text: http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/01/22/3143399/westlands-water-districts-1-billion.html Westland's $1 billion claim against U.S. rejected By Michael Doyle - Bee Washington Bureau Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 | 05:14 PM WASHINGTON -- A federal court has quietly dismissed a $1 billion claim by the Westlands Water District, leaving unresolved the long-standing problem of coping with irrigation drainage in the San Joaquin Valley. Wading carefully into one of the West's muddiest controversies, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge rejected arguments by Westlands, the nation's largest water district, that the federal government should pay for failing to build a drainage system that carries away used irrigation water. The failure has vexed farmers and officials alike for several decades and incited multiple lawsuits. In her 56-page ruling, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Emily C. Hewitt largely avoided the immense political, agricultural and environmental consequences. Instead, Hewitt reasoned that Westlands' lawsuit, filed last February, failed for a combination of technical legal reasons, including her court's limited jurisdiction and the expiration of a six-year statute of limitation. "All the events that would fix the liability of the government with regard to any breach of the (contracts) ... would have occurred before 2006, outside the limitations period," Hewitt said at one point. Moreover, Hewitt, in her decision issued Jan. 15, specifically rejected several of Westlands' claims that the federal government was legally obligated under multiple contracts dating to the 1960s to complete a drainage system. "Because (Westlands) failed to show that drainage service was a bargained-for benefit of any of these contracts, (Westlands) has not shown that drainage service is a 'fruit' of any of the contracts," she reasoned. Craig Manson, the general counsel for Westlands, said Tuesday that the water district was evaluating its future options and stressed that it "will press" the government to provide drainage. A separate lawsuit filed by individual Westlands farmers, relying on different legal arguments, is still pending before the claims court. "We still believe we have a viable claim against the government for failure to provide drainage service," Manson said in a telephone interview. Serving some 600,000 acres, Westlands is also one of the most politically potent water districts. Manson is a former top Interior Department official, and the district hired the Denver-based law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to file the claims court lawsuit. The Washington court handles cases that involve financial claims against the federal government. From the start, Westlands' lawyers underscored the high stakes. "In the end, this is the never-ending story of the United States government simply running away from a mammoth problem it, itself, created by failing to perform its statutory and contractual obligations," attorney Lawrence W. Treece wrote in the water district's initial brief. Congress set the trains in motion in 1960 when it authorized the San Luis Unit of the vast Central Valley Project network of dams and canals. As part of the overall project to deliver irrigation water, lawmakers included a drainage system to dispose of the saline water that accumulates beneath irrigated land. At one point, federal officials directed the drainage to Kesterson Reservoir in western Merced County in California's agriculturally rich Central Valley. Because the planned drain was never completed to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the toxic water piled up at Kesterson, poisoning birds and other wildlife until the Interior Department shut it down in the mid-1980s. Subsequent efforts to find a lasting solution have failed. As an alternative to its $1 billion claim, Westlands asked that its future water-contract payments be reduced to account for the government's contractual failures. Hewitt disputed Westlands' contention that the language of several contracts dating to 1963 constitutes a legal obligation of the federal government to construct a drainage system. "At most it represents defendant's prediction or intent that the interceptor drain will provide service to Westlands in the future," Hewitt said of the language in one contract, adding that "government representations are not binding contractual obligations unless stated as an undertaking rather than an intention." Complicating the picture, a different federal court previously ruled that the federal government had "a duty to provide drainage service" to Westlands. This earlier ruling, though, focused on a "statutory" duty imposed by the 1960 law authorizing the San Luis Unit, and it's different from a contractual duty. This earlier ruling, Hewitt added, also didn't specify what kind of drainage must be provided. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.dcn.org/pipermail/env-trinity/attachments/20130123/0fa16d2f/attachment.html


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NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - Health officials in Idaho are encouraging residents to get vaccinated against pertussis - also called whooping cough - as neighboring Washington state struggles with its worst outbreak of the disease in decades. Southwest District Health spokeswoman Laurie Boston told the Idaho Press-Tribune that the disease doesn't know state boundary lines, and it's extremely important for people to be vaccinated and get booster shots against the disease. Idaho has had 31 cases of whooping cough between January and April of this year, including one infant in eastern Idaho who died of the disease. The state had 32 cases last year during the same time period. In 2010, the state tallied 43 cases between January and April.


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Adventures of the Hokkaido Bush PigBy The Hokkaido Bush Pig
The Pig Goes Mobile
One advantage of writing for a good magazine is that sometimes you get invited to try some fun things. I recently got such an invitation for myself and my family from the guys at Sapporo Snowmobile Land. I'm always looking for new activities for my two boys, Rimu, 8, and Toa, 4, to try, so I rounded up my family and off we went.
Snowmobiling is not for everyone but it's something I have always wanted to try. After meeting the crew and getting all kitted out, we were off with my friend and guide Harley Gurney leading the way. Immediately I was surprised at how easy a snow mobile is to drive.
My wife, Hiroko who doesn't drive at all, took to it like a duck in water and was kicking my butt all over the place. One of my boys came with me, the other went with Harley, and they absolutely loved it. The feel of wind blowing passed my face and the rush of speed got my blood pumping and put smiles on my sons' happy little faces.
Snowmobiling with your kids is a great family day out and, with a good company, totally safe. The trip on which we went took about three hours which can be a bit much for young kids, especially if your kids are like mine and need to get re-fueled every few hours (like father, like sons).
We rode up to a great spot and stopped, and I got out my burners and cooked up some noodles and hot drinks for the kids, and it was back on for more fun.
As I mentioned, snowmobiles are not for everyone. I for one have a love-hate relationship with them. When I am going flat-out riding, I love them, but when I am sleeping in my tent somewhere all alone in the backcountry thinking I am the only person around and then, out of the blue, these machines turn up, I absolutely hate them.
This happened to me a few years ago when I spent a full day snowshoeing up to three peaks with nice, gentle slopes, which I call the "three sisters." They have some amazing views of the classically shaped volcano, Mt. Yotei, the Niseko ski area and many other Hokkaido peaks.
I used to like this spot because I never used to see anyone out there, but all that came to an end one morning when I was awaken by the noise of what sounded like 100 snowmobiles, but which turned out to be 12. When I came out of my tent to see what was going on, I was surprised to find these snowmobiles shooting up and down the slopes. I wasn't happy at all that my piece of paradise was lost.
However, trying to turn a bad situation into a good one, I watched these guys for a while doing their thing, and it looked like a lot of fun. That's when I decided one day I was going to get on one and give it hell. I still haven't had the chance to get into the real backcountry and do what those guys were doing, but I hope that day will come soon.
Love 'em or hate 'em, snowmobiles are a lot of fun and a great way to spend time with the family. My family and I would like to say thanks to the guys at Snow Mobile Land Sapporo for a great day.
If you would like to join me on another trip with the guys from Sapporo Snow Mobile Land, contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Word up from "The Pig."


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"I am contributing to cleaner air by bicycling to work every day. My commute is 6.8 miles one way – it takes me about 40-45 minutes each way to get to work. I have been doing this for over 3 years now, and the benefits are not only for myself – I am in excellent health – but this is also a great way to keep Broward beautiful. Before I started biking, I had many health issues like rheumatoid arthritis, pain in my back and knees, weight gain etc. Now, after 3 years, I enjoy my bike ride every day, it is my way of winding down after work, getting my exercise and feeling good about the environment. Please spread the word – biking is like a miracle drug – it really works!"
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As a member of Broward County's Pollution Prevention, Remediation, and Air Quality Division, I take pride in "practicing what I preach." While I have not reached the level of efficiency I aspire to, I do my fair share to reduce my impact on the environment. I drive a fuel efficient vehicle. I walk, take public transportation, and carpool whenever I can. I look for and use energy efficient appliances, electronics, and consumables (especially CFLs) in my home. I use programmable timers on the central air conditioner and water heater so they are working very little or not at all unless people are home. I use trees and shrubs (outdoors) and heavy curtains (indoors) to minimize heat entry into my home to further reduce A/C usage. I turn off electronics, lights, and appliances when I leave a room. If weather permits, I dry clothes on a clothesline until almost dry before giving them a final tumble in the dryer for added fluffiness. I use water-conserving toilets, as well as aerators for faucets and showers with mid-stream shut-off valves…I even use a water conserving car wash kit. Additionally, when I no longer need things that are still useful (i.e., functioning electronics, clothes, towels, etc.), I donate them to agencies that can provide them to people or animals that will benefit from them. I recycle ANYTHING that can be recycled, whether it is recycled by my local waste collection agency at work or at home, or specialized recyclers. While I do not compost for myself, I collect food waste than can be composted for several of my coworkers as well as the Broward County Government Center West garden. I hope to be able to incorporate solar panels and rain collectors into my master plan minimize my impact on this earth sometime in the future. That is the goal.
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I believe everything we do to help the environment makes a difference, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem. If we all make one change in our daily routine the results can be substantially large. I bring my own bags to Publix to help save with the use of all the plastic bags we consume daily, after I realized one day I had 14 plastic bags in one grocery run at the store. Also, I pay all my bills on line to avoid receiving paper statements, it saves energy as no letter needs to be delivered to my house or the company I am sending the payment to, as well as the savings from paper including all the advertisement companies include with the bills.
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Congratulations to Robert Hickey of Broward County Transit, winner of Pollution Prevention, Remediation and Air Quality Division's Greening the Holidays Challenge. Hickey persuaded his neighbors to use their holiday lights every other night (i.e., odd numbered addresses one night, and even ones the next) and purchased energy-efficient bulbs for his tree. He made 80 percent of his decorations and reduced shopping trips by purchasing gifts online, and installed a new air conditioning unit for his home.
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I bring my own plastic container for leftovers whenever I go out to lunch or dinner. That way, I help save money, calories, and the planet all at once! I always turn off my power strip and light over my cubicle when I am leaving my cubicle to go out into the field, which is most days of the week. I re-use the back of blotter calendar pages, for posting charts for facilitations and presentations.
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"I have biked to work for my entire Broward County career of six years, and with training from the Broward County Naturescape Program, I converted my back yard, front yard, and boulevard area into a Florida friendly yard. Kestrels, Hummingbirds, Swallowtail butterflies and much more are now my neighbors."
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"I feel fortunate to work for environmental protection because for me, saving the planet is not just a job, but a real passion. Some examples of what I do at work include using mugs and silverware instead of throw-away plastic; print almost everything on the backside of scrap paper; print only on the "draft" setting to save toner (this is easy to do); walk to lunch or the library instead of driving; carpool twice a week; and shut down my computer each night instead of simply logging off. I even turn my power strip off each weekend which eliminates any vampire power. I share these ideas with others and hope that they can learn from my example."
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"I have a reusable lunch kit. I brought a fork, spoon, knife, plate and bowl from home to use at lunchtime. This eliminates having to use plastic silverware, paper plates and Styrofoam cups. I also have mismatched cloth napkins that I picked up at a clearance sale, so I don't need to use paper napkins or paper towels. Here at the Long Key Nature Center we try to make double-sided copies whenever possible. However, we keep a box near the copier and laser printer where we place any paper that still has a usable side. Everyone in the office is able to use this paper as a substitute for notebooks or sticky notes. I cut the paper into eighths and keep the scraps in a pretty box on my desk. In this way, we are able to reuse the paper before we recycle it."
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"Greening your work place is the right thing to do whether you believe in global warming or not. One of the things that I do on a personal level is manually turning off my computer monitor when I go away for lunch or a meeting. I also use misprints as notepaper before recycling them, and I enable the energy savings mode on the copy machine immediately after use if nobody is waiting behind me. I digitize documents for record keeping and sharing purposes, and I use task lighting only when necessary."
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My husband worked hard on renovation projects at home. It was the year that we went "green"― really "GREEN." After much research, we added 5.3 kilowatt solar energy panels on the roof. The panels are thin, flexible and adhere to our metal roof. Our "green" initiative continued when my husband replaced all of our home light fixtures with compact florescent or LED lighting. Our 17-year-old air conditioner was replaced with a high efficiency 16 SEER unit. Finally, my husband bought two induction-cooking burners that heat pans and skillets. The pan gets hot very quickly and cooks the food faster, while using less electricity than traditional cook-tops. Believe it or not, the burner stays cool! With all the new additions, our recent electric bill dropped 66 percent from the same timeframe the previous year.
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Monday, 30 January 2012
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Very beautiful morning - am in Montreal and heading off for a taped interview with Shelagh Rogers of CBC Radio's The Next Chapter - a terrific national programme on all things literary. Love talking with Shelagh....who also happens to be a friend. So that always helps.
I'm actually declining all interviews and most work-related things - including reading books with a view to endorsing them - to try to do two sort of contradictory things...detach and relax and have fun with Michael and friends. but also, to allow for thoughts of the next book. I realize that I don't multi-task well. Like most people, I do it - but I am beginning to suspect what it means is that I do a mediocre job of many things instead of doing one or two things very well.
So now my priorities are: Michael and my personal life....and writing the next book.
Hard to do, honestly, without feeling willful and selfish. But am trying. I also know that there really is, as I've mentioned before, a season for everything. through the fall I plug into the greater world...open that door....indeed, through the summer it creeps open. But now is the time to close it, and look after my own 'home'.
I imagine you know exactly what I'm talking about. Have to say - along those lines - we had a wonderful time at Hovey!! it was a great 'marriage' of relaxation and work. But the work was simply fun.
Michael and I talked (among other things) about one plot line for book 9, and then when Michael left, Susan and I talked about another plot line. I just love this part of the process. Creating....and inviting other ideas. And eating gourmet meals while we're at it.
have some wonderful news! A Trick of the Light has been shortlisted for the Dilys Award - voted on by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the book they most enjoyed selling in 2011! Here's the whole list...
Faithful Place, Tana French (Penguin)
Wicked Autumn, G.M. Malliet (Minotaur)
Tag Man, Archer Mayor (Minotaur)
A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Ghost Hero, S.J. Rozan (Minotaur)
Congratulations to everyone!
And heard last night some more wonderful news!!! A Trick of the Light was voted the most popular book of 2011 at the very popular site, Dorothy L (which refers to the great Dorothy L Sayers). So pleased about that!!! And my friend Julia Spencer-Fleming was close behind with her wonderful book, One Was A Soldier.
You know, I hoped when I started writing to be published...I never dreamed one of the greatest joys would be all the amazing people I get to meet - and the friends I'd make.
Hope you had a fun weekend -
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Congratulations, Louise! Imagine, book #9. Each book is a gift.
Karen L.
- 30 January 2012 at 06:58
- lil Gluckstern said...
I predict more honors for "Trick" this year. Both your book and Julia's hit my "best of" list. I'm looking forward to Book #8, and you must spend your life the way you want it. I don't believe your short changing anyone.
- 30 January 2012 at 10:58
- Colombine said...
Congratulations Louise!
It's wonderful!
You're one of the best!
- 30 January 2012 at 14:06
While scanning the reviews for Wicked Autumn, I read "recommended for fans of Louise Penny". I guess I better read that book soon. Bob, in Oak Park, California
- 30 January 2012 at 16:24
- K.B. Owen said...
How wonderful, Louise! Kudos! It's good that you're recognizing where you need to be mentally (and otherwise) at this point in time, and conserving your resources. And we'll all benefit in the long run! Happy Winter - Kathy
- 30 January 2012 at 19:39
Just found your blog - discovered your books over Christmas - have gotten nothing done for the past four weeks - but I have read them all. Whew!! Wonderful books - please write faster!! Love Ruth's poetry - :)
- 31 January 2012 at 09:43
- colleen said...
Your book, a trick of the light cost 16 dollars for the kindle edition and $10.00 for a hardcover. This is ridiculous. I just started reading your books. Am on my second one. Will not buy anymore even at the $8.88 for ebook, out of protest for you allowing your greedy publishers to price your latest ebook at the above outrageous price.
- 26 February 2012 at 02:26
- colleen said...
I will protest wherever I can regarding your kindle ebook cost of $16.00 vs, hardcover cost of $10.00. Please, anyone reading this, make your voice heard. This kind of rip off by your publishers only promotes piracy of ebooks. I don't mind paying a reasonable price for your ebooks, but this latest attempt of greed makes it justifiable for piracy.
- 26 February 2012 at 02:34
- K.B. Owen said...
Jeepers, simmer down, Colleen. Louise doesn't set the price of her books. And the publisher isn't the only one that has a hand in how it's finally priced, either. The vendor has a lot to do with it.
I did a little research after reading your rant. At Barnes and Noble, the ebook is actually the CHEAPEST form of Trick of the Light, at $12.99, with the hardcover a dollar more (that's with my BN member discount). Amazon is selling the ebook for the same price as BN, but they have DISCOUNTED the hardback to $10. It was originally $25.99! What are you complaining about? Ever read Jesus' parable about the workers in the vineyard, who complained when the guys hired for only an hour got the same wage as they got, even though that was what they had originally agreed upon? Check Matthew 20: 1-16. It's the same thing here. Don't get mad about the ebook being the same price it's supposed to be when the hardback has been discounted.
Louise, I haven't bought Trick of the Light yet, because I want to finish the other novels first and read them in order, but I want to say that your work is fabulous, and you deserve every award you've received (and will receive, if things turn out at Malice the way I think they will). As a not-yet-published mystery writer, I understand the sweat equity, talent, and absolute pouring out of oneself onto the page that has to happen in order to produce such a body of work. You are worth - forgive me - every Penny. :)
God Bless,
Kathy Owen
- 26 February 2012 at 07:02


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones is to perform "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted" at the Oscars in Los Angeles next month.
This will be Jones' first time performing on an Oscar show, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said Monday.
The song features music by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane, who also wrote and directed "Ted," as well as provided the voice for the titular stuffed bear.
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" is nominated for an Original Song Oscar.
"I had such a great time recording this song with Seth, and was thrilled to find out that it was nominated for an Oscar," Jones said in a statement. "Getting to perform it at such a prestigious event, which my friend [MacFarlane] is hosting, is a once in a lifetime opportunity."
"We are happy to have Norah Jones perform Seth's and Walter Murphy's nominated song on our Oscar telecast," said Zadan and Meron in a joint statement. "We are big admirers of Norah's singing, and she will help celebrate the unique circumstance of having an Oscar host who is also nominated for Best Original Song."
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The ceremony is to air on ABC.


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Skid Row were one of the very last hair metal bands to hit the mainstream before grunge took over in the early '90s. While the band's self-titled debut employed standard pop-metal riffs and generic lyrics (albeit to great commercial success), 1991's Slave to the Grind and 1995's Subhuman Race broke away from the pop-metal mold with uncharacteristically hard, thrashy guitars and unique songwriting techniques. Though personal differences and changing trends would eventually tear the core lineup apart by 1996, Skid Row showed tremendous promise during their short time in the spotlight.
Based in New Jersey, Skid Row were formed in 1986 by bassist Rachel Bolan and former Bon Jovi guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. The pair added guitarist Scott Hill, drummer Rob Affuso, and a larger than life vocalist named Sebastian Bach to the lineup by early 1987, and the band spent the next year and a half playing a series of local clubs in the eastern U.S. Having remained in contact with Jon Bon Jovi, Sabo convinced the established rock star to land Skid Row a record deal with Atlantic Records. In 1989, the band released its first album, Skid Row, which went multi-platinum on the strength of the Top 40 singles "18 and Life" and "I Remember You." Success came with a backlash, however -- the bandmembers had naïvely signed away much of their royalties, and Sebastian Bach's wild, often childlike behavior landed the group in additional trouble. During the subsequent tour, Bach garnered harsh criticism for a T-shirt he publicly sported displaying the message "AIDS KILLS FAGS DEAD." Suits were also filed against Bach after a concert during the supporting tour, where the singer allegedly threw a glass bottle into the crowd and injured a young female fan.Nonetheless, Skid Row's muscular songcraft retained a devoted audience. Released in 1991, Slave to the Grind debuted at number one on the Billboard chart, an unprecedented accomplishment for a metal band. While the album did not chart any real radio hits, Grind received stronger critical praise and eventually reached platinum status. However, like so many of their peers, Skid Row lost much of their fan base during the grunge invasion of the '90s. As Nirvana stormed the scene in 1992, Skid Row took a hiatus, waiting out the grunge period and pondering breakups (ironically, Nirvana had once gone under the name Skid Row in the '80s). Skid Row returned in 1995 with Subhuman Race, which surprisingly charted in the Top 40 but otherwise did not attract any real attention.
During the supporting tour, tensions between the group members ran high and Skid Row disbanded shortly afterward. Bach went on to form the Last Hard Men with Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but the group broke up after recording a cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" for the Scream soundtrack in 1996. Plans to record new songs for the Skid Row greatest-hits album, 1998's Forty Seasons, fell through, and Bach went on to form a solo project and portray the title role in the Broadway musical Jeckyll and Hyde. In mid-2000, Skid Row re-formed with new singer Johnny Solinger and toured as the opening band for Kiss' farewell tour. They released Thickskin with Solinger in 2003, followed by Revolutions Per Minute in 2006. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bach enjoyed a surge in popularity when he appeared in a VH1 reality show opposite Ted Nugent and Scott Ian.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
20 comments:
- texasholly said...
Festive! hahaha.
- April 14, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- Frau said...
Obama puppy... gots nothing on yours! Red,white and blue nice touch!
- April 15, 2009 at 1:18 AM
- Threeboys1mommy said...
meh he he, that was the first thing I thought. Paris Hilton is probably buying out every party supply store as we speak.
- April 15, 2009 at 2:18 AM
- Shaggs said...
Yep, you're still better than Dooce.
- April 15, 2009 at 2:47 AM
- McMommy said...
Pretty sure you just won 1st place in the Wordless Wednesday contest with this post.
- April 15, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- kmoye said...
You so should have mentioned the dog's name in hopes it would trigger some Michelle Obama blog search so she would come read your blog. Also I would add something like "my dog is better than Bo".
- April 15, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Denise said...
Good gravy! Is that dog seriously as tall as the kitchen counter? Cute lol!
- April 15, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Abby said...
Fun! I have similar pics of my dog!
- April 15, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Scandalous Housewife said...
That pic makes your dog look like he's a 200 pounder that belongs to the Jolly Green Giant! Trick photography?
- April 15, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- foxy gal said...
yours looks much more 'presidential'... ha.
- April 15, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Ali said...
Your dog is more patriotic than the Obama dog?!
- April 15, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Jen said...
Oh suck cuties.
- April 15, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Rene said...
The Obama's so stole your dog's look -- are you gonna sue?
- April 15, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Rene said...
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- April 15, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Miss Yvonne said...
Who knew Obama's dog was a copycat?
- April 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- because I said so said...
so then no stashing the dog treats on the counter then?
proves you are way more fashion forward than Michelle....right?
- April 15, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- zelzee said...
My God...........I'm seeing double!!
- April 15, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- scpjolly said...
you're dog is cuter :)
- April 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Jenny said...
Love it! Hey, I'm all about the dog. I posted about my dog today, too.
- April 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- gaohui said...
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1. Seems like you can get a LOT more RV if you can spend $40 -55k+. My observation is that the more expensive RV's lose more of their value vs. new purchase price so they represent a better value if the buyer can afford the extra $. Is this correct (or at least often true)?
2. Seems like diesels are not typically less than about 34' long unless class B? Correct?
3. What would be a fair price for a diesel shop to inspect a diesel drivetrain, brakes, etc.?
4. what are the advantages/disadvantages of a tag axle?
5. Is the 8.1 Chev considered superior to the Ford?
6. Any brands or models that are known to be trouble or chronically poor service.
other questions I ought to be asking ...
The up-sides of having a tag axle are that the coach can carry a lot more weight - a LOT more weight. They're noticeably more stable in strong winds from any direction (or when passing by semis) there's virtually no porpoising on bouncy roads and a tag equipped coach will often have a higher towing capacity.The down-sides are... they require a little more maintenance (so far, ours has been insignificant.) You'll have to buy two more tires and two more TPMS sensors, and you'll usually have a slightly larger turning radius (although not by much.) The tag axle takes up a space that could be used for additional basement storage, but almost all tag equipped coaches built today are at least 43 feet long (the exception being a Newmar 40 footer) so it's pretty much a wash.Kev
I am sure it isn't a big deal because about every big truck is set up that way but I would have to guess tires wear faster being pushed to the side like that???
Was in NM the other day and they have trailers with 3-4 axles and tag axles in the front and rear of that. Trucks with tags in front and rear too - wow! They must haul some heavy loads.Anyway, if it helps, my rear axle is 20,000 lbs, and tag is 10,000 lbs. My GVWR is 44,000 and I'm 43.5' long. (I guess that makes my front axle 14,000 lbs)
My cousins son owns a crane business in Chicago. He just bought a new crane. Tires are $3700 a piece.
Only take jobs that are directly in front of him - Tough turning that baby!!
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Master Plan!
So this assignment was for Air Tran GO!, Air Tran's inflight magazine. They are one of my oldest clients, and they've been great about letting me get creative and take some chances with my work. This piece is one of my new favorites, because I got to just go crazy with it and they even let me design the title! Great fun.
These were the sketches:
And here is my original image!
For those who know me, you know I love art deco...for this I was trying to channel that "stylized industrial" feel. My style sort of changes depending on what type of assignment I get, and I felt the one I chose worked really well here. Here's hoping for more good fits in the future!
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"I am what I am, I don't want praise, I don't want pity
I bang my own drum; some think it's noise, I think it's pretty
And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle
Why not try to see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham 'til you can shout out loud
I am what I am"
— Zaza, "La Cage aux Folles"
Thousands of sequins and countless yards of lamé are about to be rolled into Segerstrom Hall for the arrival of Jerry Herman's "La Cage aux Folles." Herman also is the composer of such iconic musicals as "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame."
The current Broadway touring production stars George Hamilton as Georges and Christopher Sieber as Albin. Georges manages a night club in Saint-Tropez, where his partner Albin is the starring act as Zaza.
Hilarity ensues when Georges' son from a long-ago tryst, Jean-Michel, brings his fiancee's ultra-conservative family home to meet the parents — her father is the leader of the Tradition, Family and Morality Party.
(Film fans may recognize the plot of "La Cage" from a related film that saw substantial box office success: "The Birdcage.")
Sieber's current song-and-dance role is one of the most demanding on Broadway — only seconded, perhaps, to one of his other breakout roles: that of Lord Farquaad in "Shrek: The Musical," in which the actor performs the entire show on his knees to evidence Farquaad's vertically challenged stature.
Sieber is best known to general audiences as Kevin Burke in the sitcom "Two of a Kind," with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, but has a vast theater pedigree, including originating the role of Sir Dennis Galahad in"Spamalot" on Broadway and in London.
"The thing about 'Shrek' that I love so much is, they were so good to me and let me find so much stuff in my character," he said. "[Creator] David Lindsay-Abaire asked me to collaborate with him. He asked me if I had any good ideas and whatnot. I would just go and do something or say something, and he would say, 'Now that's in the show.' I really helped create a good portion of Farquaad.
"However, I only do shows now that apparently hurt me. 'Spamalot' was joy on earth. For a year and a half, we could not wait for the set to break so we could go out. We got to the theatre an hour early [to socialize]. That was just a heaven cast; that was a miracle cast.
"I really do like my 'Spamalot' and my 'Shrek' and I am enjoying my Zaza, but it really does take your life away. You have to be a good boy, and save your voice, especially for songs like 'I Am What I Am.' 'Shrek' and 'Spamalot are two of my favorite things that I've ever created."
Sieber literally walked into the role of Georges when he first began "La Cage."
"I think I may be the only actor who's played both [leads] during the same show. I was going to go back to the Broadway show of 'Chicago,' playing Billy Flynn, which I had done several years prior. I wasn't familiar with the new show, so I said, lemme get a ticket. I'm in line at the Ambassador Theatre and the phone rings. It's my agent. He says, 'Don't see "Chicago" today; you're going to see "La Cage" today.'
"Harvey Fierstein was playing at the time right across the street at the Longacre. This was right at the time that Jeff Tambor had left because of his hip; I had no idea. Chris Hoch, the understudy, was onstage. I went backstage after the show, and Harvey dragged me into the dressing room. He said, 'Are you gonna do the show? I want you to play Georges opposite me.' Harvey and I have been friends for 20 years. I said yes, and seven days later I'm on Broadway, starring opposite Harvey Fierstein — name above the title, the whole schlemiel.
"Our chemistry was great; we got amazing reviews. It was like a gift from heaven. But we only lasted about nine weeks (laughs) and then the producer talked about a national tour. Harvey said he had other things to do, and they asked me, 'Would you be interested in playing Zaza?' I thought, it's with George Hamilton, and it's one of those parts that I think an actor should do, and that's how it happened. You know what? George is 72 and he's kicking it; he's been doing it for nine months.
"This is my second time on national tour; the first time was 'Meet Me in St. Louis,'" he said. "When you're 22 to 23, and your metabolism is like a bunny rabbit, you don't need much sleep; now it matters. I need food that's not gonna make me fat, and rest is something that I constantly need. It's physically and vocally exhausting; it takes a lot out of you. I always say, for three and a half hours, I never stop; we have three bathroom breaks built in, and I really don't ever leave the stage. Once I'm on, I don't stop. We don't even have a real intermission."
"La Cage" has seen its share of controversy over the years, but remains a Broadway standard that has seen several revivals and has been performed around the world.
"The message is all about family," Sieber said. "It's not a conventional family, but this show is about who you love. It's so funny, because it's so timely now because of all the political garbage that's going on right now. And being on tour, 99.9% of the audience is fantastic. The people we meet are great. I think it's the talking heads on TV and the politicians who seem to have a problem, not the people.
"If you like a good old musical, come and see us, because you're going to have a blast. Georges is terrific; I am amazing."
He laughs.
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When: July 24 to Aug. 5
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HOUSTON (AP) — Usain Bolt was in shock when he heard fellow Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday night after the NBA's All-Star celebrity game, the Jamaican gold medalist still couldn't seem to believe it.
"For me, I'm really trying to take it all in," he said. "When I heard, I was in shock and I'm still just trying to process it in my head to see if this is really real. So I need to listen to what's going on and see what's really happening."
BOLT: Comedian beat him in race somehow
Pistorius was arrested in the Valentine's Day killing of 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp.
The double-amputee runner had become a darling in South Africa and beyond after competing in the London Olympics with high-tech prosthetics.
He was in tears Friday when he appeared in court where he was charged with premeditated murder, which carries a life sentence.
PISTORIUS: Prosecutors seek higher charge
Bolt says he doesn't know Pistorius well, but that he has seen and spoken to him at various events.
Asked if he plans to reach out to the sprinter who became a star of the London Olympics, Bolt wasn't sure.
"I've got to stand back and see what's going on and then I'll decide what to do," Bolt said.
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Remember the TippExperience from just over a year ago? It was that very cool "Hunter Shoots A Bear" interactive YouTube campaign that finished up with something like 50 millions views..
Well, they are back, and this time it's Hunter and Bear's Birthday… Only this time, they are both in a world of trouble as a huge metorite heads towards their birthday party… And the only way to escape? Another quick application of Tipp-Ex tape that allows you to rewrite history with Hunter and the Bear! Time to start exploring… Ok so what are the best years? Yes, sorry, I'm a little slow in posting this one!


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|Oracle® Enterprise Manager Concepts
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The bigger your enterprise, the bigger the task to manage all the targets in that environment. You can set up Enterprise Manager to work within that environment so that multiple administrators can share the responsibilities of managing multiple targets. This set up includes defining the appropriate levels of access and privileges so administrators can perform their jobs in the most optimum way.
This chapter explains these concepts:
The breadth of management tasks available in Enterprise Manager depends on the privileges and roles assigned to the administrators. Administrator accounts are user accounts that allow administrators to log in to Enterprise Manager and perform management tasks. The privileges and roles assigned to the administrator account determine what the administrator can do within Enterprise Manager.
Enterprise Manager is installed with a default superadministrator account called SYSMAN. During the installation, you provide a password for SYSMAN. You use the SYSMAN account for the initial log in to Enterprise Manager. The superadministrator account cannot be deleted nor renamed.
The superadministrator account can create, as well as delete other administrator accounts and set up all administrator credentials. Among other tasks, the superadministrator can:
Create Enterprise Manager privileges and roles
Perform the initial set up of Enterprise Manager, for example, defining e-mail configurations and defining global notifications rules
Add additional targets to Enterprise Manager
Perform any action on any target in the system
Oracle recommends that after installation, the first time you log in to Enterprise Manager as SYMAN, you create a new administrator account for yourself. Oracle does not recommend logging in as superadministrator to conduct daily administration tasks.
Each administrator should have his or her own account that is not a superadministrator account. For example, you could create a new administrator account that would have access to a subset of targets (databases, application servers, hosts) in the environment for which the administrator is primarily responsible.
An Enterprise Manager administrator account (also known as an administrator) is an account that provides users permission to perform administrative tasks and access administrative information. You can set up each administrator account to have its own:
E-mail address
Notification rules
Set of privileges that determine what it can do in Enterprise Manager, for example, which targets it can access
Oracle recommends that you create an administrator account using the superadministrator account for each administrator on your administrative team. The superadministrator account has a lot of capabilities and it is not a good idea for everyone on the administration team to be logging in and doing work as SYSMAN.
See Also:"About Administrators and Roles" in the Enterprise Manager online help
System security is a major concern of any corporation. Security conscious IT departments plan privileges such that each person only has the minimum privileges needed to do his or her job. Also you do not want to perform the tedious task of individually granting access to tens, hundreds, or even thousands of targets to every new member of your organization.
With the Enterprise Manager administrator privileges and roles feature, you can perform this task within seconds, instead of hours.
A privilege is a right to perform management actions within Enterprise Manager such as:
View any target and add any target in the enterprise
Perform operations on a target such as configure credentials for maintenance operations of a target
The following types of privileges are defined by Oracle.
System Privileges allow a user to perform systemwide operations. The systemwide operations include:
Viewing any target, including all the Management Agents and the Management System pages.
Adding any target to Enterprise Manager for management.
Using any Beacon on any monitored host to monitor transactions, URLs, and network components. (See Chapter 3, " Application Performance Management" for additional information about Beacons.)
Monitoring Enterprise Manager performance.
Target Privileges allow a user to perform operations on a target. The target privileges include:
Viewing properties and monitoring information about a target.
Starting up and shutting down a target through the Operator privilege.
Maintaining the target by patching the software and data.
Granting all target privileges including deleting a target and configuring credentials for maintenance operations of a target.
Managing a target group by creating a target in a target group, deleting a target from a target group, and granting privileges to a group. See "Organizing Targets as Groups" for information about target groups.
Note:Certain privileges automatically include other privileges. For additional information, see the Enterprise Manager online help.
Roles are named groups of related privileges that you grant to users and other roles. Creating roles is an easy way to grant a set of privileges to a group of administrators rather than granting the privileges to each administrator, a privilege at a time. So in time if administrator responsibilities change, you need only change the Role definition once and the changes are automatically propagated to the administrators who have these roles.
Enterprise Manager has one predefined role, the PUBLIC role. By default, the PUBLIC role contains no privileges and is granted to every new Enterprise Manager administrator account created. The PUBLIC role is an easy way to grant privileges to all administrators. By granting a privilege to the PUBLIC role, all administrators get that privilege.
Roles can be based on:
Geographic location
For example, you can define a role for UK administrators to manage UK systems or define a role for Canadian administrators to manage Canadian systems.
Line of business
For example, you can define a role for administrators of the human resource systems or define a role for the sales systems.
Any other IT model
Granting of such roles and privileges guarantees security across all functional areas of Enterprise Manager. That is, if an administrator is restricted to only accessing development databases, then throughout the product, only those development databases on which he or she has been granted privileges will be available.
See Also:"Creating, Editing, and Viewing Roles" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Because of the ever-growing number of systems and services that administrators are responsible for, Enterprise Manager provides a view that includes only those targets you need to monitor. This view is called a group.
Groups are user-defined sets of targets logically combined to be managed as one. You can use groups in Enterprise Manager to monitor and manage different targets collectively, easily perform administrative operations against the targets, and consolidate and monitor your distributed targets as one logical entity.
For example, you can define a group called TEST that contains all hosts and database targets within your test environment. From the group's home page, you can easily see the overall status and availability of all the targets in your test group, instead of having to check the status of each individual member. You can easily perform maintenance operations against the group, for example, run a weekly job that backs up all test scripts. Even if group membership changes, any jobs submitted to the group automatically keep up with group membership.
From a Group's Home page (see Figure 7-1), whether the group is based on a homogenous set of targets or a heterogeneous set of targets (for example, a business's application), you can:
Easily determine the overall availability of all the members in the group and outstanding alerts.
Drill down and analyze the specifics of a particular target.
Select quick links to targets that are down, links to blackout schedules, and so.
Easily determine the status of members of the groups through the rollup of alerts, with quick drill-down into alert details.
Figure 7-1 Home Page for a Group
There are three types of groups:
A Group can include targets of the same type (for example, all your production databases) or include targets of different types (for example, all targets comprising your business's application).
A benefit of the Group target type is the Summary Metric, which is only available for this type of group. You define a Summary Metric to obtain overall performance information for one target type within the Group including: minimum, maximum, and averages of key performance metrics of all group members. These group averages reflect the overall performance of the group. Using these group averages, you can then compare the relative performance of any target within the group against the group average. This helps you to decide where you should apply your tuning efforts.
For example, if you define a group to monitor your database and OC4J targets, you can choose the:
Database:Session Activity:Active Sessions metric to be monitored for all the databases in the group
OC4J:Resource Usage:CPU Usage (%) metric to be monitored for all the OC4J targets in the group
If your group consists only of database targets, then you can choose to create a Database group. The Database Group Home page focuses on information pertinent to databases.
With creating a Database group, multiple instances – for example, all production databases – can be collected into a group and efficiently monitored on a single screen. You can quickly identify those databases that are down, have the most bottle necks, or have the most severe alert status.
Notice the Wait Time graph. This graph is prominent because it indicates the databases in the group that are having the most performance issues as measured by their wait time.
In addition, you get key availability and performance data on all members of the group with hyperlinks for further drill down. Database groups alleviate the need for cumbersome navigation between multiple instances and prevents performance degradation trends from going unnoticed. See Figure 7-2.
Figure 7-2 Home Page for a Database Group
Host group (Figure 7-3)
If your group consists only of host targets, then you can choose to create a Host group. The Host Group Home page focuses on information pertinent to hosts.
By creating a Host group, overview information of the state of the hosts that make up the group is available. The overview information includes status and number of hosts, and information about the memory of the hosts in the group. You can also get the configuration information regarding the hardware and operating system. Charts are available, for example, Most Active Hosts by CPU Usage.
See Also:"Creating Groups" in the Enterprise Manager online help
Figure 7-3 Home Page for a Host Group


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OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Staff at two clubs in the industry recently saved the lives of two members after each nearly drowned.
On Thursday in Portland, OR, the West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club staff and a physician saved a child from drowning, according to The Oregonian. The child was alert and breathing by the time fire crews and medical personnel arrived at the club, the newspaper reported. The child was expected to make a full recovery.
In June, club members and staff at a Defined Fitness in Albuquerque, NM, saved a member from drowning after he had suffered a seizure. Two members noticed that Jose Vamarrita had not come up for air, so they pulled him from the pool and notified staff. Maddie Short checked Vamarrita's vital signs while Kevin Frey called 911. Short administered CPR and revived Vamarrita by the time paramedics arrived.
All five of Defined Fitness' locations are equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED), and every staff member is required to be CPR and AED certified.
"CPR training is one of those things everyone wants to do, but most people don't get around to doing until something tragic happens," Short says. "I'm just glad I had the training so that I could be prepared for an emergency, not the result of one."
Defined Fitness awarded Short, Frey and two other employees with the Defined Hero Award. They also were recognized along with Vamarrita by throwing out the first pitch at an Albuquerque Isotopes' minor-league baseball game on June 26.


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7/15 Boys & Girls Club visit
Note: On Thursday, Marlon Byrd visited the Union League Boys & Girls Club on North Washtenaw Avenue to kickoff a summer-long program. It was the official launch of a community outreach program created by the Cubs and Steiner Sports Memorabilia, Inc., which will include a clinic Monday at Wrigley, hosted by Byrd and pitcher Randy Wells.
It was funny because I remember my first day at the Boys Club — me going in and meeting new people and being a little bit scared because I didn't know anybody. The relationships that carried over — I met Dion Glover, who used to play with the Atlanta Hawks. Today just took me back. I remembered all those days and the fun we had with all the kids. Everybody was so friendly. At the same time, being able to give back and having them cheer for you and seeing the smiling faces, it was wonderful.
— Marlon
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Hi Marlon!
I'm glad that you not only give it all on the field, but that you give a little back when you can. I'm sure those kids think you're the bees' knees. I remember getting my picture taken with Clyde Drexler and Robert Pack and Jerome Kersey and Enos Whatley (I know, who names their kid 'Enos Whatley'?) and Alaa Abdelnaby (I think he got to choose his name) when I was a kid and it was awesome. Those guys were basketball players though so they were probably way taller than you.
Speaking of giving back, yesterday was the day of reckoning. I was the coach…which with my temperment might not be the BEST idea. So the other team says "hey there's a guy that wants to umpire, do you mind if he just does it?" and we say "no, that'd be really great". You see, Marlon, we have to umpire ourselves and it's a big pain in the butt. Only a few of us are willing to do it and it's hard to call your own team out and it can get pretty hairy. Anyway, this guy was willing to ump the whole game and that seemed pretty swell to me.
Well, in the first inning my father-in-law John rips this ball down the left field line. There are cones out there so you can easily see what's fair and what's foul. I was 3rd base coach and the ball lands about 4 feet fair and I start waving like crazy (no, not to my adoring fans, but at the baserunners because I'm sending them home just like Wendell…another reference you won't get because you're so new). Then I hear the ump yelling "Foul! Foul!" I swear, Marlon, I thought he was talking about his breath because that ball wasn't close to foul. Turns out while the breath statement would have been accurate, he was calling the ball foul. It cost us two runs, but we forgot about it. He proceeded to blow one call in our favor and another against us in the next half inning. Then came the biggie.
My wife Taela was up and hit a grounder toward 3rd. The ball rolled foul and then back fair and nobody touched it. I was 1st base coach and I'm excited because she got a hit and again I hear this ump yelling "Foul! Foul!" I had learned from experience that he doesn't simply berate his breath loudly on the field so I came in, as the coach, and tried to clarify the rule for him. He was having none of that. He just kept saying "it hit foul, it hit foul" which I was told later meant that he thought it had landed in foul territory (remember, this was a GROUND BALL that started 6 inches fair). Anyway, I put the kibosh on that guy right there. No more umpire, we're going to self-umpire.
Then I look up and my father-in-law John is really cheesed off and he's barking at the other team who thinks it should have been a foul ball. Eventually the 3rd base girl is yelling at him to shut up. Remember, this is church league softball, Marlon. I think things will be smoother when my brother-in-law Andy retakes the helm (I think that's a shipping term) next week. He is a voice of reason and sometimes pride-swallowing compromise (not my strong-suit).
So later I'm at SS and this guy gets a hit and the ball comes back in to me and he's standing off 1st daring me to make a throw so I throw it but my shoulder is pretty rickety these days, Marlon, and I didn't have an angle so it gets by the first baseman and as the runner is running to second he says "nice throw, short" real loud-like for everyone to hear. I walked right up to that guy, about a foot away from him and say "really, you're gonna be like that, here?" He says "what?" I say "you know what" he says "no, what?" and I say "the sarcasm…it's totally unnecessary and has no place here" and he says "you mean like your pitcher" and I say "so my pitcher's a jerk to someone else so you're a jerk to me?" and he says "you know what? I'm sorry" and say "you're serious?" and he reaches out his hand to shake mine and says "yeah, I'm sorry" and say "I don't think so, freak"…no, Marlon, you know me better than that I say "alright, we're cool" and shake his hand. It was awesome. You should try that sometime.
I think we need to pray more.
One more thing, Marlon. I really wish you guys had swept the Phils.
Hi Marlon,
You know I have a strict rule against commenting more than once on any of your posts, but I had to make an exception tonight. You see, my brother-in-law Andy and my sister-in-law Tara are going to be at the game tomorrow. They said they are going to be holding a sign for you, so be looking for Brother-in-Law Andy!
I have to tell you a story really quick before I get back to online poker, Marlon. My brother-in-law Andy called me at lunch today and told me that The Riot had put together some brown bags with autographed balls in them for $20 each and he said he was buying one and asked if I wanted to buy one. I said "for sure, Andy!" and he said he would pay me back for the hotel from the trip when we went to see you guys in Seattle. I was like "cool man, that's 85 big ones". Anyway, Marlon, I got a pic text from my brother-in-law Andy showing a ball signed by none other than Lou Piniella! The finger nails on the hand in the picture were pretty nice so I figure they had to be my sister-in-law Tara's hands holding it but I didn't ask questions. So I texted him back and came to find out that they conducted a double blind process in which the bag for them was chosen BEFORE opening either and I got Lou…and they got YOU! It's a good thing they're Christians or I might have to cut both balls in half and then have us each share both…no, I'm not crazy like Mel Gibson, Marlon.
Anyway, I was so close to getting a Marlon Byrd ball! Sometimes life is like that Marlon.
Also, my brother-in-law Andy and my sister-in-law Tara are some of the best people you can meet so look for them tomorrow (Wednesday) and maybe chat them up a bit. If you end up going out to pizza at Gino's East or something, I'll pick up the tab. Stay cool and nice comeback today!


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We all want to shoot our semen across the room. Granted, not many can boast to shoot that far, and to be fair we don't always feel like cleaning the whole house after an ejaculation. But if there is something we still want, it is to have a powerful cum shot. For the uninitiated, this desire seems ludicrous or maybe appear as a show of personal vanity. But for anyone who has ejaculated more than a few times, the reason is clear : forceful ejaculations mean stronger orgasms, earth-shaking orgasms, fully draining orgasms. And maybe giving us some bragging rights too ! How can it be achieved?
Forceful ejaculations result from a combination of many elements. Some of which you can influence, and some of which you cannot.
Your level of arousal greatly influence the contraction strength of the pelvic muscles. How tired you are, how hydrated you are also directly influence your ejaculation's strength.
Some anatomical peculiarities can greatly influence your ability to shoot forcefully. One of those is the size of the urethra. The urethra is the canal inside the penis where urine and semen flow. A urethra that's too wide (slack) will allow semen to flow too easily, causing a rapid decrease in pressure as it leaves the posterior urethra (where the semen was assembled and pressurized before ejaculation). On the contrary, a urethra that's too narrow will create too much resistance to the semen's passing, in the end also diminishing the shooting distance. All in all, to be a far shooter, you need to have been granted with an ideally sized shooting tube. Can you change this ? It depends. If it's too slack, there's no way of narrowing the opening. If its gauge is too tapered, however, then dilation with a urinary catheter could be considered. But : be very wary. This needs to be done cleanly or you may cause severe infections (of the prostate in particular). And you should have a good understanding of your anatomy before inserting anything in your penis. That penis of yours is not built of steel and it has no user replaceable parts : you break it, you lose it ! Always ask a pro's advice.
Exposing your body to longer sexual stimulation also influences the ejaculation's strength. Indeed, the various glands that produce the different liquids forming semen will have all the time they need to produce and dump a lot of stuff in the posterior urethra if you take the time to prime yourself. Whatever your preparation is, the posterior urethra's size is fixed (surprise !). So the more seminal liquid you produce, the greater the pre-ejaculatory pressure will be. And higher pressure, of course, translates as a more forceful cum shot. So a long male foreplay (the period before ejaculation) will cause you to shoot further.
Now, of course, there would be no forceful ejaculation without strong pelvic muscles. And this is the area where you can have the most influence (aside from taking your time, of course). Improving the strength of your pelvic floor muscles will in fact have numerous benefits :
- Decrease the likelihood of peeing involuntarily (it had to be said, even if you understandably don't care as of today !) (PC, BC).
- Help with erectile dysfunction (BC).
- Definitely help if you have premature ejaculation by increasing your ability to withhold your ejaculation. But even if you don't have premature ejaculation problems, this increased ejaculation control will translate into better edging abilities : being able to edge longer and closer to the cresting point (BC, but also PC and IC).
- Increase the strength of your orgasmic contractions, in effect enhancing your orgasmic pleasure (BC, PC, IC).
- And finally, of course, since this is the topic, increase your shooting distance.
The pelvic muscles are a group of muscles formed of the iliococcygeus (IC), pubococcygeus (PC) and bulbocavernosus (BC). These muscles form a hammock holding the content of the pelvic floor.
- The iliococcygeus (IC) muscles stabilize the rectal area, together with the PC muscle. The IC muscles pull the rectum towards the back. They contract rhythmically during orgasm.
- The pubococcygeus (PC) muscles control the urine flow, and they pull the rectum towards the front. They contract rhythmically during orgasm. In women, the PC muscles also contract the vagina and are thus, for them, the most important pelvic muscles to work on. While men who strengthen their PC muscles definitely experience an improvement of their orgasmic experience, they will not shoot any further.
- The bulbocavernosus (BC) muscles serves to maintain blood inside the penis during erection (even though the erection is largely a vascular process) and also serves to expel urine and semen out of the urethra. So this muscle is the one men should work on.
So, to summarize :
- Forceful ejaculations are desirable because they translate into more intense orgasms
- While the shooting distance is in direct relation with the strength of an ejaculation, shooting distance will always vary greatly between ejaculations because of various other variables. Moreover, some men will always be able to shoot further than others.
- It is possible to improve the strength of your ejaculation by working on the pelvic muscles, in particular the bulbocavernosus. How far you will shoot, after these exercises, will vary from man to man. But a sure thing is that your sexual experience will be improved.
- Being well hydrated and rested is also important.
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There aren't a lot of authors who I would write this kind of post for, but Bryce Courtenay is one of them. I remember when I picked up the first book I ever read by him, back in grade eight – Tandia – set in South Africa where he grew up. After that I went through a period of reading, where I read pretty much all of the books that he had released up until that point in time. One of the most poignant was April Fool's Day – which was the story of his son, Damon who died from medically-acquired AIDS after suffering from Haemophilia his entire life. I remember having a box of tissues sitting next to me as I bawled my way through it.
Earlier this year, Bryce announced that his soon to be released book, Jack of Diamonds would be his last because he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The book was published 2 weeks ago (November 12, 2012). Today while I was checking my facebook, I saw that his publisher, Penguin Australia, had published the notice of his death. He was 79 years old.
While his books have never been widely known in the US, in fact, the only book, I can find of his with regularity is The Power of One. I can only hope that with the growing popularity of ebooks and audiobooks that many readers will experience his writing in the years to come. It is going to be weird, knowing that I won't have that new yearly released by him to anticipate for Christmas (since my mom has been oh so awesome at giving me his books for gifts over the years. While i have yet to read all of his books, those that are left, as well as re-reads will give me something to look forward to in the future.
RIP Bryce. I look forward to reading Jack of Diamonds when my copy arrives and will remember all your books with fond memories 🙂


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HAYWARD — An elderly woman who lost control of her car and narrowly avoided hitting a group of parishioners at her church this week drove through the front doors and landed on the sanctuary's altar, police said.
The crash at New Bridges Presbyterian Church happened about 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, in the 27000 block of Patrick Street, Sgt. Mark Ormsby said Wednesday.
When police arrived they learned that an 81-year-old Hayward parishioner was parking her 2007 Toyota Camry at the church when she mistook the gas pedal for the brakes, Ormsby said.
The vehicle accelerated, nearly hitting several people in the church courtyard before smashing through a wooden fence, crashing through the church's double doors then driving through the church vestibule.
Unable to stop, the vehicle then sped into the church's sanctuary where it ran over the church's organ and came to a rest on an altar, Ormsby said.
The woman was not injured, police said, but her vehicle sustained moderate damage.
The church, however, sustained major property damage, police said. An exact monetary amount was not known on Wednesday.
Police cited the elderly woman for driving at an unsafe speed and also served her with a notice of priority re-examination, which requires her to retake her driver's license test in order for her to continue to drive.
A church representative could not be immediately reached for comment.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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Memorial Fund Created for Homicide Victim
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A memorial fund has been established to help the family of a Sioux Falls man who died in an apparent homicide.
Police say 50-year-old Crescencio Conde-Vargas was killed with a wooden bat early Saturday morning. Twenty-two-year Robert Bass, of Sioux Falls, has been charged with second-degree murder in the case.
A fund has been created at Wells Fargo for funeral and burial costs. Donations can be given in his name.
The victim's daughter, Nancy Conde, tells KSFY people she doesn't even know have already started to donate money.
The Argus Leader reports that Conde-Vargas' funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Sioux Falls.
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