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If fiftysomething basketball players can spend thousands of dollars on fantasy camps with the likes of Coach K and MJ, if golfers make similar pilgrimages to the sport's birthplace in Scotland, why shouldn't hunters do the same at exotic venues in Africa?
That is what Johnny Schickerling and his wife, Mariana, have been counting on, having converted their family's 37,000-acre cattle ranch into Agarob Hunting Safaris— a hunting-on-horseback operation in Namibia — more than 20 years ago. It is what Erik Terblanche, a former electrical engineer, was relying on when he started Amanita Safaris around 1995 in his native South Africa.
They and others have targeted a large, passionate and financially stable audience — Americans interested in big-game hunting — and turned it into profitable businesses. Though not quite as bulletproof as before the recession, these outfitters remain a viable option for folks trying to check off a line on their hunting bucket list or just celebrate a birthday with a big round number.
"They might have come for seven or eight days before, and now they come for three or four days," Mariana Schickerling said. "But they still come."
Mariana Schickerling said Namibia's government is pro-hunting because the U.S. dollars help in the country's animal conservation and because relaxed gun laws make it easy for hunters to get through customs with little hassle.
Though the costs can be eye-opening — reaching five figures quite easily and escalating from there, depending on the animals, or trophies, that are shot — the African safari outfitters who came to the E-ventplex at the Frederick Fairgrounds this weekend for the annual NRA Great American Hunting & Outdoor Show say hunters can spend as much going to Alaska or taking their family on a Caribbean cruise.
"You can make up your own little package, because the package can change every morning," said Mariana Schickerling, who along with her husband was making her first trip to a Maryland show after coming to other shows across the country for the past 11 years. "They will see an animal and say, 'Can I shoot this? It's not on the package.' We have clients who have to call their wives to wire them more money."
Johnny Schickerling favors Americans over Europeans "because they don't smoke, they don't drink too much, they're easier to be with." He said he books 25 to 40 hunts per year, mostly from April through September.
"You don't want to kill off all the animals in a year," Johnny Schickerling said.
Those who have experienced hunting on the Schickerling's ranch prefer it to hunting in the United States because the ratio of animals to hunters can be tenfold, even hundredfold.
It's the proverbial kid in the candy store, except that kid is carrying a high-powered hunting rifle.
"If you go to Namibia with an open mind, every time the horse crests the hill, you never know what you're going to see," said Ed Carter, a retail store manager from Ephrata, Pa., who went on his first trip there three years ago and is returning this year with his wife, Beth, for their 25th wedding anniversary. "When you hunt around here, it's for whitetail deer or turkeys or bears — that's it."
Rege Podraza, a retired schoolteacher from outside Pittsburgh who now helps book hunts for Terblanche on his 5,500-acre property in South Africa, said American hunters accustomed to seeing a small herd of whitetail are awed by the numbers of animals they see in close proximity.
"You're not going to see one; you're going to see 100," Podraza said.
With nearly two dozen species of animals to take as trophies — mostly elklike kudus as well as oryx and Hartmann's Mountain zebras — the Schickerlings' clientele has transformed from mostly European to "99 percent" American, many of them repeat customers.
One of her favorite visitors is a Texan who came for three weeks in the spring of 2010, returned for a month later in the year and last year came for three months. Another is an 81-year old man from Montana who is returning for his second two-month stay in as many years.
Maybe it's the mean zebraschnitzel Mariana Schickerling makes.
"I can remember eating the zebraschnitzel, but I don't think I touched anything else on the table," Ed Carter said. "If she had it here, we'd be fighting over it."
Having hunted all over the United States, Carter said hunting in mountainous Namibia "is a completely different environment." Even the 52-mile drive from the country's airport in the Namibian capital of Windhoek "is breathtaking," Carter said.
Local regulations permit hunters in Namibia to shoot only two of a certain species, Johnny Schickerling said, with the exception of leopards (only two per year on the property) and cheetahs, which are not allowed to be imported into the United States.
According to Podraza, the big-game hunting in South Africa is a lot more exciting than in Namibia — and potentially more expensive — because of the "trophies of opportunity" that include lions. (A three-day hunt for a Lion Superior Male costs $35,000.)
"We're not going to take their money and say we're going to look for an elephant," Podraza said. "We know that there are no elephants."
Podraza said that for the money some people spend going to Saskatchewan to hunt whitetail, "they can come to Africa, with their wife, be wined-and-dined, there's a lot of pluses. Once these people come, we get them back again and again and again. It's more affordable than going to Alaska. And it's not all hunt, hunt, hunt. It's … hunt for three days and then go to Sun City to gamble."
Podraza said he has booked all types of clients, including a Mennonite family from Cleveland, as well as people with physical limitations like himself.
"It's a doable hunt," he said.
Terblanche recalled getting an email from a New York City police officer who had been hunting with him once and then went out to one of his upstate New York hunting grounds a few months later.
"It's about January and he said, 'You ruined my life,' " Terblanche said with a laugh. "He said, 'I got up this morning, sitting in the rain and the cold, and I thought back to you and packed up my stuff and went home."
NRA Great American Hunting & Outdoor Show
Today: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Site: E-ventplex at the Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick
Admission: $10 ($8 for NRA members and free for children 9 and under)
Information: nrahuntingshow.org


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How does your house look right now? And maybe I don't mean your whole house but do you ever have a room, a closet, or a pile that you mean to get to, sort through and organize but one day leads to another and another and nothing gets done?
I've done this so many times myself, and it drives me nuts. I will procrastinate and find a zillion other things to do rather then focus on the actual thing that's bugging me.
Maybe you've done this too. You even chide yourself, and remind yourself that you can take control of the uncontrollable but the visual reminder gets bigger and bigger until you shut down - physically and emotionally. It's almost like you tell yourself if you don't fuss about it, and don't acknowledge the mess, no one else will and it won't matter.
But it doesn't always work that way. When our "visual space" gets cluttered it can have a profound effect on how we function, and even how we feel about ourselves.
Usually what happens is there becomes so much "stuff" that you don't know where to begin, and so the mess stays there - mocking you about your inability to get your life together. It can feel downright depressing to individuals and a messy space can be overwhelming and frustrating to a point that you do nothing.
Seems ridiculous - doesn't it!
Let me tell you though, those feelings are perfectly normal. Sometimes the hardest thing you can do is move forward because that requires action on your part and NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT FOR YOU. Wouldn't it be nice if someone would!!
Here are some good reminders about how you can start to get your life organized:
#1: Make a plan. Do not tell yourself you're going to clean the whole house….because the reality is, you're just not going to. Be very literal about what you will do. For example - "I will start Tuesday after work on the kitchen table, and by the weekend I will have everything on the table organized, thrown away, given away, or put-away in it's proper place."
Tackle one area of clutter at a time. Give yourself a time limit and work within those constraints.
#2: Sometimes it's really, really helpful to get someone else to work along side of you when you want to tackle a spot in your home. When something gets so overwhelming you literally don't know where to begin and working with someone else can keep you on task. Some people just don't know how to get their things organized but a friend, family member, (or professional organizer) can be a godsend. Use them!
#3: If you haven't seen it, touched it, or used it in the last year, will you really miss it? Consider saying good-bye to some of your stuff. Give it to Goodwill or some other organization and let someone else enjoy it.
#4: Have a space or place for everything and every time you use it - put it back. After years of doing this, I finally "get it" and besides, it's easier to find things that way too! It's amazing how family members will follow your lead. Yes, it might take a few reminders when they forget, but it is SO WORTH IT.
The end result - surprisingly - is that you feel more in control, and somehow end up feeling better about yourself and really good about your clean, organized space!!

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About Cambrian Park
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Nearby Schools
Bagby Elementary School- Cambrian (883 API)
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Branham High School- Campbell Union (810 API)(S of Campbell Av)
Del Mar High School- Campbell Union (694 API)(N of Campbell Av)
San Jose Christian School- Private
Valley Christian Schools- Private
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Dining and Shopping
Dine and shop locally at The Pruneyard.
Whole Foods is located in Hamilton Plaza across from The Pruneyard at S Bascom and Hamilton Avenues.
Trader Joe's is located at The Pruneyard, across from Whole Foods on S Bascom Avenue.
The Downtown Campbell farmers' market on Campbell Avenue is open year-long on Sundays 9am-1pm.
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Parks and Recreation
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Easy commute routes, Cambrian Park is in close proximity to Hwys 85, 17(880), 280, and 101.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Cash moved one small step nearer to its deathbed with the announcement on Wednesday that Square, the mobile payments start-up, would form a partnership with the Starbucks Coffee Company.
This fall, Square will begin processing all credit and debit card transactions at Starbucks stores in the United States and eventually customers will be able to order a grande vanilla latte and charge it to their credit cards simply by saying their names.
Though smartphone payments have a long way to go before they replace wallets altogether, Starbucks's adoption of Square will catapult the start-up's technology onto street corners nationwide, and is the clearest sign yet that mobile payments could become mainstream.
"Anyone who's going to break the mobile payments barrier in the U.S. has to overcome the resistance to try anything new when everything we have works really, really well, even cash, which is very convenient," said Bill Maurer, director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine.
"But if a big merchant jumping into some mobile payment solution signals to other merchants that there is an opportunity here," he added, "that might change the psychology for other merchants."
Starbucks is also investing $25 million in Square as part of its latest round of financing, which values the company at $3.25 billion, and Howard D. Schultz, Starbucks's chief executive, will join Square's board.Continue reading the main story
Starbucks has offered its own mobile payment app since last year and processes more than a million mobile payments a week. Customers will continue to be able to use it, but they will also be able to use Pay With Square, Square's cellphone app, which eliminates even having to take the phone out of your pocket or sign a receipt.
At first, Starbucks customers will need to show the merchant a bar code on their phones. But when Starbucks uses Square's full GPS technology, the customer's phone will automatically notify the store that the customer has entered, and the customer's name and photo will pop up on the cashier's screen. The customer will give the merchant his or her name, Starbucks will match the photo and the payment will be complete.
Even though Square's app has been well reviewed, it has not caught on with shoppers, which has been Square's biggest challenge as it tries to expand. That is in large part because of the limited number of merchants that accept payments that way. Most of Square's users are small businesses, like farm stands or cafes that also use Square's credit card reader.
Starbucks, which will be far and away the largest business using Square, could change that.
"Starbucks is one of the largest organizations in the world, taking technology like Square — simple, fast and focused on customer experience — and bringing it to a massive scale," said Jack Dorsey, Square's co-founder and chief executive.
Square, which was introduced in 2010, is one of many businesses — like Google, PayPal, Sprint and Microsoft and start-ups like Scvngr and GoPago — that are trying to offer mobile payments. But they have been slow to catch on because they require the cooperation of many players, including retailers, credit card companies, banks, cellphone carriers and phone makers. And Americans have been just as happy to pull out their credit cards as their cellphones to make a payment.
Denee Carrington, a Forrester analyst who recently wrote a report on mobile payments, said that mobile payment providers would need to offer a compelling, safe and convenient experience for shoppers, and that the applications would have to make good use of their personal data, like spending habits, to offer valuable services.
Forrester estimates that 30 percent of American mobile phone owners are interested in using mobile payments, based on a survey polling about 7,600 adults in the United States. It found that younger consumers are the most amenable to using mobile wallets. Still, it predicts that it will take another three to five years before mobile payments reach critical mass in the domestic market.
"We are still in the early days of mobile payments specifically, but the market is accelerating, especially the amount of innovation that's happening in the marketplace," Ms. Carrington said.
Square has so far been most popular in small coffee shops, but Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Schultz said that even though the start-up was now doing business with the nation's biggest coffee chain, the partnership would benefit those small businesses. More customers will have the app, they said, and it will show small businesses near Starbucks stores.
"My hope is that by creating a national footprint for Square technology in all Starbucks stores in the U.S., that it will be a catalyst for Square to get access to tens of thousands of other small business and democratize payments," Mr. Schultz said.Continue reading the main story


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How to Make Short Golf Putts
To really hone your golf skills when it comes to short putts (called knee-knockers), pressure is the key. You must create a situation in which missing that short putt hurts. You have to care about the result of every putt. If all you have to do after missing is pull another ball over and try again, you're never going to get better. You don't care enough.
So, put yourself under pressure, even if you only make yourself stay on the green until you can make 25 putts in a row. You'll be amazed at how difficult the last putt is after you've made 24 in a row. It's the same putt in physical terms. But you're feeling nervous, knowing that missing means that you've wasted your time over the previous 24 shots. In other words, you'll have created tournament conditions on the practice green. Now that's pressure. Suck some air.
Because you don't want the ball to travel far, the stroke should be short, which doesn't give the putterhead much of an arc to swing on. But the lack of arc is okay. On a short putt, you don't want the putterhead to move inside or outside the target line (at least, on the way back). So think "straight back, straight through." If you can keep the putterface directly toward the hole throughout the stroke and you're set up squarely, you're sure to make more knee-knockers than you miss.
Knowing how short putting feels helps:
Place a two-by-four on the ground and put the toe of your putter against the board.
Move the putter back.
Keep the toe against the board until after impact.
Hit the putt.
Keep the putterhead at 90 degrees to the board so the putter moves on the straight-back-and-straight-through path that you want.
Practice this drill until you can repeat the sensation on real putts.
Never allow the wrist on your lead hand to bend when putting. If you do, you'll end up in putting hell.


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Recall 12V190000
Reverse Gear Engagement and/or Lighting Issues
Recall Details
Certain vehicles may have been assembled with a transmission range sensor (TRS) that was calibrated out of specification for reverse gear. If this condition exists, the transmission may not properly engage reverse gear and/or if reverse gear does engage, the "R" indicator on the dash or the backup lamps may not illuminate. These conditions increase the risk of a crash or a pedestrian being struck due to the vehicle's not signaling it is in reverse. Dealers will inspect and replace the transmission range sensor as necessary to correct this concern. The Ford recall number is 12C23.
Our Quick Take
On certain vehicles, the transmission may not properly engage reverse gear; or, if reverse gear does engage, the "R" indicator on the dash or the backup lamps may not illuminate due to a faulty transmission range sensor.
What Should You Do?
Ford will notify owners of affected vehicles beginning June 25, 2012. If you are experiencing problems with the transmission shifter and/or related lighting, or you don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your dealer. It's helpful to have your vehicle identification number (VIN) handy when you call.


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SANDWICH, England -- It was a day for Watson pars. Fortunately for Tom Watson, he made a ton of them.
It takes a special kind of golfer to arrive on a first tee with the wind howling and the rain pounding down and look forward to the challenge. Watson always does, though not always work out as well as it did when he returned a 72 in the third round of the 140th Open.
"I had my uncomfortable days," he said. "I've shot high scores on days like today. But this is one of those days I'll remember. It was a very good day out there, especially with the putter."
With the wand doing its magic on the greens, Watson reckoned he would have had something like a 77, which was more like the average score among the earlier starters that included the 61-year-old, five-time Open champion.
He saved pars at the first and the fourth - where he hit two drivers and was still short of the green - with decent putts, made a birdie at the par-5 seventh and only made his first bogey at the 11th.
At the 10th he was in a bunker and hit a brilliant recovery and smiled broadly.
"Pars are great scores today," he said. "I really had a good feel with the putting and it saved me. Now I know why I won all those British Opens. That putter was always pretty good."
Everyone was well wrapped up against the elements but still the spectators came out onto the exposed links and they were rewarded by Watson's nostalgic display. A surprise run at a sixth Claret Jug, the one that so cruelly eluded him at Turnberry a couple of years ago, was always going to depend on the weather for the leaders and here the American was not in luck as conditions eased. He finished at 4 over, which was still eight behind before Darren Clarke and Lucas Glover teed off. In years to come, the scores in the books will not tell the full tale of how well Watson played on this day.
No one else had managed anything better than a 73 before Watson reached the clubhouse. There were a few dropped shots on the back nine, including at the last, but a wonderful 4-iron at the 16th, the same club with which he holed in one at the sixth on Friday, set up a second birdie of the round.
It has been another extraordinary Open week for Watson. Last weekend he visited Omaha Beach in Normandy and the cemetery at Ranville.
"It was a very emotional trip," he said.
In practice, Watson got blew about by the wind on Tuesday.
"I shot about an 84 or 85 which gives you a measure of what this course did to me that day. I tell you, that does not help your mental condition."
When the championship started, he was part of the attention on British amateur Tom Lewis, who was named after the American. Through it all Watson kept about his business and when the challenge was at its stiffest on Saturday morning, Watson responded as of old.
Experience played its part.
"One of the things you learn," Watson explained, "is the old saying, 'swing with ease in the breeze.' You see the young kids trying to hit the ball really hard in the wind. You don't need to do that. I mean, I'm 61 years old so I can't swing hard anyway."
There is also the little matter of looking forward to the battle.
"It is a game and it's fun," he said. "I kind of liked the forecast that it was going to get nasty, or dastardly as Peter Alliss would call it. It worked out for me today."
As for Sunday's final round, he added: "It would be nice to have some wind tomorrow but we can do without the rain."


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Castillo rips a hit in first game in over a year
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In the not too distant future, Rusney Castillo will get to a bigger stage such as Fenway Park and revel in all that that comes with it.
But for one searing Sunday afternoon, the relative anonymity of Field 1 of the Red Sox's Player Development Complex suited Castillo just fine.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In the not too distant future, Rusney Castillo will get to a bigger stage such as Fenway Park and revel in all that that comes with it.
But for one searing Sunday afternoon, the relative anonymity of Field 1 of the Red Sox's Player Development Complex suited Castillo just fine.
It was in a Gulf Coast League playoff game that the Cuban outfielder played his first baseball game since signing a seven-year, $72.5 million deal with the Red Sox on Aug. 23. In fact, it was the first time Castillo played in any baseball game in over a year.
Three pitches into his professional career in the United States, Castillo turned on a 2-0 pitch from Yankees Minor Leaguer Luis Cedeno and hammered it into left field for a single.
"I feel great," Castillo said through an interpreter. "It was a good day. I've wanted this day to come for a long time now. It finally got here. I feel good physically and mentally."
Moments later, Castillo, who is known for his speed, bolted for second but was caught stealing.
It didn't take long for him to get back in the flow of being a baseball player.
"That's my game," said Castillo. "Try to get on and try to steal. It was something I was definitely thinking about."
Castillo seemed unfazed by getting a hit following such a layoff.
"I've done this for a long time," said Castillo. "It's like riding a bike. I felt good and I was happy I was back out there today."
Castillo served as the designated hitter in his debut and struck out looking in his second at-bat.
There have been various estimates about when Castillo played his last game before he was suspended for trying to defect from Cuba. When asked Sunday, Castillo estimated it was July 2013.
On Monday, Castillo will play at one of the club's Minor League affiliates, though the Red Sox haven't announced which one yet.
Perhaps the most intriguing development left in the 2014 season for the Red Sox will be when Castillo gets called up to the Majors. The outfielder is keeping an open mind as far as how many at-bats he needs before making that step.
"There's no specific number of [at-bats]," said Castillo. "I's a matter of just playing, and the goal from the beginning for me is to play in the big leagues this year."
Of late, Cuba has been a pipeline for successful Major League players such as Aroldis Chapman, Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu and Red Sox slugger Yoenis Cespedes.
"It's definitely added a lot of confidence, it's definitely motivated me," said Castillo. "I want my countrymen to do well -- guys that I played with. It's definitely a motivating factor and something that's assisted me with my confidence level."
But Castillo won't try to follow in the footsteps of those players as much as he will try to create his own.
"My No. 1 objective would be to be the same player I've always been," said Castillo. "Play my game and not try to do too much or try to become someone else -- another type of player I'm not."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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'C' is for celebration with cupcakes frosted with marshmallow icing and a cup of coconut creme brulee
"What's a blog?" I remember asking my friend, Mari, who had been prodding me to start a food blog. I had never heard of it, and such a short word ending in a hard "˜g' made it sound like some kind of disease. She was right though "" once I started, I just kept on going, and I haven't stopped since. Now Dessert Comes First is 1 year old, and I'm amazed at how everything's changed since then!
THANKS SO MUCH to all of you who read my blog, and take the time to email and/or comment. I'm truly so grateful.
I originally named my blog Dessert First, but most people thought that it was called Dessert Comes First because of the URL. The name "˜Dessert First' had already been claimed on Blogspot, so I had to insert an extra word. Several months later, I decided to change it to Dessert Comes First (DCF) once and for all.
As most of my regular readers know by now, I'm a food writer/baker and DCF is my playground where I let my passion for food run free. Before beginning the website, I had no interest in food photography or styling, but those two activities are a natural progression from the work that I do on the website. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so I reasoned that if I had good pictures, then I'd be able to fully capture the essence of whatever food I was describing "" words with pictures "" a powerful combination.
Here's a 10-post look back at the first year of Dessert Comes First:
1. The post that started it all was my Restaurant Hot List for April '05. Around this time last year, some good friends were asking me what restaurants were worth going to. I wrote up a short list and decided to use it as my first post on DCF, no pictures. The other posts that you see dated before April 2005 are old food articles that I wrote when I was the food editor for a now-defunct website.
2. The very first photo I ever shot and posted for the blog…
… was a photo for a flourless chocolate cake. It was a damn good cake with an unspeakably lousy photo. I didn't even know how to use the camera we had in the house, nor did I have a decent plate to put the cake on. It's such a bad photo that my best friend Bal, who's also an excellent graphic artist told me, "It's beyond repair, Lor." Even I don't even have a copy of it anymore. Click here to see this now landmark photo. I think my shots have come a long way since then, wouldn't you say?
3. The 1st restaurant review on DCF was for Hossein's Persian Kebab.
"I think your shots are too close," I remember my dad telling me when I first took my camera out to dinner. Back then, my family thought it was strange to be told that no one could eat until after I'd taken a shot of their food, but now everyone's so used to it that when the food is served, my mom and dad automatically ask, "Picture?" My dad doesn't think that my shots are too close anymore, but he hasn't seen how I've contorted my body just to get that perfect shot. I've had to wipe frosting off of my camera and I even got too close to a plate of pasta once. Gee, my camera has as big an appetite as I do.
4. The most asked-about post and requested recipe is for my cheesecake. Several people have emailed me to say that this cheesecake is the best they've tried. I'm glad because it makes people swoon whenever I serve it. You can view my past recipes here. From now on however, I'll be including the recipe with its corresponding post.
5. The most forwarded and some say 'notorious' post:
The 10 best desserts in Manila and the vultures who eat them. I'd been told that people were receiving this post via email from as many as 10 different senders. What made it so popular I don't know. I was told that I shouldn't have written so bluntly, but I said it on national TV and I'll say it again: my food blog is anchored on honesty. I'm committed to telling the truth about my food experiences. If something's not good, I'll be the first to let you know, and I won't mince words about it.
6. The 1st home baker I featured was Kristine Guerrero of KG's Kitchen. She emailed me to offer some of her pastries, and was I ever glad that she did. Because of that first meeting, I've become a huge fan of home bakers. These are the people whose desserts are underrated, and sometimes even kept secret. I say bring them out and let me tell everyone about it!
7. Favorite photos:
These are the photos that everyone seems to love as much as I do. People can't get enough of them. I even raffled off some of these at the tea party I threw last March.
egg love – I love to document my love for eggs.
choco orange slice — Even Yahoo! liked this photo so much that they used it for the cover of their website for one day last December.
tomatoes and sea salt — My ongoing obsession with salt.
panna cotta — This is the photo that accompanies what has got to be my porniest post. Ever.
8. Most commented on post:
You're Fat. As of this writing, this post leads the pack with 46 comments. Looks like I hit a nerve, as that server at McCafé hit mine. Let's do away with this nasty Filipino habit of greeting people with an appraisal of their weight gain (or loss), shall we?
9. Best-loved post:
5 of the best chocolate cakes in Manila Chocolate cake. Enough said. Oh, and I've noticed that readers of my blog like "Top 5" lists and "Best of" lists. More to come, then!
10. The question I get asked/emailed/texted most often:
What camera do you use?
While I've said this many times, this is the first time that I'm posting a photo of what camera I use. (photos courtesy of Amazon and Canon-Asia). It's a Canon Powershot G2, which debuted on the market way back in 2001. Why do I use this camera, specifically? Simple: it's the only camera we have in the house. Compared to other cameras nowadays, my trusty little Canon is a basic point and shoot. I also don't digitally enhance my photos because I don't know how. Photoshop is too difficult to learn. I have a tripod that I hardly ever use, as well as a super-macro lens which I use sometimes. I don't have fancy lights or umbrellas. I just use natural light and that's it. What you see is what I've got. I'm terribly low-tech.


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OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett says all kinds of investors finished 2008 bloodied and confused because of the dysfunctional credit market and other financial turmoil.
And the famous investor said Saturday in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders that "the nation's economy will be in shambles throughout 2009."
His comments came as Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has reported a 62 percent drop in its 2008 net income because investment and derivative losses of nearly $7.5 billion weighed on the results.
Buffett detailed his worst year leading Berkshire in a shareholder letter issued Saturday.
Berkshire reported $4.99 billion net income, or $3,224 per share, in 2008. That's down from $13.21 billion, or $8,548, in 2007.
Buffett says the Omaha-based company's book value — assets minus liabilities — declined 9.6 percent to $70,530 per share in 2008.
Berkshire's book value declined only one other time under Buffett, and that was a 6.2 percent decline in 2001.
But Buffett remains optimistic about the country's future. He says America has faced bigger economic challenges in the past, including two World Wars and the Great Depression.
He says America's best days remain ahead.


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KenHammond needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 17 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
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most of time if you call me when i am at home and ask me what i'm doing i will tell you that i am cleaning. i always seem to be cleaning (and andrew, too), but i am so messy that i can't seem to keep up with myself. this weekend andrew and i did some real spring cleaning. we took all of the pots and pans out of the cupboards. andrew cleaned the cupboards while i bossed him around. the usual. it felt good to get everything organized and finally find the lid to the stock pot. hooray! and when we finished, we rewarded ourselves with gin and tonics. now that's my kind of cleaning.
Monday, April 20, 2009
spring cleaning
Posted by jen gotch at 9:51 AM
8 comments:
- amy b.s. said...
gin and tonic...maybe i should use that as a motivator to clean! then maybe i'd actually do it!
- April 20, 2009 at 10:35 AM
- Visually Inspired said...
hi jen! i just discovered your blog through carrie & andy. your blog is beautiful!
it was great to see you guys at the urban family easter celebration. see you guys next year!
- April 20, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- the purcells said...
i love cleaning!! especially with a reward like that.
- April 20, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- v a n e s s a said...
That's what I spent my weekend doing too. Reward - sleep.
- April 20, 2009 at 9:12 PM
- Industrialsparkle said...
Why didn't I think of ending my spring cleaning with gin and tonic. Thats genius. I just wanted to say that I saw you on Dialogue and your "fanciful hair pieces make people angry" comment made me laugh soooo hard.
- April 21, 2009 at 10:12 AM
there may be something with me, but i look forward to SPRING cleaning every year!
- April 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM
yep, half my weekends are spent cleaning too. but come the next day, it looks like it's never been cleaned!
- April 22, 2009 at 2:11 AM
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2005 Hummer H2 Custom - Kid's Choice
Performance Off Road's Rookie Sensation
There are a lot of reasons to choose a vehicle for a project build. Some pick a classic body style that they have loved for years, some people see the potential in a late-model truck, and others pick what's hot just for the challenge of raising the bar. When Juan Prieto, owner of Performance Off Road & Automotive Accessories in Bakersfield, California, was looking for his first big project, he left the decision up to his son, Johnny. It was Johnny's idea to build an H2, and it was also his idea to paint it blue and use the Fox Racing Shox logo as a theme throughout the build. Juan agreed with his son on all accounts, and he bought the '05 H2 you see here. It's probably worth mentioning that Johnny was 4 years old at the time.
Juan began the build by tearing into the stock suspension and saying goodbye to parking structures forever. A Full Throttle 9-1/2-inch lift made room for 40x15-inch Toyo Mud Terrain tires mounted onto 22x12-inch Weld Velociti 8 wheels. Pro Shaft, also in Bakersfield, made a set of lengthened driveshafts that were chromed by West Coast Chrome. A Specialty Design four-link took the Full Throttle lift one step further, and added one-off custom billet aluminum link bars, and a Panhard bar. Specialty Designs closed up shop, so this is the only set of billet arms like it. The Full Throttle kit comes with coil spring spacers, but Juan decided to make an upgrade there, as well. The rear axle was powdercoated and given new mounting brackets to accept Fox coilovers. Fox 2.0 remote reservoir shocks add extra dampening to the rear axle, and a pair was used on each side on the front. Specialty Designs also made the plate on each end of the torsion bar crossmember that bears the Fox Racing Shox logo.
While everything was apart, Juan took the opportunity to bolt on a ginormous, but necessary, brake upgrade. Six-piston Brembo calipers, fed by stainless steel lines, and massive 15-inch rotors are a good match for the huge rolling stock and keep things from getting scary when a quick stop is necessary. To get everything rolling, both front and rear differentials were filled with 4.88:1 Genuine Gear ring and pinion sets, and the 6.0L V-8 got a few speed goodies, including JBA headers, plug wires, and a 3-inch exhaust.
Work began on the body of the Hummer when it was sprayed at K-Daddyz Kustomz in Bakersfield. Dupont Hot Hues Blue By You was laid on top of the factory black with a tribal graphic in Dupont Hot Hues Silva Silver dividing the two. From there, Kaib Knight added the lime green pinstriping and also added Fox Racing Shox logos throughout the H2. Once the body was cut and buffed, Juan bolted in IPCW taillights and got to work installing the billet accessories. SMA and Grippin Billet provided the door handles and trim pieces, while the grille came from Strut.
Open up the doors of the H2 and you'll find Roadwire leather upholstery with Fox Racing Shox logos and a custom sub enclosure, built by Advance Mobil Audio & Security, taking up a majority of the cargo area. Two 15-inch Precision Power subs are powered by two Precision Power 1000.2 amps, while the separates are powered by a single 1200.4 amp. A Pioneer ACIV-Z2 navigation head unit ties the system together and sends the video signals to the Vizualogic headrest monitors for the passengers in the rear seats.
It turned out that Johnny had a good eye for customs. With the work from the companies mentioned, Juan and his team at Performance Off Road were able to build this H2 in three months and make a successful debut at SEMA. Now that Johnny is much older and wiser, we wonder what he and his dad are up to next.


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Analysis: 'I don't see how this ends well' in Gaza
JERUSALEM — As Israel clamps down on the Gaza Strip and prepares for the possibility of sending thousands of soldiers into the Palestinian area controlled by the militant Islamic group Hamas, its leaders are facing a diplomatic conundrum: They have clear military goals but no political vision for how to end the confrontation.
"I don't see how this ends well, even if, in two weeks time, it looks like it ends well," said Daniel Levy, a political analyst who once served as an adviser to Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister who's now leading the military campaign against Hamas as Israel's defense minister.
Israel's expanding air strikes already have delivered a costly blow to the Hamas rulers in Gaza by killing hundreds of the group's soldiers and decimating its network of government security compounds.
Beyond that, though, Israeli leaders haven't explained what could bring the violence to a halt. Once the smoke clears, the rubble is removed and the dead are buried, Hamas is still almost certain to remain in control of the Gaza Strip, and its hard-line leaders are already vowing to strike back.
"To the extent to which there's a scenario where Israel wins a tactical round, it will again lose a strategic round," said Levy, a senior fellow at The New America Foundation, a liberal policy institute in Washington, D.C. that's providing ideas and personnel to the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Israel's ongoing campaign is already creating an early foreign policy test for Obama, who's pledged to make Middle East diplomacy an early priority when he takes office next month.
On Sunday, Obama chief lieutenant David Axelrod offered tacit backing for Israel, blaming Hamas for sparking the conflict as the Bush administration also has done. If Obama continues to offer similar unqualified support for Israeli military action, it could make it harder for him to demonstrate to the Arab world that he's a more even-handed middleman than Bush has been.
Israeli officials Sunday said their top priority is to destabilize Hamas and cripple its ability to keep firing the crude rockets into southern Israel that have killed seven Israelis in the last two years.
Here the Israeli government appears to have learned a lesson from its bungled 2006 war in Lebanon against fighters from Hezbollah, another militant Islamic group. There, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert failed to achieve his main goals: Forcing Hezbollah to return the two Israeli soldiers whose capture sparked the 34-day war and silencing rocket fire from Shiite Muslim militants in southern Lebanon.
"What we want to do is significantly reduce the rocket fire," said Miri Eisin, a reserve colonel in the Israeli Army and spokeswoman for the Israeli government. "If Hamas says no more rocket fire, then we'll see where that goes."
Olmert and his government, however, refuse to negotiate directly with Hamas until the group, which is supported by Iran and Syria, renounces its goal of destroying Israel.
The standoff worsened last year when, after winning 2006 democratic elections that were backed by the Bush administration, Hamas seized military control of Gaza in a humiliating rout of forces loyal to pragmatic Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Since then, Israel and the U.S. have been trying to provide political support to Abbas by trying to revive stagnant peace talks and helping to rebuild his security forces in the West Bank, between Israel and Jordan.
The goal is to show the Palestinian voters who propelled Hamas to political power in 2006 that Abbas and his pro-Western government are a better alternative.
"We have a dialogue with the Palestinian Authority," said Eisin. "You don't have an alternative to that at the end of the day."
If anything, however, the U.S.-Israeli effort has pushed Abbas and Hamas farther apart and made re-uniting the rival Palestinian factions more difficult.
That leaves Israel, the United States and Abbas with few diplomatic options: Hamas refuses to abandon its pledge to destroy Israel while Israel and the U.S. refuse to talk to Hamas until the group does. Abbas, meanwhile, refuses to reconcile with Hamas until the group surrenders control of Gaza.
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Asher started crawling a couple of weeks ago. Now he's an expert and getting into all kinds of things! :o)
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
THE wedding.....
Mia and Emma, Junior Bridesmaids.
The Groom, Jacob with the ring bearers!
Emma and the Bride, Kaylan.
The Wedding Party
The Pastor that married them, was the pastor who led me to the Lord. I haven't seen him in many years, so that made it extra special. Ok, I'll stop there. The Wedding pt.2 The Reception coming soon!!!
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday, Monday.....
When we were loading up the van this morning to take Emma and Dougie to school, we had a whole morning of plans. Dougie was the last one out the door but he told me, "I didn't close the door." I went back, closed the door and got in the van. That's when it hit me, the keys were in the house!
I immediately tried to call Steven but to no avail. He was on his bus route and I knew he couldn't answer his phone.
We checked all doors and windows and of course, everything was locked. Our back patio has a flat roof that is just under the boys' upstairs bedroom windows. Dougie was pretty certain that his window was unlocked so we got the ladder. Unfortunately, the ladder wasn't tall enough. We were still trying to get Steven, little did we know that his phone was on vibrate!!!
I then got the bright idea to try and pick the lock. As I was trying various tools that I could find to try to break into our house, SNAP! The tip breaks off in the keyhole! No use calling Steven now. Our key ONLY opens that door! The key for the other doors is IN the house. OMW!
I call a neighbor and ask her if she knows anyone who might come help us. she gives me a name and the sweet man came over within 5 minutes. He first attempted to use a credit card to open the door, I knew that wasn't going to work. Then we told him about the upstairs window, so he went and got his ladder and then he and Dougie climbed up on the roof. The window wouldn't budge! Fortunately, it was unlocked and after a few tries, it opened.
After we got in the house, the sweet man tried to get the tip out of the door lock but it wouldn't budge. He even took the doorknob off but it was a goner.
After all that, Emma and Dougie were only 45 minutes late for school and we were able to get the rest of our errands done, including an unplanned stop at L*wes to but a new door lock!
On the way to school, I told the kids we learned 2 life lessons today!
~Always keep a spare key hidden outside!
~No matter how desperate you get, don't ever try to pick a lock! LOL!!!
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This is a fantastic salad using Chicken Fajitas. I posted the recipe for the chicken so check it out in my kitchen or search for it. This salad is so good that make more then you think you will need. I sometimes put the salad into a pita or baguette for eating on the go, or take it with on picnics. Be sure to experiment and add all sorts of extras to the salad and make it a meal in a dish
1 Large Salad
12 oz Chicken Fajitas (recipe is already posted)
1 Pack lettuce
- large Croutons
¼ cup oil
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 Clove crushed garlic
1 tsp Mustard
¼ tsp Salt
¼ tsp Black pepper
¼ tsp soy sauce
The oil needs to be emulsified into the mayo, this can be a little tricky. Use a hand blender to blend the mayo and slowly, slowly add the oil. Use a good tall narrow blending cup for best result. As you add the oil it should be 'sucked' into the mayo and form a creamy white dressing.
Add the garlic, mustard, salt, pepper and soy. It should now be a light yellowish creamy dressing, not oily. If it is oily then it is not emulsified right.
I make homemade croutons by cutting leftover challah or baguette into cubes and baking it with olive oil, italian seasoning, tarragon and thyme. You can do that or just buy croutons, big croutons will work better in this salad.
Mix the lettuce (cut into big pieces), chicken fajitas (cold leftovers is fine), croutons and dressing together. Add to the salad anything you like, tomatoes, red onion... My favorite addition is baked mini red or white potatoes. I bake them with spices and oil and then cut them and add to the salad


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Financial Advisers of Americaon Tuesday announced that it has significantly changed its executive management team. The firm's former CEO, Ken Johnston, has transitioned to chairman; former President Jodi Johnston has been appointed CEO and former COO Todd Pack has become president and COO.
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Financial Research Corp. Names New President
Financial Research Corp. announced May 26 that it has hired Robert J. Jenkins as president of the firm. Prior to joining FRC, Jenkins was at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Management & Research, where he held several leadership positions, including vice president in the investment analysis group and vice president and investment director for Fidelity's Freedom Fund in the global asset allocation group. He previously was a McKinsey & Co. consultant in the asset management strategy practice.
"Bob Jenkins is highly respected by the financial services industry for his expertise and thought leadership, said FRC Chairman Bob Hedges in a statement. "We are excited about his joining the firm as we believe he will build significantly on FRC's current ability to provide thorough and insightful analysis of key issues for asset managers, distributors and others in the investment marketplace."
Merk Investments LLC Gains Meyer
In another get from Fidelity,Merk Investments LLC announced Wednesday that it has named Emily Meyer vice president of sales. Meyer will be partnering with registered investment advisors in the eastern U.S., and will report to Peter Moeller, director of distribution, who himself joined the company this past spring.
Prior to joining Merk, Meyer was senior regional investment consultant at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services, where her team established Fidelity's registered investment advisor (RIA) sales team.
MillburnNames Ishii Head of New Japanese Branch
Connecticut-based Millburn announced on May 24 that it has opened a Japan branch office through its affiliate Millburn International LLC, and named Seiji Ishii as Japan country head, effective May 1. The new office, located in Tokyo's financial center in the Marunouchi district, will be under Ishii's management.
Ishii joins Millburn from Wellington International Management, Japan, where he chaired the firm's Japan Investment Management Committee and was a senior member of Wellington's business management committee. Ishii's prior experience also includes his role as managing director and Japan country head for GAM. Ishii will focus on continuing to build Millburn's reputation in Japan as a global macro CTA manager.
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP Gains Fox
New York-area accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLP said on Wednesday that it has appointed Brian L. Fox chief financial officer. He will oversee the financial team and lead a strategy to support the firm's ongoing growth and expansion.
Fox most recently served as CFO of Loureiro Engineering Associates, a Hartford, Conn.-based environmental engineering and construction firm. He was previously a divisional CFO for Construction Services and Consultants Inc., a West Palm Beach, Fla.-based construction management firm. Fox began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he served as a senior associate in the firm's assurance and business advisory services division, based in Hartford, Conn., and West Palm Beach, Fla.
PerTrac Adds Corvese and Alpert
PerTracannounced on May 25 that it has added Lisa Corvese to its team as managing director of global business strategy and Jed Alpert as managing director of global marketing.
Before joining PerTrac, Corvese served as head of global client relationship management for GlobeOp Financial Services, an independent financial technology firm that provides fund administration services. She also has held executive-level positions at both Reuters and Standard & Poor's and has launched businesses in electronic brokerage, wealth management and financial services.
Alpert has nearly 20 years of international B2B marketing experience with technology growth companies. Most recently he was vice president of marketing at ContextWeb, an online ad exchange. Alpert has also held management positions with Wolters Kluwer and began his career in consulting with the Washington, D.C.-based Advisory Board Company.
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Dust Storm in the Sahara Desert
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Last update: November 18th, 2019 at 7:00 am
A dust storm blew through northeastern Mauritania in late January 2013. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on January 20. Many of the dust plumes arose in Western Sahara, perhaps fueled by the fine sediments of impermanent rivers and lakes. The dust storm likely picked up more material in northeastern Mauritania, where sand seas cover most of the land surface. Dust-laden winds are some of the most common natural hazards in Mauritania, and less than 1 percent of the land is arable.
CIA World Factbook. (2013, January 14) Mauritania. Accessed January 22, 2013.
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Michon Scott.


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DocUtah.com 2012
September 5th – 9th
DOCUTAH is a Southern Utah International Film Festival presented by Dixie State College in St. George. The 2012 festival will be it's third year of run. Phil Tuckett, DOCUTAH Artistic Director and Director of the DSC Film Program planted the seed of DOCUTAH in 2009. A small group of individuals went to work to create the inaugural event in September of 2010. Since then we've had more than 800 films submitted from 60 plus countries and enjoyed meeting many wonderful filmmakers. These filmmakers are among festival attendees who come for the films, stay for the scenery and depart having experienced inspiration. DOCUTAH welcomes the world and at the same time embraces the community of Southern Utah.
Academic Component – DOCUTAH is presented by Dixie State College and therefore affords us the opportunity to reach out to students and the community with filmmaker seminars and panels. Citizens are invited to attend and learn more about the art of filmmaking and also gain insight into the subject matter chosen for the film.
Outdoor Screenings – Our tagline – Come for the films, stay for the scenery – invites festival attendees to witness the brilliance of the magnificent red rocks of southern Utah. The close distance to six state and national parks makes DOCUTAH a unique place to present a film festival.
Events and Films – Documentary films engage our minds and have the potential to educate and entertain. Categories like music, environment and art speak EVENT to us and we therefore plan events for the DSC students, festival attendees and citizens of our Southern Utah community. DOCUTAH isn't just a film festival…it's a five day PARTY and every event is one not to be missed.
Our Mission – The mission of DOCUTAH is to inspire a global connection through documentary films and intellectual discussion. In doing so it will enhance the education of students and citizens of the Southern Utah Community.
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I am a big fan of sauerkraut and Bubbie's is definitely my new favorite brand. I love it for the taste and I love it even more for its high probiotic content.
A reminder of what's to love about probiotics:
- They improve immune function
- They help to produce vitamin K
- They suppress the growth of potentially harmful bacteria
- They assist in replacing the good bacteria that is depleted by illness and/or certain medications
Most of the time, I pair it with my fav non-meat hot dogs (tofu pups) and I put them together on a piece of whole wheat toast topped with lots of spicy brown mustard (a whole wheat hot dog bun would obviously be a good choice as well, but I've just always folded a piece of lightly toasted bread and made that my bun).
I had a beef hot dog for the first time last 4th of July… Call me crazy, but I've loved these vegetarian impostures for so long that even after a glimpse at the true blue, I'm still sticking with my old favorite. If you aren't into the lack of meat in your dog, that's ok, but make it a point to avoid the cured and nitrite-ridden varieties that have been linked to higher rates of certain cancers, as well as diabetes. (See this article – The reason why processed meats are so dangerous to your health)


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The following information is a Web Extra from the pages of Top Producer. It corresponds with the article "Eternal Wisdom." You can find the article in Top Producer's Spring 2013 issue.
In 2000, Top Producer began its Top Producer of the Year contest. Every year since, one outstanding producer has been recognized. Below are some words of advice from these successful producers.
Marty Klinker of Fairfield, Mont.
When Marty Klinker was named the first-ever Top Producer of the Year, he was not yet 40. He was young enough to have ambitious goals, and old enough to know it would take a strong business plan to reach those goals. One of his stated goals was to have $1 million of structured debt by the time he was 30, so he would be worth more than $1 million when he turned 50. "Everything I had needed to be an income-producing asset," he says. "I wanted structured, not obnoxious, debt. I wasn't afraid of debt, and I'm not now either."
Klinker says he has many sayings that he is constantly repeating to his employees and kids. They refer to them as "Martyisms." One of his favorites is: egos let a lot of things happen that common sense should never allow. "That transcends everything," he says. "I tell people that all the time. It works in finances, purchases, relationships, family battles, everything."
Ben Riensche of Jesup, Iowa
"Swing for the fences," says Ben Riensche of Blue Diamond Farming Company. "I'm not saying you should forget about managing risk, but set your sights higher than you can imagine. You might just get there." The 2001 Top Producer of the Year says his thinking in the early years was shaded by the events of the 1980s and early 1990s, and that he reached his goals much faster than he ever anticipated.
Riensche also encourages young producers to build a quality peer network. "Include the best farmers you know that operate outside of your area so you don't compete," he says. "Everyone involved will encounter about the same challenges, except at different times. You will find it valuable to be advised by your colleagues and later advise."
Socializing with other outstanding farmers is another important component. "Make sure they visit your farm frequently," Riensche says. "You are probably moving at a different pace and path than most. Your connections with them will help your family and team understand why you march to the beat of a different drum."
Dean Folkvord of Three Forks, Mont.
Looking back Dean Folkvord says whenever they bought another farm or took on another lease it was always controversial. "Somehow it always worked out favorable," he says. "We've never bought farmland for what we thought was a bargain price. Yet, overtime, the land was always a good investment." Folkvord says the same holds true with leases. "Sometimes, it really taxed our equipment and time, but eventually it justified bigger and better equipment, which made the whole operation run smoother," he says. "My advice to young producers is to buy something when you are young and keep adding to it. Ag is a career where the benefits accumulate over the long run."
Brian Mitchell of Elkhart, Kan.
Today's young farmers have been exposed to the constantly emerging world of technology since the day they were born, notes Brian Mitchell. "While new technology can be fascinating, it must also be cost effective for their farming operation," he explains. "Just because it is new technology, it must have a valid business purpose." Mitchell reminds that the leading edge of technology can also be the bleeding edge. "We are in the business of farming," he says. "If you manage the business first, then you can enjoy the life of a farmer."
Steve Irsik of Ingalls, Kan.
Steps for executing your dream: 1) Dream or develop a vision for what you wish to do. 2) Develop a plan to execute your vision. 3) Execute on the plan. 4) Finally, and this might be the most important part, be brave.
"I emphasize bravery because most will say what you are trying to do cannot be done, that is not the way we do things, you will be broke in six months, etc.," Irsik says. "Many things will stand in your way, but be smart, look, listen, join in activities of all types, develop your network and mentors."
Every community has mentors. It could be your mother, father or uncle. Irsik says to look for the gray-haired person who will help you. "There are many opportunities in agriculture," he says. "I think more than when I started 40 years ago. Opportunities don't necessarily need to be the traditional thing. Get out of the box, and look and study what the new opportunities might be."
Chad Olsen of Hendricks, Minn.
If the clock turned back and Chad Olsen were to start fresh again, he would put more emphasis on more accurate bookkeeping. "It's a key element in our operations today," he says. "Back then, I just wanted to be in a tractor and figured things would just work out." Olsen learned the hard way that it's an absolute must when trying to develop a partnership type of relationship with your banker. "Sometimes, I had to sell some grain because I needed a buck," he says. "I knew there would be a better time in the future to sell it, but I didn't have a good enough relationship with my banker at the time because of my lack of record keeping.
"If I could go back in time, I would have been more profitable in my early years had I dedicated myself to more time at a desk."
Dave Minich of Logansport, Ind.
Practice making lots of decisions and hope it's the little ones that are wrong, says Dave Minich. "Be careful what you build because change and time will require you to tear them down someday," he says. "If you're never forced to take a risk, you probably won't go very far. Keep your health and family risks to a minimum the rest is a gamble."
To help with that gamble, Minich encourages farmers to build on their talent, and hire the best for the rest. "You have to be religious to be a farmer," he says. "Encourage your kids to do what they like best, eventually, and let them make some mistakes. Spend time training young people who are interested in farming." If one wish were granted to Minich, he would have gotten out of livestock sooner. He says it's important to continually plan and then be willing to change the plan.
Lon Frahm of Colby, Kan.
In the mid- to late-90s, this Kansas farmer reached a benchmark. "When I hit 10,000 acres, the economies of scale kicked in," says Lon Frahm. "Everything fell into place and I could afford to do lot of stuff in-house."
Frahm knows acquiring land is a huge challenge for young farmers, but his advice is to be persistent. "The first quarter is the hardest," he says. "Then, you can use the first one for leverage to buy the second, and then it can grow from there."
As Frahm closes in on three decades of farming, his focus has shifted away from acquiring land. "I don't have an acreage goal," he says. "It's more about lifestyle." He says that can vary from working fewer hours on the weekends to going on a nicer employee trip to spending a few more minutes with his employees during their morning coffee breaks.
Donny DeLine of Charleston, Mo.
This Mid-South farmer says relationships are key. "Get to know the right people," DeLine advises. "Listen to neighbors and farmers who have been in the business for years; work to build relationships versus just trying to offer the highest bid; and surround yourself with good people."
DeLine who regularly attends Top Producer Seminar says you have to think outside of the box. If you can't get involved at the state or national level or get away from the farm, DeLine encourages you to get involved in your community with 4-H or FFA. This will only help in your relationship building, he says. "If you work to build the right relationships—that's half the battle," DeLine says. "It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation and only a few minutes to ruin it. Stick to your word and treat people right."
Gregg Halverson of Grand Forks, N.D.
"I am convinced that change creates opportunity," says Gregg Halverson, the 2012 Top Producer of the Year winner. "We cannot be afraid of change; we should embrace it."
Thanks to Halverson's father, he knows the importance of taking the time to do it right the first time. "It doesn't matter if it's in the barn, on the tractor or in the office, it is much more efficient and productive to do a job once rather than relying on a do-over," he says.
His last piece of advice for young farmers is to surround yourself with the best people possible. "Hire the best at all levels in your company, no matter the size," Halverson says, noting that he believes more in this every day.


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Argos admits selling Halo 3 early
Cock-up not conspiracy
Argos has admitted breaking the official release date for Halo 3. The UK high street retailer coughed to the goof after lucky gamers reported getting their mitts on copies of the game before the scheduled release date next week.
Microsoft's Halo 3: tipped to be a Christmas smash
Argos quickly apologised for its actions and claimed that the sales were the result of a genuine administrative error. It said it doesn't endorse breaking release dates.
The hotly anticipated shoot-'em-up is due for UK release on 26 September, but pictures of copies of the game that were allegedly sold by Argos before the official release date, along with pictures of dated receipts, sprang up online today.
According to one report, the Argos' website said the game could be collected between 19 and 20 September. However, when Register Hardware tried to order its own copy, we found that Argos had rectified the error, with a notice that "This page is currently unavailable". Blast.
This week, Microsoft confirmed that all UK copies of Halo 3 Legendary Edition had already been allocated through pre-orders, and that stocks of the Limited Edition copy were also close to running out. It's not known what effect the Argos sales had on numbers.


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August is over and I must say it it has been a very nice summer this year. Unfortunately I hardly find time to update my blog. So sad… but I'm busy working on a new blog, where I would like to talk more about interior design and my inspiration. There are so many new ideas in my head and I hope I will be ready soon.
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ECOVA MALI hires local experts to provide "hands-on" agricultural training, as well as instruction on business planning, basic accounting, and marketing to Malian farmers. ECOVA MALI also provides start-up capital in the form of micro-loans and mini-grants for the creation and development of worker-owned and managed, sustainable agriculture enterprises based on principles of environmental and social responsibility. We believe in increasing food security, stimulating economic development, and fostering environmental stewardship through sustainable "agripreneurship" (agriculture + entrepreneurship).
ECOVA MALI coordinates training sessions in response to specific requests from partner communities. Training activities take place primarily at our our permanent Training Center, which is 35 km west of Bamako, on the road to Siby. There we can accommodate groups of up to 16 participants. In 2012 we will also coordinate workshops at the community level in other regions of Mali.
ECOVA MALI was founded in 2007 by Gregory Flatt and Cynthia Hellmann as a grassroots alternative to the predominant top-down approach to development. Having both formerly served as Corps Volunteers in Mali, Greg and Cynthia have fostered and maintained close ties to Mali since the late 1990's and have returned numerous times in various roles. They have seen that local experts can train fellow Malians far more effectively and at a much lower cost than western expats. They have also witnessed how relatively small amounts of money can work wonders in the hands of rural agricultural entrepreneurs. So they decided to create an organization founded upon the lessons learned from their observations and experience.
In 2009, the organization was granted tax-exempt 501c(3) status by the IRS.
Also in 2009, we received a generous grant from LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics through their Charity Pot program, which allowed us to purchase about 7 acres of land and build the infrastructure for a permanent traning center and field office.
Beginning in 2007, we have provided a number of micro-loans to entrepreneurial farmers. We are proud to report that the loan recipients were able to put these funds to productive use and we have experienced a 100% pay-back rate!
Since the creation of our training center in 2009 we have been able to host over a dozen workshops focusing on a variety of agricultural topics including, ameliorated poultry raising techniques, how to make natural pesticides from local ingredients, composting, improved shea butter production methods, and inter-cropping. Our dedicated Malian staff model a variety of appropriate technologies and production techniques at the site for visitors to see.
Learn More About: Who We Are
ECOVA MALI is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. As such, your financial contribution to ECOVA MALI is tax-deductible as a "charitable donation" when you file your annual tax return! You can either send us a check directly (made out to ECOVA MALI) to the address below, or you can make a secure online donation using Razoo.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Almost Winners and a Heart Block
8 comments:
- Lesley said...
Wonderful idea! Just finished my 9-patch and starting my heart. It is so nice to be able to do a little bit to let her know we are thinking of her.
I tried really hard to have my quilt top finished in time, but didn't quite make it! I really love the blocks with the borders and hope to finish it this weekend. I do thank you so much for a wonderful quilt along and congrats to all those who made the deadline. It is wonderful to look at the pictures on the Flickr site!
- March 28, 2012 at 3:04 PM
- luvtoquilt said...
What a great and thoughtful idea -- count me in! I will get right on this and get them in. Should we put these blocks on the Flikr page? It would be fun to see what everyone comes up with.
- March 28, 2012 at 3:48 PM
- Moose on the Porch Quilts said...
Sure - post them on flickr if you want. It would be fun to see everyone's blocks! Thanks!
- March 28, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- grendelskin said...
I'm in!
- March 29, 2012 at 7:37 AM
- gi quilt said...
I' m in also. What a thoughtful idea. I actually have a 9 patch heart i make for a label sometimes. Will make a block to send.
This was my 1st quilt along and it was a very positive experience. Sorry i missed the layer cake and jelly roll, but have printed to make later. Will definitely use some of these stars again. Love having a deadline. The flickr pictures are very inspiring too. Thanks to you and all the other designers.
- March 29, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- krislovesfabric said...
I sent my blocks yesterday, thank you for the opportunity.
- March 31, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- sell my house said...
Thanks for the great and thoughtful idea.
sell my house
- April 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM
- Cathy said...
I don't know how I missed this post. I was just looking at the blocks throught the flicker group and saw the blocks, and clicked on Lesley's link to your post. It is too late to send my block now, but I would have if I hadn't missed the deadline. I want to chime in and take this time to thank you as well. I really enjoyed the quilt along and appreciated all the designers word and your efforts.
- April 19, 2012 at 3:58 PM


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Cops: Ariz. woman runs over husband for not voting
GILBERT, Ariz. Police say a woman who was upset over the outcome of the presidential election ran over her husband because he didn't participate in his civic duty.
Holly Solomon, 28, chased her 36-year-old husband Daniel Solomon with the family Jeep SUV on Saturday night over a political argument stemming from the fact he didn't vote, CBS station KPHO in Phoenix, Ariz. reported. She pinned him between the underside of the SUV and the curb when he tried to run for help.
The husband told investigators that Solomon believed her family was going to face hardship from President Barack Obama's re-election.
Witnesses told police that Solomon followed her husband in her car through a parking lot while screaming at him. He hid behind a light pole to protect himself while Solomon circled several times. She struck him as he tried to make a break for the main road.
There were no signs Solomon was impaired either by alcohol or drugs, KPHO said.
She was booked on an aggravated assault and domestic violence.
Her husband remains in critical condition at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center, news outlet Arizona Republic reported.
It's not clear whether Solomon has a lawyer. She had no listed phone number.


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Construction crews, under the direction of Tri-Hurst / Hogan Construction, will begin work as soon as bonds are sold to help fund the project. It is expected that the Utah Community Impact Board will purchase $1,180,000 in Lease Revenue bonds this week.
Tri-Hurst is working toward a mid-October 2011 completion date for the 10,440 square foot, two-story clinic. It will feature a lobby, ten provider offices, ten examination rooms including two larger treatment rooms, and a small classroom for education programs.
See the San Juan Record website, at www.sjrnews.com, for architectural renderings of the new clinic
Eaton Architects designed the building. More than $1 million of the construction costs will be paid to local contractors and subcontractors.
Burton Black, president of the San Juan Health Services Board, said that the project has been amazing from its inception. He thanked the San Juan County Commission, county taxpayers, USDA Rural Development, the Community Impact Board and employees of the health service district for their support.
The San Juan Clinic has been housed in the San Juan Hospital for approximately ten years and conditions are crowded.
"This project will allow two of our doctors to come out of the closet," joked Dr. Paul Reay, explaining that the offices of two physicians at the current clinic are literally in closets.
A Local Building Authority (LBA) has been set up to build the building. The health care district will lease the facility from the LBA and the lease payments will be used to pay the bonds.
The bond will be paid with an annual payment for the next 30 years at less than one percent interest. The debt payment for the project will be about $100 a day.
In the past two years, the health care district has gone through a strategic restructuring of operations to deal with the opening of the Blue Mountain Hospital in Blanding.
The restructuring has included $4.3 million in capital projects, including a new operating room suite, dietary lab expansion, a new clinic in Spanish Valley, and the new clinic in Monticello.
More than 60 percent of the $4.3 million in projects has been paid by grants, with the remaining $1.7 million from debt financing.