Phillip built a house for Bennelong and his wife along the shores of Sydney Harbor.
Governor Phillip would eventually return to England in 1792 and asked Bennelong to come with him. Bennelong agreed and traveled to England with Phillip and a 12 year old Aboriginal boy by the name of Yemmerrawanne. Upon arrival in England Bennelong became a minor celebrity as he dined with the elites of England and even met King George III. However, while in England Bennelong took up a habit that continues to be the bane of Aboriginal society today, he became a drunk. Bennelong is reported to have drank alcohol before while mingling with the colonists but his time in England is what made him a drunk probably because of the homesickness he felt especially after his companion Yemmerrawanne died of pneumonia.
Wollarawarre Bennelong in European dress.
Bennelong asked to return to Australia which he did when he accompanied the new governor of New South Wales, John Hunter back to Australia in 1795. The ships landed in Sydney Harbor in August 1796 and Bennelong quickly found himself a man stuck between two cultures who no longer really felt excepted by either. Bennelong drank his worries away and became well known for engaging in fights and was even speared in the back in one quarrel with an Aboriginal rival.
He would die in a drunken stupor on January 3rd, 1813 at James Squire's orchard at Kissing Point on the shores of the Parramatta River at the approximate age of 50. Bennelong was the first of many Aboriginals that continues to this day to die because of alcoholism. Despite Bennelong's tragic ending to his life he is remembered as the First Fleet's first friend who made early contact and friendship between the locals and the colonists possible. From American perspective Bennelong can be viewed in the same context as Squanto who was the American Indian that helped the early Pilgrims from Europe to survive their first winter in the New World in 1620, but Bennelong has no national holiday in his honor like America's has with Thanksgiving; not that most Americans even know who Squanto is though.
Squanto aids the early Pilgrims.
However, many of Bennelong's settler friends would go on not to have holidays in their honor but many important Australian landmarks named after them instead. George Bass for example has the Bass Strait named after him, Arthur Phillip has Port Phillip Bay named after him, and John Hunter has the Hunter Valley named in his honor. What a lot people in Australia don't realize is that the First Fleet's first friend has a landmark named after him as well. Sydney's top tourist attraction, its beautiful Opera House sits on the very spot that Bennelong's house once stood and if you look on the map you will see the peninsula the Sydney Opera House stands on is named Bennelong Point.


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Now that Tim Tebow's departure from the Denver Broncos is a certainty with the Peyton Manning signing, the next question is — where does he go? Several teams have been mentioned as possible destinations, and many teams have inquired about what it would take to pry Tebow loose.
According to Monica Culpepper, wife of former Florida Gators and NFL player Brad Culpepper, Tebow would prefer to head back home to the Sunshine State, where he did so many great things for those same Gators.
Two Florida teams would be good fits for Tebow's services, and in each case, it's for more than football reasons. The Jacksonville Jaguars have had trouble selling out their stadium in recent years, and the Miami Dolphins are enduring one of the most disastrous offseasons in recent NFL memory.
While everyone in the Broncos organization is obviously thrilled that Manning will be their new quarterback, some of Tebow's soon-to-be-former teammates feel badly for a player who did engineer several 2011 comebacks and played well in the Broncos' wild-card playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Problem is, if it's you against Peyton Manning, you're going to lose that battle unless you're part of a very select group.
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What's going on is more than just a layout redesign. I read about it on Friday here http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/02/05/more-than-just-a-redesign-going-on-with-facebook-this-week
I feel like very soon all privacy on Facebook will disappear.
I think privacy actually has disappeare. Facebook is crawling with internet marketers and now they are introducing email with the ability to get personal messages forwarded to those accounts? Really? They haven't cleaned out all the fake accounts and fictitious accounts? Now the marketers who already have access to your personal information there get to spam your FB email too. Whose needs does that serve? The only people I have heard speak in favor of that are the ones who say it will be good for their businesses as they have online stores. Say what? Facebook has become a huge cyber space shopping mall. Then there's the news that they are adding Microsoft as a partner and including Bing as their primary search tool. Is that the sound of a flushing toilet I hear?
I can't even get into my facebook account. I am so pissy and I wasn't having any problems until they changed the format once again.
I bailed out long ago over privacy issues. I will never have a page there for myself again. It's become a place that resembles a cyber supermarket so I may create fan pages but that's it.
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On the first single from Linkin Park's forthcoming Living Things, Chester Bennington unpacks, yet again, his propensity for screwing things up. Before zooming into the anguished yowl we've come to demand of a Linkin Park chorus, Bennington delivers some of his prettiest verses ever – and he does it over a burbling synth groove that wouldn't be out of place in an industrial-friendly rave. (Mike Shinoda is, per Linkin Park tradition, on hand for a quickie run of unassuming rhymes.) There's a certain poetry to the "Burn It Down" approach, which draws a sharp line between the smooth and the rough — and leaves open the option of just dancing the night away. In the end, the fire down below comes out on top.
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Interested in volunteering at River FM 92.9?
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Like most community radio stations in Australia, we rely heavily upon the generous help of volunteers in the community. River FM 92.9 currently has 70 volunteer members and this number is growing all the time.
There are plenty of things to get involved with at the station. Not everyone who works in radio has 'The Golden Voice'. In fact, there are plenty of people who choose not to go on air at all. If you have got a specific skill or a great attitude, chances are you will fit right in.
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Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio has come under fire from animal activists for dyeing her puppy's fur pink and purple.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals officials have taken aim at the beauty, lecturing about the dangers of coloring pets after the Victoria's Secret regular was spotted out and about with her pampered pooch.
A PETA spokesperson tells X17online.com, "What most people don't know is that dyeing a companion animal's fur can cause the animal stress and can lead to complications or allergic reactions that endanger the animal's health. Our dogs and cats love us regardless of how we look; why not extend the same kindness to them?"
The outrage comes almost a week after "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson was photographed in London walking a dog whose coat was dyed bright pink.
The British actress came under fire from pet lovers who accused her of animal cruelty, but Watson insisted the coloring had nothing to do with her, pointing out the pup belonged to a pal who was raising money for charity.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The cases seem to pop up with alarming regularity -- allegations of children being starved, beaten, chained and even killed by those who are supposed to love them most.
It's been a grim year for child abuse in the Kansas City area.
The images plucked from these stories are haunting: A girl locked in a closet, covered in feces; a boy allegedly kicked to death by his stepmother; a baby found with fractured legs his own mother admitted to breaking.
Recently, a mentally-challenged teen was found handcuffed to a pole inside his father's basement in the Northland.
Which begs the question: Are more children being abused than ever before?
Jeanetta Issa, president and CEO of the
Child Abuse Prevention Association, says no.
"I think (these cases) have always been there, but we're in the day of technology where more and more people find out about them sooner," she explained. "These bizarre cases seem to be coming to light more."
Here's a look at some of those cases, including what charges -- if any -- are pending against the alleged abusers. You can click each picture for more details.
June 22, 2012 -- L.P.
A 10-year-old girl was found locked in a closet in her mother's apartment in the 1300 block of Highland. The closet was rigged to only open from the outside. The little girl, identified in court documents as L.P., was covered in her own waste and weighed only 32 pounds when police found her.
Records indicate she last attended school as a kindergartner in 2006. Neighbors told 41 Action News they never even knew she existed.
Her mother, Jacole Prince, was charged with first-degree assault, child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. She is still in jail, awaiting her trial on Dec. 2. Prince's boyfriend, Marcus Benson, was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child. He received a seven-year suspended sentence in exchange for five years probation.
July 5, 2012 -- G.W.
Kansas City police were called out to a home in the 1100 block of Pacific Street on a tip that a child was being abused. When they arrived, they found 8-year-old G.W. scrubbing the floor of her bedroom, which smelled strongly of urine and trash.
She was locked in from the outside.
Her aunt and uncle were her primary caretakers. The little girl told police she was locked in the room for a month at a time and was not allowed to use the bathroom. She did not attend school regularly.
Her sister, 5-year-old K.N., also lived in the home, but appeared to be healthy and unharmed. Jeffrey and Michele Kraft were both charged with first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. They have been released on bond. Jeffrey's trial is set for July 29, and Michele's for Sept. 30.
October 17, 2012 -- Lucas Webb
Four-year-old Lucas Webb had told an adult
his stepmother kicked him in the stomach at least once, according to court documents. He died weeks later from blunt force trauma.
An autopsy revealed his ribs had been fractured and separated for six to eight weeks before he died. Family members say daycare teachers contacted the Missouri Department of Social Services when they noticed injuries on Lucas' body, but nothing was done.
The little boy's stepmother, Melissa Webb, and his father, Justin Webb, were both charged with second-degree murder and child abuse. Justin is out of jail and is expected in court July 9. Melissa is still in jail, with her next court date scheduled for June 6.
November 6, 2012 -- T.W.
Officials at Children's Mercy Hospital contacted police after noticing signs consistent with child abuse during an exam of T.W. Among the injuries: three fractures on the little boy's right leg, and one fracture on his left leg.
T.W. was not even 1-month-old when the alleged abuse occurred. His mother, Lacresha Young, eventually admitted to causing the injuries, according to the police report.
Young was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse. She is being held on a $100,000 bond, and her trial is set for Oct. 7.
January 14, 2013 -- Stephon McCoy
Three-month-old Stephon McCoy was rushed to the hospital after the woman taking care of him called police, saying he wasn't breathing. He died three days later on Jan. 17.
A doctor at Children's Mercy told investigators Stephon had multiple injuries
consistent with being shaken -- including extensive brain damage, internal bleeding and bruises on several parts of his body.
Stephon was being cared for by his uncle and his uncle's girlfriend, Sonya Perry, when the fatal injuries occurred.
Perry was charged with second-degree murder, abuse of a child and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She is still in jail. Her trial is set for March 24, 2014.
Read the tragic story of a teen found handcuffed in a basement on the next page.
February 4, 2013 -- John Doe
A mentally-challenged teenager was found
handcuffed to a pole in his father's basement in the Northland on Feb. 4. The 17-year-old boy told police his daily diet consisted of one packet of oatmeal, one package of Ramen noodles and two bologna sandwiches.
When officers began walking downstairs to the cold and dark basement where the boy was being held, they heard him say "I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything."
The teen told police he'd been in the basement since Sept. 27, 2012, when his father withdrew him from school to reportedly homeschool him.
His stepmother, father and older brother all lived in the home with him. One of them told police the teen was locked in the basement because they let him upstairs in December, and he ate almost an entire bowl of fruit.
The father, 42-year-old David Martin, and his wife, 41-year-old Pamela Martin, were both charged with one count each of felonious restraint and abuse of a child.
David's next court appearance is May 23, and Pamela's is set for May 16.
How you can help
Jeanetta Issa with CAPA urges anyone who suspects possible child abuse to report it. Signs of abuse include frequent bruises or injuries, abrupt changes in character or behavior and neglect.
The Missouri child abuse hotline is 1-800-392-3738. The Kansas child abuse hotline is 1-800-922-5330.
Steve Kaut contributed to this report.


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By Chris Chaney
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If there was any recourse in losing in the regional semifinals for both the Bethel-Tate and Felicity-Franklin softball teams last week, it was knowing that both teams, by and large, will have the same roster returning next year to make another charge at a state title.
Bethel, playing in Division III, and Felicity, playing in Division IV, both saw their seasons come to an end during the middle of last week, one step shy of the regional final and three steps away from a state championship berth.
"The great thing about (losing) was that the girls were able to see the type of competition we face when we reach that level," Lady Tigers head coach Matt Weber said. "We only lose one senior — Liz Neal — so we're not losing too many players and (the rest of the team) has seen what it takes to go to the postseason and do pretty well."
The Lady Tigers were victims of a slow start in their DIII regional semifinal against North Union. Trailing from the second pitch of the game, North Union lead-off hitter Emily Clark hit a home run over the left field fence and her teammates added three more runs in the frame.
"Our pitcher missed her location by a little bit and they capitalized on it," Weber said. "After that, the girls were a little awestruck and we didn't play very well fundamentally. Any time you give a great team an opportunity like that, they take advantage of it."
The Lady Tigers got one run across in the sixth inning to give themselves another at bat, down 10-1, but couldn't muster any more postseason magic. Considering Bethel's 2-6 start to the season, a regional tournament berth was an accomplishment in and of itself, but Weber hopes that the chemistry, momentum and experience earned throughout the second-half of the regular season and into the postseason will pay dividends going forward.
"(The run) will be a great advantage because when you get to those games and have the long rides up to Dayton or wherever, they'll know the different atmosphere (they're entering)," Weber said. "The (change of scenery) allows the girls to get super focused and get really into the game. They understand that they can't recover from errors like normal when they get to that level and I'm hoping they'll carry that through to next year."
For the Lady Cardinals, they were the team getting off to the fast start in their DIV regional semifinal. A two-run first inning put Felicity up 2-0, but a disastrous third saw that lead evaporate and a sizable deficit emerge.
"We had the one bad inning," head coach Rob Wear. "They had nine hits, we had nine hits, but our hits were singles and theirs were doubles. They actually had three errors and we only had one, but you've got to give credit where credit's due. They're a good team."
The Minster lead ballooned to 10-2 in the fifth inning before ending at 11-6 with Felicity coming up short of a regional final appearance.
Adding insult to injury for the Lady Cards towards the end of the game was an actual injury to junior McKayla Jacobs. The short stop hurt her ankle sliding into home and had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital. Wear said that she has a plate in her foot and upwards of 10 screws.
Even still, he said, she's ready to get back out there next year, as are her teammates.
"As far as being a young team, I've got my fingers crossed that we'll have a strong freshman class coming in that can help build on this," Wear said. "The girls (coming back) by no means are ready to give up, so we'll be fine."
Jacobs, along with junior pitcher Sandy Woodmansee and classmates Allie Rodriguez, Bethany Perkins and Kaitlyn Clark will return as seniors to bring that leadership quality and sense of urgency to accomplish all they can before they have to hang up their red and white for good.


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PASADENA – Everyone already knew Brett Hundley could pass. Apparently, he could also moonlight on special teams.
UCLA's redshirt freshman quarterback had already made two dime throws in the first quarter of the Bruins' 35-17 loss to Stanford, a 71-yarder to Shaq Evans and a 31-yarder to Jerry Johnson. Not long after, the Bruins lined up on a fourth-and-3 on the 38-yard line as if they would go for a conversion.
Then, Hundley did something no one had ever seen him do: he kicked the ball. It was a beauty of a pooch punt, one that rolled to the 1-yard line.
And against the No. 11 Cardinal, it was one of his better plays of the day.
Hundley is already looking like a future Heisman contender – even USC defensive tackle George Uko said so a week ago – but Stanford forced him into one of his worst starts.
The freshman completed 6 of 13 passes in the first half for 131 yards, 120 of which came in the first quarter. He threw for a touchdown, but was also sacked three times before the break, barely avoiding a safety on one occasion where he held on to the ball dangerously long. He took four more sacks before the game ended.
"He was saying as soon as he hitched up, there was a lot of traffic around him," said offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. "He was losing sight of guys."
A special kick
UCLA had blocked six punts or kicks in its past two games. Entering Saturday, no other team in the Pac-12 had blocked more than four punts or kicks this season.
The Bruins' incredible knack for big plays on special teams continued against Stanford in the second quarter. This time, linebacker Anthony Barr blew up punter Daniel Zychlinski after a muffed snap, leaving defensive end Cassius Marsh to recover the spoils.
UCLA's offense stalled immediately after the forced fumble, losing 8 yards in three plays, but Ka'imi Fairbairn hit a 48-yard field goal to give the Bruins just their second score of the day. It was a career-long make for the freshman, who had yet to connect from beyond 35 this year.
"It felt great," Fairbairn said. "I hit it well."
Barr's crushing hit
Once again, Barr delivered a crushing hit, but this time he tackled Zychlinski before he could even kick.
Last week, Barr's hit on Matt Barkley knocked him out of the UCLA game with a shoulder injury, and Barkley was out for Saturday's game between the Trojans and No. 1 Notre Dame.
Barkley is used to taking hits, but Zychlinski is not. Someone missed an assignment, and Zychlinski paid for it. He was on the ground for a while, but walked off the field and didn't return to the game.
Tweeting Bruins
Now that the Bruins are Pac-12 South Division champions, former Bruins are coming out of the woodwork to cheer on UCLA. Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe tweeted: "Unsure how I feel about the new UCLA uniforms they're wearing tonight. Don't think I'd paint a miniature in that color scheme."
UCLA wore its L.A. Night uniforms – a Navy blue color – for the second time since the Arizona game at the Rose Bowl.
Former cornerback Alterraun Verner, who plays for the Tennessee Titans, tweeted an Instagram photo which read: "You got to love UCLA football right now."


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Friday, January 3, 2014
Secrets the Vine Resort Food!!
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The food looks so amazing and now I am really really hungry. I love trying new foods and it's looks like I would have had so many new things to try. I would have really enjoyed myself there.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! My family and I are going to Secrets: The Vine soon. It's not always easy to find information about the food at the resorts. Looks delicious :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Brian overall the food was excellent. We only had one bad meal at the Steakhouse. But every other restaurant had great food. I suggest downloading the phone app because they have menus on there.Delete


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Just a reminder to everyone who passes through Transcona that Plessis will be closed at Duglad starting Sunday, July 28, 2013.
A $77 million project will be occurring in Transcona! An underpass will be built at Plessis and Dugald to provide convenient access into Transcona. Plessis will be closed from Sunday until the end of 2014!!! Plessis will also be widened and a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists will be added.


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J.F.K. Guidance Program
Thank you for taking the time to learn a bit more about the Guidance Program at J.F.K. Elementary School.
The program is broken into two components: direct and indirect services. Please read below for more information about available services, and the person who provides those services.
Direct Services:
Direct services are in-person interactions between the Guidance Counselor and student(s). Direct services include classroom guidance lessons, small group counseling, and individual student planning, as well as responsive services.
- Classroom guidance lessons: Classroom guidance lessons will be taught as part of the Unified Arts (U.A.) Schedule. Students who have guidance class as part of their U.A. schedule will spend 45 minutes per week with the guidance counselor learning about and developing a wide range of social and communication skills, as well as self regulation skills.
- Small group counseling: Small group counseling may occur based upon student need. The counseling groups may focus on topics of friendship, changing families, emotional regulation, and social skills.
- Individual student planning: Individual student planning includes targeted, goal focused and short term interventions on an as needed basis.
Indirect Services:
Indirect Services are provided on behalf of students as a result of the guidance counselor's interactions with others. These interactions include referrals for additional assistances, consultation and collaboration with parents, teachers and other educators and community organizations.
J.F.K. Elementary School Guidance Counselor (Kindergarten – 5th grade):
Sarah Murphy
Phone Number: 383 – 6064
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
About Mrs. Murphy:
This is my sixth year working as the Guidance Counselor at J.F.K. Before working at J.F.K., I was the shared guidance counselor between Moretown and Fayston Elementary Schools in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, and interned at Milton Elementary School in Milton, Vermont.


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Last weekend, my son celebrated his 8th birthday. I had SO much fun planning his party. Last year he had a laser tag party and the kids had an absolute blast (no pun intended!)
I was so excited that Pierson asked to do another laser tag party and he put me up to the challenge to make it a "Nerf" inspired party. A Nerf gun party, sure! My boys are SUPER into Nerf Guns these days. Their friends are, too! I didn't necessarily want 10 boys running around my house shooting Nerf guns, so we opted for the laser tag place.
I created this Nerf inspired invitation to send out to his friends. They all loved it! (The invite is available in the shop here)
I was limited for time as far as the party setup goes. They gave me 30 minutes to get the room ready. The key was that I had everything prepped ahead of time and loaded into plastic bins that I could easily transfer from the car to the party room.
Erica of Driftwood Printing printed my backdrop (her printing is amazing). You can find the Nerf style laser tag backdrop in the shop here.
I lined the tables with cute blue/white wrapping paper.
Jelly Belly gave us so many yummy Jelly Belly for Brynne's Monogram Slumber Party and so I used those colors and favors and it doubled as a centerpiece because they were perfect. I used the clear containers from Nashville Wraps and added a 2″ party logo from our Printable Collection (available here).
I tiered them on a black cake stand (I buy cake stands in regular popular colors and reuse them all the time for my parties!)
The centerpieces were so simple. I filled glass vases with blue Jelly Belly and then added a printable party logo on the outside. I stuck lasers (glow sticks) out of the Jelly Belly and then suctioned some Nerf Bullets to the side of the glass jar.
Our printable collection also has these cute bullet candy wraps! They are perfect for smarties candy! Aren't they cute!?
I dressed up orange and yellow Gatorade bottles with our printable drink wrapper. I adorned the cute polka dot straws with party flags from our collection.
Ecreamery is the BEST! They make the most delicious gourmet ice cream and ship it to your door! I love that they personalize the containers, too! I sent them his logo and they added it to the containers. These are small sized ice cream individual cups and SO easy to distribute at the party. I loved not having to mess with places/spoons. The little spoon is inside the cup! This was the perfect convenient treat for his party.
Would you believe me if I told you the cake was <$30!? I took a store bought cake (I told them to make it Nerf Yellow). I printed our Nerf Party Cake Toppers and stuck them out of the cake. It was SO easy to do at the location and the kids LOVED it! I got lots of compliments from people passing by.
I loved wrapping bubble gum with our printable Nerf Gum Wrapper. (find it here!)
I personalized gift hangtags for all the boys and girls. These are available in our shop here. You can laminate them so they can reuse them for their book bags, too!
I adorned a chevron gift bag with a printable thank you tag from our printable collection.
Here is a peek inside their goodie box!
The boys LOVED their favors! The orange cupcake boxes were so easy to fill and I love that you can peek inside! We had Nerf gun gum wrappers, nerf bullet candy wraps on smarties and Pop rocks labels as well as Jelly Belly in these cute containers.
Thanks to all of Pierson's friends for making his party a blast! Be sure to check out the printable offerings to make your OWN amazing laser tag or nerf gun party!
– Party concept and styling and photography: Anders Ruff
– Party Printables: Anders Ruff Shop
– Backdrop Printing: Driftwood Printing
– Jelly Belly Candy: Jelly Belly
– Clear candy containers, shred: Nashville Wraps
SOURCES to find these fabulous items to recreate this look:
– Nerf Gun favors
– Nerf Bullets– Aqua Wrapping Paper Runner
– Black Cake Stands
– Orange Cupcake Boxes


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Behind Latticed Screen....Australian Sonnet
She's lost to childhood innocence tonight,
The dancer in the pink musical box,
Her pointing feet turn slowly to the right,
A mechanism ticks like wound up clocks.
Tick! Tock! Stirs the tune of her dainty waltz,
The Blue Danube played on metallic pins,
As old memories become vague and false,
And time covers a multitude of sins.
Such beauty hid behind a latticed screen,
Her ruby lips pursuing love's first kiss,
She's drawing me to fantasy's abyss,
Returning to places of might have been.
As I the child opened my eyes to see
Dear dancer, she showed me a destiny.
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Parliament state opening date set
The new Government will unveil its legislative programme on May 25, it has been announced.
Downing Street disclosed the date of the State Opening and the Queen's Speech as it confirmed that Parliament had been formally dissolved ahead of the General Election.
A statement from Number 10 said: "The new Parliament will be summoned to meet on Tuesday May 18, when the business will be the election of the Speaker and the swearing-in of Members.
"The State Opening of Parliament and the Queen's Speech will follow on Tuesday May 25."


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'I Love You, Beth Cooper': NotJuly 10, 2009
I hate "I Love You, Beth Cooper," a movie which, as a friend noted afterward, goes from grad to worse.
This Chris Columbus film is as painfully unfunny as any movie this summer – or in recent memory. A chimp could have written this script, if he had screenplay software and a "laugh-free teen comedy" program. The simian in question here is named Larry Doyle, who has several "Simpsons" scripts to his credit (as well as the novel on which this script is based). Perhaps he suffered a head injury since he wrote them.
Newcomer Paul Rust plays Denis Cooverman, high school valedictorian. As Denis speaks at his graduation ceremony, he uses the opportunity to say things he's always wanted to voice but never had the nerve: outing his gay best friend Rich (Jack T. Carpenter); calling out a couple of bullies; and declaring his long unspoken love for cheerleader/golden girl Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), to whom he's never spoken despite sitting behind her, apparently, since grade school.
The rest of the film is about Denis and Beth's long day's journey into night accompanied by Rich and Beth's posse. It's an unlikely odyssey in which Beth and Denis are meant to bond, while Rich cavorts with her two friends, who are supposed to be funny – ditzy, slutty, stuck-up – but are just plain flavorless.
They engage in a running battle with Beth's pumped-up, 'roid-raging boyfriend, go to a big party, take showers together at the high school – and generally fill 100 minutes of screen time with dud jokes and sadistic slapstick.
Columbus made his name in the '80s as the writer of "The Goonies" and "Gremlins" and in the '90s as the director of "Home Alone" and "Mrs. Doubtfire." He has no excuse for a film this dismal.
Panettiere obviously has talent – and a career to go back to on "Heroes." As a launchpad for the careers of Rust and Carpenter, however, this film resembles nothing so much as the space shuttle Challenger.


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Automotive Liquid Handling Pumps Datasheets
from EnviroPump and Seal, Inc.
Enviropump and Seal VIT-1000 Series "Super-ANSI " Process Pump. Pumps are the heart of most Industrial Manufacturing plants. Traditional ANSI pumps are inherently weak in design, resulting in high maintenance cost and reduced reliability. The most common areas of failure are bearings and... [See More]
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- Discharge Pressure: 375.0
- Pump Type: BoilerFeed; Booster; Centrifugal; Circulation; Condensate
- Liquid Flow: 10.000 to 3000.000
from EXAIR Corporation
The Chip Trapper ™ (Patent #8153001 and #8268179) offers a fast, easy way to clean chips, swarf and shavings out of used coolants and other liquids. The Chip Trapper vacuums the coolant or liquid that is filled with debris and traps all the solids in a reusable filter bag. Only the liquid... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Commercial; MachineTool; CNC's, Lathes, Saws, Mills, Drills, Parts Washers, Pits, Tanks, Grinders
- Liquid Flow: 30.000
- Pump Type: Wastewater
- Power Source: Air or Pneumatic
from General Pump
Features: • The preferred pump frame in the two-gun prep conveyor and tunnel car wash industry. • Forged brass manifold with exclusive lifetime warranty. • Large-capacity, die-cast , anodized aluminum oil-bath crankcase. • Over-sized connecting rods for maximum life. •... [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive; Commercial; Vehicle Cleaning Applications
- Discharge Pressure: 1000.0
- Pump Type: PistonPlunger; PositiveDisplacement; Reciprocating; Triplex
- Liquid Flow: 12.000
from Haskel International LLC
Efficiency - Pump the liquid first then the vapor then vacuum to 23"-27" HG with one pump. High Pressure - Positive displacement, two stage with plenty of "leverage" to condense the common refrigerant without a condenser. Flexibility - Speed completely variable from zero to maximum lbs/minute. Stall... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Commercial; HVAC
- Liquid Flow: 11.221
- Pump Type: PositiveDisplacement; Refrigerant Pump
- Inlet Size: 0.500
from jbj Techniques Limited
Versatility, power, compactness and low running costs are the main characteristics of vane pumps from jbj Techniques. All the components subject to wear are contained in a cartridge unit that can be easily removed for inspection and/or replacement without disconnecting the pump from the circuit,... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Municipal
- Discharge Pressure: 2030.5 to 3045.8
- Pump Type: PositiveDisplacement; Rotary Vane Pumps
- Liquid Flow: 10.296 to 29.304
from Lowell Corporation
Porter-Ferguson Auto Body Hydraulics PF3000 Hydro-Chief 10,000 psi Air/Hydraulic Pump. Porter-Ferguson 10 ton hand and air powered hydraulic pumps for auto body repair. The PF3000 Hydro-Chief is a remote control Air/hydraulic pump. Magnet and screen filter out dirt, metal filings, etc. and help... [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive
- Power Source: Air or Pneumatic; Hydraulic
- Pump Type: Hydraulic
from SC Hydraulic Engineering Corporation
The AB Series air booster is a compact, single-acting unit available in 1.7:1, 3.7:1 or 7:1 ratios. This booster is an inexpensive alternative for applications requiring 100-680 psi static holding pressures when low flow is acceptable. The air drive and supply are the same so no extra plumbing is... [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive
- Discharge Pressure: 100.0 to 680.0
- Pump Type: Booster
- Inlet Size: 0.250
from SEEPEX Inc.
SEEPEX open hopper pumps handle viscous to semi-solid products with low or no flowability. They come in 9 ranges with multiple variations within each range and are suitable for nearly all industrial sectors. Key Facts. Conveying Capacity 50 l/h - 500 m3/h 0.220 - 2,200 usgpm. Pressure up to 36 bar... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; Brewery; Construction; FoodProcessing; Mining; Municipal; OilGasProduction; Petrochemical or Hydrocarbon; Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology; PulpPaper; Dyeing, Chemicals, Sugar, Wastewater
- Discharge Pressure: 700.0
- Pump Type: Dewatering; Mixing; PositiveDisplacement; ProgressingCavity; Screw; Wastewater
- Liquid Flow: 1100.000
from Wanner Engineering, Inc.
Hydra-Cell positive displacement diaphragm pumps feature a seal-less pumping chamber so there are no seals, packing or cups to leak or replace. The seal-less design and check valves enable Hydra-Cell to handle abrasives and particulates that would damage other types of pumps. Hydra-Cell can run dry... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; FoodService; FoodProcessing; MachineTool; OilGasProduction; PulpPaper; SemiConductor; Water Treatment, Chemical
- Discharge Pressure: 2500.0
- Pump Type: Condensate; Dosing; Diaphragm; Injection; Metering; PositiveDisplacement; Wastewater
- Liquid Flow: 1.600
from Cat Pumps - High Pressure Pumps & Systems
High-temperature liquids place extraordinary demands on system components, especially the pump. Pre-mature pump failure can lead to production downtime, added maintenance costs, damaged final product and increased personnel hazards. Avoid potential problems by counting on Cat Pumps '... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; FoodService
- Liquid Flow: 10.000
- Discharge Pressure: 2200.0
from Clark Solutions
Model R12. Peristaltic Pump. Flow Rate to 17.2 L/min (4.55 GPM). Description. Model R12 Peristaltic Pump is an extremely strong pump featuring a conventional 3-roller design. The pump has excellent suction/lift performance and is well suited for viscous fluid media applications. The R12 Peristaltic... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; Printing Production, Dispensing, and Industrial Detergent Applications
- Discharge Pressure: 29.0
- Pump Type: Peristaltic; PositiveDisplacement
- Liquid Flow: 4.550
from Cornell Pump Company
Cornell 's Chopper Pump is ideally suited for chopping Solids. The standard casing, made of ASTM A536 grade 65-45-12 ductile iron, stands up to robust applications. Everything about the pump is built to tackle hard jobs, from the replaceable cutter bar made of T1 tool steel heat treated to a... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; FoodProcessing; Mining
- Liquid Flow: 0.000 to 2000.000
- Pump Type: Centrifugal; Submersible; Wastewater; LiftStations
- Inlet Size: 6.000 to 8.000
from Griswold Pump Company
Griswold's line of 811 ANSI Pumps is engineered for flexibility and durability. The 811 is available in a wide range of sizes, capacities and materials to fit virtually any process fluid application. With over 30 selections and multiple design options, we've got your application covered-for abrasive... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Brewery; Commercial; FoodProcessing; OilGasProduction; Petrochemical or Hydrocarbon; Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology; PowerGeneration; PulpPaper; SemiConductor
- Liquid Flow: 1600.000
- Pump Type: Centrifugal
- Power Source: NoSourceIncluded
from Holmatro, Inc.
Motor/Engine: Marathon electric motor 115V, 1.5 hp, 60 Hz. Weight, Ready for Use (CORE Technology ™): 75 lbs [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive
- Discharge Pressure: 10500.0
- Pump Type: PistonPlunger; PositiveDisplacement; Reciprocating
from Johnson Pump, An SPX Brand
Heavy duty centrifugal pumps for fresh water circulation. A line of tough, durable and compact centrifugal pumps combining high flow rates with very low electrical current consumption. Features. Extra heavy duty construction. Motors designed for continuous operation. Designed for fresh water... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Maritime
- Liquid Flow: 7.920 to 30.360
- Pump Type: Centrifugal; Circulation; MagneticDrive
- Inlet Size: 0.787 to 1.496
from KRAL AG
KRAL Pumps as Double Stations in Oil Firing Services. Maintenance work without downtime. KRAL double stations make it possible. KRAL block aggregates stand out for their ready for connection, compact construction. Both of the installed KRAL screw pumps are self-priming, pump with low pulsation and... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Automotive; Aerospace and Defense; Maritime; PowerGeneration
- Power Source: AC; 230to460
- Pump Type: PositiveDisplacement; Screw; System
- Pump Features: Control Panel (optional feature); Pressure Gauge; SelfPriming; Vertical Orientation; Heating Device, Safety Valve
from Scherzinger Pump Technology Inc.
The Pumps can be used: - for low to medium-viscous, particle-free liquids. - for lubricating fluids. - for light fuel oils. - for variable rotation applications via reversing feature option. - for speeds of 0 - 5,000 RPM. Frequently Handled Fluids: - Lube Oils. - Hydraulic Oils. - Emulsions. -... [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive; MachineTool; Medical; PowerGeneration
- Power Source: DC
- Pump Type: Booster; Dosing; Gear; Injection; Metering; PositiveDisplacement
- Pump Features: SelfPriming
from Versa-Matic Pump Co.
For a pump that handles mud, leaves, sand, and any solid up to 1.5" without clogging, get the SludgeMaster ™ air-driven high-flow pump. This trash pump operates at up to 300 gpm —our highest flow rate — runs on compressed air for continuous power supply. Weighing just 59 lbs, the... [See More]
- Market Segment: Automotive; Brewery; Medical; Mining
- Discharge Pressure: 28.0
- Pump Type: Centrifugal; Dewatering; Submersible; Sump
- Liquid Flow: 300.000
from Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
Optimum interaction with Linde LSC control valves and LinTronic. Energy saving operation by 'flow on demand'-control. Dynamic response, excellent suction up to rated speed, noise optimization over the whole range of operation, compact design, high power density, high reliability and long working... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; Construction; Mining; Municipal
- Discharge Pressure: 6091.6 to 7251.9
- Pump Type: PistonPlunger; PositiveDisplacement
- Liquid Flow: 39.204 to 183.612
from Xylem Applied Water Systems
11860 1" Electro-Magnetic Clutch Pump. Flow rate: Nominal 23 USgallons/min (88 Litres/min) at 1750rpm. Self-priming from dry up to 2.4m (7.8ft). Model No.: 11860 Series. Constructed from marine quality bronze and stainless steel for ruggedness and reliability. Easy to service and maintain. [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; Construction; Forestry, Street Sweeping
- Liquid Flow: 23.000
- Pump Type: Flexible Impeller
- Inlet Size: 1.000
from Zinko Hydraulic Jack
Hand Pump, 18 cu.in. single speed. Designed to be used in many different fields with a vast selection of hydraulic components. Industrial quality, general purpose hand pump. Designed for use in shop, agricultural, automotive/truck service, and construction maintenance. Single speed operation;... [See More]
- Market Segment: GeneralUse; Agriculture and Horticulture; Automotive; Construction
- Pump Type: Hand


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Not all yelpers are like that…not even close in Albany. Albany yelpers are a pretty cool bunch. but yes, in the big cities that yelp actually pays attention to, the yelpers can be…something.
mildly amusing.
I've never been on yelp, written anything on yelp, or known anyone who yelped; but based upon your comment, I imagine the above portrayal is entirely accurate.
is colleen part of the skit? Funny!
i am not part of the skit. i would never wear such a hideous hat or glasses. however i am now inspired to start automatically deducting stars for heavy doors and weird forks, rather than just the usual deduction for lousy service or bad food.
generally speaking, i don't talk about yelp when i'm at an establishment that i will later yelp about (its part of "the code")
This was a riot. I have relied on yelp quite a lot but maybe I shouldn't.
Interestingly, this actress is a local girl from Clifton Park!
The first rule of Yelp Club is you don't talk about Yelp Club.
I hesitate to say this, but you all would love Yelp. Seriously.
When you weigh in on one of Steve's questions about local restaurants, it lives and dies here on the Table Hopping thread. And should it be a popular thread, your comment may get buried beneath 50 subsequent comments shouting for attention.
Yelp aggregates all the reviews, so there are no shouting matches between disagreeing parties. Most regular reviewers have completed profiles, so you can get a gauge of their reviewing style, see what other places they liked, and determine how much you trust their taste.
Maybe you want to dismiss it, that's fine, I get it. But I'm guessing many of you would write some damn good reviews that would not just get lost in the ether.
i have a feeling alot of people in the industry are keeping their mouths closed on this thread or their posts are mysteriously disappearing!!!…lol..
As in anything you weed out useful info and discard what is not.
Though sometimes when they are bad they are really bad. One recent review I read where the person asked to substitute ingredients in a pasta dish. When the chef agreed the Yelper criticized the dish and gave the restaurant one star. Duh…The chef no longer owns the dish! You changed it, you own it.
Ric, I'm wild about your restaurants and I have great respect for you as a chef. But I don't see your attitude toward Yelp as being entirely accurate.
I looked at the reviews for your Albany restaurant just now. There were 47 readily available, and 6 filtered. The 6 weren't very different from the 47. And most of them were 4 or 5 star.
Perhaps they've tried some less than ethical things, but I still think their reviews are worth reading. And I can usually tell when a reviewer is way off base, especially if that reviewer is very critical.
If the Yelp reviews are read by people with some basic street smarts, I think they can be useful.
@RobertR That's not exactly how Yelp works. I followed the link to the reviews, and the answer to your question is that you don't believe either of them.
Those two reviews were written by faceless denizens of the interwebs. Only one of them has a profile filled out and she lists her last meal as Papa Murphy's Pepperoni Pizza. So I'm not going to ma ke any dining decisions based on her taste alone.
Schwa on the other hand has garnered over 200 reviews, the vast majority of which are five stars.
What you can get from a quick parsing of the Yelp reviews is that this is a restaurant that people either love or hate. If they hate it, it is probably the result of the service and not the food. It also seems unlikely that if you are in Chicago for a weekend, that this would be a good bet for a night out. Given their penchant to cancel reservations and then reschedule, I'd be loath to count on it if I was only in town for a short time.
Personally, I think it's great that I can get a good broad read of a restaurant using a site like Yelp. And that's how I think it is best used. Although sometimes it is great for specific information too. In this case learning about the off-menu quail egg ravioli.
Daniel B, Thanks much! And I pointed out the two reviews in Chicago Conversation and those who responded said the same as you. Guess I have much to learn on spotting these fakes. LOL
Schwa is one of my favorite restaurants. Your correct, they don't accept those without reservations. And those reservations are usually made well in advance. Its a destination restaurant and many of its patrons fly in from anyone's guess where.


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Dem Kilmartin wins race for RI attorney general
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Peter Kilmartin, a retired police captain and state lawmaker, was elected Rhode Island's next attorney general on Tuesday, defeating a former prosecutor and three other opponents.
Kilmartin, a Democrat who won a bruising three-way primary in September, will replace Attorney General Patrick Lynch, who could not run again because of term limits.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Kilmartin had 42.9 percent of the vote, compared to 29.2 percent for Republican Erik Wallin. Chris Little, of the Moderate Party, was third, with 14.2 percent.
The 48-year-old Kilmartin argued that his career in law enforcement made him most qualified for the job. He spent nearly 24 years with the Pawtucket police department before retiring in 2007 and has served 20 years in the General Assembly, where he previously held a leadership position.
He has proposed creating a special treatment court for military veterans accused of crimes and has called for better crime prevention measures and a more aggressive crackdown on gangs. He has also called for strengthening the office's public corruption unit.
"Everything I laid out, I believe, is very realistic," Kilmartin said after winning. "A lot of it is, frankly, working with other people of a like mind. It's combining resources and saving moneys to achieve mutual goals.
"I think everything is achievable, and the thing I think everyone needs to remember is we have four years to implement that," he added.
Wallin, a former prosecutor with the attorney general's office and with the Air Force, had stressed his legal experience and said he was the only candidate who had ever tried a felony criminal case. But Kilmartin, who received his law degree in 1998 from Roger Williams University, said he had more cumulative experience, even if he had not spent as much time as a full-time practicing lawyer as some of his other opponents.
After getting his law degree, he headed the Pawtucket police department's prosecution unit, where he prosecuted misdemeanor offenses and prepared felony investigations for prosecution by the attorney general's office.
Because there are no county district attorneys in the state, the attorney general's office prosecutes all felonies and certain misdemeanors and is responsible for representing the state in lawsuits.
Lynch is best known for handling the prosecution of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people and for his lawsuit against former lead paint companies. A jury verdict that could have cost manufacturers billions of dollars in cleanup costs was reversed on appeal in 2008.
Independents Keven McKenna and Robert Rainville were also on the ballot.


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AUSTIN — After massive budget cutbacks in last year's session — including more than $5 billion to public education — the Texas Legislature expects more belt-tightening when it reconvenes next year.
House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the presiding officer of the Senate, said Tuesday they have instructed all state agencies to trim their budgets by 10 percent from current spending levels for 2014-15.
It is the second time in four years state agencies have been asked to trim 10 percent from their budgets.
The proposed reductions were recommended by the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy, Dewhurst and Straus said in separate statements.
"Unlike Washington, where spending increases are automatic, Texas has maintained a balanced budget by forcing government to look for savings first — ensuring taxpayers' hard-earned money is put to its highest and best use," said Dewhurst, who will face former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the July 31 Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate.
Straus said the instructions he and Dewhurst issued offer important guidance for the next fiscal biennium.
"While our revenue has been healthy this year, we must plan conservatively, which is why we have asked agencies to hold the line on spending," he said.
Gov. Rick Perry said the proposed cuts should keep taxes low and make the state government run more efficiently, key ingredients that have made Texas "the epicenter of job creation in the U.S."
The proposed budget cuts already are meeting strong resistance from Democratic legislators.
"We're starting all over again," said Rep. Naomi Gonzalez, D-El Paso, a member of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee.
"This puts Texas at a further disadvantage," Gonzalez said. "This really calls into question the financial and fiscal health of our state.
"I think it's going to be more of the same, unless we have the political will to change the way we do business in the state," Gonzalez said. "We need to change this 'kick the can down the road' attitude."
Like other Democrats, for the 83rd session Gonzalez favors finding additional sources of revenue and tapping into the Economic Stabilization Fund, better known as the rainy day fund.
The Legislature cannot offset another massive revenue shortfall — projected to be as high as $15 billion — with spending cuts alone, she said.
But Rep. Gary Elkins, R-Houston, who also sits on the Ways & Means Committee, said there is no need to withdraw money from the fund, which is expected to grow to nearly $8 billion by the time the Legislature is back in session.
If anything, "there is still a lot to cut" from the state budget, said Elkins, who in last year's session was the lone House member to vote against a bill authorizing the Legislature to withdraw $3.2 billion from the fund to cover a deficit for the 2011 fiscal year.
Ways & Means Committee chairman Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, predicted that if the Legislature taps into the fund it would be mainly to cover another budget hole for the current biennium, to pay for a Medicaid gap or even to fund public education.
However, "I think we would probably use an insignificant amount," Hilderbran said.
In last year's session, the $3.2 billion withdrawn was about 40 percent of the fund's total, he said.
For Hilderbran, there is also a bright prospect.
Since Texas businesses paid nearly $5.4 billion in taxes last year, well above expectations, there is also the possibility of a surplus by the time the Legislature is back in session, he said.
"It may be a modest surplus of $2 billion," Hilderbran said. "Or, it could be twice as much."
On Jan. 7, the day before the next session starts, state lawmakers will know for sure how much funding they can work with. That is when State Comptroller Susan Combs gives her revenue estimate for the next two fiscal years.


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