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You know, there is an old saying that "if your parents won't loan you money, neither will banks!" so somebody comes up, and somebody did ask me for money (about a year ago) and I said "well what about your parents?" and he said "well my parents won't loan me money" and I said "well, I'm not loaning you money" because the people closest to you in life know you, you can really hide a lot of stuff, but when a guy gets the divorce and the papers come out on what happened….when you live with somebody, it's a totally different ballgame then being somebody's neighbour or being their cousin, but when you live with somebody…you know that somebody!
So if your parents won't loan you money, I don't even need to know anything else …neither does a bank ….You can't be trusted, You won't pay it back!! So what does that say about Amare Stoudemire?? The Phoenix Suns, a really good organization, have let him go…what does that tell you? Steve Kerr tried to trade him for 2 years, Mike D'Antoni didn't want any piece of him…now he's been saddled with him! What does that tell you? Amare is one of those guys…he's in the neighbourhood, "ohhhhh boyyyy….sexy!!"….pfft, but you don't know the baggage! You don't know the half of it…the sexy bombshell six houses down, you don't wake up and go to bed….you don't have to deal with the drama and the high maintenance….she just looks good when she pulls out in a Lexus in the driveway…you don't have to live with her! Amare Stoudemire to the Knicks is a big fat fail if your goal is to win championships!!
This idea that "well, he makes us better!" that was the goal???? Hell you better be better, you guys were horrible in New York for a decade!!! The goal for the Knicks this off-season wasn't to be better, it was "its New York City folks…money, Wall Street, architecture, food, to be # 1, to be world-class" you think the Yankees settle for a wildcard spot and appearances? They want championships; think Giant fans are happy just making the playoffs? They want championships!! They almost ran Tom Kofflin…and he made the post-season!!!
This isn't Kansas City, its New York! "Win big or go home!" is there mentality. You can't eat, sleep, breathe, talk Lebron for 2 years… land Amare Stoudemire and say "yeah [round of applause] feel great about this!!"…go back to what I said before the start…if your parents won't loan you money, that's all I need to know! And the Phoenix Suns have had Amare since High School…and they let him go! And they wouldn't pony it up and they've been trying to trade him…they know the odometer, okay….nobody is fooling the baseball team that's had the pitcher since he signed at 17…if they let him go at 26, they've had him for 9 years, they know the exact reading of the odometer…so before everyone jumps up and down saying "this is unbelievable!!"
Does Amare make you better than with Wade, Bosh and Lebron in Miami? Nooope!! Orlando? Nooope!! Boston? Noooope!! Chicago ?? (who landed Carlos Boozer) Nooope!!…FAIL!!! Now you just lost your point guard Chris Doughton…soo… and Amare's whole game…he's not a post up player, he's more of a pick and roll type of guy…..and well, I guess you just lost a part of that New York…so the morning of the Amare acquisition, I was listening (getting ready to go to school)…streaming New York sports talk radio ….and there was this host who was essentially trying to say "hey!! This is just the beginning!" pfft, no its not!!
Now if you would've added Lebron to Amare…your suddenly way better than Cleveland without Lebron …now your compelling! Now your interesting….anybody with Leborn is interesting…but let's not sugar coat this…the goal of the Knicks or anything in New York is not to be "better", it's to be "great"…that's the way New York rolls…I mean Amare was ready to declare the Knicks' off-season acquisitions as an absolute success!!…..it's interesting because this morning, when growing up, I watched a lot of Western Conference games, even if it meant getting the belt a couple of times for staying up too late, and I've always felt that with Amare, there is just a ton of fool's gold with him…he's much closer to T-Mac than he is to Tim Duncan…and it's interesting, when you go look at Amare's numbers…it is shocking how little correlation there is to him having a good night and the Sun's winning!! It's amazing.
The playoffs are just a great example…listen to this, he scores 7 pts and they win! He scores 28pts and they LOSE!!…soo, its…like heck, don't sugarcoat the fans…fans aren't stupid, I mean you know, fans are emotional, so they sometimes go too high and too low….but fans aren't stupid, but anybody selling Amare to a Knick fan, to a guy who knows the NBA, as some magic wand "oh were an elite Eastern Conference team"…remember, the East is way below the West in depth and talent…pfft, come on!!…Okay, so here's pretty much everything you need to know about Amare Stoudemire…he scores all his points basically on the pick and roll, he's not a jump shooter , he's not a back to the basket post type player… he's a pick and roll guy! He just left the best passing guard in the league…Steve Nash, a two time MVP! He just left that guy…for the Knicks, who now don't have a point guard…he clearly moved for the money!
And you know, in life…let's put this in terms of football…it's as if Amare were a Wide Receiver, he just left Payton Manning for Jamarcus Russell…I mean, that's what basically he did. He just left the best pick and roll guard in the league, for a team with no point guard…He left for money! And you know what, I'm not saying money doesn't matter in life…of course it does! Somebody can spend a lot of money on you…but like Phoenix would've spent some money on him…but they weren't gonna spend THIS kinda money on him…but when you leave for money, these NBA guys…good luck!!
All I'm trying to say is that Amare….I went and looked at some of the playoff numbers this morning on Amare…and they are a testament to how over-rated Amare really is…his results don't change game results! Listen to this, this is interesting.
So I looked at this year's playoff numbers…with no agenda, as objective as possible…to just look at the numbers… Amare Stoudemire had 18pts and 8 rebounds against Portland…average game they lost…the next night he goes 18 and 7 and they win! His best game in the series he had 26pts against Portland…and they lost!! Yet the game he scored the least (18pts) and had the most boards in the game (7) they won! …Let's go to the San Antonio Spurs series… He had his worst game in Game 3 against the Spurs, 8 rebounds & 7pts…they won by 15pts!! He had his best game in Game 4…29pts, they won by only 6!!…there is absolutely no correlation with how he plays and how his team performs…Let's go to the Lakers' series… he had 42 pts, they won by 9! The next game he had half that…21pts…they won by 9 again!….then , you go conversely to Pau Gasol of the Lakers, a highly skilled high basketball IQ guy…in the Oklahoma City series, he had a stinker…13pts ,4 rebounds, Lakers got crushed!…in his best game, 25pts and 11 rebounds, they crushed Oklahoma City… In the Utah series, he had 3 great games and 1 good one…the closets game against the Jazz was in his good game…not his 3 great ones…against the Suns, he had another stinker…15pts, 5 boards…Lakers got crushed by the Suns. His best game, 29pts & 9 rebounds…they beat the Suns by 12pts.
You see a trend here? Go to the series against the Boston Celtics…he had 1 really bag game…the 12 pointer, they got beat…by the way, game 1 he was great…21ps, 14 boards…the biggest Laker win…by the way, last game…19pts & 18 boards…the Lakers win! So when Pau Gasol stinks it up…there is a correlation…now granted, Lakers have much more talent than the Suns, and they could win some without Kobe…I mean they win games in the regular season without Kobe…but when Gasol it dominant…the Lakers are really tough to beat….I mean, you know, he drops a good game…I can look at Gasol's numbers and tell you how the Lakers played… Amare scores 7 pts and they win!! 28pts and they lose!!…what??? And so you kinda have to watch the NBA, for every great basket that Amare scores …when he goes on his big offensive nights… he'll give up another on the other end!


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Vesecky v. Denny's, Inc.
Plaintiff: Georgene Vesecky
Defendant: Denny's, Inc. and JML Foods, Inc.
Case Number: 2:2007cv00723
Filed: April 6, 2007
Court: Arizona District Court
Office: Phoenix Division Office
County: Maricopa
Presiding Judge: Susan R Bolton
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
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This year I have started an old fashioned journal to celebrate my successes in personal growth. It's the old school kind with lined paper and a pretty embroidered cover.
I feel this odd divide among my two journals now, the one that lives on paper and the one that lives in cyberspace.
I feel like I should organize them somehow and declare that the paper is for ____ and the cyber is for ______, but I don't want to. Don't feel the need to be boxed in and attempting to organize every corner of my life.
So, I will live in free form for a while and see what is and that is what shall be.
About New Years Resolutions . . . not sure if I really have any other than to release resentment and celebrate successes more. Pretty vague, but I'm growing tired of specifics when it comes to defining my goals. I want to be lofty, airy and free flowing.
Gratitude. I am grateful for:
- allowing myself to finally buy new bras in the right size
- allowing myself to buy a new purse, one from a company that gurantees and refurbishes them
- allowing myself to not feel obligated to go to playgroup this morning
- my phone interview tomorrow
- asthma medication for my daughter
- big, fat Sunday papers
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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- yertle said...
Good for you for embracing airy and free flowing with both your journal and your resolutions.
Love your gratitude list -- and am glad that you were able to treat yourself!!
Hope the interview goes well tomorrow. Much love to you.
- January 4, 2009 at 10:42 PM
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I keep expecting to see or hear him. To have him respond to me, only to realize I'm now actually talking to myself.
I miss his wit. Even after the cancer, I miss his wit.
I miss the little routines we had together as a couple. As partners.
Rationally, I know he is not coming back, in his old form, through our front door. Never again.
There's a part of me that still expects him to, though.
Grief is not waves; it is a riptide taking you suddenly to new places you never knew about yet the instinct is to struggle against.


text: A Benguet farmer tending his coffee seedlings in Sitio Torre, Tuba, Benguet, one of many beneficiaries to the coffee planting program of the Philex Group Foundation Inc., the social development arm of Philex Mining Corp. MANILA, Philippines – Px Community Foods and Marketing Inc., the social enterprise set up by Philex Mining Corp.'s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm Philex Group Foundation Inc. (PGFI), has entered into a strategic partnership with Ryokudo Eco-Services and Trading Inc. for the nationwide distribution and export of its roasted coffee beans. "Our partnership with Ryokudo comes at an opportune time as Philex has been robust on its goals to engage the Padcal community on our livelihood programs. We are confident that this partnership will further improve the economic condition of our local community members who are also our key partners in this endeavor," said Paulino Buenconsejo, executive director of PGFI. The joint agri-enterprise is hinged on providing a ready and fair trade market, technology knowledge transfer, and equipment for indigenous coffee farmers at the company's host communities in Padcal, Benguet. "In our last discussion, we also talked about exporting our coffee beans to the US, Japan, Thailand, and Hongkong," Buenconsejo said. PGFI will allot 50 kilos of roasted Arabica coffee to Ryokudo monthly. "Meanwhile, our beans are also set for nationwide distribution not just in coffee shops and restaurants, but also supermarket chains, like SM, Robinson's, Puregold, Rustan's, Landmark, and NCCC," he added. Each plantation will have a consolidated area of more than two hectares within Padcal and nearby areas such as Torre, Sante Fe, Ampucao, and Padcal. Given the territorial limits, the project undertakes to respect the rights of the indigenous coffee farmers that inhabit the area, particularly in the area of Philex's Mineral Sharing Production Agreement. In 2014, PGFI undertook a multi-year program designed to mentor select partner-coffee farmers on proper organic coffee farm management, harvesting techniques, and value-adding post-harvest activities that will increase the volume and quality of their produce. "The farmers are also trained to understand, appreciate, and apply the discipline required in engaging a coffee business enterprise" Buenconsejo said. For his part, Philex SVP for public and regulatory affairs Michael Toledo said the strategic foray into agribusiness with Ryokudo underscores Philex's corporate objective to sustain social services and job creation among its present beneficiaries. "This will further strengthen our social commitment: making good on a long-term promise made to the community," he said. "This is testament that mining, agriculture and other revenue-generating enterprises like tourism can coexist and actually support each other," Toledo added. Philex earlier announced that additional resources have been discovered in its Bumolo porphyry copper-gold deposit in Benguet which may extend its Padcal mine's life to two more years to 2024. "The development that we are discussing today is sustainability – at the onset, what the company planned, or the joint venture plans to address the immediate need for employment of the community, when the end of mine life comes," Toledo said. The Bumolo deposit lies within the mineral production sharing agreement of Philex. Weaver, robert weaver was the first recommended site black cabinet member appointed by president lyndon b


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to recognize dogs, for instance, the lower layers recognize simple things
like outlines or color; higher layers recognize more complex stu; like
fur or eyes; and the topmost layer identifies it all as a dog. The same
approach can be applied, roughly speaking, to other inputs that lead a
machine to teach itself: the sounds that make up words in speech, the
letters and words that create sentences in text, or the steering-wheel
movements required for driving.
Ingenious strategies have been used to try to capture and thus
explain in more detail what's happening in such systems. In 2015,
researchers at Google modified a deep-learning-based image recognition
algorithm so that instead of spotting objects in photos, it would generate or modify them. By e;ectively running the algorithm in reverse,
they could discover the features the program uses to recognize, say, a
bird or building. The resulting images, produced by a project known
as Deep Dream, showed grotesque, alien-like animals emerging from
clouds and plants, and hallucinatory pagodas blooming across forests
and mountain ranges. The images proved that deep learning need not
be entirely inscrutable; they revealed that the algorithms home in on
familiar visual features like a bird's beak or feathers. But the images
also hinted at how di;erent deep learning is from human perception,
in that it might make something out of an artifact that we would know
to ignore. Google researchers noted that when its algorithm generated
images of a dumbbell, it also generated a human arm holding it. The
machine had concluded that an arm was part of the thing.
Further progress has been made using ideas borrowed from neu-roscience and cognitive science. A team led by Je; Clune, an assistant
professor at the University of Wyoming, has employed the AI equivalent
of optical illusions to test deep neural networks. In 2015, Clune's group
showed how certain images could fool such a network into perceiving
things that aren't there, because the images exploit the low-level patterns
the system searches for. One of Clune's collaborators, Jason Yosinski, also
built a tool that acts like a probe stuck into a brain. His tool targets any
neuron in the middle of the network and searches for the image that
activates it the most. The images that turn up are abstract (imagine an
impressionistic take on a flamingo or a school bus), highlighting the
mysterious nature of the machine's perceptual abilities.
We need more than a glimpse of AI's thinking, however, and there isno easy solution. It is the interplay of calculations inside a deep neuralnetwork that is crucial to higher-level pattern recognition and complexdecision-making, but those calculations are a quagmire of mathemati-cal functions and variables. "If you had a very small neural network, youmight be able to understand it," Jaakkola says. "But once it becomes verylarge, and it has thousands of units per layer and maybe hundreds oflayers, then it becomes quite un-understandable."In the o;ce next to Jaakkola is Regina Barzilay, an MIT professorwho is determined to apply machine learning to medicine. She was diag-nosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago, at age 43. The diagnosissthings that aren't there, because the images exploit the low-level patternsthe system searches for. One of Clune's collaborators, Jason Yosinski, alsobuilt a tool that acts like a probe stuck into a brain. His tool targets anyneuron in the middle of the network and searches for the image thatactivates it the most. The images that turn up are abstract (imagine animpressionistic take on a flamingo or a school bus), highlighting the
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(TRINIDAD, Colo.) – Abby Garcia, a first baseman from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico is the ninth player to sign in the 2017-18 recruiting class for the Trinidad State Junior College softball team. During her sophomore year, she hit .347 and is expecting a strong senior season in the spring of 2017.
"Abby is a player that will bring some power to the plate," said Trinidad State Junior College softball coach Steve Swazo. "We lose two first basemen due to graduation and expect her to challenge at that spot for us next year. She hits the ball hard and has a good glove defensively."
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Learning healthy habits at a young age is important for living a fulfilling lifestyle as an adult. Although it is possible to change bad habits later on in life, it can be much more difficult as you deal with the stressors of work, family and other obligations, as well as potential medical conditions brought on by a lifetime of bad habits. Teaching the importance of wellness at an early age can help set kids and teens up for a lifetime of healthy living. As a follow up to our nutrition blog on busting nutrition myths, here are some tips for parents to help instill healthy eating habits in children.
Start 'em young!
The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends starting healthy habits during pregnancy. By following a healthy diet during pregnancy, women play a crucial role in the nutritional development of their babies. Healthy eating during pregnancy reduces the risk of children being born with birth defects and chronic health problems. Key habits to take up include adequate intake of fruits and vegetables, optimal ratio of carbohydrates-protein and fat, and prenatal vitamins and minerals, gaining an optimal amount of weight, participating in physical activity and avoiding harmful substances.
For optimal nutrition for your infant, the World Health Organization recommends exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months and breastfeeding with complementary foods from 6 months until at least two years of age or as long as mother and baby desire. In addition to providing the best nutrition, breast feeding reduces your baby's risk of ear infections, respiratory illnesses, sudden infant death syndrome, obesity and hypertension. Benefits for mothers: quicker return to pre-pregnancy weight, prevention from postnatal depression, prevention from ovarian and breast cancer later on in life.
Be a role model for healthy behavior
As a parent, you are the role model for your children. Everything that you do your children will want to do. Therefore, adapting to healthy lifestyle habits for yourself will encourage your children to follow. Following a healthy balanced diet by eating a variety of different foods and exercising regularly will set a good healthy lifestyle example for your children.
Learning to eat healthfully at a young age can adapt your palate to preferring healthy foods when you are older. Psychology Today states that even if healthy food is available, college-age students will revert to eating junk foods available from their childhood when they are feeling stressed. Beginning healthy habits as a child could mean those junk food cravings are less likely to hit.
Some easy tips for parents to help instill healthy eating habits in children1
- Ensure that most foods in your home are healthy: That doesn't mean sweets aren't allowed, however there are healthier options like frozen yogurt, fruit smoothie, dried fruits such as raisins and dates that you can consider as alternatives to ice creams and sugary treats.
- Make healthy eating easy: Children generally choose foods that are familiar, easily available and ready to be eaten. Encourage your child or teen to eat more fruits and vegetables by making them convenient. For example, place baby carrots or grapes in small bags on an easily accessible shelf in the refrigerator.
- Model healthy eating. Children who see their parents or caregivers buying, cooking and eating healthy foods are more likely to eat healthy foods themselves.
- Avoid using sweet treats as a reward for good behavior: This is likely to counteract your efforts in encouraging your child to eat healthy. Making unhealthy food a reward for good deeds promotes the idea that healthy food isn't as appealing as junk food or something to look forward to. Healthy eating doesn't need to be a trick. Instead, teach your children to look at healthy foods as tasty and desirable.
- Have meals as a family. Family meals are a good opportunity to talk about healthy eating habits and engage your children in conversations about what a healthy meal looks and tastes like.
1 American Psychological Association. Healthy Habits for Healthy Families. Available from: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/healthy.aspx


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The New Technology of Mobile Phone Batteries
All smartphone users are facing the problem with poor battery performance, where you need to charge your phones at least twice a day. although long ago batteries used to last 1 week in our phones.
but the technology of mobile phones is moving faster than the technology of batteries so what is the solution??
some researchers at a university are working on a battery which can charge for less than 1 second and have performance 1000 times better than normal batteries.
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The unboxing of the New samsung galaxy S4
This vid shows all the accessories and things that you get in the box with your samsung galaxy S4
The New iPhone 6
Iphone 5 vs Samsung S4
The biggest competition these days is between the Iphone 5 and the Samsung S4:
The S4 has larger screen "5 inches 1080*1920 " and better resolution than Iphone 5 "4 inches 640*1136".
The S4 can handle 17 hrs talk time while the iphone 5 can only handle 8 hrs.
The S4 has memory (RAM) of 2 GB which is double of the new Iphone 1 GB.
The processors are similar.
s4 has 13 megapixels camera while the iphone has only 8 megapixels.
In general Samsung s4 is much better than any mobile phone in the stores today including the Iphone 5.
The Best Smart Phone
When it comes for buying a new smartphone, we ask the same question:
"Which is the best smartphone???"
The answer of this question is not quite easy. we have to consider many factors.
– Do we need a fast mobile with a good memory and processor?
– Do we need a good camera to take pictures and film vids?
– Do we need an advanced operating system so it can run advanced programs and applications?
– Do we need a cheap and affordable mobile phone?
The answer of this question is that we need "ALL OF THE ABOVE THINGS"
The best solution is to go for an android.
Future of mobile technology
The future of mobile technology
Long ago, the purpose of mobile phones was only to be able to make voice calls.
With the evolution of technology, human needs changed and our mobile devices changed to be something that we cant live without.
These days, the least thing that we can do with our devices is to make voice calls. Their bigger role is for internet browsing, Listening music, taking pictures, using maps and locations, playing games and using other mobile applications.
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Anyhoo, I wish I could put a before and after photo here. Problem is, I cant seem to put the image on the specific place I wanted. Dont ask me--I only learned how to use the computer about 4 years ago. I was determined to have a boy hair cut --I have been obsessing about aggy deyn of late like this one!
But my hairdresser is not having any of it!! She said it would not suit me! Eh? Why? It suited me 100 years ago?? I wish I have a photo to prove it. I was so disappointed. But looking at it now, I see why it would not suit me. Aggy Deyn could get away with short hair or even no hair coz she is so pretty and fab!! And me?? Not! So there!! I am glad I did not push the hair dresser to spell it out that I am not pretty enough like aggy to get away with so little hair otherwise I would have bawled in the salon like a 4 year old who didnt get her lollipop! So i went for a layered bob instead. I cant think of anyone who have a layered bob at the moment. It looked okay, I guess. And to make me feel better, AM- the hairdresser- i kinda like her, suggested I color my pitch black hair. Hmmm, it got me thinking. She suggested a red hue and I almost ran out of the salon. No no no no!! I am not suffering some mid life crisis yet! After arguing with her for 15 minutes --she must thought i'm a fussy b!tch- we agreed on mahogany brown sort of i dunno the right color coz the use numbers to describe it! Dont ask me why!! And by the way, I'm a VIRGIN!!! There!! I said it!! This is my first time to have my hair colored.
I will get you next time Aggy Deyn!! Watch this space!!


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Tips On Getting Laid –Your Body Language Tells Her Everything
Of all the tips on getting laid that you see, you rarely see the simplest tip of all – Control your body language. You can learn all the pick up lines and strategies that you want, but if your body language tells her that you're a loser, you're going home alone tonight.
If you're twitching or moving around too much, this is going to be a turn-off. You may not be nervous at all; maybe you've just too much energy and you can't hold it in. Either way, moving too much makes you look frantic, and this tells her that you lack confidence. Confidence is the one factor that's going to make all the difference.
Posture tells a lot about your level of confidence. You should always be standing up straight with your chest high. You should smile too. When you carry yourself this way with a big grin on your face, it actually has the effect of instilling more confidence in you. It's like a feedback loop.
Here's a little experiment to show you how this works. As you're reading, let your shoulders slump forward, bring your head downwards and make your breathing quick and shallow. When you assume this posture, you'll start to feel nervous. You can actually really freak yourself out doing this.
Now, change that position back to sitting upright straight and smiling. You should be able to feel the difference immediately.
You should speak in a slow, clear voice. This shows confidence. If you talk to fast, it shows that you're not sure anyone's going to listen to you, like you're trying to get it all out before they turn away. If you mumble, it looks like you're afraid of being heard.
Speak slow, loud and clear, and again you'll feel that confidence welling up inside you. You should also make eye contact with the people you're talking to. If you stare at your feet, this makes you look insecure. All of this just takes practice before it turns into a solid habit, and then you don't have to think about it anymore.
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The root causes of environmental degradation in urban areas are the unplanned and hardly coordinated inter-play of socio-economic, institutional and technical activities. There are many factors, which may have greater impacts on the urban environment but poverty still remains at the root of several environmental problems. Let us try to understand the urban poverty and environmental degradation before blaming each other.
Urbanisation and industrialisation have provided livelihood and opportunities to the millions of people but at the same time they have brought in the accompanied problems such as waste disposal, environmental degradation, accumulation of problems in homes and work places, disease-causing agents and pollutants, contamination of air, soil, surface water etc. The more we achieved rapid growth of industrial production, the more we experienced problems related to industrial pollution.
Urban environmental degradation in the least developed countries (LDCs) is associated with households and businesses those are not served by sewers, drains and solid waste collection facility. Lack of or improper sewage treatment plant is contributing to the water pollution problem. Sources of air pollution are uncontrolled emissions from industries and increasing number of motor vehicles which are often without catalyst converters and have poorly maintained engines.
The answers to basic reasons for persistence of poverty can be traced to environmental degradation in urban areas. The urban poor are usually the most exposed to weather and thus most affected by environmental pollution. Again attempts to tackle environmental problems without addressing poverty are likely to fail for the helpless poor would habitually pollute it. Poverty reduction and effective environmental management is mutually dependent. Poverty is both cause and effect of environmental degradation.
This relationship between poverty and environmental degradation is of course an extremely complex phenomenon. Inequalities and lack of opportunities, social exclusion, lack of access to essential utilities foster un-sustainability among a section of population which results in environmental degradation because they do not find any other way but to using the available alternatives e.g. drains for toilet, live in a place which is already polluted, use contaminated water, generate waste vitiating the environment further.
It is well accepted that large population puts stress on the environment, society and resources. This not only requires destruction of more and more natural resources but also generates large number of waste which is associated with environmental stresses like loss of biodiversity, water pollution, air pollution and increased pressure on arable land. Over-consumption and unsustainable development may have the greater impacts and that is why the choices of how to use the resources and for what purposes are critical issues.
Furthermore, economic opportunities in the urban areas and their absence in the rural have created a huge urban-rural gap. Lack of opportunities for employment and associated stresses are leading to ever-increasing migration of rural poor families to the towns. Urban slums are expanding due to increasing population in the cities.
This rapid and unplanned expansion of the cities has resulted in the degradation of urban environment. The city of Dhaka is a classic example of this. Huge pressures have been created on the infrastructure and utilities such as energy, housing, transport, education, water supply, sewerage system and recreational amenities. These in turn speed up the deterioration of urban environment and the proliferation of slums contributes further to urban poverty.
If we look for some of the envisaged actions such as improved provision for water and sanitation, less crowded, better quality housing, improved provision for storm and surface water drainage, avoidance of hazardous sites for settlements, promotion of cleaner household fuels and improved provision for solid-waste management then probably financial needs would stand in the front row and one would argue that due to lack of money the poorer countries cannot build these infrastructures.
Well, they have to choose the model of economic growth, which requires exploitation of natural resources for expanding production. In rich countries, mass production and consumption is a major cause of environmental degradation and destruction of natural resources. In the poor countries, the creation of value and access to subsistence are typically linked to sacrificing environmental quality for short-term economic gain.
Poorer nations are introducing the neo-liberal policies, which turn rich people even richer, while the poor become poorer. Material consumption has also increased as a result, so there also more resources are being used to produce/purchase these goods than in meeting the needs of the majority poor. This has further led to 'blaming the victims' for their poverty.
Blaming poverty as a principal cause of urban environmental degradation will be one-sided narrowly focused conclusion. If poverty is a major concern in urban environment, conversely environmental degradation needs to be of great concern as well for further ill being of the poor. The poor are caught in a vicious cycle.
By both renewable and non-renewable resources, causing waste generation and green house gas emissions high-income groups are far worst than low-income groups in creating environmental degradation.
Ameliorating urban poverty and preventing further environmental degradation or vice versa, the government needs to focus on the urban infrastructure development with urban environmental management.
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Jim's Panzergrenadiers v. Rich's Soviets
Scenario 4: Hold until relieved, German's defending.
This scenario has one objective on the centreline, in this case a road junction in a village. The defender ahs 2 units on the table to defend it with half the rest coming on their e table edge on turn 1 & the rest as reserves from turn 2. The attackers deploy all at the start, but not closer than 18" to objective, or 2 enemy units on the table.
There is no picture of the battlefield because the low winter sun halfway across the table gave too much contrast for the camera to cope with.
The Germans may have been handed too much of an advantage by have the objective in a village, so their 2 defenders were in hard cover from the start. Rich then erred by putting his T34 & sniper too close to the German table edge. The German first wave rushed the sniper and pinned down the T34 with bazooka fire. The T34 never recovered, the Germans kept it pinned down for the duration with fire from their Luchs and howitzer. They couldn't kill it, but eventually broke the crew's morale with accumulated pins. The German infantry went past the pinned tank to stop the Soviet infantry adavance on one side of the village with firepower. Soviet infantry attacks form the other side of the village took one house in a bloody assault where both sides were wiped out, but the other defender one held out and by turn 5 the entire Soviet force had been destroyed.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Sunday Bolt Action at Rich's
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When I'm on the road, the regular world seems a distant memory, and when I'm off the road, the Carny world seems a distant memory.
The "Normal world", as I and many others call it, is a quieter more stable enviroment. Workers have rights and get paid decently, they get breaks, there are labour laws, attitudes are better, and people aren't treated like dogs. People work 40 hour weeks and have benefits, well....in most cases.
The Carny world is a harsh, dysfuncional, fucked up world in a lot of ways. It's dog eat dog, though the normal world can be like that too in some instances. A majority of the people that are workers on a Carnival lot are generally the highest form of incompetence society has to offer.
I'm not talking about the owners or the long time Carnies, I'm talking about the people who last a half or maybe two seasons. The people who piss anything and everything they have in life away, no matter where they are. There is an incredible turnover in staff on any Carnival lot.
Life on a traveling Carnival is fast paced and stressfull; living and working with the same people for 15 hours a day and months at a time really wears on a person. The negativity and attitudes can become unbearable at times, even my own.
When I was younger and the season ended, I'd be drunk or pilled up for a whole month trying to adjust to the quiet and slower pace of the normal world. People I knew, friends, family, thought I was fucked, and I was.
The end of the season is like being on a "Merry Go Round" that suddenly comes to a dead stop, it's hard to adjust. Now that I'm older and clean and sober, I deal with the adjustment in a different way. I'm a recluse for the first month, I decompress, I spend a month away from people, as much as I can anyway.
My attitude is incredibly harsh and I'm not fit to be around regular people for the first little while, so I stay away.
On the road I am constantly prepared for a fight, an argument, a crisis of some kind. I can be just as big a prick as I have to be, only the mean dogs last. If I interact with the normal world to soon, people look at me funny, like there's something wrong with me, because there is.......I'm fucked in the head from the road.
When the "Merry Go Round" stops, and all is still and quiet, there I am, standing on an empty lot, different colored leaves swirling around on the ground, the summer gone, replaced by autumn.
It's time to go home, wherever that may be.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Two Worlds
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Vician Greene
|Eddy Murdock Photography, Anacortes, WA 9/5/13
Storms in the US's northwest rarely result in lightning like this. Fortunately, Brad arrived home before this broke, so I knew he wasn't still in the mountains. Or on his cycle on the highway, but tucked away safe and sound and dry in his cabin. Our power went out but before that happened our DVD was so sensitive to the lightning activity it repeatedly shut down, making watching a movie out of the question. A storm outside and good books were better options anyway.
|Eddie Murdock Photography
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As expected, Samsung officially took the wraps off the tenth Galaxy smartphone for this generation. The Samsung Galaxy J was unveiled at a DoCoMo event on Thursday, a smartphone headed for the Japanese market specifically. It's an interesting smartphone, taking design cues from both the well-established Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3.
The Galaxy J will be in customers' hands by the end of October, bringing Android 4.3 and Samsung's TouchWiz technology to the party. The design of the handset takes the 5-inch Full HD display like the Galaxy S4 ,with the rounded off look of the Galaxy Note 3 - leather not included. Coral Pink, Satin White and Lapis Blue are the colours the Galaxy J will ship in, all packed with a black front.
Design is great, but aren't specifications what we really care about? You'll find a 5-inch full HD Super AMOLED display, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB RAM, 150Mbps Xi LTE support, 13-megapixel rear-camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 2600mAh battery and NFC. Think Galaxy S4 form-factor with Note 3 internals.
Hopefully Samsung will release the Galaxy J worldwide, but if we had to guess, the "J" in its name indicates a Japan-only device. Nonetheless we can gawk in envy.


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a sundress is a must-have fashion statement for women. Women love the sundress's comfort and versatility, and men praise its wholesome sex appeal. You can wear it almost anywhere—to the beach over a bathing suit and can even glam up with jewelry and high heels and go out in the evening.
So Girls, go to ALAfolie Store at METROPOLIS FASHION PARK and enjoy the rest of the summer time!


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Sorry for the delay... here is our November kit! My memory card was literally broken so I'm a day behind.... just got a new card today! Hope you like it! alpha by Echo Park Paper, paper by basic grey, echo park, & Cosmo cricket. 4 12x12 card stock sheets from bazzil, and scenic route, doily, dictionary page, envelope by mya road, 2 decorative pearl brads. vintage lace, 3 ribbons, and twine. patterned felt. vintage flash card, 2 mya road chipboard shapes, 2 grommets, paper clip, ticket strand, pattern sheet, butterfly, hinge sheet by my minds eye! Lot's of wonderful goodies for all your beautiful pages!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
{November Kit}
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What is it about stationery that makes me so happy, Is it just a "me thing" or does a nice bit of stationery make you weak at the knees too? Not sure? try this……
How cute are these magnets..I want them all!
I love these days of the week peg and how adorable are the notecards?, for more from Stationary heaven check out Suzy Jack. Susy also has a gorgoeus blog, take a look here. Oh and thanks to Truely Smitten for the tip off.


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Those who know Telugu film industry very well might have noticed that a tall and bearded guy always escorts young tiger NTR? But not anymore, you can see this guy. NTR has sacked this manager named Sukumar and also told him not show his face again. Yes, it happened just recently.
It is said that Sukumar (Polavarapu Anand Sukumar is complete name) found spreading rumors about NTR in a section of a media.
He tried to defame the star and his producers Kodali Naani and Vamsi. Recently a news item defaming the star and his producers appeared in Telugu daily Sakshi. Apart from that he was also found misusing other things using NTR's name. So NTR kicked him off and showed doors.


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The Believer has a great interview with New York University anthropologist Robin Nagle, who is also the official anthropologist-in-residence at New York City's Department of Sanitation. She has worked in the field, picking up trash on a route in the Bronx, as described in this Slate series.
Here are some choice bits from the interview:
THE BELIEVER: You've said that "garbage is very scary to us culturally, and it is also… one of the single most fascinating things you could ever study." And, at least back when you started, garbage was a "cognitive problem" that you didn't fully understand.
[ROBIN NAGLE:] Every single thing you see is future trash. Everything. So we are surrounded by ephemera, but we can't acknowledge that, because it's kind of scary, because I think ultimately it points to our own temporariness, to thoughts that we're all going to die.
BLVR: And the fear, the way you've described garbage as being scary, it's an avoidance of addressing mortality and ephemerality and things like that?
RN: It's an avoidance of addressing mortality, ephemerality, the deeper cost of the way we live. We generate as much trash as we do in part because we move at a speed that requires it. I don't have time to take care of the stuff that surrounds me every day that is disposable, like coffee cups and diapers and tea bags and things that if I slowed down and paid attention to and shepherded, husbanded, nurtured, would last a lot longer. I wouldn't have to replace them as often as I do. But who has time for that? We keep it cognitively and physically on the edges as much as we possibly can, and when we look at it head-on, it betrays the illusion that everything is clean and fine and humming along without any kind of hidden cost. And that's just not true.
BLVR: You've written that a sanitation department that does its job well will make itself invisible, and, more generally but along the same lines, there is a sense in which garbage is the negation of culture. And William Rathje, whom you mentioned just before, has noted that humans are the only animal species not drawn in by garbage's smells and colors. And yet, sanitation is such a gigantic component of city budgets and urban life, and, in New York at least, has created a landfill that can be seen from the earth's orbit. That suggests that this blind spot is doing a lot of ideological work.
RN: Yes. There's a Buddhist saying about housework, that it's invisible labor because you see it only when it's not done. That's sanitation's mission writ large, and in fact a hundred years ago it was understood to be municipal housekeeping.
[RN:] One of the categories of garbage has its own word in New York City, but it's a category found everywhere that there is trash. There are things people will put out for discard: they're done with it, they don't want to see it again. Somebody else looks at that same object and says, "Whoa, wait a minute. That's pretty nice. I want to keep that." Those two chairs you're sitting in were on the curb to be thrown out. They're pretty nice chairs. I'm happy to have them. In New York, that's called mongo. It's a noun and a verb: those are mongo. People who take things from the trash to keep are mongoing.
[RN:] People assume [sanitation workers] have low IQs; people assume they're fake mafiosi, wannabe gangsters; people assume they're disrespectable. Unlike, say, a cop or a firefighter. And I do believe very strongly it's the most important uniformed force on the street, because New York City couldn't be what we are if sanitation wasn't out there every day doing the job pretty well.
And the health problems that sanitation's solved by being out there are very, very real, and we get to forget about them. We don't live with dysentery and yellow fever and scarlet fever and smallpox and cholera, those horrific diseases that came through in waves. People were out of their minds with terror when these things came through. And one of the ways that the problem was solved—there were several—but one of the most important was to clean the streets. Instances of communicable and preventable diseases dropped precipitously once the streets were cleaned. Childhood diseases that didn't need to kill children, but did. New York had the highest infant mortality rates in the world for a long time in the middle of the nineteenth century. Those rates dropped. Life expectancy rose. When we cleaned the streets! It seems so simple, but it was never well done until the 1890s, when there was this very dramatic transformation.


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I haven't blogged in awhile. Life and shenanigans have gotten in the way and I have had zero free time. What have I been up to you ask??? Well let me see…..
Halloween I did a GoRuck Light with a couple friends. I dressed as a dinosaur, which turned out to be a terrible idea (for the second time). I am not sure my dinosaur onesie will ever be the same.
We spent a lot of time in the water and I am impressed by the amount of sand and water that can be held in a fleece suit. I am also impressed that I am still finding sand and shells in my ruck.
November…..I spent the first weekend in North Carolina. Had a pretty good time just relaxing. I am a full time student as well as working full time so most of my weekends involve homework and trying to catch up on sleep that I lose out on during the week.
Veterans Day…..after looking at the event calendar, I learned that there aren't any special events for GoRuck in Virginia next year. So last minute I booked a hotel room in Charlottesville and registered for the GoRuck Challenge (Tough). My life was still crazy and I felt like I needed to do this for me. Plus there aren't any other chances of me getting my GRT in for a few months and well I wanted to do it then.
For those that do not know, GoRuck Challenge is 10-12 hours of Good Livin. During those hours you will cover between 15-20 miles. I'm betting that doesn't sound like fun to some of you. Give it a try!
So the event starts at 9pm on Friday. I take the day off work so I can pack and make sure I have everything together, then drive 3 hours to the hotel room and relax and get the dog set up for the night. I leave the hotel at 8pm, my phone says it will take me 15 minutes to get to SP but I also had to get cash and find a place to park. I should have left earlier. I couldn't find parking as there was a UVA football game that same night. I finally find a place to park and end up running to find SP, which was easier than I thought it would be. 10 hours and 18 miles later I am limping around UVA campus lost and trying to find where I parked my car. I was tired and sore. I wanted nothing more than a hot shower and a warm bed. After limping around for an extra 40 minutes I finally get to where I parked the car (note: if you EVER go to UVA and park by a starbucks…..remember another place too because there is a starbucks on two sides of UVA and they are far apart….I know) and head back to the hotel. I take the dog out, shower, then crawl into bed. Of course I couldn't sleep. Too sore to get comfortable. I napped off and on throughout the day. I was supposed to leave Sunday morning to head back to the beach but I got frustrated and left Saturday night, driving 3 hours off of barely any sleep. It was nice to get home and crawl into my bed and sleep all night comfortably though.
Besides being happy for finally becoming a GRT, working my butt off and trying to maintain my 4.0, I really haven't been doing anything at all. I have two weeks left of busting my butt in school until I get a much needed break until January, and I leave in 2 weeks to go back to the mitten to spend the holidays with my family. Not sure I am ready for that kind of cold yet though.


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July 10, 2017
Facebook Updates
2 days ago by Greg AplinToday's cover pic is from my recent meeting with Friends of Nolan House. On Budget Day I was excited to deliver news that the NSW Government will take down Nolan House and build a new acute mental health facility for the border region. No more band-aid solutions to an out-of-date design. Newly designed facilities will enable new programs, within a more welcoming place, to promote health and healing. I have really appreciated the help I received from the Friends of Nolan House, and staff, to understand the situation and give me the information I needed to take to Parliament and make a convincing case. A Great Day!
2 days ago by Greg AplinGreg Aplin updated their cover photo.
4 days ago by Greg Aplin2018-19 NSW BUDGET: MENTAL HEALTH I have been working on a plan to completely modernise the way mental health is managed here. First came the Brain & Mind Centre, currently under development, as a community treatment one-stop-shop. And today the exciting news that Nolan House – the border's acute mental health facility – will be reimagined and rebuilt with planning funding to commence the process. It's not just infrastructure. An increase of $82.5M in the mental health Budget boosts it to $2 billion – the biggest single investment in mental health infrastructure in Australia's history. PIC: With Friends of Nolan House at a recent meeting
4 days ago by Greg AplinNSW BUDGET TODAY Wherever we can reduce costs for families and households, we do it!. What's new to keep pressure off household budgets : • 40% reduction in registration fees for caravans and camper trailers. • One click energy switch program will help you find a cheaper energy bill, or let you change your provider easily. This could help a typical household save more than $1000 a year on its bills. • $200M for 3-year-olds to go to community preschools. • The Parents Package includes the Baby bundle for new parents to support the health, development and well-being of their babies ($7.6 million). • $150,000 Albury PCYC upgrade – activities for your children to enjoy. • Creative Kids $100 rebate to school-aged children for activities such as lessons in art, music, language, coding, performance. • 100,000 free apprenticeships [Pre-apprenticeship and pre-traineeship training are already free; 200,000 scholarships are available for those most in need.] • Service NSW Centres will become one-stop shops for NSW Government cost of living support to help you navigate 40 cost of living programs from 12 agencies. Drop in and find your savings.4 days ago
I really think we need an easier way to negotiate energy discounts for the elderly and disabled. I see so many who just pay their bill and have no idea the discounts are out there. Not sure how you go anout it though.
4 days ago by Greg AplinWith local children raising awareness of a little Thurgoona local, the threatened Sloane's froglet. If we want to get the public to help us in efforts to save this species then the Sloane's froglet needs a public profile and this project will help achieve that locally. Community awareness is key in efforts to save many species and activities like the street art project will help focus the local community's attention on the threats facing species like Sloane's froglet. A series of artworks of the Sloane's froglet and its wetland habitat has been installed on public pavements around Thurgoona. Local artist Linda Fish worked with Year 6 students from Thurgoona Primary School and members of the Thurgoona Community Centre in a series of workshops to create striking froglet stencils. Thurgoona Thurgoona Country Club Resort Thurgoona Primary School
5 days ago by Greg AplinAs you know, mental health has been a real priority for me in the Albury Electorate. The Mental Health Commission of NSW has a new online survey to understand what is important to you in community-based mental health services and supports. Your survey response will help the Commission to develop a set of evidence-based principles for planning, developing and monitoring community services and supports in NSW that work for people living with mental health issues and their families and carers. They want to know what is working well and what is not working and what your vision of community support is. Please consider filling in the 10-minute online survey. It will be open until 29 June 2018. Go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/communitybasedservices
1 week ago by Greg Aplin$1.3M GRANT FOR NEW ARTS BUILDING Also on Tuesday I went with the Deputy Premier of NSW and Minister for Regional NSW, John Barilaro, to announce the NSW Government would provide a grant of $1.3M to Albury Council to help save this historic PumpHouse building near the Murray River. The plan is to restore the building and bring it back into community use for artists. John Barilaro #NSWRegionalCulturalFund
1 week ago by Greg AplinDeputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW John Barilaro was in Albury on Tuesday and we went to the home of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus to announce a grant of more than $43,000 under the NSW Government's Regional Cultural Fund. Mr Barilaro said the funding will allow the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, one of Australia's pre-eminent youth circus training and performance centres, to expand their facilities and introduce new major circus apparatus. I always enjoy taking government ministers to see the iconic Fruit Flies in action. Once seen, never forgotten! Well done to the Fruit Flies. #nswregionalculturalfund John Barilaro The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School
1 week ago by Greg AplinGOOD NEWS FOR CARAVANNERS As part of this year's Budget initiatives, the NSW Government is reducing by 40 per cent the motor vehicle tax for caravans and camper trailers. The change will apply to towed caravans and purpose-built camper trailers weighing up to 4.5 tonnes, putting a saving of up to $471 back into the pockets of hard working families across the state. The reduction will benefit about 120,000 registrations and will be implemented from 1 November 2018. Tell your friends and fellow travellers! Melinda Pavey The NRMA
1 week ago by Greg AplinFRIENDS OF NOLAN HOUSE It was great to catch up with the Friends of Nolan House once again in my office to discuss the needs of those using this important facility, and how the NSW Government can work to achieve ongoing improvements. None of this is easy, so I thank the Friends of Nolan House for their constant commitment and readiness to provide information and insight. True dedication. Friends Of Nolan House #AlburyWodongaHealth
1 week ago by Greg Aplin$150,000 FOR ALBURY PCYC At Albury PCYC on Friday to announce that the NSW Government has allocated $150,000 to upgrade the PCYC facility. Once the works are complete, the facility will have enhanced multi-purpose activity spaces enabling a variety of sports to be played and increasing participation by the wider community. The current amenities at the club will also be upgraded so they are modern and inviting. Our PCYC does exceptional work engaging our young people in many sports and activities, guiding them to make positive life decisions and helping many to avoid entering into the juvenile justice system. I'm thrilled the Liberals & Nationals Government has invested in the young people of Albury for future generations to come. PCYC Albury Albury, New South Wales, Australia NSW Police Force
3 weeks ago by Greg AplinGreg Aplin updated their cover photo.
3 weeks ago by Greg AplinYesterday I was at the Albury PCYC to present a Premier's Volunteer Recognition Certificate for long term volunteering of 25 or more years of service, to Hilibrandt Westra. Hilly (here with his grandchildren) has steadfastly given his time and expertise for something like 27 years, helping young people to get fit, active and qualified in the art and discipline of judo. Well done Hilly Westra! PCYC Albury Department of Premier and Cabinet NSW Volunteering
3 weeks ago by Greg AplinAt the Ettamogah Rail Hub this morning to announce a grant of $7.6 million to increase siding capacity by more than five kilometres. The money comes as part of the NSW Government Fixing Country Rail Program. With me are Cameron Jackson and Colin Rees, discussing how the project will substantially increase freight capacity at the terminal, enabling longer trains of up to 1,200 metres in length to be loaded off the main line. The use of longer trains will cut delivery times and allow more goods to be transported by rail, reducing costs for both producers and consumers. A great win for business in Albury! Regional Connect / Ettamogah Rail Hub #FixingCountryRail Albury Northside Chamber of Commerce
3 weeks ago by Greg AplinOn Sunday I was out at Jindera Country Golf Club opening the new synthetic grass putting greens, funded with a $20,000 grant from the NSW Government. While this picture isn't brilliant the green behind us looks fantastic. I'm not actually cutting a ribbon -- it's a section of synthetic turf. That's a first. Well done to Jindera Country Golf Club! If you play golf, get yourself out there and put your putter to use! Jindera, New South Wales Greater Hume Council Golf NSW Adam Marshall MP
4 weeks ago by Greg AplinVideo Newsletter: Riverina Highway Upgrade
4 weeks ago by Greg AplinWe love our SES volunteers!
4 weeks ago by Greg AplinTook my grandson to Albury Civic Fire Brigade for the open day. on Saturday. I always make a point of dropping in on their open day as they do such a wonderful job. Congratulations to Captain John Vendeven and the team and to all our fire fighters! Albury Civic Fire Station 209
5 weeks ago by Greg AplinYOUR VIEW ON EXCLUSION ZONES I am seeking your views on a Bill coming before the NSW Parliament shortly for debate: the Public Health Amendment (Safe Access to Reproductive Health Clinics) Bill 2018. If made law, this Bill would create a 150-metre exclusion zone around properties such as the fertility control clinic in Albury's Englehardt Street.There will be fines and imprisonment for harassment, among other offences. While the Albury Police have been monitoring and managing matters relating to the the clinic for approximately 15 years now, with protestors from different sides of the issue and the use of permits with conditions imposed, the question now becomes whether an exclusion zone law is preferable. For many years I have engaged with local police, activists, concerned citizens, affected residents and with various government ministers with regard to the clinic in Englehardt Street. While I am very familiar with the views of the organisations involved on both sides of the debate, I would now like to hear more from you, the general public of Albury. I encourage you to read the short Bill, which will soon be available online at http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au (search under 'Bills' and the name of the Bill). I remind everyone that this Bill is not about abortion, or whether abortion should be lawful/unlawful. Don't be sidetracked by other concerns. You can contact my office on 6021 3042 or email me at [email protected]4 weeks ago
When have you engaged with local activists/individuals who have accessed the clinic Greg? You have continuously refused to meet with them face to face, with your staffers constantly informing them that you are not in town/never providing an alternative time. This status seems incredibly ingenuine. If you really want peoples opinions you should be meeting up with them and LISTENING. As Liz Marmo mentions - people are wanting to talk to you but you just don't really want to listen5 weeks ago
Mr Aplin, I contacted your office on the morning of 18th May hopefully to arrange a meeting with you before the 24th of May. Regarding the ongoing issues in Englehardt Street I mentioned to your office manager I had two ladies that were willing and we're hoping to be able to meet up with you regarding their experience entering and exiting the Fertility control clinic in Englehardt Street. I was told unfortunately "Meeting couldn't be arranged because you Mr Aplin were busy with parliamentary duties " Reason why i thought this meeting would be beneficial for you to understand why there is a desperate need for Exclusion / Safety Zone around the Fertility control clinic..These 2 woman wanted you to hear what they went through!..Yes they are happy to email you.... But email doesn't have a face ..Email can't show you the hurt they went through ....There are many many more people that have been impact by Helpers of God's Precious Infants weekly protest.... Not just women accessing the clinic but also Residence of Englehardt Street. Other Medical clinics in Englehardt Street. Businesses in Englehardt Street ...Local School no longer are using Englehardt St as a thoroughfare on a Thursday.... Because of the Hogpi ! I was also told by your office manager 'office has been Inundation with phone calls and emails regarding this bill ' Please Mr Aplin listen to your constituents! Liz Marmo Spokesperson for We Need Exclusion Zones Albury5 weeks ago
Yes. On what can be the hardest day of a persons life, being heckled by a stranger can be so damaging. Do the right thing. Support this bill5 weeks ago
Greg, will comments to your post be enough to gauge opinion or should our opinions be in writing?5 weeks ago
Silly question... YES. I'm not sure 150m is far enough to be honest. Thogpi can pray in their Church.5 weeks ago
YES to an exclusion zone!! I would note that if the current harassment laws were actually enforced we wouldn't need an exclusion zone. It should be more than 150m too. I understand people have differing views on abortion - that's 100% OK. What is NOT OK is setting up shop outside an abortion clinic to HARASS people seeking medical services and invade their privacy. Harassment - Is commonly understood as behavior that disturbs, threatens or upsets, and it is characteristically repetitive. The mere presence of these people outside Albury Abortion Clinic clearly intimidates, disturbs and upsets the patients - it is Harassment by definition and therefore illegal - abortion is not! Whether you agree with the current law or not, abortion is legal and harassment isn't, so it is about time the council, police and government pull their collective fingers out and do their job to protect people lawfully accessing medical services from this harassment!!!5 weeks ago
Greg I'm surprised as our representative that you even need to ask this question. This is a no brainer for anyone that lives in modern times. I understand why you're asking the question but come on now maybe you could go down to the clinic and see what happens for yourself.5 weeks ago
Yes to an exclusion zone. I believe that people should be protected from harassment when visiting these services. It is nobody's business why they are there and it is often a hard enough experience to endure without the harassment that occurs. While you're at it you could also argue that the GST be removed from female menstrual items e.g. tampons, pads. One question. Does it count that we are typing our views here or do we still have to email you. Some people may be confused about this?5 weeks ago
Yes, absolutely! These people who 'get in ones face" with no clue as to why one is visiting this clinic,they don't know circumstances and reasons that bring people here, they are assuming it is for the wrong reasons...they really should be rather ashamed of their one eyed assumptions.. if they are true 'do gooders' ...they should be saying a prayer for these people, that all goes well for them in whatever their seeking medical attention for, not making people experience further distress, or feel judged, whatever emotion they are experiencing at this time in their life. It is invading peoples privacy and not on and NO ONES business whatsoever!! Has to stop!5 weeks ago
As I wrote to Greg, this sort of behaviour under any banner other than religion would be deemed harassment and people charged.
5 weeks ago by Greg AplinYesterday I took part in an official dedication of the Murlo heavy vehicle rest area on the Hume, 40 km north of Albury. It will now be known as the Albert Borella Victoria Cross Rest Area, in honour of Lieutenant Albert Borella, a WWI Victoria Cross recipient who settled in Albury after WWII. Lieutenant Borella served in both World War I and World War II. He was awarded with the Victoria Cross on 17 July, 1918, for leading a platoon in an attack to straighten the front line beyond Villers-Bretonneux, from which the major British offensive was to be launched a few weeks later. While ahead of his troops, he single-handedly captured a machine gun. Then, after clearing a trench and dug outs, he inspired his men to hold out during heavy enemy counter-attacks. After being approached by the Albury RSL sub-branch, in particular Cr Graeme Docksey, to rename and dedicate the rest area in honour of Albert Borella, I am pleased this became a reality. You can find out more if you stop at the Albert Borella Victoria Cross Rest Area. PIC: with Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Roads, Maritime and Transport Kevin Anderson MP, Lt Colonel Peter Fleming CSC Chief of Staff Army Logistic Training Centre and Albert's son Rowan Chalmers-Borella. NSW Roads Kevin Anderson MP @greaterhumeshirecouncil
6 weeks ago by Greg AplinGreg Aplin updated their cover photo.
6 weeks ago by Greg AplinApplications are now open for the Community Road Safety Grants Program, with up to $30,000 available for local initiatives ranging from young driver education programs, radio campaigns to workshops for seniors. Two categories of grants are available: o Smaller projects: up to $5,000 o More substantial projects: up to $30,000 Round 4 applications are open until Sunday 10 June 2018 Program guidelines and application forms are available online: roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au I encourage all community groups to put forward ideas to help bring the road toll Towards Zero. #roadsafety #TowardsZero
6 weeks ago by Greg AplinOut at Lavington Square for a 'Coffee with a Cop' event yesterday. This initiative gives local residents the chance to get to know the cops based in their community and learn about the critically important work they do to keep us safe, day in and day out. As a Government, we want to make sure that every member of our community feels that they can approach our men and women in blue. Thanks to: Troy Grant NSW Police Force Lavington Square
7 weeks ago by Greg AplinGreg Aplin shared Cycle Tumbarumba's post.
7 weeks ago by Greg AplinMore money for community groups through this fantastic NSW Government program. Over the years I have helped pony clubs, netball and other sports clubs, girl guides, cultural organisations and more, to get one of these grants to fix, improve or expand facilities. This could be your turn. Get crackin'! Thanks to #nswpremierandcabinet #communitybuildingpartnership
7 weeks ago by Greg Aplin$25,000 for the Holbrook Meals on Wheels Service to purchase a vehicle to support the aged and disabled to access shopping, medical and other appointments locally and in regional and capital cities. With many thanks to our Meals on Wheels volunteers and organisers. Good job!
8 weeks ago by Greg AplinAnother thoughtful Anzac Day yesterday. I came across this pic from, I think, 2014. The years go past. Lest we forget.


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Code of Canon Law 1983: Can. 603 §1 Besides institutes of consecrated life, the Church recognizes the life of hermits or anchorites, in which Christ's faithful withdraw further from the world and devote their lives to the praise of God and the salvation of the world through the silence of solitude and through constant prayer and penance.
§2 Hermits are recognized by law as dedicated to God in consecrated life if, in the hands of the diocesan Bishop, they publicly profess, by a vow or some other sacred bond, the three evangelical counsels, and then lead their particular form of life under the guidance of the diocesan Bishop.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, [920 is merely repeat of first CL item] 921: "They manifest to everyone the interior aspect of the mystery of the Church, that is, personal intimacy with Christ. Hidden from the eyes of men, the life of the hermit is a silent preaching of the Lord, to whom he has surrendered his life simply because He is everything to him. Here is a particular call to find in the desert, in the thick of spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified One."


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Simply put-this is a blog about the city girl I used to be-the country girl I am now-and the things that are important to me. This is about the journey of life from the tiny to enormous and joyous bits in between. Here we are learning the hard way about gardening, homesteading, canning, solar-living, wood-cookstoving, animal husbandry and wearing out a lot of flip-flops along the way.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Three wood stoves
We have one wood-burning cook stove in the kitchen. A Home Comfort stove, circa 1930's. It's white, and works quite nicely for warming the kitchen and for cooking and baking (as long as you put whatever-it-is-you're-baking on the BOTTOM shelf, as the heat comes from the top of the oven.) and just looks nice.
The next stove is ...uh, just a rectangle box. And it works the best. It's in the breezeway (or, hallway, in old farmhouse speak) and keeps our bedroom and little monkey's bedroom nicely chill-free for the most part.
The third stove is a new addition as of today. We traded our neighbor for it. We had a fireplace insert stove with a fan-blower thingie on it. And he needed it. We didn't-so-much need the fan/blower because it was in our bedroom, so really, it would sorta heat us out of the room. Anyways, he had a smallish, square, ornate little stove with little glass windows in the door, and two 'burners' on top. Perfect. Quaint. And smaller than the fireplace insert stove, so we have a bit more room in the bedroom. Nice. Warm. And, don't tell the nieghbor, but this one smokes less when you open the door to chuck wood in. (they ALL smoke, these wood stoves, but some are worse than others.)
I see in the weather forecast that next week will be warmish. 80. By December-in-North-Carolina standards that is HOT'ish. And I will revel in it. I'll take this opportunity to do other things than manage three stoves all day long. Like clean out the goat-stall in the barn, put shavings in and get ready for a kid. Or two. Good thing there isn't the need for a wood-stove in the barn.
Life is good. Heating with wood is messy, and a lot of work. But MUCH easier than forking out a car-payment like sum of money to the electric company during the winter.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Before and After
This is the dining room floor, which, when we bought the house, had a layer of tongue and groove wood flooring over it. We reclaimed the wood flooring, and made the new porch with it. What we were left with was the original heart pine tongue and groove wood floor. It hadn't seen any TLC in many, many years. We used boiled linseed oil and rubbed it in. Then we repeated that in another month or so. It's still a bit rough in spots, but it's not as splintery as it was before we put linseed oil on it. It really brings out the beauty of the wood. There is no insulation under this floor and you can see daylight in some spots. Character I say. Or, entry way, the mice would say.
We've finally completely linseeded all of the flooring in the house, and I must say, I don't know why we waitied so long, except that boiled linseed oil is $16.00 a gallon and it takes about a half-gallon per floor. We did linseed the breezeway walls, and the trim also. Beautiful. I have truly been back 117 years.
Random Fieldmouse Thoughts
There's been a lot of mice, I'm sure, in this old farmhouse. The pantry is a popular hangout, as evidence left leaves one to assume that there might be more than one visiting regularly.
Oh that reminds me, I stepped on one night before last. Yes, I said I stepped on a mouse. I'm assuming he was in there gathering some more dog food to put neatly in a pile in the corner for me to find later. And some more for his friends. But, alas, he gathers no more.
They seem to come inside in the winter, and I for one, can't blame them. I didn't want to be inside this old farmhouse this summer either. The hottest summer on record in who-knows-how-long.
But this post really wasn't supposed to be about mice. This just shows how my self-appointed-stolen-fair-and-square nickname of "fieldmouse brain" fits so aptly. It matches the farmhouse decor. Or is that aura? I can't remember.
Living in a 117 year old farmhouse isn't for sissies. It's occasionally annoying, sometimes fun, and always makes one grateful for the comforts in this technology-laden era in which we dwell.
This is my blog about living in a farmhouse. And everything that goes along with it, which can be confusing and sometimes misleading. And always at least slightly entertaining.
Now that we've been informally introduced. I'm going to post a picture. Somewhere. If I can remember how.


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I recently noticed that USGA at BYU posted up a new video. Their original viral video provided me with a lot of hope and support during a time that was very dark and lonely for me. Their stories and encouragement helped me to have hope and faith in God's plan for my future. After watching this video I wanted to add my own voice with theirs.
One of the more hurtful things I have been told before is that because I am gay I can't have a relationship with Jesus Christ or my Heavenly Father. That somehow the atonement does not apply to me. That I am broken, counterfeit, and beyond the reach of the spirit. If my experience with my Heavenly Father is any indicator, I have have found that these statements are simply not true, I have felt and have continued to feel the power of the atonement working in my life. The relationship I have with my savior is stronger now than it has ever been. He has walked where I have walked, and I know he understands the intentions of my heart as I have continually sought guidance from Him for each decision that I make. I need him too. I need his peace and comfort through times and trials. I need his boundless charity to encompass me in warmth and light. I need the gentle reminders of his grace as I feel the warm touch of sun on my face, the wind as it blows through my hair, and the peace as a kneel to pray.
Through the spirit I have learned and feel that who I am is a blessing. By being gay I have learned what it is like to be at the end of condescension and judgement. I have learned what it must have been like for the outcasts that Christ sat and ate with, who he ministered too, and who he called his friends. The pain and sorrow I felt growing up from the ignorance and judgement of others has made me stronger and has brought me closer to Him. I learned to rely on my savior when everything seemed hopeless. I have learned that human understanding and strength ultimately falls short compared to His divine and eternal consistency. I have learned that my only source of truth can be from the fruit that is borne from the actions and words of others coupled with the still whispering of the spirit.
The diversity of God's creation is not something to fear, each individual difference should be celebrated. The incredible diversity of mankind is a testament of the power of human potential and God's love. Each individual is precious and none should be forced into a cookie cutter mold of what society says they should be. We all lose out when this happens. He is mindful of each one of us, He has a plan for each one of us, and He loves us beyond anything we can imagine. If you feel that you are not good enough or that God could never love you. Always remember that he truly does love you completely. His love is not based on condition or standing. It is unconditional and all encompassing, stay strong, this world needs you to be who you are, an indescribable child of God.


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Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" and Robert Zemeckis' "Allied" have both landed theatrical release dates in China this year. They add to an already bulging calendar in late November and December.
"Allied" will get an outing on Wednesday Nov. 30 through China Film Co. "Hacksaw Ridge" will release on Thurs Dec. 8 through the other state-owned vehicle Huaxia Distribution. Earlier this year sales agent IM Global announced that it had licensed the film to China's YooZoo.
A recent confirmation that Clint Eastwood's "Sully" was to get a Dec. 9 release appeared to show China's import quotas being stretched beyond their normal 34 films per year. Hollywood titles also appear to be being given release slots deeper into December.
Normally the last month of the year is the busiest at Chinese cinemas as companies and spectators cash in coupons and other incentives that only last until the end of the calendar year. And Chinese regulators usually operate a "blackout period" preventing new releases of major foreign titles and optimizing the chances for domestic Chinese-made titles .
This year, after a painful box office slump that started in mid-year, regulators appear to be opening the market. They are doing so in order to stimulate demand and keep thousands of newly build turnstiles turning.
Other major foreign titles releasing in China include "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Moana" both on Nov. 25; "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and Japanese animation hit "Your Name," both on Dec. 2.