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After a long week of work and business, it is good to unwind and have some fun. Some people like to watch movies, others stay indoors, and another group loves to go clubbing. In this article, we will embark on the party and club lovers.
Nightclubs offer a fantastic place to relax and unwind from daily routines. Some nightclubs are quite and provide a good relaxation spot for the customers. Other nightclubs and this is where you will find a majority of youthful people play loud music and the dance floor is always filled up. Looking from the outside, you might assume that running a night club is easy and all you require is music and beer to attract customers, but it is more to that. In this article, we are going to discuss the characteristics of a good night club. Read on.
Ask night club owners, and they will tell you that the most critical factor to look at before setting up a night club is location, location, and location. You should look for areas with high traffic of people. Customers should be able to enjoy the streets and atmosphere of your location. In addition to that, a good location should have enough parking, be easily accessible, have electrical connection, restroom facilities, and adequate dance floor space. All these features are found in?Pub Crawl Budapest.
Why are you setting up the night club? You see the idea behind your night club is what attracts customers to you. You should create an environment where once a customer comes in; they want to stay more because their expectations are catered. Look at it this way; a country club themed night club cannot do well in urban areas because many people are not familiar with that kind of music. If your target customers are in the middle class, you should offer the type of services they can comfortably afford. Your night club might be located in a serene area, but the lack of a good concept drives customers away.
There are times of the year when your club will fill up even without promotions and a lot of advertisements. This happens mostly during the holidays. But at the regular times of the year, club owners should strive to attract customers through promotions. Promotions can boost your sales a lot when traffic is naturally low. Some of the commonly used night club promotions include happy hour specials, karaoke machines, and trivia contests. You need to do all you can to attract as many customers.


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dmitry_vk wrote:Jasper wrote:I have been a little annoyed by this: Having flets, lets, macrolets and symbol-macrolets separate all the time has disadvantages.
1) More nested then need be, implying more parenthesis, more depth of indentation.
2) Sometimes need lets or flets in some specific order, causing more nesting.
So it might be better to use macros that create all these macros at the same time, and it seems to be the only disadvantage of that is that it punishes the user a little less when he doesn't create sub functions fast enough. I don't think that is worth it; programmers need to recognize that themselves anyway.
There are a bunch of ways to do this:
[list][*]With a macro with a specific variable(of any *let) creation area. The umac this thread was begun with somewhat does that.(Looking at the source code, i see i didn't write it so it can fix (2) currently, easily fixed, and then it'll do it.) Advantages is clear distinction between variables and body, and separate namespace for 'macros to create variables'.(def-umac) You could make a with-slots for the umac, for instance. (maybe not so inferior to iterate after all.)
[*]An iterate-like approach, working in a scope-like manner. here the advantage is that regular macros can make variables. It likely needs a 'scope-transparant'
There is a metabang-bind project. It does what you describe and is extensible.
I guess mine in better: http://github.com/ks/X.LET-STAR

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Yesterday was my first day of field work – meeting entrepreneurs who have gotten loans from Kiva lenders and capturing their stories and lives to be written about in journals that are then posted on the Kiva site. The following is an account of the day's happenings. Disclaimer: It was an eventful day so this will definitely be a long entry; feel free to skim.
I arrived at Ebony's office around 9:30 in the morning. Jane made some brief preparations to leave and then we were off. Jane was a loan officer for Ebony and worked here out of the main office, servicing areas in and around Nakuru. She was recently promoted to Business Development Officer and then again to Unit Manager for the Mombasa (Kenyan coastal city) Office. She'll be moving to her new position in a few weeks, but until then I'm lucky enough to have her accompanying me on my field visits – she's friendly, knowledgeable and from what I can tell, extremely skilled at what she does. After seeing her interact with people in the field, it was clear Jane had developed a strong rapport with her clients during her time as an LO.
Our destination for the day was Subukia, a village town surrounded by acres and acres of farmland. Subukia is approximately an 80 kilometer drive from Nakuru, so Jane and I found ourselves subject to the whims of the local public transportation system. From the office we flagged down a matatu ("bus"). Now, when you picture this bus, I need you to not think of the huge American public transport vehicles that can hold upwards of 40, 50 people. Rather, think minivan, but not the American soccermom type…I'm talking the bank robber getaway type – the big white ones with one side sliding door. Inside each matatu, behind the driver's seat, 3 triple-seat rows have been installed. On the outside of each, painted on yellow stripes are the destinations of that particular vehicle. Here's the catch though – matatus do not operate on a set time schedule or even a standard driving route, and there is not set price (you had better negotiate your fee before you get in). Drivers will take any shortcut or alternate road they see fit and will stop at any point on the road that a potential passenger could be waiting. What's more, once stopped, it may be several minutes (if not 20 or more) before you get moving again b/c each driver is trying to maximize his profits (these are privately operated businesses, not government run) by filling the van to capacity. (Our day's first matatu blasted reggae from the speakers and the interior was adorned with stickers in Swahili saying "If you think the music is too loud, then you're too old.")
Anyway, a 10 minute ride later, we arrived at the central Nakuru "bus station" where we found a matatu heading to Subukia; we waited a good 15-20 minutes before the driver felt the vehicle sufficiently full of passengers. As we drove out of Nakuru, we passed the State House. I thought it was for the local city government, but Jane corrected me. The State House is a sprawling estate, complete with full-time staff, meant solely to house the Kenyan president whenever he visits Nakuru, which according to Jane was very rarely. It seemed a giant waste of resources if you ask me; Jane agreed.
On the ride out to Subukia – interrupted by many abrupt stops and shuffling of passengers in and out – Jane and I chatted. She commented on the lack of any set matatu schedule as a microcosm of a general lack of adherence to time schedules and deadlines in Africa at large, and figured that it would require a sea change in people's attitudes to change the time culture. I feel that it will require a change on the other side – ideally, the public transport will be taken over and fully regulated by government. Once the government sets up a strict time schedule for buses to adhere to, and drivers stick to it, and people start missing buses when they don't come on time, the culture will change. Of course, that all supposes that the Kenyan government has the flexibility and resources to address such concerns, a seemingly quixotic hope considering all of the other more pressing challenges it faces.
As we left Nakuru farther and farther behind, the landscape outside became increasingly more scenic and breathtaking. On either side of the road rolling hills swept up and down, covered in lush greenery. At first glance it reminded me of some parts of the US I've seen before, namely Wisconsin and parts of California.
We arrived at the Subukia town center, which I can best describe as reminiscent of the town square you see in old American Western movies. Except rather than dusty desert, the roads are thick, hard slab of mud in varying degrees of wetness. And the buildings weren't wood, but more clay and cement, but still low-slung one-story edifices lining either side of the streets. Jane flagged down two motorbike taxis – they were the only way to get out quickly to the Subukia farms, because the mud roads were too rough and rugged for any vehicle (except maybe a Humvee or something).
As I mounted a motorbike behind its driver, I elicited loud laughs from a nearby group of teenagers. I sincerely doubt they meant any derision – it was probably that I just looked funny in my bright orange t-shirt and gray sweatpants (my luggage still hadn't arrived as of yesterday morning, although it thankfully did this morning). To be honest, I could feel it, just how much I stood out. On the 15 minute motorbike ride to the first set of Ebony's clients, everyone we passed did a double take when they saw me, most with mingled looks of curiosity and wonder on their faces.
When we got to the farms I was the one who had to do a double take. The landscape was absolutely stunning – in a developed country where utilities and access to this area would have been possible, the land would have been worth a fortune and surely a high-income neighborhood. Words can't capture just what I saw, and I'd love to upload pics but the internet connection here won't allow that too easily, so you'll just have to trust me.
As we walked from farm to farm for the rest of the day, I had to remind myself to look up and take in the natural magnificence all around me.
The first two women I met were Lucy and Rebecca. Both women received loans from Kiva lenders to expand their farming business, mainly in the form of leasing more acres of land and buying farming supplies like fertilizers, seeds, etc. Both women had to lease land that was quite far away because all available land near their current farmland was already taken. Rebecca for instance walks 2 hours one way to get to her extra land. Each woman, and every person I met for that matter, was extremely friendly and hospitable, taking great care to invite me in to their homes and offer me what little they had. Lucy wouldn't let me leave her farm until she had made me tea and eggs. Their hospitality was so refreshing – it wasn't offered with any ulterior motives or hidden agendas, but simply because they knew it was the right thing to do, and it gave them joy to include me in their lives in whatever small way they could.
Something else I found so interesting was the handshakes. As background, you should know that everyone you meet in Kenya, even for the briefest of encounters, will shake your hand. The strength and firmness and style of a handshake is considered cross-culturally to be indicative of a person's bearing. What touched me was how every single person I met yesterday greeted me with a strong, deliberate handshake – they were more poised in their handshakes than many successful adults I've met in America. What this told me – and it was confirmed in their voices and their eyes – was that these people are proud, earnest, honest and decent. Don't get me wrong, they aren't naïve – they understand the plight of poverty that they are in – but they are not defeated. They are hopeful, resourceful, resilient…and frankly, people to be admired.
Later in the day, I met Samuel, a 48-year old farmer who cares for his own two children, his parents, and his deceased sister's three children. Samuel specializes in tomatoes, but when he isn't working in the field, he supplements his income by teaching Standard 1 at a local school for youngsters. He was just hired a few months ago. Samuel must have been a tour guide in another life, Jane and I both thought. He was incredibly vivacious and eager to show us around his farm and the surrounding areas. He took us to the south side of his land where a natural river ran through the property. Proudly he stood by the natural waterfall, describing with joy how he harnessed the power of gravity for his irrigation pipes. With a smile and a flash, Samuel was off again, briskly winding his way through the trees and crops to take us to the next stop on his tour.
And what a stop it was – the now-in-ruins estate of Phillip Mitchell, British governor of Kenya in the late 1940's when the country was still a colony. The sprawling complex must have been magnificent in its heyday – there were large open courtyards, several gardens, a few buildings connected by pathways. According to Samuel, Queen Elizabeth herself stayed there in 1948.
Samuel also was determined to find the snakes he knew to be hiding in the crops, much to Jane's laughing displeasure. He kept describing a huge black mamba he knew he to be slithering around somewhere. (It's a sign of how out of touch with nature this New York City raised Kiva Fellow is that the first thing I thought of when I heard "black mamba" was Kobe Bryant…followed closely by Uma Thurman and Kill Bill).
Samuel also provided another reminder of just how pervasive American influence is abroad. One of his brothers moved to the US a few years back and is currently stationed in Afghanistan as a Sergeant in the US Army.
The day was filled with a lot of walking but it was pleasantly relaxing and energizing. I think that was the first time in several years that I've been in an outdoorsy nature setting for an extended period. It was also inspiring – meeting people who faced tremendous adversity day in and day out with a smile. Daniel, for instance, is nearly 60 and is still caring for three of his own children and five grandkids. Yet, he stood in the middle of his freshly dug fish pond (where he plans to breed tilapia in the coming months) looking carefree and telling me how wonderful his Kenya was.
Jane and I left Subukia around 5:30 and made our way back to Nakuru. All in all, I'd say it was a fantastic first day in the field.


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AceShowbiz - Kim Kardashian has lobbied Twitter boss Jack Dorsey to install an edit button on the micro-blogging site.
The reality TV star told fans on Twitter on Tuesday night (June 12) that she had a conversation with Jack, co-founder and chief executive of the social media site, at her husband Kanye West's 41st birthday party over the weekend, asking him about introducing a button which would allow users to update a tweet that had already been posted.
"I had a very good convo with @jack this weekend at Kanye's bday and I think he really heard me out on the edit button," the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star, who boasts more than 60 million Twitter followers, wrote.
I had a very good convo with @jack this weekend at Kanye's bday and I think he really heard me out on the edit button.— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 13, 2018
Jack responded, joking that was the only reason he received an invitation to the bash, tweeting, "Now I see why I was invited!" Kim retweeted the message and replied, "Hahaha never! Kanye loves you! But I had to bring it up."
Besides Jack, guests at Kanye's party included collaborators Pusha T and Kid Cudi as well as Kim's siblings Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner. They enjoyed a sit-down meal and were entertained by mentalist Lior Suchard, who performed illusions as Kanye's music played in the background.
Kim told fans in her Instagram Story video, "So we have Lior here all the way from Tel Aviv who is a mentalist... Look, watch this," as he made a pair of glasses placed in front of the rapper flip over.
Guests also enjoyed cookies and hot drinks bearing Kanye's face and the title of his new album "Ye", while his birthday cake was made to look like a range of mountains, presumably a nod to Wyoming, where he made the new record.
On Tuesday, Kanye, who turned 41 on Friday, shared a picture of the couple and tweeted, "Thank you to my wife for throwing me the most beautiful fun and intimate birthday party."


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Registered General Nurse - Neo Natal
- Recruiter
- Medacs Healthcare Nursing
- Location
- Nottingham
- Salary
- 13.55 - 30.00 GBP Hourly
- Posted
- 14 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 25 Jul 2017
- Category
- Healthcare and Care
- Function
- Consultant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We'd like you to join us
Medacs Healthcare, a framework agency with over 25 years experience, are recruiting experienced Registered General Nurses (RGNs) with neo natal experience, to work in hospitals in the Nottingham area.
If you want to make a difference, we have exciting full and part time opportunities available for experienced Registered General Nurses (RGNs) specialising in Neonatal who have recent relevant UK experience in a similar role to provide care and support in the Nottingham area.
We have a variety of shifts available on a bank shift basis. We work from your availability offering you flexibility to work when you want. You can work with Medacs on a full time basis or to supplement your main income. We are a Framework Agency with over 25 years experience as a healthcare recruiter.
Our Hourly rates are from GBP13.55 up to GBP30.00.
Limited company nurses welcome.
What can we offer?
By joining Medacs Healthcare you can enjoy:
- Flexible working hours - to fit around your commitments
- Volume of jobs - 1000s of daily shifts across England and Wales
- Dedicated consultant - focused on your needs
- First sight of shifts - we hold preferred supplier status across multiple trusts
- Competitive pay rates - with daily payroll
- Advanced notice - no sitting around waiting for the phone to ring
- Block bookings available - great if you need guaranteed work
- Lucrative referral scheme - refer a friend and earn some extra cash*
What do I need to work for Medacs?
- Minimum 6 months recent relevant UK experience
- Full occupational health immunisation, with evidence, including Hep B, MMR, TB, Varicella
- Current NMC PIN
Apply today by clicking the "Apply Now" button or by calling our Registration team on [... Click Apply...] or [... Click Apply...].
Please note due to the volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact those that are suitable. We thank you in advance for your application.
Medacs Healthcare is a healthcare recruitment agency for Registered General Nurses (RGNs), Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) and Healthcare Assistants (HCAs). We can offer you a fantastic variety of long and short term temporary nursing jobs.


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Mobile Is About to Get Serious About Video Ads
Aug 6, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Mobile marketers beware: A new ad format is poised to become very popular and very much in demand -- and there are questions whether the mobile ecosystem will be ready to handle it.
That format is online ads. Of course, it is a channel that has been around for a while, and mobile sites have adapted to it.
However, "it's reasonable to assume that online video will play an increasingly larger role in mobile advertising," said Craig Palli, chief strategy officer at Fiksu.
"Today's rapidly maturing mobile ecosystem is seeing an increasing volume of video content consumption, and we expect advertising to naturally follow," he told CRM Buyer.
Can mobile sites handle the scale and demand that a Facebook juggernaut will deliver? For that is what will be fueling this next wave of video ads.
Facebook itself has made little mention of this strategy. It was all but mum about it during its recent quarterly earnings call, for instance. Still, the expected debut of a video ad format for Facebook has been widely covered in various media (most recently by Bloomberg, which provided some details about the US$2.5 million, 15-second spots under development) and the general expectation is that Facebook will sooner or later allow marketers to embed online video ads in the News Feed.
"As seen with the success of their mobile app install ads, Facebook has a knack for finding a balance between delivering highly relevant ads while respecting the customer experience," Palli said. "It's likely that they'll find the same balance with video ads."
Speedy Scale-Up?
One concern is that even the largest marketers have invested only a tiny percentage of their ad dollars in mobile video marketing; even the percentage devoted to online video ads is relatively small.
To get some idea of this gap, consider recent figures from Competitrack's Online Video Ad Tracking service: It reported that 20 brands spent more than $10 million on the online video ad medium last year, with leading brands allocating 4 percent to 6 percent of their media outlays to the format. On average, the top 100 brands allocated 1.5 percent of measured media spending to online video during the year.
It is understandable that mobile video has not grabbed more attention or bandwidth from brands in the absence of a compelling platform like Facebook. Mobile, in short, is currently in the category of nice but not quite essential for most brands, Erik Dochtermann, CEO of KD+E, told CRM Buyer.
Can Brands Be Persuaded?
Another concern is that brands are not necessarily convinced that mobile video will be a major platform, even after Facebook does enter the space. They have a point -- any number of promising ad formats have spectacularly crashed and burned. Still, the expectation of a significant shift in this direction is strong enough that brands would do well to avoid being caught unawares.
Services like Hulu Plus, Vevo, Crackle and YouTube "are giving mobile viewers more options than ever as they become accustomed to consuming video content remotely," noted Dochtermann. Additionally, video consumption on smartphones is highest among millennials, "giving brands targeting this demographic more reason to consider mobile video."
Mobile video ads are still novel enough to make an impact on viewers, Cynthia Gallatin, associate vice president for online education at Quinnipiac University, told CRM Buyer.
Sixty-five percent of mobile searchers participating in a recent survey reported noticing ads, and 59 percent of those mobile users found ads useful, Gallatin noted.
Users liked the fact that the ads were relevant, short, not intrusive, and quick to load, she said.
"I believe businesses will want to include video within their mobile ads, since consumers are using their mobile devices extensively for personal and business purposes," Gallatin said. "This will be a phenomenal way for businesses to capture the attention of prospective customers and increase the conversion rate for action."


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On the auction block next week, check this out…. Old Cow Town Ranch, a small town styled of the Old West, nestled in the Colorado mountains. The 350+ acres of property, bordered by mountains and forest includes 15 Old West style buildings and 'owner's ranch' included. Bidding starts at 2.7 Million in Colorado, Sept. 22.
What would you do with  your own town?
Family/Corporate Retreat? Â – Â New Festival Venue? Recording Studio? Â -Â Your very own Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged town??
Me? I'd live there and invite all my friends to come stay for free. But sadly, I can't get that auction day off work!
Get all the details Here (including a video presentation)
Here's the description from JP King (sellers/auctioneers)
One-of-a-kind property on 320+/- acres in San Luis Valley featuring authentic 1880's Old West Town and Premier Log Home
Originally listed at $10 Million, now selling at or above a minimum bid of $2.7 Million.
J. P. King, in conjunction with Fuller Western Real Estate , have partnered to offer a truly unique property. Old Cow Town Ranch is an authentic reproduction of an 1880's Old West town nestled in a beautiful horse-shoe shaped rimrock valley in the mountains of south central Colorado. The ranch occupies 320+/- acres in Saguache County and is adjacent on three sides to public lands managed by the Rio Grande National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (totaling 2 million acres). This spectacular property is one-of-a-kind and features a main home exuding western elegance and the "town†which consists of 15 authentic western buildings, outdoor stage, equestrian facility, and endless recreation. The property will be selling in eight legal parcels as an entirety.
The sprawling acreage includes 60+/- acres of lush meadows and pastures that are watered by the seasonal Mill Creek and Harence Irrigation Ditch. The remaining acreage is rolling to mountainous terrain with scattered rock outcroppings, pinion, juniper and ponderosa trees. The perimeter of the property is fenced, with an abundance of cross-fencing throughout. The ranch offers breathtaking views of the San Luis Valley and surrounding mountains.
Currently operating as a Resort Ranch Town, Old Cow Town Ranch is ideal for an equestrian facility, family or corporate retreat, trophy hunting and recreational ranch, cattle operation or many different variations of a guest facility.
The main residence is a spacious, well-appointed log home with a detached log garage. Beautifully constructed with wood beams, Amish hickory flooring, and western architectural influence, the home conveys the essence of the surrounding countryside and its extensive windows capture the views of the valley and mountains. Featuring a large one bedroom layout, the home's master suite has an indoor hot tub with deck overlooking the outside waterfall and pond. The two-story home has massive stone fireplaces on both levels, a "weeping wall†and in-home stream in the main room, radiant in-floor heating throughout, and a dream gourmet kitchen with gorgeous wood cabinetry, designer lighting, and breakfast nook. An unfinished basement has plumbing and framework for installing additional bedrooms and bath. With an excellent outdoor entertaining area, the home is professionally landscaped with waterfalls, ponds, and intricate brickwork.
The "Town†consists of an additional fifteen buildings, outdoor stage, and amphitheater that can accommodate 28 overnight guests and has an outdoor lighting and sound system. Each building has been carefully crafted with intricate details to ensure the authenticity of an old western era. The "Town†features a saloon and restaurant with amazing woodwork, bar, saloon doors, game room, and wraparound porch. The Sunshine Social Club is a very nice lodging facility with ten guest rooms, each with a private bath. The lodge offers a common area, laundry facility, and kitchen to accommodate continental breakfast. Additional buildings include a Dance Hall, Gift Shoppe with working water wheel reminiscent of the flour mills of the Old West, Museum, a charming Chapel, large Greenhouse, RV hookup site and superb equestrian facilities. Two horse-barns with 22 stalls also include an outdoor roping and riding arena.
The Mad Cow Saloon– 2500+/- sq. ft. with 2bd/2ba upstairs, kitchen and 1/2 bath on main level. Sleeps 4.
Dining Hall– 50 x 75+/-, 2 baths, dance floor, stage, bar and seats approximately 200.
Sunshine Social Club/Guest House– 10 rooms; each will sleep 2 and each has private bath. Two rooms have bunk beds. Sleeps 24
The Smokehouse– 12 x 20+/- commercial kitchen.
The Guest House/Parsonage– 600+/- sq. ft. one story log home with kitchen. It has 1bd/1ba.
The Greenhouse– 30 x 40+/- with false front.
The Museum– 40 x 100+/- steel building.
Mill House/General Store– 20 x 30+/- with a working water wheel and a 20 x 20+/- woodworking shop attached.
Hoaglund Valley Church– 20 x 30+/- with a steeple and will hold 40.
Hoaglund Hardware/Workshop– 50 x 50+/- steel building with a false front and in-floor heat.
A steel 50 x 50+/- storage building.
Horse Barn– 32 x 100+/- with 17 stalls and outdoor riding/roping arena.
Pole Barn/Hay Storage– 30 x 30+/- open sided.
Five stall horse barn with loft.
Horse shelter 20 x 30+/- with 3 pens- open sided.
120 x 220+/- Outdoor riding arena.
Located on the ranch are three cabins built circa 1880 and an old barn that are all historic remnants of the old Hoaglund stage coach line.
Old Cow Town Ranch is situated near year-round recreational opportunities. The ranch is located in an excellent big game hunting area known as Unit 68, a 4-point plus area that offers some of the finest trophy bull elk, deer, and antelope hunting in the world. Two National Wildlife Refuges are located in the Southern San Luis Valley with numerous springs and wetlands encouraging a local population, as well as migrating ducks and geese. The ranch is a ride-out location to National Forest trails and roads that are ideal for ATV riding. Residents and guests can also enjoy fishing for "Gold Medal†trout in nearby Rio Grande River or for the snowmobiling enthusiasts; excellent riding trails are within close proximity. A plethora of horseback riding, biking, hiking, sledding, and skiing destinations are a short drive away, in addition to the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Old Cow Town Ranch provides a glimpse into the Old West, with the comforts of modern day convenience.
The ranch operates on commercial and domestic water wells. The property will convey well permits and water rights.
Registration begins at 10:00 A.M. (MT). A cashier's check in the amount of $50,000.00 made payable to the bidder will be required to bid.
The sale begins at 11:00 A.M (MT) and will take place at Old Cow Town Ranch located at 36710 County Road 36 CC, Saguache, CO 81149.
From Colorado Springs: Take CO-115 South approximately 32 miles toUS 50 West toward Canon City. Travel approximately 72 miles. Turn leftonto US 285 South for 40 miles. Continue onto CO-114 West towardGunnisonfor 14 miles. Turn left onto County Road CC 36 and follow signs to property on the right.
From Gunnison: Take CO-114 East approximately 47 miles, turn right on County Road CC36 and follow signs to property on the right.
From Alamosa: Take US-160 West/Main Street for approximately 16 miles. Turn right on US-285 North/Broadway Street and travel 35 miles. Continue onto CO-114 West toward Gunnison for 14 miles. Turn left onto County Road CC 36 and follow signs to property on the right.
An auction representative will be available beginning September 12th through September 22nd from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. daily. You may contact the J.P. King Auction representative directly at 256.490.1908 during these designated dates to schedule a tour.
BUYER'S PREMIUM
A ten-percent (10%) Buyer's Premium will be added to the winning bid price to arrive at the total contract price paid by the Buyer.


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How Ole Miss Football Became a Threat to the SEC Powerhouses in Just One Day
The motto for Ole Miss since Hugh Freeze took the coaching helm last year has been "Win the Day." On National Signing Day, Ole Miss did just that.
The University of Mississippi football staff landed a top 5 recruiting class and shocked the sporting universe. The loud noise just heard round the sports world was not another Beyonce Superbowl halftime show, but a Rebel Yell emanating from Oxford, Mississippi. ESPN has the Rebels ranked 5th in national signing classes ahead of perennial SEC powerhouse schools such as LSU, Auburn, and Georgia.
The day began with the consensus No. 1 recruit in the nation, defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, announcing his intent to suit up for the Rebels next year. Nkemdiche chose the boys in Blue and Red over LSU and Florida. Nkemdiche will join his All-Freshman SEC brother, Denzel, on the defensive side of the ball for the Rebs.
Later in the morning, Coach Freeze got commitments from three other 5-star recruits in the No. 1 offensive tackle Laramy Tunsil, the No. 1 wider receiver Laquon Treadwell, the No. 1 safety Tony Conner, as well as 4-star offensive lineman Austin Golson, among many others.
The success of Coach Freeze and his staff has not gone unnoticed. ESPN had a crew in Oxford yesterday morning expecting a huge day for the Rebels. Other national media outlets were also covering the war room in Oxford, making the Rebel campus the national media center for the day.
"I think everyone is surprised that Ole Miss was able to do this well, this quickly," commented Graham Watson, editor of Yahoo! Sports blog Dr. Saturday. "They were 7-6 this season. That's not exactly an eye-catching record. But Hugh Freeze has a national name thanks to the book/movie 'The Blindside' and he's a great recruiter. Recruits love him, his passion and his energy. He's a great orator and he makes people believe in his vision for the program."
Even LeBron James took note, saying on Twitter, "Ole Miss ain't messing around today! Big time recruits coming in. SEC is crazy."
For a team that won a mere seven games last season, this is truly remarkable. Of course, stars and accolades only go so far. These players must now prove themselves on the field of play. However, if this signing class lives up to its potential, a seismic shift of power is forthcoming in the SEC.
Tide, Gators, Tigers, and Aggies pay heed - there's a new power rising in the SEC.


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Bills coach Doug Marrone plans to name a quarterback once one of them separates.
Three Patriots (Nate Solder, Ryan Mallett, Shane Vereen) will replace Aaron Hernandez in an upcoming youth football camp.
The Anti-Defamation League has defended Jets rookie Oday Aboushi against false claims of anti-Semitism.
Here's a look at the Dolphins' defensive line.
Former Steelers OL Chukky Okobi has been sued by a bouncer who was injured in a brawl last August.
Free-agent DB Sean Considine, who most recently played for the Ravens, has launched a mobile meat market.
The father of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam recently had more than $70,000 in cash and jewelry stolen from his home. (Some customers of Pilot Flying J may say, "Now you know how we feel.")
Bengals DT Geno Atkins busts his butt during the slow months for very good reason; "It's always on my mind that there is someone out there trying to get better than me," Atkins said. "That's why I put in the extra work during the offseason."
The Colts replaced the giant banner featuring a photo of LB Dwight Freeney on Lucas Oil Stadium with a giant banner featuring a photo of K Adam Vinatieri.
Jaguars DT Roy Miller hosted a football camp Friday in his hometown of Killeen, Texas.
Texans receivers coach Larry Kirksey talks about the team's wideouts.
The Titans practice facility is now known as Saint Thomas Sports Park, which is the closest connection Tennessee assistant coach Gregg Williams ever will have to the name "Saint" again.
Broncos RB Ronnie Hillman is "pushing" to be the Week One starter.
The Chiefs' drum line is holding open auditions on July 17 and 22. (Will Ferrell need not apply.)
The Chargers will soon have "Select-A-Seat" day; many fans are torn between couch and recliner.
The SWARCO Raiders continue to enjoy much more success than their non-Austrian sister franchise.
Despite missing all of his first season except 12 snaps in a preseason game, more and more Cowboys fans are recognizing S Matt Johnson in public.
Giants QB Eli Manning, along with brothers Peyton and Cooper and father Archie, are hosting their annual Manning Passing Academy.
The lawsuit filed against the Redskins by former NFL LB Barrett Green could change the league, but it most likely won't.
Here are three questions about the Eagles' interior offensive line. (Question No. 4: Who will be the guy behind the center of it?)
Good news for the Packers: S Morgan Burnett makes a lot of tackles. Bad news for the Packers: S Morgan Burnett makes a lot of tackles.
Former Vikings P Neil Clabo has been inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
Former Bears OL Tom Andrews has gone from Super Bowl shuffle to pizza executive.
Are the Lions in the NFL's toughest division? (The Cardinals would say, "Hell no.")
Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman isn't thinking about the past or the future; "I'm living in the present, focused on the now, being the best Josh Freeman I can be for this franchise," Freeman said.
A new Nike Panthers T-shirt unwittingly acknowledges both Carolinas in one fell swoop.
The population of Tony, Wisconsin doubled on Friday, thanks to Saints S Jim Leonhard's annual football camp.
Opponents of the new Falcons stadium are still trying to force a public vote.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson's youth football camp has made its way to Spokane.
The Rams' team in the NFL High School Player Development 7-on-7 National Tournament has gotten off to a strong start. (Does Tavon Austin, who looks like a high-schooler, have an alibi?)
Cardinals DE Calais Campbell is happy to have a "real quarterback" again in Arizona. (Matt Leinart appreciates the compliment.)
49ers QB Colin Kaepernick is getting recognized in New Orleans; the only problem is that it's actually Saints S Kenny Vaccaro.


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A TRUE Holy Cross girl is one who loves EACH AND EVERY ONE of her classmates as a sister. She knows what it means to put skin on Christ and she knows how to LIVE THE FOURTH. She genuinely cares to serve others not only because it is required, but because she WANTS to. She most likely has spent AT LEAST one day a week since her freshman year doing just that—serving others. She is a woman of Courage, Compassion, and Scholarship, and not afraid to say so. She knows that the Holy Cross Mixer is not only the first mixer each year, but the BEST mixer each year! She is not ashamed to go on a date and boogie with her daddy at least once a year! (She may even practice dance moves at home with her dad JUST SO they can win the dance contest!) Her favorite Christmas Song is "The Carol of the Bells", but only when sung by the Madrigal Singers, of course! She can out eat any boy, and does not find that to be disgusting. Mardi Gras was her favorite out of uniform day because of all the free food at lunch. She either OWNs the Ralf Lauren Polo Co, Tiffany Co, and/or NorthFace Co, OR she is extremely outspoken with her own funky yet classy style. She owns at least 1000000bagillion things that are purple, and still wears them today even though she graduated in 1954. And last but not least, no matter what life has in store for her, she will always be comforted knowing that she has AHC sisters who will always be there for her.
Once a HOLY CROSS GIRL, always a HOLY CROSS GIRL!
by Katie Bowen Long '04 December 12, 2004
Holy Cross is an all girls school in Marlyand. Holy Cross Girls are the hottest girls in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The other all-girls schools that dont compare dont even need to be named - just know that Holy Cross beats them all. Holy Cross girls know how to party and hang out with the hottest guys. They are smart and get good grades but they arent anal about school like other girls in the area. Basically, Holy Cross girls know how to have a good time.
An example of two imaginary hot guys talking about Holy Cross girls wouldnt do them justice...
by AHCchicsKick05 November 11, 2004
The craziest and sexiest girls around, they are less stuck up than visitation stone ridge and ncs. Their skirts are at a length just short enough that leaves enough mystery to have the prep guys coming back for more. We drink we smoke we tan and we party hard core, but we can still come to school on monday looking like catholics(with ribons in our hair and pearls on our ears)
AHCgurl#1:Lets go get drunk and bang some prep guys!
AHCgurl#2:YEAH! But I have to be home by 4 am I have a bio test tomorrow
AHCgurl#2:YEAH! But I have to be home by 4 am I have a bio test tomorrow
by The number 1 ho on a hill November 24, 2004
The Academy of the Holy Cross is an all-girls school in Kensington, Maryland. It is full of the smartest girls in the Washington D.C. Metro Area, who are also very pretty and street-smart. However, unlike girls from Stone Ridge and Visitation, Holy Cross girls aren't ONLY about academics. They also value virtues such as courage and compassion. If you are on the metro and you spot a girl with a cute, light-blue skirt and fashionable navy polo (she probably also has a purple ribbon in her hair) then she probably goes to Holy Cross. The Academy is home to a family, not just a mass of students, who genuinely value each other's presence. Unlike some schools, girls who go to Holy Cross truly are followers of Christ and they have good, solid morals. But don't expect to find a bunch of uptight rich people when you visit. The Academy is known for its great scholarship program. About 50% of the student body is getting some sort of scholarship. And, to top it all off...Holy Cross girls are super, super good-looking and they know how to have a great time (especially at the Holy Cross MIXER!)
Person #1: Oh my gosh, who is that?
Person #2: She's soooooo pretty.
Person #1: I know right...I wonder who she is!
Girl: I'm a HOLY CROSS girl!!!!!! Did you know that according to the Vertical Angle postulate, all vertical angles are equal?
Person #1: Wow, you're smart too!
Person #2: Want to go out with me?
Girl: Sorry, but I'm dating this hot guy from Gonzaga.
Person #2: She's soooooo pretty.
Person #1: I know right...I wonder who she is!
Girl: I'm a HOLY CROSS girl!!!!!! Did you know that according to the Vertical Angle postulate, all vertical angles are equal?
Person #1: Wow, you're smart too!
Person #2: Want to go out with me?
Girl: Sorry, but I'm dating this hot guy from Gonzaga.
by jesusistheonlyway September 29, 2010
Noun: sweet, beautiful girl who looks oh-so-innocent in her cute uniform but knows how to party like crazy on the weekends. Quite possibly likes to smoke cigarettes and/or maryjuana, and drink excessively. One who often finds herself being copied by other private school girls, and lusted after by guys from all schools.
by sexyliltartan December 02, 2004
Holy Cross is the best all girls school around and every girl from seton, visitation, good counsel,stone ridge, etc. wishes they could go to holy cross. A holy cross girl grows to become a woman of courage, compassion, and scholarship. Girls from visitation, stone ridge, and so on sweat the holy cross girls and all guys from gonzaga, prep, dematha, etc. wish that they could be with a holy cross girl. Don't know how to find a holy cross girl? look for the signiture ribbon in her hair and puple and white clothing. Girls from good counsel,visitation, and so on all sweat the ribbon! At holy cross a girl is sisters with every single lady of the academy no matter what race, year, or age they are. They always find a way to have fun at mixers and formals even if a few lights are on! "once a holy cross girl...always a holy cross girl."
Visitation Girl: I hate holy cross girls!!
Gonzaga Boy: I LOVE holy cross girls!!!
Gonzaga Boy: I LOVE holy cross girls!!!
by tartans2004 December 19, 2004
Holy Cross Girls are beautiful, cute, peppy, sweet, and who are we kidding?- freakin sexy! They are all close sisters and they look out for each other so much. They love their friends, their lotas, and God! They know how to have a good time, and they love spending time with their girls. Many people think that ahc girls are sluts because Georgetown Prep is located RIGHT across the street from their campus. (which is a horrible reason (excuse) to call ahc girls sluts. YES, its is TRUE that many ahc girls have bfs at Prep but it doesnt make them sluts!...obviously!! Prep guys go to the ahc campus EVERYDAY after school because ahc girls are sweet and unresistable! dont hate on them because most guys have a standard...and unless you go to HOLY CROSS..you dont meet those standards. (the truth hurts girls...sorry.)
Girls From SJC, SR, HC, VISI, ext. : OMG! THOSE Holy Cross Girls ARE SUCH SLUTS! THEY STOLE ME AND MY GIRLS BFS!
AHC GIRLS: um, we didnt "steal" your bfs. They asked us out..and we are pretty sure that you guys never dated them.
Girls From SJC, SR, HC, VISI, ext. : (damn they are right..lets just lie again and keep calling them sluts bc we cant get cute guys) SLUTS!!!!
AHC GIRLS: We feel so bad for you. oh! we have to go! OUR boyfriends are here! ;)
AHC GIRLS: um, we didnt "steal" your bfs. They asked us out..and we are pretty sure that you guys never dated them.
Girls From SJC, SR, HC, VISI, ext. : (damn they are right..lets just lie again and keep calling them sluts bc we cant get cute guys) SLUTS!!!!
AHC GIRLS: We feel so bad for you. oh! we have to go! OUR boyfriends are here! ;)
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CES 2007 Shure has launched its latest line of pro-quality in-the-ear noise isolation earphones, pitching the range's superior sound reproduction and lower prices than its current E series line-up.
The SE range comprises four models: the SE210, SE310, SE420 and SE530, the latter offered in two forms, one with Shure's Push-to-Hear (PTH) control - press a button and it replaces the sound from your stereo with microphone-relayed audio from the world around you - and one without.
The SE210 provides basic, single-driver sound, as does the SE310, which adds bass-enhancement to what you hear. The SE420 has two drivers, one for high frequencies, the other for bass, hence the '2' in the model number. Finally, the top-of-the-range SE530 has three drivers: low, mid and high.
Three speakers will cost you, of course. The SE530 will retail for £330 when it ships in March - £360 if you get the PTH version. The SE420 will be priced at £249, but it's not due to ship until June. Both sets come with the usual array of sleeves, in different sizes, plus an aircraft plug, 0.25in jack adaptor, and a volume control unit.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- Families, friends, classmates, and colleagues of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus gathered for the 42nd annual Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5, in the Main Arena in the Community Center. Pennsylvania State Senator Richard A. Kasunic was the featured speaker at the ceremony. He shared a number of thoughts and insights with the graduates. In part, Kasunic said, "Up to this time, your work has been directed and made as easy and beneficial as trained minds could make it. From now on, you must rely upon your own efforts. The good you derived from your college experience will depend entirely upon you. The success you make of your life career will likewise be due to your own initiative." He also pointed out that each graduate is an important person, "for each of you possess the dignity of human life, filled with all kinds of possibilities to make the world a better place in which to live. Always remember you can't control the length of your life, but you can have something to say about the width and depth of it."
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Greetings from fast-changing Portland. On your right, note the dozens of breweries and distilleries, none of which existed until the other day. On your left, take care not to provoke the bicyclists, who may control everything by the day after tomorrow. If you'd like to feed them, locavore treats and artisan coffee only, please.
And now to today's postcard picture, just ahead among the hippies and hipsters of the Eastside's Hawthorne neighborhood: the Bagdad Theater & Pub, built in 1927.
The Bagdad is not just a longtime landmark on the less-shiny side of town; it's also proof of the powers of historic preservation, neon and beer (not necessarily in that order). In a city in love with making things and recycling them, it's an old postcard with a fresh message scrawled on back. Times photographer Mark Boster and I recently spent several days exploring it and the neighborhoods nearby.
"Bagdad," by the way, was a common spelling in the '20s. And somehow, the missing "H" contributes to the whole electrified-ersatz-Islamic-hallucination effect of the theater's exterior. But inside, the Bagdad is about movies, beer, burgers and pizza. You can eat a meal and drink beer in the theater, a concept that's novel in Los Angeles but old hat here.
This month's schedule, typically eclectic, includes screenings of "The Great Gatsby" (2013) and "Repo Man" (1984), a panel discussion on Portland in the '60s and a documentary on elk hunting.
Seen enough elk hunting? Sit at one of the pub's sidewalk tables (well, between cloudbursts), round the corner to shoot pool in the Back Stage Bar or have a smoke at the cigar bar Greater Trumps. All fall within the Bagdad's domain.
And within a few blocks, you can shop for books at Powell's (which opened one shop in 1987, another in 1992); check out old vinyl at Jackpot Records, wolf down breakfast treats from the Waffle Window at dinner time or order at the counter of the merrily chaotic ¿Por Qué No? Taqueria.
Do not, however, try to sleep at the Sapphire Hotel near 50th Avenue. Maybe it once was a seedy flophouse favored by sailors and hookers, but it's now an elegantly dim restaurant and bar featuring $9 cocktails that threaten to become novellas. From the menu:
"Lounge Singer. That woman had the voice of a thousand cigarettes. I pined for her. Fig bourbon, rhubarb, pomegranate molasses."
Video: Chris Reynolds in Portland
Already, you may be thinking of "Portlandia," the 4-year-old Web/TV comedy show that deftly sketches the whole sustainably sourced, beer-soaked, coffee-powered, homemade, bike-driven scene. Have you seen the one with the Cultured Caveman, a food stand specializing in paleo-diet snacks? Or Hopworks, the all-organic eco-brewpub? Or the street-corner salesman who peddles micro-kites that fit in your shirt pocket?
No, you have not. Because those are all real. (And by the way: From 1861 into the 1880s, Hawthorne Boulevard was known as Asylum Avenue because its most notable building, now gone, was Dr. J.C. Hawthorne's Oregon Hospital for the Insane.)
But let's get back to the 3700 block of Hawthorne, where the Bagdad marquee gleams red and green at dusk and an old vaudeville curtain hangs above the bottles in the Back Stage Bar.
"It's got that haunted feeling. You just don't get that in a modern building," Rachel Flesher, Bagdad property manager, said recently.
When the theater went up, America was still abuzz over the discovery of King Tut's tomb in Egypt, and designers were entranced by all things Arabian, or Islamic or, you know, sort of like that. Accordingly, the Bagdad featured a grab bag of Arabian, Moorish and Mediterranean flourishes, including usherettes in harem garb. For the opening, somebody brought a live camel.
But the Great Depression was brewing, "talkies" were coming and silent-movie palaces were about to go out of style. Over the decades, Bagdad owners and managers zigged and zagged, first booking vaudeville acts, later sectioning space off to make a duplex, then a triplex.
And then in 1991, brothers and pub moguls Mike and Brian McMenamin bought and renovated the theater, returning it to a single-screen configuration. The key innovation, borrowed from another McMenamin project a few years before, was the view 'n' brew angle.
"There's nothing like going to watch a movie with a pint of Hammerhead," Flesher likes to say.
The history-loving, hippie-friendly McMenamin empire has grown to more than 50 pubs, breweries and hotels in Oregon and Washington, a remarkable story — but you know what familiarity breeds. With the many McMenamin successes has come occasional local sniping about bland fare and seemingly stoned staffers. ("McMinimize your expectations," a sour commenter once wrote on Portlandbarfly.com.)
It's true that the Bagdad's barbecue chicken pizza wasn't my favorite meal in Portland, but it had a nice smoky taste and the Terminator Stout was on the money. Our waitress was not only sober and pleasant but also miffed by the number of able-bodied young beggars on the boulevard.
Now a change is coming. In late September or early October, Flesher said, the Bagdad will close for one to two weeks for installation of new seats, digital projection and sound systems, a new screen and perhaps a tweak to the menu. The new Bagdad, Flesher said, will focus more on first-run movies.
I can imagine that this mainstream move might trouble people with "Keep Portland weird" bumper stickers on their kid-sized bicycles, maybe even inspiring a "Portlandia" episode. I'm reserving judgment and clinging to the best moment of this trip, which the Bagdad helped make possible.
It was night. I was standing across the street from the theater at Powell's. Tyson Birnbaum, the bookshop's assistant manager, was at the counter, about to compare his Portland experience to a Ray Bradbury story about a planet that gets two hours of sunshine every seven years. Just outside the window, a sidewalk fiddle player launched into an improvisation for an aspiring young author who wore a black mask and wielded a VW hubcap shield.
Naturally, Boster stepped up to photograph them. For a moment, the three of them were joined in a circle dance of creation, affectation and documentation, all backlighted by those red and green Bagdad lights.
"Now," I thought. "Now, I'm in Portland."
Timeline: The life of the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Ore.
1927 Southeastern Portland, Ore.'s Hawthorne corridor is transformed by the opening of the Bagdad Theater. Bankrolled in part by Universal Pictures, it's a 1,500-seat "oasis for entertainment," with one enormous electric BAGDAD sign hanging over the street and a second jutting from the roof.
1940s A new manager turns the theater toward vaudeville acts. The Bagdad sign over the street has come down and a new marquee is wrapped around the front of the building. As the theater's vaudeville era winds down in 1948, one of its final acts is the Will Mastin Trio, including a young singer-dancer named Sammy Davis Jr.
1973 After decades of decline, the Bagdad is split into a two-screen operation by a new owner. Eventually, there will be three screens: one in the former balcony, one in the former backstage area and one in the main space. The pipe organ has been gone since the 1950s.
1975 Stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher join producer Michael Douglas at the Bagdad for the Oregon premiere of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which was shot at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
1979 B-movie king Russ Meyer screens the local premiere of "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" at the Bagdad.
1983 Several blocks west of the Bagdad at 1629 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., fledgling entrepreneurs Mike and Brian McMenamin open their first pub, the Barley Mill. Two years later comes their first brewpub, Hillsdale Brewery & Public House in southwestern Portland.
1989 The Bagdad sign over the roof is gone, and the orchestra pit is covered. Yet so much of the old landmark remains that the theater is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
1991 The McMenamin brothers buy the property, renovate it, return it to one big screen with seats for 590 and rename it the Bagdad Theater & Pub. Portland-based filmmaker Gus Van Sant holds a screening of "My Own Private Idaho." The theater also starts hosting authors' readings and music performances.
2006 The Bagdad's Back Stage Bar opens, making use of former behind-the-screen storage space, with a ceiling about seven stories high. A series of connected rooms includes space for several pool tables.
2013 Still banking on brew 'n' view customers, the Bagdad lays plans for digital projection, new seats and first-run movies.
Sources: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org, https://www.mcmenamins.com, McMenamins historian Tim Hills, Bagdad Theater & Pub property manager Rachel Flesher
Portland makes the page: Two experts recommend the best books on the city
Who's better than two guys behind the counter at Powell's to suggest some Portland reading?
Here are some ideas from assistant manager Tyson Birnbaum (who came to town 13 years ago from Hawaii) and bookseller Keith Brooks (a 55-year-old lifer), both at the Powell's on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. (The order here is alphabetical by author, but fans of Chuck Palahniuk should know that both booksellers thought of "Fugitives and Refugees" first.)
Birnbaum: "This is Portland: The City You've Heard You Should Like," by Alexander Barrett. A collection of 13 essays, often tongue in cheek. (Brooks objected, saying, "It was written by a guy who doesn't even live here.")
Brooks: Chelsea Cain's mystery novels. Cain's "Gretchen" series follows Portland detective Archie Sheridan and killer Gretchen Lowell. It begins with "Heartsick," published in 2007.
Birnbaum: "Wild in the City: Guide to Portland's Natural Areas," edited by Michael C. Houck and M.J. Cody.
Brooks: "Portland: People, Politics and Power, 1851-2001," by Jewel Lansing. Inside history from a woman who was Portland's elected auditor from 1983-86.
Brooks: "Blue Moon Over Thurman Street," by Ursula K. Le Guin. Le Guin, best known as a novelist, is a longtime Portlander. For several years in the 1980s and 1990s, she teamed with photographer Roger Dorbland to assemble a portrait of Thurman Street, which stretches across the city for 45 blocks. (Bonus tip: Le Guin's dream-laden novel "The Lathe of Heaven," published in 1971, takes place in the Portland of 2002.)
Brooks: "Red Hot and Rollin'," a collection of essays, edited by Matt Love, about the Trailblazers' 1976-77 championship season. Early copies came with a DVD of a documentary about the team.
Both: "Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon," a nonfiction work by novelist Chuck Palahniuk, better known for "Fight Club" and several other works. Chosen by both.
Birnbaum: "Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime and Corruption in the Rose City," by Phil Stanford. "It's an underground history of Portland."
Birnbaum: S.L. Stoner's historical mysteries, set in 19th and early 20th century Portland. The hero of the series is named Sage Adair, and the titles include "Timber Beasts" and "Land Sharks."
Brooks: "Zazen," a 2011 novel by Vanessa Veselka that won the 2012 PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for debut fiction. It's "set in a slightly alternative universe that resembles Portland and parts of San Francisco."


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DPS Troopers Crack Down on Spring Break DWIs
AUSTIN, April 22, 2013 – Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers made more than 1,000 DWI arrests during a Spring Break special enforcement period this year. The targeted DWI enforcement from March 8 – March 17 included additional patrol hours funded by a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) grant.
"With Texas' status as a popular Spring Break destination, DPS is always concerned about drinking and driving during that time," said DPS Director Steven McCraw. "These DWI patrols, without a doubt, help save lives, and we are grateful for the troopers who work every day to keep our roads safe."
Of the 1,077 arrests, 226 were a direct result of the increased patrols. The TxDOT grant allowed troopers to focus DWI patrols in high-risk locations during the times when alcohol-related crashes are the most frequent.
DPS enforcement also resulted in more than 11,400 speeding citations, 1,600 seat belt/child safety seat tickets and 12,000 other citations. In addition, troopers made 552 fugitive arrests and 463 felony arrests during this time period.
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Pictured and photo courtesy: UNC Senior Kevin Claybren
CHAPEL HILL – UNC Chapel Hill has endeavored to improve student safety through University-wide efforts. Some have said that gender non-specific housing, also known as gender neutral housing, a program allowing males and females to live together in the same University dorm suites or apartments, might have saved some students from facing harassment because of their sexual identities. However, it was banned last week by UNC System leaders before the program could be begin its pilot year.
UNC Senior Kevin Claybren served as the Student Coordinator of the Gender Non-Specific Housing Coalition. He was set to live with three other females in Ram Village Apartments, the first four students to participate in the gender non-specific housing pilot program at UNC, allowing males and females to share bathrooms and common areas in suites or apartments, but not share the same room.
"Our Board of Governors, the University of North Carolina's System Board of Governors, are not focused on student safety and student success," Claybren said. "They are focused on other things and other agendas."
Claybren said the Board of Governors' decision, which affects the 16 UNC System campuses, put him in a bind to find housing, and now he is living alone.
"I looked forward to being around other people who would be able to affirm my identity and I could have affirmed their identity. I looked forward to being in that welcoming and inclusive environment where people welcomed the discussion and welcomed these challenging and hard conversations," Claybren said, adding he believes that feeling safe in a residence hall influences positive academic success.
The Coalition worked for more than two years to make the program a reality, Claybren explained. The group held a sessions in which students shared how they had been bullied.
"We knew that gender non-specific housing was a way to address the bullying and harassment that was happening in our housing experience on UNC Chapel Hill's campus," Claybren said.
Terri Phoenix, UNC's LGBTQ Center Director, served on the Gender Non-Specific Housing Coalition alongside Claybren. She said that residence halls were the fourth most common location where students said they had experienced harassment because of their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, according to UNC's 2011 Campus Climate Report. She said that half of the students who reported harassment identified themselves as heterosexuals. Phoenix said she believed that the program would have benefited a diverse group of students.
Fifty-five University departments and groups supported the policy, including the UNC Parents Council, the student government and the executive branch of the student government. More than 2,000 students signed a petition in favor of the gender non-specific housing. Most notably, the UNC Board of Trustees approved the policy last November, championed by former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp.
"We were able to demonstrate that this proposed policy had broad-based support from a number of student organizations and other departments. We made the case that this was an approach, one of many approaches, that we wanted to have at our disposal to ensure student safety," Phoenix said.
Phoenix, who also served on the Sexual Assault Task Force this summer, said the point of gender non-specific housing, was not to randomly assign males and females to live together. She said it was about providing a safe environment, allowing students the opportunity to room with other people who elected to be a part of the pilot program.
"And this group of people then would have had the chance to say I want to live with these specific roommates, regardless of what their gender was, or they would have been assigned with other people who also said, 'I have concerns about safety, I want to be in a place where people don't have concerns about rooming with a LGBTQ person,'" Phoenix said. "That what this policy would have done, and that is what was prevented by this Board of Governors' decision."
Phoenix said she questioned the timing of the Board of Governor's Decision, when students were not on campus and without hearing student or faculty comment. It not protocol, though, for the Board meetings to take public comment.
Peter Hans, Chair of the Board of Governors, replied last Friday when asked why the policy was banned:
"Our board wants every student to be safe and comfortable and included. The Board believes there are more practical ways to achieve those goals than assigning young men and young women to the same dorm rooms and campus suites," Hans said.
Phoenix said his response was a "simplistic representation" of what the policy was.
Both Phoenix and Claybren said that despite the Board of Governors' decision, they will continue to educate people about why gender non-specific housing is important, with the hope that the Board of Governors will revisit the policy in the future.


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Friday, October 2, 2009
Indoor Garden: Making Terrariums With Kids
The girls and I
planted mini gardens
last week.
(The one in the photo with both girls
is Mini-Saurus' garden...
she arranged her animals all by herself!)
They selected
miniature plants
at the nursery with daddy
during a weekend field trip
(while mama got some uninterrupted studio time!)
We picked up these big
glass fish bowls
from a fellow Freecycler.
You could use just about any kind of glass
(or plastic) container.
We added a small layer of gardening charcoal.
Then some brown gravel.
A layer of spagnum moss to act like a filter,
then potting soil.
The girls had fun planting
and even more fun arranging "scenes"
with small toys.
(Think dinosaurs, match box cars,
little animals, mushrooms, etc)
The Frog Princess made some sculpey clay snails
to live in her terrarium.
(we cooked them in the oven,
note: don't put real snails in the oven!)
We also added some small figurines.
A perfect way to keep a bit of summer
inside for the long fall and winter ahead!
I kept them on the buffet for the weekend,
then moved them to the
sunny playroom windowsill!
The Frog Princess' finished snail and fairy garden.
Happy (Indoor) Gardening!
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Children's Health: blood
Humans can't live without blood. Without blood, the body's organs couldn't get the oxygen and nutrients they need to survive, we couldn't keep warm or cool off, fight infections, or get rid of our own waste products. Without enough blood, we'd weaken and die.
Here are the basics about the mysterious, life-sustaining fluid called blood.
Blood Basics
Two types of blood vessels carry blood throughout our bodies:
Arteries carry oxygenated blood (blood that has received oxygen from the lungs) from the heart to the rest of the body.
Blood then travels through veins back to the heart and lungs, where it receives more oxygen.
As the heart beats, you can feel blood traveling through the body at pulse points — like the neck and the wrist — where large, blood-filled arteries run close to the surface of the skin.
The blood that flows through this network of veins and arteries is whole blood, which contains three types of blood cells:
red blood cells (RBCs)
white blood cells (WBCs)
In babies and young kids, blood cells are made within the bone marrow (the soft tissue inside of bones) of many bones throughout the body. But, as kids get older, blood cells are made mostly in the bone marrow of the vertebrae (the bones of the spine), ribs, pelvis, skull, sternum (the breastbone), and parts of the humerus (the upper arm bone) and femur (the thigh bone).
The cells travel through the circulatory system suspended in a yellowish fluid called plasma, which is 90% water and contains nutrients, proteins, hormones, and waste products. Whole blood is a mixture of blood cells and plasma.
Red Blood Cells
Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes) are shaped like slightly indented, flattened disks. RBCs contain the iron-rich protein hemoglobin. Blood gets its bright red color when hemoglobin picks up oxygen in the lungs. As the blood travels through the body, the hemoglobin releases oxygen to the tissues.
The body contains more RBCs than any other type of cell, and each has a life span of about 4 months. Each day, the body produces new RBCs to replace those that die or are lost from the body.
White Blood Cells
White blood cells (also called leukocytes) are a key part of the body's system for defending itself against infection. They can move in and out of the bloodstream to reach affected tissues. Blood contains far fewer WBCs than red blood cells, although the body can increase WBC production to fight infection. There are several types of WBCs, and their life spans vary from a few days to months. New cells are constantly being formed in the bone marrow.
Several different parts of blood are involved in fighting infection. White blood cells called granulocytes and lymphocytes travel along the walls of blood vessels. They fight germs such as bacteria and viruses and may also attempt to destroy cells that have become infected or have changed into cancer cells.
Certain types of WBCs produce antibodies, special proteins that recognize foreign materials and help the body destroy or neutralize them. The white cell count (the number of cells in a given amount of blood) in someone with an infection often is higher than usual because more WBCs are being produced or are entering the bloodstream to battle the infection.
After the body has been challenged by some infections, lymphocytes "remember" how to make the specific antibodies that will quickly attack the same germ if it enters the body again.
Platelets (also called thrombocytes) are tiny oval-shaped cells made in the bone marrow. They help in the clotting process. When a blood vessel breaks, platelets gather in the area and help seal off the leak. Platelets survive only about 9 days in the bloodstream and are constantly being replaced by new cells.
Important proteins called clotting factors are critical to the clotting process. Although platelets alone can plug small blood vessel leaks and temporarily stop or slow bleeding, the action of clotting factors is needed to produce a strong, stable clot.
Platelets and clotting factors work together to form solid lumps to seal leaks, wounds, cuts, and scratches and to prevent bleeding inside and on the surfaces of our bodies. The process of clotting is like a puzzle with interlocking parts. When the last part is in place, the clot happens — but if even one piece is missing, the final pieces can't come together.
When large blood vessels are severed (or cut), the body may not be able to repair itself through clotting alone. In these cases, dressings or stitches are used to help control bleeding.
Nutrients in the Blood
Blood contains other important substances, such as nutrients from food that has been processed by the digestive system. Blood also carries hormones released by the endocrine glands and carries them to the body parts that need them.
Blood is essential for good health because the body depends on a steady supply of fuel and oxygen to reach its billions of cells. Even the heart couldn't survive without blood flowing through the vessels that bring nourishment to its muscular walls.
Blood also carries carbon dioxide and other waste materials to the lungs, kidneys, and digestive system to be removed from the body.
Blood cells and some of the special proteins blood contains can be replaced or supplemented by giving a person blood from someone else via a transfusion. In addition to receiving whole-blood transfusions, people can also receive transfusions of a particular component of blood, such as platelets, RBCs, or a clotting factor. When someone donates blood, the whole blood can be separated into its different parts to be used in this way.
Diseases of Red Blood Cells
Most of the time, blood functions without problems, but sometimes, blood disorders or diseases can cause illness. Diseases of the blood that commonly affect kids can involve any or all of the three types of blood cells. Other types of blood diseases affect the proteins and chemicals in the plasma that are responsible for clotting.
The most common condition affecting RBCs is anemia, a lower-than-normal number of red cells in the blood. Anemia is accompanied by a decrease in the amount of hemoglobin. The symptoms of anemia — such as pale skin, weakness, a fast heart rate, and poor growth in infants and children — happen because of the blood's reduced capacity for carrying oxygen.
Anemia typically is caused by either inadequate RBC production or unusually rapid RBC destruction. In severe cases of chronic anemia, or when a large amount of blood is lost, someone may need a transfusion of RBCs or whole blood.
Anemia resulting from inadequate RBC production. Conditions that can cause a reduced production of red blood cells include:
Iron deficiency anemia. The most common type of anemia, it affects kids and teens of any age who have a diet low in iron or who've lost a lot of RBCs (and the iron they contain) through bleeding. Premature babies, infants with poor nutrition, menstruating teenage girls, and those with ongoing blood loss due to illnesses such as inflammatory bowel disease are especially likely to have iron deficiency anemia.
Lead poisoning. When lead enters the body, most of it goes into RBCs where it can interfere with the production of hemoglobin. This can result in anemia. Lead poisoning can also affect — and sometimes permanently damage — other body tissues, including the brain and nervous system. Although lead poisoning is much less common now, it still is a problem in many larger cities, especially where young children might ingest paint chips or the dust that comes from lead-containing paints peeling off the walls in older buildings.
Anemia due to chronic disease. Kids with chronic diseases (such as cancer or human immunodeficiency virus infection) often develop anemia as a complication of their illness.
Anemia due to kidney disease. The kidneys produce erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates production of red cells in the bone marrow. Kidney disease can interfere with the production of this hormone.
Anemia resulting from unusually rapid red blood cell destruction. When RBCs are destroyed more quickly than normal by disease (a process called hemolysis), the bone marrow will make up for it by increasing production of new red cells to take their place. But if RBCs are destroyed faster than they can be replaced, a person will develop anemia.
Several causes of increased red blood cell destruction can affect kids:
G6PD deficiency. G6PD is an enzyme that helps to protect red blood cells from the destructive effects of certain chemicals found in foods and medications. When the enzyme is deficient, these chemicals can cause red cells to hemolyze, or burst. G6PD deficiency is a common hereditary disease among people of African, Mediterranean, and Southeast Asian descent.
Hereditary spherocytosis is an inherited condition in which RBCs are misshapen (like tiny spheres, instead of disks) and especially fragile because of a genetic problem with a protein in the structure of the red blood cell. This fragility causes the cells to be easily destroyed.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Sometimes — because of disease or for no known reason — the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys RBCs.
Sickle cell anemia, most common in people of African descent, is a hereditary disease that results in the production of abnormal hemoglobin. The RBCs become sickle shaped, they cannot carry oxygen adequately, and they are easily destroyed. The sickle-shaped blood cells also tend to abnormally stick together, causing obstruction of blood vessels. This blockage in the blood vessels can seriously damage organs and cause bouts of severe pain.
Diseases of the White Blood Cells
Neutropenia occurs when there aren't enough of a certain type of white blood cell to protect the body against bacterial infections. People who take certain chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer may develop neutropenia.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks certain types of WBCs (lymphocytes) that work to fight infection. Infection with the virus can result in AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), leaving the body prone to infections and certain other diseases. Newborns can become infected with the virus from their infected mothers while in the uterus, during birth, or from breastfeeding, although HIV infection of the fetus and newborn is usually preventable with proper medical treatment of the mother during pregnancy and delivery. Teens and adults can get HIV from sex with an infected person or from sharing contaminated needles used for injecting drugs or tattoo ink.
Leukemias are cancers of the cells that produce WBCs. These cancers include acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The most common types of leukemia affecting kids are ALL and AML. In the past 25 years, scientists have made great advances in treating several types of childhood leukemia, most notably certain types of ALL.
Diseases of Platelets
Thrombocytopenia, or a lower than normal number of platelets, is usually diagnosed because a person has abnormal bruising or bleeding. Thrombocytopenia can happen when someone takes certain drugs or develops infections or leukemia or when the body uses up too many platelets. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a condition in which the immune system attacks and destroys platelets.
Diseases of the Clotting System
The body's clotting system depends on platelets as well as many clotting factors and other blood components. If a hereditary defect affects any of these components, a person can have a bleeding disorder. Common bleeding disorders include:
Hemophilia, an inherited condition that almost exclusively affects boys, involves a lack of particular clotting factors in the blood. People with severe hemophilia are at risk for excessive bleeding and bruising after dental work, surgery, and trauma. They may experience episodes of life-threatening internal bleeding, even if they haven't been injured.
Von Willebrand disease, the most common hereditary bleeding disorder, also involves a clotting-factor deficiency. It affects both males and females.
Other causes of clotting problems include chronic liver disease (clotting factors are produced in the liver) and vitamin K deficiency (the vitamin is necessary for the production of certain clotting factors).
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