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George (Jurek) Skarbek, Maria's elder son.
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I'm getting sick of ludicrous arguments I keep hearing about guns
1 Guns aren't "safe" guns are tools intended to harm, there is no other purpose for a gun than to wound or kill.
2 People may kill people but people with guns kill them a whole lot faster.
3 The general consensus everywhere but the United states of EUHMERICAH is that guns are bad and one should not be able to own, this does not however mean that Americans shouldn't be able to choose whether or not they're allowed to own guns.
4 The fact that when you ban guns there will still be guns on the street is not an argument to hide yourself behind, however making it more difficult for the average Joe to own a gun and limiting the influx of guns into the open world is a valid argument against it. (quote me on this and I will elaborate on the subject).
5 A shotgun in a secured gunsafe in your home is a defense weapon, semi-automatic/automatic weapons and pistols aren't.
6 A pistol securely fastened on your body is a defense weapon if you're out on the street, a shotgun or semi/automatic weaponry is not.
7 Hunting rifles in woodland areas are a yes, hunting rifles in the suburbs or the city are a No-No.
Any arguments to add, anything you wish to discuss ?
the poster of this thread neither condemns nor accepts guns
Another one?
Did you really need to bring up your criticisms in a new thread, instead of posting in one of the 1,232,532 other gun threads currently lurking around on this site? You really want to debate about it, why don't you got to the R&P section? Otherwise, this thread is very redundant as compared to many, many other active gun threads.
As for your points...
1. Am I really harming a paper target or clay pigeons if I go out to the range and shoot them? Recreational shooting leads no harm to anybody, as long as you follow basic gun safety and the instruction of range master.
2. Most people who get shot live to tell the tail. 80% of people who are not shot once in instantly fatal places (heart and the head) live to tell the tale. The ones who die, die because they bled out.
3. Appeal to Popular Belief.
4. Or can lead to situation where the "average joes" are disarmed, while all the crooks, who's purchases of firearms are NOT reported to anyone, wouldn't be disarmed. See spike in crime in DC after pistol ban.
5. Why not? If I shoot someone invading my home with an AR-15, a colt .45, or a 12 gauge, why is one self defense and one isn't? While shotguns, in most cases, can be better home defense weapons, but not in all cases. Shotguns are fairly heavy, and have a large amount of kick to them. Older people with health problems may not be able to lift a shotgun up to defend themselves, or the recoil my hurt them. My father just had open heart surgery, and in his present state, the recoil of a shotgun might KILL him. A pistol would not be a problem.
6. I will have to agree, although people who commit crime with shotguns and rifles are used in such a low percentage of crimes I don't see much reason to ban the practice.
7. See #5.
Some guns are made for target shooting. Also, I believe the main purpose of machine guns is not to wound or kill, but to create suppression fire.
The US isn't the only country that allows it's citizens to own guns.
What makes one type of gun a self-defense weapon and another type not? Doesn't that depend on how the gun is used? After all, a baseball bat is a self-defense weapon if that's what I keep it around and use it for.
Your list of facts is reading suspiciously like a list of opinions.
It doesn't matter whether guns are safe. It doesn't matter whether guns have any use in self defense, recreation, or crime. It doesn't matter whether they kill people.
What matters is that Americans desire to own firearms. And the ownership of firearms does not trespass upon the rights of those who do not desire to own firearms.
This is America. I am an American. I've never owned a gun in my life. I don't really want to. But I will not allow my freedom to be stifled by cowards.
1 suppression fire? you do know that is still to harm, don't tell me that you're the guy sitting behind a machine gun in ww1 ww2 or any war or combat situation after that sitting behind a machine gun going "well heck if I shoot into the air they'll probably get scared and retire from progressing"
3 Not in the way the U.S does, not in civilized countries at least.
5/6 Gun experts and research has shown those are the most effective tools, indeed it is an opinion that it's the most sensible use but a short sanity check should help you out here :
What does a shotgun do? or in gun terms what is it's power? as opposed to your machine gun solely being there for suppression the shotgun would solely be there for stopping power/incapacitating your assailant.
Now in the reverse case, being assailed in the street (if it ever may happen at all) you will need more freedom more agility and more precision, where the shotgun for home defense is meant to be one blast and over with the handgun/pistol in the street is rather to not harm others and be able to defend or attack over a longer range.
If you want me to look up the studies I'll be glad to but I'm sure some escapist gun-users can back me up here.
7 if you want to argue that point 7 is an opinion I will have to recline into shelter if everyone thinks like you.
You mean to say you think it's logical/sensible/normal/adequate for someone to have a hunting rifle in their apartment?
/thread by the second post. Somebody get this guy an internet, he's earned it.
OT: Seriously? What do you possibly hope to gain by making this thread?
But the childr... er... guns, yes guns, need our protection.
Why doesn't anyone ever think about the chil... er.... guns.
I belive in the overall scheme of things Guns have less value than Videogames
sure I'm biased but with certain peoples stupidity I really dont care
it's not just a "gun" thread, it's a neutral thread about some of the more rather silly points people try to make.
1 that does not mean guns were designed to kill/harm and denying that will not make it go away
2 This was a point on the fact that people seem to deem that either the gun or the person is responsible for the killing, not on "how many bullets does it take to kill a man" as your reply seems to imply it to have been about.
3 Or a non-american having talked to thousands of non-Americans in his life all of the same belief?
4 Arming your entire population is what lead to this in the first place, now before you turn ace attorney on me and scream OBJECTION! I will have to point you to Europe where gun-crime is down and there is no real cry for the government to fully legalize gun ownership (whilst they do try to get marijuana legalized).
5 the use of a handgun/pistol is indeed also self defense BUT may lead to more accidents or you being overpowered by the gunman.
Would you rather pit your father or grandfather against a vicious assailant equally wielding a gun with a weapon that takes precision and facing struggle in being disarmed or would you prefer him to hold if he can a shotgun that will probably scare the assailant off anyway?
You see I could be a cruel opponent in this discussion and argue that I don't think your father would be fit to wield even a handgun and might harm himself in the same way or that an elderly person may not possess the accuracy of a younger person leading them worse off in the long run.
7 so you think the guy in flat B on the 6th floor in New York City(I'm not familiar with individual state laws on gun-ownership but I have to find something to compare it to) has all the same reason for having a rifle in his flat as the guys who live in whatever mountain/forest surrounded town you can think off ?
Education by respectable discussion.
and any "extra" insight in the matter would always be a positive thing
First, I notice you ignored my comment about guns designed for shooting targets. Are you conceding this point, then?
Second, the goal of suppression fire isn't to cause harm, as evidenced by the fact that suppression fire can be considered successful even if nobody gets shot.
Goalposts aren't supposed to move.
If someone lives in the suburbs, but goes hunting on the weekend, where should their hunting rifle be? Something tells me most people store their hunting gear at home, including their rifle.
Sigh, another political post in the off-topic forum.
Guns can protect themselves, don't worry about it.
Forgoing the usual argument, this could do with more airtime. There's quite a large number of gunowners that say that a shotgun is the best weapon for protecting your home, and that a pump action weapon makes a nice scary sound when pumped.
A pistol is more or less required if you are going to conveniently carry the thing round in public, though.
There are relatively few automatic weapons legally in civilian hands in the US, registration stopped in 1986, and was difficult before that.
Also, most handguns are semi-automatic (with the exception of revolvers, multiple barreled or single shot handguns).
1. In as much as wooden swords are the equivalent of that and we don't allow people running around with katanas and zweihanders in the public space yes.
Because sir that's the only comparison I can draw and would defeat the entire discussion altogether I should think.
7. How about storing your gun in a gunsafe in the town where you go to hunt? I mean sure it will be a menial task but no much more than going into a store to buy drinks whilst you're out there.
In order: it is, it isn't.
And it's in Off-topic, rather than R&P. Not to mention it's a new thread. If you wanted to discus what those "other people" say about guns, you should have discussed it with them. Making a new thread citing "something" apparently "somebody" has "said" is just weaselling words and making a groundless statements.
would you please stop the picture spamming there's no need for it.
And they aren't groundless statements if you wish for me to back these up I will.
PS: next time reply in a mature way please, this picture spamming just makes you look foolish.
FFS, another. Okay been avoiding them but this is ridiculous. Nothing you have to say will add anything to this.
Guns are a tool intended to harm? Yeah we have a lot of tools intended to do harm. Whoopdee doo.
Everywhere except America hates them? Switzerland would like a word with you. Big time.
A semi-automatic weapon in a storage area is less of a home defense weapon than a shotgun?
Living in an urban area means you would never just drive to a hunting area with your rifle?
And for the love of god the restriction of them is impossible in America. You can't point to another country that has very tight gun laws and say "Look at them! They do it!" because in that country guns have not been as widespread as they are in America. They are everywhere. If someone wants one, they will get one.
See, I can make a list of my views too. Spoiler alert, what I say won't persuade you to what I believe. Good talk
I have a few things that I've wanted to say on this topic, and this is as good a place as any to do it.
A vast majority of people that own guns or use them on a regular basis have never hurt somebody with them or been hurt by one. It's not like hundreds of people are dying because of guns on a daily basis. Now, I know that this in itself doesn't justify guns being legal, but it seems like some people think that people in the United States are quickly killing themselves off with guns, which simply isn't the case.
A gun is perfectly safe if the person using it follows basic gun safety and isn't deliberately trying to hurt someone with it. Of course, there are going to be people that are idiots with guns, and there are going to be people that will use a gun for harm, but that doesn't mean a gun can't be used safely. In fact, basic gun safety isn't even very difficult (Basically, don't point the gun at something you don't want to shoot, even if you know it's unloaded. It's as much about habits as anything else).
Even if guns are banned in the United States, there still will still be guns. There are way too many guns in the country for it to be otherwise. Additionally, having guns be legal makes it much easier to control their distribution. It makes it easier to know who has guns and to prevent people from obtaining guns if they really shouldn't.
Nobody should own a gun unless they've proven they know how to use it safely. There are a not insignificant amount of people out there that buy a gun to use for self protection that have no clue how to use it. In that case, having the gun around will only make things worse if they were to try to use it for protection.
Basically, I do think there should be more gun control, but I think that outright banning guns in the United States is simply unfeasible, and will cause a whole host of other problems.
As opposed to weaselling words and fighting strawmen? Yeah, I'll take the pictures any day. And I don't want you to back these up - why would I? That's not advancing things for anybody. Fact is - you should have taken it up with whatever those nebulous "people" are instead of making this thread. You've accomplished nothing by not addressing them directly.
What about to scare people away from my stuff, I prefer to use fear instead of violence.
So shotguns at home are fine, but I have to keep a part of my skin out on the street with a gun strapped to it instead of bringing it inside? I suggest an edit.
Overall though, stop setting other people to your standards and never use "civilized countries" as an example, it comes off as rude and unsophisticated.
...What? The issue here is whether or not guns are made solely for causing wounds and killing. Are you arguing that a gun made for shooting targets is designed for killing?
If the claim is "guns are made for wounding and killing" then any example of a gun designed for a different purpose is sufficient.
I mean your initial claim was false, and trying to pretend you were making a different claim in order to avoid being wrong is dishonest.
Why not just store it in a gun safe at home? You haven't actually given a reason why this is bad. So long as the gun is kept locked up and unloaded, what's the problem? Again, your "facts" read suspiciously like "opinions".
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but don't the people of Switzerland have something like 200.000 guns hidden away in their homes, with one of the lowest gun crime figures in the EU?
I'm not saying gun ownership should stay as loose as it is right now in the US - I'm not really decided on the issue - but it is clearly a societal issue.
No they need to stop protecting the absurd laws the United States have and simply understand that licences need to be issued. Background checks should be formed. As well as a law that anyone selling a gun has to notify the new bureau (paid for by taxes on the domestic sale of firearms) that monitors the first two and that selling a gun to someone who neither has the first or would pass the second is an offense. Finally all guns not in active use should be locked in an approved reinforced container and transported in such a way they cannot fire (slides/ firing pins etc removed)separately from the ammunition. There would be lots of sub legislation in each law obviously but these would massively decrease inappropriate owners and reduce one of the major reasons criminals get so many guns in the first place. This isn't even beginning to cover other stuff like a general on ban walking into a shop and ordering a military style semi automatic rifle with a large magazine.
It would also bring them into line with countries the gun defenders champion like Israel or Switzerland, countries where people own guns but do not suffer all that much for having them.
It's easy to call people cowards for not thinking the same way as you, but it's not exactly productive or indicative of a strong argument.
It's nice to shout things like "freedom" and call people "cowards," but howabout some substantial argument? Freedom is such a loose thing.
It's not just a societal issue, however. In stating that, you've shifted from one extreme (it's the guns) to another.
The answers are usually more complex. The thing is, it's not just the guns, but the type of guns available, the way they are available, etc.
Yes, we are a nation of gun nuts. that influences things. Yes, there is a mental health problem in America. That influences things. But these elements are not alone in the matter.
Switzerland, in many ways, has better gun control laws than we do. Its gun ownership rates are due to the well-regulated militia we are supposed to have. Background checks and permits are pretty non-controversial. Ammunition is restricted, even for the assault rifles that are standard issue for their military service.
They have some pretty strong gun restrictions, which isn't out of keeping with the US, where the states with the most gun laws tend to have the least gun violence.
I know you're not taking a side here, but I do want to point out Switzerland is commonly brought up as an argument by pro-gun advocates in the US quite often. And it is a bad one.
What is needed is a comprehensive mental health system. Guns exist, there is NOTHING you can do about that. They aren't going to vanish until they've been replaced by something far more lethal. At which point you will still be fighting the same problem. Human nature. Gun control won't do a thing to change anything. It never has and it never will. And no I don't need to hear how a country 1/20th the size of the USA has such a peaceful lifestyle.
While this may be true (don't know the statistics), I've also read that almost every married woman in Switzerland has had the experience of her husband trying to win an argument by some form of threatening her with his gun. So while sure actual reported crime is low, that doesn't mean the incidents of actual crimes is equally low.
You know, because of this thread and overdone topic, I think I'm going to join the NRA, nice going, you really made a change.
Do you have a source?
Not that I doubt you have read it or that I'm dismissing you without it, it just sounds like an interesting read.
"1 Guns aren't "safe" guns are tools intended to harm, there is no other purpose for a gun than to wound or kill."
Really. Then why do police have them? It's to help them serve and protect the community. Yes with guns.
Unfortunately, I don't. I think I read it in Slate but Google isn't turning up much.
I think in order to make everyone safe we should just ban people. People are the leading killers of people so people must be banned for everyone's protection.
Genius! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before! Someone call the government!
I dont know who you are but I can tell you're smarter then about 75 percent of people on the internet.
A gun is a tool to kill, but a gun does not kill people, the person pulling the trigger is the killer. Guns are used to defend yourself, whether a shotgun, semi-automatic pistol, or if you want, an assault rifle. NRA is a bunch of idiots, and I've lost respect for them since blaming video games for the shootings. The gun didn't walk into the school and shoot people nor did a video game, it was a very disturbed person that did it. It's not a perfect world out their and we need something to defend ourselves from those who would do us harm. Some people may go their whole lives without needing a gun, and I understand you see no need for it if you feel perfectly safe without one. Some of us, less fortunate will need it. This video gives every reason why we should have guns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWNTdTRQuE).
It's so they can shoot people in the face that they don't like the look of while claiming they were reaching for a gun.
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I've recently been trying my hardest to pass my Spanish class. I have taken six years of Spanish and I still can't speak a lick of it. It's very stressful but in order to better myself and reach my end goals I need to pass this class and move forward. I will party hard the day I pass this class and will be officially done taking these classes! It's a beautiful language but I just cannot seem to grasp or maintain the vocabulary. But hopefully I will be done soon.
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Gunther's Rim is a medium green sport of 'Gunther's Prize' that has a very thin gold margin.
Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=2238&Variety=Gunther's%20Rim
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Gunther's+Rim
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/gunthersrim.html
I have it growing in a pot.
Here it is compared to Lady Isobel Barnett - I was curious because I think the margin is thinner on Gunther's Rim. To me, LIB has a very thin margin and GR's seems thinner. The main leaf color looks a little bit different also - these pots are in the same light.


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Grab a seat and stay a while at the Rhône Room
Over a month ago, Sondra Bernstein, owner and master chef of the Girl and the Fig, opened her passion project, the Rhone Room with friends and wine producers in mind. Located on Broadway, she offers a special place, a mini-getaway, for visitors and locals alike to sample over 85 distinct wines, plus a portfolio of her own. Here, a wide variety of wines can be enjoyed in the seated patio area, overlooking an organic farm in the back.
For more than 20 years, Sondra has embraced Rhone wines from France. She features over 16 of her house wines including the ever-popular viognier, rosé, grenache, syrah, white and red blends, under such labels as the Girl and the Fig, Mes Amis Français, Melange Blanc, Sonoma Roadside, County Roadside, Say What and Tres Bonnes Années.
Bernstein plans to grow traffic for the new tasting room, like she does everything else — organically, one glass at a time. "It's going to be what it is, and I'm OK with that," says Bernstein.
The Rhone Room is open Friday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment.
After the fires, tourists buy Sonoma Valley wines
Bartenders on the Plaza say tourists have intentionally come back to the wine country to drink Sonoma wines and support the local economy. Swiss Hotel staff say visitors came in and spoke of their memorable visit to Gundlach Bundschu. Another couple wanted to see if the rumor was true that the Buena Vista Winery was no longer standing after the fires – and were thrilled to find the historic site alive and well, busy pouring wines. Tourists at the Swiss specifically asked for the popular 2015 St. Francis Chardonnay and 2014 Sebastiani Merlot. For Sonoma County wines — 2015 Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon is a hit.
Burger & Vine said they didn't hear comments one way or the other from tourists, but the 2015 Buena Vista Chardonnay, 2013 Benziger 3 Blocks, and 2015 Little Vineyard Band Blend are popular Sonoma Valley favorites. At the Girl and the Fig, the bartender has seen a rise in 2013 Zaca Mesa white blend and local Matthes 2012 Grenache orders and believes there is a direct correlation. EDK hasn't heard anyone specifically comment about wanting Sonoma Valley wines after the fires, but 2015 Walt Chardonnay and Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noir remain top choices.
Sonoma resident Steve Burns named president of Wine Market Council.
On Nov. 8, the Wine Market Council announced industry veteran Steve Burns as president of the nonprofit trade association. Burns takes over from outgoing Wine Market Council president John Gillespie, who will retire this month.
Burns holds extensive experience in board development and management for associations. Currently, he is the owner of O'donnell Lane L.L.C., a marketing, public relations and strategic planning firm for associations.
Wine Market Council describes itself as a nonprofit trade association committed to expanding the wine market in the U.S. for all segments of the industry by providing ongoing U.S. wine market research.
For more info: WineMarketCouncil.com.


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ASC Minutes: 11-24-2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
PRAYER- H. Knieling
17.2 ROLL CALL: All are present including S. St. Cyr
17.3 PRAYER: J. Vanier
17.4 Academic Pursuit Fund: Proposal: M. Tarpley
Proposal: $1332 for four (4) students to attend the SFLA National West Coast Conference in San Francisco for two (2) nights
- Outcomes
- Would need to amend hotel & food to meet guidelines
- Decisions
- Actions
- Amend $1220 to meet APF guidelines
Call to Amend: J. Nuzum
Seconded: M. Kimmer
Motion to Amend Passes: 5-0-0
- Would like to see fundraising for events like this
- It's to 'further liberal arts education'
- Online, conference says lunch & dinner is provided
- Amend food down
- If they're staying in a hotel, breakfast should be free
Call to Question: M. Kimmer
Seconded: J. Nuzum
Motion Passes: 5-0-0
17.5 VP Finance: Org Chart Proposal: H. Knieling
Proposal: Allow for two Finance Assistants instead of one
- Outcomes
- Decisions
- More check and balances
- Would allow VP Finance to give more time for double checking specific paperwork
- Less tasks, more connections per person
- Only down side would be paying them
- Moving HR work to Office Manager
- Petty Cash could be managed by everyone on Central Committee
- Check is under VP Finance name
- Thinking about all the unutilized people we have
- Like the idea of two finance assistants, but we're on a time crunch this year and don't know if it will/should happen this year
- Have two part-time?
- H. Knieling hasn't been in this position so doesn't even know what one assistant would look like
- For the purpose of this year it makes more sense to have one full time instead of two half time
- Actions
Call to Question: M. Tarpley
Seconded: M. Martinez
Motion Fails: 0-5-0
17.6 Student Organizations: Budget Proposal: M. Tarpley
Proposal: Increase Ski Club budget from $750 to $1150
- Outcomes
- $400 increase
- Broke down budget for each week
- Decisions
- They're asking for gas money
- Are they certified drivers?
- Actions
- Double check with them about certified drivers
- Everyone on Central Committee should be certified
Call to Question: M. Kimmer
Seconded: H. Knieling
Motion Passes: 5-0-0
17.7 Community Life Fund: Proposal: M. Martinez
Proposal: $340 for 15 students to attend dinner and Oregon Zoo Lights
- Outcomes
- We should talk about a new max for CLF so we don't have to go through so many of these
- Decisions
- Actions
- Amend to $150 to do $10/Person
Call to Amend: M. Kimmer
Seconded: M. Tarpley
Call to Question: M. Kimmer
Seconded: H. Knieling
Motion Passes: 5-0-0
17.8 Community Life Fund: Proposal: M. Martinez
Proposal: $380 for food and drink for a meeting time with 38 students
- Outcomes
- Decisions
- Actions
Call to Question: M. Kimmer
Seconded: H. Knieling
Motion Passes: 5-0-0
- Loveology books
- Christmas Tree
- Bruin Statue Referendum Response
- All ASC Christmas Party
- Central Committee Party
- Harnesses for Rock Wall
- Blue Zone Coordinators


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Editor's note: I'm Dee's mentor in Bloggers Helping Bloggers, and one of the ways she can help grow her audience is by posting guest posts on other sites. Her website has recently undergone a gorgeous design makeover, and what better time than now to showcase a new blogger?
Hello Frugal Portland readers! Thanks so much to Kathleen for allowing me to do a guest post. I am a relatively new blogger, so in a way I am still finding my footing in the world of personal finance blogging, and it's great to be making some wonderful new friends here!
My blog is called Color Me Frugal, and in a way this is the perfect name for me since frugality is something that did not always come naturally to me. When I was in college and grad school I sort of went by the mantra that I'll be making money in the future so it doesn't matter if I live it up now- I'll be able to pay off the debt. Although I managed to avoid credit card debt for the most part, I really made very little attempt to live frugally while in school and unfortunately graduated with quite a large pile of student loan debt (for much of grad school I did not work and basically lived off my loans- bad!!) Cue graduation and entrance into the real world. When I began having to make payments on my student loans, the error of my ways really hit me!
Somewhere along the way I met my hubby, and we got married at the tail end of school. He also had student loan debt, but lucky for me he is just naturally a very frugal guy. After we graduated and started making money, I think my natural inclination was to let the lifestyle rise- I wanted to buy nice things for our home, etc. My hubby, however, is one of those people who just never thinks that he needs to spend money on himself or on "things" and over time I guess you could say that he began to rub off on me- thank goodness! Thus began my personal journey into frugal living, alongside my hubby.
Back when my hubby and I were first dating, we lived in a small town near a low mountain range. Oh how we loved that place. We rode mountain bikes and hiked in spring and summer, enjoyed beautiful foliage in the autumn, and rode snowmobiles in the winter. Over time those mountains became "our place." We got engaged at a lodge in the mountains one snowy November day in 2004, and 9 months later we got married in the foothills.
Unfortunately we had to move for our jobs in 2006. Within a few years of moving away, we missed our special place, our mountains, and decided that our goal was to be able to move back there. Just one problem: money. Unfortunately there are not many job opportunities for our particular careers there (well, there would be some options for my hubby, but virtually nothing for me). Obviously we could take jobs outside of our fields, but that would almost certainly mean a big pay cut. Did this deter us from making it a goal? Definitely not! We just decided that we needed to create multiple income streams and get the streams flowing strongly so that one day it won't matter if I never have a "real job" again or if hubby only works part time.
Great plan, right? That's what we thought too. Life has a way of throwing a monkey wrench into the best of plans, though. You see, along with our dream to move back to our mountains, we also dream of having children. And somewhere along the way it became apparent that dream was not happening. So for the last few years we have taken somewhat of a detour on our financial course as we have been trying hard to become parents, and spending lots of money to that end (it's a really expensive problem to have, unfortunately). We are proud of the fact that we have not taken on any additional debt on our journey to become parents. At present time we are trying to adopt a child, and we hope that dream will become a reality soon. Until then- we have even more reason to live a frugal existence, since now we are trying to create multiple streams of income, get rid of our student loan debt, AND have children the expensive way. Are we crazy for trying to do it all? Probably! But this has given us even greater incentive to find ways to earn more, spend less, and be frugal citizens of the earth. Our life situation has kind of forced us to think outside the box, get creative, and work incredibly hard. Thus the genesis of my blog! Color me crazy. Color me humble. Color Me Frugal.
About the Author:
Dee is a personal finance enthusiast and blogger who is working hard to live a frugal lifestyle, ditch debt, and create multiple streams of income. She hopes to inspire others to achieve their financial goals by doing the same and writes about the journey on her blog, Color Me Frugal. Follow her on twitter @ColorMeFrugal, Like Color Me Frugal on Facebook, and be sure to check out her blog over at www.color-me-frugal.com.


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How to Advocate
Advocacy versus Lobbying
Advocacy covers a range of activities which includes contact with people with influence on public policy and funding of those laws. Advocacy serves to educate lawmakers and policy-makers about issues. For the Missouri Academy, this means speaking out on behalf of our members, and asking our members to help in carrying out our mission.
Advocacy should not be confused with lobbying. Lobbying, as defined by the IRS, involves attempts to influence specific legislation at the local, state, or federal level. Direct lobbying includes in person meetings, telephone calls, letter writing, or emailing a lawmaker or their staff.
MOAND both advocates and lobbies for policies that benefit our members and the health of all Missourians.
Ways to Get Involved
1. Stay informed of the issues – you are the nutrition expert!
2. Read policy articles in The Advocate newsletter. Get informed on the nutrition policies being discussed on local,state, and national levels
3. Stay aware of current health issues in your state and nationally by reading a major metropolitan newspaperdaily
4. Know your local officials and the issues by participating in: local health fairs, city council meetings, local boardof health meetings, write to and call your policy makers, go to the state capital and meet yourrepresentatives.
5. Position the RD as the expert. Find ways to work with business groups or companies to advise them of thevalues of sound food, nutrition, and health habits.
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His practice also focuses on the areas of pharmaceutical and medical devices, toxic torts, products liability, insurance defense, business litigation, intellectual property and medical and dental malpractice. He has served as national, regional and local counsel on complex-mass litigation matters for major corporations.
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Manufacturers use mist collectors on machine tools to provide cleaner air and a better working environment for shopfloor employees. The Donaldson Company (Booth E-5742) notes that all mist collectors coalesce tiny mist droplets into larger ones and drain the collected coolant to prevent the filtration system from becoming plugged. However, there are differences in the ways that particular mist collector systems remove droplets from an airstream.
One common type removes droplets via electrostatic precipitation. Another design relies primarily on inertial separation to remove droplets from an airstream by diverting the airstream around a collection surface inside the unit. A third type of mist collector uses fibrous filter media that droplets adhere to and, after coalescing with other droplets, moves down the fiber to drain.
The challenge in using this last type of collector is balancing the need for both high efficiency and effective draining. High filtration efficiencies can be achieved using small fibers. However, small fibers typically require resin to hold them together, which prevents coalesced droplets from draining effectively. Therefore, filter media using small fibers can become easily plugged with trapped liquid. Conversely, large fibers have good draining characteristics but can compromise the ability of the media to capture small mist droplets.
To meet this challenge, Donaldson Torit has developed its Synteq XP filter media, which is an engineered blend of small and large fibers that uses a proprietary, resin-free bonding system. Heat-fusing the surface of larger binding fibers to surrounding micro-glass fibers provides a stable pore structure that improves unit performance and life because no resin blocks the pores. With no resin to compromise effective draining, the media's small fibers offer higher filter efficiency. In turn, its larger fibers provide good overall support for the structure while maintaining clear drain channels.
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Players are heading their own hospital, in which they always build new treatment rooms and other rooms and manage the cash. Patients come to the hospital with playful illnesses such as heads that change into light bulbs. The new game is being developed by the independent studio Two Point Studios, which was set up by game developers Mark Webley and Gary Carr. They previously played a key role at Bullfrog, the company responsible for the Theme Hospital published in 1997. Two Point Hospital. As the title suggests, Two Point Hospital is a simulation game where players must manage the ins-and-outs of a hospital treating a variety of diseases like lightheadedness, which causes one's head to turn into a lightbulb. Two Point Hospital will release on PC sometime in late 2018.
Another one to look out for then
Forgot to add the steam page http://store.steampowered.com/app/53593 ... _Hospital/


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During 2010 I made four trips between early May and mid-September. They were: Corsica, Rome, southern Turkey and Helsinki, in that order. All of the wonderful details of these trips are covered in other blog entries, so check them out when you get bored. But in between trips I stayed in and around Budapest and filled my time with all of the continuing exciting things to do here. Here is just a sampling of what I'm up to when I'm not traveling.
I got back from Nepal mid-December 2009, and didn't travel again until May 2010. My time was filled with holidays – usually boring here, as they are dedicated mostly to family time. Lots of reading, a few movies, some concerts, pub crawls and visits, maybe a touch of karaoke, Burns suppers (you can read about those in other blogs), expat gatherings and other various forms of entertainment.
During this time I was also able to move back to my old neighborhood at Kalvin Ter, which was a major plus in my life here. Even the great rent deal I had in my previous place couldn't substitute for the ambience of my favorite place in Budapest. After all, I did live here for seven years previously. It was so nice to be back. I'd been gone for about three years and my first week back, as I was walking down the street, my former postman recognized me and waved and said, "Szia, Gary, hogy van?" (Hi Gary, how are you?)
Damn, it was good to be home again, especially since the entire neighborhood has been refurbished by the city, with wide marble sidewalks and squares, more outdoor restaurant seating and a better pedestrian atmosphere. And best of all, I missed all the construction with its attendant noise and dust and dirt; if I'd have stayed in my old flat, I couldn't have opened my windows for three years!
When I arrived home from Bastia (Corsica), Budapest was enjoying a spot of good weather, which quickly turned to crap, complete with rain and clouds and wind and cold and nastiness and yucchiness. I caught a few movies, did a wine tasting on the Danube at a new restaurant/wine cellar and even caught up with old buds like Jonathon Wilde, who was in town for a visit with his young lady friend Charlotte. We decided to induct Charlotte into The Stage Pub's ambience, and she managed to distinguish herself by drinking even more than local stalwart Akos and then acting as backup singer for me and Erika. We have pictures.
And other Budapestians continued to slink back in for visits, like Mike Chew and his wife Vanessa. There was a Comedy Club and a couple of English classes and not much else, so generally I just took it easy and relaxed.
I did some admin things, like finally transferring all of my song lyrics to my new PC for posterity. I was still working slowly on my new books, and even managed to finish one of the short ones. I also continued to write reviews for a local expat internet publication, and by October I had submitted nearly 50 articles, only a few of which had been declined due to competition or favoritism or some other such nonsense. You can read these articles by pulling up Xpatloop.com and doing a search for my name in the Search space.
There was one Curry Club with friends at Salaam Bombay. Had a couple of dinners with my doctor at a new Italian place in Buda, which was great! The month of May saw yet another Eurovision contest; unfortunately, most of the performances were rather bland this year, except for one outrageous act which had the participants suddenly sprout butterfly wings; but generally disappointing, after so many fun years of outlandish acts.
There was one more Viking Club meeting before the summer closure and several good Friday gatherings at the Public Pub after the British Embassy Pub closed for the summer. I managed a couple of car trips to nearby Esztergom with friends, then drinks and munchies with several more old friends.
During this time my friend Edit had gone to work for a local Health Center and asked me to write an article on the treatment offered. She arranged a Check Up for me and the Gyalog treatment, which was a sort of advanced Reflexology procedure, actually resulted in a temporary cure for some recurring problems. In addition, it also managed to offer a short-term appetite suppression. It was great, and my article reflected the wonders of this new treatment. I only hope I can go back and get a follow-up. (Ed. Note: I did, in August, but the results weren't as good as the first time, so I passed on any further treatments)
I decided a beach holiday was also in order for the summer, so I booked my flight and room in Side (pronounced 'See-day'), on the Turkish Riviera, about 65 kilometers south of Antalya. Shortly after, it was finally time to go to Rome, my first visit back since 1968. Again, details can be found for both trips in other blogs.
I returned from Rome, lightly tanned, rested and full of pasta. After an abortive three-hour-late flight, I rested and took it easy for the rest of June and July. Heard a good Blues band at the Jazz Garden with friends. Had drinks and dinner with a wide variety of other friends, did some test review English classes with another friend, and managed to catch several of the World Cup football matches. Most of them were entertaining, but rather spoiled by the unsportsmanlike conduct of the South African fans who kept blowing their nonstop vuvuzuela horns, annoying players and fans alike. Too bad.
During the early summer the Budapest weather was inconsistent: it was cold one day, and in the high 80s the next. As already mentioned I managed to complete one of my short stories, Danube Dawn, only around 20,000 words. I'm still working on the other stories for yet another book, to be entitled Three for the Road. Or maybe Four, if I get creative.
We had a short but very hot spell of humid weather, with temps in the 90s and humidity in the 80-percent range. Not a breath of air stirred all day or night; brutal. I spent most of those days at a local swimming pool, immersed in the water; I managed to get a nice tan and to stay somewhat cool. My flat was a hothouse, and I had my fan on pretty much all the time I was in residence, which was as little as possible. I mostly sought out air-conditioned stores, movies, etc., to escape the miserable heat.
We continued to gather at the Public Pub on Fridays, which is air-conditioned; Surprise! The summer's movies were generally crap, so I couldn't even escape the heat that way. But as always happens, the weather finally broke and the nights were cool again. After I announced my upcoming trip to Side on Facebook, I got a response that one of my Hungarian friends would be there working as a tour guide (probably for Hungarian groups), so I contacted her to put me on one of their tours to Pamukkale, Turkey – the place where they have the calcium pools.
I also found a "new" bookstore in Budapest I hadn't known of previously; lots of new and used books, and I bought several on my first visit. The clerk told me their entire inventory was online, so I could browse their stock and order what I wanted and either pick up my books or have them delivered to me! Geez. That's almost 20th century service! What is Hungary coming to?
Even in the summer there are lots of things to do in hot Budapest. I always check our local English-language publications, hard-copy and Internet, to see what's going on. Of course, there's always the Hot Jazz band at Fat Mo's on alternate Sunday evenings. Music concerts – hey, even Jerry Lee Lewis was in town! One expat magazine advertised the upcoming Jewish Summer Festival again. I attended a klezmer concert a few years back and it was so terribly boring and repetitive I left shortly after arriving. However, this year promises to be somewhat different. One of the ads touted someone called Matisyahu: the King of Hasidic Reggae. Now there's a concert not to be missed. Also, I noted an ad in one of our local magazines for a Fish Pedicure, with a picture of tiny little fish nibbling on your feet. How can I resist?
So I whiled away the time until my next trip to Finland, for the wedding of two friends, Martin Porter (English) and Vilja Larme (Finnish). Nothing spectacular happened as I was whiling, however, but the Britannia Club re-opened on September 3, which was a nice change from the Public Pub. The welcome-back crowd was a good one, with lots of guests invited. The Club also got a new make-over as far as paint and paneling, and new furniture is expected any decade now (they don't always put a rush order on things over there). All in all, it was a nice, lazy August.
My Finland trip is also covered on a previous blog, so check it out. And by the way, Finland was the 40th country I've visited in my life; not bad, hah? Back in town in mid-September, I managed a concert at a local church of classical music's greatest hits; for the one-hour show the cost was about $33; a touch high, but a good concert.
As I was contemplating my next trips, and trying to decide whether to attend my high school class's 50th reunion in May 2011 or my daughter's 40th birthday party in March, I was surprised after a visit to my dentist for a cleaning when he told me I was in bad shape and needed at least three implants – NOW! While the resulting cost for much of the procedure was reasonable, the cost of the titanium implant hardware itself was around 80% of the entire expense, which then became rather outrageous. But not, of course, anywhere near as outrageous as it would be in the US.
Well, I hemmed and hawed and researched the procedure on the Internet and finally said, "Okay, let's do it." Luckily, my dentist let me stretch the cost out over several months. The procedure was as painless as he could make it; pulled three teeth on Monday, did the implants on Tuesday and put in the temporary bridges on Wednesday. Bing, bam, boom. Of course, I'm on soft foods until we get the permanent crowns in sometime in January (another friggin' expense!), but I guess it had to be done.
The remainder of the autumn months were taken up with the standard entertainments, including holding a pub quiz at the British Embassy, seeing a couple of English-language plays, attending a baby shower for my Hungarian/Danish friends, and reading a lot. While always searching for new experiences (museum exhibits, new plays and music groups, etc), I ran across an ad in one of the local magazines for a 'chocolate massage.' It touted the health benefits of a salty and concentrated massage while covered with a cocoa butter moisturizer. Apparently, the theobromine in the cocoa fuels the fat-burning process and helps prevent aging. You get your entire body covered with chocolate and there's even supposed to be an antioxidant chemical which helps stop skin cell damage and turns your skin baby-soft. We shall see. At worst maybe I can get the masseuse to lick it all off when the massage ends.
Being a bachelor in Budapest also has other advantages, including being invited to dinner by married and other single friends. During the Interludes this year, I had a great gourmet dinner with several English and Hungarian friends, with appropriate wines and main courses and some truly excellent cheeses at the close of festivities. Also, even though no American friends invited me for Thanksgiving this year, another English couple did get me out of the flat for a belated holiday feast, complete with turkey rolls, tons of veggies and potatoes, champagne, palinka, wines, limoncello, and more tummy-stuffing goodies. I always waddle away from the table after these meals, but they're always worth it. Of course, I don't have to eat again for at least a week. Yummy.
In the autumn, the old Janis Pub (theme pub named after Janis Joplin) re-opened across the street from my flat, complete with much more welcoming new managers and bartenders, so I started hanging out there for Guinness, karaoke and a general good ambience. Nice to have a local such a short crawl from home. One night in late November as I left the pub around 3 AM, I was surprised to find it was snowing! Damn! Too early in the year, a wet, heavy snow, but to be endured until a warm snap returns us to our usual late-autumn weather.
Rugby watching came to the fore in November, and we gathered at Champs Sports Pub for the Saturday afternoon events, always a fun time with the boys. Still a lot of evening entertainment to go, however, including: a couple of wine tastings, a couple of lunches and dinners at friends' places, a really great musical evening with the Russian Jukebox trio (who sing a capella but also imitate various musical instruments! Have to be seen to be believed), some relaxing easy listening music nights, the first ever US Embassy's Town Hall meeting with our ambassador, and, of course, too many nights at the Janis Pub drinking and singing and even dancing (that one was on my birthday night, when the pub had a great rock n'roll band playing all the oldies).
We had another good turnout for the annual Xmas champagne brunch again this year at the Marriott, where we all ate and drank too much. Was the season to be jolly and pig out. And for New Year's Eve? Well, most clubs and pubs and restaurants and hotels offer wonderful package deals of drinks, food and music for just a small fee: one month's salary plus your first-born child. We decided to pass on that this year and found our new favorite place, Janis Pub, was having their New Year's bash for free, so several of us gathered there and rang in the new year with happy gusto. A good time was had by all.
January continued cold and nasty and we continued to frequent the warm and welcoming pubs for our evening entertainment. There were more of our regular gatherings now that most everyone had returned from the holidays, so I attended meetings of the Viking Club, Internations and even a wine class sponsored by a local wine company and overseen by one of my former students, so I got in free. Gotta love this town.
I continued to meet new and interesting people at the various mixers, including a lovely American tennis player from Idaho and a hotel worker from Uzbekistan. Another birthday slipped quietly past me, which was fine with me. Did some cocktail nights at the Britannia Club and local cocktail bars, and ran into some Irish contestants from the Hungarian Strongman Contest at the For Sale Pub; fortunately, none of them wanted to pick me up, which would probably have strained even their gigantic muscles.
And so another year passed. Lots of ups, a few downs, some good but not nearly enough travels and no further work done on the five books I have in progress. If you see my Muse hanging out anywhere, please send her back to me. So, all for this year. Let's hope 2011 brings with it more adventures and travels. Lurking just over the horizon, as mentioned above, are my 50th (Gasp!) high school reunion and my daughter's 40th (Double Gasp!!) birthday, just to remind me I'm not getting any younger. Will have to see about new travels, as it seems I've now visited pretty much all of the places in the world I really wanted to see. Now what?
Anyway, Happy New Year to all and to all a good night.


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Summer Youth Waterfront Program Registration Is Open
Kayak and Paddle Board Rentals:
July 3rd – 10am-5:30pm
July 4th – FREE Open dock from 10am-3pm
July5th – 10am-5:30pm
July 6th – 10am-5:30pm
July 7th – 10am-6pm
July 8th – noon-5pm
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Check out our own Jodi Weinbecker on the local news!
First Coast News
News for Jax
Radio Contact:
Channels 16 and 68 monitored.
Florida Yacht Club GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 30°15 Min. 8 Sec. North
Longitude 81°41 Min. 24 Sec. West
Arrival by Boat From Downtown:
From Marker 1 head True 195 degrees (S/SW)
Arrival by Boat From Orange Park:
From Marker 5 head True 268 degrees (West)
For security purposes, please have any vendors you call stop by the Front Office to get a service vendor badge to be worn at all times while on property. Vendors will need to leave their ID in the front office upon receiving the badge and return the badge in exchange for their ID when leaving. Calling ahead to let us know of their arrival is also very helpful as this assures us that you sent the vendor personally. Thank you so much for your cooperation! Not only will this promote a safer environment but it will protect your property as well as the Club.
The Florida Yacht Club is blessed with the rare combination of a rich history of boating, a well-equipped marina and staff, and an idyllic perch on the sparkling St. Johns River. It has been FYC's mission since its inception to promote boating and that ethos remains as vibrant as ever.
FYC offers members the opportunity for power boating, sailing, kayaking, scuba diving and other aquatic activities and also hosts numerous social cruises and major sailing regattas, including the 2012 J24 North American Championship. In addition to its year-round competition schedule, FYC's Youth Sailing Program is in full swing during the summer months, when the highly successful sailing camps become an energetic and ubiquitous presence on the Club's waterfront. Positioned 23 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway, FYC provides fishing and cruising enthusiasts direct access to the Atlantic Ocean.
FYC boasts two marinas that contain 73 wet slips, 18 dry lifts and 38 dry storage spots, together offering boaters space for 129 crafts, in addition to small sailboat storage. Knowledgeable and enthusiastic Dock Masters are on duty from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday through Sunday to accommodate FYC Members' and guests' boating needs.
Marina ManagerWilliam Nicely
firstname.lastname@example.com cell (904) 955-3027 Marina office (904) 387-1653 Ext. 414
Waterfront DirectorJodi firstname.lastname@example.com (410) 353-3797 Sailing office (904) 677-4860
Dock Hand Will Montgomery
Marina office (904) 387-1653 Ext. 414
Jr. Sailing DirectorDustin email@example.com office (904) 677-4860
Adult sailing classes will be offered this fall! Please contact Jodi Weinbecker to arrange dates and times or with any questions at (904) 677-4860 or email@example.com . The class is 8 hours of instruction on the Club's Flying Scot sailboat. Up to 3 people can participate in each class. The cost is $250 for members and $350 for sponsored guests.
The Florida Yacht Club, while proudly rooted in tradition, is committed to fostering the next generation of sailors. Under the stewardship of Waterfront Director Jodi Weinbecker and Head Coach Dustin Domer, the FYC Youth Sailing Team competes year-round in regattas nationally. Feel free to contact Dustin with any questions Jr. Sailing Questions, (904) 677-4860 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
We are now a designated Clean Marina!
The Florida Yacht Club boasts a rich history of boating and yachting, and that legacy lives on today with annual competitive sailing regattas and exciting social cruises. FYC is proud of its stature as the sailing capital of Northeast Florida, a position which is evidenced by the multitude of regattas featured at the club each year. FYC serves as host to such youth regattas as the Equinox Regatta, the Cowford Cup, and the King's Day Regatta. FYC also hosts national Regattas like the Orange Peel Regatta, and is often selected to host major championships such as the 2012 J-24 North American Championship. The club's own J-24 sailors can be seen racing on the St. Johns River on Wednesday evenings during much of the year.
The Florida Yacht Club also organizes numerous social cruises throughout the year. Many of the club's boating enthusiasts gather for outings like the Offshore Fishing Tournament in St. Augustine, the St. Johns River Antique Boat Cruise, and the Memorial Day and Labor Day cruises to Ft. George. Indeed, excitement abounds at The Florida Yacht Club for boaters of all stripes!
The Florida Yacht Club offers opportunities for a wide range of water sports. In addition to our 420s, Optis, and Lasers, there are kayaks and paddle boards available for members to take out on the water. FYC also offers educational opportunities in the form of safe boating, and waterman's courses. From sailing to paddling to kayaking, The Florida Yacht Club is the epicenter of much of the aquatic action that takes place on the St. Johns River and beyond!


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Nick Townsend, Ann Miles to present Christmas program
Live@Central! on Wednesday, Dec. 13, concludes its fall portion of its 13th season with the popular duo Nick Townsend and Ann Miles. This will be their twelfth presentation of their popular Christmas-theme program and a perennial favorite for Live@Central!
The free public concert will be held in the sanctuary of Central United Methodist Church on the corner of West Cheves and South Irby streets in downtown Florence beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dinner (optional) will be served at 5:15 p.m. The meal cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children (12 and under).
For the menu, visit www.centralmethodist.net/wednesday. Call the church office at 843-662-3218 if you plan to attend dinner or need additional information.


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The Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT) is a student initiated comprehensive record of one's own participation and achievements outside of the classroom while enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). These activities foster the total development of the student and encourage life-long learning and responsible citizenship. When coupled with the academic transcript, a holistic representation of the student's total education, both inside and outside of the classroom, will be created.
The CCT is an official transcript that bears the BMCC seal and is offered as a supplement to the academic transcript. It will be of value to the student when applying to colleges, for scholarships or a professional position. The document will only be sent at the request of the student. All entries listed on the transcript are validated by the Division of Student Affairs.
The CCT is organized around ten categories that reflect various co-curricular activities at BMCC. The ten categories are the following: Athletics; Clubs and Organizations; Community Service; Honors and Awards; Global Experience; Leadership Training; Performance & Art Exhibits; Professional Activities; Research; and Workshops and Seminars.
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Mass. AG backing gay couple in lawsuit against Catholic Church
March 13, 2014
BOSTON (AP) – Attorney General Martha Coakley is arguing that Massachusetts' anti-discrimination law should apply in the case of a married gay couple who sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester for allegedly refusing to sell them a Northbridge mansion because church officials were concerned they would host gay weddings.
James Fairbanks and Alain Beret filed suit in Worcester Superior Court in 2012 after church officials pulled out of negotiations.
The Diocese has argued the state's antidiscrimination laws don't apply.
Coakley argues the laws do apply to the "public, commercial sale of real property" by the Diocese and that its religious rights aren't burdened by the sale.
Coakley also argues that the state's interest in eliminating discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation outweighs any burden on religious rights imposed by applying the antidiscrimination statute in this case.


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this is my Second set of Air lift products. I installed the wireless unit in my 2009 ford flex. I traded that car in for a new 2015 ford flex a year ago and just recently put in a new Air lft system (no wireless) and had it custom installed. the previous wireless system was installed in the rear quarter panel and was very noisy inside the car when I needed to lift the rear end. While the wireless control was nice I did not use it that often. The New sys was installed outside with controls inside


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Door to door salesmen in Maumelle is a problem from several aspects.
First, all solicitors are required to have a permit from the city issued by City Clerk Joshua Clausen.
Before requests are approved, Clausen runs a criminal background check to see if they've been in trouble with the law before or if they have outstanding warrants for their arrests.
Solicitors must be sponsored by a legitimate company and agree to abide by the city's statutes and requirements which limits soliciting to certain hours, for example.
And solicitors are required to wear the city permit while soliciting.
All these requirements have been added over the years based upon problems and issues we've had before, Clausen said.
Just last week three middle-aged solicitors were arrested for going door-to-door without a permit or license.
Maumelle police chief Sam Williams said he's concerned for other reasons. People pretending to be solicitors could be scoping out your home for a possible burglary looking for elderly residents who may be confused, have expensive items on display or even unintentionally slip information about plans to be away from home for short or extended times.
Solicitors selling security systems are another issue. In addition to the city permit, the Arkansas State Police regulates their business and issues permits.
The trooper who headed that agency said, for example, licensed security system solicitors are forbidden from asking you details about your current alarm system. They can talk all day about the services they offer but they shouldn't be questioning you about your current system.
After the recent storm Clausen said the city had a few issues with roof repair workers or those cutting up and hauling off storm debris.
Be sure you work with an established company listed in the telephone book or with the Arkansas Better Business Bureau, he said.
Some folks will promise anything, ask for a down payment or all of the money up front and that's the last you hear from them, Clausen said.
In this business, "Buyer Beware" is a common phrase you need to heed.
Clausen encouraged you to call his office or code enforcement if you have any questions or to report unlicensed solicitors. However, he said don't hesitate to call 911 if you have any doubts about the folks.
Summer is always the worst time of the year because these magazine companies will bring in college aged solicitors by the bus or van loads and drop them off sending them all over town.
A clerk's tale
Our recent storm brought with it numerous solicitors. As the weather continues to get warmer, this will only increase. Solicitors in Maumelle must be permitted! Each solicitor is required to obtain a permit and carry it with them. If you are approached by a solicitor, please ask to see their permit. If they cannot produce it, they shouldn't be on your doorstep. If you see or know of any un-permitted soliciting, please call City Hall as soon as possible. If it is after hours or you are concerned about your safety or the safety of your neighborhood in any way, please call the Police Department or 911.
Help us help you and help us keep Maumelle the safe and great community that it is. Please contact us with any comments, questions or concerns.Joshua Clausen, City Clerk — 851-2500Sam Williams, Police Chief — 851-1337Jim Morley, Code Enforcement Manager — 851-2500
— City Clerk and Treasurer Joshua Clausen


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At our annual conference, Professionalism - dilemmas and lapses, in March 2009, we considered one of the greatest challenges faced by those who deal with concerns about professional practice – how to move upstream and identify lapses earlier and deal with them effectively.
NCAS have published a new guide to tackle this issue with contributions from:
Professionalism – dilemmas and lapses identifies principles to guide individual professionals and those responsible for managing professionalism in practice. We hope that this guide will provoke discussion within healthcare organisations about how professionalism is promoted in practice, and will prove useful to those considering how lapses are identified and managed. The case study material, all of which is fictitious, may provide the basis for postgraduate education meetings and seminars.


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The Forest Bells were created by Matisse in 1995, commissioned by the inaugural Artist's Valentine project, and installed on land owned by Arthur and Camilla Blackman off Indian Hill Road. The Blackmans donated the land to the GCT in 2000 and the Trust has been the steward of the land and bells since then.
Like any piece of outdoor engineering, the bells require attention and maintenance. Matisse and his staff have been both attentive and generous in helping to keep the Bells in good working order. Over the years, the main spring at the top of each bell may fail. When this spring breaks, the hammer rests against the bell, making it impossible to ring. The arm and hammer assembly can dent and damage the bells as they swing around in the breeze as well.
Local arborist and bell-hanging wizard George Brackett provided the expertise to both install and remove the bells. Last fall he took down the three silent bells and delivered them to Matisse's shop in Groton. Matisse's staff analyzed the failures and found solutions. Modifications were made to the arm and hammer to prevent further damage, and a wholly new spring design was installed. The bells were also re-coated with a transparent protective coating.
But there were still three bells in the forest without these improvements. Brackett and members of Matisse's staff set up a field repair shop in the woods to complete the job in late June. The three repaired bells were reinstalled, and then each of the three remaining bells was taken down, modified, and reinstalled.
Matisse has visited the site and reports they are again ready to make beautiful music in their hemlock grove.
To find the Forest Bells, take Old Ayer Road south toward Nashoba Medical Center from Main Street in Groton. Then, turn left onto Indian Hill Road and go all the way to the end of the road, where a dirt road bears left into the trees. You may park cars here, but do not drive further toward the house at very the end. Continue along this road, passing under power lines and continuing down into forest. At the next obvious fork where the main path goes up to the right, turn sharp left on to the side road. About 50 yards later, fallen trees bar an old road leading uphill to the right. Walk over or around the fallen trees and follow that road up the hill. Continue until you find a grove of hemlocks, quite different from the pines and oaks all around. You are at the Forest Bells. For more information, contact email@example.com.


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Throughout the healthcare industry, the failure to correctly identify patients continues to result in medication errors, transfusion errors, testing errors, wrong person procedures, and the discharge of infants to the wrong families.
The practice of having the patient involved in identifying themselves and using "two patient identifiers" is essential in improving the reliability of the patient's identification process. The use of two identifiers also helps ensure that a correct match is made between the service or treatment and the individual. This process will help eliminate errors and enhance patient care.
Patient identifier options include:
- Name
- Assigned identification number (e.g., medical record number)
- Date of birth
- Phone number
- Social security number
- Address
- Photo
The two identifiers must be directly associated with the individual and the same two identifiers associated with the medication, blood product, specimen container (attached label), treatment, or procedure.
Patients may wonder why their identity is confirmed so often. Staff members should always explain that it is done to ensure the right care is provided to the right patient all the time.
What you can do:
- Know that you have a primary responsibility to check the identity of patients and match the correct patients with the correct care (e.g., laboratory results, specimens, procedures) before that care is administered. Every time.
- Use at least two identifiers (e.g., name and date of birth), according to the standards/policies of your facility, to verify a patient's identity upon admission or transfer to another hospital or other care setting and prior to the administration of care. Neither of these identifiers should be the patient's room number.
- Use active communication whenever possible and ask the patient to state his or her full name and date of birth. (e.g., "Can you tell me your name and date of birth?" not "Mr. Smith I have your medicine for you.")
- Know and use the protocols for identifying patients who lack identification and for distinguishing the identity of patients with the same name.
- Know and use non-verbal approaches for identifying comatose or confused patients.
- Educate patients on the importance and relevance of correct patient identification in a positive fashion that also respects concerns for privacy.
- Encourage patients and their families or surrogates to be active participants in identification, to express concerns about safety and potential errors, and to ask questions about the correctness of their care.
- If your facility utilizes automated systems for patient identification systems (e.g., electronic order entry, bar coding, radiofrequency identification, biometrics) to decrease the potential for identification errors, know how to incorporate them into the patient identification process.
Learn more and share:
- Patient identification—The World Health Organization
- Two patient identifiers—The Joint Commission
- Correct patient identification process—University of North Carolina Health Care


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Designed by Garry Hoyt for Freedom Yachts in the early 80's, this sailboat is designed to be fun to sail, easy enough for a novice and challenging enough for an experienced sailor.
This 1983 Freedom Marine sailboat has a fiberglass hull and has an overall length of 21 feet. The beam of this craft is 8 feet. There is no Hoyt gun mount fitting spar or sail but the owner reports she sails just fine without the options listed.
Owner wants sold. Please contact Dave Pulsifer at 508 280 7703 for more information.
David Pulsifer (508) 280.7703
72 Crosby Circle
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Junior Julianna Zio scored three first-half goals in setting a West Brunswick girls' single-season scoring record of 21 goals as the Lady Trojans' soccer team beat North Brunswick 7-0 in a conference soccer game Monday night. Junior Tessa Bennett and freshmen Charlee Baxley and Carla Zio also scored in the first half as West took a 6-0 lead. Carla Zio also scored in the second half. Freshman Meg Fletcher was the winning goalkeeper.
Football is like life, only a lot faster. Football players are a special class of people. It is like a private club that everyone wants to be part of, but only a few are chosen. They are united in what they do and they do everything as a team, on and off the field.
I first coached football as a head coach in the middle '60s, and friends were either killed or missing in action in a senseless war in Vietnam. Those who served did so with great valor, but knew the dangers, and many never returned home alive.
BOILING SPRING LAKES—Methodist University in Fayetteville has one of the best sports medicine programs in the state. On Friday, Michael Collin Bruton, whose interests lie in that area, signed a letter of intent to play football for that university.
Bruton, a bruising 6-foot-2, 235-pound offensive tackle helped lead the Cougars to more than 4,000 yards on offense and more than 40 points per game. The starting left tackle was awarded, along with his fellow offensive linemen, the game ball just before the first game of the playoffs.
WHITEVILLE—The league-leading Brunswick Community College baseball team finished 1-2 in a three-game weekend series at second-place Southeaster Community College.
BCC split two games Saturday, losing 5-4 and winning 10-6. On Sunday, BCC lost 5-4. BCC left series in first place in Region 10. BCC is 14-4 (25-14); SCC is 14-6 (26-15).
BCC is contending for its first Region 10 championship. It has Region games left on April 22 at Catawba Valley (10-5 entering the weekend), April 23 at Stanly (7-8) and April 30-May 1 at home with Danville (1-14).
This was a Saturday-evening phone call no coach or athletics director wants to receive. So when asked his thoughts about Marcus Hankins as a football player, South Brunswick High School Athletics Director Chris Roehner paused for a moment, cleared his throat and tried to speak, but he became silent.
Brunswick County Sheriff's detectives are investigating an early morning fatal shooting in Bolivia.
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley said sheriff's detectives responded to the Brunswick County Democratic Party headquarters on Old Ocean Highway in Bolivia around 1 a.m. Saturday, April 16.
When they arrived, South Brunswick High School student Marcus London Hankins, 19, was found fatally shot.
BOLIVIA—As one local judge aptly proclaimed, politics in the 13th district is a blood sport.
And for Jon David, the Republican freshman district attorney who campaigned on taking the politics out of the courtroom, he now finds himself in the middle of it.
Last Friday, April 15, Chief District Judge Jerry Jolly issued an administrative order blasting a fledging traffic court program recently implemented by David, who was sworn in as DA in January.
On Friday, April 15, 83-year old Betty Grace Grabb—wife, mother, grandmother, avid golfer and skydiver—was killed in a two-car wreck.
N.C. State Highway Patrol Sgt. T.T. Daniels said Grabb was killed around noon on N.C. 179 near Ocean Isle Beach.
Grabb was a passenger in a Lincoln passenger vehicle driven by her husband, Robert Grabb, 82, that collided with a BMW passenger vehicle driven by Brenda Chapman Tew.
Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education are facing many decisions when it comes to balancing a budget with a $5.7 million defecit.
While they have been presented with a list of proposed reductions, board members will not vote on the final budget for several weeks. They will entertain public comments at a public forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at the staff development center, which is adjacent to the school system's central office, located at 35 Referendum Drive at the county complex in Bolivia.
BOILING SPRING LAKES—The North Brunswick boys' track and field team won its eighth straight conference championship April 14, winning 11 of 18 events.
"We had some events we thought we'd do better in that we didn't, and we had we did a little better in some than we thought we would," North track coach Garry Bishop said. "We faltered in some early events. Some guys stepped up and pulled us through."
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