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9 In general, the size of the SE increases as the size of the estimate increases. Conversely, the RSE decreases as the size of the estimate increases. Very small estimates are subject to such high RSEs that their value for most practical purposes is unreliable and should only be used to aggregate with other estimates to provide derived estimates with RSEs of less than 25%.
10 This publication contains means and medians. Both are measures for locating the centre of a set of values, but each measure has its own method of calculation. The mean is the arithmetic average, whereas the median is the middle value of a set of values when the values are sorted in size order.
11 Table 5 shows that the estimated number of children who played a musical instrument was 490,200 with the median number of hours those children played a musical instrument being 3 hours in the last 2 weeks of school.
12 Standard errors can be calculated using the estimates (means or medians) and their corresponding RSEs. The RSE table corresponding to the estimates in Table 5 (see Datacubes in the Downloads tab) shows the RSE for the estimated median number of hours children played a musical instrument in the last 2 weeks of school is 8.5%. The SE is calculated by:
13 Therefore, there are about two chances in three that the value that would have been produced if all children had been included in the survey will fall within the range 2.7 and 3.3 and about 19 chances in 20 that the value will fall within the range 2.5 to 3.5. This example is illustrated in the diagram below:
14 Published estimates may also be used to calculate the difference between two survey estimates (of numbers or proportions). Such an estimate is also subject to sampling error. The sampling error of the difference between two estimates depends on their SEs and the relationship (correlation) between them. An approximate SE of the difference between two estimates (x-y) may be calculated by the formula:
15 While this formula will only be exact for differences between separate and uncorrelated (unrelated) characteristics of sub-populations, it is expected to provide a good approximation for all differences likely to be of interest in this publication.
16 A statistical significance test for any comparisons between estimates can be performed to determine whether it is likely that there is a true difference between the corresponding population characteristics. The standard error of the difference between two corresponding estimates (x and y) can be calculated using the formula above. This standard error is then used to calculate the following test statistic:
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- Football season is over, but CNN's Jason Kurtz has your guide to reasonable substitutes
- Hockey's back after a 113-day lockout that cost the NHL 625 games and over half a season
- As for college basketball, Kurtz says to "expect the hardwood to heat up significantly"
- Michael Jordan will turn 50 on February 17 during the NBA's 62nd All-Star Weekend
Football season is officially over. All 726 collegiate Bowl Games are in the books. The ink is dry on National Signing Day. And after a safety and ensuing punt officially closed the lights on the NFL season, sports lovers are left to ponder one extremely heavy-hearted question: "Now what?"
With all due respect to the boys of summer, pigskin has shoved its way ahead of all other sports, using two heavily gloved hands to grab hold of the mantle as America's Pastime. But simply because football has taken a knee for a few months, that doesn't mean the average fan needs to go into hibernation. Here now, seven suitable substitutes to keep us all warm during the winter.
1. NHL -- In case you were unaware, which would be entirely understandable, relations have thawed between the world's best ice hockey players and those who sign their checks. (Note: It's likely that most financial transactions actually occur care of direct deposit, but let's not split hairs, especially when it comes to those sporting iconic mullets.) The business is no longer in the front, and the party is in fact back, because after a 113-day lockout, which cost the league some 625 games and more than half a season, in mid-January the NHL returned to rinks across North America.
Now with a condensed season (48 games for each club) that began roughly three weeks ago, each skate means that much more. "Barns" will be a rockin', and teeth will go a flyin', as goal-scorers and enforcers alike are forced to ratchet up their intensity and sharpen up their elbows. So pull your favorite team sweater out of the closet and dust off your abacus -- it's time to re-calculate "plus-minus." And toss the Gillette Fusion ProGlide back into your medicine cabinet, because it's never too early to start cultivating that playoff beard.
2. PGA -- We're still a handful of J.B. Holmes drives from hearing Jim Nantz's signature "Hello Friends" as the CBS mic-master welcomes us to The Masters in Augusta, reminding all that it remains "a tradition unlike any other." And while April and Amen Corner truly announce golf season, there are early signs to suggest the PGA is nearing full swing.
On January 31, Phil Mickelson came within a breath of posting only the sixth sub-60 round of all-time, and three days later South Korean rookie James Hahn took the training wheels off golf's first celebratory Gangnam Style putting green jig. Certainly, we're a far cry from seeing PSY paired with Bill Murray at Pebble Beach, but weekends spent watching the world's best play 36 holes, against some of the world's most captivating backgrounds? That's one way to beat February's frozen tundra.
3. College Basketball -- There is a prevailing theory that suggests the average fan doesn't begin paying attention to on-campus hoops until after the Super Bowl. OK then, here we go! With perennial powerhouses like Duke, Kansas, Indiana, Syracuse, Arizona and Michigan all littering the top 10, the rankings feel like a familiar throw blanket under which one might curl, as temperatures in Big East and Big 10 country drop to mirroring single digits. But with no undefeated or one-loss teams to be found, and four schools having claimed the No. 1 ranking in each of the last four weeks, expect the hardwood to heat up significantly as we dribble toward Selection Sunday.
4. The NBA's All-Star Weekend -- If you're feeling old, this won't help. On February 17, the greatest player to slip on sneakers turns 50. While Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame career often centered around an epic accumulation of numbers (more than 32,000 points, 10 scoring titles, 6 world championships,) seeing a sixth decade is an accomplishment unique unto itself, especially in as much as it will occur exactly on the evening of the game in which he starred 14 times.
Beginning February 15, the NBA's All-Star Weekend blasts off from Houston, and "His Airness" figures to be prominently featured throughout the festivities. Long before "King James" and the "Black Mamba" had their own signature swoosh, every kid in America wanted to "Be Like Mike"
5. The Daytona 500 - Unofficially referred to as the "Super Bowl of Racing," the green flag drops from Northern Florida on February 24, bringing about a season that will feature such fanciful phrases as "restrictor plate racing" and "Boogity Boogity Boogity!!!"
Now why the sport holds its biggest event to begin the season is still as curious as the notion that NASCAR could list the left-directional as the sport's most important piece of equipment. Nonetheless, with "The Great American Race" just around the corner in Turn 3, it's time to refamiliarize ourselves with a world in which "drafting" has nothing to do with the Army, nor anyone's baseball keeper league.
6. The World Baseball Classic - Speaking of all things diamond, we're officially within a week from hearing the four most magical words in any baseball fan's vocabulary: "Pitchers and catchers report." But in the event that the start of spring training isn't enough for the average fungo fanatic, this years Grapefruit and Cactus League schedules will wrestle with the welcome interruption that comes care of the World Baseball Classic (first pitch, March 2).
Created in 2005 as an answer to hardball being pulled from the Olympics, the 2013 tournament will be the third edition of the international event, and it arrives carrying a catcher's mitt full of story lines. Can anyone dethrone two-time champion Japan? How will opposing WBC pitchers deal with a loaded lineup coming out of Venezuela (Marco Scutaro, Pablo Sandoval, Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Gonzalez hitting 2-3-4-5)? And just how slick will a Dominican Republic infield be that could put Hanley Ramirez, Robinson Cano and Jose Reyes all on the lip of the grass at the same time?
7. NFL Combine - Even though fans will be without the pleasure of watching an actual, meaningful football game until after Labor Day, there will be plenty of tertiary topics to digest between now and the next series of opening kick-offs. Switching into a three-day format in 2010, and gobbling up a primetime position in the process, the popularity of the NFL draft has increased exponentially, comparing favorably with the vertical leap and 40-time of your average "Mike" linebacker.
But before a single war room phone rings, and prior to the donning of any brand new Nike team caps, a week at the scouting combine in Indianapolis (February 20-26), gives football fans the chance to punch up the NFL Network and join stopwatch-toting GMs in evaluating the latest crop of linemen as though they were livestock.
In the days that follow, avid NFL aficionados will wear out their index finger refreshing Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay's latest mock drafts. And iPhones coast-to-coast will overflow with push notifications blasting the latest trade rumors.
Come the April 25 draft fans will descend upon New York City's famed Radio City Music Hall in hopes of hearing their favorite club call the name of a left tackle who can protect their quarterback's blindside for the next decade. Until then, the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock
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It appears a resolution is imminent on the Nevada/Fresno State switch from the WAC to the Mountain West.
The WAC announced it will release a statement Thursday morning, followed by a teleconference with commissioner Karl Benson.
When rumors swirled last summer that BYU would cut a non-football deal with its former conference and leave the MWC, the MWC undercut the WAC by inviting Fresno State and Nevada.
The two schools accepted the invitations after the July 1 deadline to notify the WAC of intentions to leave in the next calendar year. Boise State earlier followed protocol and joins the MWC next season.
However, Benson has stated Fresno State/Nevada could not leave before the 2012 academic year. Furthermore, as a sign of commitment for BYU, WAC schools signed an additional binding commitment through 2015 with a $5 million exit penalty.
BYU never re-joined the WAC, although the independent Cougars will play a few WAC teams in football each year. The WAC took the issue to court.
Nevada claimed it never signed the agreement.
Meanwhile neither conference can schedule for next year, not knowing where Fresno State and Nevada are playing.
If the two schools leave, the WAC would be down to only six members for 2011, and there are numerous other complications in bowl agreements and BCS payout structure.
In an unrelated conversation earlier this week, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said it was up to Nevada and Fresno State to come to terms with the WAC, much the way Colorado did with the Big 12 before settling on a Pac-12 admission date.


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Florida reconstructs the Declaration of Independence
Last month Florida governor Jeb Bush signed a law revising teaching standards in the state's public schools in ways that have caused some dismay among historians. (PDF file here.) At the top of the list of what will be taught is:
(a) The history and content of the Declaration of Independence, including national sovereignty, natural law, self-evident truth, equality of all persons, limited government, popular sovereignty, and inalienable rights of life, liberty, and property, and how they form the philosophical foundation of our government.Later (in section f) the law adds:
American history shall be viewed as factual, not as constructed, shall be viewed as knowable, teachable, and testable, and shall be defined as the creation of a new nation based largely on the universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.
This law is, of course, a construction of U.S. history. The words "shall be viewed" show that, even as lawmakers insist on one interpretation of American history, they acknowledge others. In fact, we can see how the Florida legislature has constructed a particular understanding of the past by looking at its presentation of the Declaration of Independence.
- "All men are created equal" has become "equality of all persons." Following the 19th Amendment and the feminist movement, modern Americans interpret the Declaration's word "men" to mean "adult humans." But that's a construction—in fact, a reconstruction—of most founders' obvious understanding, based on their actions, that those rights belonged to adult white males.
- "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" has become "life, liberty, and property." Many eighteenth-century documents did highlight the threesome of life, liberty, and property. One example is the "Rights of the Colonists" issued by Boston's town meeting on 20 Nov 1772, based on a draft by Samuel Adams. But the Declaration never uses the word "property." The Florida law uses it twice in three pages and never uses "happiness," which hints at what matters to these modern legislators.
- "limited government" must be reconciled with the first three complaints about King George III in the Declaration: "He has refused his Assent to Laws. . . . He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws. . . . He has refused to pass other Laws..." Congress said that Americans wanted more laws than the king and his ministers would allow. In other parts of the Declaration, of course, Congress complained about too many royal regulations. So, as with a lot of "limited government" advocacy, we have to look at exactly what sort of law and limits the advocates want. In general, people want less government authority over themselves and more over others.
- "national sovereignty" and "popular sovereignty": How has the legislature constructed these as separate items? How does the state define "national"? Or "popular"? Since Congress went on to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which starts, "Each state retains its sovereignty...," those founders apparently felt they were representing multiple sovereign nations. According to the law, "American history...shall be defined as the creation of a new nation," and presumably that nation is still being created since American history continues to pile up. So when does "national sovereignty" kick in?
- How does Florida fit into its own official picture of the past? It stayed part of the British Empire until the end of the Revolutionary War, when it returned to the Spanish Empire before being purchased and conquered by the U.S. of A. decades later. Therefore, it wasn't party to the Declaration of Independence, and the people living there didn't have a chance to demonstrate "national sovereignty" or "popular sovereignty," either. In 1861 the state government seceded from the U.S. of A., constructing a different "new nation" for a brief period. The clause in the law about teaching "The history of the state" says simply, "The history of the state." There are no values-laden interpretations about how Florida's history fits with "the universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence." It just does because those are universal principles—the government tells us so.
What other topics does the Florida law mandate teaching, and what do they tell us about the legislature's construction of the past and present? The categories are:
- (b) The U.S. Constitution.
- (c) "arguments in support of adopting our republican form of government, as they are embodied in the most important of the Federalist Papers." This construction omits the 1780s arguments in support of the previous republican form of government, under the Articles of Confederation. Florida children may never learn about that debate since the Articles aren't mentioned in the state law. And will this Bush administration in Florida decide that Federalist 69 is among the "most important"?
- (d) Flag education. Look at all the items this purely symbolic topic precedes.
- (e) Civil government from federal to district level.
- (f) "The history of the United States, including the period of discovery, early colonies, the War for Independence, the Civil War, the expansion of the United States to its present boundaries, the world wars, and the civil rights movement to the present." Topics left out of the mandate as constructed: industrialization and technology, the labor movement, immigration and immigration restrictions, the Cold War, religious changes, social reform movements, and the effects of the environment on human affairs. (And what have I left out?) In addition, the delicate word "expansion" hides the fact that the U.S. reached its present boundaries largely through wars.
- (g) The Nazi Holocaust.
- (h) African-American history. This must include "the political conflicts that led to the development of slavery." At History News Network, David Davisson points out, "As far as I'm aware slavery existed before our earliest known written history and continues to exist today. What political conflicts led to the development of slavery?" To which Darren Michael Peterson replies, "I would assume that the part about the political conflicts prior to slavery is the attempt to defray guilt based upon the slaves really being prisoners sold to the white man."
- (i) Principles of agriculture.
- (j) Effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics.
- (k) "Kindness to animals." In potential conflict with point (i), of course.
- (l) Florida history. As mentioned above, Florida became part of the U.S. of A. after conquest and ethnic cleansing of the Seminole population. But kids don't need to worry about conflicting voices—this law never mentions North America's native peoples.
- (m) Conservation of natural resources. Which might also come into conflict with principle (i).
- (n) Health education. This clause puts "the benefits of sexual abstinence" ahead of all these other health topics: "injury prevention and safety; nutrition; personal health; prevention and control of disease; and substance use and abuse." That last item is apparently separate from point (j). The next section of the law says any student can opt out of learning about reproductive health; there is no explicit exemption for any other topic.
- (o) Anything else the state or district school boards prescribe. The "&c." clause.
- (p) OOPS! We forgot "The study of Hispanic contributions to the United States."
- (q) OOPS again! We left out half the population: "The study of women's contributions to the United States."
- (r) "The nature and importance of free enterprise to the United States economy." But not any study of economic regulation, including mercantilism in the age of discovery, property laws, patent and copyright laws, labor laws, unemployment and Social Security insurance, safety laws, the Federal Reserve system, laws mandating conservation as specified in point (m), &c.
- (s) "A character-development program in the elementary schools." First on the list of what such a program should stress is "patriotism," implying that's more important to character than, say, empathy for other people. Also on the list: "respect for authority, life, liberty, and personal property." Not on the list: critical thinking. Indeed, the words "think," "thought," and "reasoning" don't appear anywhere in the law.
- (t) "sacrifices that veterans have made." And the constructed reason for including this topic is not historical accuracy or gratitude, but "In order to encourage patriotism."
I've long felt that if schools teach American history accurately, including the fact that there are different ways of viewing the past, the U.S. of A. will get the respect it deserves. Florida's lawmakers obviously don't have the same faith.


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Friday, April 03, 2009
Just saying Hi
True we haven't been doing much, but a month? That's just not acceptable.
Steve has been working on the table top. He just this week started applying the layers of finish. He has been doing extensive research as he has never worked with Maple before.
I have to admit that right now I just don't have the oompf to write up the minutae of dyes and shellac colorations and how those combinations interact etc... etc...
Instead, I'm just posting this pretty picture of daffodils and saying Happy Spring!
Right now, we are in the process of looking for tenants also. Our adorable twenty-something roommates had to split. I believe we will be wrapping that process up this weekend. It is always good to have that behind us. Miss you guys.
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- Sandy said...
Happy Spring! Loved the photo of the daffodils.
- Green Fairy said...
Are you using Craig's List for the tenant search? We'll be starting the search next week for a June 1 rental; I'm a little nervous about it, because it's the first time we're trying to rent one of our places off the May/October cycle. Our super awesome tenants just bought their own place and close mid May, so we're letting them stay the extra few weeks.
- Jocelyn said...
Thanks Sandy!
Hi Joanna, yes we use Craig's List and it looks like we may have a taker for May 1st. I am sure you will be okay with June 1st.
For some reason we never seem to rent the apartment out when it's occupied and so we always lose one month's rent minimum, but that's what saving is for I guess.
Good luck!
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The premise of Wife Swap is simple: for seven days, two wives from two different families with very different values exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover what it's like to live a different family's life. It's an interesting social experiment and a great way to see your family in a whole new light. It is shot as a documentary series, so NO scripts and no set. It's just one camera that is documenting your life.
Families that appear on the show will receive a financial honorarium for lost wages, time and commitment. And if you refer a family that appears on the show you would receive $1000.
Here at 'Wife Swap' we look for a two-parent home with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 17 living at home full time.
If you are interested, please contact me ASAP and tell me a little about your family. Or if you would like to refer a family, please email me their contact information and I will be in touch.
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We have our first round of applicants coming over today; I think I have my tour-speak down pat, but I'm always a little nervous anyway.


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There's 4 new guys that could potentially fill major rolls in the rotation, so I thought that now would be a nice time for a refresher on who the hell everybody is. I'm going to attack this in order of importance... starting with the least.
Sasha Pavlovic (27) is a 6'7" defensive minded wing with decent athleticism, and unbelievably inconsistant shooting. Pavlovic was born in Bar City, Montenegro. He played one season of H.S. basketball in Maryland's Baltimore Catholic League, then played 3 years in the Yugoslav Basketball League. Sasha was Drafted with the 19th pick in 2003 by The Utah Jazz and played one season under Jerry Sloan. The next summer Sasha would be selected in an Expansion Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats, only to be traded the next day to The Cleveland Cavaliers. Over the next 5 seasons Pavlovic would be a major part of Lebron James Era in Cleveland. To Boston Sasha brings Playoff Experience from his 42 career Playoff Games, and Lebron experience from guarding him in practice for 5 years. #77 could play some decent minutes if Pierce, Green and Ray get in foul trouble.
Next would be Troy Murphy (30). Troy is considered by many to be one of the most underrated players in The NBA. The former member of The Fight Irish has averaged a double double in 5 out of his 9 seasons in the league. This season he was traded to his hometown team in New Jersey, only to be literally home in order to make minutes for younger prospects. After sitting on his couch for most of the year, Troy was finally bought out and signed with Boston. The 6'11" Forward is a career .391 from Three Point Range. Once he gets into game shape Troy Murphy could be a HUGE pickup.
This is Nenad Krstic (27). Number 4 in your programs. KRS-4 was at one point The New Jersey Nets' starting Center. In 2006 he was playing with Jason Kidd and looking like a future All-Star. Then he hurt his knee. Nenad returned home to Kraljevo, Serbia to rebuild his confidence, he signed to play for in The Russian Superleague, but not for long. Krstic returned to The NBA midway through the 08-09 Season and played with the OKC Thunder for about 3 years. Now reunited in Boston with former head coach Lawrence Frank, currently The Celtics' assistant coach, Krstic is looking more like the player he was back in New Jersey. Nenad is a very consistent mid-range jump shooter with a legitimate 7-Foot frame, respectable rebounding numbers, and when it comes to passing he's no Divac but knows how to move the ball. I wouldn't be surprised if Krstic sticks around for a few years.
Last is Jeff Green (24). Jeff is in his 4th season, and has already eclipsed 4,000 points. Green has been playing under the shadow of the soon to be two-time NBA Scoring Champion, Kevin Durant. In Oklahoma City Jeff was used an outside shooting power forward who spaced the floor for Durant. In Boston Jeff Green will be more of a small forward, he'll handle the ball more often, and will be in an offense that's based on ball movement as opposed to isolation. Doc has admitted that he hasn't completely come up with how to use Jeff, but is confident that once he learns Green's game it will be a great match. The New Employee Number 8 will back up Paul Pierce, but will also see decent minutes alongside him. I expect Jeff Green to be in Boston for a long time, as he and Rondo will make quite the duo in the Post-Big-Three Era.
*Krstic and Pavlovic were both born in 1983 just 4 months apart. Their hometowns are only 6 hours away from each other. (If you started a road trip at Nenad's house, then drove to pick up up Vlade Divac, Sasha Pavlovic, and Dino Radja, you could make the whole drive in less than 14 hours.)
*Jeff Green played at the same H.S. as the late Len Bias. He won a state championship with the Wildcats.
*When Pavlovic was 16 playing in the Baltimore Catholic League, he was playing a half hour away from 13 year old Jeff Green.
*Green was originally drafted by The Celtics, but traded to Seattle on Draft Day, with Delonte West, to acquire Ray Allen and Glen Davis.


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Getting sentimental in my elderly years. It was the mid-eighties when I first saw the Grand Canyon. It was to be a summer thing; save some dough, go home. Didn't work out that way. I ended up in that park for close to twenty years. With all the racial division going on today, I want to talk about about how I, an African American (my birth certificate says colored and that's cool) was able to live in a dorm where I was the only Black guy.
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I got to dress up for the holiday and pass out candy canes to kids that were traveling through the park. The picture above was taken in the EDR.
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Enjoying the cabin life in Garner, North Carolina. I have full Internet Spectrum and self control over sleeping family weekend Time's and making few friends around Garner.
I have Nissan SUV and keeping busy and learning about stuff on bbc 5 live. I enjoy Kapa Radio Hawaii islands Music all the time. I have Home Wifi for my old smart phone for Kapa Radio.
I have been very happy sticking in one location for couple several years now since 2013.
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Over the years I haven't seen a whole lot mentioned about Stovepipe Wells. So I figured that while I am here, I would post about the place in case anyone wants to work here in the future.
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Monday I sent off an application to Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley. Within 3 minutes, I had received an email back stating that they wanted to do a phone interview...3 minutes...WOW!!
Well I had my phone interview yesterday and got the retail job. I have to be there on June 25th, for the year-round job. Just hope I don't melt. Yesterday I also got an email from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon asking me to set up a time next week for a phone interview.
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5/12 Saturday: SLC>Idaho Falls Temple>Shelby, Montana
5/13 Sunday: (Church in Shelby or Lethridge or Cardston)Shelby, Montana>Grand Prairie, Alberta Canada
5/14 Monday: Grand Prarie, Alberta Canada>Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada
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I am an independent woman who is unafraid. I am a woman who travels alone and navigates the world seeking adventure. I do not tolerate relationships that are harmful to me and my well being. I do not tolerate being touched physical when it is unwelcome. I will not tolerate male chauvinism. I lead a happy life where I am a part of the community instead of a clique. I am physically at my peak. I eat a plant based diet and I sleep well.
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When I woke up this morning, as I got ready for the day I checked my Facebook. Among the Likes and Loves my crush, The Mariachi, had liked a picture of my wingman and I. The last time I was ever alone with him was right after my car accident. It was in April during the General Conference. I should have been in bed but I had gone dancing instead. I completely lose my cool when I am with this guy. I ran into him, we took some pictures that were all blurry, and shared an awkward dance. In fact…Continue
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3. 2 5 gallon gas containers.
4. Bungee cords.
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I have a lot of countdowns in my head. It's been 9 days since I spoke with James. And 28 days until I drive to Alaska. I am terrified of the drive because I am going alone. I am a slow developer. I had not taken an airline flight alone until 2015.
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Bartending when done right is an art. There are different note and variations in the families of alcohol. My expertise in alcohol is Japanese Beers, Local Utah beers, Mexican Beers, Tequila and Whiskey.
My favorites to work with are Tequila and Whiskey. In the different variations of each of these two families there are a range of mixed drinks that are possible. The preparation of such is a key contributor to the taste, and texture of the drink. Blended, Shaken, Rocks, Neat are all…Continue
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Today I purchased my uniforms for the Overlook. I am excited for the uniform that I have purchased. I bought three sets of the uniform in order to protect the pristine state of my appearance. I bought three black long sleeved, button up woman's shirts, three Black A line flared Skirts, three black petticoat, and 5 pairs of tights. In addition to complete the look three pairs of flat quilted with bow Non slip shoes. These are the most comfortable and adorable non slip shoes.
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Fantastic food and huge portions. You'd think this place would be 20% more expensive than it is based on food quality and service level.
The prime rib was exceptional. The service was as well. Highly recommend. Will return again for another great experience.
It was a ghost town at 8 on a Saturday. Kind of strange. Food & service were very good.
We sat in the quiet bar are. Unfortunately there was a rehearsal dinner party in the room next too us singing karaoke which was way too loud. The poor manager asked them to turn it down but they refused. With the World Series on the bar TVs and the karaoke you couldn't hear anything.
Worst experience we've had at Bungalow Lakehouse. Service was agonizingly slow. Waited at our table for 45 before being able to order food. Hard to get refills on drinks. Food was just ok. We used to go there a lot, but it had been a while. Probably won't go back.
Smell of smoke walking into the building - turns out they have a cigar bar on the property. That's fine for cigar smokers, but not for us. Food is fine, but don't believe this place lives up to the high ratings.
Food was good. Our dining room was stuffy/old fashioned. Would have liked to sit outside but the cigar smoke was unbearable.
Wonderful local gem with lots of dining options to suit a range of styles, from special evening out, to patio dining by the lake, to a fun bar night with friends. Love the attentive and friendly service! Food is consistently delicious and we were delighted to experience the Oktoberfest beer and food specials. Highly recommend!
Cute little place.. nice back bar area. Comfortable casual dinner after a busy day.
Really great service and food! Some of the seasoning was heavy on the salt, but that's just my opinion. Will definitely be coming here again!
Classy place to go with a friend or a group. The food and service was delish. I loved the chicken lettuce wrap appetizer and could have that as a meal sometime. Beautiful atmosphere.
The server was very attentive. The food was good, but our daughter had a hard time finding something without onions. Most ingredients in the dishes are prepared earlier in the day and if you hold the onions out, you get just something plain as they are mixed in with the other ingredients that make the dish.
The salmon salad was great...the cobb salad was jusy pk...chicken overdone
Hi Guys,
One of the many things I learnt as a waiter in London restaurants was that you never bring out the main course until the appetizers are finished.
This happened to us on Monday.
Consequently not only did we have to rush our appetizers but also our main course became cold. Not to mention the abundance of plates on the table!
We like your restaurant and will be back again. Normally I would have made a fuss but hey.....it was a lovely day and my wife and friends deterred me. (ex waiters...like ex smokers are always the most critical!)
Please don't penalize our waiter I'm sure he tried his best. But something to instill in your staff. Timing in a restaurant is as important as the food.
All the best
Food was great, will definitely return thanks!
Had the boardwalk fries , amazing
This was our 3rd visit. 6 of us came for a family get together. We came from Winchester which is a 35 mile drive. Food was excellent! One meal was returned with a small problem and it was replaced very quickly. Portions are always a very good size. The waiter was helpful and kept our drinks full and table clear. Needless to say I left a nice tip. We will be back!!
The basket with bread we ordered never made it to our table. The waiter told us a mix up happened. The food was great as always. Overall the waiter was not very attentavive and we had to asked another waiter to clear the table after we were done with dinner.
Always a go to for gourmet burger night. Staff is attentive and courteous. Food always great.
First time Saturday brunch. Great waiter w good recommendations and yummy!
This was a pleasant surprise for brunch...great food and service. We could not be more pleased. Nico was very pleasant as the host.
Sat in the bar, was very busy and noisy (which we did not mind), service was slow at times because it was so busy, but our waitress was sweet! Food came out quickly and was quite good. Would go back when I am in town.
Had dinner on the deck. Great view of the lake and surrounding landscape. Great if the weather permits.
Went on half price burger night , (Tuesdays) after not having been there for about 2 months. They have changed up the burgers and the one the I liked (California Burger) they took off the menu because it was too much like their full price California burger. Funny I thought thats what half price(gourmet burger night) burger night was. O_o
I wound up getting the Big Ben with the toasted ciabatta buns that I didn't care for and it broke up as I was eating the burger. They are apparently enforcing the "no substitutions" so I couldn't change the bun to the brioche bun. The no substitutions rule is to keep people from building a full priced california burger for $6.99. I really can't believe they were losing money on that as the burger nights in past the dining room was pretty full, it wasn't so last Tuesday, will have to check back.
Everything else though was great.
Great Fathers Day Brunch!
Excellent Service!
Bungalow Lakehouse is consistent in both high quality of the food and great service. Had a most enjoyable brunch on Sunday. BL has become our go to for celebration or just a great dining experience.
The hostess wasn't there to check in for our reservation so we went to the bar area. It was fine and we enjoyed our meal.
Heard good things about this place so we decided to check it out. Really glad we did because it was all around excellent. The deck has a gorgeous pond/lake view and fabulous for a warm afternoon/evening. Our server was great and attentive. My food came out incorrect and our server was quick to fix it. I just believe my requests got overlooked in the busy evening kitchen because I saw our server take note. They remade it in no time. Their happy hour deals are great and so is their food. Their fried pickles are to die for! I have since been back this place is awesome!
Everything was delicious. Service was great! Would def come back.
Great Place and good food! No better place for sports and drink!
Six of us enjoyed dinner on the terrace overlooking the lake. The nachos from the happy hour menu were delicious. My crab cake sandwich (ordered without the bread) was very good. Those who ordered salads raved about them. One of us needs gluten-free meals and the wait staff was very knowledgeable about how the foods were prepared which gave her confidence that the food she ordered was safe.
We had prime rib and shrimp tacos. Both were delicious. We had reservations and we were seated right away in the main dining room. Service was excellent. Several people in addition to our waiter came by to check on us from time to time. Would like to come back and try the sports bar area or the outside seating. Lots of atmosphere choices for whatever mood you are in.
As always
A delightful evening
It was great having our Easter Brunch at the Bungalow Lakehouse. I took my father there, along with my husband and son and we all had a wonderful experience. The buffet choices were plentiful and our server was attentive to our needs. I would definitely recommend the Lakehouse to others.
It was an amazing experience. Excellent customer service and awesome food. We all had a blast. We will be back again soon.
This place is what you dream of in being a local one of a kind neighborhood rendezvous bar/restaurant. If you want energetic vibe there's the humongous sports and live band area with an outdoor patio... if you want conversation with business associates or close friends try the cozy bar with sofas, fabulous bartenders, and small tables straight ahead.... and if you want restaurant dining in a quiet atmosphere go to the right for the dining room. Everything for everyone. Love this place. Hope it never goes away.
We love coming, to the lake house and always enjoy the service and the meal.
I think however it's time to change out the carpets in the front room. This, however, won't deter us from enjoying the great food and wonderful service.
The service was very good but the food was underwhelming.
Beth, our server, was excellent. She was friendly and knowledgeable when asked questions about various dishes. The restaurant itself is very quiet and peaceful and our conversations could be heard by all at the table. Will definitely be returning.
Always an enjoyable place for dinner. Food and service were excellent.


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The actor Juan Carlos Galvan died at age 83, according to the Argentina Association of Actors. He excelled on the big screen, theater and television for over 64 years. In 2004 he was awarded by the Senate of the Nation and the Argentina Association of Actors with Podesta Honorable Achievement Award.
His remains are veiled in Zucotti House (Thames 1164). From 14 will be transferred to the crematorium in the cemetery of Chacarita. "Our condolences to his daughter, actress Fabiana García Lago, his sister Virginia Lake, family, friends and coworkers," expressed from said entity statement.
Del cuplé al tango, Los Acusados, Fin de fiesta con Arturo García Buhr y Graciela Borges, Propiedad con Tato Bores and Nelly Beltrán, Hombre de la esquina rosada and Los inocentes con Alfredo Alcón were some of the films in which he worked.
In the last decade he filmed Chiche Bombón, Sueños atómicos, Madrileña bonita, Igualita a mí y La sublevación, Historias de cronopios y de fama, among some of his latest film appearances.
On television he was part of the cast of Como pan caliente, Chiquilina mía, La extraña dama, Más allá del horizonte, Alta Comedia, Por siempre Mujercitas, Buenos Vecinos, Barracas al sur, El chupete, Matrimonios y algo más, Vulnerables, El Pulpo Negro,Carola and Carolina, La Bonita Página, La Chona Superstar.
GALVAN, Juan Carlos (Juan Carlos Garcia Galvan)
Born: 6/26/1932, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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I live 11 minutes away from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. Friday evening I took a Cessna Caravan for a short 45-minute flight to Martha's Vineyard. This was my first trip to the island. I didn't do any research and had false expectations based on my long-time love affair with the island of Cat Cay in the Bahamas. I found out that Martha's Vineyard was huge. Upon landing on the island, my pilot called a cab for me to take me to my hotel. According to the cab driver the island's population was around 30,000 off-season and well over 100,000 during its peak summer season. These numbers change drastically from driver to driver or whomever you ask, of course. As compared to a maximum three to six neighbors any time I go home to Cat Cay, this was an instant shock to me.
I had a relaxing two-day weekend in Martha's Vineyard. As long as I have my BlackBerry and my iPhone, I can pretty much do most of my work anywhere I happen to be. I use my bb for email and iPhone for the rest of my Web-related work. I can't type on the iPhone simply because of I've been a spoiled BlackBerry user for more than 10 years.
I like to send live video emails to my friends and colleagues. They all received a fair share of my video updates over the weekend.
Jeremy suggested that I should leave my BlackBerry in the hotel for a couple of hours rest. I did that on Saturday.
Sunday morning I did catch up with my inbox though. One email I read from a prior Web 2.0 company CEO, who also happens to be a long-time SYS-CON author, turned an enthusiastic Ulitzer blogger over the weekend.
"Ok, so, here are my thoughts on Ulitzer and why I (and probably other bloggers) might miss-understand its true value.
As a blogger, I focus on traffic and I spend quite of time to optimize my SEO. If I am being short minded (as I was yesterday), I could see Ulitzer/SYS-CON stealing my traffic with my content.
However, this cannot be further from the truth since my articles' target audience is much greater than my blog reach, and Ulitzer is actually helping me increase my content reach. Moreover, Ulitzer do it in a very fair way since links back to my posts or other locations are without the evil "no-follow" providing a nice SEO boost. It also gives me some good metrics that are very useful data point on the effectiveness of my blog article. And last, but not least, it allows my article to appear in a broader distribution, which is a very nice channel extension.
So, all of these to say that while Ulitzer might be seen as a competing channel to some bloggers, I think that bloggers should realize the tremendous value it could bring to their blog.
I think to materialize this value to bloggers, some sort of WordPress plugin would be very useful. As I sent you in the previous email, I think that allowing the bloggers to show and combine Ulitzer/SYS-CON stats, comments, Tweets/Re-Tweets with their blog posts would be a killer feature.
Another approach would be to expose a simple REST API (just HTTP JSON gets) and do a sample WordPress plugin showing developers how to integrate WordPress with Ulitzer.
Anyway, just some random thoughts.
Have a great remaining weekend,"
Hudson River after take off from Teterboro Airport
Monday morning at the office the first email I received was from my Martha's Vineyard cab driver, who had taken me around the island for the past two days, including the farm where the Obamas stayed.
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Hi Fuat,
This is Drew, the taxi driver from Martha's Vineyard. I just wanted to drop you a line so you have my email address and we can keep in touch.
I've been settling into a new apartment and my classes here at UMass Amherst, and one of the classes is about Journalism and Internet Entrepreneurism. It gave me a chance to talk about Ulitzer, and we may incorporate it into the course. Just wanted you to know I'm trying to do my part to help spread the word!
I hope the rest of your trip was enjoyable and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Keep me posted in case you have an internship opening or anything like that sometime soon; I think you do great work and I'd love an opportunity to learn more about it from someone who is trustworthy and professional like yourself.
I just came out of the weekly SYS-CON Events staff meeting and would love to prematurely share the news on a new event the company decided to put together - "Ulitzer Live! New Media Conference & Expo" - with details to be made available later in the month.
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In recent years, sexual risk behavior and STD rates have been rising among men who have sex with men (MSM). During this period, the sociocultural phenomenon called "barebacking" emerged among MSM. The researchers propose reserving use of the term for intentional anal sex without a condom, with men who are not a primary partner, among men who have heard of the term. A key aspect of this definition is intent: the individual consciously seeks unprotected anal sex. Intentionality distinguishes barebacking from poor planning or spontaneous decisions about condom use. Also key is that the sexual partner is non-primary; therefore, the behavior is not in the context of "negotiated safety."
In this study, the researchers examined the prevalence of barebacking among HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM, the perceived HIV serostatus of their barebacking partners, and the specific sexual behaviors that occurred during their most recent bareback encounter. They assessed the men's reasons for barebacking and where men met their partners. Finally, they examined whether men who barebacked had a higher general sexual risk behavioral and attitudinal profile compared with other men.
The researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey of MSM in the San Francisco Bay Area from July 2000 to February 2001. Of the 554 participants, 28 percent were African-American, 27 percent Latino, 31 percent white, and the remainder were of another race/ethnicity or a combination. All were 18 or older, lived/worked in the Bay Area, and reported having had sex with a man in the previous 12 months. Thirty-five percent of the men reported they were HIV-positive; 61 percent reported they were HIV-negative; 4 percent did not know their serostatus. Thirty-six percent of the men had a bachelor's degree or higher. Seventy-nine percent identified as gay; 19 percent identified as bisexual; 2 percent gave another sexual orientation.
More than two-thirds of participants had heard of barebacking. Increasing levels of education and income were associated with having heard of barebacking. Of men who were familiar with the term and thus potentially familiar with the sociocultural phenomenon of barebacking, 14 percent had barebacked in the previous two years. Of those who were aware of the term, 22 percent of HIV-positive men and 10 percent of HIV-negative men had barebacked. There were no differences in the prevalence of barebacking by race/ethnicity, education, income or sexual orientation identification. The median number of bareback partners in the previous 12 months was three.
A strong pattern of serostatus-assortative behavior was found for receptive anal sex (i.e., HIV-positive men with HIV-positive partners; HIV-negative men with HIV-negative partners). A greater portion of HIV-positive than HIV-negative barebackers reported unprotected receptive anal sex with an HIV-positive partner. More HIV-negative than HIV-positive barebackers reported unprotected receptive anal sex with HIV-negative partners. There was no difference by participant serostatus in unprotected receptive anal sex with partners of unknown HIV serostatus. Many men who barebacked reported unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex with men of different or unknown HIV serostatus during their most recent bareback encounter. Half of the HIV-positive and more than half of the HIV-negative barebackers reported being drunk on alcohol or high on drugs during their last bareback encounter. Eighty percent of barebackers said their chief reason for barebacking was to achieve greater physical stimulation.
The researchers reported that this was the first quantitative study strictly defining and describing the sociocultural phenomenon of barebacking in a diverse sample of MSM. "New approaches are needed to reduce the prevalence of barebacking and to address, more generally, the increasing incidence of sexual risk behavior, STD and, potentially, HIV infection among MSM. Interventions must take into account that men who bareback are more likely to report that their recent sexual risk behavior in general has resulted partly from the availability of improved treatments and declining rates of AIDS diagnoses and deaths. Prevention messages should simultaneously address specific risk behaviors, perceptions of HIV disease in an era of largely successful drug therapy, and issues of treatment resistance, side-effects and failure."
"Unique programs that target men by their HIV serostatus are needed, such as CDC's Serostatus Approach to Fighting the HIV Epidemic (SAFE) initiative; motivations for barebacking and sexual risk behavior in general may differ by whether individuals are primarily putting themselves or others at risk of infection."
"Finally, our data suggest that most men who bareback are likely to use a future rectal microbicide, even if such a product were protective only 50 percent of the time it was used," the researchers reported. "More collaboration is needed in laboratory research, clinical trials and behavioral studies to identify safe, effective, and acceptable rectal microbicides."


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Now I know that in the past I've mentioned that I think Bryan Singer should be allowed to continue the Superman series he started with 2006's Superman Returns, but, the chances of that happening is looking pretty grim. Out goes Singer's Man of Steel and in come Millar's Superman trilogy, possibly.Â
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Singer continuing what he started, but if Millar were given a chance to reboot or re-invent the franchise I would be all for it. Mark Miller, just in case  you're not familiar with him, is the man behind Wanted, you know that summer blockbuster with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Millar actually wrote the original Wanted comics and has done a ton of work within the different comic universes, including the big guns, DC and Marvel.Â
In 2003 he wrote the critically acclaimed Superman: Red Sun, the premises of which was built on the question of what would things be like if Superman were raised in the Soviet Union. I wouldn't care to see Soviet Superman on the big screen, but I do think that Millar has the potential to bring something new to the Superman franchise and in effect re-energize it.
Having said that, MIllar has gone on record in a recent interview with G4 and has said that he already has "plans" to make a Superman trilogy, that would be shot back to back much like the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
"I've had this plan for like 10 years for a big three-picture Superman thing, like a big Lord of the Rings epic, starting over from scratch again with a seven-hour Superman story. And hopefully release them one year after another,†continued Millar. "If it works out, we'll have to start shooting next summer.â€
Millar has even been reported as saying his vision of Superman is:
"Superman for the 21st Century, keeping everything we adore, but starting from scratch and making the kids love it as much as the 30-somethings.â€
So it looks like the Superman saga continues. And let's not forget, Mark Millar is a writer and not a movie director, so there is a possibility of Singer and Millar working together. The possibility of this happening, especially with Singer's already existing vision, is slight to zero. But imagine for a moment what a creative combination that would make, much like the Nolan-Goyer combo they've got going for the Batman franchise.Â


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After trading sharply lower overnight, grains managed to have a strong comeback, with wheat leading the way. December corn finished 1¾ cents higher at $6.32½, November soybeans finished 6½ cents higher at $12.30 and December wheat 15½ cents higher at $6.54¼.
The USDA quarterly stocks report will be released tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. This is obviously a highly anticipated report and can be a major market mover. Initially we thought this report would be slightly bearish, but with the market trading almost $1.50 off its highs for corn and $2.35 off its highs for soybeans, there has already been a major adjustment.
For corn, it has been questioned whether the Sept. 30 report includes new bushels that were harvested early and shouldn't be included in the ending carryout. On the actual survey, they have requested new versus old supply and should clear up the confusion. Plus there was not a whole lot of corn harvested early and it wouldn't likely be an issue this year anyway.
Another reason we have been talking about a higher ending carryout (higher than other analysts) was partly due to the conversion ratio USDA has been using for ethanol. USDA has been estimating bushels used based on a 2.74 conversion factor when the industry standard is closer to 2.85, leaving a potential for another 100-plus million LESS bushels used for ethanol production.
We have had lower feed margins due to the increased cost of feed, but by the same token more was expected to be put on feed from the inability to graze after a drought in the South. Many were estimating China to come through with large orders for corn imports as well. This never happened despite rumors of major Chinese sales every other day this summer.
So with all these factors combined, the report looked like it could be rather bearish, but again to my point: We are $1.50 off the highs.
For soybeans, the average carryout estimate is 225 million bushels. Of course, this would be a tight stocks-to-usage ratio of 6.9%, but the world has had options for soybeans after South America produced a record crop last year. With many good bean yields being reported so far in the U.S., the market has been less concerned about how much we will be able to "carry in" as long as we have a decent crop this year to make up for it.
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While arresting a naked couple spotted running nude on the side of the road, Georgia police were startled when the couple revealed they had given LSD to "Oscar." It turns out Oscar is a Dachshund hit by a car. Thankfully, he survived.
The couple in question is now facing drug charges, having fled the scene of their roadside exposure and answered the police at the door of their home completely naked. Click2Houston reports that animal cruelty charges may be in the cards.
When the two 25-year-old suspects said they'd not only taken LSD themselves, but also gave some to "Oscar," the police didn't know he was a dog. When they did figure out that there was a Dachshund on LSD somewhere in town, they started a search, but did not find him before he was hit by a car.
The police have taken Oscar to a local veterinarian where we're hopeful he will make a full recovery. We also hope the walls stop looking like they're melting around him soon.
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Maybe it's about time the Die Hard films started looking for a good day to die. Actually, Presidents Day 2013 might be a good choice. The fifth entry in the franchise might have topped the box office this weekend, but given the competition that's not saying much.
Audiences seemed apathetic toward John McClane this weekend, leaving A Good Day to Die Hard as a financial underperformer compared to the rest of the franchise. At this rate the movie may struggle to break $100 million domestic, something that even Die Hard 2 and Die Hard 3 managed back in the 1990s.
And despite the fact that Bruce Willis still knows how to bring all that machismo to the screen, we're getting pretty close to the point where we'll only buy another entry if there's a terrorist group plotting the overthrow of Shady Pines Retirement Home. "Yippee ki-- YOW, MY HIP!" just doesn't have that same ring.
Safe Haven opened par for the course for Sparks novel adaptations, banking a solid $25 million over the four-day holiday weekend and taking third place behind last weekend's winner Identity Thief. it certainly saw a better turn out than the other romantic drama, Beautiful Creatures. The supernatural love story got no love from audiences, opening at sixth place with just $8 million for the holiday.
The Weinsteins usually have a knack for picking winners, but their animated offering Escape From Planet Earth had critics complaining and audiences only showing moderate interest. The movie has been in the news recently with part of the matter concerning claims to profits of the film. Profits? Good luck there.
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I didn't use my Cricut on this card at all (gasp!). The die-cut tag is from Tattered Angels (custom cutouts rockin renaissance). I inked the tag with Ranger Distress Ink (Walnut and Aged Mahoganey). The eagle and the stars were pre-embossed on the tag and made to resist the ink (pretty cool!)
I used Navy Blue Crinkle Ribbon and my hand dyed Vintage Cherry Bakers Twine. The paper is Crate Paper (red, tan scallop), My Little Shoebox (brown polka dot), and Bazzill (Solid blue).
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The drought is certainly having an effect at Lake Oroville, with only two boat ramps available for launching.
According to California State Parks maintenance supervisor Shawnee Rose, the open ramps are the lower spillway boat ramp, stage two, and the Bidwell Canyon Boat Launch stage three ramp.
Rose said both ramps are paved or concrete.
She added that Foreman Creek Lake Access is open for "car top boat launching" of kayaks, canoes or small fishing boats that can be carried into the water.
Even though the ramp at Lime Saddle has been closed since Dec. 30, it will be business as usual at Lake Oroville Marina, at least for now, said marina General Manager John Prieto.
"Currently, we still anticipate some inflow, although we expect the pool to be not quite as full as previous years," Prieto said.
He knows there won't be any snowpack, but is still gearing up for a regular summer.
He said the season got off to a good start at the end of November and beginning of December.
"If you'll remember, last Nov. 29 the rain started," he said. "We started to have pretty good rains by Dec. 1. We had 122,500 cubic-feet-per-second coming in three days later."
Those rains caused the boat ramp to be submerged under water at a rate of about one foot every nine minutes, Prieto said.
He said if some late-season rains come in, they will be able to hold the water for late summer recreation, noting that the lake elevation can change drastically from one day to the next.
"In California, (rainfall) fluctuates so radically from one season to the next as far as the winter season is concerned," he said, noting that two years ago, March, April and May brought in a lot of rain that filled the lake.
The water collected from earlier rains tends to get released due to the state water project, he said.
Prieto said he knows there's a drought, but he still has to be ready for when the season kicks off.
"We'll take what's left in the pools as we go through the summer," he said.
In the chain of command, the marina at Lime Saddle answers to California State Parks, which in turn answers to the California Department of Water Resources.
Prieto said the departments are discussing the lack of moisture and its effect on recreation at the marina and throughout the state in general.
He said the agencies will release a report about their findings sometime in the near future, but he didn't know when.
In addition to the low lake levels, Prieto said the warm weather makes for more active wildlife.
"Rumor has it because of the lack of cold weather, the bears aren't hibernating. We look at the mud to see if there are any tracks," he said.
While they haven't spotted any bear tracks, he said there are some bald eagles flying around.
"A pair with a juvenile are up there flying right now," he said.
In the meantime, Prieto is hoping for some wet weather as summer season nears.
According to AccuWeather, the next foreseeable precipitation will hit toward the end of January.
"We're still in business," Prieto said. "The boat launch ramp is temporarily closed, but the marina is still open."
Staff writer Barbara Arrigoni contributed to this report.


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I KNEW IT! I totally jinxed this house by bragging that my kids were all 3 good for 3 straight days because for the last 48 hours all hell has broken loose. That's what I get for bragging! I love my kids. They are my whole life. But today I am thinking of selling them down the river. (Where in the heck is 'down the river' anyway, and why does everything get sold there?) I think there must be something in the water because just about every facebook friend I have who is a mom wrote something today about how their kids were being nuts. It was so bad by 8 am this morning that Kamron actually apologized for having to go to work. I begged him to take me with him. I swear, I would gladly take making cold calls all day to spending this day with the kids- and cold calls make me throw up just thinking about them. Puking and talking to strangers would have been a welcome vacation.
It all started yesterday when Mr. Miles cried from the time he woke up until the time I put him to bed. Nothing was wrong. He's not sick. He just felt like crying and being miserable. He's just being a booger. And he has boogers, too. If you don't have them when you get here, Kentucky will give you allergies. Miles is no exception and he has left a snot trail everywhere he's gone for 2 days. And I know that he's only been hearing English for 2 months, but his grunting is driving me batty! He just sounds like an ogre walking around pointing and grunting and screaming. He understands everything we say, he just has no desire to spit it back out at us. He'd rather grunt. Noah had lots of speech delays and was also a grunter, so I know that words don't just happen overnight. But sometimes it still wears my patience all the way down to zero.
Sadie has some kind of 6 year old bossy, whiny, kid PMS thing going on, too. She has just been snotty and demanding. It goes without saying that I have blown my cool on more than one occasion today. I can handle it when 2 of the 3 are having a bad day, but when they are all having bad days together, I would just like to load them all up on a wheelbarrow and ship them off to crap town.
It is one of those days where I called Kamron at 4 pm and told him if he didn't come home right then, there would be no guarantees that the house and children would still be standing when he got home. One of those days where the only words that came out of my mouth all day were, "NO!! STOP!! and IF YOU DO THAT ONE MORE TIME..." I sounded like Kate Gosselin. Ugh.
Yesterday I tried to handle everyone's crankiness with love and all kinds of therapeutic parenting stuff. It didn't do a darn thing. Today, I have gritted my teeth to keep from yelling so often you would think that my jaws were vice grips. It's one of those days where I have had to cuss at the dog to keep my sanity since I wouldn't dream of cussing in front of my kids. I'll even admit it- I screamed expletives at the top of my lungs when I let the dog out. I did however, distort my voice to this weird growly tone so that just in case my neighbors were out they would not trace the mystery f-bomb that flew across the back yard back to me. They would probably think a crazed, cussing grizzly bear/robot combo was running amok in our neighborhood. I know it's immature and unchristian and tacky and all that- but it did make me feel better... until I walked back into the house and realized that the boys had dumped the entire contents of the toy box on the floor and somehow Miles managed to get all the clean silverware out of the dishwasher and throw it all over the very dirty floor. And they managed to do all that in a span of about 45 seconds. I do not know how they do it.
If my mom were in the US right now I would tell her that today was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. And she would tell me that some days are like that...even in Australia.
Kamron told me this morning when Miles was throwing all the food off his highchair that my reaction reminded him of that old Bill Cosby bit where Bill talked about how his wife had the conniption when Bill served her kids chocolate cake for breakfast. So I YouTubed it and watched it and I swear- that is probably a good description of me today! A good laugh and putting all the kids to bed (at an ungodly early hour because I am D.O.N.E. for today!) were all I needed to feel a whole heap of a lot better! After a good night's sleep for all involved hopefully we can all be back to normal in the morning!
Here's the Bill Cosby clip- just in case your day was crummy too and you need a good laugh! (Don't forget to pause the music player on the left first!)
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|Warner Music Group To Lower Price of DVD-Audio Titles 35 Percent - Matching CDs
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Sources inside of Warner Music Group tell AudioRevolution.com that they will soon drop the retail price of DVD-Audio titles (currently as high as $26) to between $16.99 to $18.99. This strategy is designed to get more consumers, especially those with DVD-Video players hooked up in a 5.1 home theater, to start buying DVD-Audio versions of new music as opposed to the more technologically limited Compact Disc.
Much like the first major drop in the price of the CD in the mid-1980's, consumers will likely respond positively to this news especially those who have AV systems that can replay the default surround sound track through a DVD-Video player connected digitally or enthusiasts who already own a DVD-Audio player and have it connected with the 5.1 analog outputs for the higher resolution MLP surround sound.
Smaller labels that are supporting DVD-Audio in its infancy have mixed feelings. The added margin in a $25 disc allows them to turn a profit on relatively low record sales volumes. In a perfect world, more music enthusiasts will be adopting the new DVD-Audio format thus the smaller labels should have a larger audience to sell their specialty recordings to. Record stores shouldn't be too upset considering, sources inside Warner Music say the percentage of profit of the discs for retailers will remain the same despite the lower price.