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You know that you need to store lots of beans and rice, but do you know how to cook it, when the time comes?
Cooking Beans and Rice
By now, you've stored up quite a bit of beans and rice in Mylar bags, with oxygen absorbers and it's all safely packed away in 5 gallon buckets. Are you familiar with the process to cook these dry goods and make them edible?
Download our cook-beans-and-rice.pdf for printing or saving on your mobile device (You really should print this and stick it with your buckets of beans and rice – You may not be the one who ends up cooking them.)
Cooking Rice
Measure approx 1/2 cup of uncooked rice per person.
- Boil water and add salt. For most rice, use a 1:2 ratio of one cup of rice to two cups of water
- Add rice into the boiling water. (careful, we don't want to get burned)
- Stir once, just enough to separate the rice.
- Cover the pot and simmer.
- Fluff rice with a fork.
Approximate cooking times:
• White Rice: 14 to 25 minutes
• Brown Rice: 30 to 40 minutes
• Wild Rice: 45 to 60 minutes
When done, the rice will be firm but tender, and no longer crunchy. It is fine if it's slightly sticky but it should NOT be gummy. If there is still water in the pan when the rice is done, slightly tilt the pan to drain it off.
Cooking Beans
Like many people, you've probably avoided cooking beans. You may have heard that they are tricky or complicated.
Cooking beans is no more complicated than soaking your beans overnight, then filling a pot of water and letting them simmer all afternoon.
That's all there is to it!
The biggest thing to understand about beans is that they take time to cook. Once they're on the stove and simmering, it can take anywhere from an hour to three hours (and occasionally longer) for them to become tender. There's no magical way to predict it. The age of your beans, variety, and size can all affect the cooking time.
- Soak the beans overnight.
- Drain the soaked beans.
- Transfer beans to a cooking pot.
- Bring the beans to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and cook.
- Cook the beans. (for as long as it takes. 1 hour, 3 hours, 3.5 hours)
- Add the salt when beans are just barely tender.
- Cool and store the beans.
Now that you have the basics down, you are ready to get cooking!
Print out this PDF cheat-sheet: cook-beans-and-rice.pdf, so you someone can cook beans and rice if food gets scarce.

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Kelly Rowland missed last weekend's X Factor shows, leaving Alexandra Burke to fill in for her, viewers hoped it would be the first and last time an X Factor judge missed a live show, but now it looks like Tulisa Contostavlos has fallen ill too.
Kelly, who saved her act Misha B over the phone during Sunday's results show, is now on the mend and well enough to fly back to the UK to take her place beside Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Tulisa.
But it seems there may be a chance Tulisa won't be able to make this weekend's shows, after the N-Dubz singer was struck down with a painful toothache.
Tulisa, who fell out with Kelly after accusing her act Misha B of being a bully live on the show two weeks ago, is suffering so badly from the toothache that she has been forced to cancel all promotional work for her new perfume.
According to The Mirror, X Factor bosses are unsure whether Tulisa will be able to attend the weekend's live shows, but fears are mounting that tensions between the two judges are making it difficult for the pair to share a judging panel.
Fans of Tulisa have noted that she hasn't sent any messages from her Twitter account since Sunday – a worrying sign for the usually tweet-happy star.Meanwhile, Kelly is said to be heading back to the UK with a fresh attitude to the situation with Tulisa.
A source told The Mirror: 'Kelly said she understood what happened in the heat of the moment with Tulisa's comments on Misha and her attacking contestants.'She said she felt the whole thing had got out of hand and they needed to move on.'She has been in America, out of the X Factor melting pot and realised that things had been blown out of proportion.'


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webster, 23 Feb 2009 @ 9:24am
Definition of gamble1 a: to play a game for money or property b: to bet on an uncertain outcome2: to stake something on a contingency : take a chance
above from webster
I'm not sure that having skill involved makes it any less gambling than pure chance. It's the fact that money is at stake in an uncertain event that makes it gambling.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:24am
Re: Definition of gambleThe same thing happens when you buy something online. You might have an idea of what the out come should be but it is uncertain if that will happen until it arrives, if it arrives.
skinnypete, 23 Feb 2009 @ 11:37am
Re: Definition of gambleThis is irrelevant. All "Online gambling" is not illegal. It's not the "gambling" that is illegal - playing fantasy sports for money online as well as I believe horse racing is allowed under the new ban. The question of chance does come in to play and is the very core of the fight concerning online poker. The reason online poker is banned IS because it is considered to be under the umbrella of a game of chance. THAT is the ban. The meaning of the word "gambling" is just not understanding what the ban covers.
webster, 23 Feb 2009 @ 1:22pm
Re: Re: Definition of gambleIt's not irrelevant. The first sentence of the article says "the federal government's ban on online gambling" I'm just stating the fact that having skill involved does not exclude it from being gambling.
Horse racing is legal gambling. It's an exception. As is Riverboat gambling and Las vegas. For that Matter so is the lottery. (which techdirt has brought up in the past).
What you are actually asking for is a legalized exception for online poker. You can make the case that it's because skill is involved, but that really what is irrelevant. It's still gambling and it's still illegal under the current law.
jonnyq, 23 Feb 2009 @ 9:50amAfter online poker, sports betting is the next type of gambling that gets mentioned often in stories like this. No one has ever called sports games of chance, so I don't see much of an impact by including poker in that as well.
silky, 26 Mar 2009 @ 7:19am
Re:your chances on this are about the same
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 9:54amI could go to Vegas and win the World Series of Poker. I could not walk out on a golf course and beat Tiger Woods. Ever.
Nuff said.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:00am
Re:Yeah... you could if you were really good at poker. Just like you could beat Tiger Woods if you were really good at golf. Just because a game of cards doesn't require physical skill doesn't mean it's easier.
Nuff said.
Greg, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:59am
Re:No, you couldn't just 'go to Vegas and win the World Series of Poker'. You've obviously never played with anyone who knows how to play. From the movie Rounders: "Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table of the World Series of Poker EVERY YEAR? What, are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?"
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 4:56pm
Re: Re:rounders was before hold'em was popular. So yes it was always the same 5 guys...
Rod, 26 May 2009 @ 3:11pm
Re: Anonymous CowardAnonymous Coward said:
"I could go to Vegas and win the World Series of Poker. I could not walk out on a golf course and beat Tiger Woods. Ever.
Nuff said."
Dude, that is just so OFF.
First off, you can't beat Tiger Woods unless you get very good at golf. If you are very good at golf, there's numerous people in the world that can claim to have beaten or outlasted Tiger in a tournament. (He's obviously the best though.)
You can't just walk into the WSOP with no knowledge of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, and think you'll win.
You have to learn the game. And, if you think you can wade through that minefield with no experience at all, you're clueless.
Every single one of the WSOP winners had some form of experience playing the game. Jamie Gold, even, perhaps one of the douchiest players, had won quite a few casino tournaments before playing the WSOP.
You have to develop SOME form of skill to win this game. And, without question, skill shows over time.
Thinking one game proves whether someone has skill or not is like basing Tiger Wood's game on one game. No, instead, you base it on all of his accomplishments put together. In one game, he can easily not win. But, over his lifetime, it's hard telling how much he will accomplish.
Jesse Hoffman, 11 Dec 2009 @ 1:02pm
Re:I could defeat Tiger W. in golf if he had a broken arm, I sincerely believe that I could beat him in croquet if he had a cold... However, to be able to come in the top 10 in the WSOP I would need a million dollars I could sit back comfortably on to alleviate the stress of the buy in... and a decent amount of luck since HolDUM is mostly luck.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:08am
pokerits a game of both skill and luck(chance) no matter how much skill you have, if you dont get the winning hand at some point in time, your not going to win. you can bluff and win hands(skill-reading opponents) but that doesn't always fly, you can never win with skill alone cause eventually it comes down to someone else with enough skills to get as far as you had and one of you is going to get a good hand and the other is going to get a better hand and game over. dont get me wrong, i dont think it should be banned, but its not a game of pure skill. I still would like to play online hassle free without the government being worried about what i'm doing with the money i earned and paid taxes on.
Davis Freeberg, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:10amBetting on a team to win or lose is considered chance because you can't personally affect the outcome. If an athlete was betting on themselves, it'd probably be different but since most of us don't play on the Lakers, it'd be consider chance. Since you have to play the game of poker in order to bet, you have a direct influence on the uncertain outcome.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:13amGet real, how many "professional" poker players have won the WSOP main event in the last 5 years?
Get the cards and you could win. Luck. Me, you, anyone. Hard to beat the best hand. Sure, it takes skill, but luck is the overriding factor in poker.
Dan Harrington was interviewed going into the final session and asked his odds of winning. He stated "I have 13 percent of the chips left, you say I am the best player in the world, so I would say I have a 20% chance of winning"
So in a poker players estimate, skill only added 7% to his ability to win. Now, maybe he was just being modest, maybe take that to 40%.
Tiger still kicks my ass every day on the golf course.
Luck is the main factor in poker.
Stuart, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:46pm
Re:Getting really lucky and being dealt a royal flush in one hand. Any idiot can win because he knows he cant be beat and no amount of skillful bluffing will sway the guy with the royal flush. Now I am not sure exactly what the odds are of a guy new to golf hitting a hole in one out of pure luck but it cant be much worse than getting dealt a royal flush. Golf is 18 holes. WSOP is alot more than 18 hands. I would say statisticly it would be easier to beat Tiger Woods at golf having no skill than to win WSOP with no skill.
Relonar, 23 Feb 2009 @ 2:27pm
Re:ok, over the course of a long time (many hands), each person has the same chance of winning, the skills and experience will determine the winner.
Even if you have the royal flush, during the rounds of betting a well seasoned player will be able to use this to his advantage and bet as if he was playing a modest hand in order make the pot larger. summed up: with 100% chance of winning one hand, the amount of the winnings vary determined by skill.
K. Kamin, 25 May 2009 @ 4:47pm
Re:You don't understand what you are talking about at all. There is an endless debate on how much luck versus skill there is in poker, but the question is almost pointless. Luck will dictate short term results. Yes I could sit down with Johnny Chan and beat him. But if we played 100 heads-up tournaments against each other he probably would win about 70+ of them. Poker is as complicated as chess, and the skill is visible over the long term. After a large sample of hands, everyone is pretty much dealt the same distribution of cards and what you do with them is what counts.
Harrington putting himself at 20% to win at a table of 9-10 people is huge. If he has that kind of edge all the time in that situation, he's going to make a lot of money. And he does.
josh, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:17amPoker involves skill, for example calculating odds based on cards dealt or a good poker face(less useful online). These skills can help to determine the outcome.
Betting on sports may require skill as well, for example studying the participants' performance in certain conditions (his father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder). These skills however do not help to determine the outcome, they only mitigate the gambler's risk. Therefore betting on sports is not a game of skill.
Betting on sports is like betting on who will win a poker game. And that right there, "poker game" I think helps define it as well. It is game, and the participants are "poker players" and poker could be played without the need for monetary exchange, a point system could easily be substituted (but that would resemble the marketability of non-alcoholic beer).
Anyway, I think it makes sense that poker be considered a game of skill...
Plac Ebo, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:22am1 a: to play a game for money or property b: to bet on an uncertain outcome2: to stake something on a contingency : take a chance
Sounds like the stock and commodity markets to me.
Ragaboo, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:42am
Re:Ditto here. I've always thought that if they want to call poker gambling, they should hold investing to the same rules. They shouldn't allow financial institutions to fund my trading habits. They should babysit me and make sure that I don't lose my money on Wall Street OR the felts.
hegemon13, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:44am
Re:From purely your profit perspective, yes, that is perhaps true. However, the major difference lies in the fact that an investment is productive in and of itself. An investment allows a (hopefully) productive company to operate, and therefore offer goods, services, jobs, research, etc. In addition, with investments, the "player" (investor), and the "house" (company) are on the same team. They both want to see a return on the invested money, and both can have a gain. It can, and often is, win-win.
Gambling, while perhaps equally risky to the stock market, is not productive. The money goes in strictly for the purpose of a possible return, and does nothing else in the mean time. Gambling is, by definition, win-lose.
Yes, there are bad companies out there that do nothing productive with investment money. However, investment in general is crucial to the economy and the operations of businesses. Gambling is simply a transfer of funds between parties with no net gain in the larger picture.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:57am
Re: Re:no net gain in the larger picture, but no net loss either. its not like if you prevent people from gambling then all of the sudden there going to invest it. so there is no net gain in preventing the gambling either. i mean of course you have people who lose everything cause they cant control themselves and then the big G has to support them (ie a net loss) however, those same idiots are going to lose there money elsewhere anyway and still end up with the same net loss. so there is no real net loss in allowing the gambling.
I suppose the real reason they do it, or so ive heard is because of something to do with money laundering.
hegemon13, 23 Feb 2009 @ 11:26am
Re: Re: Re:My argument above was not an argument for banning gambling. It was an argument to show how gambling!=investment, despite some surface similarities.
Personally, I think gambling would be less damaging if it were unregulated. The scale of loss is a lot more controlled when you have a bunch of middle-income guys playing poker in the garage with limited skill. Plus, simple reputation pushes cheaters out of the game. Consensual gambling should be perfectly legal. I think you are right that money laundering and tax evasion are the key reasons that it isn't. That makes no sense, however, since no wealth is being produced. The government has already taxed that money no matter whose hands it is in.
Instead, a person who wants to gamble has to fulfill that desire through a government-approved "professional" gambling facility. They are professional, in that they are professionally skilled at taking your money and ALWAYS having a net win. They are so large that the scale of loss can become ruinous to the individual. They also have the money and power to influence politicians to pass laws that favor them.
David, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:53am
LuckI think there is a certain amount of luck involved in most games. Just as there is a certain amount of skill involved in most games. Someone mentioned golf, bad luck in golf is a headwind that comes up just as you hit the ball.
I think the issue here is not the luck or the skill but the money being bet. Now I have no problem with someone betting their money away, it's their money. I would guess there are as many people out there that have shopping addictions as there are gambling addictions. Nobody is making it illegal to blow all your cash on a new radio, so why is it illegal to blow your money on a bet?
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 10:57amIf poker really is simply a game of chance, then how can there be players who make their living playing poker? If it's all luck, or mostly luck, then shouldn't everyone win equally, which would make it difficult to profit?
Sure, in a given tournament luck is going to be a huge factor. But over the long run, years of play, the better players are going to win. Poker is too complex to simply say that luck is an overriding factor. Luck evens out in the end, and it's the skilled players that are ultimately going to profit.
Judsonian, 23 Feb 2009 @ 11:03am
Huh?Gotta change the skill/ chance argument a little guys. While a 40ft putt (golf) does require a LOT of skill, can anyone tell me there is NO luck involved? If luck was not a factor then why compete? Enough practice and a 40 ft putt (or 400Yrd. hole in one) would not be nearly the accommplishment. It all comes down to weither or not money exchanges hands as a result of the outcome.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 11:51amPoker is a game of chance, plain and simple. Skill will help, but it's still a game of chance, because there's almost always a chance that somebody has a better hand than you, or can out-play you. I honestly have no opinion right now on whether or not online gambling should be regulated by the government or not (even though I think gambling in and of itself is wrong), but I will not let somebody say that it's all skill, because it's not. Just try to tell any top poker champion that it's a game of pure skill, and they will disagree without hesitation.
OneDisciple, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:11pm
Re:Please point out where anyone said poke was 100% skill. Please point any game you considered to be 100% skill. "even though I think gambling in and of itself is wrong" on what moral standard do you proudly proclaim this conviction? Please do not say religious because that can not be true. Bingo any one! So what does that leave? How about the Lottery? The fact is gambling is everywhere. When you pay insurance on your car, house, or at BestBuy you are gambling.
nasch, 23 Feb 2009 @ 1:27pm
Re: Re:While I mostly agree with you, you are incorrect in your assumption that all religions support gambling on bingo or the lottery or some other exception. Some condemn all gambling. Before you point out the stock market, see the discussion above for why it's at best unclear that that's gambling.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:44pmShould online gambling be illegal? Personally, I don't care one way or another.
The same 5 guys are at the final table every year? What poker have you been watching? The last 5 winners have been people no one ever heard of. Moneymaker? He turned into the John Daily of poker.
Fact, amateurs have won the last 5 main events. Did 5 amateurs win the last Masters?
Are some better than others? Of course. On any given night, I could take Phil Helmuths money. On any given day, Tiger is keeping his.
rjk, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:45pmSkill will help, but it's still a game of chance, because there's almost always a chance that somebody has a better hand than you, or can out-play you.
if someone "can out-play you" that is by definition skill.
a significant number of poker hands never go to showdown. This is because when faced with the multiple decisions to fold/bet/call/raise during the play of any given hand, most players DECIDE to fold at some point before the hand gets to show down. That decision-making process requires SKILL.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 12:53pm
To all those that think poker is just luck...... please come join my regular game. You should have the same odds as anyone else, right? Bring money...
Seriously, one hand can be one by someone with luck. The skill factor makes the difference when many hands are involved.
anymouse, 23 Feb 2009 @ 1:47pm
History repeating itselfAt some point in history Moneylenders were driven from the Church. There are lots of explanations/justifications, but the simplest is that the Church didn't like the competition for their subjects 'assets' (if people borrowed money and had to pay it back to the moneylenders with interest, they wouldn't have as much to 'tithe' to the church).
This is the exact same thing, it's not a problem with the action or the service (other than the source), but about who is profiting from the activity. If online gambling was being taxed and the US government was getting their appropriate cut (they seem to feel 30-40% is 'appropriate' most of the time), then it would be legal and there would be no problem. However since most of the online gambling sites are outside the US, the US gets no cut of the action, and so their natural reaction is to make the entire action illegal (worked for Drugs and Terrorism, right?).
Working at the speed of Government....
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2009 @ 2:37pmYeah, yeah, yeah, its all skill. Thats why not one "pro" player has won the main event in the last 5 years. Overcome that argument and I will listen to you. Even the "experts" say that a pro player will probably never win the main event in the future. That is unless of course, poker loses its charm and it goes back to what it used to be.
Unless of course, the pro players really are not all that good and it is all just marketing, then maybe it is a game of skill.
Weird Harold, 23 Feb 2009 @ 2:55pm
decided a long time ago in CaliOne of the reasons there are poker rooms in Los Angeles is because poker was found not to be a game of chance a long, long time ago. California regulates the poker rooms (in the same manner they would regulate alcohol / bars). Really, this isn't news.
The laws used to "stop" online gaming are weak, mostly using intimidation tactics to get banks to toe the line. Yet you can go online to any of the major poker systems and find that probably 25% of all the players are from the US. With Bush and his bullies out of office, I expect to see a change in this soon enough, perhaps a move to tax it on a federal level instead.
rjk, 23 Feb 2009 @ 3:11pmYeah, yeah, yeah, its all skill.
meaningless argument since no one said it was all skill.
Just because luck is involved doesn't mean skill isn't involved.
not one "pro" player has won the main event in the last 5 years.
Greg Raymer was a known and well-respected poker player in poker community and routinely played in the high-stakes games in his local casino.
Joe Hachem was a pro online player
Peter Eastgate was a pro online player
In poker the amateur/pro distinction is almost meaningless... there is no criteria for being a 'pro' other than one saying they play for a living. plus there is no way to actually confirm that the player is actually earning a living playing poker.
Just because someone is an amateur doesn't mean they don't have skill.
In deed luck does play a significant role in short-term poker results and that combined with the large ratio of 'unknown' players to 'known' players means that a 'unknown' player is more likely to win the WSOP.
However, unknown doesn't necessarily mean unskilled or amateur and known doesn't necessarily mean skilled or professional.
Poker is not all skill or all luck. It is something in between.
Gregory, 11 May 2009 @ 7:33pm
Re:Many recent events have brought attention to the legal standing of online wagering in general. The first thing to understand is the skill game of online poker is not the same as sports betting nor even "random chance" casino games like slots, craps and roulette. It may be treated the same eventually, but it may not. Legal precedent for a lot of this simply does not exist.
Jesse Hoffman, 11 Dec 2009 @ 1:24pm
Re:that depends on the type of poker being played... even so, in the more skillfully played variants of poker, I would type from experience here that they even have slightly more luck than skill overall.
Anonymous Coward, 24 Feb 2009 @ 6:57amThen why do the announcers of the show keep saying that "a pro will never win the main event in the future"
Is there skill? Of course there is, but that is only a part of it.
Is there luck in sports? Of course, but it is a smaller part.
ubetido, 24 Feb 2009 @ 6:59amThis whole argument is a total crock, it is only about established players in the gaming industry protecting their turf,if someone started chess on line for money they would find a way to close it down as well. As unfortunate as it is for poker players the horse racing and lotteries groups will always have more money to ensure that the status quo is maintained.
macadrain poker, 13 Mar 2009 @ 4:37amYa! poker is the game of skill but also the game of luck also. So, poker is the combination of both skill and luck. Thank you for your such a nice content.
Emily, 1 Jun 2009 @ 12:33pmThat what I thought, It's not a question of chance. When I was in Vegas I saw some unbelievable players ! Definitely not chance.
cheese, 13 Jul 2009 @ 1:17amYou can win in a game not by chance but by skills yes ofcourse. But some of us wins because of luck. But most online games required skills for you to win.
Anonymous Coward, 20 Jul 2009 @ 10:42amPoker is a game of skill based on psychology and knowing how to manipulate the involved elements of chance to your advantage.
A Poker Player, 2 Oct 2009 @ 9:22amThe similarity between investing and poker was brought up earlier, and it can be used to more accurately describe how poker is more skill than chance, a conclusion come to by a court of law, where both sides' lawyers called upon expert witnesses and argued to the best of their ability for each side.
Take someone who knows nothing about investing. Could he pick something that performs better in a week, month, even a whole quarter than Warren Buffett's investments? It certainly is conceivable, and has happened before. However, that doesn't mean that he's got the same chances as the Oracle of Omaha. Long term, Warren Buffett will crush him or pretty much anyone else in the investment market.
Poker is the same way. A single win or loss of a hand is statistically insignificant. It is a long-term game of skill despite the fact that money changes hands in the short term, based upon chance.
Yes, it requires some luck for a professional to win a poker tournament, it always does. However, their chances are far, far higher than an entirely new person to the game.
Poker IS gambling, but it is important to remember that all gambling has a statistical edge. In chance games like roulette, the edge goes to the house because of the 0 and 00. In poker, it is skill-based gambling where the statistical "edge" goes to the more skilled players, rather than an "edge" that goes to the house, producing long term gains and losses based upon that edge.
So again, poker IS gambling, AND it is a skill-based game.
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Island Marine started on a dream in 1961 by Dave and Phoebe Gale, the pioneers of the boat rental business in the Bahamas, is now being run by their son and daughter-in-law Jeff and Jenny Gale and niece Lory Kenyon. Since its inception Island Marine has been the leader in the boat rental field. Our high quality boats and service have been the standard for over 41 years.
- Sea Horse Boat Rentals
Welcome to Sea Horse Boat Rentals, since 1978 we have been providing high quality boats and excellent service to Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Marsh Harbour, Lubber's, Man-O-War, Guana Cay, and Tilloo Cays. We offer you two choices of pick up location's; with offices in both Marsh Harbour and Hope Town. We have 30 boats for you to choose from, many of our boats are new, the other's are in good condition, and all are easy to run. By renting a boat from us, you can count on a fun time in Abaco. The Abaco Chain of Islands runs for 60 miles, "our rental area" encompasses 30 miles from Guana Cay in the north to Little Harbour in the south. Within these 30 miles there are many uninhabited and inhabited islands to visit. You can enjoy superior snorkeling, scuba diving, island hopping, shelling, picnicking. We hope you will enjoy our web site and we look forward to assisting you with a wonderful holiday in the Abaco's.
- Le Merry Club
Merry Club Marina offers Jet Ski rental, sea doo rental, boat rental, sail boat rental as well as boats and motor boats for sale. We are the largest Marina on Lake Memphre Magog, located in the town of Magog exit 118 from highway 10 in the Eastern townships, Quebec Canada.


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Google Maps 5.3 for Android, lets you see your Google Location History dashboard, check in at "home," and add your own aspects for places when rating them.
- Location History dashboard
If you haven't yet, you can enable Location History from your computer or from Latitude's Settings menu on your phone. Location History is 100% opt-in and is private to you and nobody else. You can always delete any of your location history from the Manage History tab or correct the estimated work and home locations from the dashboard on your computer.
Now, you can also see your dashboard on your phone by tapping View location history from your Latitude profile. You'll be able to see right on your phone how far you've travelled as well as an estimate of how much time you've spent at home, at work, or out.
View your location history dashboard from your Latitude profile on your phone and see estimates of where you've spent your time.
- Check in at home
Now that you can see how much time you spend at "home", you might want to let friends know when you're there. Checking in at places using Latitude is another way to keep a history of places you've been and also lets you share when you're there. So now, you can start checking in at "home" in Latitude:
- Check in from Latitude and tap "Home – Tap to set your location" at the bottom of the nearby places list if you don't have one yet.
- Use estimated current address or enter in your home address yourself.
- Once you've checked in at home once, "Home" will appear at the top of the list when you're checking in near there.
Like Latitude and other check-ins, checking in at home is entirely opt-in. Your set "home" location isn't searchable and only you can check in there. Just like any other check-in, you can choose with whom to share your home check-ins (along with your name and address info).
- Add your own aspects for places
Now, you can add your own aspects for each place. So if you think a place has a beautiful view or great music, you can add it yourself and quickly share it with the world. When rating places, you can add your own aspects like "music" for places and leave quick feedback.
To get started, update Google Maps from Android Market on devices with Android OS 1.6+ anywhere Google Maps and Latitude are already available.


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Event highlights boating safety 'fun'damentals May 18, 2016
May has the highest number of boating accidents according to FWC, and in order to ensure people are safe on the water this summer and all year long, the Marine Industries Association of South Florida is hosting Safe Boating Day on Sunday, May 22 at Bahia Mar Marina from 1-4 p.m.
The free event coincides with National Safe Boating Week (May 21-27) and will feature live safety demonstrations, speakers, raffle prizes, food trucks, music and much more. There will also be information about utilizing a new boating safety bill that passed this year that offers boaters a state vessel registration discount if they buy emergency locator devices.
"The purpose of Safe Boating Day is to educate the community and encourage a responsible dialogue," said Phil Purcell, executive director of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida. "Whether it's a car or a boat, unexpected conditions and circumstances can arise that may affect the outcome. We need to get out in front of it so people can benefit from and enjoy our waterways safely."
Exhibitors will give a variety of demonstrations, including on boat inspections, proper life jacket use, life raft deployment, a Gumby suit, emergency signaling devices, knot tying and trailer safety. Speakers will cover topics such as safety on the water, what to do when you're stuck at sea, fighting fires, designated "driver" alternatives, electrical safety and how to save money on your boat insurance.
Participants include the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Marine Team, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Pompano Beach Sail & Power Squadron, Maritime Professional Training, International Crew Training, Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi, FireAde, Throw Raft, National Air Ambulance, ACR Electronics, Young Professionals in Yachting, Best Boat Club, Sea Tow Fort Lauderdale, One Beat CPR, Oversea Insurance, IGFA, Reel Skipper, Broward College, Slurpits and American Boat & Yachting Council.
Some safe boating stats:
- In 2014, FWC reported that there were 634 boating accidents and 73 boating related fatalities. A large number of the deaths could have been prevented if the victims had worn life jackets.
- Florida led the nation with 899,635 registered vessels in 2014.
- May saw the highest amount of accidents in 2014, according to FWC.
- FWC issued 38,178 Boating Safety Education ID cards in 2014.
- Americans are taking to the water: 35.7% of the U.S. adult population – 87.3 million Americans – participated in recreational boating at least once in 2014.
- In one year, the Coast Guard responded to 19,790 search and rescue cases and saved 3,560 lives and more than $77 million in property.


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Her first sentence at age two -- "I Boy" -- was repeated so often that Izzy's family could no longer deny their daughter's declaration of male identity. This story blended the latest scientific debates over gender with the familiar rhythms of daily life, challenging readers' assumptions and beliefs. The judges called it an evocative, nuanced and fresh look at the soul of gender identity, a compelling and beautifully written article that deepens our understanding, and builds sensitivity and acceptance of transgender people. Read the story.
Medal Categories:
- Single Article: Under 200,000 Circulation
Medal Type:
- Winner
Medal Year:
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We had been without electricity for 3 days due to the weather, and earlier in the day we ran a generator out in the front driveway/edge of our garage (we had the garage door open, windows in garage open, etc.) The fire chief later told us that since it was so cold and there was no wind that the gas probably just settled instead of blowing away and just crept back into the house via the eaves.
Taylor and I had gone to bed in our respective bedrooms and she told us later that SOMEONE called her name and she was trying to get up to see who it was...she got up, shimmied up her wall, then collapsed at the edge of her bedroom. The thud of her falling is what woke me up. Charlie (her dad, and my ex-husband) heard this as well from the living room and he and I went to the hallway to see what it was and found her lying lifeless on her face. We couldn't get her to respond at all to us and Charlie sent me for a flashlight that was by my bed. On my way to the bedroom I started feeling like something was not right with me either. I got the flashlight, and started running back to the hall so I could get to Charlie to let him know I wasn't ok. I knew if I collapsed in the bedroom he wouldn't know to come for me and I had to get to him so he would know I was sick. The closer I got to them the further away I felt like I was getting. Everything was spinning out of control. When I turned the corner to the hallway I collapsed face first without any hands/arms to brace me, falling onto the metal flashlight cutting my forehead to the bone. Charlie had to search in the dark for the flashlight as it had rolled when I fell and I told him I felt blood running down my face. He found the flashlight and looked and said he had to get me to the hospital! I said, "What is wrong with Taylor, doesn't she need to go?" Taylor meanwhile was in and out of consciousness. He was able to get her awake and told her she had to go get a towel to put on my head to help with the bleeding until help got there. My head began to pulse blood out of control. When she brought it back, she then went back unconscious not far from me and Charlie had to drag her over and prop her on top of me, against the wall as I was having convulsions and banging my face into the concrete floor. My eyes were rolling back in my head, and Charlie was yelling that I WASN'T GOING TO DIE ON HIM!
Charlie called 911 and first to respond were the police. Immediately upon entering they looked for the lights and Charlie told them we were without power. They used their flashlights and on first site was my blood, bloody handprints in my hallway where I tried to stand upon falling and Charlie had it on him. Immediately they began accusing Charlie of a crime, etc…and he began explaining what had transpired. Shortly thereafter the fire department arrived, and luckily Charlie knew one of the firemen who came to his defense. The fire chief began asking questions as to what we had done earlier in the day to maybe put some of the pieces together as to what had happened. He told of the generator use and immediately the fire chief went to the truck to get the carbon monoxide detector. The truck was parked at the street and within steps of entering our driveway the detector began to "freak out", so much that the chief went back to the truck to recalibrate the devise as he was not believing the high readings. Once again, walking in the driveway up to our front door the readings on the devise began to creep higher and higher. Upon reaching the door the chief called for his crew to exit the home and began to get Charlie, Taylor and our dogs out as well. A couple of paramedics were left inside with me to get me stable enough for transport to the hospital. Once outside, they realized that Taylor had "started" this whole incident and the firemen told Charlie they wanted her checked out as well. I left by ambulance and Charlie and Taylor in his truck. Several firemen stayed at our home to open windows and stay and watch our dogs for sickness and make sure they were in a safe place before leaving. Way beyond the call of duty. Once at Mansfield Methodist they checked mine and Taylor's blood gases and they were "through the roof", hers being much higher than mine. Mansfield Methodist was not prepared or skilled to handle emergencies such as ours and they began preparing us to be transported to Dallas Methodist to get in the hyperbaric chamber. (In an ambulance, on the ice) First my head had to be stitched up, 15 stitches and I had to have a CT to make sure I was transportable. Off we went, Taylor and me in the ambulance, her sitting with oxygen on and me on a stretcher with oxygen on. Somewhere along the way my oxygen ran out and the face mask adhered to my face, not a fun experience. The paramedics were wonderful! Upon arriving at Dallas Methodist they began to explain to me the procedures for going into the hyperbaric chamber, (all of this I am trying to comprehend while the carbon monoxide is still doing damage to my brain!) I must add that at some time after our arrival we found out that the FAMILY that had just been in the chamber all died, except the father!! Not comforting! Taylor and I are both very claustrophobic, but we survived after our approximate 3 hour stay in the Hyperbaric Chamber. (Taylor was such a trooper, as they had a very difficult time getting her to the depth that we needed to be to be successful) Two ambulance rides, one CT Scan, two bloodgases, two hyperbaric chambers, fifteen stitches and one concussion later, WE SURVIVED! Nothing says I LOVE YOU like a brain injury on VALENTINE'S DAY (02142010)
Afterwards my sister moved in for approximately a month. Physically I was trying to heal my head, but mentally I was left with a traumatic brain injury. I literally started over with kindergarten flashcards…looking at an apple and saying library! Friends and family scooped Taylor and I up and helped us heal! My neurologist told me that people don't survive what we went through and there really aren't patients like us. He said they really don't know how to treat me. Through his honesty, he became a great comforter as I struggled SO with memory and cognitive skills. Memory is horrible at times, and I've lost so many precious memories. Taylor and I have a saying when it comes to trying to remember things, we just look at each other and say, "Did we have fun?" The one who remembers says to the other, "Yes, we had fun!" That's all that matters. BUT, TO BE ALIVE IS AMAZING! (In whatever capacity!) God is good; no great, HIS GRACE IS UNENDING!) The worse things I daily deal with are breathing, memory and balance, or lack thereof. These are daily struggles for both Taylor and I. I have fallen more times than I've stood it seems and forgotten more than I've remembered. I've had injuries that ranged from Band-Aids to orthopedics visits. Recovery continues every day for me and Taylor. Luckily her Dyslexic brain is use to accommodating skills and this continues to be her saving Grace on a daily basis. She is young and healing has come differently for her, but memory and migraines are big battles for her. Side note: When we arrived home from the hospital I grabbed Taylor's forearms and said to her, "You know the voice that woke you up was not me or daddy?" Her response, "I KNOW MOM!" My FAITH is AMAZING! God's GRACE and MERCY IS INCREDIBLE!


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By Ken Ellingwood
The Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1999
Better land use planning is
urged in dealing with rising
population,pollution and water shortages.
SAN DIEGO--The United States and Mexico will need smarter land use planning along their shared 2,000-mile border during the next two decades to avoid being overwhelmed by an expected population explosion, expanding trade and a stew of related environmental troubles, according to a new report by a group of U.S. and Mexican universities.
Fresh planning entities will be required, as will solutions tailored to the cities and towns sharing cross-border air pollution and dwindling water supplies, said the report by the San Diego-based Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy, a consortium of nine universities.
"Currently, the environment is at risk. The situation will deteriorate significantly in the future if population and economic growth continue at present rates without significant changes in regional development," the report says.
The number of people living along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border is expected to boom during the next 20 years, raising worries about the future health of the region's environment. A new report cites those concerns in calling for better binational planning for the use of land and natural resources.
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* Researchers' highest projections
Source: James Peach and James Williams, New Mexico State University
The report, summarizing the findings of researchers, government officials and business representatives who met in December to plot the region's future, is described as the first broad attempt to forecast growth and shortages along the fast-changing border. It will be issued this week at an Ensenada conference of officials from the United States and Mexico who oversee the border environment.
The problems envisioned are not unlike those facing growing communities elsewhere, but are more complex because they span an international boundary.
Government officials concerned with the border are typically "putting out fires and addressing immediate problems and emergencies," said Paul Ganster, who runs a border program at San Diego State University and is one of the authors. "We're trying to get communities and border stakeholders to start thinking ahead. . . . It's a wake-up call."
The researchers depict a border region that has some of the poorest communities in the United States and an expanding industrial zone in Mexico that is even poorer. In one of the most striking findings, researchers predict that the combined populations of the 25 U.S. counties and 35 Mexican municipalities hugging the border could nearly double by 2020 because of migration and reproduction.
That would be far faster than the growth projected for other areas, such as the city of Los Angeles, whose population is expected to rise by roughly a third by 2020. A forecast last year predicted a 43% jump for six Southern California counties, excluding San Diego.
A drastic jump in the number of border dwellers--to as many as 24 million from 12 million now--would burden water and energy systems and worsen ecological headaches, they say.
"These population trends portend serious problems for border communities in terms of infrastructure deficits, availability of water and energy, and negative environmental impacts on water, air and natural resources," according to the report.
Population growth will depend in part on the border's continued role as a magnet for Americans drawn to Sun Belt counties on the U.S. side and Mexican workers lured by foreign-owned assembly plants on the south side of the border, the report said.
If trends continue, the border region will absorb another 5 million people by 2010 and 12 million by 2020. Growth will be faster in Mexico, where a bigger share of residents are entering child-bearing age. The largest increases are expected in Baja California and, on the U.S. side, along the Texas border. The populations of San Diego and Imperial counties could rise as much as 1 million, to about 3.9 million, between 2000 and 2020, according to projections that assume the current pace of migration continues.
Poverty remains a concern along the binational belt, which, except for San Diego, generally suffers from low wages and high unemployment. Too many communities are rushing to grab a piece of growing cross-border trade without considering the long-term effects on the environment and the quality of jobs, the report notes. Some of the poorest areas of the United States sit alongside Mexico, where factory jobs are abundant but pay little.
The scramble along the border for more industry also threatens the natural environment and water supplies that are scarce in the mostly arid zone, the report says. That squeeze will be felt acutely in San Diego and Tijuana and around the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Both urban areas face impending water shortages. Small but fast-growing communities in Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora face dwindling supplies and increasing tension among ranchers, mining companies, developers and others, the report notes.
The researchers suggest diversifying local economies with new industries, such as nature-based tourism, and greater efforts to reuse water and waste. Although a new binational loan program has been slow to fund border improvements, local officials have begun collaborating across the border in such areas as transportation planning and recycling, the report said.


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Who is Tomas J. Callazo, the killer who shot Encinitas Local, Clay Pardee?
Mon, Sep 22 2008 02:26 | Clay Pardee, Encinitas Local, Killer, Murderer, Private Security Guard, Shot Dead, Thomas J. Collazo | Permalink
Who is Tomas J. Callazo, the Killer of Encinitas Local, Clay Pardee? I wanna know! Where did he come from? Where is he now. We can't let some unknown outsider come into our community and murder one of our own, and just sit back and take it while the D.A. just lets him go!!! No consequences? The Encinitas community deserves to put him before a jury to be questioned and judged
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Another Victim. Girlfriend of Clay Randall Pardee.
Sun, Sep 21 2008 06:11 | Clay Pardee, Encinitas Local, Murdered | Permalink
Another victim emerges as a result of last weeks fatal shooting in Encinitas, by a security guard. Last night, Wednesday evening Sept 28th, I received a phone call from the son of Clay Pardee's "widowed" girlfriend, informing me that his Mother,Maggie Nicholes, had attempted suicide. He watched on helpless during this ordeal while his mother, locked inside a car, cut her wrist and arm numerous times. He told me, "There was blood everywhere", and that she had to be hospitalized. I'm a long time resident of Encinitas, my family coming to San Diego in 1910. I've developed a strong love and appreciation of my home town and those who have lived, grown up here, and contributed to the color and character of our community. I am outraged and deeply hurt by shooting of one of "our own". As your story by Sarah Gordon pointed out,Clay Pardee had deep roots here in our community, growing up in Rancho Santa Fe and Encinitas. Clay is a good example of an entire generation of "The Children of Encinitas", who can't afford to live in the town where they grew up. We should respect and understand people like Clay and his Girlfriend, Maggie (Who was an Employee of Vons on Santa Fe Dr. at the time of the shooting), who would rather be homeless in Encinitas, than move away to a town where they could afford to rent a home. I am putting out a call to all locals, the"True Encinitans" to come together and not let Clay and those he left behind, and who loved him, be forgotten.
You know how you can tell if your a "True Encinitas Local"? When harm is done to "One of our Own", you feel the pain! I for one can't and won't let this go. Kyle Thomas, San Dieguito Class of 1975
You know how you can tell if your a "True Encinitas Local"? When harm is done to "One of our Own", you feel the pain! I for one can't and won't let this go. Kyle Thomas, San Dieguito Class of 1975
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Girlfriend of Clay Pardee, Encinitas Local Man, Shot Murdered, Attempts Suicide
Thu, Sep 18 2008 03:32 | Clay Pardee, Encinitas Local, Murdered, Private Security Guard, Shot, Thomas J. Collazo | Permalink
Local Encinitas Man, Clay Pardee, Murdered by Armed Private Security Guard
Thu, Sep 18 2008 03:32 | by Private Security Guard, Clay Pardee, Encinitas Local, Man, Murdered, Shot | Permalink
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Welcome to the 344th Virtual Poetry Circle!
Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful.
Keep in mind what Molly Peacock's book suggested.
Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don't like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her book, check it out here.
This poem is from Major Jackson:
On Disappearing
I have not disappeared.
The boulevard is full of my steps. The sky is
full of my thinking. An archbishop
prays for my soul, even though
we met only once, and even then, he was
busy waving at a congregation.
The ticking clocks in Vermont sway
back and forth as though sweeping
up my eyes and my tattoos and my metaphors,
and what comes up are the great paragraphs
of dust, which also carry motes
of my existence. I have not disappeared.
My wife quivers inside a kiss.
My pulse was given to her many times,
in many countries. The chunks of bread we dip
in olive oil is communion with our ancestors,
who also have not disappeared. Their delicate songs
I wear on my eyelids. Their smiles have
given me freedom which is a crater
I keep falling in. When I bite into the two halves
of an orange whose cross-section resembles my lungs,
a delta of juices burst down my chin, and like magic,
makes me appear to those who think I've
disappeared. It's too bad war makes people
disappear like chess pieces, and that prisons
turn prisoners into movie endings. When I fade
into the mountains on a forest trail,
I still have not disappeared, even though its green façade
turns my arms and legs into branches of oak.
It is then I belong to a southerly wind,
which by now you have mistaken as me nodding back
and forth like a Hasid in prayer or a mother who has just
lost her son to gunfire in Detroit. I have not disappeared.
In my children, I see my bulging face
pressing further into the mysteries.
In a library in Tucson, on a plane above
Buenos Aires, on a field where nearby burns
a controlled fire, I am held by a professor,
a general, and a photographer.
One burns a finely wrapped cigar, then sniffs
the scented pages of my books, scouring
for the bitter smell of control.
I hold him in my mind like a chalice.
I have not disappeared. I swish the amber
hue of lager on my tongue and ponder the drilling
rigs in the Gulf of Alaska and all the oil-painted plovers.
When we talk about limits, we disappear.
In Jasper, TX you can disappear on a strip of gravel.
I am a life in sacred language.
Termites toil over a grave,
and my mind is a ravine of yesterdays.
At a glance from across the room, I wear
September on my face,
which is eternal, and does not disappear
even if you close your eyes once and for all
simultaneously like two coffins.
What do you think?


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Adjunct Faculty, Richland College
Jim Monroe holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York in Fredonia and a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He began teaching at Richland College in January of 2002.
He previously taught for two years on the faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and for two years as adjunct faculty at Northwood University, in Cedar Hill. He has taught event management and design online for more than 10 years for Cengage/Ed2Go.
Mr. Monroe worked as a professional, designing and producing events for leading industry companies for more than 40 years. He was design director and senior event manager for Gale Sliger Productions and scenic artist and design director for Bill Reed Decorations (now Wow Factor, Inc.).
He is certified as a CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) and CSEP (Certified Special Event Professional). Awards include the 2003 Texas Star Award – Best Multi-day Event, budget under $100,000; 2004 Nominated Best Designer of the Year – Event Solutions magazine; 2004 Texas Star Awards – Best Multi-day Event, budget under $100,000; 2005 Esprit Award (International Live Events Society) - Best Industry Contribution.
He is a member of International Live Events Associations (ILEA); Meeting Professionals International (MPI); and the Texas Association of Convention Operations Management (TXACOM).


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Occupational Monitoring ServicesThe Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct) of 1970 was enacted to assure every worker in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources. The OSHAct recognized that injuries, diseases or discomfort arising from employment have a negative impact on the economy in terms of lost production and wages, as well as the cost for medical expenses and disability compensation benefits.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came into official existence on April 28, 1971, the date the OSHAct became effective. The discipline of Industrial Hygiene is primarily concerned with the control of occupational health hazards that arise as a result of or during work. Industrial Hygiene has been defined as "that science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of those environmental factors or stresses arising in or from the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort among workers or among the citizens of the community."
Indoor air quality, IAQ, covers a broad range of issues. Some of the items that fall into IAQ may be temperature extremes, elevated relative humidity, stuffy air, odors, sleepiness, headaches, and sinus congestion. Any of these issues should persist for two or more weeks and affect 25% of the occupants before being considered to be related to the building. Individual sensitivities will cause each person to react differently.
The presence of transient odors does not necessarily constitute poor indoor air quality. Transient odors may include smells pulled in on the outside air such as vehicle exhaust or roofing repair work and paint or construction odors within a building. This is not to say that some transient odors will not cause short term headaches or mucous membrane irritation. Generally these odors are short-lived and do not present a long-term health hazard.
Indoor air complaints are investigated by Courtice|Grason. Investigations may include temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide, and mold and bacteria concentrations. Additional parameters may be checked depending on the specific complaint. Repair, equipment modifications, and evaluations are conducted by Maintenance and Operations. Special room cleaning and disinfection may be conducted by Building Services when necessary. If you have questions or would like to report an indoor air problem please contact us.


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[MUSIC] Space Apaches - "Smokin' Voyages"
Need a little bit of trippy irreverance with your dosage
of stone cold rock and roll? Well the Space Apaches look
to keep you satisfied in that regard with their newest
album release, Smokin' Voyages. The group is composed
of veteran studio musicians that call Asheville, North
Carolina home. (Guitarist Andrew Reed was behind the
production of one album that charted in the top 5 nationwide
as an example.) And it's their experience plus an inner
need to make every song they record a mission to make
the listener feel real good that sets the tone of this album,
a tone that oozes psychedelic country and rock.
Smokin' Voyages begins with a slight bit of interstellar
transmission before diving right into the meat of the album,
a mixture of originals and covers. "Desert Life" feels as if
it was crafted decades ago, and the harmony found on the
song is powerful. The lead single, "Smile", has a snarling
layer of guitar work that mingles well with the copious
drumming that adds some heft to the introspective vocals.
"Empty", even with a message that can lead to some down
feelings, still has an undeniable rapture laden within it. With
this release, the Space Apaches are more than willing to
make sure that the rockin' voyage they take you on will
open you to many of the wonders we sometimes seem to
miss. The album will be available through their website next


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I was planning my evening to go to my friend's 27th birthday party, when I got the news my mom had been readmitted to the hospital. She had only been home for 5 days. Seven days before, my Mom was admitted to the hospital for edema which had made her legs soft like marshmallows. Doctors had also found two blood clots. One pulmonary, and one in her leg.
I wrestled with heading to the emergency room where my mom, my dad, my sister and two of my parents closest friends, had already been waiting for hours to be admitted – or going to be with my friends to distract me from the worry that consumed me. In thoughts of my mom, I made a twenty-six picture collage out of 8½ x 11's with aspirations of a cheery hospital room. When I finished my collage, I took a shower and got into bed. I called my dad.
My dad assured me that I should go to my dinner. If I came first thing Saturday morning it would be better, and my mom added her reassurance in the background. Still, I laid in my bed in my pajamas in a dark room and pondered my decision. The night wore on and although I knew my friend would understand if I felt it was important to be with my mother, I still felt it was important I go celebrate with my friends. I wrestled with my decision, and decided to call my dad again for an update.
His phone rang to voicemail which raised my level of anxiety, and I burrowed deeper into my covers. As I was lying there, my phone rang and annoyed me from the ball of covers around me. It was my friend Ruthie. She was on her way to the party and asked what I was up to. I told her I was going to take a nap asked her to let me know when she got to the party. As my head ran over every detail of what I knew of my mom my phone rang, and it was my dad. "Sorry, we were praying when you called…I have an update. The doctors have found a tumor in your mom's liver" he said. I was in shock.
I had never seen my mom drink. She had grown up in a broken home – broken because of alcohol, and had made a commitment to God and our family that she was never going to drink. She had kept that commitment. I was choked up. "Are you alright?" my dad asked me, "No, but I will be," I assured him. "Ok. I love you, keep the faith" he told me.
I hung up the phone and burst into tears. "Why God?! Why? It's not fair!" I cried out in desperation, "Please heal my mom!" I cried.
Ruthie text messaged me,
"Here. Still feel like coming?"
"I'll be there" I replied. With puffy eyes I got out of bed, curled my hair, put on some mascara and a hat, and left my house to meet up with my friends. It was comforting to be amongst the company of my friends. My friend Mike, the drummer for Asyst, told me Asyst was playing in Monterey at Club Octane the following night. I nodded at my friend Ruthie and unspoken "wanna go" and she smiled. I told Mike we'd be there.
The next day I rose early in anticipation of seeing my mom. I waited until I couldn't any longer, and at 10:30 a.m., I headed out into the already beautiful weather of Santa Cruz, California, to the hospital with my collage. Folded in quarters and pressed across my belly, the collage was a sandwich board on me as I went upstairs to room 2211, and walked in. The bed was made. The sheets in perfect hospital corners, the pillow fluffed and the sun came in softly through the window. Anxiety rose inside me.
Calmly, I walked to the nurses station. One kind attendant (three attendants later) took me to the room where my mom had been moved. I greeted her and handed the collage to my dad. He hung it on the wall. My mom hadn't slept all night and was dosing off even as I had entered in the room, so we left. My sister and I went out Mother's Day shopping and Dad went home to take a nap. We reconvened at lunch, but my mom was heavily dosed into deep sleep so we hung out in the lobby. The weather was beautiful, and it was calling me.
"You can go exercise, Joce," my dad said, "Didn't you want to go get on your bike?" I had. It didn't take much convincing for me to go for a ride from my house through Capitola Village around The Hook to The Point and back, stopping at The Point to enjoy the surf, but the waves were flat and no one but the surf class were out. By the time I got home, it was already 5:30 p.m. I called my dad and Ruthie. I made plans to meet up with Ruthie for the show at 7:30 p.m., and got in the shower. By the time I was ready to go see my mom, it was already 7:30 p.m., so I called Ruthie and told her I would be leaving the hospital closer to 8:00 p.m.
When I got to the hospital, I was informed that my mom had been given a dose of Morphine. I had never seen my mom with her mind altered, and the effect of the Morphine was hilarious. She kept my family and our friends in stitches for hours. Before I knew it, it was 9:30 p.m., and way past time to meet up with Ruthie to make it to the show. I secretly started thinking about not going to Monterey.
I picked up Ruthie in Watsonville, and we had a delicious dinner. By the time the meal was over, it was 10:15 p.m. We knew the show started at 10:30 p.m., but we assured one another that we are always on time for the music and headed out to Monterey. Just outside of Watsonville Ruthie commented that she was tired and didn't really feel like going to Monterey anymore. I had just got my second wind and told her that although we weren't past the point of no return yet, we might as well still go, she agreed, and we headed to Monterey.
This was our second trip to see Asyst at Club Octane, so we knew where to park. We took the last parking spot on the roof of the parking garage. We walked down a row of 30 cars, down a ramp of 15 cars, and down another row of 30 cars to the one flight of stairs that granted roof access. We got our wrists stamped and went in to see Asyst. We made it in just before Asyst went on stage. To our surprise, only one other friend besides Ruthie and I was there when normally 10-20, of our friends would have been there. This put a damper on our fun. The band only played 3-4 songs, and despite the free gear from the Captain Morgan girls, I was seriously disappointed how the evening was panning out. When Asyst was done, I was very ready to go.
After one more trip to the ladies room Ruthie and I and headed out. On the way out, Mike repossessed his hat I had borrowed and invited us to go eat with them at Denny's. We told him we were too tired and were heading home. At 1:30AM, the dawn of Mothers Day Sunday, Ruthie and I walked out to my car. She and I laughed and joked on the way back out to my car recapping how much fun we had had that night. We got to my car, got in, and as I started the engine I realized there was something on my windshield.
"What's that?!" I asked Ruthie thinking it might be a flyer to another show, "I don't know" she said. I reopened my car door and pulled a rather large object off my windshield. "Just Andraé" I said as I starred at the LP in front of me. "Oh my Gosh!" I exclaimed letting out a giggle, "Someone left an LP on my windshield!" Ruthie and I started laughing. I pulled out of the parking stall and Ruthie pulled the LP out of the sleeve. "It smells old," she said as I concentrated on finding the freeway.
"Bless His Holy Name (Psalm 103)."
"Come On Back My Child."
"God Loves the Country People."
"It's Not Just a Story."
"Lord, You've Been Good to Me."
"Lullaby of the Deceived (II Timothy 3:13)."
"You Ain't Living"
Ruthie read off the songs, "Good thing we're Christian!" she exclaimed. I laughed, "Yeah! Good thing!"
As we approached the freeway we were still talking about the LP.
"A-N-D-R-A-É, that's how he spells Andraé" Ruthie said,
"Really" I said exhausted. I feigned interest, "A- É, not just 'e', huh? Interesting"
"Yeah, Andraé Crouch" she said – suddenly a memory tickled my brain… Andraé… Andraé … Andraé Crouch…my mom came to mind.
"Andraé Crouch?! Did you say Andraé Crouch?!" I asked her in disbelief.
"Yeah, Andraé Crouch" she confirmed, "Why?"
"No way!" I said, my head spinning, "Andraé Crouch?! My mom LOVES Andraé Crouch!!"
"Well, Happy Mothers Day, Mom!" Ruthie said. What a blessing I thought, an LP for my mom of Andraé Crouch for Mothers day. I didn't know anyone other that my mom and my DJ friends that still loved LPs…and here I had an LP of one of the singers that defined the music my mom loves in my hand for her.
When I gave it to her at the hospital later that day, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the same year 'Just Andraé' was produced, 1972, as a birthday present my mom's sister had offered to take her to see a concert… Andraé Crouch, or Michael Jackson…my mom had chosen to go see Andraé Crouch.
God had truly sent my family a message by leaving this LP on my car: I know right where you are at, I know you, and you are mine. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. I am here, I know what you like and dislike, I know your needs, and I will meet them. No matter where you go, or what you go through, I am right there with you.
My family would later be told that my mom did not have a tumor in her kidney, but she did have Nephrotic Syndrome caused by Amyloidosis. She is still in the hospital at UCSF even as I write this. We claim total healing for God to wash her blood by the Blood of The Lamb.
Bless the Lord,
O my soul,
And all that is within me,
Bless His holy Name.
He has done great things,
He has done great things,
He has done great things,
Bless His holy Name.


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Alba's scarlet letter
Alba's scarlet letter
City adds adultery charge against chief
Waukesha Freeman Page A6 Opinion 9/19/13
The problem is sex, as in too many of us are obsessed with it. When we're not obsessed with our own sex lives, we have the sex lives of public figures to fill the time.
The city of Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba is, well, under fire for not being able to keep the flames of passion under control in the workplace.
Alba is alleged to have committed adultery and then asking his workplace paramour to consider finding a new place of work. That's his story. Or he is alleged to have given a coworker unwanted attention and then asked her to consider finding a new place of work. That's her story, although she has yet to testify at the hearing.
Either way, it doesn't look good for the new fire chief.
However, it's interesting that the city decided to dredge up the old statute on adultery in this state. For those of you planning on having an affair in Wisconsin, it's a felony with a fine of up to $10,000 and prison for up to 3 1/2 years.
We thought the Puritans were harsh with the stocks. Prison or wearing the Scarlet Letter? "No really, the red A on my chest means I like the Anaheim Angels."
I've commented before that the biggest threat to marriage is not redefining it to include same-sex couples. We can debate whether that should be legal. However, the biggest threat to marriage is the behavior of heterosexuals.
I think by the time you reach a certain age, and unfortunately I've reached that age, someone in your circle of friends will have been unfaithful to their spouse.
Remember, if you don't call the police, you become an accessory. If the cheating spouse spends the night on your couch because they were asked to leave, you're harboring a fugitive from justice.
Obviously having this law on the books hasn't affected behavior.
Perhaps it's an enforcement issue. However, expecting Waukesha District Attorney Brad Schimel to prosecute adultery cases is probably a little much. We can't even get him to enforce open records laws or prosecute vote fraud.
It's probably a little too much to expect members of the state Legislature to repeal the law. Who wants to be the legislator who stands up and says, "I'm for legalized adultery" or, "Let's decriminalize sexual immorality"?
I wonder how many legislators would abstain (pun intended) due to a conflict of interest. Madison is notorious for the wreckage of marriages.
The last Democratic Speaker of the Assembly, Mike Sheridan, was forced out after his affair with a lobbyist was discovered. The unfortunately named Randy Hopper lost his state Senate seat in a recall when his wife answered the door to protesters and announced Hopper was living with his mistress in Madison.
The latest scandal involves a former Walker Cabinet official whose unfortunate affair with one of his subordinates led to her being violently assaulted by her husband.
Perhaps we could get state Rep. Bill Kramer to introduce the bill to repeal the adultery statute. One of the advantages of a bachelor as Assembly majority leader is that he can't be accused of cheating on his spouse.
As for Alba, the adultery charge came after he claimed that there was an affair and that it was consensual. He is also saying that the female employee in question is not telling the whole story.
Perhaps, perhaps not. But as Stan Riffle, the attorney hired by the city in this matter, wondered at the hearing, how does bringing up whether there was mutual affection between the two parties help Alba?
Either way, Alba told a subordinate she should find a different job because of her past relationship with him.
In many ways, it's the old, old story, older than the adultery statute on the books. Unfortunately for Alba, we're in a more modern era in the workplace. He is going to have a hard time explaining the scarlet letter on his résumé.
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)


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We've written about floating islands, Mars colonies, the future, and more.
Now we'll give you a glimpse of what the next eco-centric city might look like, and you'll find it, of all places, in the Middle East.
Why would a place known the world over for its petroleum exports build a solar-powered city? Well, for starters, because it's in their best interests. At this point and time, alternative energy is on the up-and-up. Oil-powered vehicles will be a thing of the past in the next couple of decades. Masdar City won't be built overnight, so it's wise to plan ahead.
It will be one of the first of its kind, and a true pioneer in the eco-world. The plan will take approximately 12 years to complete, where the now tiny group of buildings will blossom into a metropolis teeming with life.
Cars are not allowed in this city. Visitors and commuters must park in garages just outside the city limits. Pedestrians ride bicycles, scooters, and whatever else can get them to their destination other than car travel. It's a smart decision, some say. Others think it's a bit too strict, and should make exceptions for electric-vehicles.
That will change when the city unrolls their full line of PRTs, or Personal Rapid Transit pods. They're driverless, travel about 15 mph, and follow a straight line to a destination, which at this time is the Masdar Institute, about 1/2 mile from the PRT garage.
The city will also consider small, solar-powered carts as public transit options. Buildings, street lights, etc, all will be powered by the sun. A smart grid will run the city, along with smart generators, and a recycling center.
2025 is the end goal to have Masdar City up and running as a fully functional eco-utopia.
It's slightly ironic that the world's center of crude oil has taken it upon themselves to transform the way we build cities, and prepare us for tomorrow.
Still, we can all learn something from this innovative endeavor.
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Mike Arnold the lawyer representing Ammon Bundy in the Oregon occupation case, has set up a legal defense fund for Bundy using Funded Justice and has raised more than $100,000 that was deposited into the trust account for Ammon Bundy's representation.
Mike Arnold
Doug Crowe
Funded Justice is more than crowdfunding. They put their heart into this like no other platform. Amazing group of people.


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Adam King completes £175,000 move from Hearts to Swansea City
Teenage midfielder leaves Tynecastle for the Liberty Stadium after agreeing terms.
Swansea have completed the signing of teenage Hearts midfielder Adam King.
The 18-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Liberty Stadium having completed a medical on Monday after a fee, believed to be £175,000, was agreed.
The departure of the highly-rated playmaker, one of STV's Fourteen for '14 players to watch this year, could free up a squad place for Gary Locke to bring in a new player.
The Hearts manager said: "It is sad to see him go but it's obviously a fantastic opportunity for him."
King, a Scotland Under-19 international, told the official Swansea website: "It feels brilliant to be here. I've left a passionate club and I'm arriving at another passionate club.
"It's always going to be hard to leave the club that you love, your home and your family as well, but coming to Swansea, where they're building something special here, it's a very good club to be at.
"The way Swansea play football is brilliant and will suit me down to a tee. I like to get the ball down and play, not force passes, and get around the pitch.
"For me, being a central midfielder, I admire the likes of Jonjo Shelvey and Leon Britton here, and I believe I can learn a lot from them.
"I'm excited and I'm looking forward to my time here."
King took part in his first training session with the Swans' Under-21 squad on Tuesday morning.


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The records lie broken and the business booms! Rajinikanth's Kabali has done amazing well at the box office and it shows a whopping collection Rs 650 crore, surging far ahead of Salman Khan's Sultan.
Rajinikanth has made waves once again. His movies normally seem to have the golden touch and do wonders at the box office. Except for i that showed a mild slump, his latest offering "Kabali", has ruffled feathers all over. The flick that has been made on a budget of Rs 75 crore, has turned into a money-spinner surging on unabated, gathering money and making a strong impact in India as well as world over. Salman Khan's Sultan lost the race as Kabali's official box office figures show a collection of almost Rs 650 crores.
Rajinikanth's Kabali , the juggernaut at the box-office, was released on July 22nd and it "broke multiple records when it did a box office collection of Rs 48 crore on the first day itself". Now it has made another global impact by earning Rs 650 crore, and out of this Rs 211 crores are pertaining to India. North India has never been Rajinikanth's area, but surprisingly out of the Rs 211 crores, Rs 40 crore are North India's BO collections, confirm the analysts. Rs . 259 crores are said to have been gathered from foreign markets.
Kabali has made its presence felt all over the world and has done amazingly good business in US, Malaysia and Japan. Before its release, Kabali had already started making an impact through satellite rights and its music and earned Rs 200 crores. Analysts are speculating that the film "may touch Rs 700 crore" soon and this will be a record breaking figure.
According to a thrilled Producer S Thanu, "I will never forget these days in my life. This release has given me so much happiness. It has broken the collection records of Indian cinema in the last 100 years."
Production investment-speculation reports state that "Out of the Rs 75 crore, the lead artist was paid about Rs 50-60 crore". Young budding technicians and limited foreign locale visits helped in keeping production investment curtailed. The astonishing fact is that Rajinikanth's influence on fans in Malaysia is enormous. This was recognized by the fact that all luxury vehicles and cars that were a part of the shooting scenario, were given to favorite "Rajini sir" by his Malaysian Tamil fans till the shooting got over! Can you imagine the amount of money this must have helped the production house save? Keep calculating!


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Located about eight miles south of Mammoth Hot Springs on the road to Norris, Indian Creek Campground sits near the base of the Gallatin Mountains and offers breathtaking views of Electric Peak. The campground is away from the main road and provides a quieter experience than many other locations.
Nearby Gardner's Hole offers great hiking and wildlife viewing opportunities, and the basalt columns of Sheepeater Cliff are just a short bike/drive away. A general store, restaurant, and other services can be found in Mammoth Hot Springs.
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