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24 Feb Container Gardening Ideas
By Kelly Richardson
Guest Columnist
Today was the last day of the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. I remembered what the crowds were like last year so I decided to be an early bird and get the worm and I arrived at 9 a.m., right before the show opened. To my surprise, the crowds were sparse, even with the rain!
Container Gardens
The first exhibit I saw was the container gardens. As I am not a fan of slugs and the like, I am prone to container gardening, even with my vegetables. My favorite display was French Nouveau and Furney's Nursery "Stunning Simplicity" (see photos) and I got some great ideas for my new wrought iron planters.
BYKO Show Products (booth #2357) had upside-down tomato planters. You grow them off the ground and they hang down. I found out I could grow cucumbers, peppers, etc. in this container. I've decided to try this method since something kept eating my cucumbers last year and it is easier to keep it free of diseases this way. Plus it makes an interesting conversation piece.
I attended a seminar called "No Space? No Problem!" This was a step-by-step container gardening guide by Ellen Zachos, who is the author of Down and Dirty: 45 Fun and Funky Garden Projects. Her vibrant personality and interesting ideas made the time fly by with me wanting more. I have been inspired to try my hand at an herb container garden by my kitchen window.
About the columnist: Kelly Richardson thoroughly enjoyed her second Northwest Flower & Garden Show this year and is eager to try out all the great ideas she gleaned. Kelly is an organic gardener at her home on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah.

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Seed Swap and Seed Starting Event - March 12
It's time to start thinking spring! Looking for a new variety of tomato to grow this year? Have an abundance of extra seeds from your garden?
Then you'll be excited to know that on Saturday, March 12, at 2:30 p.m., the Bloomer Girls Garden Club is teaming up with the library to bring you a seed swap event. This event is open to everyone; from the seasoned heirloom seed collector to those just entering the world of gardening.
Bring some seeds to swap and up to 5 pots per family if you want help getting your seeds started. There will be a limited supply of soil available. Please enter through the back door of the library to go downstairs to the Lanham Room.
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My family is of Portuguese background and although most of what we do and listen to is "Canadian", fado music has always been part of my life. As a kid, I did not understand it. Maybe it's because I had never truly had to struggle for anything or had my heart broken. As an adult with a few life experiences behind me, I've grown a new appreciation for the emotion that can be communicated through fado music regardless if you can understand the words.
Mariza is one of the greats. She can sing a traditional fado that will send shivers up your spine, cover your skin in goosebumps and bring you to tears. But she's also doing some really innovative things. She is mixing in Spanish songs and Creole music and it sounds wonderful. And I'm hoping that her creativity will attract a new audience and encourage other artists to experiment and evolve.
If you've never had the chance to hear fado music, I think Mariza is a great place to start. Here's a look at a traditional fado.


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Crisis Management Planning…©
By: Rebecca Folk, MBA, Marketing and Sales Support Manager
Paradigm Solutions International, Inc.
To manage a disaster or any type of disruptive event, you need to have a Crisis Management Plan as part of your overall Business Continuity Plan. The following narrative contains information on what a Crisis is, what a Crisis Management Plan is, what to consider in Crisis Management Planning, what to consider in declaring a Disaster to activate a Crisis Management Plan, and why your organization needs a Crisis Management Plan.
What is a Crisis?
A crisis is a significant unexpected disruptive event that affects an organization's Personnel, Facilities, Information Systems, or Critical Records, which in turn creates uncertainty and may dramatically impact profitability, reputation, or ability to operate normally if not handled in an appropriate manner. The event could be large or small in nature, internal or external to the organization, and could be a natural disaster or human in origin. In addition, often stimulates extensive news and media coverage. Public scrutiny resulting from the disruption/event will affect the organization's normal operations and also could have a legal, financial, political and governmental impact on its business. As well, depending upon the industry and whether the organization is publicly traded, there are specific laws that dictate how an organization must conduct itself in notifying stakeholders and the public of a crisis. The laws have penalties for non-compliance, which may include levied fines and legal action with the possibility of incarceration.
What is a Crisis Management Plan?
A Crisis Management Plan is the communications and decision-making component of an overall Business Continuity Plan (BCP). A thorough Crisis Management Plan facilitates rapid communication to ensure overall safety to both internal and external stakeholders. As well, it incorporates policies and procedures to perform an impact assessment, and a plan to control media interaction during an event or crisis.
What to consider in Crisis Management Planning
Every organizations crisis management requirements will vary. The key to Crisis Management Planning is to have a set of processes and procedures to be used as a guideline for crisis management. Pre-developed crisis management plans and associated activities enable executives to effectively address a worst case or long-term crisis. Specifically, organizational Crisis Management Planning should focus on:
- Identification of the crisis management team (and others who might assist the team in certain situations)
- Predefined organizational responsibilities for the crisis management team members that include concise procedures defining a person's functions, duties and tasks for a crisis declaration
- Sub- team composition and a notification process to bring together the appropriate internal and external individuals and organizational disciplines at the time of a crisis. (i.e Damage Assessment Team, etc).
- A process for evaluating the response after the conclusion of any event that requires activation of the Corporate Crisis Management Plan and documentation of the Lessons learned and applied.
- Contact lists for all internal and external stakeholders
- An outline for Executive Managers and their alternates to react on a consistent basis to a potential or existing crisis.
- Identification and establishment of a Crisis Management/Emergency Operations Command Center for directing the crisis event coordination with effected entities, such as the community, neighboring industries, and identified support entities (fire, police, hospitals, etc.) – This should include identification of a primary, secondary and tertiary locations for the Command Center in the event of a widespread crisis.
- The logistical details for notification and mobilization of the Crisis Management Centers and supplies/equipment needed, call notification lists and instructions, transportation options, identification of external authorities, organizations and individuals that may be required to be notified or can assist in the Crisis Management process.
- Travel logistics, such as a list of company-preferred hotels, airlines, rental cars companies, and restaurants.
- Guidelines for communicating to the public and the media, which includes who is authorized to represent the organization and what information, can/should be shared. This ensures that communication is accurate and consistent throughout all channels. Note: Make sure to consider legal liability when communicating in a crisis situation.
- Guidelines for Social Media usage which should outline policies and procedures on utilizing this method and also a plan to respond if an unauthorized individual breaks the news prior to your release and how you manage the situation.
- Guidelines for communicating crisis situations to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Guidelines to assist in supporting, overseeing and directing activities to the internal Business Units, and external business partners/suppliers during a disastrous situation.
- A process for communicating, training, and maintaining the currency of the Crisis Management Plan.
- A process for testing and verification of the processes contained in the Crisis Management Plan
What to consider when declaring a Disaster and activating the Crisis Management Plan
The relative importance of the crisis may vary based on the situation encountered and significance to the company. A disaster declaration should be based on the anticipated length of the disruption and the projected impact of the crisis on the business units involved.
Impacted business units should determine the number of hours that normal business operations can be interrupted before a disaster must be declared. This timeframe will vary among business units and is directly tied to the critical nature of the service being provided. When the period of time that processing has been interrupted reaches the predetermined threshold, a disaster should be declared.
Only those who have been authorized to declare a disaster may do so.
Considerations when declaring a disaster:
- Has there been loss of life?
- Has or is there expected to be a loss of business or revenue?
- Have critical applications or information been lost or compromised?
- Are critical employees unable to perform their functions?
- Is it expected that financial positions will be threatened?
- Have services to customers been lost or jeopardized?
- Have critical communications been lost or compromised?
- Have physical facilities been lost or has access been prevented?
- Has power been lost?
- Has security been lost or jeopardized?
- Are legal liabilities present?
Why you need Crisis Management Plan
Someone important in your organization thinks this is covered and that you have a crisis management plan in place. A Crisis Management Plan as part of an organizations overall BCP program is imperative for an organization to seamlessly manage an unexpected event/disaster. Do you have a Crisis Management Plan to assist your organization?
Copyright © 2013, Paradigm Solutions International, Inc.
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ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital and ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital have once again received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll.
The award recognizes hospitals that demonstrate 85 percent or greater compliance in each of the seven Get With the Guidelines stroke achievement measures over 24 months or more. In addition, hospitals must achieve 75 percent compliance or greater with five of eight Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures.
Waukesha Memorial Hospital has received the award for eight consecutive years, and Oconomowoc Memorial has received the award for seven consecutive years.
Elite status reflects the hospitals' success in reducing the time between a patient's arrival in the emergency department and treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a clot-busting medication used to treat ischemic stroke. If given intravenously in the first three hours after the start of stroke symptoms, tPA has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability.
"The award recognizes the hospitals' commitment to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines that are rooted in the latest scientific evidence," said Veronica Laak, nurse practitioner and stroke program coordinator. "Both hospitals work year-round to improve patient care outcomes in the communities we serve, and we're proud to be recognized for that effort."
"It is an honor for our medical teams to be recognized for their dedication to treating stroke patients with the highest quality of care," said Julie Jackson, director of ProHealth Care's stroke program. "We are committed to working with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association to ensure that ProHealth patients receive the best care based on the latest scientific guidelines."
Waukesha Memorial and Oconomowoc Memorial also meet Joint Commission guidelines as Primary Stroke Centers, which means that they use nationally recognized guidelines for rapid treatment of stroke designed to improve patient outcomes and prevent future strokes.
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and is a leading cause of adult disability. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and someone dies of a stroke every four minutes.
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January is the first month of the year and through this we page we're providing January 2017 Printable Calendar templates which can be used to make a time table, fix appointments etc. "What get's scheduled gets done." These lines are nothing but the achievements goals in themselves and pretends as if the moment you think beforehand about the particular task it leads to get done that task and all we have done from the help of calendar. This is an elephantine tool you can carry while travelling which intend to give you peace ,no matter of what type it can be in any form whether a wall calendar, a planner whatever as long as you have one. The foremost and the behemoth thing we need to tell you to do when starting our system is to establish routine and a basic weekly plan this is why we have all of you to go through the control journal of past few weeks. A calendar is cyclopean and a next step towards to aerial in the sky and to be kissed while drifting.
This web page let you download free January 2017 Calendar in various categories such as blank calendar, holiday calendar, weekly calendar and more. If you want to share this post with other people as well, then use the sharing icons available right below the post. A comment section is also available through which you can communicate with us. Follow our blog, a subscription box is available in the right sidebar.
Free January 2017 Printable Calendar
The moment you have set a basic weekly routine or weekly plan you know that you have to sit down once a week to plan for the next coming week we call it a desk day in which we look after towards the calendar to see what is happening to the following week in your family. The kicker is that when you don't have calendar and you keep on stick on your memory to rewind the event and you have to rely on your memory to know what is going to done on the next week. Anyhow, we all know how well it works .
January 2017 Blank Calendar
January 2017 Calendar Templates
A CALENDAR is an object that keep on informing you and your family about what is pursued in the lives of your family it always blinked on your mind it works as an alarm of your phone and obviously ringtone of your loved ones and if your are using a planner then I must recommend you to maintain a family calendar at the center location of your home so that each and every family member knows what is going on in your family and that will save you from forgotten games ,events, appointments and disappointments your family count on you in real to keep them going ,and this will not individually helped you out but your family as well.
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January 2017 Holiday CalendarThese are nothing but the basic amenities people generally use in their daily life style ,no matter what the background is just use as the hair oil or the deodorants .we can also make use of a calendar while scheduling many things and this will lead to arise the advanced calendar like electronic time keeper which helped you out in saving the time ,the reminder one which keeps on reminding you everything according to your embarkation ,the space calendar which have space to write time and events properly ,the planner which helped you out in Planning the desk day and many other.
January 2017 Calendar PDF Excel WordTheir is also one most important point we should include in this on behalf of above lines and i;e having all these apps ,objects, techniques is just useless until or unless you don't know how to use it? So it is very important to make the people Aware about the same the most imperative feature of lacking these qualities is lack of knowledge. Many of the people get into conflicts just because of lack of awareness and get confused in dates while preparing for the desk day. Below you can find a January 2017 Calendar in PDF, Excel, and Word format.
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Denver Hotel Bond Issue Up in the Air as Unions Challenge Authority
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Reports on the victory of Denver Mayor Wellington Webb in a reelection for the Mayorship for a second term. Details.
- Denver Mayor Will Ask for Hospital Bond Referendum. Albanese, Elizabeth // Bond Buyer;1/8/2003, Vol. 343 Issue 31548, p5
Reports on plans of the Mayor Wellington Webb of Denver, Colorado to ask the City Council to approve a multi-million dollar general obligation hospital bond issue as of January 2003. Details of the bond issue; Benefit of the issue to the city; Date for a ballot on the issue.
- Colorado. Sanders, Lisa // Bond Buyer;07/15/97, Vol. 321 Issue 30187, p34
Reports on Denver, Colorado Mayor Wellington Webb's announcement that he will not seek a November 1997 ballot for the authorization of bonds for a new county jail. Plans to bring the issue to the City Council for consideration by 1998; Problems of overcrowding at the existing jail.
- Denver mayor reluctant to include jail bond issue in November ballot. Preston, Darrell // Bond Buyer;05/12/98, Vol. 324 Issue 30391, p3
Reports on Denver, Colorado Mayor Wellington Webb's reluctance on the proposal to keep a $300 million jail bond issue from competing with other ballot questions. Reason for the mayor's reluctance; Options considered by Wellington; Pressure from accrediting agencies.
- HQ HOTEL UPDATE. // Association Meetings;Jun2002, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p9
Presents an update on the hotel industry in the U.S. as of June 2002. Decision of Colorado Mayor Wellington Webb to approve the development of a Hyatt hotel to complement the expansion of the Colorado Convention Center; Reason behind the temporary cessation of the plans to build a hotel next to...
- Denver Picks Hyatt. McGee, Regina; Pelletier, Sue // Association Meetings;Oct2002, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p15
Reports on the selection of Hyatt Corp. by Denver, Colorado Mayor Wellington Webb as of October 2002 to manage a headquarters hotel to be located in downtown Denver. Terms of the agreement.
- Park Fixer. Conte, Christopher // Governing;Sep2001, Vol. 14 Issue 12, p68
Features James Mejia, manager of the parks and recreation department in Denver, Colorado. Educational and career background; His relationship with Denver Mayor Wellington Webb; His efforts to restore confidence in the parks department.
- Courting the Gay Vote: Denver Mayoral Hopefuls Seek Support on May 17. Freiberg, Peter // Advocate;5/26/83, Issue 368, p12
Reports on efforts made by three of the five candidates in mayoral elections in Denver, Colombia, to win support from the gay community as of May 26, 1983. Promise made by Federico Penna, a former Democratic state legislator, to win their support; Efforts made by Dale Tooley, former district...
- DENVER'S WEBB STEPPING DOWN. // Jet;5/12/2003, Vol. 103 Issue 20, p6
Reports on the retirement of African American Mayor Wellington Webb in Denver, Colorado. Career background; Contributions to the city of Denver.


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Friday, 3 February 2012
Review: Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
I first heard about this book when I held Body Image and Self-Perfection Month two years ago, when another blogger taking part reviewed it. I was intrigued as to how a graphic novel would deal with such a serious subject, and now I've read it, I'm in two minds.
I think Tyranny is a great way to get your first glimpse of what living with anorexia is like, as it covers years of Anna's life and how it effected her. It's a great way to get the discussion going or at least think about it as an individual, but being a graphic novel, there isn't much opportunity really get into the emotional side of things that comes along with the narrative of a novel. However, Tyranny gets as close as I think a graphic novel can, covering the self-loathing and how those with anorexia see themselves completely differently to what's real. It doesn't shy away from the seriousness of the illness, or how badly things can go. I covers the whole journey right from the very first diet to recovery and becoming well again, and everything inbetween.
However, I do think it isn't as shocking or as scary as it can be on the subject. Maybe it's me; I'm not the biggest fan of graphic novels, or maybe it's the length, I read it in about 10-15 minutes, but I found myself detached from the story. It wasn't as hard hitting as I think a story about such things should be.
I also wasn't the biggest fan of the style, the language was very simple and almost childlike, and I found the character of Tyranny to be annoying and pretty silly, rather than freaky. I still say it's a pretty good introduction into the fiction side of things to do with this subject, and well worth a read.
Thank you to Walker for the review copy.
Published: 7th February 2011
Publisher: Walker
Lesle Fairfield's Website
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This sounded really interesting until I read "graphic novel." Honestly - I think graphic novels are great for some, they just don't work for me. But the idea behind this is great. I'm glad that they were willing to delve into such a serious subject. Good review.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! :) Yeah, I'm not the biggest graphic novel fan, but I don't want to write them all off just yet. It was good to see the subject tackled in this form, but I do think novels do a better job generally.Delete
I definitely agree with what you said about their being some distance emotionally with this book. I think that was the intention actually. But it doesn't quite work for some people - like you and me!ReplyDeleteReplies
Intentional? That seems so odd. Sure, the effects of anorexia are shocking, but it shocks even more when you're emotionally involved. At least for me. I need to be involved.Delete


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In association with The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)
Over the past six decades the development of Space Rescue techniques and technologies together with the awareness of crew safety has been at the forefront of each human spaceflight program. Over the years we have seen several major incidents involving issues of safety and rescue and where the lives of the crew have been at risk, or sadly resulted in their loss.
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Page Turning Excitement with 'The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction'
The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction is the first release in an exciting three-part zombie series written by Robert Mathis Kurtz. If anyone is looking for page-turning excitement, this is the trilogy to read. As the first book in this exciting series, The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction introduces readers to the world masterfully created by the author. In this world, 99% of the entire population has already been infected by zombies, and this means that the Earth has been taken over by the living dead. Check out this review written on Amazon:
The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction
I bought this with low expectations and was truly surprised to find a well written short novel. The writer goes for a classic zombie story, the dead are flesh eating, deceptively slow moving, and brainlessly angry. And they are also everywhere. What is new in this story is that it goes for a realistic approach, what would happen if 99% of the population turns into walking dead people? Well it wouldn't be pretty.
From the beginning the writer describes a realistic setting (assuming a world full of zombies) where survival is almost impossible on a day to day basis. Kurtz is really good writing oppressive action scenes, in fact most of the story is one action scene after another, and it does not get old.
I had just finished reading Yesterday's Gone (season 2) which I enjoyed, and was feeling like reading another post-apocalyptic story. There are similarities but this book is actually better written, even if there is a slight lack of character depth. I can't wait for the next installment, although this story is either going to be 10 books or the writer is going to have to pick up the pace in the main story line. He is so good writing one "I can't believe I am alive after this" scene after another, you forget to think about anything else.
Now I do have to mention a little detail that bothered me from the start. Every character is physically described in detail except for the main character. We only know he is legally blind in one eye and has a bad knee. We don't really know his age (from his background we can maybe assume he is in his thirties) or how he looks. This would be fine if not for the detailed description of the rest of the characters.
We also get a full background story of most of them, but only know that he is separated/getting a divorce, and had an 8 year old girl. His grief for her loss is reduced to a phrase where he tells us that when he pictures her face he tries to bury the thought. I don't know … it is obviously a conscious choice since the writer does has the resources to explain his emotional state a little better.
An Identifiable Hero
As a reader, I was immediately able to identify with Ron Cutter, the protagonist in the story. I couldn't even imagine waking up to a world that has been taken over by zombies, but the book was so masterfully written that you really get to put yourself in Ron Cutter's shoes. In the book, you get to imagine what it would be like to have the world, as you know it, change before your eyes.
The situation that Ron Cutter finds himself in is something that nobody would wish for, but the bravery and the perseverance that he shows throughout the book is something that's truly admirable. It's amazing the way Ron Cutter fights it out until the end, accepting his lot and just battling it out no matter how hard it is to fight the undead.
Reading The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction, it was easy to identify with the emotions that Ron Cutter was going through. There's a point in the book wherein his humanity slowly fades away, and this is also the point when he encounters a woman and a lost boy – not undead but alive just like him.
Never-Ending Action
Another aspect that makes this book exciting is the fact that the action never really ends. It's page-turning from beginning to end, and Kurtz plays it perfectly well. As a reader, I got really glued from the first page to the last, and this is why The State of Extinction is such a great book. The thrill of reading the story is what makes zombie tales so exciting to follow, and The Coalition Part 1: The State of Extinction does not disappoint in this regard.
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Aside from having never-ending action that readers want to follow from start to finish, the adventures
of Ron Cutter are just so compelling that you would want to know what happens next. At every turn of the page, you'd want to know how things turn out and whether or not Ron's latest efforts in fighting the zombie population actually work.
Due to the fact that from the beginning of the tale, readers already feel for Ron and how his story turns out, people really want to know what's going to happen next. The fact that it's the first book of a trilogy also makes it even more exciting. It's no wonder why a lot of people think highly of this book.


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Top 10 Plain Wrong Record Covers
Written by lmercedes
January 21, 2011 2:11 pm
The vaults of dance music history are littered by an abundance of pretty bad record covers. Bargain basements across the land are filled with these artefacts, as musicians insist on conveying their sound visually on an album sleeve when they should really be sticking to their area of expertise.
Some are disturbing, some are confusing. Some record covers are just lucky to have somehow made it past the brainstorming stage. It's amazing how much plain wrong you can fit into 144 square inches. Allow Maxumi to show you how as we count down 10 of the very wrongest record covers.
10) Cerrone – Cerrone's Paradise (1977)
Cerrone's needs are few and simple. We never had the Godfather of French Touch and later Bob Sinclar collaborator down as the domestic type, but if this record cover is anything to go by, all that's required to keep the man happy (in no particular order) are a the touch of a fair woman, fully stocked fridge, and impeccably clean bathroom tiles.
9) Goldfrapp – Train (2003)
It's not the first time Goldfrapp's dabbled in the suggestion of bestiality but it is the most frighteningly visual. A grand example of the fun that can be had with Photoshop. But for now, Aphex Twin will always be the master.
8) Shut Up and Dance – Dance Before the Police Come (1991)
…and that's an order. Is there a sight less likely to get you into a party mood? "Dance, bitch or become sashimi". "Erm… shouldn't the police be here by now?"
7) Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby (1975)
Have we caught you at a tender moment Miss Summer? As if the censorship brigade hadn't had enough of a field day with the subject matter featured on this album – the lead single was banned by the BBC after they counted 22 simulated orgasms on it – this cover opens up another can of innuendo worms entirely. And they call them innocent times.
6) Jack McDuff – Sophisticated Funk (1976)
The Seventies is shaping up to be the go-to decade for plain wrong record covers. With such a title, it seems this one is trying to give an air of refinement, though feels the need to deploy some industrial hardware before it veers into soft porn. Sophisticated? If you say you are Jack, who the heck are we to disagree? Because nothing suggests sophistication like a combi lock chastity belt.
5) Asseteria! Live from Uranus mixed by Chriss Vargas (2010)
Menfolk, especially musician menfolk, have long been inspired by the rump. You need only to glance upon the back catalogue (pun intended) of Sir Mix-A-Lot, N*E*R*D and, erm, the Black Eyed Peas to verify this well-known truth. But this cover represents all kinds of wrong. Where do we begin? On top of the fact that spaceman here (who we can only hope is not an image of the litigious astronaut Bruce McCandless II) is planting a great frickin' flag in this poor love's left botty cheek, there's a mysterious blue light beaming out the… well, you know. In a final flourish of subtlety, said flag reads "THIS IS ASS". Commercial suicide, perhaps? One can only wonder how this creation made it past the boardroom, or wherever these abum – sorry – abominations are dreamed up.
4) Love and Kisses – Love and Kisses (1977)
Ooh, isn't the prelude to a gang bang exciting? Courtesy of Cerrone's friends Love and Kisses, on this cover we're treated to the image of six disembodied arms surging at a defenceless lady in a very threadbare t-shirt. So Six Arms, you think sexual assault is funny? Joke's on you. "Love and Kisses"? That really won't stand up as a reasonable defence when you find yourselves in court for gang rape.
3) Millie Jackson – Back to the S**t (1989)
You spend the good part of a year pouring blood, sweat and tears into an album only to turn out a great (and by the looks of it, firm) poo on the cover. Our Millie has a history of dumping out these challenging record covers – we dare you to put her name into Google Images. Just what is she planning to do with that shoe? We recommend prune juice.
2) Lords of Acid – Pussy (1998)
The Belgian acid-housists who brought us jolly singalongs like "Rough Sex", and "I Sit on Acid" (refrain: "Darling come here, f*** me in the…") much less pushed the envelope, preferring to screw it up and shove it right up Planet Asseteria. In 1998 they brought us this delightfully literal rendering of a lady's special parts, and in their creative grafting together of mammalian tissue might have inadvertently inspired the sequel to The Human Centipede.
1) Pooh-Man (MC Pooh) – Funky As I Wanna Be (1992)
We're terribly glad Pooh-Man decided to take a break from his lunch to pose for this photograph. Where one would think that the intention here was to come off a bit playboy, at certain angles – hell, at all angles – he looks more like a still from a deleted scene from One Born Every Minute, or a giant bespectacled turd. We really didn't think we'd have to break out the prune juice twice in one feature.
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We opened the back of the dress and had a peak at the grotesquely ugly ass crack of our government. Right now, all we can see are the dingle berries that exist in the DNC, but with enough leaks, we will see the GOP's stains as well.
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oh really
the need for black lives matter (willed into existance under an african americans administraion) will simply disappear?
In other words, I don't see what your post has to do with what I said.
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After all of the rhetoric.
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My challenge is that you would let me know precisely what it is you think you're going to have changed? Because as far as I can see, come November 9th, you will have affected exactly nothing.
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If before obama there was no "blm" and now there is one....I can only imagine what hillarys administration will do for minorities.
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The 2013 SA Junior Championships was held at the picturesque George Riding Club and superbly organised by Suskia Radermacher-Harris and her wonderful team. Special thanks must go to the Radermacher family, not only for their sponsorship but also for their time and effort – without them this show would not have been possible.
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The number of entries received was encouraging with 21 entered in the Novice class, 16 in the Intermediate class and 15 in the Open class with 3 teams competing in the team event in each level.
Monday saw the Novice individual and team competition which ran concurrently, as did the Intermediate individual and team event with the Open Individual taking place on the Tuesday morning and the Open team event on the Wednesday afternoon.
Monday morning got underway in the B Arena with the Novice event starting us off and included an unexpected guest appearance from the Fire brigade, who came to give the warm up arena some much needed watering, which caused a slight delay in proceedings. It was encouraging to see so many talented young riders, but with 3 judges for the competition it meant that any minus marks for poles knocked played an influential role in the final scores and proved quite costly for some.
The individual competition was won by Harriet Matthews from Kwazulu-Natal on a score of 107, with Gideon Siecker from the Western Cape only 2 ½ marks behind in 2nd on a score of 104 ½ and Connor Wilson from KZN in 3rd on 97. Mia Rebula from the Eastern Cape finished in 4th with Bridget Ford, also from the Eastern Cape in 5th and Ines de Ferry from the Western Cape tying with Tegan Bruyns from Gauteng for 6th place.
Kwazulu-Natal were clear winners of the Novice team event finishing on a score of 291 ½, followed by the Eastern Cape in 2nd on 284 and the Western Cape in 3rd on 272 ½.
The Intermediate competitors were up next and the competition got a lot hotter! There were very few penalties picked up by competitors in this class and the overall standard of riding was impressive. The top 8 riders after Part 2 was completed went through to ride in Part 3 on swopped horses for the Individual competition. The riders who went through were Kyla Bruyns (Gauteng) on 105.5; Lauren Miller (WC) on 103; Robyn Ramsay (EC) on 98; Danielle Lemmer (Limpopo) on 97.5; Ashleigh Samuels (EC) and Amy Taylor (EC) both on 97; Ryan Watkinson (WC) on 96.5; Isabelle Stirrup (WC) on 94.5 and Nadia Breytenbach (Mpumalanga) on 94.
For those new to Equitation, in Part 3 the riders going through draw each other's numbers out of a hat and get to ride the corresponding horse in a shortened test. Once they have all adjusted their stirrups, etc. they get 1 minute to get used to their new mount, after which they each get to take 1 practice jump (which may not be a combination). With it all to play for, the change of horses in Part 3 played its part and the final standings were:
1st Kyla Bruyns (GP) – 155.5; 2nd Danielle Lemmer (Limpopo) – 149.5; 3rd Robyn Ramsay (EC) & Lauren Miller (WC) – 149; 5th Isabelle Stirrup (WC) – 145; 6th Ryan Watkinson (WC) – 144.5.
For the Intermediate team competition, the top 3 scores from each team after the completion of Part 2 were tallied up and the victors were the team from the Western Cape on a score of 294, very closely followed by the Eastern Cape team on 292 and the team from Mpumalanga finishing in 3rd on 265.
Thank you to our 3 judges for the day – Anthony Kay, Kirsten Rorich and Philippa Penrose.
We awoke on Tuesday morning to a very thick mist where we couldn't see any of the fences in the main arena from the clubhouse! However, as they say in showbiz – the show must go on and miraculously the mist did lift somewhat albeit to be replaced by a steady heavy drizzle. The competitors toughed it out and produced some really good tests in less than ideal conditions and hats off to ALL of them, as well as to the 3 judges (Rose Bartlett, Pat Pohl and Gregory Goss) and their scribes who were at out in the arena to judge.
It was great to see at least 1 rider from each of the 4 provinces that had riders entered make it through to the top 8. They were Olivia Myrtle (WC) – 110.5; Hayley Preen (WC) and Lauren Parker (EC) – 107.5; Michaela Machine (GP) – 105.5; Stuart Hofmeyr (GP) – 99.5; Katherine Gees (WC) – 97; Natalie de Wet (KZN) – 96 and Samantha Krenski (EC) – 88. Unfortunately Stuart and Samantha withdrew from the Part 3, leaving 6 riders to swop mounts – not an easy task in the given conditions either.
With only 6 marks separating the top 2 after the completion of Part 3, Olivia and Hayley pushed the competition to a Part 4. This is where a mystery horse is brought in, which is unfamiliar to both competitors (Thank you to Jason Moorcroft for loaning us a horse for this task and thank you to Savannah Gierke for making sure he was warmed up and ready).
Olivia and Hayley drew straws to see who would get to ride first and Olivia was the one who got to go first. This meant Hayley had to sit up in the show organizers box where she couldn't see how the horse was going for Olivia. As with Part 3, Olivia had 1 minute to get used to the mystery horse, but this time had to include her jump within the minute. She then rode her test. Hayley then got to emerge from her place of "hiding" and she also got 1 minute to get used to the horse before riding her test. The horse proved to be a rather difficult ride and both riders coped incredibly well and after a hard fought battle, Olivia emerged as the SA Junior Equitation Champion for 2013 only 3 ½ points ahead of Hayley.
The final results were:
1st Olivia Myrtle (WC) – 208.5; 2nd Hayley Preen (WC) – 205; 3rd Michaela Machine (GP) – 157.5 (only 2,5 marks behind Hayley after Part 3); 4th Lauren Parker (EC) – 155; 5th Natalie de Wet (KZN) – 146; 6th Katherine Gees (WC) – 122.
The Philip Smith Memorial competition will be an exciting competition to watch in 2014!
By Wednesday the mist had cleared and we were back to a gorgeous summer's day for the 1.30 Grand Prix in the morning followed by our SA Equitation team championships in the afternoon. Rogan Asken joined Rose Bartlett and Pat Pohl for the judging of this event. Gauteng/KZN drew to go first, followed by the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
The teams competing for this event were:
Gauteng/KZN team – Chef: Lorette Knowles-Taylor
Stuart Hofmeyr; Michaela Machine; Zoleka Mosiah and Natalie de Wet
Western Cape team – Chef: Penny Lazarus
Hayley Preen; Katherine Gees; Jessica Muller; Olivia Myrtle and Kate Pettit
Eastern Cape – Chef: Diane Botes
Savannah Gierke; Amy Whitehead; Samantha Krenski; Lauren Parker and Jayde Mangold
Four riders are nominated to ride for each team and after the completion of Part 2, the lowest of the 4 scores per team is discarded. The remaining 3 scores are carried forward and the top 2 scoring riders from each team goes through to Part 3, where they draw to swop horses as usual. It was wonderful to see the support for the Equitation riders on the stands for this class where the Eastern Cape emerged the clear 2013 SA Equitation Champions on a final score of 394.5, with the Western Cape in 2nd on 384.5 and the Gauteng/KZN team in 3rdon 369.5.
With all the recent changes within our sport, it was encouraging to see the number of entries in the equitation classes at this show and the young talent coming through.
Congratulations to all those who took part and especially to the prize-winners and a final special thanks to the grooms and to the parents and instructors of all the riders for your support.


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Akadema Pro "SANDLOT EDITION" custom fielding gloves.
Akadema is now ranked #1 in quality. Reg $398, Sandlot Special $249. Americana color scheme for Baseball & Softball. Pick out the glove size, webbing, etc and we will custom order for you.
2018 DEMO BATS now available for players to try. We can help fit the correct bat size & weight too.
Inventory & Demos arriving November 17th: Easton, Demarini, Louisville, Mizuno & Anderson. Baseball, Fastpitch & Slowpitch! Including the new youth USA BAT STANDARD -effec Jan 1st 2018.
The Sandlot will have various bats for players to demo in our cages, including the new USA Bat Standard for all Little League & Cal Ripken leauges, BBCOR, Fastpitch and Slowpitch bats. Our qualified staff can help fit your player with the correct size and weight for them.
We carry a nice selection of Akadema Pro & Mizuno gloves in all price ranges. If you don't see what you want, we can order it for you.
Automated soft-toss machine. Plug it in or use the rechargeable battery and take with you to the field.
This is the same machine used in the Sandlot for 10 years. Come try it out.
Great for travel teams, team practices at the field or in your backyard, basement or garage!
How professional (and cool) will your team look using this machine at a tournament to warm up the hitters! Weights only 28 lbs and portable!
Automated, portable, soft-toss machines available now at the Sandlot. These machines have been used at the Sandlot for 10 years. Plug in or charge the battery and take it with you to the field or use in your garage or basement. Holds baseballs, softballs and tennis balls.
Pro Models $349.99 now available. Professional grade. Made in the USA. In stock at the Sandlot.
We can ship directly to you. Call 607-973-2226 or 607-346-0113. We accept credit/debit cards.
Visit www.backyardbatterpro.com for more details and training videos!
Pair up with a 7×7 Hitting net from Powernet, in stock at the Sandlot!
Quality items at a great price!
Don't be fooled by off-brand products. You get what you pay for!
$89.99 – 7′ x 7′ hitting net with case.
$39.99 – Pitching/Throwing Targets. In stock
$59.99 – Sweet Spot Weighted Training Bat. In stock.
We now carry slowpitch bats, gloves and 12″ 14″ & 16″ balls.
Love Your Glove? We can repair or replace your broken laces and give your glove a tune-up
Glove Tune-up: Tighten all laces and condition leather $10. Most done within 24 hrs. We do not use liquid oil on gloves as this increases the weight of your glove and attracts the dirt. TIP: do not bake or microwave your leather gloves as this breaks down and degrades the leather.
Broken Laces: $7 per lace + $10-$35 depending on amount of times. Most done within 1-2 days.
Good teams and athletes practice…
Great teams and athletes train consistently & properly with the proper equipment.


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President Donald Trump has signed a replacement govt order inserting a 90-day ban on people from six primarily Muslim nations.
Iraq – that was coated within the previous seven-nation order – has been removed from the new one when agreeing to extra visa vetting measures.
The directive, which has a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes result on sixteen March.
The previous order, that was blocked by a court, sparked confusion at airports and mass protests.
Presented as a way to strengthen national security against terror threats, it had been blocked by the courts and effectively remains on hold.
The new order was disclosed by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
"The reality remains that we tend to aren't proof against terrorist threats which our enemies typically U.S.A.e our own freedoms and generosity against us," aforementioned mister Kelly.
In justifying the expatriate ban, mister Sessions aforementioned there square measure quite three hundred refugees below investigation for potential terror offences. however no any details got.
What is different about the new order?
Citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the other six countries on the original 27 January order, will once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.
Iraq has been taken off the banned list because its government has boosted visa screening and data sharing, White House officials said.
The new directive says refugees already approved by the State Department can enter the US. It also lifts an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Green Card holders from the named countries will not be affected.
The new order does not give priority to religious minorities, unlike the previous directive.
Critics of the Trump administration had argued that this was an unlawful policy showing preference to Christian refugees.
What does the administration say?
The three Cabinet secretaries held a joint news conference on Monday morning to discuss the new directive.
America's top US diplomat said the order was meant to "eliminate vulnerabilities that radical Islamic terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends".
Mr Sessions said that, according to the FBI, more than 300 people who entered the US as refugees are under investigation for potential terrorism-related offences.
The top US prosecutor said three of the countries were state sponsors of terrorism.
The other three, Mr Sessions said, had lost control of territory to militants such as the Islamic State group or al-Qaeda.
Mr Kelly added that unregulated and unvetted travel was putting national security at risk.
He said the US cannot tolerate "malevolent actors using our immigration system to take American lives".
None of the cabinet secretaries took any questions after the press conference.


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|South East, London, Chiswick, Gunnersbury
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|Consultancy, Customer Service, Management, Property
About this department:
Our Move Consultant department plays a vital role in Foxtons and are responsible for sourcing properties to build on the success of our offices across London and Surrey.
As part of a core team within Foxtons HQ, you will spend your time building relationships with sellers and landlords and advising them on their property journey within our business.
Move Consultant:
As a Move Consultant you will work with other positive, ambitious individuals in a dynamic, open-plan office. You will work on behalf of one of our estate agency offices, working alongside management to build relationships with our clients and advise them on every aspect of the property industry.
You are the personality behind our brand and our offices, and it is your purpose to build strong, long-lasting relationships with those people that choose to deal with our business every day. For this, you will need an attitude to learn and have a willingness to succeed and achieve results.
We believe in rewarding great work, ranging from individual monthly incentive and team rewards, to travelling to international destinations. Our focus is to provide the best foundation for talented and driven people to achieve their goals and develop a career with us.
Our fundamental value is being trained by the best and our mentorship programme and training academy allows you to be guided by the very best in our industry. You will be provided with on-going support in both professional and personal development to give you the best opportunities to flourish, alongside everyone who has grown their careers with Foxtons from the very beginning.
Whether you are a fresh graduate or have experience in a professional workplace, this is great opportunity for highly determined individuals to build a successful career.
Location: West London HQ
We offer:
• Competitive salary
• Continuous training
• Mentorship programme
• Clear progression pathway
Skills required:
• Positive attitude
• Strong work ethic
• Excellent communication skills
• Readiness to learn
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£22,000 plus benefits salary review South East, London ASAP
Foxtons - Business Development (Move Consultant) - 45k First Year OTE
£22,000 to £45,000 plus benefits plus OTE South East, London ASAP
Foxtons Property Academy - Move Consultant Department
£18,000 to £45,000 plus OTE plus Bonus London ASAP
Foxtons - Graduate Property Consultant (Immediate Start)
£22,000 plus benefits plus OTE plus Bonus plus expenses London ASAP
Foxtons - Property Negotiator
Competitive plus benefits South East, London ASAP
Luxury Lettings Graduate Job - Central London 2018
£30000 to £40000 per annum plus benefits plus OTE plus Bonus London ASAP
High-End Lettings Graduate Scheme 2018 - Central London
£30000 to £35000 per annum plus benefits plus OTE plus Bonus London ASAP
Graduate Lettings Scheme 2018 - Premium Real Estate Business
£35000 to £40000 per annum plus benefits plus OTE plus Bonus London ASAP
Assistant Director - Explore Learning - West London - August 2018
£22,000 to £24,500 location weighting plus benefits plus Bonus London Ongoing
Capita IT Resourcing – IT Business Analyst - London
Competitive plus benefits London ASAP


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1. What is your position and role at Gillette? I am a seating practitioner at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. I am responsible for evaluating, fabricating and providing custom complex seating systems.
2. Do you have a favorite Gillette story or memory? My favorite memories are from when my little brother Evan was an inpatient here at Gillette. I remember all the nurses and therapists playing with my brother and me during his stay here. This is the reason why I work at Gillette, because I think of it as my second home.
3. What are some of your hobbies outside of work? I love to coach my children's sports teams, go skiing with my daughter and hopefully the rest of my family this year. I also play hockey on Wednesday nights.
4. Do you have any children or pets? I have an 8-year old daughter, 4-year old son, and a 7-month-old lab mix.
5. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I love to visit New York to visit my family and to eat the food. But mostly the for the food.
6. What is one fun fact about you? I attended acting camp in New York but I never made it big so I only do stand up for families here at Gillette.


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mi fa piangere come una matta...
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Play Streets
St. Mary's Bryanston Square Primary School
Play Streets are a great way for school children to play outdoors in a fun and safe environment, and learn about the links between outdoor play and air quality. The Marylebone LEN hosted its first ever Play Street on May 23rd, with St. Mary's Bryanston Square Primary School (along Enford Street).
Over 200 students attended and had fun drawing with chalk, learning to cycle with Dr Bike, and playing at the arts and crafts table. The highlight was learning to plant in the Marylebone LEN planting garden, where students were able to learn about the different types of plants that help improve our air quality.
Date: 23rd May 2017
Venue: St. Mary's Bryanston Square Primary School
If you are interested in nominating a school or residential street as a Play Street, contact us.


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Girls Fund - Nina
Donate to the Girls Fund
Your questions answered
Unique challenges girls face
Girls continue to be the most excluded group in the world. They're more likely to be:
- victims of violence and abuse
- denied an education
- denied to make choices
- given unfair treatment
- refused work to earn a living
The poorest girls are most at risk. Child marriage is more prevalent poorer in families where a dowry provides a much needed income. By helping to keep girls in school, you're helping them escape marriage and educating a young generation on the real dangers it brings.
Your support helps to
See the difference you'll make
You'll receive updates about inspiring girls like 16-year-old Amrita, whose lives you're helping to transform. Her family had plans for her to marry and she'd received a proposal. But Plan International's life-skills classes taught her the realities of marriage and empowered her to convince her parents that an education was more important. News spread through her village and Amrita was praised for her courage.
"My daughter learned getting married and giving birth is risky, so she wasn't ready to accept the proposal." - Amrita's mother
Will you help more girls like Amrita decide their own futures?
How you'll help end FGM
15 million girls will be subjected to FGM by 2030 if current trends continue. The belief that FGM equates to purity, cleanliness, and strong morals is a reason why the practice continues. The reality of FGM is often a traumatic experience followed by on-going painful health complications.
Support the Girls Fund and help equip girls like 12-year-old Kadia with the skills to promote change. "Plan International has given me the knowledge and strength to express myself in front of important people, even the village chief, about my rights and such a taboo subject as FGM." - Kadia


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My Kitty Loves Twilight!10:35 PM
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I was inspired by a seemingly strange but funny "thing" our cat can do! He likes watching TV.Last Monday, I got shaken on my bed by the Rawr of our cat.At first I didn't noticed where the noise was coming from.It wasn't until something actually scratched or in a way just tickled my right ear. Then the noise started to sound louder and louder and things seemed to become clearer.And just as I thought, our new cat "Kitty"(Cool name! huh? pinag-isipan yan.lol) is in trouble.And it was me who caused him to scream like that! Haha.I didn't meant to but yes, naipit ng ulo ko ang tail nya.
It was still early then, and two of my siblings who goes to grade school are ready to go! *What??* It's 6:30 a.m and my class is still 2 hours away.So what I did was that I turned on the TV.I switched from a channel to another and found out that there's nothing great to watch in the morning.So I went downstairs to check what's for breakfast.
Since my Dad hasn't cooked any food yet I went back upstairs. The tv was now on, I guess Junior(youngest brother 1 year old) turned it on.He's awake by that point of time and have been playing on stuffs under the table.I lumped in bed again and switched the channel to Star Movies until I chanced upon twilight. Junior came out of the table carrying "Kitty" (who was screaming in pain then).Junior carried kitty using his tail so I quickly took the poor kitty away. I went to bed again with kitty on my side. It took me quite some time to noticed but our cat, "Kitty" is actually watching TV.Twilight movie is bound to an end but then he just kept on staring on the television.So I quickly looked for my phone and captured three camera shots on the "Cat-watching-Tv".I know it's not that "strange" to think of cats watching the television because even Garfield(the cartoon) does it.LOL.But then, I stared on Kitty without him noticing and he sure did expressed some reactions as if he's really watching Twilight.
On the part were Edward was about to suck Bella's vampire-infected blood to clean it, he gave this worry expression.Then the next clip shows Alice smelling the blood Kitty went sitting and purred.Then minutes later, on the last part of the film, when Victoria showed up he suddenly went angry stretching up its legs and tail.Hahaha! Ayun, gumulong na ako sa kakatawa.
If I am dead-guilty of being a movie blogger - so does my kitty.I don't like Twilight though buy my Kitty loves Twilight!


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Mr Ed - the talking horse
..Mr. Ed. Go right to the source and ask the horse, he'll give you the answer that he's all yours. He is always honest on a steady course, talk to Mr. Ed.
"Ed! What are you doing?"
"Look at that paper on the floor. Read that editorial."
"Hmm, horse becoming extinct! No place for equine in today's world."
"You hear what he called me?"
"Equine, aye? It is just another name for horse."
"Well, I have another name for that editor."
That is the course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed. Go right to the source and ask the horse. He's always honest, steady course, talk to Mr. Ed.
He'd go yakety yak on street and waste no time of day but Mr. Ed will never speak unless he has something to say. A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and this one will talk to his voice's voice. You never heard of a talking … "


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As Doral gears up for a new budget year, a Miss Universe pageant in January and a simmering dispute between golf-course owner Donald Trump and neighboring homeowners, voters will get to vote for who they want to see take Seat 2 on the City Council.
Early voting beings Monday, with Councilwoman Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera battling to keep her seat on the dais — former Doral Councilman Pete Cabrera opposes her.
Councilwoman Ana Maria Rodriguez was automatically reelected because no one challenged her for her seat. Election day is Nov. 4.
Campaign signs have swamped light poles, businesses and front yards as Rodriguez-Aguilera and Cabrera, both 56, knock on doors six to seven days a week in search of votes.
Rodriguez-Aguilera straps on her lucky leopard-printed Calvin Klein sneakers; Cabrera takes off in his blue campaign shirt with student volunteers from Ronald Reagan High School.
Rodriguez-Aguilera, a nonprofit business owner and community activist, was elected two years ago, after serving as the city's economic development coordinator since 2008.
Cabrera, an insurance and human resources consultant, ran for mayor last term but lost to current Mayor Luigi Boria. Before that, he was a city councilman for nine years.
Both candidates expressed some of the same ideas in their political platforms: alleviate bumper-to-bumper traffic on main roads, expand the number of parks in the eastern part of the city, and eliminating drama between council members on the dais.
Background checks conducted by the Miami Herald found that both candidates have histories of financial difficulties.
Incumbent Rodriguez-Aguilera said she wants to see residents' quality of life improve, see responsible building development, and make sure that "taxpayer dollars are being used in the best interest of the residents, not elected officials."
"When we sit on the dais, we owe ourselves to all those that entrusted their money and their city," she said. "It is a privilege that I do not take it lightly."
Weeks ago, Rodriguez-Aguilera didn't vote for the city budget that included $2.5 million for the Miss Universe pageant, given to the Miss Universe Organization. She was absent.
She said she also plans to propose building a cultural center.
"Our city is crying out for a meeting place for residents. Right now, all we have is a room at City Hall," she said. "There's a giant need."
Rodriguez-Aguilera said she wants to initiate a "business incentive center" at City Hall where businesses can be educated and where job seekers can find employment.
Most recently, Rodriguez-Aguilera sponsored an ordinance that Doral employees must sign a form pledging to not text and drive. She has also proposed that the city establishes a no-texting civil infraction ordinance that would allow police officers to give tickets if drivers are seen texting.
Police already have that power under state law.
Rodriguez-Aguilera is working on developing a program with Doral police and code enforcement to train officers on what service animals are. Businesses would have to display a sign stating that they welcome service animals. The move comes after several Doral restaurants were not admitting service animals to their facilities.
She sponsored a human trafficking ordinance after two massage parlors in the city were shut down for prostitution in May. Police and code officers are being trained, and certain businesses will have to display signs informing employees of the phone number for a human trafficking task force number.
At the Oct. 8 Council Meeting, Rodriguez-Aguilera sponsored an item that rallied 250 angry residents at City Hall who have lost scenic views of golf courses after billionaire Donald Trump planted giant areca palms between their yards and his golf courses. Council members gave City Attorney Dan Espino the "marching orders" of returning with a legal opinion on the subject.
The councilwoman has sponsored the item for months, after Trump's beautification project came to an end weeks ago, leaving thousands of residents without views they paid a premium for.
"I side with the residents," Rodriguez-Aguilera said, adding that she has proposed drafting an ordinance limiting the height of hedges or trees around properties. We need to serve as a bridge with the Trump Organization to come to a peaceful coexistence of the both parties."
Public records show that Rodriguez-Aguilera has had her share of financial troubles. In 2002, WRHC obtained a court judgment against her for $6,009 in 2002. She satisfied the judgment in 2005.
In 2007, lender Camacol Inc. started foreclosure proceedings against her for a property in Westchester. In 2011, the company obtained a judgment against her for $39,251. She said she is making monthly payments toward erasing the debt.
In 2001, Cabrera helped start a community organization, "One Doral" that worked to incorporate the city. After serving nine years on the council, Cabrera lost the race for mayor and decided to devote more time to his family, business and projects.
"That dramatically changed with all the negative media coverage, the disrespect among council members, and when the drama started in Doral," he said. "It finally came to a moment where I could not stand by and watch as the work of years of public service was being destroyed."
Cabrera said his number one priority is to "bring back stability, respect and professionalism to the city council."
"I believe it is time for action and results, not empty promises," Cabrera said. "In spite of having close to $60 million in the bank, not one new needed major project has broken ground in Doral. What is important is not the ideas, but rather being able to deliver."
Cabrera said he plans to use his "decade-long relationships with county and state officials to speed up road expansions and project completions on 97th Avenue.
He also plans to build a vehicle and pedestrian bridge over 41st Street at 117th Avenue, and continue the 25th Street truck ramp to the turnpike, reducing truck traffic on nearby roads.
He also wants to see the completion of city bikeways and expansion of the park system.
"Why am I coming back? Because I care about Doral and I want to make sure we can all be proud once again to call Doral home," Cabrera said.
Cabrera said he feels he is best prepared to enhance the economic future of the city, as well as the challenges that will come with a booming population.
Cabrera said he does not support the city sponsoring the Miss Universe pageant. He said he doesn't "see how this investment will make any returns to the City of Doral."
Cabrera also added that he believes most citizens of Doral Park have a legal standing against Trump and his trees because of a warranty deed. He added that his view was taken away too. He rents a home adjoining one of the Trump courses.
"On that issue, I think we need a very strong legal opinion that involves a deep analysis," he said. "If the legal opinion says we have legal ground to the views, I'll back it up all the way. But we need to do things based on facts, not play politics."
Records show that Cabrera has had financial troubles.
In May 1986 he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Cabrera was in his late 20s at the time. Cabrera said he started an export business with his father when he was 21. They exported restaurant supplies to Venezuela. After its launching, the Venezuelan economy plunged, he said, "so we had to file for bankruptcy."
Since then, he has been sued on a number of other debts.
For example, in 2008, GMAC Mortgage began foreclosure proceedings against his former home in Doral. The lender dropped the case in 2008. Cabrera later transferred the property to his ex-wife.
About the candidates
Age: 56
Occupation: Runs an organization — Bettinara Enterprises Inc. — focused on inspiring and mentoring local entrepreneurs.
Education: Bachelor's degree in social work from Florida International University. Has earned certificates from the University of Miami on budget and financial management and was a leadership fellow at Harvard University.
Years lived in Doral: 5
Public Service: Domestic violence activist; leadership key note speaker; interned at Miami-Dade welfare department; former social worker for the county; served as an ombudsman, helping citizens cut the many levels of governments' red tape; former Doral economic development coordinator.
Age: 56
Occupation: Owner and President of HR Soft Skills Inc.—an insurance, human resources, and employee benefits field consulting firm.
Education: Diploma from Coral Park Senior High School.
Years lived in Doral: 26 years.
Public Service: Speaker on human behavioral styles and emotional intelligence; former Doral city councilman; former appointee to the Miami Dade Public Schools Countywide Attendance Boundary Committee and Overcrowding Task Force.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 211823
Upgrade libgpod to avoid crashes on Rhythmbox startup
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:46 EST
See the upstream:
If an iPod is connected while Rhythmbox starts up, Rhythmbox will crash (and
burn). Upgrading libgpod to at least version 0.4 is the easiest way to work
around the problem.
Matthias Saou provides such an updated version of libgpod at Freshrpms in
order to allow the gtkpod package to work (which he told me after asking him
about the fact that he had a package which duplicated Core - the only one,
AFAIK). He said if the Core version was updated, he would drop his.
What is the status of this update? FC6 with my iPod Shuffle (6G) suffers from
this problem as well.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 211648 ***