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Safe Family Road Trip Tips
Compared to our love for our family, our love for vehicles is considered a small thing. When it comes to the family being in the car together, their safety becomes your responsibility. Even though there are not as many accidents as before, you will find that the numbers are still high when it comes to it. Here's how you can keep everyone safe during family trips.
Cars have different safety standards and getting the right one is considered to be very important. Aside from reliability when it comes to transporting your family, it is your responsibility to get a safe car. You will find certain car brands out there that have made a name for themselves when it comes to reliability and safety. You may need to buy a different car for yourself if you want a fast one.
No matter how reliable the car is, it is important that you regularly check it up. You need to make sure that you look into these and handle them before they become a problem. The winter is particularly brutal and it would be better for you to make sure that you check your car in a regular manner.
It would also do you good to stick to good driving habits. The main difference between danger and safety is the habits of the one behind the wheel. One good example when it comes to this is making sure your children are seated properly. Regardless of the distance you are traveling, it is important that everyone in the car is buckled up.
Don't forget to check the way you drive too. When people become overconfident, they usually become bad drivers. It is important that you always remind yourself of good driving habits especially when you are driving with your family. If you think that you have already caught too many bad habits while driving, it may be better for you to get a driving refresher course because you and your family will be the ones to reap the benefits in the long run.
Being ready for anything and everything is also a very important part of having safe family road trips. No matter how careful you are, there are times when accidents simply cannot be avoided. Safety is something that can never be absolutely guaranteed not matter what you do. However, these are things that you can prepare for and that would be a good thing. Having an emergency kit in your vehicle at all times is one of the best things you can do when it comes down to things like these. Preventing bad things from getting worse will have a higher chance if you prepare accordingly.
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text: Hi all, Trying to plan 2019 and realised that it might be 6 of us for the first time (kid's partners!) as it's for my 50th in June, so the costs for hotels or DVC are quite a lot!! So I've started looking at villas for the first time and am completely lost! Any advice on area or who to book through would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking of Windsor Hills kind of distance (not sure if any closer to WDW??) and we plan on visiting WDW / Disney Springs / Crossroads restaurants more than anywhere else. We will get a car but probably use lyft quite a bit too. It's meant to be planned for mid June but might move to end August if prices are silly - any experience of crowds mid June anyone?? Cheers! x


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By Jan Lopatka
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Friday he would replace two of his ministers in a cabinet reshuffle triggered by a poor showing in regional elections last month.
Sobotka's centre-left Social Democrats came second, behind their coalition partner, ANO, a protest movement headed by Andrej Babis, a billionaire businessman and now finance minister, who has capitalised on voters' distrust in traditional parties. [nL5N1CE0J1]
"The voters gave the Social Democrats a clear message we need to change," Sobotka told reporters as he announced he planned to replace Health Minister Svatopluk Nemecek with Miloslav Ludvik, head of a large Prague hospital.
Jiri Dienstbier, minister without portfolio in charge of human rights and legislation, will be replaced by Jan Chvojka, a lower house representative, he said. The reshuffle will be put to the president for his consent.
Sobotka faces a party congress in March ahead of general election in October, with rising concerns inside the party about low ratings despite a budget surplus, unemployment at an eight-year low of 5 percent and second-quarter economic growth of 2.6 percent.
Three opinion polls since the regional election showed his pro-European party almost 15 percentage points behind Babis's ANO [nL8N1D15J1] and Sobotka acknowledged the party leadership faced a "tough fight" for a new mandate at its congress.
Sobotka has said he aims to give the party a more modern feel that would attract liberal urban voters in addition to the party's blue-collar and more conservative base. But that strategy seemed to suffer with the dismissal of Dienstbier, representing the party's younger and progressive wing.
But as he was only able to reshuffle ministries held by his own party his options were limited. ANO and the third coalition partner, the centrist Christian Democrats, have refused to change any of their ministers.
Sobotka has pledged to stand up more visibly to Babis -- whose company is the largest private employer in the country with interests in media, healthcare, chemicals and farming -- and his attacks on coalition partners.
Chvojka, who will replace Dienstbier, could help with that. He co-authored a legal amendment that would ban Babis, as a minister, from owning media and his firms from winning public contracts. [nL8N1BI3S7] [nL8N1BQ2GX]
The amendment won wide support in the lower house and is awaiting the final vote after minor changes by the upper house.
(Editing by Robin Pomeroy)


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A new breed of computer warriors. From a new breed of German artists, for you German artist fans.
I am not an animal! I am a human being!
For seven years now I've been background processing on what a digital collectible might be. Finally, Cartoon Network introduces Cartoon Orbit, which is so complicated that only an adult could even hope to understand it. Or maybe a child.
I don't know. But take the 10 minutes it requires, to understand what they are up to, it's beautifully done. Here's the Toonomic overview. Read me indeed.
If you're looking for me in there (and you shouldn't be), I'm Tara Metalluspterodactyl7. If you think that's difficult to spell, you would probably agree with the other, pre-teen, users of the site.
I quite like Beezly Draw Ghost63's collection. Funny how quickly aesthetics emerge.
As Vin Diesel once said, I live for this shit. You may also want to check out the 2000-year conspiracy to conceal Jesus Christ's bloodline.
Ever wonder about those spliced blurbs in movie ads? Some hard, scientific research.
There's lots of experiments like this, but then, this one is today's. "PostcardX is about exposing a part of yourself to a random person somewhere out there in the ether. you can send a postcard with your latest poem or life instance."
Like a message in a bottle, except the message is the bottle.
This seems directly related to blogs: One in four employees has a serious Web habit, spending more than one entire workday each week surfing non-work-related Web sites while at their desks, according to ZDNet. Irwin? All of you? "What's the job number for Saturation?"
flipping through the paper version of the nytimes today and came across the online diary section in circuits. it touches on everything from dreaming about celebrities to "collective conciousness" imaging to drawings of people on subways - all in a very blog-like manner. so the question is, what makes a blog a blog? i mean, isn't every newspaper a sort of blog, publishing/posting the things it thinks you'll find interesting? even this?
"Q. How often is Worship Assistant updated? Is there a charge for updates?"
See for yourself.
Some experiments involving the postal service, via the annals of improbable research. Pushing the envelope, indeed.
Seen this guy? That's Oscar, one of the three dummy heads used to dupe the guards when Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers busted out of Alcatraz. Soap, toilet paper and human hair.
I bring this up now, because it looks like the prison hacks have learned a thing or two from their charges. It's a sad day for dummies. It's a sad day in general.
Meanwhile at the World Memory Championships...
"Each event starts with a cry from the starter: "Neurons-on-the-ready Go!" Competitors must then accurately memorize thousands of items including long numbers, unfamiliar names and faces, quotations, dates and random words. The grand finale is a race to memorize the sequence of a pack of shuffled playing cards in less than a minute."
It came up in Germany, for only slightly obvious reasons, that no one actually knew what the "D" in "D-Day" stands for. Destroy? Demand? Deliberate?
As it turns out, it stands for nothing in particular, or, to quote the Defense Technical Information Center it refers to the unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence.
But that really sounds much better when surrounded by its cousins: C-Day, M-Day, W-Day. H-Hour. L-Hour. All of this on Zulu time, I'm not making it up.
I guess this is probably some little page he put up to demo iPhoto or iWhatever at MacWorld, but still, it's pretty funny.
Specious reasoning by the creator of a comic book character who appears to have been MIT's inspiration for its $50 million Defense Department grant proposal. As far as I know (this being a military project, so what do I know?) this has not yet become reality.
The French learn to talk backwards. It's called Verlan, apparently. Here's a primer. No wonder their civilization is superior.
harper's weekly review, updated on tuesdays, is like a blog minus the links.
Sign in the window of Terry's Deli on Varick Street: "September 11th / All Sandwiches 1/2 Price."
Terrorists and psychopaths make science fiction into reality.
Or science fiction fanatics are overly speculative.
An inventor has designed a camera attachment for guns that will automatically photograph the target at the instant the trigger is pulled.
I also like the patent at the bottom of the page for a device that can conceal a weapon in a holster designed to look like a cell phone.
News from all over. Begin on the west coast, where ephemeralist Rick Prelinger has inked a deal with the Library of Congress for his 140,000 cans of obscure films. Then to D.C., where an LOC employee has found a willing taker for his HUGE collection of porn
I've heard of killing people over a dollar, but this is just sick.
Making homebrew wireless antennae (or "cantennae") out of Pringles cans, coffee cans, etc. Reminds me of when I was a kid...
OK, it doesn't have cute stoner chix or mark frauenfelder, but this informal survey of switchers by Tim O'Reilly almost made me tear up with pride (as a longtime Mac fan).
I wouldn't normally post buckshot like this, but figured it was better than posting each solo...
1. Nothing a little perfume can't fix
People do not like the smell of close family members, new research shows the aversion might help prevent incest.
2. Shine on you crazy diamond
A US firm says it will turn your cremated ashes into a diamond (or, I guess, "die-mond") for the loved ones you leave behind to cherish.
3. Introducing Caffeine-free Diet Himalayan Twist
Soft drink giants Coca Cola and Pepsi, were slammed last week over the painting of their logos on Himalayan rocks.
4. The Oprah Book Club it ain't
Quick report on what Dubya is reading these days.
Let's see. If you look at the Parent Television Council's Annual "Top 10" Best & Worst TV Shows (2000/2001 Season) you get a nice ranking of the top prime time shows in terms of viewership in the "Worst" list. But how, then, "Sabrina the Teenage WITCH" rank so high on their list of shows appropriate for good christian teens? I'd like to see the point scoring system they used...
...at least in the SimsWorld. An interview with Will Wright in an otherwise overly intellectual e-zine about video games. He provides some interesting graphs of the way people play the Sims...
George Gurley sits down with Ann Coulter. Things get said. Ann: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building." A friend of Gurley's: "Oh, Id fuck the shit out of her."
An Iranian soft drink named after a holy spring in Mecca is said to have won an enthusiastic reception in Saudi Arabia.
Nickled and Dimed. Maureen Kennedy, 16-year waitress of a Friendly's, suspended for delivering breakfast one minute late.
..in our UFO hysteria, that is.
The truth is out there.
From brain-computer interface to reading the minds of terrorists at airports.
"We're close to the point where they can tell to an extent what you're thinking about by which part of the brain is activated, which is close to reading your mind. It would be terribly complicated to try to build a device that would read your mind as you walk by."
Hm, pretty soon you could be arrested for looking at somebody funny.
This is the literary equivalent of that point in multiplayer first-person shooters where you've just died a grisly, horrible death but you can still move the camera around and you can see your body lying there, guts splattered everywhere, and the rest of the players are running around looking for other people to frag and you're just lying there contemplating how you died and how you could have avoided it, what you did wrong, how angry you are at those blockheads running by, and you realize how little detail they have, you notice that they (and you) are just made from a handful of irregular polygons with some textures slapped on but it doesn't really matter because everything's going by so quickly...
Truth stranger than fiction department. Some LES squats have been sold to the squatters for $1, and the plan began under Guliani. You may all, like me, find this amazing, given that Guiliani stormed the 13th St squats with a TANK in 1995. Anyway, the best part of this article is the last paragraph, defining "squatters."
ebay item of the week: 131 year old Indian man, surrounded by midwestern insurance agents. Some nice understatement in the item description. A lot of scratch for a postcard.
me+ bandwagon = apple switch.
An odd (late?) real-world application of dot-com business planning. Free baby carriages! Just don't mind the H&M ad.
Got junky ships that need to be scrapped? Or wondering where you're going to move those panties or toothbrushes rolling off the assembly line/sweatshops? Welcome to the Great Indian Bazaar.
Warner bros buys rights to This American Life stories.
Laugh or cry...anyone?
Can Bush get any more disgraceful? What with being a former Harken CEO (hello?) and now being a former owner of a baseball team (hello??!), Bush couldn't be in a worse place to comment on the baseball strike.
I guess building AI to distinguish between spam and friendly email is not so easy. Paul Graham gives it a go and comes to some interesting revelations about the indicators for spam using a statistical approach. The idea of compiling a corpus of spam is an intriguing (if unappetizing) one.
August 15, 2002- 6:00 p.m. EDT
The following is a statement by Daniel Peres, editor-in-chief of Details magazine:
"Details magazine has learned that it was misled in relation to an article published in its August 2002 issue. The article, "Dudes Who Dish", which carried the byline of Kurt Andersen, was not, in fact, authored by him. Mr. Andersen had no involvement whatsoever in the preparation of the article. Details is actively investigating this matter and apologizes to Mr. Andersen and its readers for the publication of this article."
August 15, 2002- 6:00 p.m. EDT
The following is a statement by Kurt Andersen:
"I was shocked to learn a week ago that in its August issue Details magazine published an article, "Dudes Who Dish", under my byline. I did not write this article and had no role in its creation. The whole affair has been unsettling. I appreciate, however, that once Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Peres, became aware of this despicable act perpetrated against me and the magazine, Details responded swiftly and conscientiously to alert its readers and the public generally."
"People want to talk," he said. "Not about business or gossip or money. There are very few places where people can talk unconditionally, without an agenda."
ebay item of the week. Pushing old-school skate punk nostalgia to dotcom-bubble-like extremes. I used to ride a Zorlac Craig Johnson. My advice: Never lend your skateboard to a friend.
You: Union Square Park, yesterday, blue-ish skirt, and no panties...
And other missed connections.
No joke, this. Akklaim wants to brand five suckas by having them forfeit their identities and rename themselves Turok. A littlelife imitates David Foster Wallace?
The president's name? Of course the White House knows the president's name. Except when it doesn't. Get there before it's gone.
[via fuckedworld.com]
Not to be outdone by Turkmenistan, Berkeley "could become the first city to enact Aristotle's ancient law of logic -- that every entity is equal to itself." Would that it were so! [courtesy metafilter]
It appears Saparmurat Niyazov's knack for renaming things didn't stop with the Turkmen calendar.
Bruce Sterling goes off on open-source. And Bill Gates. And Linus and Eric Raymond. And you. And me. Basically makes fun of everyone who spends too much time with computers. Because he has too. He should have a one man show with a guy on the the drum kit for the punch lines. But really, it shows you that you don't have to be a programmer to make fun of programmers.
(His allegory of Linux as a Hippie Girl is brilliant!)
(I know, I know, MetaFilter. So sue me.)
Unlike hip and sleek berlin, I had no idea what Bastard Pop was, but now I realize it's one of those phrases that arrives long after the idea. It tastes good, the way anything tastes good when it has the vitamins you've been secretly lacking.
Some translation jobs are harder than others. Witness these queries from the unfortunate translator of the Annals of Improbable Research. "(Is the "prozac" a "forage" for clams?)"
The Memory Hole (a more political thesmokinggun?) has posted the first 320 pages of the FBI's file on Columbine. A perusal reveals plenty of inadvertent excision art on the part of the FBI -- check out page 283. And don't miss p. 288, in which a Shriner reveals the solution to the problem of Youth Who Kill Their Peers.
In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace predicts a world in which years are named after corporate sponsors. In Turkmenistan, a slightly more appealing renaming project for the months of the year and days of the week is underway. God bless em, in a way.
PBS special on the effect television has had on the remote Buddhist nation of Bhutan.
The only good news I can discern in this Observer story about some archi-stars proposing "out of the box" approaches to the WTC site is the slow snowballing of an anti-Muschamp movement. No more ugly buildings!
In Argentina, an hourlong program known as "Human Resources" pits two unemployed people in a contest to win a guaranteed six-month work contract.
While in Italy, a man has turned the Trevi Fountain into a lucrative pool of clandestine profit.
From the Weekly Standard comes a hilarious rant about the suburbs, new and newer. Skip to page two for the ideology, expressed as five goals:
ebay item of the day. Elvis at the bottom of the bill.
Question the source, to be sure, but still. "To obtain an Al-Qaeda narrated tape of the obliteration of Russian soldiers, recovered at the scene by Russian intelligence officers bent on revenge, is an art act of the highest order."
An interesting long take on the democratization of luxury at Reason. What, you might ask, do libertarians know about luxury?
I don't have near the geek cred to post this, let alone read it (via metafilter). But anyways, run don't walk to this interview with Eugene Jarvis, creator of defender, stargate, and Robotron: 2084. (And veteran of Atari durning the 8-player "Tank" days.) "The tension of having the world converge on you from all sides simultaneously and the incredible body count created an unparalleled adrenalin rush. Add to it the mental overload of a truly ambidextrous control, and it was insanity at its best."
Teenage 'vampire killer' jailed
A teenager was today found guilty of murdering his elderly neighbour and drinking her blood in a vampire ritual.
Who knew it was so complicated? Now I do, and am glad for this step-by-step guide to the Hajj. Day 3: Going to Mina. Due to the large crowd going to Mina, the pilgrim must remain calm, avoid pushing people, and must be respectful to others. Weak and sick people can appoint others to throw stones at the Jamrahs in Mina on behalf of them.
Is the art getting people to pay you to kidnap them, or getting a journalist to believe it?
Making sure nobody misses this fine service provided by CNN.com. Anybody and everybody invited to submit proposals for WTC reconstruction/memorial. View the current submissions by clicking on the box (on the right) called "Your Proposals."
I've always wondered (privately) why this hasn't been done more often, in Israel as well as the United States? Maybe because it might be more traceable perhaps. Anyhow, more technological jiu-jitsu. This time, I wonder if they were targeting Jew-loving Arabs as well?
Big belcher to attempt world record burp
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's loudest burper will inhale deep breaths and then slurp down a fizzy drink on Friday as he attempts to shatter his own ear-splitting record, a spokesman for London's Science Museum has said.
Solicitor's clerk Paul Hunn from London is hoping to break his own record of 118.1 decibels -- a belch as loud as a pneumatic drill -- which he set in 2000.
Guinness World Records officials armed with a sound level meter and recording equipment will be on hand for the record-breaking attempt at the museum.
"Paul's training tips include eating something spicy the day before to build up gases, breathing in lots of air and then having a carbonated drink before burping," the spokesman said.
The world-record attempt is part of the museum's current "Grossology" exhibition, a look at the good, bad and ugly ways the human body works.


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Five best pubs for lager22 May 2015
Suddenly, there are Czech tanks everywhere. Since the summer of 2013, when the first tanks of unpasteurised Pilsner Urquell popped up at the White Horse, these shiny submarine-like vessels have appeared in pubs all over town. And not just from PU, either - Budvar and Krusovice have joined in too. Meantime, of course, have had tank beer in a number of London pubs for even longer.
It's a sign of how good-quality lager - which comes in a greater variety of forms than many would give it credit for - is taking off in London. Camden Town and Meantime have built their businesses on lager. It's popular. But where are the best places to drink it around town? Here are five of our favourites.
This subterranean, sub-station bar offers not only an excellent selection of lager but also a deliciously cool environment to drink it in - a bit like the caves that lager was once aged in, back in the day (OK, The Pelt Trader is hewn from Cannon Street Station rather than rock, but you get the jist). You can expect to find the likes of Kout, who make outrageously fashionable Czech pilsner and dark lager, Kostritzer Kellerbier & other
lesser-known German classics here.
It seems like the Finborough appears on a lot of these lists, but until more boozers keep their Tipopils to the same standard, what are you going to do? The Italian classic is often joined on the bar by impressive homegrown lagers like Fourpure's Pils or something from Camden. The increasingly unavoidable Kout has also been spotted here fairly regularly.
There are two lager options at the White Horse: you can either go for one of the mainstream 'shame beers' whose taps are hidden beneath the bar, or you can drink something nice. This was the first pub in London to have tank PU, and it's often the best option on a pretty impressive bar. Those looking for something a bit crisper might plump for a glass of Veltins.
From the same stable as the Pelt Trader, the Holborn Whippet offers fine beers for a decent price. According to the pub's never-less-than-informative twitter feed, there'll be kegs of Franconian brewery Held-Brau on the bar next week, both Helles and Dunkel. If that doesn't float your boat, then try Konig Pils, about as good a mainstream German pils as you can get.
Not all of the best lager comes from Europe; we brew some pretty decent stuff here now, too. With all due respect to Meantime, whose pilsner remains a favourite at Craft Beer Towers no matter who owns the brewery, Camden have probably pushed this more than most. Their IHL is lager for hopheads, Their Hells is lager for maltheads, and their Pils is a lemony, herbal delight that gets closer to the German ideal than most British lagers.


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Registration closed May 11, 2016 9:00 PM on May 11, 2016 9:00 PM CDT Registration ends May 11, 2016 9:00 PM on May 11, 2016 9:00 PM CDT Registration opens April 16, 2016 4:00 AM on April 16, 2016 4:00 AM CDT Registration runs from April 16, 2016 4:00 AM to May 11, 2016 9:00 PM
SORRY, ON-LINE PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO REGISTER AT THE TRACK THIS WEEKEND! Save some time for you and the registrar by downloading the entry packet below and filling out an entry form before arriving.
Download the full entry packet: Milw Mile 2016 May Race flyer full V1.3.pdf
Please join Lakeshore Sports Car Club and Great Lakes Sport Car Club (LSCC, GLSCC) at the famous Milwaukee Mile, the longest continuously-running racetrack in the country and a staple of the Midwestern Council (MCSCC or MC) schedule in years past! State Fair Park management is very supportive of our event.
We're starting off with a half day open-track test-and-tune on Saturday to get your confidence up. The track day is just $120. Saturday afternoon is the first MC championship points Autocross of the year, and Sunday May 15 is an MC championship points wheel-to-wheel sprint race.
The Milwaukee Mile Race Challenge I Enduro will be Saturday night at 5pm.
Come out to support and celebrate MC's return to its roots by racing, working or both. We want to keep Milwaukee a regular event on the schedule. And please join us again the weekend of June 11-12 for the Milwaukee Mile Race Challenge II.
Club Race Early Registration $275 MC members, $300 non-MC members
Second race group entry, same or 2nd car/driver: +$125
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I use her monthly unborn child to lubricate
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Just some stupid bitch to fuck who has a few days to bleed
I feel like i am dead, and have no regrets
Now when she spreads her legs my tounge will penetrate
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By BRIAN HALL
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jason Castro homered twice, Brian Dozier was a double from the cycle and the Minnesota Twins pounded the San Diego Padres 16-0 on Tuesday night.
Minnesota hit a season-high seven home runs, setting a Target Field record for most homers in a game, to back another strong start from Kyle Gibson. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Twins set a major league record by homering in each of the first seven innings with Jorge Polanco, Eddie Rosario, Eduardo Escobar and Kennys Vargas adding to the total.
Gibson (10-10) pitched six innings with four hits and six strikeouts. He has allowed two runs or fewer in five straight starts for Minnesota, which maintained its hold on the second wild card spot in the American League.
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It's the end of July and the end of my first week here in Leavenworth. Temperatures have soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but it's a dry heat unlike the high humidity I left behind in Mazatlan. It cools off overnight and was only 58 degrees this morning. I've done a fair amount of writing this week along with meeting new people, sightseeing and exploring. I also started a part-time job this week.
A job? Yes. Those of you who know me personally know my background……………businesswoman, counselor, motivational consultant, teacher and writer. What I'm doing now in no way, shape or form resembles any of these. A friend here owns a construction company and has hired me to help out. For the time being it's painting, but he has aspirations of other things in mind for the future. I did remind him that knives are not a great idea, lol. I believe I may have the world record for cutting my toe with a butter knife, but that was decades ago in another lifetime. Take a peak at my first painting job.
Now isn't that the prettiest flower box you've ever seen? And the flowers remained purple and the leaves stayed green. I just may be on to a new career here.
Now we come to the sightseeing and exploring part. Leavenworth is primarily a tourist town, Bavarian style. When you walk along the streets in the downtown are it does not feel like you are in the USA at all. The buildings are so quaint, and there is an abundance of flowers everywhere.
The building pictured above is where I painted the flower boxes. This is a German restaurant owned by a man from Manitoba, my home province in Canada.
Here are a few other shots of the downtown area:
And this is only one section of a street. There is also a small park with a kiosk where live music is featured on the weekends. An art show also happens on the weekends. But I will leave that for a future post.
Yesterday we checked out the Farmers Market. It's a small one featuring some fresh produce, handicrafts and a couple of food stands.
It was a great place to people watch and I just had to share this photo. What a sweetie!
Wenatchee is a town about twenty minutes away. This is where the WalMart, East Wenatchee Mall, Costco and all the shopping are located. There are also a variety of restaurants. The downtown area has the courthouse and i intend to spend a day walking around that area in the near future. The drive to Wenatchee from Leavenworth is beautiful. Have a look at these photos:
Today I went to a Rotary Club meeting here in Leavenworth. The speaker was excellent and gave a presentation on the wine industry here in Washington. I had no idea that Washington is second only to California in the production of wine in the USA. Now I can't wait to check out a winery or two while I'm here.
The weekend is upon us and more adventures lie ahead. That also means more blog posts are coming up.


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Business on forbidden land: Danish business relations with the Israeli occupationDec 2012
A report by Dan Watch, November 2012
Business on forbidden land: Danish business relations with the Israeli occupation
A New report by Dan Watch revels the Danish business relations with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and resources.
The report describes the reality of occupation and the separation wall, the violations of the freedom of movement, the oppressive Palestinian labour in settlements and the aggravation of Settler violence.
In this reality there are huge economic powers that profit from the occupation. Not only companies located in settlements, such as SodaStream, Ahava and Keter, but also companies that contribute to the construction of settlements, the separation wall and other infrastructure on occupied land, such as the Jerusalem light train and the Tel-Aviv Jerusalem fast train. In addition to companies like CRH, Cemex and Heidelberg Cement, that provide building materials and companies like Caterpillar, Terex and Volvo, which provide construction machinery and other vehicles.
Companies that provide technology to the settlements, the wall and the checkpoints, like HP, Ingersoll Rand, Elbit and Motorola are also included in this report, along with security companies like G4S and ISS, and the Israeli banks, such as Leumi, Hapoalim and Discount, which provide financing to occupation industry.
Another field the report covers is the agriculture companies, such as Mehadrin, Hadiklaim, Arava, AdaFresh, Agrexco and the Israeli wine industry, based mostly on grapevines from occupied territories.
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SO, that's it then. Another football season is over bar the shouting. It's right what they say, you know - the older you get the quicker time slips by.
And I must be positively ancient. I can't believe it was seven months ago that God's Own team put those Chelsea up-starts in their place.
Need I point out that the Blessed Blues were the only team this season to pluck the feathers of the strutting Portuguese peacock that perches in the manager's chair at Stamford Bridge?
How was it for you then? Stop it. I'm still talking football, here. Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Here are a few random memories, irritations and giggles which might occupy your mind while you're waiting for Coronation Street to come on.
Nothing to do with the FA Cup final because if that match had been a boxing bout, the referee would have stopped it at half time to prevent Arsenal taking further punishment. Arsene, are you George Graham in disguise? Boring for Great Britain.
But Sir Taggart's players should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Eighteen points worse than Chelsea? You've got to be kidding. 58 from 38 Premiership matches. What? With é50m worth of strikers on the books. That's not just under-achieving. That's criminal negligence.
Unwanted advice for Keano and company. When you're playing the likes of Portsmouth and West Brom next season, pretend it's Arsenal. Do that and I'll guarantee that you won't be 18 points adrift of Chelsea this time next year.
Some are born to greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them. And Stuart Pearce comes in the second category. He wouldn't have got the manager's job at Eastlands if King Kev hadn't done a runner but what a blessing in disguise that turned out to be.
Yes, Psycho has proved nothing yet. Yes, the hard part is yet to come. But I know I'm speaking for every Blue Mooner when I say "thank-you" to Pearce for allowing us to dream our dreams again.
The last day of the season and we've still got a chance of qualifying for Europe. I still can't believe I'm writing those words. The fact we didn't make it doesn't matter. You've got to be there to lose it and we were going nowhere fast under Keegan. This is one City fan who can't wait for next season to start - and I can't remember the last time I said that.
Everton qualified for the Champions' League by finishing in fourth place in the Premiership yet, in terms of points, they were closer to the bottom than the top.
What does that fact tell you? For a start it tells you that Everton's only real achievement was to finish on top of the Premiership's "middle" league. It also tells you that next season, and the season after that, only Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United will win the championship trophy unless Liverpool pull their fingers out. And we mock the Scottish Premier League. Why mock? It's the same down here.
Rupert Lowe, the chairman of Southampton, loses Gordon Strachan which is extremely careless of him. He poaches Paul Sturrock from mighty Plymouth Argyle which is extremely foolish of him. Two games into the season he sacks Sturrock which is exceedingly impatient of him.
Chairman Lowe then up-grades Steve Wigley from youth-team coach to manager which is downright barmy of him. When it's too late he demotes Wigley and gives the manager's job to Harry Redknapp which is shutting-the-gate-after-the- horse-has-bolted of him. Southampton are duly relegated after 27 years in the top-flight. And whoever first uttered the words " you reap what you sow" surely had Rupert Lowe in mind.
Footballers who wear their socks above their knees. Yes, I'm talking about you, Mr.Henry and you Master Ronaldo. How naff is that? Who ever got cold knees playing football? Footballers who pull their socks over their knees are Big Girls' Blouses. They'll be wearing suspenders next to keep `em up.
Gordon Strachan poked fun at the excess weight being carried by the Thurrock manager Colin McBride. Back came this wonderful riposte from the understandably needled McBride. "I can always go on a diet. But what can Strachan do about the colour of his hair and his stupid voice."
Game, set and match to the chubby one, I would suggest.
Alan Sugar, successful businessmen, star of "The Apprentice" on tv and one time chairman of Tottenham Hotspur giving his views on professional footballers: "They are the biggest scum that walk on this planet and, if they weren't football players, most of them would be in prison." Don't you just hate people who sit on the fence? Come on, Alan. Tell us what you REALLY think.
Is there something in the air down on the south coast? I wouldn't trust the Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe to run a Sunday League club but he's a positive football genius compared to his Portsmouth counterpart Milan Mandaric.
Remember mirthless Milan? It was he who forced Harry Redknapp out of Fratton Park and replaced him with Velimir Zajec. And now Mandaric has the brass nerve to claim that decision kept Pompey in the Premiership.
"We are still in the Premiership and Southampton have gone down," said Mandaric. " These things don't happen by accident. What makes me feel good is that the decisions I was strong enough to make have been proved right."
Ungracious, un-called for, insulting - and factually wrong. It is the points Portsmouth amassed during the opening 13 games under Redknapp which kept that club in the Premiership. Under Zajec, Pompey picked up only 16 points from 18 matches which - computed over a season - is relegation form. Keep on making those strong decisions, chairman Mandaric. You'll need to be strong when you take your club down a division. Work for him? I'd rather clean the toilets at Piccadilly Station.
Everyone laughed when Dave Whelan bought Wigan Athletic and said he would turn them into a Premiership club within ten years. Well, nobody is laughing now. He's put his money where his mouth is and if anyone deserves a place at the top table of English football, then Dave Whelan is that man.
Wigan's success story isn't just about a rich businessman indulging a whim. You've only got to listen to Whelan talking to realise how passionately he cares for his club. And I hope the people in that town don't let him down when Premiership football arrives next season. The club's genuine supporters were deeply offended when I wrote earlier this season that Wigan the town didn't deserve Wigan the football club. Those remarks were never aimed at them. They were aimed at the arm-chair fans who have been conspicuous only by their absence. I call on those fans to prove me wrong. Pack out the JJB Stadium for every match next season. You owe Dave Whelan at least that much.
AT the highest level it was a toss-up between Jose Mourinho and David Moyes. Yes, Mourinho had all the cash but winning two major trophies with a new team in your first season in England takes some beating. Jose would lick himself to death if he was made of ice-cream and he's got a terrible taste in overcoats but he's won me over. When he said he was the Special One on his first day at Stamford Bridge, he wasn't kidding.
At Everton, Moyes has spent on his team what amounts to the loose change in Roman Abramovich's pocket. Yet in the space of twelve months he's taken the Toffees from fourth bottom in the Premiership to fourth from top. Over-achieving or managerial brilliance? Next season will answer that question. So who has been the best Premiership manager this season, Mourinho or Moyes? In my book you couldn't slip a sheet of paper between them. It's a dead heat.
I'm old enough now to remember when Hull City were a major football club which attracted huge crowds. I thought those days had gone forever. Not so much a sleeping giant as a seriously dead one.
A couple of years ago, when Peter Taylor took charge at Hull, the club was languishing in the middle of the bottom division. Next season they will be playing in the Coca-Cola Championship League after gaining automatic promotion for a second time. The supporters have returned in their thousands to prove that, for all those years, the giant was only sleeping after all. It just took an exception manager like Taylor to wake it from its slumbers.
Down in the bargain basement, tears were shed at Macclesfield's Moss Rose headquarters on Saturday when the Silkmen failed to reach the play-off final when drawing 1-1 with Lincoln City.
There was no need for those tears. When the season started Macclesfield were the bookies' red-hot favourites for relegation to the Conference League. In fact they were everyone's favourites for the drop. But on a shoestring budget and with a squad so thin you could see through it, the Macclesfield manager Brian Horton steered his team to the very brink of promotion. Tears? The Macc fans should have been doing a clog-dance for simply getting that far.
Peter Taylor at Hull, Brian Horton at Macclesfield. Two managers who never got a fair crack of the whip at the highest level but who can stand proud in any company. Which of the two has been the best manager in the Football League this season. I'm going for "Nobby" Horton...I might now get that pint he owes me.
What awards would you have handed out for this season? Have your say.


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for today's friday faves post i thought it would be fun to round up some cute swimsuits this season in a variety of styles that will help almost anyone feel more confident in the sun this summer! i threw in a couple fun sale sunnies as well because we all know the sunnies are just as important as the suit!
i love that nordstrom has really high quality swimwear that's on-trend and will help you feel a little more confident and secure while you're in the sun this summer. you know that saying "you get what you pay for"? well it's pretty true with swimwear from the type of fabric used to the cut and layout of the suit.
a lot of these picks came from the nordstrom women & kids half yearly sale that's still going strong! see my women's picks here and kids picks here.
i tried to find as many options on sale as i could, but some are full price because they're either that amazing or there just weren't good sale options that would meet the need of that style/body type.
i'm totally aware that women's bodies come in SO many shapes and sizes so i put this together with lots of options in mind.
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1. trina turk folkloric one piece: i am obsessed with the back of this suit! and the print is so fun and summery. $138
2. BCA heather stripe top/bottom: ignore the reviews, i own this suit and LOVE it, just order a size up 😉 the cut of BCA's suits is so flattering! love that it comes tankini or bikini style. on sale (was $29-36) $19.43-23.12
3. tory burch logo hinge 55mm sunglasses: such a good deal for TB! super pretty honey color. on sale (was $149) $98.90
4. freya hello sailor swimsuit: freya swimsuits are perfect for girls with a bigger bust! sizes 32D-36FF/G. on sale tankini (was $88) $58.96, bikini (was $66) $44.22.
5. robin piccone bianca stripe one piece swimsuit: i can't get over how classy and pretty this suit is! $138
6. magic suit rita tankini top: this is perfect if you've just had a baby or are self-conscious about your mid section. this will suck everything in and the ruffles will help instead of a skin-tight suit that reveals everything. $114
7. marc by marc jacobs matte cat sportif bound maillot suit: i die over the cut and print of this suit! just get in my closet already. $151
8. ray-ban metallic 58mm sunglasses: so cute in that matte metallic and perfect with one of these black suits. on sale (was $195) $146.25
9. marc by marc jacobs 55mm retro sunglasses: major STEAL on these! on sale (was $110) $59.90
10. kate spade gianna 57mm oversized sunglasses: because everyone needs a gigantic pair of sunglasses! on sale (was $158) $74.80
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the Oneota Community Food Coop in Decorah, Iowa, while on a travel writer's tour with the good folks of Travel Iowa. The Food Co-op started a series of cooking classes for kids, as part of a before school program. Due to the fact that they offer several educational events, it seemed like a perfect fit. As with any community, the challenge seems to be getting the word out.
When I heard that they were offering a before school program for kids, which involves teaching kids how to cook, I was all ears! I am no Martha Stewart, but I can tell you that I am grateful for all of those cooking lessons that 4-H provided me through the years. When kids are part of the preparation process of putting food together, they quickly become interested. The working kitchen is right next door to the actual storefront itself, which makes it an ideal location. Up to date appliances and utensils to complete any food project make this a win-win for any community.
I would love to hear that the before school cooking program through the Oneota Community Food Co-op has a waiting list. Many parents struggle with finding before school childcare during those tween years and this is the ideal place for those tweens to gather. They are surrounded by people that have a passion for food and making a difference in a community.
Maybe it's the fact that kids and parents don't think cooking matters, when in all reality it really does. Who can afford to eat out all the time? Let's face it, it does get rather expensive. And the other thing about a before school cooking class, is the fact that it offers an offline opportunity for kids. Most of you know that I love being online, but I also love the fact that I can step away from it. Many kids today simply never take breaks from social media, which is not a good thing.
Be a proactive parent and find a before school program that will enhance the life of your child. If you live in Winneshiek County, check out the great programs that the Oneota Community Food Co-op has to offer. If you don't see a program on the list that you think would benefit your family, suggest it to the good folks of the coop. They want folks in Winneshiek County to eat healthier and have fun in the kitchen.
Be sure to "like" the Oneota Community Food Co-op on Facebook to stay up to date on what's happening around the Co--op.
So... tell me. Would you enroll your kids in a before school cooking class? I personally think it's a genius idea! After All, It's All In a Mom's Day, Right?


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A new fundraising campaign, Light Up Cast, has been launched by Cast to help support an event the Doncaster theatre company is planning for this September.
Cast intends to bring the town's streets to life on September 22 with a free, family-friendly spectacular, The Colour of Light, and they need to raise an additional £5,000 to make this happen. Visit castindoncaster.com/light-cast for details and to donate.


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Watching YouTube beauty tutorials is my greatest guilty pleasure, and my greatest source of frustration. They are fun and addictive and aesthetically pleasing, but also filled with impossibly beautiful women who achieve impossibly complex looks via having invisible pores and perfect bone structure. They simply don't adjust the recipe, so to speak, for people who might have a normal-looking face.
Which is why Kevyn Aucoin, and his seminal book on the art of cosmetics, was (and is) so important. He teaches beauty in a foundational way, that is adaptable to every skin type, facial structure, and lifestyle. You learn more about your own beauty (and relationship with makeup) reading his book than you do with a thousand self-loathing marathons of Michelle Phan. He just got women and beauty, in a way no one else has since.


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Applications for Transportation ProvidersJulie Utech on 05/21/2018
Press Release
Connections Area Agency on Aging is accepting applications for transportation providers in the Sioux City urban area and rural areas in Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Monona and Woodbury counties. The transportation provider will provide a curb to curb service to seniors age 60 and over. Trips will be reimbursed to the transportation provider through a voucher/ticket system and will be funded with Older American Act Title IIIB Supportive Service CFDA 93.044 funds. Provider must comply with Older American Act guidelines.
Eligible organizations may be public, private, non-profit or for profit businesses, service organizations and/or political subdivisions of the state who offer services which meet Connections Area Agency on Aging criteria. Small and minority-owned providers are encouraged to apply.
To obtain an application or for more information, contact Julie Utech at Connections Area Agency on Aging at 800-432-9209 x 8212 or email@example.com.
Connections Area Agency on Aging, 2301 Pierce Street, Sioux City, Iowa 51104.
The deadline for submitting completed applications is May 31, 2017.
RFP Notification - May 8, 2018Sherrie McDonald on 05/10/2018
Connections Area Agency on Aging, Inc. is currently soliciting proposals to provide services to the elderly and their caregivers. The Request for Proposals (RFP) being issued on May 8, 2018 is for those agencies who wish to contract with Connections AAA for any of the home and community based services listed in the proposal for the specified counties. This RFP does not apply to those agencies that wish to have a purchase of service agreement with the agency in FY 2019. The notification on those agreements will be issued separately.
Proposals are due back into the Connections office by 5:00 pm on May 25, 2018.
Feel free to make additional copies of the proposals if you need to. Also, if the proposal does not apply to you, feel free to pass it on to someone it may apply to. Click on title to access forms.
QUESTIONS? Call Sherrie McDonald, R.N. at 800-432-9209, extension 8128.
Shredtastic and Drug Take-Back Returns to SiouxlandChris Kuchta on 05/07/2018
Shredtastic is back and it's time again to start gathering those old documents that need to be discarded and to clean out your medicine cabinets! Shred-tastic is a free shredding and prescription drug take-back event. This event is for seniors ages 60 and over and their caregivers. It will take place Friday, May 18th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Siouxland Center for Active Generations, 313 Cook Street, Sioux City. Those bringing items to shred or medications to discard will have the option of using an easy and quick drive up lane or can park and watch the shredding process provided by Document Depot. Sioux City police will be available to collect old or unused prescription medications. Shredtastics are held each May and Sept, with the September event shredding over 2.75 tons of paper in two hours.
With a focus on preventing seniors from becoming victims of identity theft, Shred-tastic offers seniors or their caregivers the opportunity to shred personal materials. Connections Area Agency on Aging and SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) advises Medicare beneficiaries to carefully dispose of paperwork such as Medicare Summary Notices, explanation of benefits notices from insurance companies, bank statements, credit card billings and applications and other documents that contain personal information. "We all need to be aware that numbers assigned to us from Medicare and Social Security, as well as bank account and credit card information are valuable and sell-able commodities to many scammers," stated Chris Kuchta, event organizer at Connections Area Agency on Aging. She continued, "We are excited to be able to continue to offer this service to seniors living in the Siouxland area."
This event is for personal papers only. Items can include but at not limited to: Medicare statements – especially those that dates from 2010 or before, as they have full Medicare numbers, tax returns, credit card statements, bank statements and cancelled checks, and other documents with personal information. Paperclips and staples do not need to be removed. Items not accepted include papers from a business, magazines, phone books, plastic folders, corrugated cardboard, plastic credit cards, general trash, etc.
The Sioux City Police will be present to accept prescription medications and will dispose of them by incineration. This event is a great opportunity to properly dispose of accumulated, unwanted, unused prescription drugs, keeping them from being flushed and entering our waterways. Medications should be in their original containers. Items not accepted include over the counter medications, sharp objects such as needles, lancets, or needle points, thermometers, home based care or durable medical supplies. In the last year, more than 2.1 million teens abused prescription drugs. Unfortunately most of those drugs were acquired from friends and family. Many of these teens or visitors in the home simply took the drugs in the medicine cabinets of grandparents, parents or even in the homes of friends.
For additional information, contact Connections Area Agency on Aging at 1-800-432-9209 or www.connectionsaaa.org.


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Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1979-1990 died Monday, April 8, 2013 following a stroke.
Thatcher, born on October 13, 1925, implemented economic policies that restored Great Britain's economy which had been devastated by long-term stagnation following imposition of socialist policies and the rise of labor unions after World War II. Her death comes less than a decade since the death of Ronald Reagan, who has been rightfully credited with one of the longest periods of economic prosperity and peace in American history. Thatcher was Reagan's philosophical counterpart across the pond, championing parallel economic revival and an aggressive stance against Communism on the other side of the Atlantic, restoring British pride, patriotism and burgeoning allies in Europe.
Thatcher presided over a dynamic economic transformation in Great Britain, following epic unemployment, massive inflation, and the takeover of various basic industries by the government – roughly equivalent to "stagflation" experienced in the United States at the same time. The times were marked on both sides of the ocean by politics of leftist nihilism. America's Democratic President Jimmy Carter seemingly gave in to an inexorable "malaise" and the British Labour Party advocated "more of the same" in elections despite the union-driven "Winter of Discontent" and the documented misery of average British families. Both nations turned to the right in an act of self-preservation, entrusting Thatcher and Reagan with the future.
Thatcher also is beloved and revered for helping to end the Cold War by standing in solidarity with Ronald Reagan against Soviet threats across the globe, especially in Europe, and also by maintaining a British nuclear deterrent, ignoring leftist / appeasement calls for unilateral disarmament which at the time were prevalent. Soviet officials later acknowledged that the willingness of the American-British delegation to "walk away" at the Reykjavik talks ultimately forced an unsustainable increase in Soviet defense expenditures, the subsequent inevitable collapse of the Russian economy, and the victorious end of the Cold War.
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around – decisively – the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. "Thatcherism" was the most popular and successful way of running a country in the last quarter of the 20th century and into the 21st.
However, there is no need to glamorize or embellish her achievements, because her legacy is a statement in and of itself. More importantly, she rose to power not through family connections or nepotism (indeed, she did not grow up well-connected or wealthy) but through hard work and grim determination. In other words, there's a reason why she has inspired so many young people (not just women) both in America and Great Britain to get involved in politics and fight for conservative principles. And as long as freedom and liberty are under assault, she will continue to do so for generations to come.
UPDATE 04/22/2013: A great cartoon by the inestimable Michael Ramirez captures the feelings Americans and people around the world have for Thatcher and her ideological counterpart, Ronald Reagan:


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The Pirate Gift Box by Corgi Hosiery of Wales contains three pairs of men's luxury fine cotton dress socks with a Pirate theme. The colour scheme is naturally led by black with a skull and crossbones in an all-over pattern, and also a plain grey sock with contrast heel and toe and a skull and crossbones motif on the leg, and finally a stripe with black, red and grey.
Our Corgi men's designer dress socks are presented in our exclusive and beautiful "sock drawer" gift box made of fully recyclable materials. The box is fully reusable! Being unbranded (save our website address discretely printed on the underside) it makes an ideal storage box for costume jewellery, trinkets, nick-nacks, screws and nails, your life savings, a list of hopes and dreams or half a dozen golf balls!
Made from finest combed cotton Corgi socks are soft and have an extended higher heel with reinforcement to both it and the toe which is hand-linked to ensure a smooth join (so no uncomfortable ridge) to the body of the sock. Corgi socks have been traditionally made using the finest materials in Ammanford, Wales since 1892, and the founder Rhys Jones descendants run the business to this day.
Made with 75% finest quality combed cotton and 25% nylon this unique sock design is machine washable at 30 degrees and available in three sizes:


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I've spent the last two months reflecting on my life and what I want from it. The last 1.5 years of my life were spent hustling so hard that I didn't have time for myself. I had so much on my plate that I was at the verge of burning out, and I was slowly forgetting what I was chasing after to begin with.
Learning to balance out my life has been a struggle, but I finally feel like I'm starting to grasp it better. Working out every day for at least half an hour has kept me in check. Whether it's after school or after work, I am now motivated to come home at a decent time to go to the gym so I can end the night feeling satisfied after a relaxing shower.
While I've been working on myself this past few months, I've been soaking up as much inspiration as I can to motivate myself to get back up on my feet and create content again. Seeing courageous women making a difference in this world is what keeps me driven. Namely Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of recent the Florida school shooting, who is now the face of a national movement called "Never Again," as a senior in high school. Hijabi YouTuber Dina Tokio released a groundbreaking documentary called "Your Average Muslim," and Noor Tagouri, a hijabi journalist, recently released a three-part documentary series shining light on the sex trade industry in America. The teachers, law enforcement and healthcare workers who dedicate their lives to helping others, as well as the mothers who are raising the future generations, keep me inspired.
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This 1958 Hampton Hawes session has become one of my favorite west coast jazz records. The whole record, anchored by Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell, feels bright and swinging, and a particularly bluesy Barney Kessel rounds out the group.
Both the cover and vinyl are in clean condition and it sounds great with only an occasional light noise…and I believe this is a first pressing. One of the uptempo tunes, "Sweet Sue", is included below.
(Details: Contemporary C3553 mono/yellow deepgroove/D1-D1 matrix)


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Getting Started
Getting started in swimming is easier than you think. It is a sport for all age groups, skill and fitness levels, and provides many opportunities for those who are in the sport for fun, fitness, recreation and for those who are serious about becoming the best they can be through competition and well structured development pathways.
Swimming is an excellent way to keep children of all ages active. Physical activity provides your child with many lasting health benefits, including:
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The sport of swimming also provides participants with valuable life skills such as goal setting, discipline, friendship and belonging, teamwork, and the most obvious benefit, the ability to potentially save one's own life, or others if difficulties are encountered in an aquatic environment.
Anyone can join a swimming club no matter what fitness or ability level they are currently at. Swimming clubs provide the opportunity for individuals to swim recreationally (for fun and fitness), and/or for those who want to swim competitively to achieve their personal best!
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Why join a Swimming SA club?
By being a member of a local swimming club in SA, you are now part of a team that provides SA with an enjoyable, safe and healthy environment to develop swimming skills and promote an active lifestyle.
Swimming clubs generate a lot of community support throughout Australia and encourage Australians to get active and participate in local sport. Australia is known world-wide for our outstanding swimming performances in Olympic and Commonwealth Games and World Swimming championship arenas.
So as part of the Swimming SA team you have the opportunity to provide your kids the environment to encourage and develop the skills of Australians' swimming stars of the future just have a look below;
- Receive a New Member Kit on arrival to your club – a welcome pack for new members including parent information booklets, personal best time record booklet, nutritional information, a welcome letter signed by an elite athlete, a swim cap and mesh bag
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- Have the opportunity to be selected in the Youth Performance Squad – recognising athletes from 13-16 years who have achieved certain standards and is an extension of the JX Program. Athletes are rewarded with a customised YPS towel based on level achieved, YPS cap, YPS poster as well as having their name published on the Swimming Australia website
- Have the opportunity to develop essential life skills to survive amongst Australia's water friendly culture
- Are assured Comprehensive Insurance Cover provided under the Swimming Australia National Insurance Scheme through JLT Sport
- Are assured Qualified and Trained Officials officiate at all meets run under the Swimming SA Competition Structure
- Protected by the Member and Child Welfare Policy and Behavioural Guidelines for acceptable behaviour relating to swimmers, coaches, parents, officials and general spectators
Non-Swimmers (Parents/Guardians):
- Identification in the swimming community as being part of the Swimming SA team while supporting your child in a sport that they enjoy
- Opportunity to become accredited as a Swimming SA and Swimming Australia Accredited Technical Official under the National Officiating Scheme. Ongoing training, education and re-accreditation opportunities are also available
- Access to the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) with information and resources on becoming involed in coaching
- Opportunity to form long lasting friendships with other swimmers, parents, officials, coaches etc as part of a team, especially at club nights or at other club carnivals, while participating in a sport they enjoy
- Are assured Comprehensive Insurance Cover provided under the Swimming Australia National Insurance Scheme through JLT Sport
- Protected by the Member and Child Welfare Policy and Behavioural Guidelines for acceptable behaviour relating to swimmers, coaches, parents, officials and general.


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Marijuana Burnouts
Started by wndysrf, Mar 12 2004 04:59 PM
267 replies to this topic
Posted 12 March 2004 - 04:59 PM
Everyone remembers the guys in high school who couldn't handle the pressure, so they resorted to smoking weed.
At first, it was "occasional", primarily to participate in the local party scene.
But later, low self esteem necessitated even higher doses, since regular joint smoking was considered "cool", and the constant stream of dope into the brain helped take the edge off of the academic strains, the peer pressures, constant questioning by the parents as to "what are you going to do with your life", etc. etc.
Over time, it took increasingly higher amounts to ease the pain. And as the self esteem got even lower, these "burnouts" would have to chain smoke themselves into oblivion in order to "outrun" the reality that they were sinking further into a state of uselessness, unease, into the world of a Permanent Slacker.
At the end of my senior year, some of these guys would walk around like zombies, eyes permanently red, eyelids half closed, speech slurred, and generally slackjawed and unmotivated. Brains were completely fried.
Today's credit markets are no different.
Higher and higher amounts of credit are necessary to sink Joe Six into a stupor and raise his self esteem. Because he knows he's drowning in debt, unable to face the reality of how he will pay this stuff off. So he binges on more credit, trying to "outrun" his troubles by piling on more "stuff" to provide him with the appearances of being well off.
China and S. Korea have now become Marijuana Burnouts.
From today's Wall Struck Journal:
"Beijing Focuses On Weak Banks, Not Weak Yuan"
"Beijing is reluctant to let the value of the Yuan float freely, despite calls from the U.S. to do so. Three top financial regulators delivered a message that overhauling state banks takes priority over tinkering with the exchange rate mechanism. Regulators are preoccupied with fixing the banking system because its glaring weaknesses threaten the country's financial stability. State banks already are struggling to dispose of $294 billion of nonperforming debt."
"Chinese leaders are betting on a bold strategy to minimize the risk of a financial meltdown: that by increasing their loan portfolios, state banks can outgrow the piles of bad loans they built up in the past couple of decades. So far its working. The cumulative bad debt ratio last year fell by 5%, not from getting rid of bad old loans, but from increasing new bank loans."
"The risk is that loan growth is too rapid, the new loans have the potential to sour down the road, especially in capital intensive businesses such as cement, aluminum, steel, and real estate, all of which are showing signs of a bubble", says Mr. Liu, China's Banking and Regulatory Commission Chairman.
"The strength the banks and controls on the currency are interlinked. Huge influxes of investment from overseas are taxing the People's Bank of China's ability to keep the peg to the dollar steady, so it must mount costly and inflationary interventions by buying up foreign exchange from the banks and replacing it with yuan. Depositors are forbidden from exchanging their yuan into other currencies, diminishing the chances they will make a run on the banks."
So there you have it.
A Global Dollar Bubble, proceeds of which are being pumped into the Chinese Banks, so they can outrun credit losses by making new loans faster and faster, perpetuating the China Bubble, and turning the banks into "Burnouts".
And now, we have an example of Insider Buying for profit:
As reported in today's WSJ:
Overstock.com's stock rises 54%, increasing its market cap from $162 million to $462 million.
Short sellers pile on, and as of February 13, nearly 25% of the 4 million shares are sold short. Overstock's CEO Patrick Byrne, who owns half of the float, so only half of the float is actually traded by the public.
Byrne, after appearing on CNBS, touting how "cheap" his company is and how "expensive" AMZN is, decides to enter a "paired trade".
He shorts AMZN stock, and then spends $13 million of his own cash to buy 620,000 of Overstock shares in order to increase his stake from 37% to 40%.
The purchase sets off a huge squeeze, and Overstock's shares rise 16% and hit a record that day.
I wonder if he was able to offload at a profit.
Anyway, just an example of Wall Struck Criminals at work.........
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:30 PM
Two days in a row of "Market at Close" buy orders from large funds on NEM.
Grab it now while "its cheap"............
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:35 PM
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:37 PM
War Rally Failing [Hamilton]
We'll see, Adam.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:44 PM
[quote name='wndysrf' date='Mar 12 2004, 04:30 PM']Two days in a row of "Market at Close" buy orders from large funds on NEM.
Grab it now while "its cheap"............[/quote]
Hey Mark, where do you get that info?
BTW, I don't remember seeing you at school.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:00 PM
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:07 PM
US interest rates continue at historical lows.
Capital misallocation continues.
EOTWAWKI deferred.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:16 PM
Vry nice summary. Today is still the same. I would guess that at least 50% of the students at my university smoke pot like in a manner which would even cheech and chong make proud. Problem is they find that cool. But evryone i know who "smokes" since several years every day, some of them more than once a day, all those guys are somewhat nuts, laughing wierd, laughing when there is nothing to laugh, going with their clothes to bed, spending half of their money every month jsut for the stuff, having no motivation and so on.
Not that i didnt smoke the pot from time to time, but that is diferent when someone smokes every day. It is just the same like when you drink every day 3 liters of beer.
But when you tell someone taking dope every day is no good for ya system, then they look at you like at a conservative nucklehead.
'patriot' is formed with 'patria' and 'idiot'
Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:19 PM
As an aside, the penalty for marijuana (or other banned drug) possession in Malaysia is the "mandatory death penalty upon conviction".
Yet I read in the Borneo Post or Miri Times about someone arrested for possession. The last fellow was a 35 year old financial anal cyst at a major bank.
Why am I not surprised . . .
Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:21 PM
5:18 Contractors ask U.S. for relief on steel shortages
I guess these guys didn't get the "There Is No Inflation" memo......
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:24 PM
Too much fear, way too fast.
On the next drop, we need to see the dip buyers coming in with a vengeance.
Lower lows on the indexes, but lower highs on the VXO.
That's why the first "clothesline drop" usually doesn't continue.
Need to get the Dippers emboldened to double down on their bets the next time we roll over.
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:30 PM
Sounds like option traders to me!
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:33 PM
Boom Box stereo systems from Boston Acoustics has reached full saturation in the ghettos.
Anybody and everybody with a $1,500 car now has a $4,000 stereo system.
Now there are no more buyers.
All purchases financed with zero interest credit, 7-year loans, converted into AAA-Rated Structured Exotica called:
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Found in your money market prospectus.
Boston Acoustics gets shanked down to $9 AH.
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Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:33 PM
You would have thought that Mr.Hamilton might have realised earlier that when credit(money) is as abundant as it has been in Al's Pecuniary Paradise that high beta stocks are the ones that make the most the fastest --as in mo-mo and not in dow-dow.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 06:37 PM
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL MIRAYESAnnotate this Case
Submitted May 3, 2006 - Decided June 6, 2006
Before Judges Weissbard and Winkelstein.
On appeal from Superior Court of New
Jersey, Chancery Division, Warren County,
Evan F. Nappen, attorney for appellant
(Richard V. Gilbert, on the brief).
Thomas S. Ferguson, Warren County Prosecutor,
attorney for respondent (James D. Donegan,
Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on
the brief).
Defendant Michael Mirayes appeals from an order of February 10, 2005 denying his motion for reconsideration of an order entered on June 29, 2004, which rejected his request for return of certain firearms that had been ordered forfeited under the pertinent provisions of the Domestic Violence Act. N.J.S.A. 2C:25-21d. The forfeiture order in question was entered on the State's petition and after a hearing on August 1, 2002. At that time, after hearing testimony from defendant and his ex-wife, Judge Amy O'Connor made the following findings:
The Court has listened to the testimony of Mrs. Mirayes and Mr. Mirayes. The Court found Mrs. Mirayes very, very credible. I believe and find that, in fact, Mr. Mirayes did inflict the assault that he did on her in 1992 or 1993 and gave her the bruising that she described, which was in 1997 or 1998 and grabbed her on the arm, leaving bruising in May of 2000 as she described and hit her across the leg in 1999.
Given those facts, the fact that there was violence ten years ago and, again, in '97 and '98 and as recently as two years ago, the Court has concerns about returning the personal weapons to Mr. Mirayes, given his actions and finds that he would be a danger to Mrs. Mirayes if that were to happen.
So under State v. J.W.D., the Court won't be returning the personal weapons to Mr. Mirayes because of the -- based upon the testimony of Mrs. Mirayes. She was shaking and scared. I could see it, from where I sit, . . . . I believe her, what she described, in fact, happened. The Court finds he's a danger to her.
The order provided for the forfeiture and destruction of three weapons and the forfeiture of defendant's Firearms Identification Card. On June 2, 2004, defendant moved to vacate the forfeiture order pursuant to R. 4:50-1(e), on the basis that it was "no longer equitable" for the order to be continued in force. Defendant argued that circumstances had changed in the intervening two years. Specifically, in his employment as a New Jersey State Trooper, defendant had been cleared as of March 20, 2001 to have full access to his service weapon twenty-four hours a day and had done so without incident. He pointed out that he and his wife are now divorced. In addition, defendant's motion pointed out that he had not been provided the statutory sixty days to sell his weapons. N.J.S.A. 2C:25-21d(3)(a); Hoffman v. Union County Prosecutor, 240 N.J. Super. 206, 212-15 (Law Div. 1990). After argument on June 25, 2004, Judge O'Connor reserved decision, but issued an order denying the application on June 29, 2004.
On defendant's motion for reconsideration, the judge heard more argument on October 1, 2004. Believing that she had overlooked the thrust of defendant's motion, the judge granted the request for reconsideration and once again reserved decision. After submission of post-argument briefs, the judge denied the application on February 10, 2005, with an accompanying memorandum of reasons which stated:
Following a weapons forfeiture hearing, the court entered an Order on August 19, 2002, which directed that the defendant's weapons, previously seized pursuant to the Domestic Violence Act, be forfeited to the State of New Jersey and destroyed. In the same Order, the defendant's Firearms Identification Card was also forfeited to the State. The court made the decision to enter the August 19, 2002 Order after finding that the defendant had assaulted his former spouse on four occasions between 1993 and 2000, and therefore posed a threat to her safety and welfare, pursuant to Return of Weapons to J.W.D., 149 N.J. 108 (1997).
The defendant now requests that the August 19, 2002 Order be vacated, under R. 4:50-1(e). Specifically, the defendant argues that circumstances have changed and it is now no longer equitable that the August 19, 2002 Order have prospective application. The alleged changes in circumstances are as follows:
1) that the parties divorced in 2003, and thus any "flashpoints," such as disputes over alimony or equitable distribution, have passed;
2) that the defendant has been in a relationship with another person for four years;
3) that the victim has not made any allegations that the defendant has physically touched her since the entry of the August 19, 2002 Order and for "some time" before that;
4) that there is not any evidence that the defendant presents any physical threat to the victim at this time;
5) that the victim and defendant have had ongoing and "mutually tolerant" contact regarding the children since the entry of the August 19, 2002 Order; and
6) that the defendant is a state trooper, and was cleared by the Department of Law and Public Safety to have full access to his service weapon 24 hours per day. The court notes here that at the time of the weapons forfeiture hearing, the fact that the defendant was permitted access his service weapon in association with his job was in evidence and thus such fact is not a change in circumstance. The defendant does argue, however, that there have not been any incidents involving his service weapon since August 19, 2002.
The court notes here that the defendant did not certify to any of the above alleged facts. The above facts were raised in the Brief filed by the defendant's attorney.
The Supreme Court in F.B. v. Monmouth County Division of Social Services, 176 N.J. 201 (2003) stated that a motion to vacate a judgment pursuant to R. 4:50-1(e) must be supported by evidence of changed circumstances and that such changes are such that it is no longer equitable that an Order or Judgment have prospective application. In addition, in order to outweigh the public interest in the finality of judgments, the movant must show ". . . that events have occurred subsequent to the entry of a judgment that, absent the relief requested, will result in 'extreme' and 'unexpected hardship.'" Id. at 208. Accordingly, what the defendant must now show is that not only have circumstances changed such that he is no longer a danger to his former spouse, but also that he will suffer extreme and unexpected hardship if he is not able to possess personal weapons.
The court does not need to address whether or not the alleged facts asserted in the defendant's Brief are a change in circumstance because the defendant did not certify to such facts. Secondly, the defendant did not show how he will suffer extreme and unexpected hardship if he is not permitted to possess personal firearms. The defendant's attorney asserts in his Brief that the August 19, 2002 Order could have an impact on the defendant's ability to be promoted in his job, because the defendant is required to possess a firearm. Such assertion, however, is speculation. Secondly, the defendant is able to carry his duty weapon.
The defendant also argues that any restriction of his constitutional rights is itself an extreme and unexpected hardship. The defendant does not, however, have a personal, individual constitutional right to bear arms. See Burton v. Sills, 99 N.J. Super. 516, 527 (Law Div. 1967). The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." As set forth in State v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1936), the Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual's right to bear arms absent "some reasonable relationship" between the "instrument" and the "preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia." Id. at 178-79.
The defendant also argues that the August 19, 2002 Order, which was drafted by the State, did not provide the three options available to defendants when firearms are forfeited, as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:25-21d(3). The defendant argues that the guns should be sold and the proceeds provided to him. The court notes that the defendant, who was represented by counsel at the time (who is not the same attorney who is representing him now), did not object to the form of Order when same was submitted to the within court in 2002. During oral argument on the within motion, however, the State indicated that it still had the weapons and that it did not oppose the weapons being sold to a dealer and the proceeds forwarded to the defendant, or the weapons being transferred to an appropriate third party.
This appeal followed, in which defendant presents the following arguments:
POINT 2: THE COURT BELOW ERRED BY DISREGARDING APPELLANT'S UNREBUTTED PROFFER THAT HE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR VACATING THE ORDER UNDER RULE 4:50-1(e).
We have carefully considered defendant's contentions in light of the record and applicable law. We reject the arguments and affirm substantially for the reasons set forth by Judge O'Connor in her memorandum of February 10, 2005.
June 6, 2006