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December 28, 2010
Why Do Bad Houses Happen to Good People?
As I was dragging a garbage bag full of dead banzai trees (another treasure left behind) to the curb this morning, I was approached by a woman walking a dog.
"Welcome to the neighborhood," the woman said with a smile.
I smiled back.
"I heard you were left with a mess," she said.
I gestured to the garage, which was brimming with treasures.
"Find anything interesting?" she asked.
"Like what?" I wanted to know. I wondered if the woman knew about the plastic fruit and perhaps wanted to buy it.
"Never mind," the woman said and shook her head.
I shrugged my shoulders and heaved the garbage bag into a trash can.
The woman couldn't take it any longer.
"The people who used to live here were swingers!" she blurted out. The woman looked visibly relieved after the announcement, like she had just passed a kidney stone.
I shook my head in disbelief. This couldn't be true. Things like this didn't really happen in the suburbs, especially one so close to the Magic Kingdom.
"They used to have parties all the time!" the woman continued. I put my fingers in my ears.
Two minutes later, I was curled in the fetal position in the hallway closet. My husband didn't answer his phone the first ten times that I called. When he did pick up, he was slightly annoyed.
"I'm in the middle of a meeting," he hissed.
"Why do bad things happen to good people?" I asked.
It's been twenty-four hours and my husband hasn't stopped laughing.
I've decided to hire an exorcist.
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- CountessLaurie said...
and buy a whole lot of lysol... just sayin...
- December 28, 2010
- Colleen said...
Oh, dear!! Must get the carpets cleaned! :)
- December 28, 2010
- Misfit Mommy (aka the Antichrist) said...
Priceless!! LMBO
- December 28, 2010
- Mrs. Tuna said...
- December 28, 2010
- Laurie said...
I honestly believe these things happen to you so that you're better able to make my day!! :)
- December 28, 2010
- The Mama Monster said...
Ahhhhh oh my goodness!!!!! Ewwwww!
- December 28, 2010
- travcat said...
Maybe some bleach too! Ick! I thought it was freaky when I found out someone had died in my house, but swingers, well!!!
- December 28, 2010
- Connie said...
Be glad your walls can't talk! Imagine what the kids would be telling their teachers!
- December 28, 2010
- Beth said...
Yep... it happens. MY neighbors are also swingers. They have a big party about 3 times a year and they always invite me and my husband. FREAKS ME OUT!!! Yuck!!
- December 28, 2010
- Kerrie (and Jason) said...
so.... changed the locks and sterilised the keys yet??? :)
- December 28, 2010
- Niki said...
I don't know about you, but I'm suddenly not feeling much compassion toward the previous family and their box of unopened bills and lost family pictures. The seeds you sow, so shall you reap; right? Perhaps that swinging energy could have been better vested in making their business thrive??? You see where I'm going with this I'm sure.
- December 28, 2010
- Donda said...
Maybe just a bottle of bleach....
- December 28, 2010
- kmcaffee said...
Blek! I now need to bleach my brain!! Poor you!
- December 29, 2010
Nothing wrong with a little swingin between consenting adults!
- December 29, 2010
,,,sure. Just would rather not know about it occurring in my house..lol
- December 29, 2010
- Kristi said...
Well now I dont feel quite as bad for the past owners. Plus they left a mess and well lots of things to think about. So dont feel bad for these people anymore.
I agree its good the walls cant talk the chidlrens teachers would be mortified.
Get some bleach and carpet cleaner and pray to God that no one gets the crabs:D
- December 29, 2010
- Julie said...
not to make you more paranoid...but I would check for hidden cameras. :)
- December 29, 2010
Yikes! Hope you or the kids don't find party pictures or videos!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2011 full of happiness-
- December 29, 2010
- Merri Ann said...
Now the forgotten family photos take on a new meaning....
I'd be be bleaching from the ceilings down ... forget about trying to clean the carpet ... ewwww
- December 29, 2010
This information will really alter how you react when you meet someone at church who, on finding out where you live, says "Oh, I know that house, we went over there for parties!"
Still feel bad for the four kids :-(
- December 29, 2010
- Mommies In Orbit said...
That's funny! First time to your blog, I really like it.
- December 29, 2010
- Jenny said...
I think the former family needs more prayer now than I did before, especially the children ...
- December 29, 2010
- Mommies In Orbit said...
That's funny, good luck with your new house, I really like your blog.
- December 29, 2010
- Aunt Crazy said...
These things happen so that you'll have good blog material.
- December 29, 2010
- Bonnie@TheFragileXFiles said...
okay so really, LOVE your blog, but it's so full of good stuff I wonder sometimes if you make some of it up! Come on, that's just too funny!
- December 29, 2010
- Shawn said...
Nothing worse than the DNA of others...especially multiple others! I think this calls for new flooring top to bottom!
- December 29, 2010
- Cindy said...
We've found some treasures in our house, but not quite that much. We hear stories about the people that lived there before and we are EXTREMELY grateful we replaced ALL the flooring and repainted EVERYTHING. We've lived there for 7 months and people still ask how the house is coming along.
- December 29, 2010
- Lainie said...
That was our neighborhood too! All of the older residents talked about how there were swingers on the block. Hopefully it was nobody I was talking to. I'd have to go poke out my eyes.
- December 29, 2010
- Amy Lynn said...
Oh no! hahahaha... You poor thing. I know that the previous owners of our house were elderly and they both died, but I have no idea how other than "they were sick". I refuse to listen to any stories about them from the neighbors because in my head, they died in a hospital or nursing home, not my bedroom! lol. I agree with everyone else, lots and lots of sanitizing! ew!
- December 29, 2010
- Christi said...
I was super excited to find out that the people who lived in my house before me were polygamists! Wife #3 occupied this one!
- December 29, 2010
- Catherine Dabels said...
Relax. People have sex, it's what they do. Sometimes they do it a lot.... and with lots of people. Different people. I think it gives your house character. Good stories to tell at parties.... if you know what I mean.......
- December 29, 2010
Um, who cares? Adults have sex.. big whoop! Nothing wrong with swinging!
- December 29, 2010
- Gail said...
Yes, that does beat my first house which I found out from the neighbors had a naked lady painted wall-to-wall in the LR which knowing thereafter unfortunately prompted me in some light settings to take note of the outline.
- December 29, 2010
- Making It Work Mom said...
Last year we finished our basement as a playroom for the kids. The basement had been partially finished with one small room partioned off (we tore down the wall to make a big room). We knew the previous owners had used it as an office. What we didn't realize is that they had many many many telephone lines running from the "office" and they had soundproofed the room. Things that make you go hmmmm.
I wonder if people are naturally going to assume you guys are swingers because you live in the same house - people are weird like that.
- December 29, 2010
I find it a little bit harsh here that several people have made remarks to the effect of no longer feeling very sorry for the previous owners of the house. Being confident in one's sexuality does not mean that people deserved to have a tragedy such as losing their house happen to them.
Neighborhood gossip really doesn't mean anything, and even if they had been swingers - so what? They knew what they enjoyed and liked to indulge themselves. Nothing wrong with that.
- December 29, 2010
- EM said...
I love your writing. It's hilarious. I don't love it when people's comments turn so mean.
- December 29, 2010
- Jennifer said...
awesome! At least YOUR story is a humorous one. When we moved into our house, we had a neighbor do the exact same thing to us, she kept hinting something happened in our home but would never tell us. The one day, she finally couldn't hold it in any longer and said that the couple living here split up and the woman stayed with the kids in our house and was running around "like a hussy" and one night some man kicked in the front door and raped her. She was apparently so upset, she just left with the kids and left all of her things and the animals behind. Apparently, the bank eventually took the house and it was so disgusting inside from the animals, that they had to completely gut the house and put new floors, carpeting, etc in it. And I honestly don't think I cared to know any of that information.
- December 29, 2010
- douberlyfamily said...
How old was this "helpful" neighbor exactly? Maybe she meant swing dancers...just sayin'...
- December 29, 2010
- Lindsey said...
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- December 29, 2010
- Lindsey said...
Well, at least someone didn't die there. Under circumstances that required their spouse to spend life in jail.
Just sayin', it could be worse, right? ;)
- December 29, 2010
Love your blog. You have a beautiful family. I am also a mother (one of my daughters is adopted from China as well as your sister)& I read your blog to remind myself to find humor in the trials and tribulations of raising kids..not petty gossip. I understand you probably thought it would make for a "funny/only happen to me type blog": but it reads very petty. On top of that you didn't even confirm it. I don't want this to read as though I am putting you down because you seem like an amazing person, however, I think gossip is perpetuated with the best intentions.
- December 29, 2010
Most blogs I read don't leave me laughing a loud guttural laugh, the kind where one's chest is heaving from hysterics......except yours. This was funny.
- December 30, 2010
your blog always makes me laugh! This post was a lil mean. I personally don't believe in swinging, but to act as if they're some kind of demons is a bit extreme. Did you really curl up in the closet? Not so mature.
- December 30, 2010
- Lindsey said...
If you're even still reading these comments (wouldn't blame you if you stopped, given the tone they've taken) I just wanted to share with you that when I found out about the circumstances under which the previous owners lost our house (see my comment above) I actually sat in the bathtub in our bedroom and talked to any "ghosts" that may or may not have been inhabiting the property. So, I can understand if you actually ended up in a closet. But I tended to think that was hyperbole in the first place. :)
- December 30, 2010


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Thank you Kayla. You always remind me when my blog is way overdue for an update. Its not that I'm super busy or anything, its just I really don't think my life is very interesting. And for some reason I always feel like I can't blog unless I have pictures to go with it. Well, I do have a few pics to go with this blog. Two weekends ago we decided it would be a good idea to go down to Las Vegas and visit family and friends we haven't seen in a while. Well, it will be the last time we try to fly stand-by on a holiday weekend. Who really cares about Presidents Day? :) I guess a lot of people must have had a long weekend because it took us a day and a half to get there and the same to get back. Thank goodness my sister lives in Bountiful so we just stayed with her on Saturday night and Kurtis's sister Kenalee was gracious enough to let us stay with her in Vegas and drove us to the airport at the crack of dawn to make the only flight that looked like we might possibly get home on Wednesday. Kurtis had to miss a day of work but oh well, thats what you get when you fly stand by. But, we did have a great time seeing the family and friends and we got to see The Lion King at Mandalay Bay. Thank you Kenalee for watching Avery! It was amazing! Im so glad we got to see it. It was a late Valentines for us, so worth it! Here a few recent pics of the child. She is growing from a baby to a toddler and its crazy how fast it is going! One year in one month! Crazy!
She gets SO excited sometimes that she holds her arms out and shakes! Its really funny!

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Oct 27, 2009
Khloe Kardashian & Lamar Odom Get Initial Tattoos
Reality star Khloe Kardashian and her new hubby Lamar Odom got inked over the weekend. Read what Khloe had to say about their new tats below.
After weeks of working out the details of their prenuptial agreement, the newlywed couple showed their love for one other with a spur-of-the-moment trip to an LA tattoo parlor this past weekend.
"I think the best tattoo experiences are the spontaneous ones, because that way you are not only left with
the tattoo, but an amazing memory to go along with it!" Kardashian wrote on her blog. "I'm definitely a believer in tattoos as long as they are thoughtful and have significant meaning, which all of mine do."
The couple was having dinner when Khloe suggested they go get tattoos.
"I just knew I wanted a tattoo for Lamar in the web of my hand, and then once we got to the shop, we decided on getting each other's initials," she wrote. "I got "LO" in cursive on my right hand and he got "KO" on both hands."
She added, "Tattoos are something you'll have for the rest of your life, so it's important to get one that truly means something to you."
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I didn't love the episode - all it showed was that the producers needed another season to wrap things up if they wanted to maintain the excellent quality of Lost. Instead of simply killing off Widmore they needed to devote an entire episode to 'his story'. If this had been done so much could have been answered on the nature of the 'Others' and their experience, the role of Widmore in this final conflict between Jacob and M.I.B., as well as shed some light on the character of Eloise. Instead it was a skeleton script that was an 'okay wrap it up boys' call.Read more >
If the explosion to destroy the island was successful and flight 815 never crashed on the island THEN Jack et al. never returned to the island to destroy it... therefore, in the Flash Sideways World the island is still intact, Jacob is not dead and Ben is still wondering about his spinal problems in the former Dharma camp. Since Ben is not in the old Dharma camp, but is in the 'real' world, does that not beg the question that there is more time bending to come? --Littletodo 19:42, April 28, 2010 (UTC)Read more >


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Orlando Salesforce User Group: Spring [14] has Sprung Release Party
Orlando Salesforce User Group
Friday, March 21, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
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The Orlando Salesforce User Group is having a celebrating the arrival of Spring by diving deep into the Spring 14 Salesforce release.
Salesforce User Group meetings are a great way to: connect with other users, hone your Salesforce.com chops, meet your next employee, find your next Salesforce.com-related gig, ask that question you have about that feature or tactic you're dying to use....Pretty powerful stuff!
See YOU at IKEA, #CORElando!
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9:15 - 10:15 Spring 14 Release Review
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Friday, March 21, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
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I'm told it's that time of year, which it hasn't been for me in over three decades. But here, just in case, have a diploma generator (via Gerard).
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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|Marcus Dwayne Robertson
But here is a scary thought for you to consider:
Because thousands of e-books can be had for free, many of us have downloaded dozens, if not hundreds,of them that we are unlikely ever to read. Some we will read, some we will browse, and others will remained closed forever. But what would happen if someone in Homeland Security or some other governmental agency decided to judge us based on the titles in our e-book library?
Marcus Dwayne Robertson, a Florida man who also goes by the name "Abu Taubah," learned the answer the hard way according to this clipping from The Intercept:
Prosecutors singled out roughly 20 titles from the more than 10,000 e-books Robertson owned, highlighted a selection of controversial passages, and used that to argue that he should be sentenced as though he were a terrorist.
None of Robertson's charges — conspiracy to file a false tax return and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon — were terrorism offenses
So here is a case in which a man may have been suspected of committing a crime but it could not be proved other than by claiming that his reading material offered a clear insight into his very soul. Please note that the article I've linked to goes on to say that there was no evidence the man had even read any of the 20 "titles" from his collection of 10,000 e-books. No evidence. None.
Who doesn't have something in his personal library that could not be twisted in some way to make him look bad? Do you have a copy of Lolita in the house or on your Kindle? How about the awful 50 Shades of Grey? Do those books mean that you are hiding your sexual deviancy from the world? The examples sound ludicrous to us, but don't scoff. In the wrong hands, lesser evidence has placed people in prisons around the world.
I have read dozens of books novels, and nonfiction, written by Muslims from all over the world. I own most of them to this day. I have lived in Algeria, a Muslim country that produces Islamist terrorists by the thousands. I have friends from Muslim countries. Now do I have to wonder if some government agency will one day snoop into my reading habits to help build a bogus case against me?
Thankfully, Marcus Dwayne Robertson's was acquitted and released by a Florida judge. Otherwise, this "terrorism enhancement" attempt by prosecutors could have added twenty years to his legitimate sentence on the other charges.
Don't get me wrong. Robertson is a bad man, and there's little doubt about that. What scares me about his case is the stretch the prosecutors are making that reading material equals intent or criminality. Here's another snippet about Robertson. This one is from Fox News:
A former U.S. Marine who became a Muslim radical, gang leader and bodyguard to the blind sheik behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is so adept at turning fellow prisoners into potential extreme jihadists that Florida prison officials have kept him in shackles and in solitary confinement for the last three years, and federal authorities want a judge to tack on another three decades.
Marcus Dwayne Robertson, a Muslim extremist also known as Imam Abu Taubah who once led a murderous New York gang dubbed "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" before resurfacing decades later as a radical imam at a Florida mosque, has been held at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Seminole County, Fla. Currently imprisoned on a weapons conviction, he faces sentencing on June 26 for a tax fraud conviction. Federal authorities want him locked up and kept away from other inmates out of fear he will turn them into dangerous jihadists, as he converted a number of fellow inmates including a white supremacist.


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I've used a colour combination that I chose from the Colour Coach - Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery.
I made these invitations in the pocket card style and have used the "Eat Cake" stamp set. You can't see it very well in the photo but I have used the 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the candles.
I like to stamp matching envelopes where possible and the Stampin' Up! envelopes are lovely and smooth to stamp on.
I didn't use my Stamp-a-ma-jig this time but it certainly would have helped to get exact placement. I was running short of time so just estimated and stamped "by eye". I think they turned out ok!
Stamps: Eat Cake
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal (ink pads and markers)
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Apricot Appeal brads, Celery Grosgrain ribbon
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Island Cruising collab with Ellie Lash. I also used the coordinating wordart for my title. The kit can also be bought as a bundle with the alpha, frames, and styles. There are also coordinating quick pages!
Onto the new releases! Graham Like the Cracker only has one new kit today, but there are two coordinating pieces! This was such a fun kit to scrap with, perfect for boys and sports!
Junior collab with Karen Lewis Designz
I created two LOs this time. Well, actually, one is a card. I made a card for my dad for father's day. I forgot to take a picture of the physical product, so I only have the digital copy.
Isn't it cute? My next one is about a Mariner's game that I went to on June 4th. It was train day! :]
Alright, that's all I have for you today. I hope you enjoyed the new releases! Oops, almost forgot. I graduated last weekend!! I have pictures but I won't post them up until I scrap them...if another week goes by without me being able to scrap them, then I will just make a post about them instead.


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We're back in the hotel room now resting up for our drive home. We'll hit the road at about 3 am - the secret to Chicago traffic is to get through there at 5:30 am.
There's not much else to say, so it's just going to be pictures today.
First, the Spitfire. I waited and waited to get that picture; there was a guy leaning into the cockpit either memorizing each and every knob or having a prolonged Walter Mitty moment. You won't believe this, but I just stood there patiently waiting while he did whatever he was doing. I wasn't in any hurry; by the fifth day at Oshkosh I've done pretty much everything I can think of to do.
Next is a TBM:
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Life and Art of Caravaggio (Part Five)
Continuing the series of videos dedicated to the life and art of famous artists, The Art Inquirer presents the fifth episode of seven dedicated to Caravaggio.
You can watch the fourth episode, from which you will be able to access the previous ones by following the links, or go directly to the first episode.
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- mummabare said...
your blog is very interesting. I can see myself wasting lots of hours here ;)
- February 15, 2010 at 5:17 AM
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It's not Friday, nor is it my usual Sunday, but today seems like a good day for a Five Minute Friday post. I know I missed the last couple of weeks, it seems like sometimes life just gets away from me. That said, I'm back (in a sing-song sort of voice!).
Thanks again to Lisa-Jo, AKA The Gypsy Mama, for coming up with this great idea. Now if only I can remember to do it each and every week, and maybe on a Friday one time too! Just a reminder, this is how the whole Five Minute Friday thing works:
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Go all out encouraging the writer who linked up before you.
This week, we're writing on Ordinary. Okay, ready, set…GO!
Ordinary, wow, where to even begin. My life is ordinary, and yet, I guess in its own way it is not. My friends are ordinary, but again, not. My cats are…okay, one is most certainly not. My world, without a doubt. I don't think I do much that is not ordinary, and I kind of like it that way. See, this way, when I do that one things that is extraordinary, it's going to blow everyone away. Sure, some people think that being a Guide leader is anything but ordinary, but really hundreds, nay, thousands of women are Guide Leaders, and that's just in Canada.
I babysit, maybe some people think that is. Nope, just kind of pathetic that at 29 I'm still babysitting part-time.
You know what. I like that my life is ordinary. It means that I'm living a real life, with real people. There are real thoughts, real hopes and real dreams. I have real shortcoming, and real faults. Being Ordinary really isn't all that ordinary. I think in its own way it is a very special way of living. You're saying, I am happy and willing to be just me. Not who someone else wants me to be, but who I am at this very moment.
Being ordinary, and living an ordinary life is what makes me the person that i am. You know what, I kind of like who I am. What about you, are you ordinary and happy, or are you someone "special" and hidden from yourself?


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Materials: Large Felt Top Hat, Pearl Strands, Plastic Sand Art Bottles in various sizes with Cork Tops, Skeleton Key Ornaments, Various Magnifying Glasses, Food Coloring, Water, Bronze Craft Wire
This top hat is not the $20 "christmas tree top hat tree topper" found at retail stores. I bought a $4 large felt top hat at the craft store and added some red ribbon and holly, sat it on top of the tree and viola! A Top Hat Tree Topper
I created different sizes, colors, and designs of "alchemy potion vials" by filling plastic sand art bottles and test tubes (sand art bottles were $0.50 each and test tubes can be found for $9 per 10 pack) with food coloring and water, then wrapping each tube in a flexible, bronze craft wire. Super easy!
I found several antique looking pocket watches on clearance for $5. They made perfect accessories for my steampunk tree and I can use them for other things through out the year.
Various sizes and styles of magnifiers complete the look. If using magnifiers as ornaments, make sure to keep your tree in an area of your home without direct sunlight or keep your shades drawn to avoid fire hazards. I found a three pack of magnifiers for $2 at the craft store.
My kids love this tree, especially the magnifiers which are super fun to look through. The potion vials are non-toxic, being only water and food coloring, so they're safe if the kids get curious and open them... which they will not do because I told them the potions would turn them into spiders. Ha!


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- When
- November 11, 2009 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Where
- Ziggy's Stardust Sports Cafe
601 E. 189th St. (at Arthur Av.)
The Bronx
As you may already know, Transportation Alternatives has had a Bronx Volunteer Committee since 1994, originally founded to develop the Bronx Greenway Plan and to organize the first Safe Routes to School program in North America. Since then the committee has gone through several iterations, from involvement in the Tour de Bronx, to Car-Free Grand Concourse to this year's Car-Free Crotona and group bike rides.
The challenges facing grassroots organizing in the Bronx make it hard for us to rally our Bronx-based volunteers around smaller, specific, neighborhood projects - we often have a dozen people at meetings, but oftentimes each person is from a different area in the Bronx. This makes it very hard to turn out many residents to one community board meeting, or to a neighborhood street surveying project.
For 2010 we at T.A. have a new vision for what this committee can be, and this is where our Car-Free Bronx Coalition partners come in. While our car-free Crotona events in 2009 were not quite as popular or filled with activity as we would've liked, I think that we can focus our efforts around a different series of events for next year, based on issues that Bronx-based advocacy groups are already working on.
In the spirit of these sentiments, I would like to invite our volunteers and our non-profit Bronx-based coalition partners to join me to meet and mingle in lieu of this month's regularly scheduled committee meeting. I'm eager to discuss these ideas with you all, and to hear about what you're currently working on in the Bronx, and to provide a space for us all to mingle and discuss ideas for 2010 Bronx-based safer streets advocacy!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Transportation Alternatives Bronx Committee Mix & Mingle Tonight
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The Sheridan Plan has the great idea to incorporate water into a residential development and remove a highway in the process. Bronx neighborhoods have been carved up as the sacrificial animals to the transportation gods for too long.
The Bronx has the great amenity of water on three sides, yet is located in the unfortunate geographical site between upstate and downstate power players. Instead of using this location as a destination to enhance both Upstate and New York City, the Bronx has had to struggle with second-class planning in order for people to pass through quickly.
This plan could serve as a model for other carved-up neighborhoods; for serving as the state's crossroads for so many decades, the Bronx truly deserves it.
- November 13, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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OTTAWA— From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
Faced with a massive skills shortage and a surge of job openings, Western Canadian employers are looking to an old source for new workers: hard-up Ireland.
This week, two delegations of employers – one from Saskatchewan led by Premier Brad Wall, the other headed by British Columbia and Alberta construction industry representatives – are making a push to entice Irish citizens to leave their economically devastated country and come to Canada, as the ancestors of more than one in eight Canadians did generations earlier.
"We have a construction boom; they have a bust," said Abigail Fulton, vice-president of the British Columbia Construction Association, whose 11-member delegation is meeting with Irish government, industry and union representatives in Dublin this week. The meetings, she said, are intended "to lay groundwork and develop an inventory of people who are looking for work" – then match the names to companies looking to fill more than 100,000 construction jobs expected to open up in B.C. and Alberta in the next five years.
Like the Alberta-B.C. delegation, the Saskatchewan group, which includes 27 employers, has a big presence at the Working Abroad job fair in Dublin this weekend, giving Canadian exhibitors close to 40 per cent of the booths. The Saskatchewan government has set up a website that greets potential Irish emigrants with the message "Welcome to your future" and hundreds of job postings. The province is even sending immigration officials to help applicants speed the process of moving to Saskatchewan, while Mr. Wall will greet job seekers on Saturday.
"They're pushing it really hard," said Chris Willis, a Canadian immigration consultant based in Hudson Heights, Que., who has attended the twice-annual job fair for the past six years. "This time it's very much a Canadian-focused show."
Among the exhibitors is Kevin Dahl, co-owner of Nipawin, Sask.-based K&R Contracting, which builds giant metal storage bins attached to grain elevators across the Prairie provinces and has had trouble holding on to employees. "This past year we needed 15 to 20 and couldn't get any more than 12," he said. "We'd hire a bunch of guys and they'd just disappear. There's so much work in Saskatchewan that if you have a bad day, you can start 10 other jobs tomorrow." He's hoping to hire up to 10 metal workers this weekend.
With its steady economy, common language, similar training and work standards – not to mention shared history – Canada is one of a handful a popular destinations for Irish workers.
Moreover, the Irish economy holds few opportunities. Four years after the bursting of its property bubble – and its reputation as one of the strongest economies in the world – Ireland's unemployment rate is stuck at 14.2 per cent, and the number of construction jobs is down more than 60 per cent from its peak in 2007. Construction activity is expected to sag to €6.5-billion ($8.7-billion) this year, one-sixth its level in 2007. "There's not a huge amount of light at the end of the tunnel at the moment," said Jimmy Healy, spokesman for Ireland's Construction Industry Federation.
As a result, people are leaving the country of 4.6 million people in droves. In the year ending April, 2011, 40,200 Irish nationals emigrated, up 45 per cent from the same period a year earlier and triple the level three years earlier, according to the Irish Central Statistics Office.
Meanwhile, Citizenship and Immigration Canada reports 3,729 temporary foreign workers entered the country from Ireland in 2010 – up 25.7 per cent from the year before – either through the country's one-year "working holiday" program for those under age 35 or after obtaining four-year permits under the temporary foreign workers program through their Canadian employers.
Ms. Fulton said her group had met with a warm reception so far. "They see this as a partnership more than us coming over and snagging all their workers. They want their workers to find jobs and return when their economy improves."


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hubby is Frustrated!
I feel so helpless when he calls frustrated with what is happening and he feels like they do not understand what he is saying. They would not let him take the kids today because he was a DAD and he was a MOM they would have, they said he couldn't handle it. If any of you know my husband you would agree that he probably would handle it better then me that is for sure. He is the one who was raised with a downs brother and is way more comfortable in the Ukraine them I was. They are having difficulty understanding the attorney and he wonders what the extra charges are and is not getting anywhere. Another 800.00 for passports that was not expected, I don't know where we are going to keep coming up with this extra money. I guess we will do whatever it takes to get everyone home but as it stands right now I have to come up with at least another $800.00 just to get him home and that is if no other mystery charges come up. Looking like ramen noodles and mac and chees for the rest of the month.
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hoping it all comes together for him soon.
praying he gets the passports on monday and can take the kids with him to Kiev!!!
We are praying as well. We will look at our account tomorrow and see what we may be able to give you guys. We have been there and done that. I know it is a hard time and things get very hard. My husband was the one who went back to pick up our 3 babies we adopted. They should not be able to tell him he cant take them. Talk to the faciclatator. That is crazy. We will pray for you guys and again, Ill try to email you tomorrow. God Bless you, BeasleysReplyDelete
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It is not uncommon to hear these days about the "once glorious" corporations, either going out of business (e.g. Borders, Blockbuster etc) or in the process of making drastic directional changes (e.g. HP's decision to spin off PC business and change course on its Palm based tablet strategy) – which, in a way, has started a religious debate within the business world recently– What derails a company? Good Boss, Bad Boss (or) Good strategy, Bad strategy (or) Good Innovation, Bad Innovation? Although, one can build a compelling case for any one of these three dimensions, the short answer, in our humble opinion is - some combination of the above, with varying weight factors, in proportion to, how well the company's purpose statement with its five parts (vision, mission, values, codes and BHAG with goals & priorities), has been laid out from clarity and certainty standpoint. In other words, the root causes behind the derailment (whether it is a leadership failure, strategy failure and/or innovation failure) – all stems from "the lack of an agreed upon purpose statement (or seed) and/or that purpose seed not being germinated properly (in both spirit and essence) into developing their unique culture with a unique DNA".
Simply put, the purpose seed, with its five parts, is the one that manifests itself as leadership, strategy and/or innovation - depending upon the cultural context– very much like how Godhead in most religious faiths happen to manifest in three forms depending upon the dispensational context –and so, getting the purpose seed right is the right answer here- which has inspired us to formulate a terminology/concept called "The Triune Purpose" – as a compelling answer to this debate, as further illustrated below and in the picture above.
- Creator/Orchestrator -> Leadership
- Redeemer/Sustainer -> Strategy
- Encourager/Disruptor -> Innovation
Six dimensional life chains stemming from the same purpose seed
As it turns out, this seedal chain principle, also maps one-on-one to various life dimensions as well - spiritual, nature, scientific, leadership, strategy and innovation (as outlined below)
- Scripture/Word –Life Season-Salvation -> Spiritual/Life chain Principle in most faiths
- Seed-Season-Sequel (harvest) –> Nature's Seedal chain principle
- Energy-Force-Power –> Scientific energy chain Principle
- Purpose seed (manifesting as emotional energies such as faith, hope and love)-Season-Value -> Leadership chain Principle
- Energy – Season-Value –> Strategic planning chain Principle
- Purpose-Season-Value -> Purpose innovation chain Principle
If we have to further pick a common denominator among these six dimensional chains, it must be the theme of "purpose seed manifesting itself as organizational energies" – which has made us to propose a hypothesis –
- How well an organization develops and manages its purpose driven organizational energy portfolios in an integrated, systemic manner is the one that creates their unique culture that eventually decides its overall success.
As we propose this hypothesis - I am sure someone is asking –"well, most companies have a great purpose statements in paper, yet they don't yield the intended harvest or value" – and that is precisely our point as well. While the purpose statement formulation (i.e. seed part) is the first step in the right direction, framing up the strategic growth opportunity space accurately with an expectation (per that purpose seed), within the context of their unique culture, that is further governed by nature's three key principles (Seedal chain, Seasonality and Opposites) is what going to set the company apart from the competitors- as further explained below in detail.
Interestingly enough, SEASON, the second key component of the seedal chain equation, is the one that creates that unique culture from the purpose seed which then helps us to frame the problem space accurately within the context of its three sub dimensions- boundary, time, and quantity. In other words, whether it is a strategy formulation, leadership development and/or innovation development– it all comes down to answering the following three questions in an integrated systemic manner –
- How far would we want to go? – Establishing the geographical market boundaries to help answer "where to play and what to play" question- Force in Play
- How long would it take to get there? – Setting the timeline expectations to help answer "when do we need to win" question - Power in Play (not the political power play)
- How much would it take? – Setting the resource or capability expectations to help answer "How do we win" question Energy in Play
Triune Purpose seed mapped to Our Leadership, Strategy and Innovation frameworks
As it turns out, this purpose driven, integrated problem solving approach, not only helps us to be purpose minded, but also, positions us to create integrated systemic solutions, across all the three dimensions of leadership, strategy and innovation, in a holistic manner, as opposed to solving problems within each of these dimensions on a standalone/ silo manner. In other words, solving these three questions within the cultural context of this TRIUNE PURPOSE driven hypothesis – is what brings forth integrated systemic solutions. An example being the VizPalnet and healthcare reform solutions, we had proposed within the Management Innovation Exchange (MIX) site recently.
First and foremost, within the leadership chain principle - Purpose seed (with its five parts), transforms or manifests itself into three energy portfolios – faith, hope and love - as we had seen in one of our Purpose Driven Leadership (PDL©) leadership framework articles and as summarized in the following mapping.
- Vision/Mission –> faith portfolio within PDL© framework
- Values/Codes –> love portfolio within PDL© framework
- BHAG –> hope portfolio within PDL© framework
Next, as part of the strategic planning chain principle, purpose seed (with its five parts), transforms into experience and capability pools - as we had seen in one of our Purpose Portfolio Thread View (PTV) strategic planning framework articles and as summarized in the following mapping.
- Vision/Mission –> experience pool portfolio (EPP©) within PTV©
- Values/Codes –> capability pool portfolio (CPP©) within PTV©
- BHAG –>experience and capability pools in some combination weight factor, as outlined in vision/mission statements within PTV©
Similarly, as part of the Innovation chain principle - Purpose seed (with its five parts), transforms or manifests itself into purpose causal chains - as we had seen in one of our Purpose Innovation Portfolio (PIP) framework articles and as summarized in the following mapping.
- Vision/Mission –> Purpose model portfolio within PIP©
- Values/Codes –> Purpose bundle Portfolio within PIP©
- BHAG –>Purpose platform portfolio within PIP©
Now that we have connected the dots, let us take one of these three dimensions (strategy) for a deeper dive and see how it comes to life within this purpose/energy management process, as part of today's blog. As time permitting, we will go deeper into leadership and innovation dimensions, in one of our future blogs.
Strategic Planning Chain comes to life within our PTV framework using the energy management principle
With the fact that purpose is being equated to energy within the cultural context of nature's three key principles (Seedal chain, Seasonality and Opposites) – let us have a quick primer on energy management, as it applies to the business world –as energy (or value) transforms from one state to the another, with value being either added or removed in every step of the way, as it serves the expectations of its stakeholders (e.g. serving customers with appropriate P&S's to meet their "job to be done") . Accordingly, we have identified 5 business energy states/stations within the business life cycle (Kaplan/Norton's BSC based four perspectives - Customers, Financial, Value Chain and P&S + our own Purpose perspective) to help manage this business energy flow within the strategic planning cycle using PTV©'s radial framework, as outlined below.
Once the business energy flow is contained within those 5 business energy stations (or perspectives) of the radial framework, nature's 3S or seedal chain principle comes into play, resulting in six macro type opposing forces/dilemmas (i.e. Purpose vs. Profit, Customer Centric vs. Vision Centric Innovation, Pull vs. Push value chain, Operation Excellence vs. Innovation Excellence, long term vs. Q-To-Q results and Market based vs. Resource based view) – as explained in the picture above. As it turns out, strategy at this point in the PTV life cycle is all about making wise choices, not only within the context of these six dilemmas, but also within the other minor dilemmas (Core vs. Edge, Effectiveness vs. Efficiency, Hire vs. Nurture talent, Customers vs. Partners, Individuals vs. Teams, Collaborative vs. Command and control leadership style etc.) using the "principle of opposites". In other words, answering the WHERE TO PLAY AND WHAT TO PLAY type of strategy questions, within the context of these macro and micro dilemmas, is all about tapping the energy flows within the right energy station (i.e. identifying the right geographical market boundaries along with the right energy accelerating growth opportunities within the right time span) – first, using our EPP© framework and then translating those growth opportunities into execution plans using CPP© framework – as elaborated in detail within our PTV© framework article.
While there are hundreds of articles and books written around the topics of leadership, strategy and innovation, it is interesting to see that organizations still have not been able to answer the key question of - what derails the company- effectively. Part of the reason, in our humble opinion, is that organizations have not framed up their opportunity space correctly within their cultural context of this triune purpose (leadership, strategy and innovation) in an integrated, systemic manner, as summarized below in the form of a hypothesis and its supporting set of questions. In other words, whether it is leadership development, strategy formulation and/or innovation development, it all comes down to solving the following hypothesis and it supporting three questions, in an integrated systemic manner, as opposed to solving them on a standalone silo manner (of course with some slight variations depending upon the unique culture of your organization).
Hypothesis and Key Questions: How well an organization develops and manages its purpose driven organizational energy portfolios in an integrated, systemic manner is the one that creates their unique culture that eventually decides its overall success.
The key questions that need to be answered as part of this hypothesis in an integrated, systemic manner within the triune purpose dimensions of leadership, strategy and innovation are -
- How far would we want to go? – Establishing the geographical market boundaries to help answer "where to play and what to play" question- Force in Play
- How long would it take to get there? – Setting the timeline expectations to help answer "when do we need to win" question - Power in Play
- How much would it take? – Setting the resource or capability expectations to help answer "How do we win" question - Energy in Play


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White Castle is an American regional fast food hamburger restaurant chain in the Midwestern United States, and the first of its kind in the US. It is known for its small, square hamburgers. Sometimes referred to as "sliders", the burgers were priced at five cents until the 1940s, and remained at ten cents for years thereafter while the burgers became smaller. For several years, when the original burgers sold for five cents, White Castle periodically ran promotional ads in local newspapers which contained coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only.
Jeff, a Chicago native, insists that this is the way to eat White Castle in the car, while driving. Fast and while driving a large American car. Such a car has a dash big enough for all the little boxes.


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House Reprimands Reynolds, Terrill; Witness Claims Terrill Threatened House Speaker Kris Steele
The House today voted 67-18 to reprimand Rep. Mike Reynolds of Oklahoma City and 34-30 to reprimand Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore for incidents in recent days.
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Reynolds called for a point of order as Hopkins discussed health care issues before leading the House in prayer. Reynolds said he apologizes if his actions were rude.
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CapitolBeatOK reports on the contents of an affidavit read into the record: http://www.capitolbeatok.com/_webapp_3853896/Affidavit_asserts_Terrill_cursed_Speaker,_threatened_to_%27break_his_other%27_leg.
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President Obama signed the New START ratification yesterday, the Russians have approved it, and it is scheduled to go into effect on Saturday, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchange the ratification documents.
We will, after an absence of more than a year, once again have inspectors on the ground in Russia, and they will have inspectors in the US. This adds enormously to the confidence the two nations have in each other.
And talks will start within the next year on tactical nuclear weapons and other issues.


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Sometimes a DIY project will never get done if you don't step outside your comfort zone.
Last summer, I decided to take the plunge on a website and attend the Sitehouse Go Live! Workshop in Phoenix to make it happen. It was the best decision I made for my business that year. Not only did it result in a website, I still keep in touch with the girls I met there and love cheering them on with their latest pursuits. But even more, it was an opportunity to learn a new skill that I can use to enhance my business, brand, and online personality for years to come, which is why I'm super glad I made that investment.
Making my own website was a huge undertaking, and I know that I might not have one today had I not decided to spend money in order to put aside the time to make it happen. In fact, as my little business baby and I have grown together, it's time to reflect that in my online presence...and believe it or not, I've been working on it (inconsistently) for over two months now, which feels like forever considering the first version was mostly put together in two days. The point is, getting started on a major project is the hardest part and sometimes you have to give of your most precious resources and remove yourself from your daily routine in order to get yourself into the frame of mind to just do it.
This doesn't only apply to business pursuits - it goes for my kitchen and my bare walls and the dresser that desperately needs to be painted in my bedroom. There's probably not a workshop that I can fly to to get help with these things, but I can go buy the paint. I can buy picture frames and invest in some prints from Etsy artists. I can go to Anthropologie and find some fabulous new drawer pulls to spruce up that dresser. Whatever project it is that has you with one foot on either side of the fence, identify a step you can do and then go for it. I promise you won't regret it in the end.
P.S. If you are a photographer (or really, any small business owner) and want to build your website with one of the world's coolest designers and her team...check out the Sitehouse Workshop that's happening in April. Feel free to email me with any questions you have...I can talk your ear off with tales of it's awesomeness :)


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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Formaldehyde Concerns!!
"On Thursday, July 19, 2007, the Committee held an oversight hearing on the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency's (FEMA) failure to respond adequately to reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in the trailers it provided to displaced victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes. Witnesses at thehearing included current and former occupants ofFEMA-provided trailers, an industrial hygienist, a pediatriciantestifying on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics, andthe current Administrator of FEMA. At the hearing, theCommittee heard about the adverse health effects the displacedvictims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes experienced while living inFEMA-provided trailers and FEMA's failure to respond to their concerns.The Committee received testimony from three displaced Gulf Coast hurricane victims: Paul Stewart, LindsayHuckabee, and James Harris, Jr. These witnesses testified aboutthe adverse health effects they and their families experiencedwhile living in FEMA-provided trailers and FEMA'snon-responsiveness. The adverse health effects the witnesses experienced included nose bleeds, watery eyes, respiratoryproblems, and flu-like symptoms. According to the testimonyreceived, these adverse health effects were common for familiesliving in FEMA-provided trailers in the Gulf Coast. Ms. MaryDeVany, an industrial hygienist, testified that the limited testingthat had been completed by the Sierra Club revealed thatunacceptably high levels of formaldehyde were typical in thetrailers. Additionally, Chairman Waxman released a summaryof internal FEMA documents discussing the agency's responseto reports of dangerous formaldehyde levels. The documentsrevealed that FEMA had recognized the presence and danger of formaldehyde as early as March 2006. Although FEMA fieldstaff urged a response to protect public health, FEMAheadquarters, particularly its Office of General Counsel,intervened to prevent action from being taken to understand andaddress the public health implications of the formaldehyde.Despite numerous complaints, FEMA tested only one occupiedtrailer to determine its levels of formaldehyde. The testconfirmed that the levels of formaldehyde were extraordinarilyhigh, presenting an immediate health risk to the occupants. Theindustrial safety specialist explained that formaldehyde is in theglue used to keep the particle board and plywood on the trailerwalls. Not only can it bring on respiratory miseries of all sorts,from scratchy throats to bloody noses to breathing difficulties,but it's a known carcinogen. While OSHA standards allow forhealthy, adult workers to be exposed to trace amounts offormaldehyde, they need to use a respirator when levels reach.016 parts per million. And, of course, these workers get to gohome to sleep in clean air at night. On the Gulf Coast, infantsand children and the elderly live 24/7 in trailers which have beentested by environmental groups as having up to .75 parts permillion. Note that when FEMA did finally check out theirtrailers, they first opened all the windows and had the air runningconstantly for a few days before doing the air-quality test. Sowhen an internal FEMA email stated that "there are no healthconcerns due to formaldehyde in our trailers," they werereferring to the air from their rigged test, not the actualair-quality conditions in their trailers. The monitored levels were75 times higher than what the National Institute of OccupationalSafety and Health recommend for adult exposure in industrialworkplaces. FEMA did not test any other occupied trailers, andreleased a public statement discounting any risk associated withformaldehyde exposure. FEMA suppressed the warnings fromits own field workers about hundreds of health problemsexperienced by hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees living intrailers provided by the government. E-mails obtained byinvestigators clearly show that FEMA's lawyers rejected aproposal for systematic testing of the levels of potentiallycancer-causing formaldehyde gas in the trailers. Documentsprovided to the Committee showed that despite repeated requestsby FEMA field staff to conduct testing, FEMA's Office ofGeneral Counsel denied these requests because "should theyindicate some problem, the clock is running on our duty torespond." Administrator Paulison admitted during the hearingthat FEMA "could have moved faster" and that it would nowaddress the problem. FEMA Director David Paulison apologizedand said "in hindsight" that FEMA should have tested trailersearlier. "The health and safety of residents is my primaryconcern," he said. But he depicted the 200 or so complaints asvoiced by a small fraction of the total number of families intrailers, and said more research is needed to determine why sometrailer residents have become sickened, and what level offormaldehyde is unsafe in homes. Now it there is news thatinternal email from FEMA forbidding their employees to enterthe FEMA particularly dangerous trailers because of theformaldehyde risk. Yet FEMA is not doing anything for thenearly 50,000 people that are still living in the trailers 24 hoursa day in Louisiana. FEMA also has decided to halt the CDC'stesting of the trailers levels of formaldehyde. FEMA said that ithas no plan for how to deal with the information once it'srevealed. It is clear that FEMA is fully aware of the danger posedby formaldehyde by its policy with its own employees regardingFEMA forbidding their employees to enter the FEMA trailers.The people at FEMA that are responsible should be broughtup on criminal charges and held accountable for theirdecisions to put American lives in danger and if it is provedthat one person has died from exposure to formaldehyde orhealth problems exacerbated by formaldehyde they shouldbe charged with murder, attempted murder or manslaughter. That a government agency charged with protecting us is slowlykilling us instead, this should be the front-page news, and weshould not stand for it. There needs to be a special place in Hellfor this man, and many others in this Administration for allowingthis to go on.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
The Dubbo Chronicles No.1... (First Impressions)
After a day of frantic last minute goodbyes, I set off at 4am from the airport. I had forgotten that hour existed. Dubbo awaited…
Warm and friendly is an understatement for Dubbo. Flying over a patchwork quilt of varying shades of brown and red, I landed in the middle of a heat wave when a lot of the state of NSW was suffering from wild fires. The temperatures are in the 40s, with the expectation they will get higher this weekend. I had left behind my family and the green lush pastures of Willowbrook to work in a burning desert – this is not what the tourist brochures had shown!
Standing at the baggage carousel I wondered how I was going to get into town. "Excuse me", I said to the lady next to me. "What is the best way for me to get into town - I need to go to the Base Hospital". "Well, you could call a taxi, but we are going near there, so we can drop you off. My Name's Coleen and this is my husband Barry". And so it was that Coleen and Barry kindly dropped my from the airport to the doors of the ED, giving me a guided tour of Dubbo on the way.
The staff at the hospital are all very friendly. Still, I am filled with trepidation about taking my first real job as a specialist, running a Emergency Department, taking weekly teaching sessions for all the junior doctors, and becoming au fait with how the health service runs in a different county. There is no option but to embrace it all with fervour and hope for the best.
I have been given a lovely air conditioned 2 bedroom apartment and a new Nissan X-trail for my stay here. I spent the afternoon cleaning, rearranging the furniture, and stocking the cupboards with a few staples.
My job this week is to try to sort out an internet connection and cell phone. Not having a credit history in this country, and only having been with my current employer for '0 days' was not what most of the telecom providers wanted to hear yesterday. We shall see whether they can step up to the same level of trust and kindness as Barry and Coleen.
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Delighted to hear you are off to a flying start in dear old Dubbo David. Sorry about this horrendous weather, although on the upside, after 35C. even the snakies run for cover to somewhere quiet! The Base is lucky to have you.ReplyDelete
Millie xx
P.S. My boss Harvey is the tech support guru for the LifePak/LifeNet system which I think you guys have just installed. No doubt you'll be chatting to him at some point, so get him to hand over the phone to me, it would be lovely to speak to you!!
Meanwhile here it is freezing!ReplyDelete
I must admit that friendliness and helpfulness is one of the things I really like about country Australians. That and the fact that my partner is one of them!
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Home > China Tours > 12-day China Cultural Touch Student Tour
China Cultural Touch Student Tour
Touch China's essential cultures and long history in Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai, immerse in Guilin's picturesque landscape. Traveling can be a good way to study.
- Classic China tour with classic destinations
- Guilin's intoxicating natural charm
- Learn Kungfu in a Kungfu school in Yangshuo
- Exciting slide-way ride at the Great Wall and bamboo rafting in Li River
What's Included & Excluded
Price Inclusion
- Entrance fees.
- Meals listed in the itinerary.
- Private transfers.
- Private English-speaking guide and driver.
- Hotels listed in the itinerary.
- Service Charge & Taxes.
- China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.
- Luggage Transfers.
Price Exclusion
- International Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave China.
- China Entry Visa Fees.
- Excess Baggage Charges.
- Personal Expenses.
- Any meals that are not mentioned in the tour itinerary.
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I briefly mentioned in the previous locus post that a treasure map is a fun application of the concepts in locus. Think about pirate movies..."5 paces from the tree, and 3 paces from the fence!" (There could be up to four possible locations for that treasure...)
I first tried to design a treasure hunt using the whole school, a la geocaching, but the impracticality of that became quickly apparent. So, I designed a smaller scale treasure hunt within my classroom.
It's designed for use with student desks in a 6 x 5 grid. Before class, you hide treasures (I used colored index cards with a funny quote or comic) by taping them under certain desks. You provide the students with a map of the desks they can write on, and a sheet of compound locus descriptions that tell them how to locate the treasure.
I've used this several times and it was successful and fun. I hope you find it useful!


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Osborne's new album on Spectral is billed as "a celebration of all that is good in American house and techno music.�
Todd Osborn is also known to breakcore/drum n bass heads as Soundmurderer on Rephlex, but he's also recently been cutting acid-tinged house and techno on Spectral, home of Matthew Dear and Ryan Elliott. Close label watchers will remember Osborne's acid 12" 'Outta Sight' last year, which is included on the new album, alongside more home-friendly cuts such as 'There' and '5th Stage'.
You can preview all tracks from the album over at Spectral's site.
1. 16th Stage
2. Downtown
3. Evenmore
5. Suffer
6. Our Definition of a Breakdown Feat. Ed DMX
7. Ruling
8. Afrika
9. Air Pistol
10. Detune
11. Outta Sight
12. Junk Food
13. Fresh
14. There
15. 5th Stage
'Osborne' by Osborne will be released on Spectral Sound on May 5th, 2008.


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don't F*** with me
JA: OVERNIGHT DATES!!!! I wanna go on an overnight date with Sean. I bet he's fun in a pillow fight.
SA: I tried to watch this last night and fell asleep during Lindsay's date. Was I this bored when it got down to three last season? The only thing I took away from this date was feeling like I can't take much more of Lindsay's voice (and please god don't let her be the next bachelorette), that I'd like to go to a monkey beach in Thailand, and that it doesn't matter how crazy the ladies are if the bachelor is this boring. Maybe Sean and Linds just have no chemistry? Someone get Lindsay as drunk as she was in the first episode or let's spend more time with the monkeys.
Oh, Lindsay. You're starting to bore me. Then again, Sean has bored me since I first saw him in May 2012, so I guess it's fitting. ABC-sponsored dates with Sean are such a roll of the dice. Either you're getting earrings bought for you on your hooker date, or you're forced to climb a rock like you're trapped in 127 Hours, or you're having a picnic in a blizzard, or you're eating grasshoppers. So at dinner, Linds, let's turn this around. Who cares how afraid you are to tell him you love him? Put up or shut up, Army Brat. (Also, is there a girl who's like the opposite of the Grease Girl? Cuz Sean's getting awfully shiny at dinner, even shinier than normal.)
What heartbreak!! The moment came and she didn't say it!!! This is just like that part in My Best Friend's Wedding (one of my top 10 movies of ALL TIME) when Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney are on that boat cruising the Chicago River and the moment comes and she DOESN'T TELL HIM SHE LOVES HIM!!! Her fate was sealed in that moment. Don't be Julia Roberts, Linds!! TELL HIM!! Okay, good. You told him.
Uh-oh. Here comes Ashlee. She wears me out. And I am not looking forward to her having another moment of "I'm relinquishing control." How many times can we see that? "Control" is my new drinking game word (except I'm drinking Diet Pepsi, since I gave up le booze for Lent). Also, I feel like swimming into a dark underwater cave on a deserted island off the coast of Thailand is outside the comfort zone of just about everyone on earth, with the possible exception of the characters on Lost.
Finally AshLee's back is what I say. She is so intense that at least it's good TV. I'm really feeling the chemistry between these two, but maybe that's just because US Weekly lied to me. Or maybe it's that AshLee's overwhelming needs and anxiety are making up for Sean's lack of any emotions whatsoever. Either way, she looks way prettier than she did at the beginning of the season, her hair still looks great in the thai humidity and I believe she actually wants to marry and have babies with this simple Texan and live his simple, closeted life. Sean is about to make a huge mistake.
Also, can we just take a moment to compare this episode to the Overnights episode of Emily's Bachelorette season? Sean is bringing all those girls back to the suite and they're all having sparkling apple juice and playing rousing games of checkers. Emily literally revoked Arie's Fantasy Suite invitation because she knew they'd be boning like rabbits within ten minutes.
Which they probably did anyway. If they'd never bumped groins, there's no way she would have picked Jef.
Catherine is such a ray of sunshine after Abandonment Ashlee. I was about to drown myself in the bathtub until she came on screen. But it took about 5 seconds for Sean to voice his concerns about her wanting things like a "career" instead of just being a machine for churning out mini-Seans. Do you see her holding her nose as she says extra-vague things like "in five years, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a kid involved"? I'm with you, Fia. I think she started this with a hilarious drunk conversation with her friends that turned into a dare that turned into her applying just for a laugh that turned into her getting picked that turned into her being herself and continually winning roses because she was going up against a bunch of vapid automatons. And now it's a little like, "How did I get here?" And to be honest, I'm totally rooting for her, despite the fact that she'd have to completely upend her life to become the Incubator for the Next Generation of Red-Faced Lowes. I just wanna see some interracial babies.
Interracial babies aside, I think Catherine should have gone home this week. Yes, they have chemistry. Yes, it seems like Sean likes her the most, yes I would rather get drinks with her than anyone else on the show (with the exception of Chris Harrison). But it's just so abundantly obvious that this engagement is not going to lead to a marriage and the bachelor franchise will have another failed relash on it's bloody, bloody hands. Catherine's sisters have already warned us that she's always in big at the beginning and that she has dreams of moving to New York. Catherine, sweetheart, those who are tired of Seattle do not move to Dallas.
Can I fast-forward to the Rose Ceremony, since I already know who's going home? No, I can't. Because there are these really ridiculous video messages from each of Sean's girlfriends. Predictably, Lindsay is somewhat boring, Catherine is adorkable, and Ashlee is…well…bawling.
To be honest, before they played these videos I assumed it would be Lindsay who was going home. There date was just so, 'meh'. But Sean is so 'meh' himself that I guess it was perfect. I didn't realize AshLee was on the chopping block until Sean said that he was worried the girl who was going home 'wouldn't be okay after'. Lindsay would have probably done body shots with some retired frat guys and Catherine would already have rented a room in Bushwick.
Sidenote: I feel bad for the girl who gets eliminated tonight. Flying all the way back from Thailand in coach is traumatic enough, but to be flying coach having just gotten dumped an hour before? ROUGH SAUCE. (ummm…Did Lindsay just drop an F-bomb? That makes her my new personal hero.)
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT!!! I mean, for realz, public humiliation at this level deserves at least a first class plane bed.
And without further ado, the Rose Ceremony heard round the world. I thought US Weekly had spoiled it. But they were just being clever. In all seriousness, though: Is Ashlee on suicide watch? And I also think that subtitle got it wrong in the car confessional. I don't think she says "it's the ultimate reject." I think she said "I'M the ultimate reject." Suicide. Watch.
Best quotation of the night. AshLee's own personal blue steel, followed by giving Sean the ice treatment, a worried Lindsay turns to Catherine who responds, "She's a survivalist." That is what she said right? Even if it's not don't tell me. I want to keep the memory.
The pros always say never to marry someone from whom you wouldn't want to be divorced. AshLee's reaction made me think maybe this is what Sean was thinking when he decided to send her home. I would like to give a shout out to AshLee's awesome boobs in this dress. Whoa nelly!
And is the finale really THREE HOURS LONG? Hold me.


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Yea, i bought it! And i got a Crimson Dragon card though XD and heck! There is Harp Note card!!
DX but to get it must be through the noise *sigh* Oh well, i bought it at KLCC with Yuu-chan XD
I sure buy a lot. TSUBASA SHUNRAIKI 2 OVA!!!! FINALLY XD And the other title i bought is "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Ghost Town". Well, that's it ==a
Battle Black Box
Posted by Nami-mi Saturday, May 30, 2009 comments (7)
RnR Official Guide Book
Posted by Nami-mi Sunday, May 24, 2009 comments (3)
Seriously why i collect RnR related lately? lol I even ask Yuu~chan to order Misora card for me. XD
Gonna buy "Battle Black Box" too or RnR 2 Guide Book
on 21th May, going out to KLCC with my friend, Yuu~chan and my little bro to go watch a movie "Night at the Museum 2". Seriously i laugh, its so damn funny lol I love the little guy fighting XDDD I cant stop laughing now XDDD
hahaa havent go watch a movie with my friends since my last time here but now its sem break so i guess i can go out anywhere but....part time job T_T (Monday till Friday)
on 22th May, I got my first salary lol XD. I was like yesterday i'm broke and now i'm not XDD Really hope to wait for any news regarding the card from my friend. Soooooo excited XDD
on 23th May, Go back to Melaka to send my little bro back, since he is healthy now so he have to go to school back. *sigh* He play Pokemon Platinum all day and my mom mad ==;; But damn, the kid who bully my little bro is not there *sigh* Wish i can teach them a lesson for throwing my little bro into the fish pond. Oh well, if it happens again, my mom will call the police. Hope he can study well there and no bullying or else....
Result for Sem 3
Posted by Nami-mi Wednesday, May 6, 2009 comments (7)
While i was working, my friend send me a msg to my phone and told me that the result already out. I was kinda nervous and ask her to check for me. She said i got 2.80 for GPA and I pass. Alhamdullilah. Was really afraid that i might fail Accounting.
The results :
Digital Audio and Video (DAV) : B
Digital Animation (DA) : B-
Publishing on The World Wide Web (PWWW) : B
Communication Skills 2 (CS2) : B-
Fundamental of Accounting (FOA) : B-
All B == ;
Really worth for sleeping really late or not even sleep XDD
I must say...Thanks bro for helping me in studying ^^


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After I got over my illness, I still didn't run for a few days because I was busy with some household projects. I helped Trea stain our deck.
And now it's beautiful.
And I changed our bedroom from this:
We planned to run on Tuesday, but that was the day of the great flood, after which we were delighted by this:So after all our hard work, tonight I ran. I decided just to go out in our neighborhood instead of taking extra time to drive to the park. About five minutes into it, I remembered something very important: we live on a mountain! I'm still using Podrunner, which alternates walking and running to build up stamina, but today I also used Nike Plus for the first time. Now I have a sensor in my shoe that keeps track of my progress and coordinates with my iPhone. As I listen to music with my iPhone, a female Nike Plus voice will come over the speakers and tell me how I'm doing. As I was running as hard as I could up a very steep hill, I heard her say, "Activity stopped," and my music went silent. Activity STOPPED? Seriously?? Well, thank you very much, Nike Plus. Apparently my pace was so pathetic that my shoe sensor thought I had retired to the sofa. I let the Nike Plus lady know she better check again. I was able to restart my music and track my workout where it left off. It was a little irritating to be insulted by my own phone, but at the same time, I definitely needed a boost. Classifying my hardest effort into "activity stopped" was just the motivation I needed to get to the top of the hill.
I have a profile on Nike's website, and each time I sync my iPhone with my computer, my running progress will automatically be entered onto the site. You can see it here: http://my.nike.com/ataylor13. Today I logged 2.05 miles in 28:27 minutes. That includes both running and walking. I have a long way to go before I can run two miles, but I'm determined. Now that I know how difficult this will be for me, I can plan appropriately and get back on track.


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I posted twice on the NECC 2009 ISTEconnects blog today:
Don't miss either of the videos discussed in the latter post, "Learning to Change, Changing to Learn – Kid's Tech."
…and…Tammy Stephens for the first COSN/Pearson video link. Hat tip to Peggy Sheehy, Jim Gates, and Kim Collazo for the second video link from students at Suffern Middle School, New York, USA.
I've added both videos to my "Videos for PD" resource list on my blog under the heading "Schools Need to Change." (This link is available as a drop-down menu at the top of every page.)
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It was a balmy spring evening in early June, and Carolyn Howard didn't think twice about the fact that her front door was open and her dog, Piper, was sitting on the porch. In her 35 years in Madison Park it had never crossed her mind that anyone might walk off with someone's dog—and her Wheaten Scottish Terrier was certainly not known for straying from the property. So she didn't give the situation a second thought. But when she returned to the porch after just a few minutes, the 9-year-old Piper (aka "Pipes") was nowhere to be found.
"I knew that she had been taken," says Howard, "because everyone in the neighborhood could have said where Piper lived if she had been found by someone. After I looked for her and couldn't find her my first instinct was that things were bad." Howard immediately went into action, calling up pounds and veterinarian offices in the area and posting fliers around the neighborhood.
We're happy to report that this story has a happy ending, with Piper being discovered by Howard at the Bellevue dog pound five days later. A wheaten-colored Scottie had been turned in, and Howard learned this fact after calling to listen to the pound's daily recorded message listing new arrivals. She had hope that the dog was Piper but had to wait until the animal shelter opened the following day to find out for sure. At the reunion, according to Howard, Pipes was glad to be reunited but had no explanation to give for her disappearance.
Howard, who lives on the 1600 block of 42nd Avenue E., says "people need to know that this can happen. In the good weather, there are lots of people walking around the neighborhood who don't live here. I've never been concerned before, but I sure am now. Piper is not getting out of my sight!"
A neighbor who had a similar thing happen to her dog several years ago speculates that someone took Piper with the intention of breeding the dog, later discovering upon closer examination that Piper had been neutered. A wheaten-colored Scottie is very unusual, according to Howard, and this may have been the attraction. As a precaution against further temptation, Howard jokes, "I think I am going to dye her black."
Piper's story provides an object lesson for those of us who are dog owners, especially those who have small pure-bred dogs that can be easily lifted. Being trusting may be a Madison Park thing, but it's not necessary a wise thing.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
3 comments:
I'm glad to hear she got Piper back - she must have been frantic.ReplyDelete
- Harvey GreenbergJune 11, 2009 at 6:14 PM
This is a really great blog, and I think that Bryan Tagas is doing a superb job. Harvey Greenberg - Madison Park, naturallyReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by the Scottish Terrier and Dog News.ReplyDelete
Dognapping stories definitely generate a lot of interest so thanks too for digging up a Scottie scoop. We were happy to link to it.
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The Roanoke paper has this article which describes the difficulty the citizens of Appalachia face in trying to remove town council members implicated in the recent criminal charges brought in Wise County.
The article notes: "Under Virginia law, a petition to remove an elected official must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to at least 10 percent of the votes cast in the election. It would take just 59 signatures to meet that requirement in Appalachia."


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Monday, 12 April 2010
Something out of nothing.
The complaint was viewed by Deputy Hill as "frivolous and mischievous" but he played along with, what some might call, the "charade" and attended the PPC meeting to face the "charge" and defend his position.
Below is PPC's "verdict" and e-mail sent by the Deputy to the media. More importantly by Deputy Hill playing along with the charade he was able to expose the completely flawed procedure operated by PPC.
E-mail from Deputy Hill to media.
Good Morning,
You will recall that Senator Ben Shenton had complained to PPC about remarks I had made in an email about the Chief Minister and comments reported in the JEP.
I was never concerned about the complaints which I believed were frivolous and mischievous but I was concerned by way Standing Orders are drafted, therefore took the opportunity of testing the system.
As can be seen not only does PPC consider that my remarks did not exceed the accepted boundaries of robust political comment and accordingly agreed that there had not been a breach of the Code of Conduct for Elected Members but it was interested to hear my views regarding Human Rights and it will be reviewing the process set out in Standing Orders for dealing with complaints under the Code of Conduct.
I attach the statement I made at the PPC hearing and the PPC letter dated 31st March informing me of its decision. I had been waiting for PPC to make a formal comment as per Standing Order 158 below, but it appears that it is not commenting on the matter.
Regards Deputy F. J. (Bob) Hill, BEM.,Deputy of St Martin.
The Statement to PPC was published on Senator Syvret's Blog Here
PPC's "Verdict"
Dear Deputy Hill,
Thank you for attending the meeting of the privileges and Procedures Committee on 30th March 2010 in respect of the complaint received against you from Senator B.E. Shenton, dated 25th February 2010.
The Committee considered the complaint in accordance with Standing Order 157 and has now heard from both you and Senator Shenton in respect of this matter. The Committee noted that the comments cited by Senator Shenton in his complaint derived from the attachment to your e-mail dated 21st February 2010 and that the Senator was also concerned about the media coverage in the Jersey Evening Post on 25th February 2010. The statements made in your email attachment referred to the comments of the Council of Ministers in respect of your proposition: Committee of enquiry: suspension of the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police (P.9/2010).
The Committee heard your request at its meeting to consider the particular comments complained of in the context of the entire 8 page document. The Committee did so, and agreed that they amounted to a forthright expression of opinion of an elected member, and that it had not been your intention generally to "impugn the reputation of both the States Assembly and the Chief Minister". Furthermore, the Committee noted that a States member could not be held to account for the content of media coverage. The Committee concluded that your remarks did not exceed the accepted boundaries of robust political comment and accordingly agreed that there had not been a breach of the Code of Conduct for Elected Members.
The Committee was interested to hear your views regarding the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000 and the conclusions of the joint Committee on the Parliamentary Privilege when it met with you yesterday, and it will be reviewing the process set out in Standing Orders for dealing with complaints under the Code of Conduct. In the meantime, the Committee will continue to investigate complaints in accordance with the approved Standing Orders.
Yours Sincerely,
Connetable de Ste Marie
Chaiman, Privileges and Procedures Committee
5 comments:
- Anonymous12 April 2010 at 17:20
Well done Bob - a good day for justice and common sense.ReplyDelete
The letter I sent to PPC complaining about Senator Shenton's covert recording of another States Memeber has not even been acknowledged!!
- Jill Gracia12 April 2010 at 19:18
Common sense prevails at last. Long may it continue, but I won't hold my breath.ReplyDelete
I would press PPC, as I too made a complaint to them and the Data Protection Officer in regard to Shenton's breach of Data Protection and had a very rapid acknowledgement from both. I think maybe they have received more than one complaint - in fact I know they have!
Perhaps it is the pressure they are being put under by the public, that helped them come to this decission.ReplyDelete
Even as recently as a year ago, I can see Deputy Hill being in trouble for this dastardly act of self expression.
Perhaps our Government are finally getting the message?
Very well done Deputy Hill....
- Anonymous12 April 2010 at 23:51
Will we now see a public apology from Shenton?ReplyDelete
- ole razzy14 April 2010 at 00:36
Is Ben Shenton the new George Dubya? Certianly looks like a daddy's boy.ReplyDelete