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Clara G. Fernandez - Three Months After her Abduction.
-Clara on November 17Th 2004, almost three months after she was abducted from her home in Key West and after her near fatal fall.
Before her abduction, Clara lived happily in her well equipped home designed to meet her handicap needs. She was being lovingly cared for and enjoyed nutritious meals according to her special dietary needs and was under 24 hour supervision.
After being abducted, Clara was left alone in a motel room while her handlers left her heavily sedated. Clara, left to her own devise, decided to take a shower without assistance. Clara fell in the bathroom and hit her head on the porcelain tub. She was found later by her handlers and was taken to the E.R. in Key West. Her injuries were so critical that she then had to be air-lifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Trauma Center in Miami, Florida to undergo emergency neurosurgery.
The result of that fall indeed rendered her "totally incapacitated".
Again, another 'CASE OF NEGLECT' involving the elderly.
Here in writing, a statement from Al Fernandez Jr. as he tells how he left Clara G. Fernandez, an 87 year old elder suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer's, alone in a hotel room unsupervised.
("Clara was prone to falls and never should have been removed from her handicapped equipped home where her legal caregivers had her under 24 hour supervision and gentle care.")
In this statement, another witness describes how Clara was left alone with a warning, "You are not allowed to take a shower when you are alone."
The Manufacturer of Ambien warns against sedating an 'older person unsupervised'
Here the question of whether she was 'under the influence' or 'sedated' is put to rest when asked by emergency personnel.


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text: Calgary Stampeders News Roundup for October 11, 2013 GAMEDAY EDITION Salvation Army Coat Drive With the Canadian Football League season heading into the stretch run, warm sunny summer days will soon be nothing but a memory and it will once again be time to dig into storage closets for cold-weather gear. The Calgary Stampeders ask their fans to remember the less-fortunate members of the community who don't have suitable winter wear as the club launches its 11th annual Share the Warmth coat drive in support of The Salvation Army. This year's drive is enthusiastically supported by radio station Q107, Calgary's Classic Rock — The Jeff & Sarah Show. http://stampeders.com/salvation-army-coat-drive LEWIS PROVIDES LEADERSHIP Last Saturday night at McMahon Stadium, as the Stampeders played the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Nik Lewis hobbled up and down the sideline greeting his teammates as they would come off the field, congratulating them, cheering for them and offering a quick shot of advice. Since going down to a devastating leg injury in Week 8 versus the BC Lions, Lewis has been actively trying to support the team in any way possible, including mentoring the younger receivers. "I think I still do the same as far as leadership and everything," Lewis said after Wednesday's morning practice. http://stampeders.com/article/lewis-provides-leadership Vital month on tap for the Stamps Let the tournament begin! The entire Canadian Football League heads into the final four weeks of the season with divisional matchups for the balance of the season. For the Calgary Stampeders, that gives them a a chance to learn their fate in head-to-head competition. The Stampeders enter the 'tournament' with a two-game lead on the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the British Columbia Lions. However, three of their final four games are against those teams. The point is, the Stampeders are in good shape but their closest rivals have a great shot at running the Stampeders down. http://www.cfl.ca/article/stephen-vital-month-on-tap-for-the-stamps Cornish & Co. ready for Leos The B.C. Lions weren't going to get trampled by Jon Cornish again. 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Friday, November 18, 2016
Cleaver: Bannon appointment undermines Trump's call to be a president for all
As we watch President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence begin their selection process of the next White House administration, one can only hope that the future cabinet is a representation of the interest and benefits of all Americans.
I must admit, I began to worry about that future the moment I heard President-elect Trump had appointed Stephen Bannon as White House Chief Strategist. Stephen Bannon's ties to the White Nationalist movement have been noted and well documented. Bannon repeatedly pushed stories, while at the head of Breitbart News, that promoted anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racism. Reports also proclaim Bannon praised the alt-right as the "smarter version of old school racist skinheads." Surely, this is not who Americans want as top advisor to the President.
I joined nearly 170 U.S. Representatives in writing a letter to President-elect Trump encouraging him to reconsider his appointment of Stephen Bannon. I strongly oppose this appointment as do many of my constituents in Missouri's 5th District who called our office and voiced their disapproval. This appointment not only undermines Mr. Trump's call to be the president for all, it sets an overall discriminatory tone for millions of Americans.
I hope President-elect Trump listens to the American people and is truly sincere about bridging the racial and ethnic divide that is currently brewing in America. No matter how rich, or how big of a media star, or how many people bow down to you, the manner in which you treat fellow human beings, in due course, defines who you really are.
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1. Bannon never made any anti-Semitic remarks. His ex wife claimed he made remarks during their divorce in 1997. (See the ADL website and their "5 Things to Know About Stephen Bannon" article)
2. The Brietbart headline that the media keeps plastering all over the place as proof of Bannon's anti-Semitism, was an article written by a Jewish author who works for Brietbart.
3. Bannon served in the Navy. At sea as a Special Warfare Officer and stateside as special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations.
4. Bannon has 3 degrees. A Bachelors degree from Virginia Polytech, a masters in National Security studies from Georgetown, and an M.B.A. degree with honors from Harvard Business School.
5. Bannon described his role at Brietbart as virulently anti-establishment.
6. Anyone who has known or worked with Steve Bannon claims that he is one of the smartest people they have ever met. They also claim never to have perceived him to be racist, homophobic, or anti-Semitic.
Based on his history, the personal testimony of people who actually know him, and the veracity with which he is being attacked by the left, I am willing to give him a chance to prove his character.
Anyone who regularly reads Breitbart.com knows that Cleaver is at best ignorant and simply repeating today's talking points, which in earlier less dishonest days were called the Party Line, or at the other extreme is lying through his teeth.
Doesn't matter, as the Alt Right likes to say, "We Don't Care", and that's certainly true for Trump and Bannon.
One wonders if the Left will ever accept that Trump doesn't play by the rules they've set up to ensure the Right always loses.
1. The left understands exactly that Trump "doesn't play by the rules" of decency or honesty. We've seen him in action during the campaign. We've also notices how he consistently refuses to definitively denounce his KKK supporters - and in fact, dog-whistles to them with racist appointees like Bannon and Sessions.
2. An ex employee of Beitbart on Bannon:
"Andrew Breitbart despised racism. Truly despised it," former Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro wrote last week on the Daily Wire, a conservative website. "With Bannon embracing Trump, all that changed. Now Breitbart has become the alt-right go-to website, with [technology editor Milo] Yiannopoulos pushing white ethno-nationalism as a legitimate response to political correctness, and the comment section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist mememakers."
3. No one doubts that Bannon is smart, went to college or served in the military. What do these facts have to do with the points that Cleaver makes about his nastier tendencies and his promotion of alt-right nationalism- which are well-documented
He is a White hating racist fake pastor. Who make unsubstantiated claims that he can't back up but true facts just those made up by the liberal-left and their followers.
1. The Left has absolutely no concept of decency or honesty, except as cudgels to beat up the Right with. Witness the Wikileaks and Project Veritas revelations during this campaign, hard to get lower than paying mentally ill people to foment violence at the other candidates forums to create an appearance that he's the violent one. The lies that you parrot mean nothing to us.
2. Ben Shaprio is a cuckservative at best, and there's a reason he and his father are no longer employees of Breitbart, the son was part of a ludicrous conspiracy to take out Trump's campaign manager, one trivially disproved by just looking at the multiple video tapes of the "incident". And you say that Breitbart being a go-to site for the Alt Right, that is, the inchoate movement that's among other things dedicated to winning as opposed to movement conservatives like Shaprio's preferred "noble" defeat, is a bad thing.
3. Again, you call out these things like they're bad.
Bottom line is a watch phrase of the Alt Right: "We Don't Care".
And amazingly enough, when the Left went all in on smearing Bannon, the GOPe didn't cave!!!. Not a single one of them! This should terrify the Left and the Democratic Party, they're losing one of their most powerful weapons, the most if you count how many targets it can be applied to, but not as powerful as the lawfare Shaprio and company attempted, which I expect we'll be seeing more of.
What you folks do not seem to realize is that there are at least a million and a half more Democrats in this country than there are Republicans and the party is gaining in membership with every person we can get across the border. You Republicans have somewhere between four and six years to bask in your stolen glory until the numbers catch up with you and we take your damned guns away from you.
7:21 AM: And which of you mice are to bell the cat?
You try that s***, and we'll not only swamp whichever paramilitary forces choose to align themselves with the Federal government, we'll start hunting you, and the number of Democratic voters will very rapidly decrease, although I imagine more through self-deportation and surrender than ending up in mass graves.
And your scheme doesn't match the reported exit polling demographics at all, compared to Romney, Trump's minority votes substantially increased, while the white vote was static. There's no reason to believe that, if Trump is as successful as he's been to date, that all these voting demographics for him won't increase. In the meanwhile, we'll have fun in the political arena sending more of the GOPe back home to spend more time with their families.
But getting back to your threat of mass physical violence, seriously, you don't want to go there, nothing good will come of it. We haven't been buying guns in ever greater month to month numbers just to meekly turn them in.
Anonymous 5:03. Gratuitous name-calling means nothing unless you can document in a way that would convince a neutral, rational human being that Cleaver is a "white-hating racist." Sadly for us all, such documentary evidence of Bannon's white nationalist proclivities indisputably exist.
Anonymous 5:34. The fact that Bannon is smart, graduated from college and served in the military is not bad. Just not relevant to charges of racism that he has amply justified in word and deed. And calling folks who offer evidence that Bannon promotes racist, white nationalism bad names and making ad hominem attacks against does not disprove their assertions.
You are right that there are indecent and dishonest people on both left and right - although the examples you give seem pretty petty in the light the Trump brigade's many indecencies (and Trump's personal indecencies, frauds, and cons - not to mention his possibly treasonous collusion with Russian interests). It's just that right now the indecent white supremacist brigade is in control of the White House.
Anonymous 7.21.: There are more Democrats than Republicans - witness the fact that HRC is on track to win the popular vote by almost 2 million votes (the count in CA is still continuing). The country is changing demographically - but not because anyone is actively promoting illegal immigration by trying to "get" folks across the border.
Nor is anyone going to take away legally held guns although it would be great if we could regulate gun ownership just to the degree that we regulate driving. I personally don't feel safe when any angry crackpot (felon, terrorist - fill in the blank) can not only acquire a gun but carry it legally in almost any venue.
Anonymous 5:34: Of course the right didn't cave. The Bannon line sadly reflects the identity of a good portion of that right - remember the "basket of deplorables"? Well, it's chock-full.
As long as the GOP elite get a Supreme Court that will ratify the druthers of the folks who pay their bills, and a president who'll sign legislation to roll back Medicare, Social Security, and Obamacare, all's good for them, no matter how nasty the means they've employed to realize these goals - they'll likely go along with race baiting too.
Anonymous 8:13. Your zeal may be commendable in some circles, but don't you feel a little foolish that you've allowed yourself to be baited? You sound downright violent.
There are more Democrats than Republicans - witness the fact that HRC is on track to win the popular vote
Which is absolutely meaningless, because neither candidate ran a campaign to win the popular vote, they went for the Electoral College, seeing as how that's how you actually win. You are Not Even Wrong.
Of course the right didn't cave.
You missed that I'm talking about the GOPe, which has shown itself in deeds and often words to be center-left. That not a single one of them decided it was more advantageous to virtue signal by ritually denouncing him says a lot.
Your zeal may be commendable in some circles, but don't you feel a little foolish that you've allowed yourself to be baited? You sound downright violent.
I consider it giving fair warning, when anyone mouths off about seizing our guns, we need to tell them the consequences if they actually go through with it, so we're morally in the clear when we kill them for their effrontery. And "downright violent?" May have escaped your notice, but Joplin is in the cultural South, and you're absolutely right, if sufficiently provoked by physical threats, me and mine in return can be downright violent. So it's best to not provoke us "downright violent" types with physical violence, right?
I personally don't feel safe when any angry crackpot (felon, terrorist - fill in the blank) can not only acquire a gun but carry it legally in almost any venue.
Flatly false, no felon can so much as legally possess a single round of ammunition.
And with that falsehood, 11:29 AM, you've proven yourself to be grossly ignorant and parroting the lies of the Left's narratives, or worse, you're not going to come even faintly close to convincing us, we're heard it all before, and We Don't Care.
12:55: I am very sure that there are some on the right who will never be convinced of anything contrary to their preconceptions, no matter how careful the reasoning or overwhelming the evidence. Thanks to you, I now know why. They "just don't care."
Many of us do care, however. Which is why we are so disturbed by folks who think it is acceptable to metaphorically (I hope it's metaphorical) wave their guns in defense of an aspirationally authoritarian presidential administration, well-stocked with overt racists such as Jeff Sessions and alt-right nationalists like Steve Bannon.
You are of course, right about felons not owning guns legally in Missouri, although that remains somewhat tenuous; the Missouri Supreme Court issued a 5-2 split decision that reversed an earlier lower court ruling that read the law as permitting felons to own guns. Of course the prevalence of guns, the lack of controls on the informal transfer of guns among individuals, along with the frequent theft of guns insures that felons carry arms in Missouri.But that's the unpleasant reality here in the new Wild West.
12:55: I just noticed that you think that you would be "morally in the clear" when you kill folks for their "effrontery" in threatening your gun ownership (which doee not,incidentally, necessariy imply violence). Lordy! Didn't your mama, your Sunday school, anybody, teach you anything abot morality?
It amazes me that there is anyone who actually believes that if the Government comes to get your guns, you are going to stop them. But then again, Randy Weaver thought that and so did the BD folks at Waco.
Which is why we are so disturbed by folks who think it is acceptable to metaphorically (I hope it's metaphorical) wave their guns in defense of an aspirationally authoritarian presidential administration, well-stocked with overt racists such as Jeff Sessions and alt-right nationalists like Steve Bannon.
Out of which orifice did you pull that?
Up to now, guns have only come up in the context of a post-Trump administration trying to take them away from us.
You are of course, right about felons not owning guns legally in Missouri
I didn't say Missouri, because whatever the state law is, the controlling Federal law is clear, felony conviction, no legal possession for you.
I just noticed that you think that you would be "morally in the clear" when you kill folks for their "effrontery" in threatening your gun ownership (which doee not,incidentally, necessariy imply violence)
If I'd said that, you've be right to call me on it, but since only I said this would come to pass if these people were employing physical violence to try to take them away from us ... well, you're also ignoring the entire point of that bit, that our statements now about the consequences of trying are to give gun grabbers fair warning if they let their their effrontery go to far.
It amazes me that there is anyone who actually believes that if the Government comes to get your guns, you are going to stop them. But then again, Randy Weaver thought that and so did the BD folks at Waco.
I guess you haven't noticed that playing the game by the other side's rules, that ensure you're going to lose, is no longer in vogue, not that we were planning on anyway. I doubt Randy Weaver ever thought such a thing, he just wanted to be left along. Waco, I guess it escaped your notice that that was a bolt out of the blue, the ATF wanted a big, dramatic "rice bowl" raid to help them in budget negotiations with the new Clinton administration.
In both cases, the victims were minding their own business when the Feds showed up and started shooting first. There's not much you can do about that if you're at the top of the list, as Jerry Pournelle put it, "I don't plan on trying conduct a point defense against the government". But if the Left and its government were to be so unwise to change the rules of the game as they play it, to start seizing everyone's guns, we wouldn't cower in our homes waiting for the next available SWAT team to show up. We'd start hunting ... and there are so many more of us, we'd quickly swamp them, and then start addressing the root cause so we wouldn't have to bother with such s*** for many generations.
And it wouldn't be this simple, can you imagine the JPD, with its staunch support of armed citizens, being part of such a debacle? No, they'd be on our side, as would any police department who's members wanted to stay alive, as would large portions of the military, etc. It would be a gigantic, bloody mess, which is why I urge gun grabbers to find something better to do, it would not end well for anyone. In the meanwhile, they're just further polarizing the country, which the last few elections suggest is not a good thing.
Sure the military would be on your side. Just like the Ohio National Guard was on the side of the students at Kent State.
Sure the military would be on your side. Just like the Ohio National Guard was on the side of the students at Kent State.
The rioting students who'd previously burned down the ROTC building? Who were of the Left?
There's also the issue of the Fed's agent provocateur on site, who in the most recent findings may have been the one who started shooting first, and the minor detail that this was a single, very heated event.
By comparison, the various units and individuals of the military would have plenty of time to decide whether to follow such orders, including whether they'd align themselves with the Right against the Left, as they did at Kent State, or align themselves with the gun-grabbing, civil war fomenting Left. It would be unwise for the Left to assume all of the military would do the latter.
I seem to recall that Calley ordered his troops to cease fire but it is hard to stop a young soldier who has tasted blood frenzy. One of the things you seem to have hung your theory on is that it is only people on the left you would have to contend with. If the military is ordered to take the guns, they will take the guns and it does not matter how many they have to kill to achieve their directives. You seem to believe that just because you are an American, an American soldier would not pull the trigger on you if you refused to disarm. I assure you that is an invalid assumption.
You seem to assume that the military would side with armed civilians. I can assure you that the military does not approve of armed civilians.
If you're correct, and I have absolutely no reason to believe your "assurances" and such, then our military will find out what it's like to operation without a secure rear area. Unless they and their families bunker up inside bases and such, and make real sure their supplies of everything from food to medicines are not interdicted, I suspect there will be some changes of heart.
And as long as we're now invoking Vietnam, fragging of idiot superiors, and units, however small, going over to the other side. Plus we just don't have the mechanisms that totalitarian armies have to enforce loyalty. And, still, we gun owners, even is you assume only the historic "Three Percent", wildly outnumber them; are they about to start shelling recalcitrant neighborhoods? Because operating just as infantry they lose their biggest advantages and force multipliers.
Or it could get arbitrarily nasty, something very much on the table is our killing big Blue cities wholesale. Which would also drain the swamp of Democrats, you might say. And that's not something the military could stop, although they could get seriously tied down just trying to supply water to keep some alive for a while.
Again, there is no way this ends well, especially for the gun grabbing side.
Meanwhile, continue to let the hate flow, it'll just motivate us to buy more guns and ammo, teach more newbies how to shoot and get them adequately armed, etc. Those numbers are going very badly for your side, just look at the wild increases in concealed carry licenses.
Oh, yeah, "the military", at least under its soon to change management, doesn't like armed enlisted men either, on or off duty. I wonder if all those sentries who are forced to "guard" their positions with unloaded rifles (albeit with a magazine in their pocket or the like, one reason the Beirut barracks bombing succeeded) have the same opinion on armed citizens as their superiors terrified of a not perfect officer efficiency report, perhaps caused by an negligent discharge of one of the men under them.
The military is most certainly not monolithic, starting with the officer and enlisted division.
Or we could just farm it out to Executive Outcomes. I hear they are pretty good as disarming citizen armies.
The Joplin Police Department is 1/20th of Executive Outcomes's size, back when it existed. I'm sure you don't have to draw a very large circle around Joplin before it encompasses more law enforcement officers than the largest number of men they ever had.
There's reasons these things are the remit of nation states, outside of truly chaotic regions like Africa where EO they had their time in the sun. Sovereign immunity is one of them, for example.
The sovereign immunity will be invested with the collectors. Remember that Canada, Australia and Britain all handled the collection without bloodshed. It is amazing how the threat of arrest and asset seizure will motivate most citizens to obey the law.
Here is the timeline on weapon confiscation. On 20 January Trump will take office. On 21 January the Capitol Building will burn to the ground. On 22 January the arsonist will be identified as a Mexican Union Member. On 23 January Congress will meet in extraordinary session to pass the Enabling Acts which will allow Trump the authority to arrest and detain both Mexicans and Union Members and, most importantly, the ability to confiscate all civilian owned firearms in the Country. Fast and easy and you will not even realize what happened to you.
The sovereign immunity will be invested with the collectors.
Just like it has hasn't been for private prisons? That would require enhancing it, which of course could happen, but the government doesn't like to transfer liability to itself. And there would be a whole heaping helping of liabilities from survivors with innocent family members killed. See Randy Weaver, the money didn't replace his wife and son, but it did hurt the government.
Remember that Canada, Australia and Britain all handled the collection without bloodshed.
In Britain there were very few left after a century of gun control, and all were registered. And obviously since then, there's been no crimes committed with now outlawed guns. I actually don't know the story in detail, but it's a lot easier if you first outlaw effective self-defense, as the U.K. in the courts in the 1950s, and by statute in the 1960s. For some more recent info on that, search on proposals for "have a go" laws.
Canada, I'm not sure there even were any major confiscations? I do know there was massive resistance to the 1993 registration law, and the government dropped the whole thing a few years ago (!!!).
Australia, yes a confiscation, but again massive resistance, it's estimates only a small fraction of the banned weapons were turned in.
So the "lack of bloodshed" has more to do with the governments not pressing the issue, than the sort of confiscation you're talking about.
7:24 AM: And the enabled God-Emperor Trump will then s*** on his base? I think not, as Hitler didn't with privately owned guns of "Aryan" Germans, and the laws were loosened on Nazi Party members. But if you think that sort of thing might happen, despite almost the entire political establishment hating him with a burning passion, perhaps it would be best that you buy a rifle of military utility privately, so you can resist when you'd be otherwise dragged out of your home and put on a bus headed to a camp, like the "Good Germans" Jews who Hitler first seized their registered guns from....
This is of course why we fight registration laws so hard, pretty much all confiscations have been preceded by registration, except for the PRC, where "rifle taxes" were used to dry up the small supply of civilian owned guns (not all that many in a generally dirt poor country).
We don't need registration laws. All we have to do is use NRA membership lists to guide us upon our quest. Additionally some states, such as Illinois use a firearm owner's identification card as a requirement for ammunition purchases. And then there are the list of folks with concealed carry permits which are on file in every sheriff's office. We will find you.
Don't be too complacent. Trump is going to dump on his base so bad they will not see it coming.
12:38 PM: The NRA's membership has never been more than a bare fraction of the nation's gun owners, perhaps 3% right now. Similarly, to date no state has issued CCW licenses to more than 10% of its age eligible population, and the norm is more like 5%, which Jasper county hit a while ago. And the vast majority of the nation's gun owning population doesn't live in mandatory registration states like Illinois.
But, sure, there are ways to guess who owns guns. But the real question here is who will find whom first, if you are so insane as to try this gambit. If you live in a big Blue city, it won't even be personal, we'll kill them wholesale if it gets that nasty, as I noted @1:47 PM.
12:39 PM: On what do you base this claim? Do you think Trump's vanity will allow him to be a failure as a President for something that's so easily avoided?
A lot of us voted for him because we were sure to lose with any other candidate, many also noted that he likes to win, to succeed, and we don't expect that to change once he's in office. Nor have we seen any serious signs to date that he's going to attack his base, which is essentially what you're claiming. What would he gain by doing that??
It is the fact that you are so willing to kill people is the very reason we have to take the guns away from you.
It is the fact that you are so willing to kill people is the very reason we have to try with lethal force to take the guns away from you which will result in us killing you in return.
Fixed it for you, showing the twisted logic of your argument.
And we're "so willing to kill people" because we know our 20th Century history, we know taking our guns away is only a precursor to killing or imprisoning us in huge numbers. After all, Obama started his political career in the house of two of the most notorious and violent of the cultural '60s "revolutionaries", who made a wild guess 10% of the population would not be capable of reeducation and would have to be killed after they took over.
And anyone who's aware of the raw, seething hatred the Left is displaying towards those of us who voted for Trump can see this attitude, the sort of thing the French Revolution birthed in its modern form, has now been normalized in a very large fraction of the Left. After all, you don't see many figures on the Left telling the most vocal and violent of them to cool it and accept a peaceful transfer of power, do you? And this goes from the top down, starting with Obama himself.
All a part of declaring the Republican party in specific and the Right in general to be irredeemably illegitimate if not illegal since Watergate, remember all the lawfare again the Reagan administration? I'm told the level of political stress we're seeing is as high as it was in 1856-60, and we all know what happened after that, what the mere election of Lincoln started, although it was he who took it to bloody war. You think Hillary was blowing off steam when she explicitly declared a quarter of the nation to be "irredeemable"? I assure you we paid attention to the implicit threat behind such a religious in nature declaration.
So, no, there's no way were going to play this game of yours, by your rules, as you envision. Leave us alone, and we can continue to live in semi-peace, continuing our cold civil war by mostly peaceful means. Weasel word since, for example, Team Hillary was caught paying people to foment violence at Trump events, with the deliberate objective to create the impression he was the violent one, and of course the Left's response to a normal election was to riot in the streets. Albeit in their big Blue cities. Violently attack us, as you propose to do, and we will return it a thousand fold.
You would think the choice to leave us alone or not would be obvious. That it's not explains our posture.
I guess whatever happens is preordained then because we are going to take the damned guns away. And we are going to do it during the last two years of Trump's one and only term.
You see, the majority of gun sales lately have been to minority owners. Therein lies a problem. How do you disarm them without disarming everyone? Do not suffer the illusion that it is only your side which is armed and dangerous.


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Jeff Beacher, the creator of the Beacher's Madhouse theater venues at the MGM Grand Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, is setting his sights on the Playboy Mansion for his newest and most exclusive showplace.
TMZ reported Monday that he met with Playboy execs about buying the iconic six-acre Holmby Hills estate and creating a partnership with Playboy Enterprises in which Beacher could use the Playboy name for a club he'd develop. Beacher showed up at the meeting with paperwork for a $90 million offer, which included $12 million of his money and the rest from partners.
According to Beacher, his new venture will not be a nightspot as reported by some outlets, but an exclusive, upscale members-only club offering a variety of business, fitness and hospitality amenities. He said modern upgrades will be completed while preserving the Playboy Mansion's original décor and character.
"We envision this as a private hotel-meets-country club," said Beacher. "We loved the idea of the Playboy Mansion as it is a private property that already fills the checklist of 100 things a sophisticated member would want. It's beautiful, historic and perfect for what we want to accomplish."
A major stipulation of the purchase involves Playboy founder Hugh Hefner being allowed to stay in residence. An earlier proposal made by Hustler founder Larry Flynt was rejected, as Flynt did not meet the asking price and was not favorable to having his 89-year-old rival publisher living in the house. Beacher, in contrast, feels Hefner's continued presence will bring added appeal and cache to the property.
"We are totally cool about Hefner living at the property," he said. "We think he will bring a lot to the experience for members."
Beacher described his private club concept would be along the lines of the Soho House in West Hollywood, where members can host business meetings and private events, and there will be other perks for the membership such as a state-of-the-art gym. However, he stressed there will be no nightclub on the property as his intention is to provide members a peaceful, resort-y experience.
While it was reported that five guest bungalows were going to be built on the property, Beacher said may be more, depending on the conditions set in the final deal.
Beacher said that he predicted the meetings Monday were going to be the first of many, which he estimates will take place over several weeks before a final deal is secured. Once a deal is set, he said there would be talks with the city about zoning, construction and other issues affecting the property, noting that the Playboy Mansion has historically hosted a number of charity and business events over the years.
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Have you always wanted to know what toys filthy rich billionaires play with?
Billionaires and their toys: always expensive and seldom sensible. When you see some of the things that the richest people in the world do with their money, it's a tad understandable when people rail against them. That said, a lot of this stuff would be cool to have, and we can't promise you that when our ship finally comes in, we won't be making some nonsensical purchases of our own.
In the Filthy Rich Guide: 50 Jaw-Dropping Toys Owned By Billionaires, we give you the lowdown on what the toy is, who owns it, how much it costs, and why it's so special, just in case you've got a few billion to burn and no idea on how to do it. Now let's begin!
Filthy Rich Guide Toy Index
50. 1993 Volvo 240
Who owns it? Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
How much did it cost? $2,000.
What's the big deal? The big deal, in this case, is not that the billionaire likes to purchase extravagant items, but that he prefers to live in the opposite direction from most of his peers. Kamprad flies economy class for longer trips, and drives his follow whenever he can get to his destination by car.
49.The Anti-Climate Change Balloon
Who owns it? Conservative New York City engineer and businessman David Koch.
How much did it cost? Not sure on how much exactly that Koch spent as part of his campaign against the idea of climate change, but hotairballoon.org places the value of a hot air balloon at around $22,000 for a two-passenger and up to $45,000 for a four-passenger, which includes gondola, envelope, fuel tanks, and instruments.
What's the big deal? Hot air balloons are the types of attractions you see at festivals and county fairs, not the type of investment an individual makes to prove a political point.
48. Rosebud from Citizen Kane
Who owns it? Steven Spielberg.
How much did it cost? $60,000.
What's the big deal? Rosebud, film fans may know, is the iconic sled from the 1941 Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane. Spielberg bought it at auction in 1982. One of the most popular movie props in motion picture history – that's a big deal to us.
47. Virtual Ski Machine
Who owns it? Mikhail Prokhorov, a guy whose $13.5 billion (and counting) fortune would make Donald Trump envious.
How much did it cost? Not disclosed, but probably nowhere close to the $200 million he spent to buy 80 percent stake in the New Jersey Nets.
What's the big deal? Uniqueness. It's custom made and allows him to simulate the exact experience of skiing without the frostbite or threat of death.
46. Pigeon Races
Who owns it? Anonymous.
How much did it cost? $200,000.
What's the big deal? In Asia, the sport of pigeon racing is a bit of a big deal. Among the patrons that the sport attracts, there are some incredibly wealthy individuals, such as the anonymous billionaire from China who forked out six figures to buy a pedigreed pigeon.
45. Michael Keaton's Batmobile
Who owns it? The Cathy family of Chick-fil-A fame.
How much did it cost? The late founder S. Truett Cathy, worth around $2 billion at the time, laid out $250,000.
What's the big deal? It's the Batmobile used in 1992's Batman Returns. The greatest screen incarnation of the Caped Crusader, the better of his two films, and one slick looking ride ... a bargain no matter how you cut it!
44. White Truffles
Who owns it? Stanley Ho, casino mogul, the "king of gambling."
How much did it cost? $330,000.
What's the big deal? On two separate occasions, Ho forked out big money for the purchase of white truffles. The largest came in 2007 – a 3.3 pound truffle altogether – for the price you see listed above.
43. The $390,000 Maybach Limo
Who owns it? Justin Combs, son of Sean "Diddy" Combs.
How much did it cost? $390,000.
What's the big deal? $390,000 isn't a particularly exorbitant sum of money compared to some of the other items on this list. However, when you consider that it was a gift to Sean's son for doing nothing more than making the honor roll, well, your billionaire is showing, Diddy.
42. Necker Nymph
Who owns it? Richard Branson
How much did it cost? £415,000 (just north of $600,000), though Branson is smart; he allows anyone with $25,000 a week to rent it out, which means he could have the full cost paid in about six months.
What's the big deal? It's a 3-person aero submarine that can dive down to a depth of 30 meters for a 360-degree view of sea plant and animal life.
41. The Spy Who Loved Me Submarine
Who owns it? Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla.
How much did it cost? $866,000.
What's the big deal? If you ever saw the James Bond film, then you know all about the Lotus Esprit submarine, which transformed from an automobile in the picture. Musk purchased the glorified movie prop from an auction in 2013 with the intention of transforming it legitimately. No word yet on whether he has been successful.
40. Thriller Jacket
Who owns it? Milton Verret, an Austin, Texas-based gold trader.
How much did it cost? $1.8 million, purchased from a June 2011 charity auction.
What's the big deal? Michael Jackson actually wore it in the legendary video.
39. Dale Chihuly Glass Designer Art
Who owns it? Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.
How much did it cost? $15,000 per piece.
What's the big deal? You may see the $15,000 number above, and think, "Well, that's not so bad considering the other stuff on this list." However, when you multiply that number times the 400 pieces that Mayer purchased for her penthouse apartment, things get a lot more interesting. To save you from the math, it works out to $6 million.
38. Jocelyn Wildenstein's Face
Who owns it? Jocelyn Wildenstein, billionaire socialite.
How much did it cost? $4 million.
What's the big deal? Who knows what Wildenstein would have looked like had she not poured $4 million in two redesigning her face? The botched surgeries have earned her a reputation for being "catlike" in her appearance. As if that isn't enough for all lavish tastes, she also reportedly spends $547,000 on diets and wine per year as well as $60,000 on a single phone bill.
37. Diamond Ducati
Who owns it? Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, member of the Saudi royal family.
How much did it cost? $4.8 million, according to The Richest.
What's the big deal? The Ducati is encrusted with diamonds and Swarovski crystals, accounting for the hefty price tag. Needless to say, the Prince drives his stunning ride very little.
36. Leona Helmsley's Pet Trust Fund
Who owns it? Trouble, her pet.
How much did it cost? $12 million.
What's the big deal? Although a judge eventually converted the $12 million inheritance that Helmsley left her pet when she died to $2 million, the Queen of Mean's pooch was a lucky animal, especially considering that the dog be out Helmsley's actual human family for the money. Trouble died in 2011, and the remainder of the dog's money went to charities. Not so mean after all, huh?
35. Floating Cities and Immortality
Who owns it? Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal.
How much did it cost? Unknown, but a lot.
What's the big deal? Peter Thiel is a rarity in the worlds of Silicon Valley and politics. He is a gay conservative libertarian, who supported both John McCain and Mitt Romney for president. This eccentricity continues to show it self in his two major passions: seasteading, or the act of living and floating cities free from government jurisdiction, and immortality. He has poured millions of dollars into each hobby, and plans to have his body cryogenically frozen at the time of death.
34. Hitler's Mercedes
Who owns it? Anonymous.
How much did it cost? Undisclosed sum between $6 million and $15 million.
What's the big deal? The anonymous billionaire, who purchased Hitler's Mercedes has never allowed his identity to be known, but he acquired the car in 2006. Düsseldorf dealer Michael Froelich, who arranged the transaction, said the billionaire didn't plan to stop there when it came to buying up old Nazi cars. A Hitler fascination and a boatload of money – scary mix!
33. Ferrari Testa Rossa
Who owns it? Anonymous (no, not the hackers)
How much did it cost? $16.4 million
What's the big deal? First off, it's Ferrari, whom you have probably heard of; secondly, it's a prototype, so there are no others like it in the world. Brand name plus rare means you better have some bucks if you want to take this off the buyer's hands.
32. 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO
Who owns it? Chris Evans, British radio host. Please
How much did it cost? $19 million.
What's the big deal? Other than the fact that this is an eight-figure car and worthy of our reverence, the car is a gorgeous transplant from the 1960s and was one of only 36 of its kind ever built.
31. Patel Philippe Pocket Watch
Who owns it? Anonymous.
How much did it cost? $24.4 million.
What's the big deal? Patek Philippe created this watch in 1933 for the prominent banker Henry Graves. On one separate occasion in the 1990s, it sold for $11 million. It more than doubled that at a Sotheby's auction in 2014.
30. World War II Planes
Who owns it? Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.
How much did it cost? We are not sure exactly how much money Allen has spent over the years on World War II airplanes, but if the $5 million hangar he keeps them in is any indication, quite a bit! Thus far, he owns a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, a Curtiss 40C Tomahawk, the Polikarpov U-2/Po-2, and 17 others from the era.
What's the big deal? There is a lot of history in these old aircraft, and Allen is doing the world a service by preserving and restoring them.
29. Home Cable Car
Who owns it? Larry Ellison, chief technology officer for Oracle Corporation. He's worth around $47.6 billion as of March 2016, by the way.
How much did it cost? No details have been released on the cost of the cable car, which connects his impressive backyard consisting of a swimming pool and tennis court to the main house above. However, the home itself cost Ellison approximately $20 million.
What's the big deal? A cable car on its own might not be that big of a deal, but when you put it on your property, and it allows you to freely go from your mansion to resort-style amenities, well, that's a toy worth celebrating.
28. World's Most Expensive Beetle Collection
Who owns it? David Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist.
How much did it cost? Millions.
What's the big deal? Rockefeller has a passion for beetles, and no, we don't mean the driving kind. He collects the bugs, and has been known to spend as much as $1 million on a single rare species.
27. Titanic II
Who owns it? Clive Palmer, billionaire with too much time and money on his hands.
How much did it cost? Hard to say, Palmer is still in the process of building his creation, a project that has already been several years in the making.
What's the big deal? Who wouldn't want to ride on board a replica of the ill-fated ship?
26. Jurassic Park
Who owns it? Clive Palmer again. Did we mention the guy is a movie nut?
How much did it cost? No idea.
What's the big deal? With some of the crazy ideas that Palmer throws around along with his money, it makes you wonder how he has been able to a) keep his cash all these years and b) make it in the first place. Prior to Titanic II, he attempted to make Jurassic Park a reality by cloning dinosaurs. It didn't work, so he installed lifelike robotic dinosaurs on his golf course.
25. In-Home Penguin Zoo
Who owns it? Bidzina Ivanishvili, metals and banking billionaire.
How much did it cost? No figures have been released, but his home is like a small city so we're expecting it's in the millions.
What's the big deal? Not only does the home have a zoo dedicated exclusively to penguins, he also has an all glass exterior home that looks fresh out of Iron Man.
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24. Leonardo da Vinci's Journal
Who owns it? Bill Gates.
How much did it cost? $30.8 million.
What's the big deal? One of only 30 remaining scientific journals authored by Leonardo da Vinci in existence, the Codex Leicester is the most famous. Gates bought it in a 1994 auction, headed digitally scanned, and made available as a comprehensive CD-ROM.
23. The Badminton Cabinet
Who owns it? Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein.
How much did it cost? $36 million.
What's the big deal? The Badminton Cabinet set a record at the 2004 Christie's auction when the Prince made his winning bid for the ebony set of drawers, which are inlaid with amethyst quartz and lapis lazuli. The cabinet dates back to the 18th century, and now, suitably, rests in the Liechtenstein Museum in Austria thanks to the Prince's generosity.
22. The Invisible House
Who owns it? Chau Chak Wing, Chinese billionaire and developer.
How much did it cost? $52 million.
What's the big deal? We suppose there have been crazier home purchases than what Wing did with this Australian mansion. However, few people would have the brass to lay out that kind of money he did without ever seeing the home. At six stories tall, we're sure that it didn't stay invisible to him for long.
21. Count Dracula's Castle
Who owns it? The technical name is Bran Castle, but it will always be Count Dracula's castle to us because it is said to be the inspiration for where the infamous blood drinker lived in Bram Stoker's horror classic. The Archduke Dominic of Austria-Tuscany is the current owner. It became his in 2006 by right of succession.
How much did it cost? The numbers have not been disclosed if the Archduke paid anything. He most certainly has handled upkeep, and is now trying to unload it for an asking price of $66 million.
What's the big deal? Come on. Who wouldn't want to live in the birthplace of Count Dracula?
20. Personal Fire Brigade
Who owns it? George Lucas
How much did it cost? Thousands upon thousands of dollars in ongoing expenses. We suspect the number is in the millions, but unless George opens his books, that would just be speculation.
What's the big deal? Why does anyone need a personal fire brigade consisting of 12 full-time firefighters and two fire trucks? When you own a $100 million ranch, it's wise to take proper precautions and treat it like a small city that it is.
19. The Blue Moon Diamond
Who owns it? Josephine Lau, daughter of billionaire Joseph Lau.
How much did it cost? $48.4 million.
What's the big deal? The Hong Kong billionaire purchased the 12.03-carat diamond at an auction in Geneva for his seven-year-old daughter in November 2015. How will any future would-be fiancé ever live up to that for when Josephine gets older? Thanks, dad!
18. The Oasis Yacht
Who owns it? Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google.
How much did it cost? $72 million.
What's the big deal? Schmidt's yacht is more than just a yacht, coming with a host of add-ons like swimming pool, jet skis, and a gymnasium that converts into a disco.
17. Google Air
Who owns it? Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, Google.
How much did it cost? $1.3 million annually.
What's the big deal? The Google guys own five jets altogether: a Boeing 757, Boeing 767, two Gulfstream Vs, and a 1982 Dornier Alpha fighter.
16. Necker Island
Who owns it? Richard Branson, the Virgin guy again.
How much did it cost? $200 million.
What's the big deal? In the early 1980s, Branson purchased this island for below sum of $180,000. He has since taken it upon himself to develop the property, pouring the $200 million in an effort to develop residential properties.
15. Trump Force One
Who owns it? Who else -- Donald Trump!
How much did it cost? $100 million, according to this piece by Business Insider. How do they know that? Again, this is Donald Trump. He's not exactly shy with expenses that make him look rich.
What's the big deal? It seats 43, reaches speeds of up to 500 miles per hour, boasts Rolls-Royce engines, as well as a you-know-what-ton of gold plated accents including 24-carat seat belts, personal TV screens for each seat, a guest room with bed-converting couches, a long table for board meetings, a personal bathroom with gold fixtures and a shower, and a multiplex movie system, which holds 1,000 movies and 2,500 CDs.
14. Bill Gates House
Who owns it? Bill Gates, Microsoft founder.
How much did it cost? $120 million.
What's the big deal? Contains a high tech sensor system, artwork that changes with a simple touch, a large trampoline room, six kitchens, 24 bathrooms, a 23 car garage, a massive aquarium, imported sand from the Caribbean, and underwater music systems, among other hard to beat amenities.
13. Cuban Fleet
Who owns it? Mark Cuban, billionaire investor and costar of TV's Shark Tank.
How much did it cost? Hundreds of millions of dollars.
What's the big deal? What does one human being need with three different airplanes? For an answer to that question, you would have to ask Cuban himself; that said, he owns a Gulfstream V, a Boeing 767, and a Boeing 757. When he purchased the Gulfstream online in 1999, the $40 million transaction went down in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest purchase via e-commerce ever.
12. Steven Cohen's Art Collection
Who owns it? Steven Cohen, hedge fund manager and founder of SAC Capital Advisor.
How much did it cost? Hundreds of millions of dollars, but Cohen can afford it since he has a net worth of around $12 billion.
What's the big deal? The collection as a whole is impressive, but it is comprised of pieces that are worth more than many of us will ever earn in a lifetime. Take de Kooning's Woman III, for instance, a painting Cohen spent $137.5 million to acquire. He also forked over $110 million for a Jasper Johns.
11. Reclining Nude
Who owns it? Liu Yiqian, billionaire collector of Chinese antiquities and art.
How much did it cost? $170 million.
What's the big deal? Yiqian purchased the painting of a young woman doing exactly what the title says – one of the most expensive in the world if not the most expensive – using his American Express card. Talk about frequent flyer miles!
10. The Eclipse Yacht
Who owns it? Roman Abramovich.
How much did it cost? $450 million.
What's the big deal? You may be wondering how something that travels on the water can cost more than four times the amount of Donald Trump's jet. Well, the ship, which was purchased by a Russian businessman, owner of Milhouse LLC, and the Chelsea Football Club, features two helicopter pads, a luxury spa, miniature submarine, swimming pool, and a missile detection system. That explains it!
9. The Airbus A380
Who owns it? Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, Saudi royal family.
How much did it cost? $500 million.
What's the big deal? The plane itself will comfortably seat 800 people. Initial purchase price was $400 million, but the Prince being who he is, through another 100 mill into the plane for customization.
8. Island of Lanai
Who owns it? Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO.
How much did it cost? $500 million.
What's the big deal? If owning your own island isn't a big deal, we don't know what is. Add to this purchase the Island Air fleet for shuttling guests to and from, and you have a man in Ellison, who knows how to entertain his guests.
7. Ronald Lauder's Art Collection
Who owns it? Ronald Lauder, heir to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
How much did it cost? $650 million.
What's the big deal? If you want to burn through some cash, art is a great way to do it, particularly if you follow the lead of Lauder or the previously mentioned Cohen. In Lauder's case, there is a $38.1 million Kirchner and a $135 million Klimt, the latter of which is the third most expensive painting ever sold.
6. Blue Origin LLC's Spaceship Project
Who owns it? Jeff Bezos is the major funder.
How much did it cost? No one really knows how much money from private investments has been pumped in to the company, whose intent is to make space tourism practical, but Bezos has personally invested at least $500 million. The company has also won several development projects for NASA, receiving total funds of around $25.7 million.
What's the big deal? If Bezos and company are successful, then we could one day be vacationing in orbit.
5. Virgin Galactic Spaceship
Who owns it? Richard Branson, billionaire owner of Virgin Enterprises.
How much did it cost? Branson has reportedly poured hundreds of millions of dollars into his company devoted to the development of suborbital space flights. In 2010, he sold a 31.8% stake for $280 million to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi, Aabar Investments group.
What's the big deal? Branson is competing directly with at least one other space tourist company in Blue Origin driven by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. With the track records of these two guys, it seems like a promising sector. Plus, who doesn't want their own spaceship?
4. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Who owns it? Alice Walton, heir of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart.
How much did it cost? $1 billion.
What's the big deal? Crystal Bridges was funded by Walton through a $1 billion endowment, offering a number of courses and attractions as well as traveling exhibits of some of the world's most popular paintings. While the museum is now an employer, it all started because of Walton's fascination for fine art, making this perhaps the most expensive toy on our list.
3. Mukesh Ambani's House
Who owns it? Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman and one of the world's richest people.
How much did it cost? $2 billion.
What's the big deal? There comes a point when a house ceases to be a domicile and starts to be a lavish toy. Ambani hit that point when he decided to build a 27-story skyscraper above the slums of Mumbai. The home has an insane 4,000,000 square feet of interior space and stands 550 feet off the ground.
2. Los Angeles Clippers
Who owns it? Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO.
How much did it cost? $2 billion.
What's the big deal? Ballmer purchased the Clippers in 2014 after the now infamous incident when former owner Donald Sterling said racially offensive remarks while being recorded. The NBA forced him to sell, and on May 27, 2014, the energetic Ballmer took over.
1. Jerudong Theme Park
Who owns it? Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan of Brunei.
How much did it cost? $3 billion.
What's the big deal? The Sultan spent tons of money getting this theme Park opened for the public in 1994. Surprisingly, he did not charge any admission for a number of years. That has since changed to a one-time fee. Many of the rides are also now up for sale. Not the best business idea! Still, the park is pretty cool with a musical fountain show, F1 go-cart attractions, a carousel, Junior roller coaster, chocolate swimming pool, mini amphitheater, and a number of other kid-friendly attractions.
So there you have it, the 50 most jaw-dropping toys owned by billionaires. We hope that some of these can fit under your Christmas tree one day. In the meantime, which one would you most like to own? Sound off in the comments section!


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Most of our acquaintances have horrible RSVP etiquette. I am not sure why, but responding to an RSVP just doesn't happen. So you're invited to a party and at the bottom of the invite, there are four little letters. RSVP. As a host, my biggest pet peeve is when people do not respond in a timely manner (or not respond at all). Whether it is to a wedding, a dinner party, shower or gala event, an invitation comes with some important obligations. Here's a quick guide to keep you on the guest list for future activities.
RSVP Basics
RSVP is a French acronym meaning, "Répondez, s'il vous plaît," or, "Please reply." These four little letters are seen on every wedding invitation, bridal shower and most parties. Basically, it is saying, your host wants you to attend and a head count is needed for organization purposes (ie. food quantities, table placements, deposits!!! etc). The key thing is to reply promptly, within a day or two of receiving an invitation. Yes, your life is busy and schedules get hectic, but the host also has a busy life and a hectic schedule.
Question: How do I respond?
Answer: Reply in the manner indicated on the invitation.
- RSVP and no response card: a handwritten response to the host at the return address on the envelope.
- Response Card: fill in and reply by the date indicated and return in the enclosed envelope.
- Regrets only: reply only if you cannot attend. If your host doesn't hear from you, he is expecting you!
- No reply requested? This is unusual, but it is always polite to let someone know your intentions. Depending on the formality of the event, a handwritten note, phone call, email, text is sufficient.
Question: What if something happens and I need to cancel?
Answer: It depends on the situation which causes you to cancel.
- Changing a 'yes' to a 'no' is only acceptable on account of: illness or injury, a death in the family or an unavoidable professional or business conflict. Call your hosts immediately.
- Canceling because a "better" offer is a sure fire way to get dropped from future engagements
- Being a "no show" is unacceptable. Contact the host (if for a wedding, let someone close to the bride/groom know).
- However, changing a 'no' to a 'yes' is OK only if it will not upset the hosts' arrangements. (Every rule has a rule exception).
Question: May I bring X to the party?
Answer: Don't even ask! An invitation is extended to the people the hosts want to invite-and no one else.
- …a date. Some invitations indicate that you may invite a guest or date (Mr. Joe Smith and Guest) and when you reply, you should indicate whether you are bringing someone, and convey his/her name.
- …my children/nanny/mother. If they were invited, the invitation would have said so.
- … my house guest. It's best to decline the invitation, stating the reason. This gives your host the option to extend the invitation to your guests, or not.
Office holiday parties may extend the invitation to spouses/significant others and not just the employees. Just be aware of company policy or ask your co-worker about previous parties.
House parties are usually a free for all, but let the host know you are bringing X amount of people.
Word of Mouth invitations: It seems like it is a casual event and not much planning is required of the host. No RSVP is needed.
Evites/Facebook/Gvites will note on the invitation if guests are allowed.
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As the Utica-area remains hopeful for a new chip-fab company or companies, downtown should prepare for another wave of growth. Utica needs every historic building, street, alley, and neighborhood to support the next wave of people; property developers, young professionals, urban dwellers, and new startups!
The CoLa Neighborhood offers great buildings to redevelop, setup in, and a cool downtown to experience - maybe even to live in - let's prepare! Especially since Utica is already home of the Oneida County Medical District.
You may connect with BUD on Facebook and Twitter.
BUD wants to work with City of Utica, New York State and the Federal Government, as well as other Utica Neighborhoods to develop increased connectedness. The Columbia-Lafayette Neighborhood offers greater value; to businesses (current and future), tourists, as well as those seeking an urban living if Redeveloped Is More Organic - as opposed to a large, out-of-scale, medical complex - BUD has a different Vision.
We also feel it is imperative to protect the street grid and Historic Buildings Also 40+ existing businesses, which are A Lot To Lose should someone just plan to bulldoze them:
1. Park Outdoor Advertising
2. Compassion Coalition Inc
3. Compassion Coalition & Your Bargain Grocer (YBG)
4. Maugeri's Auto Body
5. ABC ChemDry
6. Bengee's Tavern
7. Clemente Novelties Inc
8. Citation Services
9. Columbia Place Associates LLC
10. Dataflow
11. The former Dental Systems Group For Sale: $299,000, was first listed for $338,000
12. Schmalz Mechanical Contractors
13. Labor Ready
The business has closed, as a call to the national Labor Ready office (877)733-0430 reported that the closest Labor Ready office to zip code 13502 is in Syracuse. A local landscaper has begun beautifying the grounds. Did Labor Ready decide to close, or did the owner make the property unavailable?
14. Eggers Caryl & Corrigan Inc
15. Elite Envy Salon & Spa
16. Dacobe Enterprises LLC
17. UAP Engine Rebuilders
18. N-Hance
19. Kelly's closet
20. Plaza Deli
21. Iglesia Del Dios Altisimo (Church of the Most High God)
22. John Bosco House
23. Rockford Auto Glass
24. Pete's Auto Parts
25. H.J. Brandeles Corporation
26. Fisher Auto Parts
27. J.P. O'Brien Plumbing & Heating
28. The Salvation Army
29. Turning Point Church
30. Wilcor International
31. Teasers II
32. Mohawk Hospital Equipment Inc / Mohawk Healthcare
33. Nu-Look Cabinet Refacing
34. North Country Books
35. Urbanik's Paint & Wallpaper Co Inc
36. Resource Center for Independent Living
37. The Columbia Bar is closed, consider opening it up and help the Brewery District grow further...
38. The Utica Police Department Newly expanded police campus, millions spent as part of the Gateway Project, but the hospital might take it all and bulldoze it...
39. Utica City Courts Hospital might also take this building...
40. Metzler Print Inc Multi-generational printer is solid, Erie canal-era, brick building, boarding alleyway that connects Columbia and Lafayette Streets.
41. Empire Bath & Kitchen Inc Not within current footprint, but then again reports or disclosure as to exact footprint have never been fully documented amid changing headlines and stories.
These business should be considered very valuable city assets. It bears repeating, as one guy in City Hall recently said, We Have A Lot To Lose We'd love to hear from you, please E-mail Us


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Saturday, May 20, 2006
Finally, Finished!
Wow this round robin took much longer than I expected! This is my contribution to Lynda's Teresa Wentzler Round Robin. I stitched one of the bookmarks from Teresa's Knotwork Bookmarks I the choice of which one to stitch was pretty easy as I didn't want to deviate too much from the palette of colours used up to this point. There was only one in the gold/mauve colour palette. Between being either so busy or so tired this piece took me two weeks to stitch! Whew, way too long! I was antsy to get this finished.
I'll be relieved to have this out in Monday's mail.
Hmmm I haven't decided what I'm going to work on for the rest of this long weekend. I could either work on Jeannette Douglas's Montreal Sampler or Butternut Road's Celtic Banner. Decisions, decisions. I will enjoy having the long weekend to relax and stitch.
Posted by Dani - tkdchick at 10:22 am
5 comments:
- Carol said...
Dani - great job! Lynda's RR is beautiful!
- 7:28 pm
- Karoline said...
Looks great Dani, it's lovely
- 11:20 am
- liz said...
RR looks fantastic Dani! Enjoy your long weekend, put you're feet up and have some serious R&R. Can't wait until ours next weekend!
- 1:02 pm
Beautiful!! Well done
- 3:28 am
- Karin said...
Gorgeous Dani! The owner of the RR is a very lucky person :)
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Nathaniel Berman
Music Director
Nathaniel Berman maintains an active presence as a performer and music educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. A faculty member at UC Santa Cruz since 2007, he is conductor of the UCSC Concert Choir and the UCSC Wind Ensemble and has appeared as guest conductor of the UCSC Orchestra and the University Opera Theater. Nathaniel has held the position of Music Director of the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony since 2011 and has appeared as guest conductor of the Santa Cruz County Symphony in annual collaborative concerts with the Youth Symphony.
A strong advocate for new music, Nathaniel is Artistic Director of the San Francisco-based new music ensemble Wild Rumpus, with whom he has led premieres of commissioned works by Ruben Naeff, Carolyn Chen, Dan Van Hassel, and many others. In 2014 he worked with members of Bang on a Can All-Stars and Alarm Will Sound on recording composer Jenny Olivia Johnson's album Don't Look Back, and Wild Rumpus will release its album of commissioned works, Vestige, later this year. He conducted a program of premieres with Empyrean at UC Davis in June of 2019, as well as the world premiere of The Pressure, by Brian Baumbusch, at San Francisco's Other Minds Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.
Nathaniel has been a member of the professional new-music chorus Volti, where he also served as Assistant Conductor, and has sung with early music ensembles Pacific Collegium and Euouae. Originally a trumpet player, he now keeps up his brass chops playing euphonium in the Balkan brass band Inspector Gadje.
Nathaniel received his Master's degree in conducting from UC Santa Cruz, where he studied with Nicole Paiement. He grew up playing duets with his dad, a jazz pianist and singer.
Gerry Mandel
Operations Manager
In the summer of 2017 Gerry Mandel left her longtime position as Editor and Co-Publisher of Stone Soup, the national magazine of writing and art by kids, and began working as Operations Manager for the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony. She was part of the group of UC Santa Cruz students who founded and began publishing Stone Soup out of their dorm rooms in 1973. Originally from Los Angeles, Gerry came to Santa Cruz to attend UCSC, where she earned a BA in French Literature. Her interests outside of work revolve around music, art, and travel. She grew up studying piano and played modern flute in college. Now she studies recorder with Carol Panofsky and recently took up the Baroque flute. A highlight of her year is attending Pinewoods Early Music Week in Massachusetts every summer. Gerry enjoys meeting our Youth Symphony families and making sure everyone has a fun and rewarding experience.
Board of Directors
Ruth Updegraff
Ruth Updegraff has served on the Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony board since 2008, and as President since 2013. Both of her sons were members of SCCYS and are now in college. Ruth works for SunOpta Inc. as Controller in their Scotts Valley office. She has worked in various financial and project management positions since arriving in Santa Cruz in 1982. She holds a BA in Economics & International Relations from Beloit College and an MBA from Santa Clara University. In her spare time, Ruth is interested in classical guitar, and she sings with both the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus and the UCSC Concert Choir.
Carol Panofsky
Vice President
Carol Panofsky is an active freelance musician who performs and teaches early music, modern oboe, and piano. She has performed with the Albany Consort, Santa Cruz Chamber Players, Santa Cruz Symphony, and Carmel Bach Festival. Carol received a Masters of Music in the Performance of Early Music from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is Music Director for Ragazzi Boys Chorus in Redwood City. Carol is a co-founder of the Santa Cruz Chamber Players, and she founded and runs Munching with Mozart, a series of free monthly concerts showcasing local musicians at the Santa Cruz Public Library.
Joe Brookshier
Joe Brookshier moved from Montana to California to be at the center of the universe (for a software engineer, that is). He moved to Santa Cruz with his wife Tracey for the quality of life and to raise a family. Joe's two kids were youth symphony members (Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Jose at various times) but have since flown the nest. His main hobbies are reading, travel, and spin class.
Tammy Feinberg
Tammy Feinberg (Masters of Music, Piano Performance) has enjoyed working as a soloist and collaboratively as an instrumental and choral chamber music player, as a church service organist, as a modern dance and ballet company pianist, providing both original music and standard repertoire, and in musical theater as an accompanist and director. Tammy currently teaches piano and vocal music at Independence High School in San Jose. She gravitated towards classroom teaching because of the empowering and transformative energy of music for adolescents on a soul level, transcending speech, social boundaries, and emotional barriers. It is her vision to increase participation and opportunities in performing arts for children and teens in Santa Cruz County. Tammy lives on the west side of Santa Cruz with her family, including her son Yosef, who plays cello in the Youth Symphony. She and her family enjoy outdoor activities, baking wood-fired pizzas, and (of course) playing music together.
Laura McShane
Laura McShane is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but has lived in Santa Cruz for longer than she cares to admit. She holds Master's degrees in Marine Science and Percussion Performance from UC Santa Cruz, where she studied percussion with William Winant. Laura performs regularly with Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra and Cabrillo Stage and has performed with the Peninsula Symphony, Monterey Bay Pops, New Music Works Santa Cruz, Cadenza Chamber Ensemble, All About Theater, and South Valley Symphony. Laura also studies and performs Middle Eastern music and dance. By day, she works as an academic adviser for the Literature Department at UC Santa Cruz.
Helene Milner
Helene Milner is a retired United Methodist pastor, the daughter of a choir director, and the mother of a former Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony cellist. She has sung all her life in various church, school, and community choirs and played French Horn through high school. She values the sense of cooperation and mastery that playing in a group can bring about. When not at choir rehearsal, she enjoys cooking and working out.
Laura Z. Heinz
Laura Heinz has lived in Santa Cruz County for decades and is a graduate of both Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz. She has held jobs as restaurateur, photographer, videographer, and business administrator. She also volunteered for New Music Works, doing bookkeeping, event planning, and concessions, while raising her two beautiful children. Musically, she played clarinet in the Santa Cruz High Marching Band and played guitar for fun. Her family is currently active performing music locally with the Rayburn Brothers Band, and her son David Heinz plays with the Youth Symphony. Laura joined the board in 2018.
Kenneth Lyons
A native Angeleno, Ken holds a baccalaureate degree in Radio, Television, & Film from Cal State Long Beach, and a master's degree in Library & Information Science from San Jose State. Before his nearly 20-year, current tenure as a UCSC reference librarian, he was a postman in Santa Monica, transferring to Santa Cruz in 1981 where he's lived ever since. A lifelong record collector—starting at nine years old—and devotee of the music of many genres, Ken also served a number of years as Secretary of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. In his too-spare leisure time, he can be found cooking; watching English Premier League football; exploring the highways, byways, and restaurants of the California Republic; and on a never-ending quest to perfect his audio system on which to enjoy that record collection.
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|Adriana Bassani (Project Manager) ensures a smooth execution of our projects from kick-off through to the successful conclusion. She has experience administrating many EU and national research projects.
|Adrian Brasoveanu (Researcher) works in the EPOCH and ReTV projects on the tasks of Named Entity Recognition (NER) and Linking (NEL), developing our innovative entity extraction service RECOGNYZE for multi-lingual and multi-domain semantic annotation.
|Arlind Avdullahi (Researcher) works in the ReTV project on the prediction of content success in different online channels based on past trends using the latest in machine learning techniques.
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Personal Resilience & Mindful High Performance | 24-Oct 2019
We're running two open courses on 24-Oct 2019 at WeWork, Victoria (London SW1W 9SH).09:30 - 13:00: Building Personal Resilience14:00 - 17:00: Mindful High PerformancePlaces are available at the special discount price of £65 (+VAT) per person per course. (Open courses are normally £250 per person).Overview: These are interactive sessions with a mixture of theory and practical exercises. On the...
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RQi Practitioner Training | 8/9-Oct 2019
We're running the RQi Practitioner programme on 8/9-Oct 2019 at WeWork, Waterloo (10 York Road, London SE1 7ND). This certification course is for:+ Experienced coaches+ Counsellors and therapists+ Occupational psychologists and+ Learning and development (L&D) professionalsThose who successfully complete the course are licensed to use the RQi in one-to-coaching sessions with their clients,...
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Coaching for Resilience: 13/14-Sept-2018
This is a new, two-day coaching skills course to support the use of the RQi in one-to-one coaching situations. The workshop is delivered by Dr. Richard A. MacKinnon, RQi Practitioner and Managing Director of WorkLifePsych, and takes place on 13-14th Sept 2018 at the British Psychological Society (BPS) (30 Tabernacle St, London EC2A 4UE).Designed for RQi Practitioners, this course focuses on how...
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London Healthy Workplace Charter: 21-Jun-2018
Come and learn about the London Healthy Workplace Charter, an accreditation scheme coordinated by the Mayor of London's office, supported by Public Health England and sponsored by leading employers in the capital.Over 200 organisations have now gained Charter accreditation, including Deloitte, Morgans Hotel Group, Maroush, St Mungo's, and the Royal College of Surgeons.At this networking event on...
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Coaching for Resilience Seminar 06-Jun-18
Dr Richard MacKinnon, Managing Director of WorkLifePsych and RQi Practitioner, will present a short masterclass on how to apply advanced coaching skills to support clients who've completed a Resilience Quotient Inventory (RQi). Richard will talk about the power of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (CBC) techniques and how these can be applied to support long-term change.This event is for existing...
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Come and join us in the remote countryside of the Creuse, Limousin France. The Limousin is known for its lush green countryside, dense woodland of Oak, Chestnut, Hazel, Maple and its wonderful fresh lakes, there is so much to see and do for those who love the outdoors. Horse riding, cycling, fishing, kayaking, Hiking, Rock climbing, Swimming in Natural Lakes and streams are just some of the things available locally to keep you entertained. The Limousin has a rich cultural History, the town of Aubusson is about 40 minutes away where the tapestry industry used to thrive and there are many medieval churches and chateaux to discover and explore locally. The small town of Evaux-Les-Bains has a Victorian Spa and thermal baths, as well as swimming pool.
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We live in a small hamlet, and are about 10 kms from Evaux Les bains, and about an hour south of Montlucon - our nearest train station with good connections to Paris and London.
We are in the process of completely renovating an old stone farmhouse, with natural materials - the last inhabitants were in the 50's and when we bought the house there had never been running water and just one electric lightbulb for the whole house! There is a large attached barn which we are converting to living space, the small house which we are now living in is on its way to being finished - with natural lime plaster floors and artisan carpentry throughout.
The house sits on a lovely piece of land, surrounded by fields and woods, with a small river down a lovely track to explore.
We are trying to remain as off grid as possible, without having to lime render by candlelight (which we did the first winter we were here its incredible how accustomed to turning the light on you can be and how much you notice it when you cant!!!)
There is still no mains water, here - we have a well for the vegetable garden and rainwater catchment for washing and cleaning, we have a UV treatment for our rain water which removes 99.9% of bacteria and there are no known heavy metals in our water. The toilet here is a composting toilet. We installed the electric to the house two summers ago but ultimately would like to work on installing wind and solar electric once we get to that stage.
We can host you in our campervan, and in tents either in the garden or in the small wood behind us.
We enjoy food, and will be eating delicious fresh vegetables from the garden in the summer months. We arent vegetarians and eat a healthy well balanced diet. Food in the Limousin is a passion, the meat (Limousin Beef) is divine. Gardening and watering the garden happens at least every other day, there is always something that needs doing, and it is just so relaxing.
We have two children - they give us plenty of joy and are integral to why we are here.
We worked as a family of helpers 2 years ago and enjoyed the hospitality extended to us and wish to extend it to others wishing to share their lives.
Following are some of the projects we are working on, that will continue into the summer, if you are interested you can get involved in:
Building a straw bale oak framed extension and terrace using natural plasters, local straw, and a lot of MUD.
Continuing work on a Reed Bed grey water and sewage treatment station, this is a fascinating project, a system where grey water and sewage are drained into consecutive filtration beds to remove impurities. Firstly passing through a fat trap, then into the primary Reed Bed where aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms reduce contaminant of the effluent. The runoff continues to two more filtration beds and a fish pond before discharging to the environment as clean water.
Building an insulating second skin of straw bale in the interior of the house, lime plastering and rendering
Artisan Carpentry on the interior of the house
Vegetable gardening
Building cordwood shelters out of wood to host visitors using firewood and mud/clay to build small sleeping structures for visitors up to 5M2.
Continuing work on the treehouse
Building a vertical garden attached to the pond and pond terracing
Planting apple and pear trees
We worked as a family of work-awayers 2 years ago on some great projects. We now want to host workers ourselves. You are not obligated to work for us, there is no minimum work schedule, we wish to open up our home to interesting fun people, purely for the joy of sharing our lives and the sense of community. If you do choose to come and help us with gardening and building we will reward your time with delicious food, campfires and laughs and thanks. We will agree a workable schedule with you ensuring we are both happy with the commitment. We get up early (kids!) but didnt used to so totally get it if you are more of a nightowl!
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King Dice Speaks Following Victory
Following his seven time victory, in an interview with reigning Calypso Monarch, Dennison "Dice" Joseph, the calypsonian seemed unsure of whether he would participate in the Calypso competition next year.
Dice, who has since his arrival on the Calypso scene, stolen the hearts Calypso lovers, said that if the people are getting tired of him winning then he may just step down and take a break next year.
Although fans of Dice was elated by his win on Saturday evening at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium, several persons felt that the act was getting old and perhaps it was indeed "time for change".
According to the reigning Monarch the competition was tough and at some point he was not sure whether he would win.
Nonetheless left up to his booming fan base, the King may not leave the Calypso scene any time soon, with his script writer looking forward to three more crowns from Dice.
Meanwhile, President of the Dominica Calypso Association, Derrick "Hunter" St. Rose gave a strong 'maybe' for his participation in next year's Calypso competition.
Mr. St. Rose, who seemed quite disappointed by the results, pointed out that the judge's decision is final, noting he gave his best that night.
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DEBORAH Brown is using her own personal experiences of grief to help others.
She is more than headteacher at Buckton Vale Primary, Carrbrook, but also a grief recovery specialist.
Deborah is believed to be the only headteacher in Tameside to be one and possibly in the whole country.
She recently delivered a grief recovery course at Buckton Vale Primary to eight members of the community who work with young people.
They were the Rev Emma Handley, St Paul's, Stalybridge; Rachel Brennan and Zoe Taylor Mossley Hollins High School; Sam Madden, Greenside Lane Primary; Andrew Fletcher, Arlies Primary; Kelly Titterington, Milton St John's; Heidi Rowe, Gorse Hall Primary and Bev Oldham, Discovery Academy.
Deborah said: "I am so proud of all the staff who have dedicated their own time after school over four weeks and a total of 10 hours to learning to support children dealing with loss.
"One candidate said 'Everyone working with young people needs to do this course. I have learned so much from it'.
"This grief recovery course offers much needed guidance to support young people through divorce, pet loss, death of a loved one and many other losses.
"What was amazing was the variety of people attracted to the course and their different roles and from many schools across Tameside. All of them work to support young people."
Deborah explained how her own experiences influenced her decision to become a grief recovery specialist.
She said: "My mother died in August 2013 of breast cancer. She was 63 and it was awful but that was not the end of the sadness for me.
"My sister died of cryptogenic liver failure in August 2016. It was a year after her death I received a call from a parent going into palliative care.
"I made a lot of promises on the telephone to look at the child of that parent.
"It was after that call that I decided I needed to look at my own knowledge of how to support young people through loss in their lives.
"By complete chance an old friend Norry Ascroft, from Blackpool, shared he had just completed the course 'helping children with loss'.
"I made the initial call to Catherine Best, a grief recovery specialist who delivered the course to Norry. Catherine came to Buckton Vale last January and we now have 14 members of staff who have completed the course.
"The aim is for all staff to do it and now I can deliver it myself as I completed the specialist training in October during half-term.
"It has been a challenging few years, but the grief recovery process has been a huge help to me personally and professionally. I am now enjoying sharing that knowledge with others."
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English Arts and Crafts Yew Wood Lazy Susan
English Arts and Crafts Movement octagonal-shaped burr yew wood lazy Susan, the rotating top mounted on a squared pedestal with a four footed base. The label on the bottom of the base reads: Arthur W. Simpson (Hubert Simpson) The Handicrafts – Kendal [Cumbria]. Above the label is the impressed model number: X554.
- England Circa 1920-30
- Height: 10" | Width: 17.5" | Depth: 17.5"
- Item #7711
- Price: $2,600