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Border Stories - a mix of science & arts
Border Stories team
Borderland is full of exciting stories to be told and shared. Border Stories is interested to hear your story, use it for science & share it back to the community! By combining arts & science, we wish to distribute Story sharing cubes across Borderland
We wish to hear and study the stories from Borderland and then share the unique stories back to the community! Getting excited? We hope so.
**What is this about?**
Border Stories project is a brand new branch of Burning Stories initiative that seeks to understand what is going on in transformational participatory culture events and study their impact on society. We feel that Borderland is a perfect place to experiment with a new type of data collection that also mixes arts and science with a new co-creative approach. We also seek to understand how this might work or might not work in a larger setting. Utilizing lessons learned, the cubes, should they be funded, will then travel to Black Rock City, where Burning Stories volunteers are doing their magic with other research stuff.
**OK, enough of that geeky stuff, what are you actually going to do?**
We wish to distribute 20 wooden cubes to circulation during the event. Starting Monday, ending Saturday with a drop off point. These cubes are small (max 12x12cm) that have art featured in them and held a recording device in them so anyone who comes across the cube, can share a story. Our approach is explorative, seeking to see what is out there. The sharing will be anonymous and with consent, the collected stories will be shared back to the community.
**Sounds interesting, how are you going to pull that shit off?**
We co-create the cubes with tech, science and art collaborators. We share the cubes during arrival with instructions inside and a drop off point in case the cube is not functioning. The battery and memory should hold for a week. During the event, the cubes will travel around. There is a request to return the cube to a certain location(s) during end of the week.
Artistic - some of the cubes will be "Mushroom Story Cubes", from mushroom artist Saara Alhopuro https://alhopuro.com/. Burning Stories will also organise a design event via its website.
Few of the cubes could be aligned with this dream https://dreams.theborderland.se/dreams/667
Technology - tech is designed by Burning Stories techie Peter Tapio. The funding has been planned carefully per cube and parts are sourced from Shenzen, China. We hope to get funding for all 20 cubes. Less than -around- 15 funded cubes is not worth the demanding work as quite a few might get lost.
Privacy - we pay attention to privacy and GDPR issues. The data will be anonymized and no personal background information is asked.
**What are the risks?**
We have plenty of experience to navigate during the event so there is not much risk of getting the this all going smoothly but losing the cubes is a real risk. MIT research http://blackrockatlas.mit.edu/# suffered that during Burning Man 2018.
There will be a notion that please don't take this with you i.e karma points minus 10,000 will occur and the re-sell value of this tech is literally zero. For technical details, the blueprint will be available at dedicated web address so there is no need to look the engine room that is sealed with a metal cover.
EDIT: the GPS tracking (20k) now cut from the budget
**Yes this is exciting, but what are the outcomes?**
1) Documenting - we know a bit more what is going on during Borderland and hear the community´s voices
2) Sharing data back - data is equally everyone´s and it is up to the community to have the play with the stories once we share them back via file sharing.
3) This is a very important pilot experiment for Black Rock City. Borderland in the bigger picture is a perfect laboratory to pilot out new and then get it done on a bigger scale.
**Background information**
For more www.burning-stories.org
Burning Man Journal https://journal.burningman.org/2018/07/black-rock-city/participate-in-brc/share-your-burning-man-stories-with-the-burning-stories-research-project/
The pilot data was used in Cultural Correcting posting so we take the development of the initiative very seriously. Hope you can support us too!
The crew is Burning Stories team of academics, techies and artists. More information about the project: www.burning-stories.org
Animation what we seek to understand (Burning Man context): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGZ9rZENAQ
Cubes will be built before the event, no MOOP created. In case of possible loss of a cube which results as a MOOP, there are instructions inside the cube a) for a drop off point b) to mail it to Finland in case its found after the event.
|Min amount (DKK)
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|Logistics (1 X extra package cost for HEL - CPH - HEL flight)
|A wooden box 12cm x 12cm that opens from the top for 20 cubes (250 DKK per piece, estimate from professional carpenter, 100 DKK is the material estimate). For this, we look a professional pro bono help from Helsinki, if not available, this is the final price.
|Sound codecs for 20 cubes (200 DKK per piece)
|Controllers for 20 cubes (80 DKK per piece)
|Cables and wiring for 20 cubes (80 DKK per piece)
|Microphones for 20 cubes (80 DKK per piece)
|SD cards for 20 cubes (120 DKK piece piece)
|USB power banks for 20 cubes (400 DKK per piece)
|Rugged button with rgb led for 20 cubes (120 DKK per piece)
|Fillings to all cubes (velvet inside and a metal sheet with instructions typed on them, QR code plate etc)
|Art work materials (paints, pens etc) for all cubes
|Screws and other materials (i.e. metal covers) for all cubes
|Tracking tags for 20 cubes (80 DKK per piece)
|Shipping costs from China for all materials
|Connectors for 20 cubes (40 DKK per piece)
Yes please!
Prior the event, Burning Stories will organise a cube art design co-creation event at Burning Stories website
During the event, anyone can be part of this project by sharing stories when the cube comes across!
After the event, the community can have its ideation about the use of the stories at the Talk platform. This is referring to the activities outside scientific outputs. There is an additional budget item for machine voice covering the original data.
Hey friend! Welcome to the virtual drawing board of The Borderland. This is the place where we prototype the projects we'll realise during the week in the quarry.


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F1 News: 2014 Chinese GP Race – Caterham F1 Team
April 20, 2014
Shanghai, China – 20th April, 2014
Caterham F1 Team Partner Information
Go to http://www.GE.com to learn how GE innovation builds, powers, moves and cures the world.
Race: dry, overcast, air temp 16° / track temp 23° (start), 16° / 23° (lap 28), 16° / 22° (lap 56)
Kamui Kobayashi
Lap 11: pitstop 1, medium tyres
Lap 30: pitstop 2, soft tyres
Lap 40: pitstop 3, soft tyres
Finished: 18th
Fastest lap: 1.43.323 (lap 48)
Marcus Ericsson
Lap 10: pitstop 1, medium tyres
Lap 27: pitstop 2, soft tyres
Lap 42: pitstop 3, soft tyres
Finished 20th
Fastest lap: 1.43.620 (lap 30)
Team Quotes
Kamui Kobayashi, car #10, chassis CT05-#03: "Finishing 18th isn't the final position we'd want, but after a really good battle with Jules I'm relatively pleased with how today's race went. However, it's a real shame that my move on him on the last lap now doesn't count due to the mistake with the chequered flag, something we had nothing to do with. We'd had a really good battle for the last few laps of the race and I got him on what was the last lap, until it turned out the chequered flag had been waved a lap too early by mistake – until we found that out after the race it had been good to see what a small victory like that does for the team as it lifted everyone at the end of a very tough first four races of 2014.
"I didn't have a great start but still made up a couple of places on lap one and was having a good fight with Maldonado until lap 18 when he got past. The guys did a very good pitstop when we came in for the first time for new mediums on lap 11, helping me stay ahead of him until halfway through the second stint, but our car is simply not competitive enough on options tyres to hold him and once he was ahead I didn't have the pace to fight back, so from that point we were focused on beating the Marussias.
"We stuck to the original three stop strategy and that gave us a few interesting moments, particularly with Vettel who I was told I could pass as he was fuel saving and on old tyres and I was on new softs on the third stint. I hear he wasn't too pleased about that but relative to him I had the pace then to immediately pull away and did so to avoid compromising our plan.
"Obviously though the real battle for us was with the Marussias and when I came out on new softs after my final pitstop I was able to catch Chilton quickly and then closed the gap to Bianchi in a few laps, despite the traffic at that point in the race which always makes our own race very difficult. It was a really good battle with Jules, clean racing and I finally passed him going into the hairpin at the end of the back straight, having feinted left in turn 11 so I had a better run on him onto the straight which set him up for the pass into turn 14. As I say, through no fault of our own that result now doesn't count but we'll just have to dig deeper in Spain and fight back there.
"Even though we had good race with Maldonado for the first third of the race it's clear we don't have the outright pace to fight Lotus or Sauber yet, but we have a good package coming for Spain and we are determined to try and close the gap. The first four races have been hard, but having both cars finish today shows the progress we and Renault have made with reliability. Now we have to build on that and use the next couple of weeks to recharge ourselves so we can come back stronger in Barcelona."
Marcus Ericsson, car #9, chassis CT05-#01: "For me the whole race was dominated by understeer. On every set of tyres the balance just wasn't there and that meant I couldn't really push at all. It's good that we got to the end of the race, but if I hadn't had that understeer I'm sure I'd have been quicker.
"My start wasn't perfect and I was behind both Marussias at the end of lap one. We did the first stint on softs and they started graining pretty quickly so we boxed for mediums for the second stint on lap 10. We added a bit more front wing to try and help with the understeer but it didn't really help so I just couldn't push any more than I was. It was the same for the third and fourth stints which we did on softs but by that point I was pretty much on my own so just focused on getting to the end of the race.
"This is obviously the last of the early season flyaways and when we start the European season in Spain it'll be back at a track I know really well. As a rookie that's obviously good for me and with the amount of time I'll be in the factory and in the simulator between now and then, and with the new parts we have coming in Barcelona, I'm sure we'll come back stronger there and ready to make progress there and in the next few races."
Cedrik Staudohar, Renault Sport F1 track support leader: "Today we had no issues on the Power Unit side and worked with the team to get the maximum performance possible. The final result is not exactly what we wanted to achieve but we'll take advantage of the three weeks between Shanghai and Barcelona to work on performance and help the team deliver in the European season."

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The resources needed to make a web page visible to any user connected to the internet will depend to a large extent on the characteristics of the website, but at least the following will be necessary:
Web Server is the software in charge of returning the content of a web page to the browser of the user when it requests the display of said web page. This software must reside on a computer connected to the Internet, which is also often called Web Server.
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In addition, depending on the needs of the website, other resources may be necessary, such as:
Databases: if the website is a dynamic web page, is a web page whose contents change frequently, it is customary to store those contents in a database.
Email: the web page will be associated with a domain name, so that if, for example, the web page is accessible through the domain name check my-name-domain.com, the web hosting service You can provide e-mail addresses within that domain, such as email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, etc.
What should I look for when hiring a hosting service?
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The retreat centre, which we are raising funds to purchase is the heart centre for the not for personal profit foundation She IS Unleashed C.I.C.
The centre will be used for many community events, workshops and special weekend events to support those in need to create the shift to transform their life's.
We will also hire out the centre for others to host their events and retreats within, with all funds flowing into the foundation and upkeep of the centre. I am in a group of over 20,000 people who use places such as this to host their retreats. Already many showing an interest to hire from us as they are aware of the bigger vision.
Regarding the benefits to the locals.
This project will bring business to the local area as we will draw national as well as international people, entrepreneurs and business leaders to the area.
The purpose of the foundation is to help develop and transform women to improve their lives and therefore to improve their families lives too.
We will be hosting workshops, events and retreats to support and educate single mothers, from all backgrounds and from different social economic circumstances in which they can better the life's of themselves and their children.
The founder of this cause, Bryanna, does not take a wage and she has put in her own time, and finances to grow this foundation. This information is all stated on the website, www.sheisunleashed.net
This foundations goal is to improve the lives of families, including a focus on those with autistic children, and obviously with children themselves.
the foundation is a business, and it will feedback the profits into the upkeep of the property and the foundation itself.
You can find full details and updates via the website - www.sheisunleashed.net
We aim to host special events for families with children that are on the autistic spectrum, providing weekend events where the parents can be supported, guided with various tools to help their life and children's and also mindfulness so they can better cope with the daily tasks at hand to handle our children. The children will also be taught in ways for them also to cope better in life, the biggest key (Bryanna has children with this condition) is to know they are supported, nurtured and cared for.
The business side for the flow of funds coming back into the centre and the foundation is that it will be available to hire out to people who want to host their own events, retreats and such within our centre.
We will also have therapy rooms for hire, and will also hire out rooms to let that are spare.
We are setting up other ways to have streams of income flowing in the centre, gift shop area, coffee and cake area, digital products for sale as well as physical.
Bryanna is paying for support to have a book launched globally which again will bring attention to the foundation, the cause and the centre to boost this mission.
We are starting right here in Scotland, although we have a plan for our foundation to grow on a global scale.
This wonderful building right here, will be the very start of this all.
The first step, is raising funds to purchase the centre and also renovate which we do have a builder on board highly specialised in this area who again will continue to support the cause.
We had plans to raise funds to purchase a property next year and still actioning this, although this one appeared early to us and so we were advised to set up this Crowdfunding page to ask for support.
We know we can access funding for the renovations and more, it is just organising funds to purchase the property first.
We will also be working on other areas and will update the total as we move along.
To find out more about the founder and the team please check out our website below.


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Remote Livestock Management System Field Day – Blackwater
Tuesday 27 November 2018 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
|Tuesday 27 November 2018
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
|Event category:
|Animal production, Animal welfare and handling, Land and pastures, Past event
Bedford Weir Road+ Google Map
Blackwater, QLD 4717 Australia
If you've ever thought of installing a remote livestock management system this field day is for you.
During this half-day session, you will hear from Tim Driver, the inventor of the walk over weigh (WOW) system; Murray Grey, a property owner who has been successfully using the system for years; and a local who is new to the technology. This event is a great opportunity for you to learn everything there is to know about the WOW system and have all your questions answered.
Learn how to:
- Use the WOW system to monitor your livestock
- Better manage your cattle and grazing land using WOW data
Plus, find where TRU-TEST technology could take the Australian cattle industry next.
When: 8:30am – 3:30pm Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
Where: "Barnett", north of Blackwater on Bedford Weir Road
This is a FREE event.
Morning tea and lunch will be provided, however please BYO chair, hat, water bottle and sunscreen.
For more information please contact Ellie Carter on 0408 574 129 or email@example.com
RSVP by Friday, 23 November, 2018.
Download a copy of the Remote-Livestock-Management-Field-Day (PDF 3.7MB)
This workshop is supported by Fitzroy Basin Association Inc and funded through the Queensland Government Reef Water Quality Program.


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Hire the Bloomsbury Theatre & Studio
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Bring your event to life at the Bloomsbury and you'll benefit from:
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The theatre is also home to a paint frame, which is available for hire.
See the full technical specification for the Bloomsbury Theatre & Studio here.
By hiring one of our spaces, you're directly supporting UCL Culture and the work we do with artists and researchers.


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Worthing Practice Policy
- Please make sure your mobile phone is switched off at all times whilst you are in the practice.
- Out of courtesy for other patients please can you stop your children from standing on the furniture.
- Please provide us with at least 24 hours notice if you wish to cancel your appointment. Failure to do so may result in a charge for the missed appointments. If you fail to attend more than two appointments, the practice reserves the right to de register you.
- There will be a discretionary short notice cancellation/failure to attend charge, this can be approx. £1/min missed.
- We require a £20 deposit for all appointments with our hygienist. If you fail to attend this appointment, or cancel with less than 24 hours notice, you may lose the £20 deposit.
- Every April our fees may increase.
Complaints Policy
In this practice we take patients complaints very seriously and try to ensure that all our patients are pleased with their experience of our service. When patients complain, they are dealt with courteously and promptly so that the matter is resolved as quickly as possible. This procedure is based on these objectives.
Our aim is to react to complaints in the way that we would want our complaint about a service to be handled. We learn from every mistake that we make and we respond to customers concerns in a caring and sensitive way.
- The person dealing with any complaint about the service we provide is Ros Tribe, the practice Complaints Manager.
- If a person complains on the telephone or at the reception desk, we will listen to their complaint and offer to refer them to the Complaints Manager immediately. If the Complaints Manager is unavailable, the patient will be informed when they will be available and this will be arranged for them. A written record of the complaint will then be made and a copy provided to the patient and the Complaints Manager. If this meeting cannot be arranged within a reasonable time period, or if the patient does not wish to wait to discuss the matter, arrangements will be made for someone else to deal with the patient immediately.
- Email or complaints in writing will be passed on immediately to the Complaints Manger.
- If a complaint is about any aspect of clinical care or associated charges it will normally be referred to the dentist concerned, unless the patient does not wish this to happen.
- We will acknowledge the patients complaint in writing and enclose a copy of this code of practice as soon as possible, normally within three working days. We will offer to discuss the complaint at an agreed time with the patient and ask the patient how they would like to be kept informed of developments. We will inform the patient how the complaint will be handled and the likely time that the investigation will take to be completed. If the patient does not wish to discuss the complaint we will still inform them of the expected timescale for completion.
- We will seek to investigate the complaint promptly and efficiently and keep the patient regularly informed, as far as is reasonably practicable, to the progress of the investigation. Investigations will normally be completed within six months.
- When we have completed the investigation, we will provide the patient with a full written report. The report will include an explanation of how the complaint has been considered, the conclusions reached in respect of each specific part of the complaint, details of any necessary remedial action and whether the practice is satisfied with any action it has already taken or will be taking as a result of the complaint.
- We are always looking at ways to improve our service and welcome customer feedback at any time throughout the procedure.
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Today, on Fox News, while being interviewed by Chris Wallace, Sarah Palin announced her intention to run for President in 2012.
"If the nations needs me,I'll run," said the ex Alaska Governor, making it quite clear that she will be the one to determine if the nation "needs her."
Of course, in her views, only she can live up to her Presidential expectations, including unwavering ideals, and skill, the kind of skills she acquired as an administrator of a state. One can rest assured that Sarah Palin will be a candidate in the GOP/"tea-party" nomination process to select their 2012 candidate! Can Sarah Palin win the nomination?
On the Fox news interview Palin demonstrated the results of months and months of coaching, coaching in both delivery and content. By "polishing" her image Palin probably removed doubts about her ability to neutralize those many who criticized her lack of preparation, or experience. Also, Sarah Palin may have answered the question of "Gravatar", that the GOP "genius" strategist, Karl Rove, recently pronounced.
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) -- A good pitcher can pave the way to the biggest wins, but can lose them in an instant. The GreenJackets have some pretty good options of pitchers they can field. One of those options -- Franklin Van Gurp -- hasn't been pitching his whole career.
Van Gurp says he was always a catcher until a junior college coach told him he'd be a good pitcher. He had only been pitching for one season before transferring to Florida International University to finish his college career. Now, he's certainly glad he made the switch.
"I got hurt, Tommy John, so I decided when I transferred to FIU I was going to give it a full go," said Van Gurp. "It was really stressful on my arm because I didn't get my mechanics down. It was kind of out of whack. Once I actually put my head down it started to get simpler."
Van Gurp has had a pretty busy 2019, too. Between March 29 and early May, Van Gurp has been swapped between AA Richmond Flying Squirrels and Augusta five times. And yes, he played in two games in that period for Richmond.
"Seeing what it's like to throw up there, there was better hitting," said Van Gurp. "There were more sky reports, some of the things I like. It was a really fun experience for me."
Van Gurp was born in St. Martin and later moved to the Dominican Republic.


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Target Organ Damage and Cardiovascular Risk in a Hypertensive Roma Sample Population in Romania
Emma WEISS, Elisabeta BADILA, Cristina JAPIE, Ana Maria BALAHURA and Daniela BARTOS
Background: The largest European Roma community resides in Romania, but there is still little published data on cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and disease in this group. This study addresses the prevalence of arterial hypertension, associated CV disease risk, and target organ damage (TOD) in a Roma community from Bucharest, Romania.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional community-based participatory research to assess for CV risk factors, TOD and CV disease, including 806 Roma ethnics (18-83 years) integrated in the local community, 36.16% males. Evaluation included physical examination with blood pressure, pulse wave velocity and anklebrachial measurements, laboratory tests, ECG, echocardiography and fundoscopy.
Results: Prevalence of hypertension was 33.62%, awareness 76.38%, higher in females (p<0.01), and control rate 44.39%. Compared to age-matched normotensives, hypertensives had more left ventricle hypertrophy and more frequently increased pulse pressure. Differences in TOD were attenuated between newly and previously diagnosed, controlled and uncontrolled, hypertensives. Cardiovascular disease was almost absent in normotensives. Ten-year risk for fatal CV disease followed an increasing trend from normotension to long standing hypertension.
Conclusions: This is the first dedicated study to thoroughly assess TOD and risk for fatal CV disease in a Romanian Roma population. Hypertension was less prevalent than in the general population, with similar awareness, possibly as a consequence of integration in the surrounding community. Fatal CV disease risk followed the trend of increasing prevalence of risk factors, and hypertension played an important role in its modulation.
Keywords: hypertension, Roma population, Romani, gypsy, Romania, target organ damage, cardiovascular risk.


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The 101 Legian Bali nicely located on Jalan Raya Legian No.117, an entertainment-filled road connecting Legian and Kuta. The hotel is less than 10 minutes walk from shopping venues, restaurants and cafes, while Kuta Beach is just 20 minutes walking distance.
The 101 Legian 197 rooms offer modern and stylish accommodation. Each nice and clean room features well-equipped amenities with wooden furniture and a custom windows. Complimentary wi-fi internet access is available throughout the property.
Guest can exercise at the fitness centre or just relax around the hotel pool area. Hotel services include a 24-hour front desk service to help with luggage service, tour arrangement and laundry services. Free parking area is available for guests who drive.
The hotel lobby bar provides snacks, cocktails with live entertainment at 7.00am - 11.00pm. In addition, there is a bar over the pool too. The Urban Herbs Grill and Bar serves local and international dishes open from 9.00am - 11.00pm, whith room service available during the same hours.
The 101 Legian Bali is approximately 7 km from Ngurah Rai International Airport.
More informationAll individually controlled air-conditioned rooms in The 101 Bali Legian feature a private terrace or balcony (deluxe), minifridge, IDD telephone, safety deposit box, LCD TV with movie and international satellite channels, coffee/tea making facilities, bathrooms have bathtub with separate standing shower and hairdryer.
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Please note this item only includes the A4 print and not the Deluxe Edition or a frame. The item is hand signed by the band, no autopen etc.
This A4 print was previously offered exclusively to Racket Customers purchasing the Clutching At Straws Deluxe Edition.
The print has been signed by Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas.
£5 from the proceeds of this item will be donated to the Hope Flowers School.
See https://hopeflowers.org for more details.


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We remember that "Stitch" was the cat's name in the shelter
when we adopted him...He was meant to be a quilting cat
Such a love...
Lynsey chose this thread for the binding because it was so pretty and it could be seen
The rest of us try to hide our binding thread.
Here she is...sewing away...nails courtesy of Uncle Steve.
It is pouring rain here...for days...I have cracked my bedroom window so I can hear it.at night
makes for better sleeping.
Making a different block from Pat Sloan..fun..
if I decide on a sampler from Civil War reproduction fabric.
We cannot be courageous and content at the same time
as having courage implies taking emotional risks.
Interesting stuff...just for awhile..Brine Brown.
Then back to reading pablum so I can relax.
So, is it courage to put my needs out there so folks can help?
So much easier to give than to receive.
Or to stuff feelings inside not to make others uncomfortable.
Since my quilting blog has also become my therapy blog,
just writing this helps me to buck the tradition for my own survival.
Can you believe this philosopher at only 5:pm sans vino tinto??
Creative some-mores with chocolate chips and marshmallow.
My son is here today.
I was sleeping so he walked from the bus stop to my house.
Brave soul.
He is helping Evan sort thru his clothes.
He is helping me be calm
He is only one person and we all clamor for his attention.
We all need him so.
He told me that "his roommate" in the parking garage,
has started Methadone treatment too. All because of my son.
He saw how well Eamon was doing, so he started too.
We are all connected .
Holding each others hand through thick and thin.
Ugh...the rain brought in a roach...Eamon killed it...TBTG
I usually call Derrick, our Orkin man.
Derrick says...is it dead or alive??
I say...dead...Derrick says, I can only kill it once!!!


text: PamPoovey 11 #1 Posted May 16, 2018 How's this one for off topic? Or maybe it's not that much off topic? I often wonder if I should just flat out seek another Pathy owner to date, for it tends to irk when potential boyfriends say I should get rid of my WD21 (no longer potential boyfriend ) I still get joy from driving WD21, or Truck, as I address 'em. But who am I kidding? I feel stunned when I can even meet a man who can change his oil. I once went on a date with WD21, just to test the bloke's character and his vehicle looked way worse than mine! You might say my dream is to date a man whom we can restore vehicles together. Anyone else find their Pathfinder being singled out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Ice Cube and Ja Rule Comment on Pusha T vs Drake Beef (Videos)
So Kanye West may have declare the beef between Pusha T and Drake over, but Pusha T fans weren't letting it go. Watch as they chant "F Drake." Meanwhile Drake's been really quiet and his album is about to drop this week so he may have some more things to say about Pusha.
Ja Rule and Ice Cube are the latest hip hop veterans to throw in their 2 cents into this feud.
Ice says Drake had a good a run but his time reigning the charts is coming to an end. Check that out around the 9 min mark.


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Yesterday's posts on this blog and Downtown St. Louis 365 featured the two statues you can just see here, flanking the entrance to the Mel Carnahan Courthouse. The words engraved over the 14 Egyptian-style, lotus-capped columns say United States Courthouse but, as mentioned, the state took it over for the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis. All American attorneys take a course in law school on federal jurisdiction. My professor once gave a 50 minute lecture of the deep metaphor he saw between this subject and the Comet Kohoutek. No wonder I still don't understand it.
Notice the sheriff's van parked in front of the courthouse? Check out the details on Downtown St. Louis 365.


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Mr Eazi drops new single titled "Overload".
Banku Music CEO, Mr Eazi releases first single of 2018 titled "Overload". This time Eazi teams up with Saint Sami Ganja, Slimcase and Legbegbe crooner Mr Real.
Mr Eazi joins the list of other A-list artiste to have jumped on the Shaku Shaku wave in 2018. The singer who recently announced his international deal with Columbia records is also working on his second mixtape titled "Lagos To London".
No better person to team up with on Shaku Shaku song than Slimcase and Mr Real.
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The Chinese stock market plunged 3.6% today (Friday) as new disappointing economic data panicked investors. The Chinese stock market has now entered bear-market territory, having dropped 20% from a high in late December.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended Friday at 2,900.97. It was the benchmark's lowest close since Dec. 8.


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Matthew 16:24-26
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
Grace and peace to you, siblings in Christ.
This Sunday we'll hear some challenging words from Jesus, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
Jesus is going to the cross. It's the last place anyone would expect to find a god. Yet there he goes, and there we are called to follow. We know that the cross meant Jesus' death, his unity with those who suffer, and led to his resurrection. But what does it mean for us to take up our cross and to lose our lives for Jesus' sake?
I spent a lot of time in the car these past few weeks. I didn't get to listen to as many podcasts as I had expected, but I did listen to one that has helped me reframe this passage from Matthew. It was an episode of "On Being," hosted by Krista Tippet from Dec 2014. Look below for the link so you can listen or read through the part of this episode that especially connects.
Ms. Tippet's guest was Father James Martin, who spoke about being a Jesuit – Catholic. He explained a part of Ignatian spirituality:
Ignatius wanted us to be free of anything that kept us from following God. He called them disordered attachments. And the idea is that if anything keeps you from being more open to God's will in your life, get rid of it, basically.
When I read Jesus declaring, "those who lose their life for my sake will find it" I hear where Ignatius' encouragement helps us follow Jesus. We look at our lives, see what we avoid and what we move towards, and consider if we're following or missing out on God's intention for us.
Ignatius- and Jesus- invite us to look at our expectations for our lives and let them go- or at least, not be so attached to them. Do you have a 5-year, 10-year, 20-year plan? Things you expect to do? A track you've laid out for yourself? How tightly is your identity bound to your work or to a relationship? Are you so tied to your plans and your vision of yourself that you might be missing what God has in mind for you? So set on your own way that you might be closing yourself off to the new opportunities God is giving you to follow and serve? I encourage you to take that to prayer this week. God is the source of life and meaning.
Jesus loves you so much that he didn't avoid the hard work God called him to. In Jesus, God has done all things so that you would be well and have life abundantly.
God is with you! -Pastor Liz
FR. MARTIN: Well, Ignatius wanted us to be free of anything that kept us from following God. He called them disordered attachments. And the idea is that if anything keeps you from being more open to God's will in your life, get rid of it, basically. A simple example. When I was a Jesuit novice, the first part of the Jesuit training, I went into my novice director and we were supposed to assigned to different ministries working with the poor the first year of our Novitiate. And I said, well, you know what?
The last thing I want to do [laughs] I said, is work in a hospital. I don't think I could stand that. The smells, and the sights, and the sounds. And he said, well, good, then you'll be working in a hospital. [laughs] And why's he doing that? It wasn't to punish me. It was to kind of free me up from that. So, his insight was, which is a very classic Jesuit insight, if that is something that's going to be preventing you meeting people, and from doing your ministry, you need to let go of it. And the way to let go of it, in this case, was to kind of experience it. And now I can go into hospitals, and imagine a priest who was so unfree that he couldn't set foot in a hospital. You know, or a Jesuit who couldn't…
MS. TIPPETT: So is that this concept…
FR. MARTIN: …do that.
MS. TIPPETT: …of agere contra?
FR. MARTIN: Yes.
MS. TIPPETT: To act against, which…
FR. MARTIN: Mm-hmm.
MS. TIPPETT: At the end of your book, The Jesuit Guide to Nearly Everything, you said in this interview you wished you'd written more about that. And I think that's what you just described, isn't it, that sometimes, in fact, we have to act against our instincts to do what we actually really want to do. Right?
FR. MARTIN: Yeah. Yeah. So, agere contra, to act against is exactly that, and it's a way of freeing yourself up. And it can sound kind of masochistic but it's basically — it's confronting those fears, not simply for the sake of confronting them, to kind of show how strong you are, master them, but to let go of it.


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Located in northern Georgia, Clarke County is home to one of the state's liveliest cities, Athens. Known as a hub for arts and music, Clarke County is home to some of the state's best music venues, art galleries, theatres, and more! In addition to its many exciting attractions, the county also hosts a multitude of fun festivals and other events throughout the year. Don't fret if you are a fan of the outdoors, because there are many beautiful waterways, parks, and more! The county was officially founded in 1801, and was named after Elijah Clarke, who fought during the American Revolutionary War. The current population of the county is 123,912.
Many people visit Clarke County throughout the year for its many artistic hotspots. Some of the best musical acts come to Athens, thanks to its abundance of great music venues, including the Georgia Theatre, the 40 Watt Club, and many more. The county frequently hosts performances by famous comedians, symphonies, plays, and more. Check out the Classic Center Theatre to see an amazing play, musical, or dance recital. If you are looking for the perfect piece for your new home, be sure to check out one of the local galleries, including Canopy Studio, Elements Art Gallery, and many more.
You can't miss out on any of the exciting events held in Clarke County throughout the year! Athens Popfest is a favorite of locals, featuring live music, great food, children's activities and more. Many artists and musicians attend Athens Popfest to show off their work. For a true taste of the south, be sure to attend the Wildwood Revival, which features music of all different genres, southern food, and vintage shops. Other great events held in the county include Athens Wine Weekend, the Wild Rumpus Spectacle, AshFest, and many more!
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Gateway to the Panhandle Museum
Museum and library housed in the old MKT Railroad depot building. Collections of military items, farm equipment, railroad artifacts from the Katy Railroad, antique cradles, horse drawn machinery, and some Civil War items. A school house on site is listed on the National Register. Mural of the train arriving in Gate is painted on the front of the building. *
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Let's face it: People are bad drivers. We zoom around, talking (or texting) on our cell phones, yelling at the kids in the back, fiddling with the radio and generally thinking about anything but the road. In fact, one study by the Federal Highway Administration estimates that 93 percent of car accidents are a direct result of driver error [source: FHWA].
Because people are such bad drivers, we know car safety is important. That's why car companies develop things like traction control, anti-roll systems and airbags in concert with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the insurance industry. It's also why they work with the Defense Department to develop unmanned vehicles that can carry weapons and navigate war zones.
Did that last bit throw you? You might be thinking that automotive safety is about things like airbags and seat belts, not missiles and drones. And while traffic can be bad, it's not exactly a war zone out there. But a key part of automotive safety is preventing accidents, and one of the best ways to do that is to take drivers out of the equation. That means developing cars that can drive themselves. But there are other uses of driverless car technology that can keep people -- namely soldiers -- safe. The same systems that can help a car navigate traffic can help an unmanned vehicle deliver help and supplies or perform reconnaissance in a war zone. That means fewer soldiers on the battlefield and fewer lives lost. That's why the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) came up with its annual Urban Challenge.
So what is DARPA all about? Find out in the next section.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an arm of the Department of Defense. Its mission is to manage research projects. The projects aren't basic research, however. DARPA characterizes them as high-risk and high-reward. That means that a lot of the research projects and new developments won't pan out. The few that do, however, will dramatically advance technology and missions for the military.
The founding of DARPA was spurred by the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik. The Department of Defense was worried that the Soviet Union and other hostile nations were developing weapons technology more advanced than that of the U.S. In 1958, DARPA was created with the task of making sure that the United States always has a technological edge over adversaries.
DARPA is a unique government agency. To make sure that it's always on the cutting edge, the agency is small. It operates outside of the military's traditional research and development agencies and reports directly to the Secretary of Defense. That eliminates a lot of bureaucracy and allows the agency to act fast on the most promising research. One way that DARPA does this is by using contests and challenges to encourage innovation. Starting in 2004, the Urban Challenge has been one of its most famous contests. The Urban Challenge has gotten a lot of press, not only because the technology has many military and civilian applications, but also because it's really, really cool
So who won the latest Urban Challenge, and how did the winner do it? Go to the next page to find out.
The Urban Challenge
The most recent Urban Challenge was held Nov. 3, 2007, and consisted of unmanned cars racing around an old Air Force base. Eleven unmanned cars were in the race, and 30 cars with drivers were added to the course to increase the traffic density. Teams had no prior knowledge of the race course. They were given a map of the course two days before, but this wasn't a simple point-A-to-B race. The vehicles had to visit checkpoints in a specific order, like an unmanned military vehicle would have to do as a part of a mission. DARPA officials were on hand throughout the course to observe the vehicles and monitor safety.
The cars used a number of computer programs, as well as radar sensors and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The systems all worked together to calculate a course, sense obstacles and avoid other cars. Some systems are similar to technology already in cars on the road, like Automatic Cruise Control, which keeps a set distance between a car and the car in front of it. Other technologies, which allow a car to come to an intersection, sense other traffic and know who has the right of way, are years from mass production.
Though 11 vehicles started the race, by midmorning, half had been disqualified. One was stopped moments before it ran into a building, and another simply pulled off the road and into a carport before being disqualified. In the end, six vehicles finished the race: Tartan Racing (a team put together by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors, among others), won first prize (and $2 million), while teams from Stanford University and Virginia Tech came in second and third, respectively.
All in all, the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge showed that technologies for unmanned vehicles are closer than you might think. While there are a lot of bugs to work out of the technology, the same can be said for human drivers.
To learn more about car technologies, look over the links on the next page.
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More Great Links
- DARPA Over the Years. http://www.darpa.mil/body/overtheyears.html
- DARPA Grand Challenge http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
- Greene, Kate. "Stanford's New Driverless Car." Technology Review. June 15, 2007. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18908/?a=f
- Krishner, Tom. "GM Researching Driverless Cars." MSNBC. January 6, 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22529906/
- Lum, Harry and Jerry A. Regan. "Interactive Highway Safety Design Model: Accident Predictive Model. http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/winter95/p95wi14.htm
- Olsen, Stephanie. "CMU Wins $2 Million in Urban Robot Race" November 3, 2007. CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9810621-7.html
- Olsen, Stephanie. "DARPA Sees Inspiration as Trophies of Robot Race." October 18, 2007.http://news.cnet.com/DARPA-sees-inspiration-as-trophy-of-robot-race/ 2008-1014_3-6214091.html
- Squatriglia, Chuck. "GM Says Driverless Cars Could Be on the Road by 2018." Wired Magazine. January 7, 2008. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/01/gm-says-driverl.html


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The DAWSON team of Hawaii had a positive impact on the current and future elderly residents of the Lunalilo Home, and other elderly living in their own homes who received hot meals prepared and delivered by Lunalilo Home. We provided the following services:
• Provided nine planter boxes for growing nutritious produce for the kupuna (elderly) of Lunalilo Home as well as the hot meals they prepare to deliver to the at-home elderly. The boxes were elevated so that the kupuna do not have to bend too low, allowing them to actively participate in the cultivating of the garden.
• Irrigation was installed to water the plants.
• Ti leaf plants were planted along the length of the chain link fence. These can be used in preparation of native Hawaiian foods.
• Provided a catered lunch for the elderly.
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The Hyogo Business and Cultural Center shared some of their photos from the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival, many of which were from the yukata dress-up station. Their photographer is certainly much better than I am, with my cheap camera and cell phone! I wanted to share some of my favorite shot, you can see the rest of their photographs here.
I love this artistic shot of the geta. I have a large number of geta, and have been meaning to take a picture of them lined up like this.
I believe this is Okinawa Kenjin-kai. My son enjoyed watching them at the New Years celebration, I wish we were able to see them at the Cherry Blossom Festival. They get the audience up and participating in the dance.
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Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana
Definition - What does Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana mean?
Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana is the name of a core strengthening yoga posture that readies the body for more challenging arm balances. In utthita chaturanga dandasana, the body is held in a plank position off the ground, supported by the hands and the balls of the feet. It is often used as a transitional posture, especially before chaturanga dandasana.
The name comes from the Sanskrit root words, utthita which means "extended", chatur meaning "four", anga which means "limb", danda which means "staff" and asana which means "seat" or "posture." The same pose can also be known by the Sanskrit names phalakasana and kumbhakasana or by its English name plank pose.
Yogapedia explains Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana
Utthita chaturanga dandasana has a range of mental and emotional benefits as well as the physical strengthening effects. Since it is a challenging posture to hold, it can cultivate greater resilience, determination and focus. It builds patience and discipline.
In the Surya Namaskar sequences, which are commonly used to warm the body in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga, utthita chaturanga dandasana is practiced repeatedly. It is important that it is practiced carefully and with good alignment in order to prepare the yogi for the next posture in the sequence, chaturanaga dandasana, which is usually more challenging.


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Dan Is a Real Estate Broker and Appraiser for Remer Realty and Appraisal. As a Real Estate Broker, Dan has been able to see first hand the decisions and actions of buyers moving to the community. This perspective has helped him to understand that often time's people are making a choice of where to live and locate based on the perceived value of the community as a whole.
Grant Patera- Vice President
Grant is an agent at the Hoffman Insurance Agency in Ida Grove. Grant has been on the Ida Grove Chamber's board since 2008 and enjoys being part of community organizations and supporting local businesses. Born and raised in Ida Grove he sees the value of living here and wants to continue making Ida Grove a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
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Jerrica Brenner started her career in 2004, which lead her to the opening of Trendue Salon & Spa in 2008. Leading a team built on inspired coaching and top continuing education, Jerrica continuously strives for the perfect guest experience. She joined the chamber board in 2013 seeking motivation and building community unity.
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Chelsea is the Recreation Director for the city of Ida Grove. She has the privilege of managing the exceptional recreational facilities that the city has to offer its residents, including a recreation center and outdoor pool.
Chelsea has served on the Chamber as secretary since 2013.
Ryan Goodman
Ryan is currently the Strategic Recruiter for Amec Foster Wheeler, a global Engineering Consulting firm based out of London with 42,000 employees world wide. A Battle Creek native and Iowa State graduate, Ryan moved back to Ida Grove for family reasons in 2008 after 10 years in the Atlanta area. He has been in the recruiting business for 20 years and loves what he does for a living. Ryan is a Ida Grove City Council Member, Chairperson for Ida County Relay for Life, President of Ida Grove Kiwanis and has been on the Chamber Board since moving back to Ida Grove in 2008. He is a firm believer that Ida Grove is a great community that through the hard work of dedicated people can only get better.
Dana Phillips
Dana is the Accounting/Audit Assistant at United Bank of Iowa. Dana grew up in Ida Grove and enjoys being able to give back to her community. Being involved in the Chamber has given Dana the opportunity be more involved in Ida Grove businesses and meet new people.
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BRISTOL - Crews on Tuesday worked to repair the third water main break in the last five days in the city.
The most recent break was reported at about 3:16 p.m., on North Pond Street, near Birge Road. The surrounding streets were expected to be affected, according to the Bristol Water Department.
Residents in the area may have seen low water pressure or no service at all. Crews from the water department remained on scene until the break was repaired. The repairs were expected to be done in the late afternoon hours.
Once water service was restored, residents had been advised to run cold water in a bathtub until it ran clear. Laundry should not be done until the water is clear.
This is the third water main break in the city since Friday, when Maple Avenue was closed for much of the day. Another break was reported Monday on Park Street.
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At The Fish Pier
Dusk at Portsmouth's Commercial Fish Pier on Peirce Island.
At The Fish Pier
Dusk at Portsmouth's Commercial Fish Pier on Peirce Island.
Bridges, originally uploaded by Philip Case Cohen.
A portrait of Portsmouth's waterfront at first light from Peirce Island. There's something about starting your day with the first orange rays of light. The layers of clouds added enough interest to the scene to make this a keeper.
I've been enjoying vertical compositions lately, with a visit to the archives uncovering a few shots I'd previously passed up. This shot taken from Peirce Island features the Peirce Island Bridge with the Memorial Bridge close to its maximum lift height in the background. I wonder what the new Memorial Bridge might look like from this spot with its new towers and new clean lines – at full height. I hope the bridge is still visible from the various spots around town that you can spot the towers from now.
The water and bridge elements under the textured clouds help make this one worth coming back to.
We all have our comfort zones and our creative muses. When I see a gorgeous sunset developing, I always scramble around for what the best place to shoot might be. Sometimes traffic, timing, clouds, people, etc. tend to dictate where I can go….so I was driving around downtown trying to find a great spot to catch a rainbow that had appeared under the stormy sky. I wanted to frame the North Church. I wasn't able to get both in any frame, then I was inspired to head towards one of my absolute favorite locations to shoot a dramatic sky – Peirce Island.
I was greeted with an increasingly stunning landscape shot, with the essence of it shown above. Check out some previous gorgeous moments from the Boat Ramp here and here.
A simple silhouette of the Memorial Bridge and Harbour Place on the horizon as seen from Four Tree Island. Some subtle colors and cloud movements add some interest to the familiar scene. This afternoon was ridiculously windy, and although it's spring – I was fooled into thinking I'd be warm but lost feeling in my hands after a couple minutes of sustained wind. The wind made sure the water was nice and smooth as it blew towards the rocks in the foreground…and after a few long exposures, I packed up and headed for the heated seats in the car.


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If you're encountering your own nightmarish travel situation this Thanksgiving, take solace in the fact that you're probably not as bad off as these people were.
10.) Three Hour Round Trip From Austin To Houston
It takes about 2.5 hours to get from Austin to Houston. Reader, PatBateman had to make a round trip in three for a highly important reason:
"I once had to make a world record run from Austin to Houston and back on Christmas Eve night because I forgot presents for the kids at home. Either the State Troopers along IH-10 and 71 were all off for the night or they all had the Christmas spirit and didn't pull me over."
Suggested By: PatBateman, Photo Credit: Getty Images
9.) "I Blame Auntie Anne's"
Those warm, cinnamon sugar pretzels may be tempting, but may cause more harm than good, as Mergatroy6 found out:
"I took my kids to Disney World to celebrate their 1st and 4th birthdays. We booked a 4pm flight out of LGA figuring that we would arrive at Orlando and be checked into our Disney resort by 8:30.
The weather was beautiful but our flight was delayed and didn't take off until around 9pm. The kids were well behaved and the 4 year old was placated with Netflix and Auntie Anne pretzels in the terminal. Once on-board the kids fell sound asleep and all was well.
As we start to descend my 4 year old starts to stir. He is clearly out of it so my wife takes him to the bathroom. He pees and splashes some water on his face. As he walks back down the aisle, one of the flight attendants hands him a can of that San Pellegrino orange juice. 5 minutes later, while the 1 year old is asleep on my lap, my 4 year old is sitting slouched in his seat, half asleep, and proceeds to empty the entire contents of his stomach all over his sweatshirt, teddy bear and parts of my lap. He gets rushed to the bathroom and comes out in his slightly stained jeans and with a blanket draped over his bare torso. My family, and the entire plane, had to endure the next 15 minutes with the overpowering smell of vomit.
Once we land and get to the terminal, we find out that Disney's Magic Express has ceased luggage operations for the day. A small blessing because getting our own luggage means I can get some clean clothes for my son. I ditch the bag of vomit covered clothing, and one dearly loved teddy bear, in a trash can near the baggage carousel. Once the luggage arrives I change my son into a pair of shorts and a new shirt. Now we head over to the Magic Express bus so we can head to the resort. We sit on the bus for at least an hour and despite all the sink bathing and fresh clothes you can still smell a hint of vomit in the air. I was embarassed but at the same time I wasn't. Kids throw up and we did the best we could.
We get to the resort. It is now close to 1am. Check-in takes another hour. So much for being in our rooms by 8:30. I blame Auntie Anne's for the vomit since we had no issues for the rest of the trip."
Suggested By: Mergatroy6, Photo Credit: Krista
8.) 23 Hour Drive From Detroit To Kentucky
It was a long drive, but at least Bad72AMX did it for love!
"This past year, I had to be in Detroit for work the weeks before and after Valentines day. For various reasons, I hadn't spent Valentines with the lady in a few years so I really wanted to make it home even though the few others that had to attend both weeks stayed. I was able to leave on V-day around noon and I'd have to drive back Sunday to be there by 9 Monday. (I live in KY, which is a 6 hour drive on the best of days and I'm required to drive).
The day arrives, and I leave Detroit to cool temps and clear skies. By the time I hit the Ohio line, that changed to blowing and drifting snow and 30mph traffic. By 5 I was parked north of Dayton, which is about half way.
Around 7, I got moving again but conditions were getting worse and worse and I was witnessing accidents happen every few minutes. I should probably also mention that I drive a 2WD Ram, so it isn't the most ideal winter ride. It was almost 9 by the time I reached Cincinnati and temps had plummeted into the single digits and road crews had given up.
The roads got worse and worse, and I still hadn't reached the rolling hills of KY. Once I do, I realize that A. the roads in Ohio were great compared to these and B. There is no one else left on the road except idiots in lifted trucks driving like it was a light drizzle. I also found out from local weather that KY received hours of freezing rain before the snow came, which explained the terrible conditions. Around Sparta, the need to maintain speed to climb hills of ice was making the drive very hairy.
Despite my best efforts, I still slid off into a median and took 20+ minutes to get myself unstuck. Of course, it was now nearing 11 and I had to get off the road. Luckily, the Red Roof Inn at the race track had one room left (a VIP suite) and was packed with stranded travelers. Unluckily, it was on the fifth floor and the elevator was broken, but that was a small hassle in the scheme of things.
I had a few beers and a sandwich at the bar to calm my nerves and frustration and got a little sleep. The next morning I got up planning on salvaging my short weekend and hit the road by 9. The roads were clear and clean, until I hit traffic within 5 miles. There was an accident with an SUV, a plow truck, and a sign post, which was now blocking all lanes of traffic.
After another hour or more parked, they finally cleared it and I was back running. I finally pulled in my driveway 23 hours after I left and 23 hours before I'd have to turn around and make the drive back."
Suggested By: Bad72AMX, Photo Credit: Getty Images
7.) Sat In Cat Shit
This story from MBolanos just get worse and worse. A veritable shit show. Literally:
"1996: I was only 10, and my dad was a diplomat so we were living in Miami.
We decide to fly home (Costa Rica) to visit our family for the holidays because we hadn't seen everyone in a year and a half. We flew the now defunct "Aero Costa Rica" airline which used leased A320s from Air Jamaica of all things.
Costa Rica should have been in the middle of its quite pleasant dry season (which we are enjoying right now, the view outside my office is unbelievable right now). Well, this "dry" season wasn't so dry and a massive thunder and rainstorm was covering the whole country.
As the tiny A320 (half painted in Aero Costa Rica colors, the other half still had the Air Jamaica livery) started approaching CR airspace the shaking began. Nothing unusual, you have to fly over the mountain range to get in here so shaking is expected. Out of the blue the plane starts BOUNCING up and down. The captain comes in over the PA and tells everyone to sit the fuck down, NOW!
We sit through 20 minutes of this mayhem, dropping and climbing hundreds of feet at a time, the engines clearly at 100 percent and the biggest rain drops hitting the windows. The captain announces that the Costa Rican airport is closed, and we were being diverted to San Andrés (a Colombian island about 45 minutes away). Somehow we survive the most expensive airborne roller coaster on earth and land in San Andrés.
We are allowed to deplane after about an hour, but the airport was closed after 8pm. We were expected to only hang out on the tarmac (it was the 90s, simpler times and lax security). During this time, some woman who had managed to slip her cat on the plane without anybody noticing lets it loose to stretch its legs. The thing bolts all around the cabin, leaves the plane through the staircase and vanishes into the dark (the cat was lost, nobody could see anything).
We get news from Costa Rica that the storm had sorta cleared and if the pilot was daring he could land, so they load us up into the plane QUICKLY.
That's when my dad sits in cat shit.
This released the most wretched smell ever. I can still remember the flight attendants emptying Glade cans up and down the cabin.
We take off in the most violent take off I have ever experienced (first time I actually felt a plane going quickly), go through THE worst and most shaken approach possible, and finally land 45 minutes later.
I had to sit next to my dad smelling like cat shit through all of this."
Suggested By: MBolanos, Photo Credit: Aero Icarus
6.) Bad Planning
Traveling with young kids for the holidays? Don't cut corners planning like MonkeyPuzzle did:
"Traveling with my wife and two kids under the age of 2. I usually pack an extra set of clothes in my carry-on so in the event my luggage doesn't turn up, I'm all good, but I used my carry on space to accommodate diapers and such.
The youngest had a diaper blowout. I knelt in diarrhea and had to "wash" my jeans in that tiny airplane sink where one hand has to hold the water on while the other hand contorted the wash the jeans in the fraction of an inch of clearance below the water spout.
Got to Sydney (already having traveled 18 hours from Denver) and found we were too early to check in, having not booked it as one continuous trip to save money. So we were forced to sit on the boring side of security screening. No places to eat, too much luggage to easily go anywhere, and no really good place to even sit an entertain children.
Cut some corners in the planning, paid the price in the end."
Suggested By: MonkeyPuzzle, Photo Credit: eyeliam
5.) "Never Going International Again"
Newark suddenly doesn't seem so bad after you read JeepersCreepers' story:
"My wife and I went on our honeymoon over Thanksgiving. We travelled to the lovely country of The Dominican Republic. While our stay there was nice, getting home would be a different story.
We were told right away when we got there that we should get to the airport 5 hours before our scheduled flight as the airport is a little shady and that the people who work the ticket counters also work the gates, so if you got there late no one would be at the counters. We scheduled our bus to pick us up 5 hours early. Unfortunately come time to leave, our van (it was suppose to be a bus...) was just a bit late, by an hour.
Already freaking, we hopped into it and was told that we had 4 other people to pick up along the way. We get to the airport about 2.5 hours early to see a line going out the doors. So we wait in line for about 45 minutes and get to the ticket booth... only to find out we needed to get into another line to check baggage... Also, while we have tickets to get to Atlanta, we did not receive tickets to our final destination as the flight was cancelled and this ticket person had no clue what to do. Wife is freaking.
After another 45 minute wait to check baggage we run to security. Now normal airports have monitors all over the place to tell you if your plane is on time and at what gate. Not this one. So we have no clue what is going on, all we know is we are standing in a line that looks about 45 minutes long.
A man from the airport comes up to us and says he can get us past security if we pay him a sum... I don't bite. Seems sketchy and this whole country reeked of it. I take a gamble and stay in line, only to find that when we get to the front of the 45 minute line, it snakes around and is just filled with hundreds of people. Wife is pulling her hair out.
No idea what is going on we get through security only to have to go wait in another line for customs... Through customs we run to the gate, and there is no plane. We were 45 minutes late. Line at the counter was Black Friday long of whining people. I take my customary place in line and learn from the man next to me that lo and behold, the plane never came.
TWO flights from Atlanta were delayed. 600 people are delayed out of the Dominican by two hours, and nobody was making their connecting flight. We flew to Atlanta, got stuck in a hotel and flew home the next morning. Never going international again."
Suggested By: JeepersCreepers, Photo Credit: Getty Images
4.) "Only Way They Get Me Off This Plane Is By Dragging My Cold, Dead Body Off"
Geph_knows_best calls this the "return trip from hell." That's not hyperbole:
"Do you remember the 'underwear' bomber from Christmas Day, 2009? I sure as shit do.....stick with it to the end, it's a good read.
We were in Paris for the holidays staying with friends who were doing missionary work in France. We flew from Indianapolis to Paris Christmas Day and planned to fly back home New Years Day. Long story slightly short....
All flights going back into the US from Europe the two weeks following the Christmas Day incident were a complete nightmare. Most of the airlines restricted check-in times, meaning you had to be checked in at least 2 hours before the flight was scheduled to leave, or you didn't board, period, no exceptions. They did this because the FAA asked them to basically screen every single bag, checked and unchecked.
Every bag we carried on was completely opened, turned out on a table, rifled through and then they asked you to pack it back up. I witnessed them dump a 6 year old boy's superhero backpack onto a table, and then just casually move on as his parents helped him pack his toys back up.
We missed our check-in time by 4 minutes because the airport shuttle trains were behind that day... Our scheduled 10am flight, didn't leave until 2:30 that day...we watched it taxi off from the terminal as we waited for our 2:00pm flight that we had to pay $500 to get on. It didn't leave until after 10pm.
The first plane we got on had issues with the de-icers on the wings, so after an hour they made us get off. Then we were driven on a bus to a second plane, when the buses pulled up, the plane didn't have power. Thirty minutes standing on a cramped bus, still no power so they drove us back to the terminal. We got back on the same plane that had the de-icing issues, apparently all fixed now, so we board. We push back and get in line to take off!!
Then we turn around and start taxing back to the gate....de-icing warnings again. It's 6pm now. I can see the innards of the planes right wing just hanging out as they work on it... At about 8pm they make us get off and say we are going to have to wait for a new plane to fly in, BUT, they are going to feed us in the terminal!
We've now been stuck behind the secure line of the airport for about 8 hours with no food except crackers and Sprite, which they gave us on the plane. They have sandwiches which look like they came from a vending machine, and they are pouring coke products into paper cups, because they aren't allowed to give us the aluminum cans; at that point I don't blame them...making a shiv from the can to attack the flight crew was probably on a lot of peoples minds. We board the new plane at around 9:30pm, settle into our seats, finally, we're going to be gone.
But wait! They loaded the lunch menu into the planes galley and now they have to swap it for the dinner menu. On top of that, the pilots and crew have now been working for more than 8 hours and they have to get a new flight crew to replace them! We take off from Charles De'Gaulle at 10:30pm on route to Boston, which as we would learn about an hour before we land, is expirencing Blizzard conditions. In the last few hours, both my wife and I begin to feel ill, it's obvious we caught something walking around Paris for a week in the cold. We land in Boston, AirFrance puts us into a hotel, we are schedules on a flight to Indy they next day.
They next day we're both very ill, running temperatures above 100 but at this point, nothing is keeping us off that plane. It's a small regional plane that we board with only about 20 rows of 3. About half the flight is service men & women returning to Camp Atterbury south of Indianapolis. We get seated, doors close, almost home... Then there's a weird noise outside, someone's knocking on the door of the plane. The flight crew opens the door and an agent from the airline gets on...
"Ladies and Gentlemen, due to the conditions on the runway, weight restrictions have been implemented for take-off and we are too heavy. In order to take off, we are going to need approximately 15 people to voluntarily get off the plane." %$@!*&
I turned to my wife, 'Only way they get me off this plane is by dragging my cold, dead body off...'
The service men & women can't get off, military order, but thankfully they promise about a dozen people flying to Minneapolis a direct flight that will get there home sooner if they get off. We take off, land in Indy, and my wife and I spend the next 4 days in bed recovering from the return trip from hell."
Suggested By: Geph_knows_best, Photo Credit: Getty Images
3.) Mazda RX-8 – Not A Great Winter Car
Mazda RX-8s are great for many things! Driving in winter, however, isn't one of them as DJHerbert discovered
"I suffered through 5 upper-midwest winters in my 2004 Mazda RX-8 (similar to pic). All of them were terrible, but the worst was in 2007. I drove from Iowa to Wisconsin to see my parents for Christmas.
I happened to leave my house right before the worst ice storm in recorded history happened to crop up right along Highway 151, which was the exact route I was taking. When I left my house, things were clear. I made it about 15 miles, and all of a sudden the storm hit. Not 2 minutes later, I found myself going backwards into oncoming traffic. Not good! So I intentionally put my car in the ditch so as not to kill myself or others.
Unfortunately I could not get back out. I stood by the side of the road, and thankfully a good samaritan with a tow cable on his truck stopped and helped me out and got me back on the road (took about an hour, remember, there is a freaking ice-blizzard going on at the time).
So I got back on the road, and, being a complete fool, instead of turning back and going home, I continued on my journey. I made it another 15 miles or so, then spun out again, though this time I stayed on the road. I continued on, creeping along at about 15-20 miles per hour (even that was extremely scary), and spun out again a few minutes later.
Finally realized that I would kill myself if I continued, I admitted defeat and stopped at the first hotel I could find, a Super 8 in Anamosa, IA. Not the worst hotel, and the 1 room they had left when I got there also happened to be the biggest. It smelled awful, but I took it.
By this point I had been on the road for about 6 hours (for what would usually take less than 1) and was freezing and hungry, so I went out to look for food. The only restaurants in town had just shut down because of the ice storm. I managed to get a couple of cookies out of the vending machine and attempted to get some sleep.
Then, at about midnight, the fucking power goes out! And it's out ALL NIGHT. NO HEAT. It got down below freezing in my hotel room, I was curled up under every blanked I could find and still couldn't get warm enough to get any sleep. I considered going out to sit in my car with the heat on, but the raging ice storm convinced me otherwise.
The hotel provided a bit of luke-warm 'hot chocolate' at about 4am, but that didn't help much. Day broke, and I got the heck out of there. I was extremely hungry and decided to try the Hardees across the street. I barely survived the trip over there, ate my breakfast, and then could not make it back out of the damn parking lot! I was really hating my RX-8 at that point.
After about an hour of trying I made it out, and got back on the road. I toodled along at 15 mph, and on my way to Dubuque I called my Mom (who lives in Madison) to have her come meet me in Dubuque (with her SUV) and pick me up and bring me the rest of the way.
Incredibly, we got to Dubuque at the same time, but I was unable to get off of the highway because the stupid plows had piled up snow over the exits! My RX-8 was unable to scale the massive (6" piles) so I had to keep going. My Mom managed to turn around and followed me the rest of the way.
Eventually, late that night, I made it to Madison. What would normally be a 3 hour trip took nearly a day and a half. All thanks to my light-weight rear-wheel-drive piece of shit Mazda RX-8. God I miss that car."
Suggested By: DJHerbert, Photo Credit: Taber Andrew Bain
2.) Missed Thanksgiving Dinner
Don't read Steven's story if you're weak of stomach:
"Thanksgiving 2007. My parents and I were set to meet my brother, his wife, and her family in Glenwood Springs, CO. I leave Tuesday evening from Midland, Tx and make it to Roswell, NM where I slept in the back seat of my crew cab F150 in a truck stop.
Thought I would be warm enough to not run the truck. Woke up 5 am freezing. Started the truck and tried to get some warm sleep. Gave up and trucked on to Albuquerque to meet with someone for business. Hoped on I25 towards Denver. Made great time other than getting lost in Downtown Santa Fe by accident trying to get back to the interstate after lunch.
Rest of the trip is a breeze until I hit the ski areas on I70. They water down windshield washer fluid in west Texas. I go wash off road grime to find it was frozen. Smeared grease all over the windshield. Could barely see. Stop in Dillon to clean windshield and try to get the system working again. Which I was able to. Enter Glenwood canyon. Probably 8ish.
Now enter what, I will never know the real cause of, the sickest I've ever been in my life. If you've ever driven I70 through Glenwood canyon, you will agree with me that there is no shoulder to pull off on. It is a stacked highway. Luckily my loving mother packed me a goodie bag for me to snack on while I made my trip separately from them.
Quickly empty the bag and proceed to empty my stomach into said bag, also crapping my pants a little, while still maintaining about 45 mph over the next 7 miles til I got to the one rest stop. Skedaddle (technical term for having just, or about to crap your pants. You know the awkward walk/run you do) inside with clean underwear to finish throwing up empty my guts from the other end.
Clean up and make it to Glenwood springs where I didn't leave the room or reply bathroom for 2 more days. I missed the awesome thanksgiving dinner sitting on the toilet with a trash can in front of me. Worst holiday trip ever."
Suggested By: Steven, Photo Credit: Denise Mattox
1.) Made It To Class...Four Days Late
All I can say is that I hope reader xt5280 has some understanding teachers:
"Freshmen year of college, I was in Indonesia visiting my parents during the holiday break. On my return trip to get back for classes starting on Monday, I flew from Jakarta to Taipei, but then found out upon arrival in Taipei that I was actually wait-listed on the second leg of my trip from there to San Francisco.
Turned out that due to Chinese New Year and heavy travel plans from there to the US, the next open seat on a flight to SF was 2 WEEKS away. Over the course of the next few hours, and then again the next day, I spent countless hours working with a China Airlines ticket desk employee... Keep in mind this was before the days of widespread smartphone use, so there was no magic computer in my pocket to use to get it all figured out.
They were very helpful, but the language barrier was brutal, so through ultra-broken English, writing down flight times and prices (since I'd have to pay any difference in ticket cost), I learned that the next open seat to fly anywhere in the US was a direct flight to New York, in 2 and a half days... Mind you, by this time it was already Sunday, and classes started on Monday.
I luckily was able to get in touch with a family friend who lived in Taipei, so after sitting for 2 nights and 2 days in the airport ticket hall, I was able to get a cab to their place to stay the night, shower, eat, and then return bright and early the next day for my flight to NY. Fortunately I was able to email my uncle from our friends house to let him know I was going to be arriving at some awful hour, but he was able to pick me up thankfully.
That flight was 14 hours. Arrived in New York, and my uncle was kind enough to pick me up so I could stay with his family that night on Long Island. Upon arriving there, I then searched for and booked flights to get me back to Oregon... In theory this was going to be, NY-Dallas-Portland-Eugene.
First leg of the flight the next morning was fine, arrived in Dallas, but then iced over runways in Portland cancelled our flight, so I changed flights to Seattle, then from there to Eugene, it was too foggy to land in Eugene, so that flight was cancelled. That night, I slept on the floor of Seattle's airport until our rescheduled flight took off the next morning and eventually I made it back to my apartment.
Finally arrived home on THURSDAY, and made it in to one of my classes a little late... you know, like 4 days late."
Suggested By: xt5280, Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Hello from Camdenton, Missouri!
Hello everyone. We've completed our move to Camdenton, Mo., and are excited to continue serving the auction community. Business has continued as usual and invoices this past week started going out with our new address of P.O. Box 1145, Camdenton, MO 65020. Payments made to the old address will be processed normally.
In response to an inquiry, yes, there are armadillos here.