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Cool Shop: Luckyduck Oakland
One has to appreciate a good bike shop. Especially one that builds the community around itself. These days it's a key to survival in this disrupted economy we live in. Luckyduck has been open since August of 2016, and successful enough that the owners are just starting to scale back from the 16-hour workdays it took to get going. Luckyduck brings bikes, food, beer and community to downtown Oakland. I've stopped in on several occasions for just those items.
For starters, the sandwiches are awesome. Living in the Beast known as East Bay, there's a lot of great bakeries to spoil you, so Luckyduck starts with some awesome bread, from Firebrand. Everything after that is gravy. And if you're up in the morning there's breakfast as well. Sealing the deal is beer. Great beer from local breweries. Mostly local, delivered by the brewery. All California. Keep it local. 'Nuff said.
Partners Jimmy Ryan And Aaron Wacks curate the shop. The food menu is tight. And so is the bike selection. Each bike is special. Some are bikes that they have come across as bike geeks. Some are on consignment as well. Everything from a vintage Colnago to a sweet 80's Rockhopper converted for the streets and priced at $316. Or maybe you're into the Kona Kilauea bikepacking bike or the Winters show frame.
The shop section is simple and tidy. A well-curated selection of accessories fulfills your most important needs. Helmets, bags from Inside Line, Ruth Works, and Road Runner. I hate the word "Artisinal" but there ya go. Everything in its right place, like Radiohead says.
In the end, it's all about community. The Saturday ride is casual and the yoga classes will keep you limber. There's bands, art on the walls, and friendly faces. Luckyduck is surely not the first bike shop to espouse this mission, but it does sum things up in a well-said fasion:
"Luckyduck grew from our desire to make riding a bike accessible to everyone. To us, this means expert bicycle service housed in the positive and relaxed vibes of our neighborhood coffee shop and cafe. No pretension or pressure. Just genuine human connection in the name of increasing bicycle ridership throughout the bay."
Wow these people "Get it"
302 12th Street, Oakland, California 94607
Tuesday to Saturday 8am to 7pm
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Shop talk with Fastrack Bicycles, Santa Barbara, CA
By Jeffrey Stern
It's a crowded market and selling bikes isn't getting any easier. With the industry clearly on the decline, changes are happening all-around. From bike shops offering more than just sales/repair (beer anyone?), to mobile "van life" type services hitting the road across the country, the industry is changing and so are the brick and mortar stores that have been around for a long time.
First opened in 1997 by retired professional bike racer and Olympian Dave Lettieri, Fastrack Bicycles in Santa Barbara, California has seen a lot of change over the last two decades in business. Dave himself has spent nearly his whole life riding, racing and living bicycles from his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania all around the world and eventually landing on the West Coast. Although his store is only a fraction of the size of most big shops, his business continues to grow. We sat down with Dave recently to pick his brain on how he differentiates his shop, what he's seen change over the years and why he loves the riding in Santa Barbara so much.
What's it like to have been in the cycling world/industry for over 40 years?
It's been fun to see the racing side evolve from basically an amateur rider group in the USA to Americans dominating the some of the big tours. While I was on the racing side, I saw the first American and American team ride the Tour de France, that was exciting. The bike industry has evolved from a strong European dominated one to top U.S. brands leading the world in technology and products the last few decades.
What did you love most about Fastrack when you first opened?
The idea of owning my own business and working for myself doing what I love to do. It didn't seem like work (although it is a lot of work!). I can look back and realize that I have been doing the same thing I did as a kid (playing with bikes in the basement) to making a living doing it. An absolute dream come true.
Is there one thing that gets you out the door for your morning ride after all these years?
I've always enjoyed the exercise aspect of cycling. After most rides, I feel good and energized for the rest of the workday. I also enjoy riding all the new equipment now and riding enough so I am in shape for the fun fondo and group rides we have year around here.
Why is Santa Barbara such a special place to ride a bike?
We have limited, but great, roads; spectacular views; and a world-class climb 3 miles from town. Also, we have lots of choices to make up cool 1-2 hour loops near town – the options are endless!
There is something about your shop that people sense when they walk into for the first time, that's not like others; can you explain that feeling you and your sole employee, Luke, create?
I tried to make a comfortable bike shop feel while trying to have a set up appropriate for today's marketplace. We have some cycling memorabilia on the walls to show some cycling heritage and experience. We definitely have some regular characters hanging around and hopefully can share some good laughs and stories about the rides. It's not all about selling bikes, although that's important, but the community is what keeps us going strong day in and day out.
Favorite racing memory?
Definitely remember my first National Track Championship. Was a great feeling to realize I could win one. Also, winning the Pan American Games in the Team Pursuit in 1987 was a fun time.Tweet Print
Path Less Pedaled x Bicycle Times: Sugar Wheel Works
Ed. Note: Path Less Pedaled x Bicycle Times is a video series by Russ Roca and Laura Crawford of The Path Less Pedaled. Stay tuned to the Bicycle Times website for more of this regular collaborative content.
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Building Frames, Building a Community
Words and photos by Brendan Leonard
Gregory Crichlow builds custom steel bikes in the back of Chocolate Spokes Bike Studio in Denver's Five Points neighborhood—clean, subtle frames, with no name on the downtube, just a head badge with a cacao bean and a bike wheel. Dozens of customers have bought and loved the frames he's welded for them. So you might wonder why he rides a beat-up old Surly to work every day.
He used to have his own Chocolate Spokes bike, blue and black, and he used to put it up in the window of the shop every day when he opened in the morning, sort of a sign that he was there for the day. He opened the shop in August 2011 in a humble 375-square-foot space on 28th and Downing Streets, right next to a liquor store. Transient folks would pee on the outside of the building; the dealers and customers exchanging crack cocaine and cash dubbed the electrical box in front of the shop "the drop box."
The shop was crowded with customers' bikes awaiting pick-up, other bikes awaiting maintenance and repair, and a few consignment bikes Gregory sold. So the front window was actually a good spot to store the bike, off the tiny shop's floor and out of the way. But one day in January 2013, Gregory was talking to two customers, and turned around to see that his bike had disappeared from the window. Gone.
"You know what's sad," he said to me in the shop later that week, "is I know someone got $30 for that bike, because they just needed some money. This is still a crack corner." He was angry at first, and called his wife, Cher, who reminded him that he was one of very few people who could just build themselves another bike.
Five Points has an interesting and varied history as one of Denver's satellite neighborhoods. In its glory days in the 1920s through 1950s it was known as the "Harlem of the West." Jazz musicians from all over the world would play the hotels in downtown Denver where African-Americans weren't allowed to stay. So they'd stay at the Rossonian Hotel in Five Points, three blocks down the street from where Chocolate Spokes now sits, and put on legendary after-hours jam sessions. The neighborhood became home to a predominantly black and Latino population, and weathered tough times from the 1950s through the 1990s. In the early 2010s it started to see the first inklings of gentrification.
Gregory grew up in Denver and raced bikes during his undergraduate years at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and earned a master's degree in architecture from the University of Chicago. He worked professionally as an architect for more than a decade. In 2011 he took the money he'd saved for retirement and opened Chocolate Spokes. He'd seen the building while working around the corner at an architecture firm, and after years of neglect it had become a rough spot. There was no roof and no windows. People would hole up there to shoot up or smoke crack, and when Gregory first took a look at the building the stairs to the basement were covered in human excrement.
"People were questioning, you know, 'Why are you opening a bike shop?'" Gregory said. "My answer was, 'Why not?' I find that the bike is a universal thing. Ultimately it was about investing in the neighborhood. If I really want to make this neighborhood work, I have to put my own investment into it. And that means more than just being a resident. It means opening something that is serving the neighborhood. And that's how the shop came around."
In Five Points, and many other central Denver neighborhoods, most businesses have bars on their first-floor windows. Gregory wanted to make a statement and welcome people into the shop.
"I'm a person of color and I opened up in the neighborhood saying, 'I'm taking off the bars, I'm inviting you in, you can see everything I've got—just ask me, we can work together,'" he says. "At that point it seems that people have looked out for the shop in the neighborhood, as opposed to being suspicious of the shop."
When I first started going to the shop in early 2013, the clientele was a mix of young professional bike commuters and recreational cyclists (like myself), folks who lived in the neighborhood or day laborers and homeless folks who brought their Wal-Mart bikes in to get fixed so they could get to work. Gregory told me a story once about working on a bike that a woman rode with an aluminum baseball bat strapped to the top tube— she unstrapped it from the bike at night for protection while she slept somewhere outdoors. The bulk of the shop's business was not from selling $7,000 triathlon bikes—it was service, of any bicycle that came in the door in a neighborhood in the early stages of gentrification. Which led to an interesting mix of people in the shop at times.
"I had a mother who was just picking up her son from lacrosse practice out in Stapleton, and I had a gang member who was trying to get a new tube for his new blue cruiser, and they were both in the shop," Gregory said. "At first I was like, 'Oh boy, what's this going to be like?' And I was working on the gentleman's tube, and I was trying to get it done quickly to buffer this conversation, and I realized they were actually having a conversation. They were just talking, and her son was sitting there."
Business slowly grew, and the landlord offered Gregory an opportunity to expand the shop into the space next door, almost tripling the square footage with the addition of the corner-facing storefront where sunlight pours into the windows all morning. Now two workstands sit in front of a pegboard of tools, and the 375-square-foot space in the back where the shop originally started is dedicated to frame building.
Gregory wears a bow tie to work every day as an homage to his grandfather, and to let customers know that Chocolate Spokes is a professional environment. He rides to work every day with his son and daughter in tow (his family doesn't own a car)—and curates the shop's rotating stock of high-end chocolate bars for sale next to the cash register.
I've asked Gregory, why does an African-American guy open a bike shop in an African-American/Latino neighborhood instead of the more common business model of selling brand-new bikes in the suburbs? He said he did it because he values bikes for fun and utility first, and for exercise and adventure second.
"As a kid, when you ride a bike, it's about freedom, your independence from your parents," he said. "As soon as you get a bike, your boundary expands a little more, because you can go further. As adults, it's about feeling like a kid again. As adults, when people talk to me about it, they have that feeling, but they have that adult justification, so it's one of those things where 'my body feels better, or my work becomes more productive if I go on a bike ride,' so it's always that adult justification instead of, you know, 'I had a lot of fun on my bike today.' But I think hidden in those justifications is that whee factor."
His vision for the shop is making it into a hub for the community—more barbershop-style chit chat than Saturday morning lycra- clad shop rides.
"I want it to transcend beyond a bike shop," he says. "I think we're becoming a space where people can come without a bike and just talk, and have that neighborhood conversation, you know, guys just sitting there and talking. We want everybody, where it's one of your community stops. You don't need a bike. You can just come in and say hi, see your neighbor."
I was never a big believer in custom bikes, preferring to build up old steel frames I could find on Craigslist and leave the fancy custom stuff to people who had way more money than I did. But I'd wanted to support Gregory and what he was doing, to put my money where my mouth was. In fall 2015, I put down a deposit and Gregory took my measurements to start building a frame. I stopped in to talk to him every few weeks about the tubes, about the welds, the components, the color, and what I wanted to use the bike for—riding around the city, and road and dirt touring. I watched the list of names of people who'd ordered custom frames grow on the wall in the back of the shop, and asked Gregory: When are you going to build yourself another bike? "This summer," he said.
In March 2016, I rolled my new Chocolate Spokes bike out the front door of the shop and drove it to Utah for a five-day, 300-mile gravel grind tour. I became a believer in the custom frame, elated to have a bike that fit so well, and alternately slightly horrified that its first week in existence was spent hammering down dusty dirt roads and lying down in the sand while we snapped photos of our desert tour.
When I got back to Denver, I stopped into the shop again. Gregory asked me how the bike rode, and I said it was wonderful. "You really have to get yourself one of these Chocolate Spokes bikes," I told him. "I know a guy who can hook you up."
As summer turned to fall, Gregory still hadn't started on his own Chocolate Spokes bike yet. I keep ribbing him to get moving on it, because I love my bike, and it's such a shame he doesn't have one of his own. But for now, I just look for his old blue Surly in the rack out front when I ride by so I'll know whether or not to stop in and say hi.
This feature originally appeared in Bicycle Times #44.
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Bruce Gordon to open retail location
Bruce Gordon has long been a staple of the cycling scene in Petaluma, California, and now he's opening his first retail location to offer his hand-made frames and components.
The shop will display Bruce Gordon frames for sale, as well as his own personal bikes he has built over the last 40 years. Also on sale will be a growing collection of products from artisans who share Gordon's commitment to US-made goods, including White Industries, King Cage, and others. Bike service will also be available, from tune-ups to custom bike builds and wheelbuilding.
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Expos are mini vans, but not overly large.
When searching for information, it seems there is a confusion between the Expo van and the Expo LRV, which is shorter and sportier.
Since ti was smaller, most of the people opted to buy a "regular sized mini van". This is a 7 seater.
I recently came upon one at a local wrecking yard and decided to check it out. Decent amount of space and the trunk had a the lower compartment that could be removed to have a deeper space if needed.

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THE Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and an Ijaw professional and youth group, Iwere Peace Movement (IPM) have flayed the deployment of troops in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
While it vowed to resist any attempt to use ex-militants in the planned environmental cleanup of Ogoni, MOSOP, however, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fast-track the implementation of the recommendations of the Technical Committee on the region.
MOSOP President, Legbosi Pyagbara, told The Guardian that the planned militarization of the region was ill-conceived, adding that the move would not bring about the much-desired stability.
He said it had become imperative for government to open dialogue with different groups in the region rather than resorting to the use of military force to impose peace at all cost.
Pyagbara noted that for years government had refused to engage groups involved in intellectual agitation, but sadly, had always chosen to deal with those who took up arms against the state.
The body has also condemned in strong terms the invasion of Ogoni communities by the Nigerian military and demands immediate their immediate withdrawal.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the people to cooperate with the military to restore law and order.
Also, he called on fleeing residents to return to home, noting that the heavy military presence in the area was aimed at promoting security of lives and property and not to harm law-abiding residents.
The governor said his administration will always enhance the security of all residents of the state.
The troops had on Monday invaded Yeghe community in Gokana Local Council of Rivers State, which MOSOP claimed led to the killing of three innocent citizens, destruction of properties and arbitrary arrests.
The organisation, in a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Fegalo Nsuke yesterday regretted that, instead of the soldiers to end the condemnable campaign, the military yesterday morning extended the violence to Bori, shooting indiscriminately and advancing into adjoining communities, including Zaakpon.
Nzuke said: "The shooting, which is on-going had sadly seen to the cold-blooded murder of innocent persons, infliction of serious gunshot injuries on others, paralysis of activities in the Ogoni capital and its environs as well as arbitrary arrests thereby forcing natives and residents to flee for safety."
On its part, IPM alleged that the combing of the area might be a ploy to eliminate the former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo).
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In the States, as far as I can see, the preference is for "American values" or "traditional values". They tend to be much the same, and there seems to be just as little compunction about inflicting them on other people. Some championing them might, say, propose to ban an entire religious community from entering the country.
In France, the equivalent concept is "republican values". In one of my favourite films, Casablanca, there's a moment that grates each time I hear it (and I've watched the film a lot). It's when the character Yvonne, tearful after singing the Marseillaise, cries out, "Vive la France! Vive la démocracie!" That's a splendidly American slogan artificially transferred to the mouth of a Frenchwoman. In reality, her words would have been, "Vive la France! Vive la République!"
The founding document for France's valeurs républicaines was the Declaration of the Rights of Man, adopted as the Revolution was getting under way and before the country had even become a Republic.
Article 4 boldly declares:
Liberty consists of being able to do anything that does no one else any harm: in other words, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limit other than those that guarantee to other members of Society the enjoyment of those same rights. Those limits may only be established by Law.
The declaration isn't a religious document. It makes no reference to God or to any Church. But it isn't anti-religious either. So article 10 asserts:
None may be disturbed for their opinions, including religious ones, as long as their expression does not disturb public order as established by Law.
France is currently gripped by a debate over whether the burkini, the whole-body covering swimsuit favoured by a tiny minority of Muslim women, can legitimately be banned from French beaches. Those who favour the ban include the former and likely-to-be future President, Nicolas Sarkozy, the current Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, and naturally the leader of the far-right Front National and presidential contender, Marine le Pen.
|A Muslim woman obliged to remove a long-sleeved top on a beach
Not so nice of the Nice police
It's not obvious, on the other hand, how they reconcile it with the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
First of all, let's dispose of the simplest objection: 'Man' in this context means 'mankind'. The rights apply as fully to women as to men.
Is the ban consistent with article 10? Is the wearing of the burkini likely to lead to a disturbance of the peace as foreseen by law? There have certainly been nasty scenes of public disorder over the wearing of Muslim garb, but generally in the form of abuse of the Muslims. "Go home" people have shouted, at women who in many cases were already at home, being French. The women were the victims of the disorder, not its instigators. Describing their actions as a breach of the peace seems like turning rape victims into criminals.
As for article 4, what could be clearer? You have the right to do whatever you like as long as your action doesn't limit anyone else's rights. How does the wearing of a burkini affect anyone else's liberty? It doesn't stop other people using the beach. It doesn't stop them wearing revealing clothes. It doesn't even stop them thinking the burkini inappropriate beachwear. It limits no one else's rights.
Far from upholding republican values, the burkini ban seems to trample on the very principles they enshrine.
The truth is that the ban has nothing to do with republican values. It's about people who have been frightened by an enemy who reaches into our midst and kills at random. A hidden enemy against whom we can't hit back. Fear and frustration have brought to the surface a tendency latent in us all: racism is on the rise again. Muslims today must feel like Jews did when anti-Semitism was rampant but the holocaust hadn't yet got going: they must be worried to go out, they must be worried to travel, they must feel that they can expect no protection from state.
We've been her before and we know where it leads. We need to stop it now before it descends to the next stage.
The signs aren't good. Sarkozy is a significant political figure. In Britain, Nigel Farage campaigned against the EU with a poster declaring the country to be at breaking point, against a photograph of Syrians queueing to enter Europe. In the States Donald Trump is Farage's pal, and he's called for a wall against Mexicans and a ban on Muslim entering. This is the establishment giving racism a respectable face.
There's hope yet, though. The Cour Constitutionnel in France has ruled the ban illegal, which suggests that some in France remain truly committed to republican values. However, Sarkozy had already said that if the court made that choice, he would campaign for a change in the constitution. The court's resistance was edifying but may not last long.
More encouraging was hearing Angela Merkel speaking to German TV.
"If I have to apologise for showing a friendly face [to people from other nations]," she said, "then this is not my country any more."
Merkel's no radical Lefty. She's the Christian Democrat leader of Europe's most powerful nation. If such voices are still speaking out, and can still be heard, then hope isn't wholly lost. We just need to join our voices with theirs.
In defence of republican values. Or American values. Or traditional values. Or national values.
In fact, in defence of decent values anywhere.


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NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has received 18.27 lakh responses to its consultation paper on differential pricing, its chairman RS Sharma said, adding that analyses showed that a large number of them supported Facebook's Free Basics plans.
// Around 8.9 lakh responses through phone and 5.44 lakh through Facebook mail were received supporting Free Basics, Sharma said.
Sharma asserted that the consultation paper was not an opinion poll where people were supposed to answer only four questions for differential pricing.
// Industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) on December 23 said following the Indian telecom regulator's directive, the commercial launch of Facebook's Free Basics has been put on hold till it gets clearance.
RCom is the only telecom service provider offering Free Basics in India.
The regulator said Facebook's Free Basics service should remain on hold till the ruling on differential pricing comes up.
// Differential pricing on data services is an important aspect of net neutrality. Sharma said the decision on differential pricing will come up by January end.
He also mentioned that the Indian telecom watchdog has decided to extend the deadline on comments on the differential pricing paper by another week till January 7.
// According to sources, the comments should reach the regulator before January 7 and the regulator will come out with counter-comments by January 14. The deadline for receiving comments ended on Wednesday.
The Trai on December 9 said differential pricing of data services by various operators might potentially go against the principle of non-discriminatory tariff and sought comments or opinions from stakeholders.


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Don Asmussen is syndicated cartoonist out of the San Francisco Chronicle. I like the "Oniony" style he uses! We usually don't get to see our city's newspaper that features this cartoonist's unique work. (we have a subscription to the city's crappier, more right-wing paper-we're thinking of changing!) Anyway, I think he does some great, funny stuff.
Here's a few of his latest cartoons:
Some classic comedy with Flip Wilson, from the Flip Wilson Show. I remember staying up as a kid to watch the show with my parents. We loved it! He was funny guy!
Flip with Leonard Nimoy!
Who could forget Geraldine. I knew a Geraldine in high school, but she sure didn't act like this Geraldine!
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Achieving transformed independent communities through self-help initiatives for increased physical, social, economic and spiritual enhancement
Afaayo Foundation Uganda is a registered community-based non-profit organization located in Jinja district, Uganda. Afaayo foundation Uganda was established in 2008 by Ivan Andrew Kusasira after a careful assessment of need in the communities and the possible solutions that could provide long term changes in the areas of outreach. Afaayo foundation Uganda designs and conducts programs which contribute to the welfare and social productivity of disadvantaged individuals and communities with an emphasis on children, youth, women and the elderly. We address some of the most pervasive problems in rural Uganda, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, hunger, education, poverty, access to clean drinking water, and orphaned children. Afaayo has a mandate that small family setup solutions are the key to change and transformation of society, therefore, we emphasize the families as the best entry points in meeting the needs of the community. The focus of our programs is on providing resources for quality education in under-resourced communities. In order to uplift the youngest of our society however, it is often necessary to first assist adults and the communities in which they live. Past and/or ongoing projects conducted in the general community include feeding the destitute, outreach, counseling, and assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS and other medical ailments, counseling and immediate assistance to individuals who have been raped or defiled, building of village wells, assistance with women's craft groups, and organization and ongoing assistance. It's our passion that the families we reach out become self sustaining in the long time with our assistance in the short term. We therefore reach out to the most remote communities in the Busoga Region, Schools and colleges, Prisons, churches and families in the different parts of the region. Afaayo's approach to the care of orphans differs from some organizations in that they care for orphans within family setting and within their villages as opposed to orphanages. Orphans are typically adopted by relatives, so Afaayo helps with the support of these orphans within their original adoption. Within this family approach to care, Afaayo additionally supports widows, many of whom care for the orphans supported by Afaayo. The focus of the organization is on eliminating causes of poverty and disease while providing long-term solutions; therefore, Afaayo places great emphasis on education. In addition to paying for school fees (education is not free in Uganda), Afaayo seeks to provide AIDS and medical education and especially spiritual education through teaching and equipping people with the Bible.
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Members of Afayo foundation Uganda Board of Directors and staff accept the final and sole moral and ethical authority to be the teaching of the Bible which is the word of God. We believe that man is created in the Image of God with dignity, fallen by the influence and nature of sin, and therefore capable of much evil, and redeemable through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to dignified restoration through faith in Christ by the Holy Spirit of God.
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Time to reflect back on my time with the boys. It has been a magical time for all of us. Even under the financial strain, we have managed to make many fun memories. We also made it with out breaking the budget.
I first and foremost need to thank my girlfriend, her husband, and their children. They have been providing child care…but much more than that…they are providing love, stability, and nurturing to B1 and B2. They have gone above and beyond for me and my kids. Without them we would have starved (although to hear B2 tell it, she doesn't feed him anyway!! LOL) I am trying to come up with a way to repay what has been more than generosity…besides Rum for the dad…he's easy!!
Their father has again extended the length of his absence. He is now looking at sometime in the middle of next week for returning…my brain hurts trying to wrap my head around his reasoning. I know that this leads me nowhere and I'm best to just move beyond it; the issue is that not only do my boys life hang in the balance, my life does as well. I cannot move beyond what I do not know and, as such, I can only live in today…and getting through another day…another week…another schedule change.
Last night we went to the library for a little while and it was story hour (I didn't know, just good timing on our part). They were reading a book and then they were going to make Father's Day cards. Here's how the conversations went (both boys were at different areas of the library when I talked to each of them.
Me: Awesome, your dad will love that!! We can even mail them and he can get them at his hotel!!
B1: When is Father's Day
Me: This Sunday
B1: So he's not even going to be here?
Me: It doesn't look like it but you can still send him cards.
B1: Nah, I don't want to.
Me: Ok, well, if you change your mind just let me know.
Me: Hey Bum, they are gonna read a story and then make cards for Father's Day.
B2: No thanks.
Me: Are you sure? The book is called "My Dad is Great" and Father's Day is on Sunday so if you make the card tonight we can mail them tomorrow so he gets it on time.
B2: No thanks, I'm not interested.
I'm sure many divorced/divorcing parents at this point would shout out a huge BOO-YAH as a claimed victory…not me. My heart sank. My boys are emotionally pulling away from their father. It's only been two weeks.
The hardest part is going to be when they go home…they are going to have to readjust to his way of raising them (which is not child focused) and learn to be second class citizens again. I believe that there will be some serious regression at that time for both of them, but B1 especially. I'm not sure about B2. He's young enough that bouncing back and forth is almost 'fun' for him. He gets the best of both worlds…and it's all about him.
A few of the things that have happened over the last two weeks with my boys:
- We 'tattooed' each other (literally head to toe) with washable markers one evening (I still have some on my arm…thankfully the big letters on my forehead washed off).
- We 'experienced' Jiffy Pop.
- Fishing with their 'Grandpa G' (my girlfriend's husband's dad) and saw mom TOUCH a fish!!
- Library (and signed up for the summer reading program) .
- Mini golf (I won…I can say that here because they don't read this and can't tell you how bad I sucked).
- Church.
- Community fun night (twice).
- Boys learned how to wash dishes by hand (which means we then had enough water on the kitchen floor to wash it…twice).
- We purchased and assembled our dining room table and chairs.
- A couple of trips to Dairy Queen.
- We bought AND USED our new vacuum…it works quite well.
- My fridge has been colored to the EXTREME (at least 4 times) with the same washable marker mentioned in #1.
We truly have made the most of our situation. We are so blessed to be in tune with each other…we are a team…but I am still the coach who gets the final say.
Thank you to everybody who has checked in with us and who has helped or offered to help in various ways. Your kindness has meant the word to all of us.


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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Pushing through?
10/21/06 Saturday
My pain level is way up there. It's been four days since I posted and it's been four days of bustin my butt. Unfortunately I'm bustin butt at Bob speed, which ain't to fast. The large number of returns I've made at the many stores I get my supplies from is a good indication of my decision making skills. Keep making mistakes. All the bending down and stuff is the main source of pain I fight everyday. That and the fact I am badly out of shape. Getting out of bed is an exercise that is difficult right now with sitting up being the hardest and most painful challenge. The left knee has a sharp pain that shoots up when I try to get off the ground.
I went to Lowe's and bought some saw horses and a portable table to reduce how much I have to bend over or sit on the ground. That helped a bunch. Was able to put the plywood I was painting at a working level as well as have tools readily available and easy to reach. There is no question now that I will equip our house in Texas with hand rails. If I have to make several tries to rise up from a low seat now what will it be like ten years from now? Gotta plan ahead.
I've made some progress but not nearly what I feel I should have. Asking for help is something that I don't seem to do well. When Jeff and Cathy asked what they can do I wouldn't have an answer because I don't think fast enough. Later I see what they could have done.
This morning we take Cherie's car to Jerry's CB shop to get her CB radio installed. After spending an entire day getting mine installed I give up and will pay to have hers done. I'll also have them check mine cause it doesn't seem to work well.
We keep setting days we would like to leave and keep having to push that up cause I don't have the trailer fixed.
10/22/06 Sunday
It's been tough to push on. The weather has been unpleasant and unpredictable. I wore the poncho to keep from getting too wet. Then I had a bad slowdown yesterday. Cherie said it only lasted six hours. Not too speedy today either. Got stuff done but feel like I'm moving in slow motion. I'll post some pictures when I can.
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8 by 8 oil on unmouted canvas primed with blue acrylic
Doing these 20 min. poses are a great way to capture quick gestures and put colors down quickly. The lighting in the studio was dull yesterday (when I painted this) and I found the colors to be muted and grayer than usual. Maybe the thicker paint is a result of my inner frustration or lack of satisfaction to the lighting?


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National Gold Circle Safety Award
Chamberlin was recently honored with National Roofing Contractors Association's (NRCA) one and only 2010 Gold Circle Safety Award. The exclusive award was presented to Chamberlin for their roofing work on the Mercantile National Bank building, also known as "The Merc," in Dallas, Texas. The award recognizes accident-free projects where public protection challenges are in the forefront of the job elements and dominate the scope of work, demanding creative safety solutions and implementation of safety procedures that are uniquely challenging or extensively involve multiple trades.
NRCA & Gold Circle Awards program is an annual tribute to contractors in the roofing industry. The awards program is designed to recognize NRCA members and nominated contractors in the categories of "Outstanding Workmanship," "Innovative Solutions" for both new construction and reroofing, and "Service to the Community.
Chamberlin was nominated in the "Innovative Solutions: Reroofing" category for their work on The Merc. The structure was built in the 1940s and was the only major skyscraper constructed during World War II, but it was abandoned in 1993. Chamberlin was contracted by Hensel Phelps to perform the roofing restoration portion of the project. As part of the exterior renovation, Chamberlin's scope of work focused on transforming the roof areas into outdoor terraces to be utilized by the condo owners and retail merchants in the building.
Chamberlin was a finalist in their competition category, but achieved a greater honor by winning the national Gold Circle Award for safety. The Gold Circle Safety Award is not a nomination category but a special honor awarded by the Gold Circle Award judges. Because safety is an integral part of every roofing application, all Gold Circle Award nominations were reviewed for safety preparedness and success, and Chamberlin exceeded the standards.


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You are still 6 months old.
Please slow it down a little bit!
Love, Mom
Preston has been an early mover from the get go and this week he added pulling up to a stand to his list of achievements. He has been pulling up to his knees on everything he could manage for a couple weeks now and I turned around to find him standing one evening this week. Now we just need to teach him how to get back down...so he stops standing up in his crib and then crying because he is stuck :-)!
Tuesday-pulling up to kneel by everything in sight (and doing is best to clean the door)
Sunday- Climbed up and into his little bouncy seat, discovering a whole new way to make it bounce...then tried to stand up while in it. Where did this crazy little guy come from?! This bouncy seat has been one of his favorite play things in my room. I can't even count how many times he pulled up on it and played and then tipped over and hit his head on our tile bathroom floor. Eventually I got smart enough to move it onto the carpet, although he still looks quite shocked when he falls over :-).


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Labor Day, version 1996, triggers conflicting emotions.
On the surface, today would more appropriately be called Leisure Day. Potentially, it's the most relaxing of the major breaks in the working person's calendar.
Labor Day, version 1996, triggers conflicting emotions.
On the surface, today would more appropriately be called Leisure Day. Potentially, it's the most relaxing of the major breaks in the working person's calendar.
There are no gifts to buy, no feasts to prepare and no services to attend. There are no sobering duties or religious obligations. For most people, Labor Day brings the prospect of a few idle hours in which to sit on the beach or at a picnic table with friends and family, to take a drive, read a book, cut the grass or do nothing.
Such stolen moments are necessary in this fast-forward culture when everyone seems too busy to put schedules on pause.
Still, relaxing at this time of year runs counter to our instincts. After all, Labor Day was established more than a century ago to honor work. Americans are among the most productive workers in the world. Fittingly, the holiday brings out feelings of industriousness, perhaps because of its association with the harvest, the start of the academic year and the onset of invigorating weather.
Initially, the day was spent not in repose, but in high-energy parades, speeches and rallies celebrating the diligent worker. More recently, the first Monday in September has come to signify summer's swan song -- the attitudinal dividing line between laissez-faire and knuckling down.
Labor Day represents the last chance to wear white, spit watermelon seeds and sneak out for ice cream for no special reason. From this day on, shoes will have to be laced, shirts buttoned and stockings rolled over tanned legs. School buses will have to be boarded and fall clothes dragged out of storage. Selection of the most appropriate tanning lotion will give way to the business of choosing the next president.
Soon enough, it will be time to get serious. This year, it may be particularly difficult to make the transition from laid back to ``Let's go!''
We haven't had enough of summer. The season never quite arrived as expected. It was too cloudy, too rainy and too cool. It's almost startling to see the forest canopy licked with flames of red and yellow foliage. We've hardly had time to enjoy its leafy shade.
Green acorns already adorn the roadside. Summer slugs -- huge in this unusually wet season -- are being replaced by woolly bear caterpillars. (Folklorists take note: They bear a disheartening proportion of black bristles. In Yankee legend, this signifies a cold winter).
So take advantage of the brief hiatus between seasons. Set aside the beepers and cell phones and free your mind from electronic intruders. Enjoy summer's last party. Tomorrow, the payment will be due.


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We are living in very strange times indeed, and we may very well look back on the next ten days and tell stories about it to our grandchildren. At the same time we have a huge breaking national security scandal and cover up (Benghazi) and a close and contentious presidential election, we may also have a once in a century meteorological event, Hurricane Sandy, which is forecast to hit the Atlantic coast on Tuesday of next week. Here's what's being said about it, all of which freaks me out:
"The more data I see, the more I think we're going to be talking about this storm for decades." That's what meteorologist Nate Johnson said last night on the WeatherBrains live show about Hurricane Sandy. It's a sentiment I keep seeing expressed again and again, in various forms, by pretty much everyone with pertinent meteorological knowledge. Not just serial alarmists, but everyone.
"This is a beyond-strange situation. It's unprecedented and bizarre. Hurricanes almost always bend out to sea in October, although there have been some exceptions when storms went due north, but rarely. No October tropical systems in the record book have turned left into the northeast coast. The strong evidence we have that a significant, maybe historic, storm is going to hit the east coast is that EVERY reliable computer forecast model now says it's going to happen."
"New York City is at particular risk for serious impacts from storm surge. If Sandy moves inland on the New Jersey coast, huge amounts of water will flow toward New York's harbor, so predictions of storm surge will be critical. … "I am personally very concerned about storm surges in New York City," says [Philip Orton of the Urban Ocean Observatory of the Stevens Institute of Technology] … "City managers and scientists agree that we're not ready for a 100-year flood event, in major part because we haven't had one in well over 100 years," Orton says. …"
"A very prominent and respected National Weather Service meteorologist wrote on Facebook last night, "I've never seen anything like this and I'm at a loss for expletives to describe what this storm could do." Yes, I've never seen anything like it either nor have our modern meteorological tools. As I wrote yesterday afternoon, we don't know whether our tools are up to the task because no storm of this nature has occurred in the modern meteorological era."


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" Development is the term used to describe the physical changes in your baby, as well as his amazing ability to learn the skills he needs for life. As your baby grows, these skills and abilities become more and more complex. "
Baby's Facts !
If your baby seems to forget how to do something, it's likely he's become fascinated by learning a new task, and will surprise you by doing the earlier skills when he's ready. Your baby will constantly repeat actions like waving, clapping or making a particular sound, then suddenly stop. These skills will also reappear.
Most healthy babies who have plenty of love and attention develop new skills in a completely natural and continually surprising way. So much development takes place in the first 12 months that this is an amazing process for parents to watch.
Babies grow and develop at tremendously different rates – and often with blissful disregard for what parenting textbooks say they'll be doing.Your instincts, plus knowing that your baby eats and sleeps well, and that she isn't grizzly whenever she's awake, tell you far more than a growth or development chart can.
Enjoy the variations.
These variations are what make development so exciting and memorable.
Developmental milestones
Developmental achievements are called 'milestones'. Growth and development milestones are a useful guide, but they aren't something to get too worried about. Developmental milestones are grouped under headings according to the parts of the body they refer to:
1) Large body movements involve the coordination and control of large muscles and skills like walking, sitting and running.
2) Small body movements (or manipulation) involve the coordination and control of small muscles, and skills like holding a rattle, picking up crumbs and scribbling with a pencil.
3) Vision is the ability to see near and far, and to interpret what's seen.
4) Hearing is the ability to hear, listen to and interpret sounds, whereas speech is the ability to produce sounds that form words.
5) Social behaviour and understanding is your child's ability to learn and interact with others, including skills for play and connecting and communicating.
Developmental delay
* Developmental progress can be affected by delays. These delays might be temporary or, less often, permanent. Premature birth and illness are two things that might cause temporary delays. Some disabilities can cause permanent delay. A baby's development can also suffer because of her environment.


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I'm a happy grandmother! I enjoy my family, my friends, and my life. I love to travel and love to post travel experiences. I like to 'piddle'. Are you familiar with that southern term? I would love to have you sign up to follow this humble blog. I need all the encouragement I can get. :) My name is Carole.
Friday, May 15, 2009
.Honest Scrap Award Update!!!
Gallery Juana nominated me for this lovely award. I am accepting it and intend to follow through with it over the next few days. I will be keeping you informed as to my progress.
Gallery sent me this note:
Also, I am dropping by to present you with an award. Details are at my post. Should you choose to accept it, this award is yours. Find out why I love your blog at:
Thank you, GalleryJuana. :)
Well, I am suppose to select seven of my favorite blogs and tell you why I like them, so here goes:
(Presented in no particular order).
1. Always Artistic- Pam lives in Canada. She is a fabulous artist and photographer. One of the things I most enjoy about her blog is some of her daily life things she presents to us along with wonderful photos. I especially enjoy her wild life photos. She has a lovely bird named Jessie, as well.
2. Gallery Juana- Juana lives in Japan. I know this is a place I probably will never visit but on her blog she brings it to life for me. Her blog is kind of like a mini documentary of her life there along with her fabulous photos and art. In addition, her unique perspective on the world around her is just plain unique and very very interesting.
3. Tapestry316- Kathleen lives in Arizona. She is a riot. Her humor keeps me entertained and happy and she is so excitable. She is absolutely the best animal artist and most of her work is in watercolor. Her horses are not to be beat! Another thing I enjoy on her blog is she allows us to follow some of her work as she paints it. It is fabulous.
4. Marlene's Musings- Marlene has a very interesting blog. She shares her thoughts with us on a variety of subjects. I always feel like I will learn something new and interesting at her blog. She is a fabulous artist. I enjoy her mini art history presentations, as well.
5. Beechy Keen- I could not say it better than this dynamic duo. "This is the rambling, prose and banter of two silly, hardcore Californians. Jen and Crystal welcome you into their world of periodic glitz and glamour, misadventures and ponderings. Enjoy and comment!" This blog is just a lot of fun.
6. Heart On Sleeve Art- This young lady does some really unusual things. I think you will enjoy her work. Here is what she says about herself: "I am a multi- medium artist! I love painting on glass, canvas, shoes...you put it in front of me I'll paint it! " I love her passion.
7. Life As We Know It By Paula- I love to scrapbook and so does Paula. She says the following about herself: I am Paula, wife to Keith and a mother to three great kids. I love to scrapbook (this could easily take over my life!). I am always coming up with ideas for new things to make (see my Etsy shop). I am silly and love to have fun and make people laugh. My main purpose in life right now is taking care of my family while trying to scrapbook it all! So check out is colorful and happy blog.
The second requirement to accept this award is to tell you something about myself. I will try and hit on things that you won't find in my profile.
Things About Me:
1. For a short time I was a private detective.
2. I am a grandmother to a darling five year old granddaughter.
3. My father, my two brothers, and my husband have all had military careers.
4. I love cats and I have four of them.
5. I have lived overseas in my youth for more than half of my life.
6. I was born in Honolulu five years after Pearl Harbor was bombed.
7. I love all things creative and my mind is constantly trying to think up new things.
8. Paris is my favorite city.
9. I am a published poet.
10. I was a Dean in a high school for five years.
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Wow Carole, I am honored to be chosen on your blog! Hmmm I'm trying to picture you as a Private Detective, lol, I've never known a PI before. Do I have to do anything with this ? Pick new people or ? I have no idea about this stuff! :)ReplyDelete
This award, if you accept it, requires you to select 7 blogs that are your favorite and to tell why you like each blog. Then, you list 10 things about yourself. That's it. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Pam.
Carole this is interesting - a Private Eye huh? That is cool, so is being the Dean of a High School, and being a published poet, you are very multi-talented. Glad I learned more about you.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Marlene....I guess we all have our little surprises. :)ReplyDelete
Thank you Carole for this award!! Soon I will be following through on what I need to do to accept this!ReplyDelete
You are welcome, Paula. :)ReplyDelete
Carole hi! It seems my instructions were a bit different from yours :) I just saved the emblem, then loaded it on my 'Page Elements - add a gadget - picture'. Hope this helps!ReplyDelete
Thanks, AMIdesigns...I will have to try that.ReplyDelete
Hi! OMG I completely missed this post and your comment when you left it forever ago!! I'm going to accept the award now finally and get it up on our blog Beachy Keen! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you soooooo much and sorry for the belated response!! :)


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Traditional Chinese medicine is full of recipes and natural treatments through which we can easily and quickly improve our health. The benefits of foot baths, for example, have been highly considered by reflexology at the time of purging the body, because according to said specialty, the feet are connected directly to each internal organ of the human body.
Learn all about the incredible benefits of foot baths for health.
Benefits of foot baths to cleanse the body
Nowadays, more and more people suffer from serious problems and chronic ailments caused due to an immense variety of factors, such as, for example, the fact of leading a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, weather conditions, severe stress. to which day by day we are subjected, etc.
Stimulating certain internal organs can help us very effectively root out most of these ailments.
See below how you can stimulate your internal organs and debug your organism with the powerful benefits of foot baths.
3 powerful foot baths to detoxify the organism
Here we show you three fabulous recipes through which you can fully enjoy a relaxing foot bath in your own home, and by the way completely debug your organism.
Enjoy all the wonderful benefits of foot baths for your health.
Foot bath with Epsom salts
-1/2 cup of Epsom salts
-1/4 cup of sea salt
-1/4 cup baking soda
-Essential oils (optional)
-1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
1. Add all the ingredients except the vinegar, inside a bathtub filled with boiling water.
2. After the ingredients are completely dissolved, add a little warm water and the apple cider vinegar in the tub.
3. Soak your feet in the bathtub for at least half an hour.
When you finish your foot bath, you can feel some fatigue and weakness. Do not worry! this is just a sign that the toxins are slowly moving away from your organism.
Foot baths with clay
-1/2 cup bentonite clay
-1/2 cup of Epsom salts
-Essential oils (optional)
1. Dissolve the Epsom salt in a bowl of hot water, then add the essential oils right there.
2. Mix the clay very well with a little water (do not use metal utensils when mixing).
3. Now add the clay to the initial container.
4. Let your feet soak in the bowl for at least a half hour.
This powerful foot bath will help detoxify your body quickly, increasing your magnesium levels.
Foot bath with hydrogen peroxide
-1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide (2 cups if you are going to take a bath in the bathtub)
-A spoonful of dry ginger powder
1. Fill your tub or foot container with water, and add the ginger and hydrogen peroxide in it.
2. Soak your feet for at least half an hour in said preparation.
This powerful foot bath is very effective when fighting any type of allergies, irritations and skin conditions.


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Like lots of people with more creative ideas than time, I have a looong list of unfinished house projects. That doesn't seem to stop me from brainstorming about the next project though...
So, one of the things I'd like to tackle this summer is a mini-makeover of my front porch. Just some fairly simple cosmetic things, but not anything requiring rebuilding . One of the simplest things that I want to do is repaint the front door, and change the color scheme a bit. While I'm at it, I will probably paint the vintage metal glider on the porch, and spruce up the throw pillows. I've had a coral-red front door for about ten years now, and while I love the color, I'm longing for something a little different. Something soothing and serene, but a little bit funky too.
In case you've ever wondered, there are about 3 Benjamin Moore colors that could fit the bill, depending on the depth of color you prefer. (Yes, I held a hydrangea blossom up the the fan deck.) In the Classic Colors fan deck, Aqua Marina 816 is the best match, but the lighter Swiss Blue 815, or the deeper Brazilian Blue 817 could also be in the correct family. See HERE.
Here's what the Benjamin Moore site has to say about blue in their Color Associations section:
"Blue is non-threatening, and is a symbol of trust and longevity. It is refreshing, soothing, calm, and dependable."
And, if you're looking for the real deal, here are a couple of great resources. Wilkerson Mill Gardens is an amazing and informative mail order nursery which specializes in hydrangeas. They are only shipping plants through the end of May, then will resume shipping in the fall when the weather cools off again. I still haven't made it to their retail location, but if you are in the metro Atlanta area, I understand it is well worth the drive to check out the nursery.
Another mail order favorite is Nurseries Caroliniana. They have many pages of hydrangeas in their catalog, in addition to an amazing variety of other plants, and I've been very happy with plants purchased from them.
Although some of the their links aren't working at the moment, The American Hydrangea Society is another good source of information.
Renowned plantsman Michael Dirr has a book on hydrangeas HERE.
And for more general info, the National Arboretum has a page dedicated to hydrangeas.


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Kaiti constituency is an ODM Kenya zone and the seat could go to an aspirant who wins the party ticket.
Kaiti MP Gideon Ndambuki, who helped create ODM-K popularity in Ukambani, is in a fix since his party Kanu has threatened to pull out of the coalition.
Mr Ndambuki bid to retain his parliamentary seat with much ease might therefore nosedive if Kanu servers links with ODM-K.
The orange party enjoys huge support in his Kaiti constituency and any about-turn would mean the MP changes tact.
All through, the MP has been at the forefront in selling ODM-K in Ukambani, and especially Kaiti.
By pulling out of the ODM-K, Kanu might end up on its own. This would leave the orange party with no option but to field its candidate.
This may not augur well for Mr Ndambuki and, for the second time in five years, he would be forced to go the extra mile in fighting off yet another euphoria in the region.
It would be interesting to see how Mr Ndambuki moves to counter the wave that he actively helped to create.
Critics say the development may impact negatively on Mr Ndambuki and hence should not open his champagne bottle yet.
The candidates now lining up to oppose the MP include nominated MP Adelina Mwau, former MP Garvase Maingi, Mr Somba Mutiso, Mr Peter Matolo, Mr Jonathan Mutua, Mr Joseph Muthembwa, lawyer Simon Musyoka Mbevi and novelist David Maillu.
A senior official with the Kenya Industrial Estate, Mr Mathew Malinda, has also shown interest. Marshals
Other female candidates being mentioned are Ms Janet Mutisya and Ms Rose Kasema.
Mr Ndambuki is confident of retaining the seat he first won in 1997 when Kaiti was curved from Kilome.
There is a general feeling that the man has a way of fighting off stiff competition even when the tide appears to be against him.
Weathered the storm
He weathered the storm of 2002 Narc wave to win the seat on Kanu ticket.
He is the only Kanu MP in the region that saw 16 out of the 17 constituencies go to opposition parties.
He is exuding confidence that Kaiti voters will give him a chance to serve a third term.
"If I passed that 2002 test, believe me I am confident this time around, it will be a no contest for me," he said.
It is his style of doing constituency business that endears him to people.
He has made it a routine to be with his constituents from Thursdays and only leaves on Tuesday for
He has initiated development projects in education, health and water supply. This has made him a hard nut to crack.
Mr Ndambuki, a banker by profession, served as a Cabinet minister in three positions during the Moi regime.
He is currently the shadow minister for Water, Irrigation and Environment in the official Opposition Kanu party.
Surprise entry
The surprise entry of Mr Maingi has been viewed as a wider scheme by the ODM-K to check Mr Ndambuki's influence in Kaiti. This is in view of the latest developments between Kanu and ODM-K.
Mr Maingi represented the bigger Kilome before Kaiti was split from it.
He missed the 1992 polls after he lost out during the Kanu nominations under controversial circumstances to newcomer Tony Ndilinge (now deceased) who went on to win the seat.
When Kaiti constituency was curved from Kilome in 1997, Mr Maingi shifted his base to the new area but once again found himself locked out by Kanu leadership that preferred Mr Ndambuki.
Mr Maingi is making a comeback after a 15-year absence.
Mr Maingi retired in 1980 from Adidas sports firm where he was the marketing executive officer in charge of
He thinks Mr Ndambuki needs an experienced politician of his calibre to give him serious competition.
During his tenure in Parliament, Mr Maingi was an active debater.
He says he sat in meetings that came up with proposals that led to hiving off Makueni District from the bigger Machakos.
He was also instrumental in urging the Government at the time to tarmac the 90-km Machakos-Makueni road in the late 1980s.
Mr Maingi still has a score to settle with the MP who he says was given the Kanu ticket for the 1997 poll in controversial circumstances.
Mr Maingi says the MP is taking undue credit for various projects among them health, schools and water that he helped to initiate during his term.
"When people see Mr Ndambuki carry on with projects that I started, they think that he is the one who started them. They don't know that I was the brains behind the successes he attributes to himself, which is why I am back in a big way to show the difference," he says.
Started campaigns
Mr Mutiso started his campaigns early and has been engaged in hosting many social events, especially those targeting the youths.
He is also penetrating women groups and has assisted them financially.
On his part, Mr Mbevi who unsuccessfully contested the seat in 2002, wants to make for the mistakes that saw him lose the Narc ticket to another candidate.
Mr Muthembewa, 54, has been on the Kaiti political scene since 1997. The retired education administrator runs a private academy.
Mr Mutua, who has just quit the construction career where he has been for the last 30 years, is making his debut in politics.
Mr Muthembwa and Mr Mutua are accusing the MP of bias in the use of the CDF kitty.
They accuse the MP of using the CDF to build mortuaries instead of helping develop the area to benefit the living.
Mr Muthembwa said thus: "As much as we respect the dead, we still feel it was a waste of money for the MP to have settled for mortuaries in Kaiti when there were many other priority projects that could have benefited from the funds."
Mr Kimanga has entered the fray in a style and his campaign machine appears to be well oiled.
He is currently the chairman of the Board of Governors of Ndolo Secondary School in the constituency.
He is also a founder member and leader of a local welfare group that draws its membership from all over the constituency.
Ms Mwau is an assistant minister for Labour in charge of Manpower Development.
She is renewing her rivalry with Mr Ndambuki which started in 1997 when she contested the seat on a Social Democratic Party ticket and came third.
Before she ventured into politics, Ms Mwau had made a name in the civic education projects in Kaiti and beyond.
She entered parliamentary politics in 2003 after she was nominated through the influence of Kitui Central MP Charity Ngilu who was then close to her.
They were good friends then but, as they say in politics that there are no permanent friends or enemies, Ms Mwau and Mrs Ngilu fell out as soon as she entered Parliament.
It was a time when Mrs Ngilu was forcing pressure from a group of top Kibaki allies who wanted to get her out as the Narc chairman.
This group took a number of Mrs Ngilu's allies and Ms Mwau was one of them.
In the December elections, Ms Mwau is likely to enter the field using her own tact and resources.


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JethroD replied to mummypatrol's topic in General Police DiscussionOur force does have it but to qualify I believe you have to provide medical evidence that would prevent you from undertaking the bleep test. I know a few who failed the bleep test but then passed on their first retest. Haven't heard of anyone subject to UPP though.
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JethroD replied to skydiver's topic in Non-Police News & ChatI'm sure Osbourne said that automatic pay rises based on time served were going to be a thing of the past. Any future increments would be based on performance / suitable appraisal , which as you know is a complete farce. I'm sure that was the general flavour of it but this is just from recollection.
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JethroD replied to skydiver's topic in Non-Police News & ChatI thought this was mentioned a while ago and it was only a matter of time before it was implemented in all public sector roles
Maths was never my strong suit so please bear with me here. If I'm correct there will be people already in tapering and still paying into the 87 scheme. If any challenge takes 2 years to be finalised (as an example) then there will me many more officers in the tapering zone by that point. So if the Govt decide to say "right , tapering is scrapped for you all" then how on earth are people's pensions going to be sorted out figures wise etc if you've already had some form of protection / tapering granted. Sorry if this seems long winded
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JethroD replied to Westie's topic in Non-Police News & ChatUnfortunately I can now see Australia going on and winning the remaining tests. England look bereft of confidence in the top order and Mitchell Johnson is starting to play like a man possessed. It will be interesting to see if the selectors make some brave decisions to change personnel before Edgebaston. I must say though that Australia were terrific in that last test
Any developments on CS will become clear once the new budget takes place next week. A further huge cut in the police budget is likely to force the issue. The current terrorist issues may cause the Govt to rethink things but I'm not holding my breath
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JethroD replied to Silver plated's topic in Non-Police News & ChatWhat odds on him being the next policing minister ?
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JethroD replied to Silver plated's topic in Non-Police News & ChatThe election has been playing on my mind for a while, especially what the consequences could be if the Tories got back in and what unfinished business they have with us. Well in a way I've adopted Porkchops outlook. I've got 7 to do and I'm at the (couldn't care less stage) after several years of turmoil. Yes I would love to complete my 30 but think now that could be a pipe dream. So today I have readied a CV in preparation of CS coming our way. I am a huge believer in everything happens for a reason and if I'm dispensed with then I'm confident my policing experience will stand me in good stead. I am not going to get stressed out or worried now (I've witnessed both my children survive life threatening illnesses when they were younger) and nothing is worse than that. In a way I now feel a lot happier and stress free about the future.
I have to admire you for making such a bold decision. I'm not sure I could have. I hope everything works out as you've planned mate.
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No that's not correct. I fall into that date of birth range and have tapering. If you look at page 10 of the document there is a section for tapering less than 20 service but over 38yrs old which has the service start dates rather than dates of birth. That's the table you need to work out from if your in that category as I am.
I would say that the service band of 20-25 years are more at risk than the over 25's. The reason being that the over 25's "should" have more people who are aged 50 and over than the younger group and would therefore qualify for a pension straight away, or within a short time period. The 20-25 group will result in a lot of deferred pensions and are on top whack wages also.


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More Weddings, Funerals and Rites - I know I said that I was going to discontinue the sale on this book, but I also want to be sure that everyone who wants to get it has had a chance to order it at the discounted price. I have posted a survey here:
It only accepts 100 responses, so if we're over the amount and you want to say yes, email me. (We're over already)
NEW SEARCH FUNCTION: We have a web new search function button on the website. It's through a new search group called 'LeapFish'. The cool thing about it is that when you search through it, you can look at Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. It also automatically shows images, videos from youtube and a lot more. It's one-stop shopping, which is really convenient. Go to the website and try it out. It's on the front page at the top of the gray sidebar.
CHAPLAINCY COURSE - I've just had submitted to me a new chaplaincy course. It would be the first course of a full program for people who wish to be chaplains. The Chaplaincy program will consist of this new course, along with several other required courses, including the Comparative Religion and the Spirit Quest. We haven't set the entire program yet, but when we do, we'll let you all know. We are also getting ready to offer the option of another Christian-oriented chaplaincy course created by Rev. Louis C. Hook. We don't have all the particulars, but his is a college-level course, so we'll keep you posted.
NEW PROJECT - I'm still kicking around ideas for the new Seminary Handbook. If you have any ideas, please let me know. I plan on having one sample of several types of ceremonies, training info from the site, a catalog and a lot more. Oh, I will also be making available the new Weddings, Funerals and Rites book available on disc very shortly. The autoresponder crash has put me way behind.
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LabVIEW 2016 incorporates new channel wires
National Instruments, NI has launched its latest version of LabVIEW. Designated LabVIEW 2016 it incorporates new features including new channel wires.
Wires are the fundamental concept behind LabVIEW. The new wires considerably simplifies the complex communication between parallel sections of code. The new LabVIEW channel wires capability is available on both desktop and real-time versions of LabVIEW, and it helps helps improve code readability and reduces development time.
"The new channel wires in LabVIEW 2016 enable us to develop applications even faster by making architectures that are more transferable across domains," said Christopher Relf, chief engineer at VI Engineering. "With channel wires, we can set up sophisticated software architectural patterns that natively have multiple sources, without having to create and maintain considerable amounts of custom software in the background."
Much of the success that LabVIEW users have had relies on the openness of both the product itself and the ecosystem that supports it. LabVIEW 2016 continues this trend with enhanced interoperability with Python and third-party devices. This openness, combined with several new enhancements, helps users continue to improve productivity by streamlining code development and deployment. With the latest version of LabVIEW, users can:
Simplify development with new channel wires that reduce complex asynchronous communication to a single wire
Take advantage of more RAM and memory with new 64-bit add-on support for the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module, LabVIEW MathScript Real-Time Module, LabVIEW Unit Test Framework Toolkit, LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit and LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit
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