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Tuesday's Election Results in NJ, VA, CA-10, NY-23
It was an off-year election, and everything went as expected – almost. Four races were hotly contested (Virginia Governor, New Jersey Governor, California's 10th Congressional District, New York's 23rd Congressional District) in the national media, and all were interesting in the realm of political junkies and 3am CSPAN gazers.
Craig Deeds, the moderate Democrat with the guts of a koala bear was crushed in the Virginia Governor's race by conservative Republican Bob McDonnell. Chris Christie, whose "fatness" became his opponent's main campaign issue, beat an abrasive and bumbling Jon Corzine to become the first Republican elected to statewide office in Jersey since 1996. California's 10th district went Democrat – a hard-line liberal after years of blue dog sheepishness. New York's 23rd district, which is upstate, went Democrat for the first time since the mid-19th century.
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NJ: Christie (R)
If you want to know why, exactly, 44 percent of New Jersey voters felt the need to push Jon Corzine's button, or pull the lever, I have no answer for you. I also encourage you to read my bluntly titled article from last week: New Jersey's Race for Governor – Corzine, Christie, and Daggett are Each Awful. Chris Christie has no plan to pick the Garden State out of its slump, and he might be just as bad as Corzine, but you've got to tip your hat at the fact that he called the bearded jogging governor out on Don Imus's radio show last week, telling Corzine to "Man up and say I'm fat."
Beyond that, Christie may have struck a nerve with Jersey voters in his commercial, titled "Accountable", where he shows video of Corzine saying, appropriately, "Hold me accountable."
The people of New Jersey held Corzine accountable. Way to go.
VA: McConnell (R)
This was supposed to happen. Deeds hasn't led an opinion poll since early July. According to ABC News, 89 percent of voters said they were worried about the direction of the economy. Just 24 percent said they cast a vote to show opposition to Obama, with 56 percent saying he had no factor in their vote at all. Obama, according to conservative polling at Rasmussen, maintains 50 percent approval in the state.
Craig Deeds, though a Democrat, was not a progressive or liberal, which may have had something to do with his loss. This was likely a case of Deeds' advisers getting the best of him. By the end of the campaign, Deeds was running ads attacking Obama's clean energy ideas, as well as any cap and trade bill that might come before congress. He argued against a public option for health care. He was anti-labor, in spite of telling both the SEIU and Teamsters that they'd "have a partner" in Richmond. He opposed the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow workers to more easily unionize and opposed the right of public safety employees in his state to bargain collectively, saying bargaining would carry with it the "right to strike." As if that's a bad thing.
And there you go. Eighteen point loss. A landslide. See you later.
CA-10: Garamendi (D)
This was a little talked about race in a little talked about district. But here's what happened. Democrat John Garamendi easily won election in this right-center California district. First off, the election was held because Rep. Ellen Tauscher, the former district representative, was brought into the Obama Administration to serve as the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security. Tauscher had served since 1996 and ran as part of the business-friendly New Democrat Coalition. She supported right wing causes such as rolling back the estate tax, tightening bankruptcy rules and expanding free trade agreements. After the 2006 Democratic takeover of the house, she warned her colleagues not to run "over the left cliff" by passing liberal legislation.
Garamendi is not that. He's an unabashed liberal. While he supports a public option in the health bill before congress, he has also stated he'd support a single-payer health system as well as creating an exit strategy for the quagmire in Afghanistan. He won by 10 points.
NY-23: Owens (D)
When the Democrats have a fever, the only prescription is more wingnut. This year, Glenn Beck's radical of the month club endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to run in New York's 23rd district. RedState.com, a legitimate far-right website who's editor, Erick Erickson, once referred to Supreme Court Justice Souter as a "goat f*cking child molester," also endorsed Hoffman and got the ball rolling for other extreme elements of the party to come out. In the end, the Conservative Party candidate, who'd just recently moved to the district, became the dream of Tea Patriots and anti-government zealots alike. He'd referred to conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck as his "mentor" and refused to condemn right wing radio host Rush Limbaugh for saying his Republican opponent Dede Scozzafava practices "bestiality."
The Republican establishment candidate, Dede Scozzafava, was a former assemblywoman, and considered to the right of most of her assembly. But Glenn Beck claimed she might be a fan of Karl Marx. Outside groups dumped $3 million into the race in support of Hoffman. Then, Scozzafava dropped out of the race and endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens. This seemed like it shouldn't have mattered, since the district had been red since Ulysses S. Grant was president.
Along with Beck, Limbaugh, www.RedState.com and Erick Erickson, the psychotic endorsements of Hoffman came from a who's-who of birthers, deathers and neo-cons to endorse the Tea Patriot. Fred Thompson, Tim Pawlenty, Bill Kristol, Dick Armey, Michelle Malkin, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, Rick Santorum, Steve Forbes, the Club For Growth and Minnesota's own wacky representative who thinks the census will kill you, Michele Bachman, all endorsed Hoffman over the Republican.
Of course, the main reason they like Hoffman (besides the fact that he is not a big fan of Karl Marx) is that they believe he's a fiscal conservative. Unfortunately for them, Frank Rich reported in the New York Times last week, "He's on the finance committee of a hospital that happily helped itself to a $479,000 federal earmark. Then again, without the federal government largess that the tea party crowd so deplores, New York's 23rd would be a Siberia of joblessness. The biggest local employer is the pork-dependent military base, Fort Drum."
When wingnuts come to the party with their Obama "Joker" masks (which make no sense in terms of the plot of The Dark Knight), storming Washington to protest their taxes that are either a) the same or b) lower, history happens: Owens, the Democrat, won.
While this may have been an egg-in-the-face moment for the radicalization of the national right wing, Red State editor Erick Erickson took a different, bizarre approach. He wrote Wednesday morning, "The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens. This is a huge win for conservatives…the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives. In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain. Now, in NY-23, conservatives rallied and destroyed the Republican candidate the establishment chose."
Um, okay.
One of the reasons President Barack Obama won so handily in 2008 was that the base of the Republican Party openly, baselessly claimed his birth certificate was forged, he was a socialist, his real father was Malcolm X (as stated by Atlas Shrugs editor Pamela Geller), and other violent fantasies 20 percent of the country take as fact.
Chris Christie won Jersey because he was up against a candidate who, it seems, is out to destroy New Jersey. McConnell won in Virginia because he didn't waffle on issues. Hoffman wasn't a candidate as much as he was a prop for the Tea Patriots and their 9/12 Glenn Beckian insanity. If conservatives like Erick Erickson and Dick Armey (who recently met with the author of the town hall harassment strategy memo to detail a plan that will purge more moderates from the house and senate) think they can win more votes by running to the right of Ayn Rand and red-baiting as if the Soviet Empire still existed, I'm sorry, but it's not going to work out very well.
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How to Download Music From YouTube on to a CDby Alexis LawrenceUpdated September 28, 2017
While YouTube may contain its fair share of movie and TV show clips, it also offers a wide variety of original material, including some independent music clips. Some of those indie songs that you discover on YouTube can't be downloaded anywhere, so if you want a copy of the song to burn to a CD, you must download the music from the YouTube clip. Once you download the music in MP3 format, you can burn the songs to a CD.
Download the YouTube Clip
Open YouTube in your web browser. Type the name of the video clip that contains the music you want to burn to a CD into the search box on the YouTube page and press "Enter." Click the link of the video from the search results to go to that video clip's page.
Right-click into the address bar and choose "Select All" so that the entire URL in the address bar appears highlighted. Right-click into the address bar again and choose "Copy."
Go to a web page that can extract and download the music from YouTube clips. Pages that offer this function include TuneNabber, YouTube to MP3 and ListentoYouTube.
Put your mouse cursor into the box provided on the downloading web page and right-click. Select the "Paste" option to paste the video clip's web address into the box and press "Enter."
Download the audio file from the link that appears once the system has finished processing the download. When you click on the link, select "Save As," type in a name for the clip and choose a folder to save it into on your computer.
Burn the Music to CD
Insert a blank CD-R into the CD drive of your computer. Launch any CD-burning program, such as Windows Media Player or iTunes. If you do not have a CD-burning application on your computer, you can download one for free at CNET.
Create a playlist for the CD in the CD-burning application. In Windows Media Player, create a playlist by going to "Library>List>Burn List," and then dragging songs from the folders in the "Contents" pane to the "List" pane. In iTunes, go to "File>New Playlist," click the "Library" icon in the left-hand pane and drag songs from the folders into the left pane to the playlist on the right. In most other CD-burning programs, create the playlist by clicking "Add Files" or "Add Songs," finding the music you downloaded from YouTube in the window that comes up and double-clicking each song you want to add.
Press the "Start Burn" or "Burn CD" button in the CD-burning application to burn the music that you downloaded from YouTube onto the disc.
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News Release
SIU Closes Investigation into Vehicle Injury in Niagara Falls
Case Number: 13-OVI-048
Mississauga (25 February, 2013) --- Based on the Special Investigations Unit's (SIU) preliminary enquiries into the injury sustained by a 37-year-old man in Niagara Falls earlier this month, SIU Director Ian Scott has terminated the investigation. The incident, involving officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service, occurred on Friday, February 15, 2013.
Three investigators, two forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist from the SIU were assigned to probe the case. The SIU investigation determined that in the evening hours, the subject officer was driving a marked cruiser eastbound on the Niagara River Parkway when a Dodge sedan passed him going in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. The officer flicked his roof lights on and off to warn the man to slow down, and then turned his cruiser around to follow the car. A short distance away, the officer found that the civilian vehicle had failed to negotiate a curve and had left the roadway. At no point was the man aware that he was being followed by the police. He was taken to the Greater Niagara General Hospital and found to have sustained a fractured right orbital bone.
As the police officer had nothing to do with the reason for the man's injuries, the SIU has terminated its investigation.
The SIU is an arm's length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault. Under the Police Services Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether an officer has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, lay a criminal charge against the officer if appropriate or close the file without any charges being laid
- report the results of any investigations to the Attorney General.
Monica Hudon, email@example.com
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES
Telephone/No de téléphone: 416-622-2342 or/ou 1-800-787-8529 extension 2342


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Most Retail Big Data articles address the data opportunity within a retailer's own sales and supply chain or via leveraging social data or the like. At Digital Folio we believe an even greater, fundamental Big Data opportunity to drive significant ROI lies in having a very granular, real-time picture of what the retail market and your competitors are doing. Acquiring this knowledge, however, requires a re-invention of how you gather market intelligence.
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Producer Kabir Sadanand's chat show with celebrities 'Say It with Kabira' is going great guns!!
The initial episodes had Tanushree Dutta talking about 'Body Shaming'.
Says Kabir who is making this series under the banner Frogs Lehren, "The intention of doing such a show is that lot of us have issues that we are facing on a day to day basis. The problems are inherently there around us, but no one is really giving it a second thought. For example, take body shaming, everyone knows that it exists. But nobody is talking about it. Addiction is a big issue, but how many people understand what addiction is. Addiction can even be your computer too. Our idea is to just start a conversation and to talk about issues that everyone is facing in their day to day life. And with this discussion an awareness to speak out starts. The first thing is that introspection will happen."
As the maker and host, does it put in more responsibility on you, especially when it comes to handling sensitive topics? "See for me, more than me being the maker, people are the makers of it. We are just discussing stuff. Yes, responsibility is very important but that does not stop me or the guest to speak their mind. Yes, we don't want to be abusive. We don't want to hurt anyone's sentiments. At the same time, we want to be honest with ourselves. I am also learning through this show. We are dealing with various topics which you will see in the coming episodes."
Salil Ankola will be featured in the next episode of Say It with Kabira wherein he will address the topic of 'addiction'.
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Sophie Stevens' loves watching her designs come down the catwalk at the awards. This design won runner-up in the nightlife section last year. Photos: supplied
On the eve of the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, Brittany Pooley talks to local fashion student Sophie Stevens as she prepares to hit the catwalk for the fourth time in four years.
Discovering a talent for fashion design has helped young Masterton designer Sophie Stevens overcome the challenges of a learning disability.
The determined designer has been entering the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards in Gore since 2015.
The awards are a design competition and fashion show open to designers from across New Zealand. They are the country's longest standing fashion event of their type. With an open section and school section, the awards provide an opportunity to any designer hoping to endure the high stakes of the fashion industry.
This year's panel of judges includes Francis Hooper of WORLD, Massey University Fashion Co-ordinator and lecturer Sue Prescott, Auckland-based fashion stylist Luke Bettesworth and, most notably, Doris de Pont, fashion designer and director of the New Zealand Fashion Museum.
In its 30th year, the event will be held across two evenings on the 27th and 28th of July.
Inviting entries from both the experienced and emerging designers, Hokonui showcases a diverse range of national talent, some of whom compete every year like Stevens.
Stevens, who grew up in an artistic family, has always seen herself in fashion.
"From a young age I have known that designing was my passion – my first word was shoes."
She first competed in the event as a high school student at St Matthew's Collegiate School in Masterton.
Being dyslexic, Stevens says she struggled academically in school. A pathway into fashion design allowed her to gain success in her schooling.
"I could achieve so much more through the gift that came naturally to me; creativity and design.
"Fashion design allows me to express my creativity in a process that is passionate to me; it's like art on the body. Seeing the final product, and knowing that I have designed and made it, is a really rewarding feeling."
In 2015, she entered her first garment with the encouragement of her school textiles teacher Mrs Ruth Bucknell.
The piece was a pink wool jacket made out of remnants from her classroom scrap material bin. Stevens styled it with a pink satin princess skirt and grey turtleneck. The young designer was delighted with the submission, and still wears the jacket today.
In 2016, Stevens received her first Hokonui Fashion Design award with a men's suit design that received "highly commended". The denim outfit, along with a panelled denim dress also entered, were made from up-cycled, pre-worn, discarded denim from jeans.
"I really enjoy using pre-loved clothing and adapting it to fit into the fashion forecast of the season.
"I will always take the time to determine what I actually need within a project to make sure I am not contributing more than I need to [to] the waste of the fashion industry."
Stevens' winning streak carried through to 2017, where she was placed as runner-up for a three-piece silk ensemble in the "Nightlife" category.
With a focus on more elegant, sophisticated fashion, Stevens started to notice an elevation in her design aesthetic. She went on to sell the outfit to her school principal at St Matthew's.
"I started to understand my designing much more than I had before."
Her high school career in design led Stevens to move from her hometown in the Wairarapa to Dunedin, where she is in her first year of Fashion Design at Otago Polytechnic.
Stevens' strong family values and rural upbringing played a role in her recent move to the South Island.
"I was drawn to Dunedin because of its rural roots. I love that Dunedin doesn't feel like a city and it still has a rural, provincial vibe.
"My dad's side of the family was brought up down south and still live in various cities and towns."
Stevens attends the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards in Gore every year with her grandmother and feels attending the show is beneficial for young designers.
"Going to the show is really helpful as it is the only way that you can experience the show, see how the lighting and sound effects all work together and what sort of standard the designs are that make the finals. It also gives inspiration for following years."
Stevens gets to work on her designs for the Hokonui Design Awards as soon as the categories are announced, at the beginning of each year.
Her 2018 Hokonui submissions are set to impress the panel of industry judges.
Her first entry is a ball dress entered in the "Nightlife" open category. Made from a charcoal satin crepe, the dress is well-fitted to the body and has slightly flared bottom that extends into a train. Its deep 'v' back is balanced out with a straight high neck.
Stevens' second design will compete in the "Street Wear" open category. The natural-toned outfit aims to play with structure versus delicacy and features a rayon crepe, long-sleeved playsuit styled with a wool vest that has a weaned copper sequin overlay and chunky ties.
"I love seeing someone rather than myself in my garments and seeing other people's reaction to my designs; I just think the whole atmosphere is awesome."
Entering the competition's open section for the first time, the young designer is excited and nervous for the judges' feedback.
"I am confident in my designs. Even if I do not get awarded anything it is an amazing challenge to hopefully build on in the years to come.
"I do think it is important for me to continue entering into the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, as I believe the experience extends my learning potential in a commercial way."
Whatever the results of this year's awards show, this young designer is looking forward to many more years of entering the Hokonui awards.
"I appreciate what the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards has done for me in terms of confirming my ability and passions.."


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Academic Probation
Authorizing Body:
|Student Performance Review Committee
|Robert Noiva, Ph.D.
Date Issued:
|August 1, 2011
Last Update:
|August 8, 2018
A formal status is necessary to alert students to the need to remediate academic deficiencies and improve academic performance.
Scope and Applicability:
All students enrolled in the School of Medicine
Standard Practice Guideline:
A student with significant academic deficiencies as determined by the SPRC shall be considered on academic probation. Students on probation are not in Good Academic Standing. Periods of probation will be noted on the student's Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE).
Procedures:Students placed on academic probation are informed that there is serious concern about their academic performance and that they may be subject to discipline and/or other requirements up to and including dismissal should their unsatisfactory academic performance continue. Students shall be notified in writing by the SPRC why they have been placed on probation and the requirements for removal from probationary status. Students on probation may not register for, or receive credit towards the M.D. for courses/clerkships at other institutions. Students on probation may also have conditions placed upon their probation by the SPRC including mandatory tutoring and limitations on participation in school-sponsored activities.
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Academic probation is a status that requires that a student take steps towards remediating academic deficiencies and improving academic performance while still enrolled and attending classes.
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Patrick Mooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing, Management & Maintenance, explains why he believes Whitehall politicians need to up their game in the fight to combat homelessness and cut unnecessary deaths.
It was a sad indictment of the Government's welfare and support policies when news emerged just before Christmas that the number of deaths of homeless people had risen yet again, to another all time high. It's the sort of record that is very unwelcome and best avoided. It is also not inevitable.
What made it worse was the reaction of the Secretary of State James Brokenshire and his junior ministers who trotted out a consistent line about how homelessness is a complicated subject, with many different causes and that the current administration is doing all that it can to address these.
In town halls the length and breadth of the country these statements were met with hollow laughs and much shaking of heads. Housing bosses and councillors are having to cope with much smaller budgets than they had before the 2008 financial crash. But the scale of the housing sector's problems and difficulties are all getting worse — whether it's availability, affordability or providing emergency accommodation.
The Office of National Statistics prompted this latest bout of handwringing and conscience searching when it revealed that at least 597 homeless people had died in 2017, up 24 per cent on the figure from five years ago.
London and the north west of England have the highest rates of deaths among the homeless, with the average age of those who have died being in the early to mid 40s, far below the average life expectancy of the general population. It was so shocking that it made the lead stories on BBC Radio 4's main evening news programme and the 10 o'clock news on BBC TV later.
Much of the media attention focused on the death of a homeless Hungarian man in a subway at Westminster, by the House of Commons. Indeed the Labour MP David Lammy tweeted:
"There is something rotten in Westminster when MPs walk past dying homeless people on their way to work."
Rough sleeping
This was actually the second recorded death in the same subway in the past 12 months. But there were almost 600 other people who lost their lives by dint of their unsettled housing status over the course of the year and each one of them represented a personal tragedy and a lost opportunity.
The figures for homeless deaths were released by the ONS just over five months after the Government published its rough sleeping strategy, with an ambitious target of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and ending it entirely by 2027. It was backed by a £75 million fund for local authorities with high levels of rough sleeping to use in 2018 to 2020.
Compare this sum to the reported £2 billion fund preparing for a 'no deal' Brexit which many in Westminster regard as an expensive gamble in Theresa May's negotiations with the EU. The vast difference between the two figures challenges the basis for Government claims that they will leave no stone unturned in their campaign "to give everyone in our society the opportunities, dignity and security they need to build a better life."
Ministers, their political advisors and civil servants all know that the principal reason for homelessness continues to be the growing number of evictions from privately rented properties, with tenants failing to cope with the complexities of Universal Credit, or Discredit as it is increasingly being known. Instead they have trotted out lines about drug abuse, alcoholism and illegal immigrants.
The reality is that many of those living in temporary accommodation, staying in cars or sleeping on friends' sofas is that they are working in low paid jobs and cannot afford spiraling housing costs. There are an estimated 120,000 children staying in temporary accommodation each night this winter – a figure that should force Government Ministers of the fifth biggest economy in the world, into taking strong and resolute action.
Some seeds of optimism have been sewn by the new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, who told MPs that she will consider policy changes and rollout delays to restore public confidence in Universal Credit. Before the Work and Pensions Committee, Rudd said her priority was to make UC safe for vulnerable claimants. She said she was willing to look again at the rollout, as she did not want to see its implementation rushed to meet "arbitrary timetables".
More affordable housing needed
Her cabinet colleague Mr Brokenshire has recently been benefitting from a huge jump in popularity across local authority housing departments due to decisions to remove the HRA borrowing cap from councils, increases in the budget for affordable housing and a host of statements in support of low cost, affordable, rented housing.
It felt like a huge step change had been made in Conservative policies towards council housing. Even where people thought this was being done for cynical electoral purposes, they really did not care if the result was a significant growth in the numbers of affordable homes being built.
While the right levers are being pulled to get more affordable homes built, we are still losing thousands of low-rent homes as they are being sold to sitting tenants through the Right to Buy. This has forced many thousands of people into the private rented sector, where they have found their rents to be higher and their tenancy far less secure. Retaliatory evictions where landlords kick out tenants, who have complained about a long outstanding repair or a safety issue, are on the increase and long promised protections have yet to be seen.
The Homeless Reduction Act 2017 was widely welcomed by the housing sector when it was passed, but it has imposed many additional responsibilities on local authorities while only granting them relatively small extra funds and only for a temporary period.
What is really needed is a properly resourced and long-term commitment to deliver on a wide range of programmes. These should deliver a huge increase in the number of truly affordable homes across the country, new laws to safeguard tenancies and changes to the welfare system so fewer evictions take place due to rent arrears. We need the prevention, early intervention programmes and support to help homeless people to rebuild their lives, but it would be much better if we could also tackle the root causes of the problem.
Over 200 housing associations have pledged to tackle homelessness by signing a commitment to refer 'at risk' cases to councils. This initiative was launched by the National Housing Federation in October 2018 and it means HAs are agreeing to notify councils of anyone they know of who is at risk of homelessness and in working together with councils on trying to prevent the person becoming homeless.
More money and practical help
This duty already applies to other public bodies but HAs are better placed than many to help councils discharge their legal duties. The NHF's new chief executive Kate Henderson said the past decade had seen homelessness increase on an "unimaginable" scale. She hopes to see every HA to sign up to the commitment in 2019.
Council chiefs would appreciate even more practical help from their social housing partners. Closer working by staff teams, quicker access to properties which become available, carrying out fewer evictions (particularly of families with children) and an extension of welfare support policies to assist 'at risk' groups are all being pursued.
Meanwhile Councillor Martin Tett, the Local Government Association's housing spokesman had a clear message for policy makers in Whitehall. He said:
"Councils are determined to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping from happening in the first place and to support affected families. This is increasingly difficult with homelessness services facing a funding gap of more than £100 million in 2019/20. Proper resourcing of local government funding is essential if we are going to end rising homelessness.
"Councils also need to keep 100 per cent of the receipts of any homes they sell to replace them and reinvest in building more of the genuinely affordable homes they desperately need and the ability to adapt welfare reforms to prevent people from losing their home where possible."
The Chartered Institute of Housing is suggesting that the Government should either suspend the Right to Buy, or it should allow councils to use all of the sale receipts to pay for their replacement. In the latest published statistics for the period July to September 2018, there were 2,417 council homes sold to tenants while just 1,160 starts on new homes or acquisitions were made. This shortfall of 1,250 homes in the quarter is repeating the pattern of recent years.
Clearly what we need to see is a joined up programme of policies and initiatives that work together and not against each other. Let's hope that in their New Year resolutions, Messrs Brokenshire and Rudd have committed to overseeing a significant drop in the number of needless deaths and hardship cases caused by their department's policies.


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Week 5: Sexism Today
While we tend to laugh at these type of memes, do you believe this is truly how women are perceived in our society? Do you think that these types of memes create a positive or negative impact on women or do they have any impact at all?
Breanna Jones
9/17/2013 02:42:22 am
I don't believe people actually perceive women in this way... These are just jokes, there are plenty of jokes about men also. It does give a negative impact on women whether its a joke or not. The "maybe that's why they get paid less" is a little too far and is an issue in some places still. So I don't think we should joke around about that. But women don't need to take these jokes too seriously cause there are similar jokes about men also.
Brooke Alexander
9/17/2013 07:24:16 am
I agree with you on the part about women don't need to take it to seriously because there is jokes about men too. But even though we think women shouldn't take it to seriously some women do. And I think men don't get teased about it as much as women do. And that's not right. I think it doesn't create a big negative impact toward men as it does women. I think the reason for that is because men are never really seriously. They joke about everything so they don't take it too seriously like women do.
Madeline Knox
9/17/2013 08:26:46 am
I agree. Women don't need to take these types of things so seriously since they are just jokes and it's not like they don't hear them all the time. I also agree that there are some statements that should be left unsaid but in the end there's always something that could be said back about men. These jokes can work both ways, but for some reason women always seem to take the harder hit. Maybe its because they're more sensitive or something, I don't know.
Mason Johnson
9/22/2013 03:31:01 am
I agree fully. The jokes aren't necessarily appropriate but people should lighten up. There are sexist jokes about men as well. Some people are just too sensitive for there own good.
Lauren tipton
9/17/2013 10:07:02 am
I agree with you Breanna. Those are jokes but are some what offensive. Women take that kind of stuff that men say to heart. Some was a joke, haha, but men have plenty of jokes women can come up with. This is why I agree with you.
Paige R
9/17/2013 10:23:29 pm
I agree with you. Jokes about women should not be made, but its a JOKE, granted that they are harmless they still are rude. An you're correct they make jokes about men but they're less harmless, and when you say something they get all defensive. So no jokes should'be made
Zachary Flynn
9/22/2013 10:17:39 pm
I agree with Breanna. I believe that what some women perceive as sexism is really just a simple joke made by a male. I would also agree that sometimes, because of our human nature, us males can take these jokes too far. I don't think that superiority over someone should be made light of, and some males view themselves as more superior. So, I do agree with Breanna on all of the points that she made, and I also believe that there is no superior sex, and that men and women are equal.
Cori Lovings
9/22/2013 11:24:57 pm
I do and don't agree with this. I do believe that most people don't perceive women in this way, but there are far more jokes about women than men. I honestly don't ink we should joke about anything like this. It's degrading to women, even if it is a joke. More people take these "jokes" seriously than most people think.
Baylie DeBord
10/24/2013 08:18:58 am
I agree. Women shouldn't take this to seriously. It really is just a joke.
Brooke Alexander
9/17/2013 07:19:12 am
I think some perceived woman this way but some people don't. Like some people know its a joke. But other don't. I think it does give a negative impact on women because for the people who don't know it's joke perceive women that way but also for the people who know its a joke also continue the joke. So either way its a negative impact on women. And I bet some women take it to offense. Which isn't right. We are just making woman feel bad.
Harley Aldridge
9/17/2013 11:25:57 pm
Yeah I believe some people put these jokes in a certain tone that women take seriously. But I think all this started as a joke teasing someone. I think that's what it still is today. Just those group of five or seven people actually meaning it. I like teasing women with these jokes, but they are all my friends so they don't pay much attention to it.
Dawnyae Hill
9/19/2013 03:28:13 am
I agree with you Brooke. Some guys are just jerks and think that way. I think a lot of people know its a joke but some guys that are juste asses really treat women like they are pretty and not worth anything. Even if it is a joke, some of it is just taking too far. I agree with Brooke. I'm a girl and I don't appreciate or tolerate it when the joking gets too a certain extent.
Madeline Knox
9/17/2013 08:20:22 am
I don't really think this is how women in society are perceived, but I guess it depends on the type of person's attitude. Certain things can be taken a little bit too far sometimes though. Including comments on how men work harder or whatever which is clearly NOT true. I don't really think the memes have an impact on women at all because they aren't really serious, and I guess women have kind of gotten used to these stereotypical sexist jokes.
Raven Melson
9/18/2013 09:37:26 am
i totally agree with you. i think that women have heard these sexist jokes for so long that they are just used to it and dont really take it personal. i think that some memes or pictures can be taken too far, and then some women take it offensively. i also agree with you that the way people see these memes all depend on what type of person it is reading it. some people take sexist jokes offensively, and others just laugh and dont take it serious.
Breanna Jones
9/19/2013 10:22:09 pm
I agree with you that it just depends on how the woman is, that hears the joke. But we shouldn't take it personally. They are all jokes that shouldn't be taken to harshly. There are jokes about women, men, white, black, and literally everything and we can't take them seriously!
Stuart Carter
9/18/2013 11:49:01 am
I agree, some people just have a negative attitude about everything, and even LOOK for stuff to think negatively about. Honestly though, to what you were saying about us not working harder, I don't even think we put in AS MUCH effort. We're simply lazy and require someone less so to, say, make us a sandwich. Bam.
Morgan Jones
9/19/2013 09:55:13 am
I agree. People say jokes that they don't really mean, they are just trying to get attention or give someone a hard time. I agree with the fact that women work just as hard as men also! The sandwich joke gets really annoying, but is not taken seriously. People just joke around with all of these jokes.
Sarah Arthur
9/22/2013 08:36:20 am
I completely agree with this. Women worker just as harder, if not harder than men. This is the 21st century. People need to stop treating women like this. Women have gotten used to these types of jokes. However I don't think that they should have to deal with this.
Carter Skipworth
9/23/2013 08:06:07 am
I agree with you on this. Women shouldn't take these things too seriously, because for the most part this isn't how they are perceived. However, some jokes can go too far. I think when it comes to this, there is a line that doesn't need to be crossed, and it doesn't often get crossed. When people cross the line though, sexist jokes can be quite offensive.
Abby Freeman
9/17/2013 08:30:02 am
I don't think this is how woman is perceived by the whole society. I think there are some people do think woman as a second class citizen but that is because that was how it was a long time ago. I feel these were just jokes people made to be funny, I don't think they took they seriously. I do see how they can have a negative view of woman but there are some about men. The last one was how men are expected to be gentleman and some woman think they are just being sexist because they were trying to be nice. So woman are just as bad as being unfair to the opposite sex.
Bryanna Milligan
9/22/2013 04:49:13 am
I kind of agree with you like most of these sexist comments we've all heard and were use to them and they don't bother us but some women in the world it does have a negative impact like with men getting paid more and there are some about men but there not as harsh because we as women are trying to shake the reputation of just being a housewife but these comments and some men make it hard to do that
Lauren Tipton
9/17/2013 10:04:32 am
I honestly don't think women are perceived in this way. Men just try to act all big and like they rule women...no! It's just a joke. To me, women are needed to be treated equally. Usually, it depends on the persons attitude. Some take it seriously and some take it as a joke.
Kameron Presnell
9/17/2013 10:45:44 pm
I agree that women aren't perceived this way. And I agree that the way people will react to those pictures is just based on their attitude. And that there is really no reason to take these photos offensive. Especially when women can just as easily make similar photos about men. But I agree with the main points of this comment.
Tristyn Nowlin
9/22/2013 06:10:51 am
I agree. I think it's time to turn the jokes on them, haha. I think it depends on the type of person and how sensitive they are to this type of stuff. Some may think that it is hilarious. Some may be highly offended.
Keeley Foley
9/22/2013 08:31:31 am
I agree! Its all in good fun to make these jokes but how they actually effect you, is up to you. In my opinion i think some of the jokes are funny.. lol and women can retaliate and put jokes right back at the men if they have a good spirit about it. Like i said they're just jokes and men have made them in good fun just to aggravate the women of society.
Nicholas Bowling
9/22/2013 11:30:58 pm
In a way Lauren I believe you are right but in others I don't. Memes like these shouldn't be taken as anything more than a joke. I believe that gender has nothing to do with any type of superiority. But on the other hand I think that these do not degrade women in any way they are funny and should be taken that way by anyone with that kinda of sense of humor. I think that it is only actually bad or degrading when people take it wrong and cause feuds and arguments trying to go against these jokes even though nothing is going to stop them from being made because like I said before they are funny.
Kameron Presnell
9/17/2013 10:26:21 pm
I feel like women are viewed with more respect then people think they are. Just because people make jokes about women, doesn't mean that's how they are really viewed. Now obviously these memes have a negative impact on women doesn't mean that that is exactly how they are viewed. But it's just a joke. And I personally believe that people take jokes to seriously.
Brittany hurt
9/19/2013 10:47:37 am
Yep agreed, like to me these are just jokes and I never took offense to any of them. I think I didn't simply because we aren't treated this way, men are more respective of women then they are of other men definitely. If someone finds these pictures offensive then I believe they are just looking for a reason to get sympathy for themselves because everyone knows that mostly all men don't perceive women in these ways.
Dakota Begley
9/17/2013 10:27:15 pm
I mean sometimes I guess women could take it offensive. It just depends on the way women think of things because us guys look at it differently. Most of the time we take it as a joke but women on the other hand take take a lot more seriously than we do.
Austin Puckett
9/17/2013 10:27:35 pm
Sexism isn't a big thing it's mainly humor some people accept things as criticism instead of comedy!
Grace Brock
9/22/2013 07:59:06 am
I wouldn't necessarily say that sexism isn't a, "big thing" or not a problem, because it is. Maybe not as noticeable in the United States, but in other countries such as India or Honduras, it is. My second time in Guatemala, I helped in the clinic some. There was a man and his wife and the wife needed surgery. Do you know what the man said? "I would have to sell one of my cows. I will find another wife instead." If that isn't a, "big thing" then I don't know what is. Is that considered comedy? That all over the world women are degraded and struggling to get an education so they don't have to be stereotypical and rely on a man to provide for them. Families send boys to school instead of the girls. The girls in the family grow up taking care of younger siblings and doing housework, just sending them back into the cycle of poverty! In China, boys are more valuable than girls. It's less common to see a boy adopted from China than a girl, unless the boy is physically or mentally deformed. Even in history, Henry the 8th wanted a male heir because he didn't think a daughter could rule as well as a son could. Why do you think men got away with raping women in parts of India for so long? Because over there along with many other places around the globe, women are WORTHLESS. They are viewed as nothing more than objects!!! Do you realize that some women still get paid less than men for doing the same job?? I know that in my comment I said that I find the memes funny, but I don't agree with sexism not being present in today's society. So I'm not trying to be a hypocrite, but this response is mainly directed towards your statement that "Sexism isn't a big thing, and people should take it as a joke". My argument was aimed just at the memes and whether or not if women are perceived that way today. Sexism IS a big thing today Austin, and there is NOTHING humorous about it.
9/22/2013 09:05:05 am
I agree with Grace that sexism is an issue; however, generally speaking, in the United States women are treated fairly. Therefore I find the stereotypes kind of funny. People joke about things equally as bad as sexism or worse. But I do understand that in some cases one should not joke about degrading women.
Paige Richardson
9/17/2013 10:28:53 pm
I think that memes like this don't really have a impact. Women are hardheaded and aren't going to let some silly thing make a big impact on their life's. but yeah I think that that's truly how women are perceived.
9/17/2013 10:51:54 pm
There will always be racism and sexism in this world. We are simply and utterly human. As to the memes being offensive, I think it all depends on the female looking at them. One may find them funny and another, degrading. Personally I find the memes funny. The fact is, women were objectified in the past. They were good for cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. The memes shown aren't necessarily directed towards the population of females today, but the women of the past. Also, I mean the more time that passes, the more that the stereotype of women will change and then become normal. An example would be single mothers. In the past is was frowned upon to be a single mom. Now single mothers account for a lot of family units. Society molds sexism over time.
Mrs. Cintra
9/18/2013 12:09:43 pm
Very nicely said Grace!
Wyatt LaFever
9/22/2013 07:02:26 am
This answer is how I feel about the subject exactly. People will always make fun of other peoples differences because that's just human nature. You can either take them seriously or just laugh and go on.
Harley Aldridge
9/17/2013 11:23:28 pm
I think only jerks and heartless people perceive women that way. I think they create a negative impact on women. Although, if people don't take them seriously then they probably have a positive or no impact. It all just depends on the person. I personally believe women can do a lot of things, just like men can.
Raven Melson
9/18/2013 09:32:53 am
honestly i believe that these pictures have nothing to do with the way women are treated today in society. of course there are always going to be people that think they are better than everyone else, but that goes for both men and women. i think women in this society are recieving more respect as time goes on. but these pictures can be portrayed in many different ways, some people take it offensively, and others just find it humorous. people are always going to have different opinions, but i think that people shouldnt take the pictures offensively, because women are treated better than they are portrayed in these memes.
Joseph Holbrook
9/19/2013 08:21:21 am
I agree with Raven. These memes have nothing to do with how women are treated in our society. There will be those kinds of people who think themselves better then others. My self personaly try to take a humorous or positive out look on most things in life. Thous i find these memes to be more humorous then negative.
Stuart Carter
9/18/2013 11:44:52 am
Personally I think the only people who look at women in that kind of way are either immature, or brainless. By normal people, at least, this isn't how women are perceived. But there's room to joke about anything in certain contexts. I'm a firm believer in joking about whatever you like, as long as it's not a direct insult to someone who's nearby. I don't think memes/jokes like this have too much of an effect, or really an effect at all. But that's just my opinion.
9/22/2013 11:29:59 am
I fully agree, it's true that women are not always treated equally but in all honestly, no one is treated equally. We tend to think everyone is but in this world there's not such thing as that in my belief. Everyone is gonna be made fun of, you just have to deal with it.
Dawnyae Hill
9/19/2013 03:32:30 am
I think that sometimes women are perceived like housewives and are the ones that are supposed to do all the work. I believe that is a bunch of crap because if guy claims that he is the guy he says he is then he would work just as hard as a woman. I think it can cause a negative impact if guys begin to portray women like that and don't actually know that those memes are jokes.
Joseph Holbrook
9/19/2013 08:10:19 am
I do not believe women are perceived in this image. These pictures are simply just jokes even guys have jokes like these written about them. I do however believe there is a point where the jokes can go to far and instead of it being funny, it becomes something negative. I know however most people will agree with me in saying that these are just jokes and not ment to be taken literally. People just need to realize that we can joke around like in those pictures and not take offense.
Kale Walker
9/22/2013 02:50:20 am
I agree that these are just jokes and some people take them too seriously. Some people do take it too far and that's where it needs to stop though. But people just have to face the reality that these joke are going to stay around and they might as well get used to it.
Keylee Presley
9/22/2013 11:40:21 pm
I agree, I think these picture are just jokes. Sometimes people will take things the wrong way and will be hurt by the jokes. Therefore, people should watch what they say so no one gets hurt.
Morgan Jones
9/19/2013 09:52:10 am
Everyone makes jokes about someone who is different from them. Black people have racist jokes against white people, and white people have jokes about them. Just because people joke about things, doesn't mean they're true. Hence the name "joke". If they were actually true, they would be called facts. So with this being said, I do not think women are perceived this way.
brittany hurt
9/19/2013 10:39:24 am
I actually do think that SOME men precieve wemon in this way today. They consider us the weaker sex and the more needy of the two. You can see it everyday the men are nicer to women then they are to other men they look at women like the frail speices and feel as if they need to help us, but I think this generation doesn't expect the women to 'slave' the men if you will we are more independent expected to have jobs.
Brittany hurt
9/19/2013 10:50:31 am
Jared Lunsford
9/22/2013 04:10:07 am
I agree with you. Some men perceive women like the pictures depict. Is it right for them to do that? No, absolutely not. Some people do think women are the weaker sex but that necessarily isn't true. Some women take on the leadership role in the family and that makes them strong.
Mason Johnson
9/19/2013 10:57:11 am
I think some people might perceive women in this way but I wouldn't say many do. Regardless of whom or what a joke might be about, people will always get offended. In some cases the memes might have a negative effect but they really shouldn't. Everybody should just enjoy humor and not get offended.
Brennan Fields
9/19/2013 10:24:19 pm
To some people in society can view women this way. But then again others don't. The only reason people get mad about these kind of jokes, can't take a joke. The handful of people that are like this are the ones that cause huge problems for everyone else.
Justin Ferris
9/22/2013 05:35:29 am
I agree with you Brennan. I don't think that all people see it this way. I know I don't. I hope most people don't. there are those people out there that do though and it agrivates the heck out of me.
9/20/2013 02:38:43 am
I think that women are precieved this way not by other women but mostly by men. Why the heck should a female have to make a man a sandwich? Um, HELLO! He can do it himself he has hands. The glass cieling is a very real thing but it's not the fact that women do less work than men that they get payed less it's that in the early 1900's women were only house wives, rarely career women. Women work just as hard or harder than men in most jobs because of their determination. And I don't even want to get started on the other meme. I dislike memes and I don't think they have any impact on me personally but I just think they're stupid.
Kale Walker
9/22/2013 02:53:14 am
I believe that people do perceive these pictures as jokes. Although, I also believe that some people create or say these types of jokes but actually mean what they're saying. In other words, I think that they're saying that they're joking just so they don't get judged for what they actually think is true. I also believe that most people do perceive these as jokes only.
Jared Lunsford
9/22/2013 04:05:13 am
I believe that some people perceive women in our society like this. This isn't how they should be treated but some people don't know any better. Some people have grown up believing that women are only good for housework and nothing more. I personally don't believe this but there will always be sexism in our world.Anybody can do anything that they put their heart into.
Bryanna Milligan
9/22/2013 04:43:31 am
I think that women are perceived badly, some men think that a woman can't do what a man can do and even though society has changed and a woman can do more than just be a housewife there still is a negative impact , like male workers get paid more than a woman and that woman could be a better worker but then again most of those comments are jokes and shouldn't be taken seriously some of them should just be left alone and unsaid
Justin Ferris
9/22/2013 05:33:42 am
I do not think that this is the way that women are precieved by everybody. I mean I don't feel this way about women. yes I mean I have read this and laughed but I'm not going to go up to woman and say hey go make me a sandwich. while these jokes are funny we don't need to take them to far. like I have seen boys wearing shirts that say funny story babe now go make me a sandwich, even I look at it and I am like dude that is too far.
Tristyn Nowlin
9/22/2013 06:08:09 am
I honestly don't think that this is how women are truly perceived. They are just childish jokes that have become funny. Same applied for the opposite sex. Although, I'm sure that there are some men out there that actually do perceive women this way. Some people take it to a whole different level.
Wyatt LaFever
9/22/2013 06:54:21 am
I don't think many people take these memes very seriously. I see these as just jokes because there are plenty of jokes about men or any other group of people. You just have to laugh and go on. I don't sit and ponder something as irrelevant as a meme and let it effect how I think. So no, I don't believe this is how women are perceived today or that these memes have any impact whatsoever.
Kinsey Boyer
9/22/2013 07:21:57 am
I totally agree with Wyatt. When I read the memes I just kinda laughed. Some people on the other hand take them offensively. I don't think that they are something to get upset about. I think people say stuff like that just because people have said stuff along those lines for so long that they think people dont care.
Roberto Monraga
9/22/2013 11:26:30 am
I fully agree with Wyatt, women aren't really perceived in that way now days. It just all depends on the person who sees this type of jokes, some will take it to the extreme when others will just laugh along with it and move along. It honestly just depends on the person. I do find the jokes funny but in no way would I ever view a lady in that form as joke.
9/22/2013 07:17:10 am
Yes I think that this is the way women are perceived to today. I don't nesseccarily think that that's true. Women work just as hard as men do and they still get treated unequally. I also think it has a negative effect on woman. Men think that women don't do anything and don't work as hard as them.
Keeley Foley
9/22/2013 08:26:58 am
I don't think women are perceived this way. Sure guys will joke around and be a little sexist. But, women joke around about men too. Whether it be a "man look" where you cant find something but don't really look for it or whatever. I think society is the fairest its ever been towards women and they can do just about anything a man can do. But there are also things women can do but men can't always do.
Sarah Arthur
9/22/2013 08:31:14 am
I think that in the past women have perceived as a lower class. However we have come a long way since then. I think that these memes are funny, and I don't take them offensively. I'm sure there are people out there that do take offense o thing like this. However I do not.
9/22/2013 08:56:10 am
I do not think these pictures acurately reflect how women are perceived in today's society. Also, I do not think they are taken seriously, they are just stereotypes that are continually proven wrong. Personally I do not take offense to them.
Zachary flynn
9/22/2013 10:28:25 pm
I believe that sexism is over dramatic nonsense for the most part. People, for the most part men, don't really think that males are superior to females. I think these are mainly jokes that sometimes men take too far, and women take too seriously. I don't believe that men are superior to women, and I believe that everyone else should feel them same.
Dalton abner
9/22/2013 11:17:42 pm
Sexism is often taken for a bad joke. I could tell a sandwich joke right now and would a girl be offended? Yes and no. Some girls laugh, some girls hate. It's all taken upon by the minds deception. Sexism isn't always a bad thing though. For instance. If a guy works at a hair salon and is doing a girls nails its most likely not going to look great. It'll come out looking a little funny. We don't have sturdy hands. Admit it. We can't do nails. Why am I talking about nails.
Cori Lovings
9/22/2013 11:21:33 pm
I don't think that this is how women are really perceived by most people. Yes, there are some I'm this world who believe men are better than women. I believe that this is very wrong of them to think, but that is just my opinion. Depending on who believes what, the impact can be positive or negative. It all just depends.
Nicholas Bowling
9/22/2013 11:25:09 pm
I believe that jokes like these are funny. I don't believe that any women should ever take them seriously. Like any other joke that actually makes anyone laugh, normally they are about a certain race, gender, or just vulgar. Any joke should be considered just that, a joke, no more, no less. I believe that if taken as strictly as a joke the way it was originally intended then it will not affect women in any way, if anything they should laugh along.
Bryce Stewart
9/22/2013 11:31:41 pm
I believe that these are just jokes and girls are not perceived that way in our society. I mean its just as easy to make a joke about a girl as it is for a guy. I thinknevery joke we make as a guy a girl can make one just as bad. It's just a joke or a stereotype but nobody should take it to heart. Sexism is just taken to harsh or just overblown. To make a problem.
Keylee Presley
9/22/2013 11:36:24 pm
I think it is very wrong to look at women and think they are not as "strong" or independent as men. Females can do things just as well as males, sometimes better. Males expect so much from the females. However, I don't think people are as sexist as they used to be, after a while I feel like everyone will be equal.
Carter skipworth
9/23/2013 08:02:09 am
I don't think it has much of an affect. In all honesty, I think sexism isn't a big part of our society anymore. People used to discriminate against women, but a lot of powerful people now are women. Women have just as good a chance of being somebody as men do. I don't think sexism is that big of a deal in today's society.
Austin Puckett
9/24/2013 12:20:47 am
I swear if Mrs. Cintra doesn't come back I'm gonna lose it on these subs!
Alexis Fowler
9/29/2013 06:36:49 am
I think that it really isnt a big deal to anyone. Girls joke about it just as much as boys do. I find it amusing actually, because we know thats how it used to be. Women and Men arent exactly equal but in most cases they are. Sexism is a big deal. We arent way back in the day when Women stayed home while the men worked.
Lisset rosaldo
10/14/2013 07:51:10 am
Yes their jokes, and women shouldn't get mad about it. I mean they have jokes about men too. But also the thing is that some women do get treated bad and for them it isn't funny at all, as well as men. Buts it's a joke, nobody should take it seriously.
Baylie DeBord
10/24/2013 08:16:51 am
Women today aren't really looked at like this. This is Just a simple joke. We all know that a woman can go just about anything a man can do. Just because were women doesn't make us any less capable of doing work.
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Late post alert! We went looking for a vintage bicycle a couple weeks ago and scored these treasures about five minutes in. Never did get a bicycle.
A couple months ago, we were looking around George the Second antique store in Orange (very nice stuff and they let us inside) and saw a couple sinks we liked. They were real cool and out of our price range. A couple weeks later we got a message from the woman who'd helped us there about a sink she found at Pennington's in Prescott. Anyway, between road trips, Monday meetings, and an all around glamorous lifestyle, we haven't been to Winslow since January.
We made it to Winslow Sunday in time to unpack and dig around in the Motor Palace. Monday was all about getting our hands on the building permit and lots of cleaning and sorting.
Our reward was a drive to Holbrook for dinner at Joe & Aggie's Cafe. They make some of the best Red and Green Chile around. Their secret is Grandma Aggie's recipe in small batches daily, and cast iron pots.
After dinner we returned to the Motor Palace for a little more work and relaxation.
The slow way home took about twelve hours with stops in Seligman, Grand Canyon Caverns, Hackberry Store, Kingman, Roy's in Amboy, and finally the Outpost Cafe for dinner.
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|Crazy vintage kidney belt for Lori.
|Pockets, snaps, zippers, and locks all work.
|Kennedy Kit full of Made in USA tools...and stuff.
|Old tin covered wooden machinist's box full if machine tools (don't know what they are but they look cool) and drills.
Bonus!!! Thanks Jessica at Yellow Devil Gear Exchange for the score on my wax coton Belstaff pants. I should probably wear them today with a green Steve McQueen Sweat Shirt!
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So we emptied the truck and took the southern route to Prescott with a quick stop in Quartzite. Lori got to see Sweet Pie and scored a stack of old pulp-fiction books. I picked up a DVD of Sweet Pie's 2010 show. Haven't watched it yet but his CD is really cool blues with a 60's hippie edge. From Quartzite we went north east to Wickenburg for dinner at Bar 7.
They have killer Chicken Fried Steak and a bar. The steaks are good too and people seemed especially happy in Wickenburg. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures.
After an hour or so over a winding mountain road we arrived in Prescott and were guided in to St. Michaels on Gurly St. and Whiskey Row by Richard. St Michaels is a grand old haunted hotel in the middle of all the action...and there's plenty of action. Great staff, and plenty of motorcycles too. We can't wait to ride these roads.
|The old Capitol building across the street from the Hotel and all the bars.
|Lots of motorcycles.
|We got tagged, how did they know?
|Where we found faucets for the sink.
|Bike rider on Gurly St. from bench on old Capitol.
|Lori and St. Michael. The hotel breakfast was outstanding too!
|The Holy Grail!
We made it to Winslow Sunday in time to unpack and dig around in the Motor Palace. Monday was all about getting our hands on the building permit and lots of cleaning and sorting.
|From when Motor Palace was Jenny's.
|Another artifact from the '70s or '80s. Any Vendo Coke machine experts out there?
|Jigger and Dusty's table.
|Good food here!
|66 Motor Palace Control Center.
The slow way home took about twelve hours with stops in Seligman, Grand Canyon Caverns, Hackberry Store, Kingman, Roy's in Amboy, and finally the Outpost Cafe for dinner.
|BNSF train under Route 66.
|Lori at Roy's
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Fans of William Shakespeare and comedy lovers alike are invited to the Island University for one final benefit performance of "Measure 4 Measure (Abridged)," presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The play will take place on Saturday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilson Theatre, located in the Center for the Arts.
The show is a final push to raise funds for eight students and three faculty to travel to Scotland to take part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world dating back to 1947. The festival takes place each year in August for three weeks in Scotland's capital city. Learn more about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at https://www.edfringe.com/.
The TAMU-CC students will perform "Measure 4 Measure (Abridged)" on four different days, August 5-9, during the festival.
"We're excited to provide our students with this once-in-a-lifetime experience of being part of this premiere arts festival," said J. Don Luna, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, who received the invite. "This is the place for serious students to be exposed to various elements of stage, theatre and music and connect with talented people from around the world. We've been working on the details of this trip since January and our final benefit show will be sure to excite the crowd."
"Measure 4 Measure" follows a series of promiscuous misfits in Vienna, Austria, as they try to save the life of Claudio, a young gentleman who has been unjustly sentenced to death. In the play, five Texas A&M-Corpus Christi students will present 15 characters in 55 minutes that are sure to have "the Bard" (Shakespeare) howling from his 400 year-old grave. It's the year of Shakespeare, so celebrate and measure your laughs with Lucio, Pompey, Angelo, Isabella and the rest of this merry band.
The group received an invitation to perform overseas back in 2014 and raised funds in 2015.
Students attending the trip are:
Also traveling to Scotland will be Kelly Russell, Professor of Theatre and Director of the Department of Theatre and Dance; Alison Frost, Associate Professor of Theatre; both of whom are directing the play, and Kevin Loeffler, Assistant Professor of Theatre, who is in charge of technical direction and design.
On the night of the benefit show, the University Theatre Box Office, located in the Center for the Arts, will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are now available for purchase online at www.CorpusStage.com. The cost for students, faculty, staff and the public to attend is $10 per person. The show is for mature audiences only. For more information, call 361.825.3077; or email email@example.com.
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Talented Upper Sixth student, Millie Macdonald, is preparing for the private viewing of her exhibition Chāi Nà.
Her exhibition is part of her Extended Project Qualification and explores China's infrastructure and politics.
Talking about her upcoming exhibition, Millie said,
"The Installation is very personal to me as it represents my observations during my childhood growing up in Beijing. China's capital city has a unique ambience, where ancient imperial temples and pagodas sit among glistening high-rise office blocks."
She continued,
"China's traditional heritage juxtaposed with a desire for modernisation sparked controversy when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. The dichotomy between the idealism of the Beijing Olympics as portrayed in the official media materials, and the untold reality of Hutong demolitions, is explored through my exhibition."
As well as the Extended Project Qualification, Millie is studying Chemistry, Biology and Geology for her A Levels. Speaking about her decision to take the EPQ, Millie commented,
"The EPQ has allowed me to pursue my passion for Installation Art and my interest in the Chinese Political Artist Ai Weiwei."
After completing her A Levels, Millie hopes to study Geology at Durham University in addition to continuing her Mandarin studies and interest in Chinese art and culture.
The Extended Project Qualification is provided as an option for Sixth Form students to study any subject or topic of their choosing in order to gain a recognised qualification. Students' final projects have included exhibitions, dissertations, performances and artefacts.
Students who complete an Extended Project have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate a wide range of transferable skills and it is highly regarded by universities.
Chāi Nà will be exhibiting from 24 January to the 7 February in Truro School's Heseltine Gallery.


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The technology used in portable drilling machines is relatively straightforward. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't take time to choose one carefully. If you understand how they're built and what each component does, you'll be in good shape to choose an appropriate machine that will give you many years of trouble free use across a diverse range of projects.
With this in mind, we've created an infographic guide to the Mirage HT50 drill, which is a heavy duty, high torque portable drilling machine used for general on-site metal drilling projects. Take a look at our infographic to discover how it works.
For a quick snapshot take a look the image below, or download in PDF format. Click here to download the diagram in PDF format.
Here is a summary of the main components
Drive motor: The hydraulic motor delivers an impressive 5 horsepower, but where hydraulic is not appropriate an air motor can be specified.
Feed: Choosing a machine that provides both manual and variable auto-feed is recommended. The HT50 has an auto feed of up to 32mm per minute and a manual feed of 2.5mm per revolution.
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Spindle: The ISO 50 spindle is included to allow the user to perform heavy duty drilling jobs that require higher torque. The spindle should also accept tooling options such as; Morse Taper Sleeves, Spade drills, Sara drills (with integral coolant delivery), Hollow Cutters and Boring Heads. The ISO 50 spindle on the HT50 allows drill diameters up to 5" to be used.
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The vibes were nice with a lot of the homies in the building such as Kish Kash, XO Man, the Crepe City Squad, King of Trainers and many more. The"Fear City" collection from PUMA and ALIFE is very strong including three sneaker silhouettes, a pair of sliders and some dope apparel. Check out the pics below.
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Family and friends are invited to the library for a night of Halloween fun as we screen the movie Hotel Transylvania.
Pizza will be provided and costumes are encouraged. Registration is required, so please contact the library to claim your spot for this festive event!


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What do we do when the power's out?
What do we do when the lights go down?
In the UK right now we are in the middle of some incredibly bad weather and as a result, we had a power cut that went on for about 3 hours last night.
It was interesting to see what happened during the cut.
At first there was annoyance. It was suddenly dark, our normal activities had been interrupted and we didn't know how long for.
Then came the novelty of the situation. My children were running around the house with torches and flashlights. They loved the darkness and the quiet.
Once we had settled down and the initial excitement had worn off we started to connect. Without the distraction of the TV or other devices we just talked.
We talked about what we had done over the previous few days and what we had planned over the next few days. We talked about the Christmas presents my children had just received and how things were going at school.
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I've been judging a poetry competition. It's been hard because of the number of poems I've had to read and because of the insight it's given me into what people think poetry is.
It's like a mirror of contemporary culture, many very competently written pieces, polished and clearly thought about, but little that challenges me. Many writers have appropriated a style of language but ignored the fact a poem has to do something else. I blame the new formalists. There are many in the poetry world, the cliques who hold court in universities and conferences, at prize givings and festivals, who have set language as the key criterion, beyond meaning or substance.
I'm not suggesting that every poem should make a big statement. It's tempting to choose poems that seem to do that because of course there's big prize money here and we're a society obsessed with the concept of value for money (is that in the number of words or ideas?). I want poems to make me think and feel different, that create their own world and rules. There are not enough people who are willing to challenge the norm and the norm-setters.
So I think poetry's confused. It shows in the many poems that eloquently describe nothing. I want a poem to lift me, to stay with me, to jump into my mind on the train or in the morning when I wake up. I want it to be that nag at the back of my mind when I'm talking to someone, the reminder.
So, I've been reading Penelope Shuttle's latest book, Redgrove's Wife, which describes everything that's important. It's a magnificent book. Also Robin Robertson's Swithering, which is also totally engaging. These are reassuring. LIke Vicki Feaver's The book of blood.
I have been reading them in between reading competition entries, together with Neruda's Captain's Verses - the most astonishing book of love poetry there is. I've adored Neruda's work for years. Food and love. He can't be matched.
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How to Become a Wedding Officiant in NYC in 3 Steps
Whether you're having a large wedding or eloping, couples are increasingly customizing their big day with personal touches — and that includes having a friend or family member officiate their wedding in NYC.
But how does one become a wedding officiant in NYC? Can one really get ordained online and have the marriage be legal? The answers: surprisingly easily, and yes. Here's the easiest way to officiate a wedding officiant in NYC:
1. Get ordained online.
In order to be eligible to officiate a wedding in NYC, if you're not already a minister or clergy member, or a federal or state judge, the easiest way to become a wedding officiant is get ordained online. A quick Google search will turn up multiple online "churches" that — surprise! — are actually recognized.
Some popular ones (in no particular order):
If performing the ceremony in New York City, you will need to specifically get ordained to officiate weddings in NYC, not just New York. Most organizations will run you around $35.
2. Register with the NYC City Clerk's Office.
After you get ordained by an accredited online organization, they will mail you a ministry packet. This will include several documents, including a letter of good standing from the church, as well as a copy of the church's Articles of Incorporation. These are two documents that you will need to send to the NYC City Clerk's Office to get officially registered.
For those living within the 5 boroughs, you'll need to physically make a trip to the NYC City Clerk's Office at 141 Worth St. in Manhattan. Bring the documents from the church, as well as a government-issued photo ID and a credit card to pay ($15). You'll need to wait in the queue, but once your number is called you'll fill out some paperwork and sign a huge registry book (seriously, it's big and looks ancient), and then it's official!
For those not living in New York, you can mail in your notarized paperwork (note that it will take up t0 30 days to get processed).
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The ceremony is only one thing — as the officiant, you're also responsible for the legal paperwork to get done. The couple will be responsible for providing you their marriage license, obtained at least 24 hours before the wedding, but not later than 60 days. After the ceremony, you, the newlyweds, and a witness will need to sign the marriage license, and then you need to send back the paperwork in the envelope provided to the couple.


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Photography Competition
The RBGE Photography Competition is back and it's bigger than ever! RBGE announce the launch of the 2018 Competition, and they want to see your best images of plants, landscapes and the natural world. The top prize this year is £1,000 and the competition is open until 31st October 2018. In all but one of the categories, they welcome photos taken anywhere in the world; click here to find out how to enter.
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A proposed conservation easement located near Philipsburg would secure more than 1000 acres of public hunting access if approved by Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The Buxbaum-Boulder Creek Ranch easement, brokered by Five Valleys Land Trust, would protect 1,193 acres and allow hunting access in perpetuity. The ranch supports diverse wildlife habitat including important big game winter range as well as non-game species habitat, native grasslands, forested draws, pocket wetlands, and aspen stands.
The easement will be purchased using funds from the Montana Department of Justice Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Upon approval, the access portion of the easement would be transferred to FWP to administer hunting access. The proposed easement is adjacent to USFS lands.
MWF, Hellgate Hunters and Anglers, and Anaconda Sportsmen's club wrote comments in support of the easement that will improve public hunting access and protect important wildlife habitat from development. Read the Letter of Support.
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Kyle promises to represent all clients honestly and ethically. Kyle's knowledge of real estate in the Flathead Valley is backed by a true love for the outdoors and the area. He is passionate and well informed about the market, which allows him to guide his clients into their dream home or commercial real estate. Call Kyle today at 406.871.4947.
A Whitefish History Lesson
Photo provided by Stumptown Historical Society.
In the mid-1850s, a group of trappers working the Flathead Valley's rivers, lakes and streams for beaver and other pelts came upon a group of Indians pulling a native fish species – Whitefish – from a long, narrow lake … and suddenly, after tens of thousands of years, the lake had a name!
Though trappers, traders and waves of westward immigrants passed through the area during the second half of the century, it wasn't until 1883 that the first permanent settler – John Morton – built a cabin on the shore of Whitefish Lake, just west of the mouth of the Whitefish River. Morton was joined by the forefathers of the local logging industry – including the Baker and Hutchinson brothers – in the early 1890s. Logging crews "boomed-up" their logs behind a dam built at the river mouth by the Boston & Montana Commercial Company, which – when opened – created a rush of water that helped float the logs down the river to Kalispell.
Crews laying track for the Great Northern Railway entered the Flathead Valley from what is now West Glacier in 1891, and initially followed a route through Columbia Falls and Kalispell, then west through Idaho and Washington to the Pacific Ocean. But the route west of Kalispell included a difficult climb over the Salish Mountains … a steep and tortuous grade winding slowly up one side, then just as painstakingly down the other.
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Whitefish Adopts Affordable Housing Plan
City council approves 'road map' to add hundreds of workforce housing units by 2020
The Whitefish City Council on Monday adopted a blueprint to guide the community as it grapples with an affordable housing crisis, while members of the public and city leaders emphasized the need to put the plan's recommended strategies into swift action.
According to a workforce housing needs assessment released in December 2016, middle-income, working-class Whitefish residents have limited options when it comes to finding comfortable, cost-effective living arrangements, a problem that is displacing locals and forcing them to live outside their chosen community — 56 percent of Whitefish's workforce lives in neighboring communities, 34 percent of whom would prefer to live in Whitefish.
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