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December is one of my favorite months of the year. Not only do I enjoy all of the holiday happenings but it's also the time of year when the travel blogging community works together to make good things happen. It's called Passports with Purpose. In the last several years, we've accomplished some impressive deeds including building a library in Zambia, providing a school in rural Cambodia and constructing housing for 25 families in Southern India. This year's goal is no less worthy. We're raising funds to build five wells in Haiti through the auspices of Water.org.
Clean, available water—we take it for granted. Although I've lived in the desert Southwest (and also in Montana) where water is precious requiring conservation efforts so that there's enough to go around, I've never been without water. But those who don't have ready access to clean water like half the population in Haiti must suffer the fallout from dirty water and poor hygiene practices. On a daily basis, they deal with illnesses that are a direct result of no properly functioning water treatment facilities and non-existant sanitation services. The problem is much more than a glass full of clean drinking water.
So what does this have to do with you? Passports with Purpose is hosting a drawing from Nov. 28 to Dec. 11, 2012 to raise $100,000 to build five wells in Haiti. Members of the travel blogging community have partnered with businesses to provided prizes—and wait until you see the variety of prize offerings—there's something for every travel interest. Your job is to to visit the Passports with Purpose site to browse the prizes. A $10 donation enters you in the prize drawing of your choice, but I'm hoping you'll find several prizes to bid on. Remember that every cent goes to build those wells in Haiti.
And this is where Therafit shoes enters the picture. The philanthropic shoe company has teamed up with My Itchy Travel Feet to offer a pair of Therafit shoes as one of the prizes at Passports with Purpose. And who wouldn't want to win a pair of these snazzy looking shoes with a patented technology that provides cushioning and support to reduce the aches and pains that come from the stress of everyday activities? After all, they were designed by Dr. Lisa Masterson. You might recognize here from the Emmy award-winning television show, The Doctors.
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I found that walking, preferably amongst green stuff - in parks and along rivers, not only got me away from the fridge and all the wine associations, but lifted my mood and helped me to see things more clearly.
(I know I'm not alone in this. Many former addicts talk about how crucial running - or walking - was to their recovery, Lucy Rocca, the founder of Soberistas, for example and Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild).
I'd take the terrier with me and, over time, built up a squad of dog owning friends who'd join in. I found that the conversations we'd have during an hour long walk were way more wide ranging and life enhancing than any drunken ramblings at parties, and the quality of my friendships improved immeasurably.
This is why I love the book just published by Penguin: Run For Your Life by William Pullen. William is an incredible psychotherapist, is terribly fit and also happens to be rather gorgeous. (Plus he's an old friend of mine).
William's book is all about Dynamic Running Therapy which is inspired by mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
William explains how and why running (or walking!), and being outdoors in nature, positively impact on our mental wellbeing and he shows how you can harness this power, either on your own or with a friend, to solve problems, deal with stress or anxiety and make changes.
It's incredible how the solution to a seemingly insurmountable problem can come to you when you're out walking or running.
This is, William argues, because the act of movement helps us to connect with feelings hidden deep inside and can lead to incredible moments of illumination.
Interestingly, many authors talk about walking to relieve 'writer's block'. They find that it helps to unleash creativity in a way that sitting, staring at a screen, can never do.
It's also much easier to discuss your problems with a friend when you are both moving (and therefore avoiding eye contact) than it is when you're sitting staring at each other, which is why William's book includes therapeutic exercises you can try in pairs as well as on your own.
So do check out William's book by clicking here, or his free App here, and get moving. It really can change your life.

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Maybe it's just me (it's not), but it seems like spelling words correctly is no longer viewed as a requirement for writing. Of course, with average citizens publishing their every thought and deed, nobody could be surprised that incorrect spelling and grammar would be the least of the problems with the daily content spew. This is just a blog, for example. I have no copyeditor to check my work before it goes online, only a couple of re-reads by yours truly. But shouldn't we still be able to muster just a small bit of concern that major news organizations can no longer spell?
Of course, The Daily Show makes regular sport of the absurdities that appear in "the crawl" beneath the never-ending news channels. But that's like shooting fish in a barrel. As correctly pointed out by yet another comedy show (30 Rock),
It's a 24-hour news channel, we don't have time to do it right anymore.
But what the hell happened to print journalists? I'm no longer surprised to see any sort of boner even in the online presence of The New York Times. But why? Did they fire all the copyeditors when they started putting their copy on the Web? Is it an insidious attempt to fit in with the thumb-banging generation that u no is ROFL? It's a puzzle.
It's a puzzle, but today I got a hint from The Atlantic. During their stalwart coverage of important issues, I came across a new (non-)word: maritial. This is a big clue.
Of course, confusing of "marital" and "martial" is an ancient source of humor. But this Spooneristic spelling is something a little different, not just the transposing of one word for another, but the inventing of a new word. Do you see the clue? This word would never appear in any dictionary, whether paper or electronic. The conclusion is inescapable: The Atlantic does not even run online copy through a spelling checker before publishing!
from the Government a Piece of Software, I'm Here to Help
OK, so dumb old news media can't even punch a button to get their copy spell-checked. So what? Here comes the blog-worthy twist: I blame us. We the programmers who automate tasks with our software, who put human copyeditors out of business -- this is all our fault.
I write in the book about how automated tools can make us less competent. There's a psych study that shows that experts given grammar and spelling checking tools in their word processor begin to lose expertise. But what's happened here is one meta-level removed from that. I give you Burk's Law of Automation:
Consider the day of the copyeditor. Mistakes could still be made, but they besmirched someone's reputation. But to pay a copyeditor and then utterly fail to have them review copy... Well, that might result in some high-level meetings and reprimands.
Now consider the day of the automated copyedit, the spelling and grammar checking software delivered by us programmers. Failing to review the copy is now just failure to press a button. Anybody could forget to press a button. It's not like there's a separate employee sitting there whose sole job is to press the button.
We the programmers are the real source of the decline of journalistic standards.
We automated spelling and grammar checks (in that shoddy, works-good-enough-to-sell kind of way we automate things) and psychology did the rest.
If the computer can do it (never mind that it can't do it that well),
then it's not that important.
When you print the non-word
maritial in your magazine,
it's not a failure of a trained professional to do their job,
it's a failure to push a button, something a monkey could do.
The resulting flaw is exactly the same,
but the use of software makes the flaw less important in our minds.
This problem is intertwined with the problem of surrendering authority to machines, of giving them undeserved agency. The computer becomes, not just an additional tool for checking grammar and spelling, but responsible for checking grammar and spelling. Computers can do many things, but they cannot be responsible. They cannot feel shame, be punished, be found legally liable, be rewarded, or take pride in their work.
Transparent Limitations
The problem here is not as specific as a few typos in print. It is a general and growing problem that people increasingly surrender authority to software as they collectively suffer ever more ignorance about software's limitations. It behooves programmers to do something they've invested little effort in in the past: make the limitations of software transparent.
Is it our fault that people don't push the button to perform grammar and spelling checks before publishing? Actually, it is. If you know that people are going to reliably fail to perform a check, to merely claim that they "should" behave in ways that psychology guarantees they won't is to simply be complicit in the problem, one step away from the cities that tweak yellow-light durations to raise more money from traffic tickets. As programmers, we are all too often offloading responsibility onto the future, distant, removed user. Since they will likewise end up offloading responsibility onto our software, small wonder that we engender situations where no one believes themselves responsible. That's a small thing when the result is a misspelled word, not so small when the result is a misdiagnosed X-ray.
But reminding the user to push a button is not the real meat of the issue (though it is entirely neglected: does your email client display in red the number of typos when you go to press the "Send" button?). The real issue is transparency of limitations. Does your grammar checker give you an estimate of the number of grammar errors it may have overlooked based on the size and complexity of the text? Has any programmer even ever considered tackling that problem? Likewise, automated software that helps doctors read X-rays needs to continually remind of its own false-positive and false-negative statistics. And, of course, a voting machine system that offers a "recount" button that merely reprints the same number from memory is so opaque about its limitations as to be fraudulent.
The Future Ain't Bright
Alas, being transparent about your limitations conflicts with the goal of selling software. The number of known bugs (heaven forbid we would attempt to estimate the number of unknown bugs!) in our software is generally treated as a secret or, in open source software, as another means of avoiding responsibility ("you have the source -- you could fix those bugs yourself!"). Who will buy the word-processing system that estimates the number of flaws it may have missed when the competition simply says nothing and hopes you'll infer it is flawless? As far as I can see, it is in everyone's short-term interests to use software as a general tool for avoiding responsibility. Short of declaring maritial law, I can't see this ever changing.


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If you've followed Once Wed for a while, then you'll know that our aesthetic tends towards the organic, simple, and natural-inspired. The beauty that is this magical mountain elopement in the Rockies couldn't be more up our alley: from the absolutely stunning embroidery on the bodice of this Hayley Paige gown, to the delicate flushes of color in the bridal bouquet, to the overwhelming sense of magic and peace from that breathtaking landscape, we simply can't get enough.
More from the photographer, Justine Milton:
"Weddings, at the heart of it, are most importantly about the bond between two people who are about to embark on of their greatest adventure of their lives. It isn't about a fancy venue, a big bridal party, or a ten tier cake. Sometimes, the simplest weddings are the most beautiful. When you realize all you need is the person you love, standing next to you, that is the real beauty. With the desire to be truly present with one another during your vows. No distractions from friends or family. Our couple decided to elope and be truly present for their special day. They hoped for an intimate and carefree ceremony, with their only distractions being the sounds of nature. For the overall design, we allowed nature to choose the colors and tones for their wedding day. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful mountains of Canmore, Alberta and the turquoise river, the florals displayed a lovely combination of creams, ivories, greens, and accents of dusty rose and sandy tones."
Magical Mountain Elopement in The Rockies
Photography By Justine Milton
Photography: Justine Milton | Styling + Design + Coordination: Birds & Honey | Hair & Makeup: Canmore & Banff Makeup Artist | Florals: Amy Sanderson | Bridal Gown: Hayley Paige | Bridal Salon: Delica Bridal | Stationery & Calligrahpy: The Weekend Type | Ring Box: The Mrs Box | Ribbon: Stella Wolfe
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Simple, beautiful, elegant! Beautiful job ladies!
Justine these are STUNNING!!!! So impressed with your work! You're amazing! :)
Unbelievably amazing shoot – love the symbiosis of the nature and the beautiful couple xx
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Situated in the Royal County of Berkshire Beech House Hotel is one of Reading's finest hotels. It is the perfect haven to relax after a busy day and ideally located for the business traveller or tourist as it is close to the modern business centres of Reading and the Thames Valley and within easy reach of a host of memorable tourist attractions. This late Victorian House once a family home now offers its guests the comfort and facilities of the twenty first century whilst retaining the elegance of days gone by.
The hotel is set within tranquil grounds with beautifully appointed individually decorated bedrooms. It has ample off-road parking and is well served by public transport bus routes. Beech House Hotel has fifteen rooms each with an en-suite toilet and shower room tea and coffee making facility trouser press television and direct dial telephone.
All of the rooms have been individually decorated and furnished to ensure guests personal comfort. The warm welcome comfortable environment and personal service ensure that Beech House Hotel provides the ideal place to relax and unwind after a days business or sightseeing. The hotel has recently undergone complete renovation and modernisation without compromising the original elegance and style of the Victorian building.
There is a comfortable sitting room and a tranquil garden where guests can relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Traditional English and Continental breakfasts are served in the hotel s dining room. Midday or evening meals are available at many local restaurants.
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Another year is coming to a close and another year of development and growth is in store for the Emerging Professionals. To reflect on the year and look ahead to the coming year the Emerging Professionals of AIA East Bay are hosting a year end party at Wood's Bar & Brewery in Oakland (1701 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612) on December 8th at 6 pm.
This will be a great chance to meet up with your fellow Emerging Professionals and reflect on what you gained or enjoyed during the year. Reflect on the opportunities to work with some great organizations this year including Fam1st and Habitat for Humanity. We organized discussions on various subjects including: starting your own firm, LEED certification, and applying your skill set to other activities outside of the firm, to name a few. In addition we also enjoyed some great films and documentaries at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland.
Also, this gives us a chance to look forward to the coming year. We will begin to have organized ARE study groups to help set goals and help each other in taking and passing the ARE exams. These study "Boot Camp" camps are a big step for the AIA East Bay and the Emerging Professionals as they will expand on the resources that AIA East Bay already offers while providing goals, schedules, and a group effort towards licensure. We will also be expanding on our successful discussion forums with new topics and presenters. Remember that these discussion forums are for your benefit so topic suggestions are always encouraged. If something comes to mind during the party let someone know and if at any time during the year there is something that you had the slightest curiosity about, don't hesitate to ask.
Lastly, we will continue to have great activities outside of the AIA East Bay office. Community events like the Fam1st Architecture Camp will enjoy its second year, Habitat for Humanity build days will allow us to give back to our local community, Parkway Theater movie days will allow us to bring great architecture film pieces to the public, and a multitude of other great times to connect, learn, and enjoy.
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I've got a lot of topics to cover and, like I've done a few times in the past, decided to scrunch them all into one post. It's To and Fro time!
-Man, is it me or has the Chicken and Garry Templeton been EVERYWHERE lately. On the radio, in the newspaper and on TV, every time I turn around I see another interview with one of them. Now that's no knock against them, because I love both the Chicken and Tempy, but it's more of an observation on the media aspect. The media has rarely done historical pieces on this team. Corey Brock has done some great pieces over the years on various past players and personnel, but that's been about it. Perhaps that is the past ownerships fault, since they didn't acknowledge it's history at all. Now that the team is recognizing history again, maybe the media is taking note. Or maybe there is something more to it and these two will be inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame this year? In my last post, I had mentioned that there will indeed be new inductees this year. I guess we'll have to wait and see.


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The Leadership TeamIntroducing the Chief Officers
The Challenge
Unity College is poised for good things—hopefully great things—but only if we identify the work, engage and trust each other, and remember why we're here. Unity requires that everyone stays connected to a single purpose. Unity requires everyone to do their part, trust that others will do theirs, and have opportunities to lead. Unity requires that we all make a commitment to the success of this small, but increasingly important, institution.
The Solution
In the spirit of functional leadership in abundance, the new Unity College organizational structure is based on functionality and driven by data. Several chief officers serve as the senior leadership team and will have first-among-equals responsibility in their area of focus. Everyone on campus will report, ultimately, to one of several chief officers from within departments.
The Leadership Team
Chief Sustainability Officer
Jennifer deHart
First among equals for relationships with environmental partners, sustainability and environmental initiative reporting, campus sustainability education and information, departmental compliance, campus planning participation, and strategic sustainability initiatives.
Chief Student Success Officer
Dr. Brian Doore
First among equals for student success, student retention, persistence and graduation, student support, academic support, and co-curricular living and learning.
Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Erika Latty
First-among-equals leadership and oversight of faculty, curriculum, policy, and delivery of academic programs.
Chief Facilities Management Officer
Jim Kauppila
First among equals for physical plant planning and maintenance, campus beautification and landscaping, real estate management, custodial, energy and utilities, physical asset maintenance, and construction and renovation.
Chief Information Officer
Bert Audette
First among equals for technology infrastructure, data management, institutional research and reporting, institutional effectiveness, and instructional technology.
Chief Advancement Officer
Erica Hutchinson
First among equals for functions like recruitment, fundraising, career services, financial aid, administrative operations, marketing, and communications efforts.
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Dr. Rana Johnson
First among equals with regard to campus diversity and inclusion, international relationships, internal trainings, and establishing and maintaining a welcoming community culture.
Chief Distance Education Officer
Dr. Amy Arnett
First among equals for leadership, planning, coordination, and evaluation of all aspects of Distance Education at Unity College.
Chief Business Officer
Holli Silva
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from Metroplan Orlando the local transportation planning board we read,
"As the name suggests, high speed rail travels at high speeds over large distances. This type of rail is best-suited for travel between large cities.
In 2009, the federal government unveiled a new national plan for intercity passenger rail coupled with a commitment to provide more than $13 billion in federal funding over five years. On January 28, 2010, Florida was awarded $1.25 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (economic stimulus) funds to start construction of Florida's first high speed rail line from Orlando to Tampa. An additional $800 million was awarded in October 2010.The Orlando-Tampa line will run 84 miles from Orlando International Airport to downtown Tampa. Construction of the line is expected to cost $2.6 billion."
Ridership estimates for this first line of Orlando to Tampa has been all over the place and many politicians have changed their stance on the rail line many times
The fun thing is that many Republicans such as Dean Canon one of the heads of the Fla legislature was originally for the fast train as was US Congressman John Mica. But now that the Governor has gone tea party on us these folks all of a sudden see rail as a gigantic waste of tax payer money(By the way did you see where the fly over at the '11 Super Bowl cost $450,000-now that's a great use of transportation $).
As we write this piece Congressman Mica is about to propose a plan that would build the fast train in the Orlando area only servicing the Orlando airport, attractions, and convention complex. The ridership for this area has been projected to be very strong and offer an immediate pay back on the investment.
Here's text from an email we received from Florida Senator Bill Nelson,A bipartisan group of the state's political and business leaders have pursued high-speed rail in Florida for decades, because it means more than $2.4 billion in economic aid, thousands of construction jobs and a modern transportation link between several of the state's largest cities. That's why I support it. I'm joined by state lawmakers and many members of Florida's congressional delegation, who also question the governor's decision to kill high-speed rail. One is U.S. Rep. John Mica, the Winter Park Republican who chairs the House Transportation Committee. Also, federal transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican, has expressed disappointment. If Florida doesn't take the money, another state will. So, some of us will look for ways to save the rail project. Meantime, please don't hesitate to pass along your thoughts.
Here's a reprint from a good discussion by Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson on rail in America. Samuelson tends to be conservative but is smart and makes some good points
The Obama administration's enthusiasm for high-speed rail is a dispiriting example of government's inability to learn from past mistakes. Since 1971, the federal government has poured almost $35 billion in subsidies into Amtrak with few public benefits. At most, we've gotten negligible reductions -- invisible and statistically insignificant -- in congestion, oil use or greenhouse gases. What's mainly being provided is subsidized transportation for a small sliver of the population. In a country where 140 million people go to work every day, Amtrak has 78,000 daily passengers. A typical trip is subsidized by about $50.
Given this, you'd think even the dullest politician wouldn't expand rail subsidies, especially considering the almost $11 trillion in projected federal budget deficits between now and 2019. But no, the administration has made high-speed rail a top priority. It's already proposed spending $13 billion ($8 billion in the "stimulus" package and $1 billion annually for five years) as a down payment on high-speed rail in 10 "corridors," including Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Houston to New Orleans.
The White House promises fabulous benefits. High-speed rail "will loosen the congestion suffocating our highways and skyways," says Vice President Biden. A high-speed rail system would eliminate carbon dioxide emissions "equal to removing 1 million cars from our roads," adds the president. Relieve congestion. Fight global warming. Reduce oil imports. The vision is seductive. The audience is willing. Many Americans love trains and regard other countries' systems (say, Spain's rapid trains between Madrid and Barcelona, running at about 150 mph) as evidence of U.S. technological inferiority.
There's only one catch: The vision is a mirage. The costs of high-speed rail would be huge, and the public benefits meager.
President Obama's network may never be built. It's doubtful private investors will advance the money, and once government officials acknowledge the full costs, they'll retreat. In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office cited a range of construction costs, from $22 million a mile to $132 million a mile. Harvard economist Edward Glaeser figures $50 million a mile might be a plausible average. A 250-mile system would cost $12.5 billion and 10 systems, $125 billion.
That would be only the beginning. Ticket prices would surely be subsidized; otherwise, no one would ride the trains. Would all the subsidies be justified by public benefits -- less congestion, fewer highway accidents, lower greenhouse gases?
In a blog-posted analysis, Glaeser made generous assumptions for trains ("Personally, I almost always prefer trains to driving") and still found that costs vastly outweigh benefits. Consider Obama's claim about removing the equivalent of 1 million cars. Even if it came true (doubtful), it would represent less than one-half of 1 percent of the 254 million registered vehicles in 2007.
What works in Europe and Asia won't in the United States. Even abroad, passenger trains are subsidized. But the subsidies are more justifiable because geography and energy policies differ.
Densities are much higher, and high densities favor rail with direct connections between heavily populated city centers and business districts. In Japan, density is 880 people per square mile; it's 653 in Britain, 611 in Germany and 259 in France. By contrast, plentiful land in the United States has led to suburbanized homes, offices and factories. Density is 86 people per square mile. Trains can't pick up most people where they live and work and take them to where they want to go. Cars can.
Distances also matter. America is big; trips are longer. Beyond 400 to 500 miles, fast trains can't compete with planes. Finally, Europe and Japan tax car transportation more heavily, pushing people to trains. In August 2008, notes the GAO, gasoline in Japan was $6.50 a gallon. Americans regard $4 a gallon as an outrage. Proposals for stiff gasoline taxes (advocated by many, including me) go nowhere.
The mythology of high-speed rail is not just misinformed; it's antisocial. Governments at all levels are already overburdened. Compounding the burdens with new wasteful subsidies would squeeze spending for more vital needs -- schools, police and (ironically) mass transit. High-speed rail could divert funds from mass-transit systems that, according to a study by Randal O'Toole of the Cato Institute, have huge maintenance backlogs: $16 billion in Chicago; $17 billion in New York; $12.2 billion in Washington; $5.8 billion in San Francisco. Any high-speed rail system should be financed locally; states should decide their transportation priorities.
All this seems familiar, because it's Amtrak writ large: the triumph of fantasy over fact. The same false arguments used to justify Amtrak (less congestion, pollution, etc.) are recycled. Evidence and experience count for little. Obama and Biden pander to popular prejudices instead of recognizing past failure. Boondoggles become respectable. A White House so frivolous in embracing dubious spending cannot be believed when it professes concern about future taxes and budget deficits.
We took the following from a blog in the Orlando Sentinel--sorta interesting on the rail distance and times in Europe. The TGV in case you do not know is the French Fast Rail.
TGV's Most Popular Routes
- Paris to Avignon in 2 hours 36 minutes
- Paris to Nice in 5 hours 35 minutes
- Paris to Bordeaux in 3 hours 10 minutes
- Paris to Lausanne in 3 hours 54 minutes
- Paris to Dijon in a 1 hour 40 minutes
- Paris to Lyon in a 2 hours 10 minutes
- Paris to Marseille in 3 hours 20 minutes
- Paris to Frankfurt in a 4 hours
- Paris to Luxembourg in a 2 hours 12 minutes
- Paris to Stuttgart in 3 hours 39 minutes
- Brussels to Avignon in 4 hours 58 minutes
- Brussels to Paris CDG Airport in 1 hour 42 minutes
- Brussels to Nice in 7 hour 34 minutes
- Geneva to Lyon in 1 hour 38 minutes
We live in a town, Orlando, that has experienced the great Disney monorail system for over 30 years. Sad that such innovation has not been rolled out to more of this country.
It is hard to compare America to Europe and say Japan since the culture of the automobile although large there is nowhere near the way it is here thanks largely to President Eisenhower's interstate highway push.
Infrastructure is very expensive and is not sexy but it can really help productivity and business-many in Japan for instance take the train many miles each day to go shopping.
We are all for light rail and commuter rail in large metro areas since it reduces pollution, gives those without a car a way to transport, and connects the space for all.
Fast rail is more difficult. For America to duplicate the success of Japan and France could take decades but certainly there are corridors such as the Northeast from DC to Boston and California from LA to San Francisco that just seem to make sense for fast rail.
Unbelievably we will side with Governor Scott and say we are unsure if Fast rail is right for Florida. BUT the money has already been appropriated so guess we should use it.
The link to the Florida High Speed rail website
The link to the Metroplan Orlando website
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Federal prosecutors filed a motion Feb. 11 to set the trial of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and three of his deputies on corruption charges for March 25. While this would be past the normal amount of time suggested by the federal Speedy Trial Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office maintains that a roomful of evidence — including some that suggests other WNC sheriffs may have been involved — and a special out-of-town judge make the later date necessary. The full text of their motion can be read here.
The evidence from the Medford case currently takes up an entire room of the federal courthouse, one reason prosecutors are pushing for the March 25 date:
"Those cases, plus the instant case, involve the execution of more than 30 search warrants in North Carolina and South Carolina, the seizure of more than 65 banker's boxes of documents … orders authorizing the obtaining of tax returns for more than ten persons, transcripts of more than 100 grand jury witnesses, video and audio recordings of bribe payments made to one sheriff and discussions of payments made to multiple other sheriffs in the Western District of North Carolina."
In a Jan. 15 hearing on whether or not to release Medford and his deputies to house arrest before the trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Edwards noted that "The 'de-Baathification' of the Sheriff's Department and local law enforcement, so to speak, is not over yet," and that the investigation continues.
Because of the sheer volume of evidence—the order notes that the room doesn't contain some of the "bulkier items of evidence (such as video poker machines and computers)" prosecutors suggest a later date to give attorneys for the four defendants time to fully review the evidence.
At the Jan. 15 hearing, Medford's attorney Stephen Lindsay, complained that he had not had time to review the evidence.
But the literal and figurative weight of the evidence isn't the only reason the government has asked for a delay — they're also trying to work around the schedule of Judge Thomas Ellis III, who has been specially chosen for the case from the Eastern District of Virginia.
The document notes that Ellis was chosen "following the recusal by all the judges of the Western District of North Carolina and the withdrawal by Judge Osteen of the Middle District of North Carolina. Judge Ellis therefore must deal with his regular case load … involving several extremely complex cases, as well as this case."
The attorneys for Medford and his deputies have until Feb. 25 to respond to the government's trial date.
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You probably know how home food always tastes better than anything you can eat at a restaurant or in a café; it must be because either you've done it yourself or you were more generous in putting more of that and a little bit more of that.
For this recipe, I got inspired from Urbanista's Salmon Avocado plain scrambled eggs I ate on Friday. My recipe of the scrambled eggs will be less bland and tastier, and you can bet on me that I will be adding more smoked salmon pieces.
A serving for one person counts an average of 2 eggs to make your scrambled eggs. If you are having this as your only meal, you can count 3 or 4 eggs for a serving. But 2 eggs with a cup of milk or juice and a fruit perhaps will work for you if you're hungry. There are 4 easy steps to make this recipe, try it out!
For one serving you will need,
2 large eggs
1 tsp of olive oil (preferable than butter)
½ a small avocado, diced
75 g of smoked salmon
1 tbsp of Greek yogurt/cottage cheese/sour cream (makes it creamier, optional)
1 tsp of dried dill (Aneth) if you don't have fresh leaves (dill is great to enhance the taste of the salmon)
1 tsp of onion powder (don't waste your time mincing an onion, onion powder will do)
Freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch of kosher salt
¼ of a lemon
Cookware and cutlery
Non-stick pan
Heatproof spatula
Whisk or fork
2- Crack eggs into a bowl and add the yogurt, salt, black pepper, dill and onion powder. Whisk them all together to incorporate air into the mixture and make the scrambled eggs lighter and fluffy.
3- Pour the eggs mixture into the pan. As it starts to set, I stir, bring in, and turn over the cooked parts with the help of a heatproof spatula in order to form large, soft clouds; this will take about 4 to 5 minutes.
4-When ready, remove the scrambled eggs from heat and serve immediately on a plate. Garnish with the salmon and avocado pieces (and fresh dill if you have). Don't forget to press the lemon quarter over the salmon!
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All patients should see medical records by 201510th January 2012
The Future Forum, an independent advisory board set up by the government last year, has said patients should be able to access their own medical data.
The board said giving patients access to their own records would help them to feel they owned data held about them.
The recommendation came as part of a longer document concerning the future of the health service.
The Forum comprises a group of 57 healthcare experts and is chaired by Professor Steve Field.
He said: "The world is shrinking: in an age of connectivity where people access information at the click of a button, the NHS cannot remain in the information dark ages."
"It is therefore critical that we hardwire the declaration of 'no decision about me, without me' into every part of the system."
The Forum said patients should be able to take copies of letters with them if they receive a hospital referral and when they are discharged.
The report said: "The government needs to re-establish a clear sense of direction. Delay in the publication of the information strategy and decisions to discontinue parts of the National Programme for IT have reduced momentum for change and created a climate of uncertainty and drift at a time when there have been other pressing concerns for health professionals and mangers."
"Clear national leadership is needed."
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If you're having a Spring or Summer wedding, then you may want to consider looking at floral wedding invitations. There are many options out there but there's just something extra special about floral wedding invitations done in watercolor. Maybe it's the way the paint dries on the toothed paper, or the way the colors bleed together, or the artistic quality it exudes, or the fact that it's totally custom. These are just a few things that make a watercolor invitation unique and one-of-a-kind!
Oh, and did I mention how beautiful they are! Just see for yourself…! This is our Azalea Wedding Invitation and it came to life from some watercolor I did of some red Azaleas from my front yard. I literally sat at my dining table and starred at some handpicked azaleas and started painting! By the way, I do all my painting at my dining table! It's my favorite spot in the house because there is a large window that lets in tons of natural light and the rustic wooden table makes me feel like I'm in a studio space.
Well, back to the beauty of floral wedding invitations! This invitation suite also features a hand painted monogram crest and brush lettering. It has fun elements and traditional elements! Why not have the best of both worlds, right?! And doing a full color floral envelope liner is SUPER FUN! It's colorful, fresh, beautiful, and ties the suite together nicely.
The monogram crest with brush lettering played a role on every piece of this suite. It's on the invitation card, rsvp card, and used on the addressing on both envelopes. Monograms are great to use throughout your wedding stationery, both ceremony and reception. This type of branding simply beautifies and can also be used post-wedding. For example, on your thank you note cards. I love designing with monograms! A few of my favorites are the Allexus Collection , the Wreath Monogram Allexus Collection , and the Melissa Collection.
Speaking of beautifying…Don't forget how important your envelopes are. They ARE the FIRST thing your guests see when they receive your wedding invitation. So, be sure to have them addressed accordingly. Whether it's hand lettered, or done by a professional Calligrapher, or done via Digital Calligraphy (as shown on this suite). Digital Calligraphy is a great option because it allows the use of matching font types, color, and graphics. See how the crest and azaleas on the envelopes add to the overall beauty of the invitation suite. It also gives your guests a "hint" at the beauty which lies inside! Have fun choosing your perfect floral wedding invitation! If you'd like a custom watercolor invitation designed for you, please contact me. I'd love to create a one-of-a-kind invitation for you!


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In fact, the same Brisbane City Council that brought forth his case also employed him in 1999, when he was commissioned by the BCC to beautify the city, by painting the previously dull utility boxes. As a young, novice artist at the time, this was a job that helped jumpstart his career.
Lister describes himself as a "public interventionist", for his ability to beautify and transform public spaces. Quite frank, unconventional, nihilistic and an iconoclast that does not give a damn. However, his method, artwork, and path are inspiring, often provoking positive reactions. He once said, "I need to infect structures in order for me to feel comfortable with their existence". His coveted deconstruction of "right angle shit", as he has described it, can be found in metropolitan cities around the world, from San Francisco to Milan.
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Hi folks… welcome to my blog, and I have some interesting news for you!
I just returned from the American Cowboy's Team Roping Association's (ACTRA) National Finals in Reno, Nevada, in which I competed and I placed 2nd in one of the rounds, which was my claim to fame. I saw a lot of very interesting people there, there is a spot for everybody to rope. They have a number system that allows everyone to compete on level footing and that's a plus! ACTRA pulls a lot of people that are not originally horse people, and certainly not big-time ropers, but they practice hard, and they seem to buy some sort of a resemblance to a rope horse, actually a few of them are nice horses.
There are as many as 1250 – 1300 teams that actually rope in one day in one particular roping class. That's a lot of players, so this is a real important part of our western industry. I totally enjoyed myself, I had a lot of fun, I met a lot really, really interesting people from all types of businesses and walks of life. I saw people that I haven't seen for many, many years, I wondered where they had been, and they showed up with a rope in their hand, and some of them roped darn good too. I think everybody there had a great time, it was really well-organized, and I never waited in line. When you run that many horses and people through an event and you don't have any wrecks, I have to compliment Mike Sweeney and the guys, like Clyde Sanders and Jim Waggoner and all the guys from the ACTRA club that put this together.
The thing I noticed a lot of was unbroke horses; some of them go out there in a pattern, that is they're patterned to go in a position so the rider can rope. But if a steer happens to move irregularly, they're dead meat because they don't have broke horses and certainly a good part of them don't have any mouth on them. I felt like I wanted to help everybody all the time – of course I didn't and couldn't. Our Five Easy Pieces program that I teach in Cowhorse U and I also in the single DVD we sell, proved itself to be totally invaluable at this roping finals.
As I unloaded, I know that horses sometimes get a little hopped up on you in altitude, and coming from sea level to 5,000 feet, the horse that I took was amped up more than I've ever seen her before! I just started galloping and this mare didn't even want to gallop right, and I'm thinking I'm probably going to have a little trouble here, don't know what to do about it, but I need to resolve it somehow. So I thought well gosh Les, you teach people what to do when these sort of things happen, why don't you do it yourself! So that's what I did! I stopped and went off by myself where nobody was around and started working this mare on the Five Easy Pieces. I started working her in circles, doing flexions, bending her and walking her to the left until she softened and her neck got soft, bend her around, and then the to the right. I did everything both ways, then I worked her shoulders and then I worked the rib cage, the whole horse, made the hip come up to the eye. As I went along, folks, I found a lot of broken pieces. I found a lot of connections that didn't exist that this mare needed to have fixed in order to perform. Well I got to thinking; I don't usually maintain her like I should. I kind of been taking her for granted. There's certain things that she did when I was roping on her at home everyday that I was trying to fix as they were happening, that is, within the maneuver. Duh… I teach, you don't fix things in the maneuver, you fix the problem. You go back to the fundamentals and you fix the reason that you have a problem. So the light bulb came on, or as they say in Australia, the penny dropped!
Well, as I went through this mare's body looking for irregularities or non-connections as far as her body control went I found a lot of leaks and problems! As I searched from the front of the horse to the back, I addressed each one and I worked my way through it, one side of the horse then the other. I worked on it for 45 minutes or an hour, and then I went off and galloped her. Boy, she galloped better than she had in a long, long time. Just the way she moved, she was soft, stayed in the bridle, neck down, Relaxed! So I did the whole process again, still not perfect, but much better, she was operable, I could put her body where I wanted to, when I wanted to, but with a little more effort than I really wanted to use doing it.
Then it comes time to go roping. Well, I backed that mare in a box, and usually in the box she doesn't do anything bad, but she kind of turns to stone, she's tense in the box. That mare was mellow as she could be. She was perfect, lots of time she turns her head away from the chute, I don't like that much, but it's hard to get her to look back toward the chute. But oh my gosh! That day she was just perfect, she couldn't have been any better. A rodeo roper would have loved her. She ran the cattle, she was just perfect on the corners and I had people come up to me and say boy that mare sure stops hard, nobody has ever said that before, but of course Les Vogt wasn't doing what he teaches, I wasn't practicing what I preach! However, I was so thrilled that the program that we use on our performance horses, mostly on reined cow horses and reiners and all different kinds of horses, was just as valuable for a roper! I just hadn't really experienced the value of it in a high level competition mode, but I have now. So, for what it's worth, and it's worth a lot. Hey folks, this stuff works really good! I'm impressed with my own program, and that's fun! It sure keeps things from being boring around here! We had nothing but fun at the ACTRA Finals, it was a great contest!
I'm getting ready for my one and only clinic this fall, in Ada, Oklahoma, November 20-22, so I'm kind of on vacation, I'm playing! So this week in Paso Robles, California, there is a cutting horse contest, there I will go to and I will study cattle. I am going to visit some of my friends who are expert cutters, and as they bring in fresh cattle, while they are settling the herd, I'm going to get with these people and learn what I can to pick the good cattle and ear mark the bad cattle in your mind, to make a list of them and then try to remember the list so I can watch those cattle get cut by the cutters, see if I'm right or wrong. In today's herd work or cutting horse world that determines the outcome in many cases as to what your destiny is going to be as a cutter. So I guess I better learn it. So I'll spend some time in Paso Robles at the cutting. And this weekend we are having a roping horse sale too so if anybody sees me raise my hand there, please hold it down, because I don't need to buy any more horses.
After that we go into the month of November, which is the following week, we have the PBR – Professional Bull Riders Finals, that's in Las Vegas, not sure if I get to go, but sure going to try and do everything of course.
Then there is another cutting in Bakersfield, California, it's a just a regional club cutting, but I think I will take Turbo to it and see if what I learned at Paso Robles is going to work. They have a ranch horse cutting, I need to season my horse a little more, and get sharper as far as the herd work goes. That's going to be another good practice session, and that will be on November 7. Then on November 14-15 we have our Vaquero Show, where everybody brings old time bits and chaps, spurs, riatas and all the old guys sit around a little fire and talk about how good it used to be in the old days. It's nice because you get to see a lot of people, it's very traditional, it's in Santa Ynez and it's very, very interesting.
Then of course November 20-22, I go to Ada, Oklahoma, and then comes the highlight. For Thanksgiving I think I will visit some friends in Fallon, Nevada, then the day after I'm going to see Cheech & Chong in Reno, Nevada! Oh boy! Never have!
Anyway, life is good!
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1991 album the late country/ pop singer/ guitarist released on his own Windstar label & no longer available in the U.S. Nine tracks.
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1991 album the late country/ pop singer/ guitarist released on his own Windstar label & no longer available in the U.S. Nine tracks.
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Same quality although "Different Directions"
Richard J. Silverberg | Kew Gardens, New York USA | 11/02/1999
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"Fans and also non-fans of J.D. will enjoy this album because the title indicates the musical contents. In addition to J.D's quality ballads, there are several up-tempo numbers which incorporate rock, gospel and latin musical motifs. Musical variety is evident in every track. Regardless of the musical attack, J.D's social values are still evident. The only drawback to this album is the lack of Denver's compositions. However, "Foxfire Suite", "Different Directions", and "Amazon" rank high in regards to his previous output. Also, John's band includes top flight musicians such as James Burton on guitar. Also, the import version of this C.D. has complete linear notes and lyrics."
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His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and His Grace Bishop Stephen Randolph Sykes, IOC Orthodox Bishop of Hawaii met for tea on April 9, 2010, to discuss shared spiritual values and the further fostering of a "Violence-Free" America. It is reported that by age four years old, the young Ravi Shankar could spontaneously recite verses of the "Bhagavad Gita." He graduated from Bangalore University at age seventeen. A Bal Brahmachari (a celibate renunciate from birth), Shankar joined the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation, in 1973, after graduation and was taught by Vedic pundits under the Maharishi's tutelage at Rishikesh, India. [Of note, IOC's First Hierarch, Archbishop Daniel J. Dahl had been a member of the Maharishi's USA staff in 1972, and also a student of Vedanta, who stayed in 1973, at the same Himalayan ashram at Rishikesh in Northern Uttar Pradesh, India].
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is an exponent of Advaita Vedanta and is currently spiritual leader of the Art of Living Foundation, a United Nations NGO. He introduced to the world the Sudarshan Kriya yoga practices. The President of India in 1986, awarded Sri Sri Ravi Shankar the title of Yoga Shiromani ("Supreme Jewel of Yoga"). His Holiness established in 1997, a Geneva-based charity, the International Association for Human Values, an NGO aimed at fostering shared global values. He has also served on the advisory board of Yale University School of Divinity and is currently on a twelve-city tour of the United States.


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This was in today's Progressive Breakfast, which of course you all read (sign up here), but I want to break it out for attention:
W. Post's Harold Meyerson argues China and Germany are handling recession better because of manufacturing:
"Most Americans, I suspect, believe we're losing manufacturing because we can't compete against cheap Chinese labor. But Germany has remained a manufacturing giant … The typical German company has a long-term relationship with a single bank … likely with one of Germany's 431 savings banks, each of them a local institution with a municipally appointed board, that shun capital markets and invest their depositors' savings in upgrading local enterprises."
Germany is NOT a low-wage country. But they weathered the recession. They value manufacturing and have national policies to bolster their manufacturers.
Another key point to take with you is this:
Germany and China don't have a lot in common. Germany has a mature economy and is a stultifyingly stable democracy. China has a rising economy and remains disturbingly authoritarian. What sets them apart from the world's other major powers, purely and simply, is manufacturing. Their predominantly industrial economies meet their own needs and those of other nations, and have made them flourish while others flounder.
This used to be true of United States, too. In 1960, manufacturing accounted for a quarter of our gross domestic product and employed 26 percent of the labor force. Today, manufacturing has shriveled to 11 percent of GDP and employs a kindred percentage of the workforce.
I think the quick point is made. But there are many other great points in Meyerson's piece — please read it.