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Mermaids are my jam. I even had pastel turquoise hair for an entire year in 2015! When I saw the Mermaid's Tail Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies on Ellen Hutson (designed by Julie Ebersole), I lost it. I had to have it because it was just so stinkin' cute. The sentiments in this stamp set are also a total riot and will probably bring a huge smile to your face ("Mermaids Don't Have Thigh Gaps"). The sass is strong in this stamp set, but there's also really great everyday sentiments such as "Just Keep Swimming" and "Seas The Day." I decided to make this an encouragement card because when I think of looking to lift someone's mood, I think of bright, cheerful colors and patterns and this card packs a punch in that department.
For the background, I cut a piece of blue cardstock to 5.5×4.25 inches. I used my Versamark ink with the seashell stamp from MFT's Mermazing Stamp Set. I filled the entire piece of cardstock, alternating the directions of the seashells. I heat embossed the seashells with white embossing powder. I adhered this piece to the front of my card as the base. I also cut two identical strips of lime green cardstock to fit the top and bottom of the card as a border.
Okay, now the fun part. I stamped the mermaid tail from the stamp set with Versamark ink and heat embossed the pattern with white embossing powder. I pulled out my Distress Oxide Inks and blended together Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Twisted Citron to get a colorful effect. I die cut it out using my Sizzix Big Shot Cutting/Embossing Machine.
I used foam tape to prop it up in the center of my card. I also tied some blue and green twine I had to the side of my card. I glued the knot down to the paper so that it wouldn't come undone or slip off the card.
For my sentiment, I used stitched rectangle dies to make a shape out of some white cardstock and embossed "Just Keep Swimming" with some black embossing powder.
I love how color coordinated everything on this card is. It's really bright and cheerful, which goes perfect with the encouraging sentiment to keep on keepin' on.
My Wine Pairing: Flip Flop Moscato
This moscato is sweet, light, and bubbly like the ocean when you taste it.


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What if this life really was all she would ever have and she had missed her one chance at happiness?
In the light of day, she realized how foolish those thoughts were and her faith was strong, but in the lonely darkness, sometimes gremlins of doubt whispered their lies into her ears.
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[India] June 13 (ANI): The NITI Aayog is slated to launch a Composite Water Management Index as a tool to assess and improve the performance in efficiently managing water resources.
According to an official release, the tool is an attempt to inspire states and union territories towards efficient and optimal utilisation of water and recycling thereof with a sense of urgency.
The initiative is being rolled out in view of the limitations on availability and on the rising demand for sustainability of water resources.
"The index can be utilised to formulate and implement suitable strategies for better management of water resources," the release read.
The index would contain information for the states and concerned central ministries and departments, thereby enabling them to formulate and implement suitable strategies for better management of water resources.
Union Minister for Water Resources (WR), River Development (RD)and Ganga Rejuvenation (GR), Nitin Gadkari, will release the Index in the presence of Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar, CEO NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant and other officials. (ANI)


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This boat is ridiculously small and a blast to ride. It's also simple to build with its cable-tie and epoxy construction.
It's designed to last a lifetime. It's made from precision cut marine-grade plywood and internal bulkheads provide floatation even when flooded.
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Easy A [2010 88min.) [Film4 11.00pm &+1]
Comedy starring Emma Stone. When a little white lie about losing her virginity makes the previously anonymous Olive Penderghast the talk of school, she decides to exploit her new-found notoriety to improve her social standing. But being "easy" comes with mixed blessings.
There's a superb performance by (the then relatively unknown) Emma Stone at the heart of this updating of Hawthorne's classic novel The Scarlet Letter.
There's also more than a hint of John Hughes' 1980's High School set comedy films and a terrific supporting cast, including Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell and Stanley Tucci.
If you've seen Juno and enjoyed that film's combination of sharp wit and comic teen angst then Easy A will be right up your street.
The condensed running time means that hardly a moment is wasted and the film moves along with real zip.
It's very, very funny and it's appeal is not limited to younger viewers as all of the characters and situations are given equal weight by director Will Gluck.


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Stocks in Emerging Markets diverge
Due to recent inaction by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), stocks in emerging markets have been pulled in opposite directions.
The BOJ neglected to expand monetary stimulus on Thursday despite market expectations of such action, which weighed heavily on Asian markets.
Meanwhile, South Africa's rand and Turkey's lira traded at relatively flat while Hungary's forint strengthened 0.2 per cent against the Euro.
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the Prince and Princess
so happy
I can't imagine a more perfect choice! It was appropriate, flattering, classic, modern, timeless, and stunningly beautiful! Just perfect!
And I just saw the second dress today.
Even though I'm not a fan of two wedding dresses, I think this one was needed. It's very lovely too!
I love her style.


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- The first version has been developed on Slacware 3.1 with a kernel 2.2.4 and included two program modules - the measurement and management module and the visualisation module, realised with SVGAlib. As communication devices with object have been used I-7017 and I-7060 modules.
- xsio_i7k - input-output of analogue and discrete parametres from modules ICP of series I-7000 and similar on commands (ADAM-4000, ADAM-5000, NuDam-6000). Except input-output there is a possibility of performance of mathematical operations over data (calculation of expenses, summation etc.). Quantity of channels of input-output - to 256 analogue and discrete on one serial port.
- xsio_ecnt - data input from counters of electric power. Quantity of counters - to 256 on one serial port.
- xsio_emicro - data input with controllers electric power "Energy-micro" with calculation of groups and direct record in archive. Quantity of channels/groups - 1024/256.
- xsio_danfoss - the control of frequency converters with exchange protocol Danfoss-FC
- xscm_egorn - special management module.
- xsnt_mbtc - MODBUS/TCP-IP server which provides access to data of local archive and current values in shared memory.
- xsnt_mbtciod - Exchange server, providing automatic access to remote MODBUS/TCP-IP servers.
- xsnt_mbtc - Console client allowing the operator to read and write current and archive records on the local and remote computer.
- xsnt_httpd - Compact HTTP-server providing operative viewing of current values and archives in the form of figures and trends by any standard browser
2003 - separate program modules of regulation and archiving data..
2004 - replacement of the operating computer by panel station PPC-5017 is made, the visualisation package under XWindows on the basis of library Qt is developed.
2005 - it is developed program module of communication with controllers "Energy-mikro". There is begun working out of a network subsystem.
2006 - Computers are connected in a network (SDSL) with a technological server.
2007 - the top level ASUTP with the web-interface on the basis of Apache is realised, the technological server is connected to a local network of the enterprise.
The system is developed by a modular principle. All modules can function as independently, and in a complex in any combinations. The structure of system does not impose restrictions on quantity of parametres of measurement/management. Parametres of modules are defined by text configuration files. Interaction of modules is carried out by means of mechanisms IPC and slot.
For communication with measurement and control hardware subsystem structure includes following programs-demons:
For calculation of average values of parametres and archiving is used the daemon xsio_arch. The program uses current data from shared memory. Work synchronisation is carried out over interrupt of real time RTC.
For archive storage has been developed own format. Base files consist of homogeneous data blocks (to 256 in one file) different types with quantity of records and fields to 65535. Types of data (unsigned) char, short int, int, long int, float, double, string (to 256 byte) are supported. For work with base files it is used utilities xsdf_admin (creation, editing) and xsdf_textData exchange between computers is carried out over MODBUS/TCP-IP protocol through standard port 502, and over HTTP (any free port).
- Subsystem structure include:
As HTTP server can be used standard servers (Apache, Nginx, etc.). For pages generation used the set of CGI-utilities, the types of pages is defined by the configuration files identical used subsystem of visualisation.


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Moong Dal Vada is crispy and spicy lentil fritters popular in India.
Dahi Vada is a urad dal based starter which are smooth and red with fresh curd and sprinkled little red chilli powder.
Dahi Bread Vada is very quick to prepare and is scrumptous snack.
Medhu vada is a popular South Indian Vada dish which is prepared with black gram.


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Wow. I guess May was an unexpected blog break for me. I had no intention of taking a break; it just happened. And I guess I needed it. May was a busy month around here. We wrapped up homeschool for the year, went to the beach for a week (don't be jealous...it rained rained five days out of the six we were there for a total close to 24 inches of rain...I'm still not over it...let's move on). And now we are back home trying to transition from school mode to summer mode. I have several things to post about from the past month, and I plan on getting back into full swing next week. I just wanted to pop in to let you know that I am still around! Happy Weekend!
Friday, May 29, 2009
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- madrekarin said...
The phrase, "Time flies." is so true. At least now you can take a deep breath and just enjoy the summer!
Did you make it to the strawberry farm?
- May 29, 2009 at 9:41 AM
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Date: Last Friday of the month, 9.30am
Location: St Sylvesters Club House, Church Road, Malahide
Website: Dyspraxia Assocational Website
A new support group for parents of children with primary diagnosis of Dyspraxia is being set up in the Malahide area.
The first meeting is on January 29th at 9.30am in St Sylvester's Parish Centre.
The group is being set up by two local parents who each have a child that has Dyspraxia. Our aim is to have a welcoming group where we can share experiences and ideas in an informal environment over coffee. We also hope to to organise evening events with guest speakers in the near future. We have the full support of The Dyspraxia Association of Ireland.


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Biggest Conflict of the Semester
by Meredith Winnett
I'm out of coffee.
I have one week left, and I'm out of coffee. Thousands of words left to write, and I'm out of coffee.
Maybe I'm being dramatic, but I don't have time to run to the store and buy more. With a "to do" list longer than Santa's, how can I squeeze in 20 minutes to run to the grocery store?
We sang this song in middle school chorus about coffee:
C-O-F-F-E-E Coffee is not for me.
It's a drink some people wake up with.
That it makes them nervous is no myth.
Slaves to a coffee cup,
They can't give coffee up.
In sixth grade I was determined never to become a person who needs coffee every morning. This song told me coffee was bad and I would go through withdrawals like I would with that cocaine thing we were learning about in health class.
However, I do need coffee in the morning and I do not have any.
What can I do?
- Drink Tea
I've been drinking tea every night before bed since high school. I love tea, tea loves me. Currently, I'm drinking Scottish Breakfast tea and it's definitely doing it's job of replacing coffee. However, Green Tea works best in the morning because it has slightly less caffeine than coffee, but it has amazing health benefits and you'll never look old if you drink it.
- Eat an apple
Or two. Apples have natural sugars that can wake the body up faster than a cup of Joe. These sugars last a lot longer than caffeine, too. Also, an apple a day will keep the doctor away.
- Make a smoothie
Nutty smoothies pack you with protein and energy that'll last all day. Nuts can raise your blood pressure in a healthy way that keeps you awake and motivated all day. You can visit your local smoothie shop, or throw the following ingredients into a blender:
Vanilla flavoring, coconut water, almonds, banana, honey, and ice. Exact measurements here.
- Wheatgrass Juice
This doesn't look good, this doesn't sound good, but it's actually really good for you. It's backed with vitamins, minerals, and nutrients so your body is super charged all day. Wheatgrass juice can be drank alone or in a protein shake. They definitely sell this at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, but I doubt they have it at a grocery store.
- Lemon Water
This is simple. Slice a lemon, put it in your water, have all day energy. Ok maybe not all day, but enough. It's low calorie and hydrating, so your blood will be flowing happily through your veins and you'll want to tackle the day. Just put the juice od=f half a lemon into your morning water and refresh your senses!
- Regular water
This is pretty simple too. Drink a good cup or two of water in the morning and keep hydrated through the day so you'll never really feel sluggish.
- Pomegranate Juice
Pomegranates are sooo good for you! It'll energize you while taking out your toxins, making you feel like Wonder Woman or Super Man. Add it to a fruit smoothie, or be daring and sip a glass on its own.
- Flaxseed
Best in a smoothie, flaxseed is a super hero (I think I found a theme) in waking you up and keeping you energized. Flaxseed also comes in an oil which you can use wherever you use oils.
- So there you have it. Healthy alternatives to a caffeine addiction. I'll probably just run to the store and buy a small thing of coffee thought because I'm also out of body wash and that could turn into a huge smelly problem.


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ITC is publicizing its Coldwater Transmission Project in the vicinity of Jonesville, Newton and State Roads going north to south and Fiske Road and Michigan Ave going east to west.
ITC's website identifies new projects that it is contemplating. One of those projects is identified as the Coldwater Transmission Project. According to ITC's website:
Phase one of the project consists of a new substation called Newton that will connect to the existing Michigan Avenue substation via a new, three-mile 138,000 volt (138kV), single-circuit transmission line. Construction of the Newton substation began in Q4 2016, and transmission line construction will begin in Q1 2017. Both are expected to be completed in the spring of 2017.
Phase two of the project consists of a new substation called Wagner that will connect to both the existing Alder Creek–Batavia 138kV transmission line, as well as the Newton substation via a new 138kV single-circuit transmission line. Construction of the new Wagner substation and Wagner–Newton transmission line will begin in Q3 2018 and will take six-to-seven months to complete.
ITC provides a sketch of the project's location:
ITC does not indicate whether it is going to require new right of way in order to implement this project, however, the nature of the project makes this appear necessary.
This blog post identifies issues that people may wish to consider when confronted by an ITC project.
If you have been contacted by ITC about this or any other project, please feel free to contact me.


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By P. J. M. Guelen, E. van der Kleijn, U. Woudstra (auth.), Dr. H. Schneider, Prof. Dr. D. Janz, C. Gardner-Thorpe M. D., H. Meinar
"He who's faithfully analysing ... epi lepsy is doing excess of learning epilepsy" Hughlings Jackson enhancing this famous assertion by way of Jackson, possible say this present day: "He who's faithfully analysing anti-epileptic medications is doing excess of learning anti-epileptic drugs". For those medicinal drugs not just serve to avoid epileptic suits and therefore boost the remedy of epilepsy, also they are potent within the therapy of cardiac arrhythmias and trigeminal neuralgia. in addition, medical pharmacologists think about anti-epi leptic medicinal drugs as version medicines in pharmacokinetics and pharmocodynamics, considering trustworthy tools can be found for his or her selection and their results and aspect results might be outlined. The tools of estimating of gear in physique fluids offer a device that permits us to throw mild on many imprecise relationships in pharmaceutical remedy. Now that we will be able to research the pharmacokinetics and interplay of substances in guy, many hypotheses in accordance with medical event by myself might be eradicated or corroborated. The develop ing physique of data will make us extra cautious concerning the management of substances together. Now that we will be able to examine how organic parameters intervene with drug motion, we may possibly continue to the medical research of many medical observations that recommend the significance of such elements as age, intercourse, menstrual cycle, being pregnant, fever, vitamin, rigidity, activity, weather, and altitude.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Supreme Court
In our country the creation of a constitutional court came about almost by accident. The members of the convention of 1787 who drew up the federal constitution did not see enforcing the constitution as a role of the Supreme Court. Instead, they believed, the enforcer would be the President who would have the power to veto laws passed by Congress if they were unconstitutional. The requirement that enforcing the constitution should be done by a body not subject to political pressures was demonstrated by the first Chief Justice, John Marshal. The case which asserted and established the Court's power to enforce the constitution is known as "Marbury vs. Madison."
As Shakespeare wrote, the evil that men do lives after them. The good is often buried with their bones. One can say the same about our Supreme Court. Most of the decisions have been good ones and no one talks about them. What we remember and talk about have been some of the bad ones. Here are a few bad ones:
- Dred Scott: In 1857 the court ruled that a negro slave did not have the right to sue his master in court to obtain his freedon. You may recall that Dred Scott's master had traveled from a slave state through one or more states in which slavery was illegal, then back to the slave state. Dred Scott brought suit, claiming that he had been freed by the process of traveling into a "free" state. The Supreme Court ruled that the owner of a slave had the right to retain ownership regardless of where he might take the slave. The northern "free" states were outraged by the decision, and civil war was the result.
- In 1886, in the case "Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad," the Court asserted that a corporation was a "person" at law. It was entitled under the 14th Amendment to the same legal protections as those afforded to human persons. Officers of the corporation were immune from lawsuits resulting from acts of the corporation. The corporation itself could be sued for damages but not the officers. That affirmed an important difference between a corporation and a partnership. At the time one judge mused that a corporation was a strange kind of "person." It didn't have an ass to be kicked or a soul to be damned. More than a century later the Court asserted that since a corporation was a "person" it had a first amendment right to contribute money without limit to a political candidate. Many of us are outraged by that decision. There is a plan to amend the constitution to make it clear that the "personhood" of corporations is limited to civil suits and does not grant a right to make campaign contributions or, heaven forbid, be elected to public office. What would you think of President General Electric?
- About 1941 or 1942 the Court decided that the internment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry was constitutional. It has recently been reported that a report by the US Navy stated that these citizens were no danger to the country and there was no evidence that they would not be loyal to the United States in the war with Japan. That report was suppressed by an official in Roosevelt's State Department.
- In 1896 or thereabouts the Court decided that "separate but equal" accommodations for the descendants of former negro slaves were constitutional. Segregated schools, segregated eating facilities, segregated transportation facilities, etc., were allowable. This decision was reversed nearly 60 years later in the famous school desegregation case by the Warren Court.
Labels: biased justices, Dred Scott decision; Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad decision, Separate but equal
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Reid's Response
President Barack Obama has lost at least one ally for his views on the Mideast. In a speech Monday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected Obama's own talk last week in which he called for Israel to negotiate peace with the Palestinians using pre-1967 borders as a baseline, Politico reports.With friends and allies like Harry Reid, Mr. Obama has no need for enemies.
"The place where negotiating will happen must be at the negotiating table — and nowhere else," Reid told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "Those negotiations . . . will not happen — and their terms will not be set — through speeches, or in the streets, or in the media."
As for the borders issue, "No one should set premature parameters about borders, about building, or about anything else," he said.
As you know, I applauded Mr. Obama's speech in my previous post. I don't agree with Harry Reid's analysis. If I thought that the Likud Government in Israel really wanted a peace settlement with an independent Palestine, I might give some thought to Mr. Reid's prescription. After many years of making excuses, the Likud Party has convinced me that it really doesn't want peace. It wants all of Biblical Israel. It wants the Palestinians to go away, to disappear, to move to other Arab-speaking countries, or to die off. I sense that Mr. Obama thinks as I do and for that reason he is trying to lay down the law to Mr. Netanyahu. The United States will support an Israel that agrees to live within the 1967 borders and will support any modification of that boundary that both Israel and the Palestinians agree to. The United States will not support Israel's continuing policy of delay and obfuscation while continuing to build more and more settlements in land that ought to belong to Palestine. This is what I think American policy should be.
As to Mr. Reid's echoing Mr. Netanyahu's "conditions" for peace negotiations, in which everything is on the table and there are no preconditions - except that the Palestinians agree and state publicly that Israel has a right to exist - I think that the first thing to agree on must be the boundaries between the two states. If Israel and Palestine can't or won't agree on boundaries, there is no point to proceeding further.
A final comment: does the government of Israel believe that Palestine has a right to exist?
Labels: Benyamin Netanyahu, Harry Reid, twp-state solution
Friday, May 20, 2011
The President's Speech
- There shall be two independent but friendly nations, Israel and Palestine.
- The borders between these nations shall be either the boundary that existed in 1969 or an agreed to modification of that boundary.
- Other outstanding differences, such as the right of Palestinians to return to their lost homes, are left open with no preconditions.
To me, it's like Alice in Wonderland. Does the government of Israel really want a peaceful settlement based on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on part of the territory of pre-war Palestine or pre-Roman Israel? Mr. Netanyahu talks of wanting peace. When it is suggested that Israel ought to be able to make some useful concessions in a serious negotiation, he changes the subject to the question of security and his doubt that the Palestinians really want peace. His first requirement is that the Palestinian negotiators formally recognize "Israel's right to exist." But that requirement involves circular reasoning. A right to exist is properly contained in or implied by a peace treaty or a formal exchange of ambassadors. It's the end of a process, not a beginning.
I am honestly suspicious of Mr. Netanyahu. I don't think he is sincere in wanting peace with a rump Palestine. I think he wants the Palestinians to go away, to disappear, to migrate to other Arab countries, and leave all of Biblical Israel to the present state of Israel for occupation and colonization by Jewish immigrants. He regards the Palestinians as interlopers who are occupying land that properly belongs to the Jewish People, as the gift of God to the followers of Moses. These interlopers must be moved out or killed off, just as other interlopers were dealt with in ancient times.
I applaud President Obama's speech. I believe that most Americans will applaud it. I hope that it receives a favorable audience in Israel among people there who do not blindly approve of everything the present Likud government is doing.
Labels: WAQF; Palestinian statehood; Hamas; Oslo peace process; WAQF; Palestinian statehood; Hamas; Oslo peace process; Jewish settlements in Palestine; President Obama
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Los Angeles may close some Fire Stations
I am wryly amused to see the reactions of many of my liberal Democratic friends. They are outraged that some fire stations are going to be closed. They are outraged that some teachers are going to be let go, although it isn't the city but rather the Board of Education that is the target of their wrath. Their plan is to have big demonstrations in favor of keeping fire houses open, keeping the police staffed, keeping libraries open, keeping hospitals and emergency rooms operating, etc., etc., etc.
It's much too late for demonstrations. The city doesn't take in enough revenue to pay for all the firehouses, policemen, libraries, hospitals, and tree-trimmers that city dwellers demand. We Californians voted ourselves into this mess during Jerry Brown's first two terms as Governor. We deliberately created a revenue deficit for local governments, otherwise known as Proposition 13. In addition to limiting future increases in property taxes this proposition made it nearly impossible for either the State or the City or the County to raise general revenue taxes. State taxes could thenceforth be increased only by a 2/3 vote in both Houses of the State Legislature. Local taxes could be raised only by a 2/3 vote of the public. An exception was made for "special purpose" taxes, such as an increase in the sales tax to pay for improved public transit.
Fire houses are going to be closed and we Californians are getting what we deserve. Instead of demonstrating for fire houses we should dress up in "sackcloth and ashes" to express our collective guilt and shame.
Labels: demonstrations for keeping fire houses open, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles budget deficit, Prop. 13
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The scam that nearly worked
Looking back I realize that I should have thanked him and told him I would look after it, got back in my car, rolled up the windows, and locked the doors. I should have told him I would phone for a tow truck to take the car to a mechanic I knew and trusted. I didn't do any of that.
I'm not at all proud of what I did next. I listened to him. He pointed to the woman and babies in the back of his car. He was a mechanic who was trying to do an occasional job for himself, not for the boss. He told me to beware of most mechanics because they will install shoddy equipment in your car and thereby void the warranty. He wondered whether I had received a recall letter recently from the Toyota Company about my 2000 Avalon. He assured me he wasn't trying to steal my car. He would have a tow truck take my car to his boss's shop at no expense. I wanted the car towed to my own mechanic. He said that if I didn't like his estimate of the repair cost he would have the tow truck take the car to my own mechanic.
Eventually (and this is the part of the story that I'm most ashamed to admit) I let him take my car keys and drive me to my house. He gave me his phone number and said he would perform some diagnostic tests on the car to find out what was wrong and the tests would take an hour or two.
At home I had time to cool off, relax, become calm, and think clearly. I talked to my daughter by telephone. She told me to find where the car is and to report the whole matter to the police.
I eventually, after phoning 911 and waiting to be switched to several police stations, was able to talk to a duty officer at the Topanga Station in my area. The officer said that I should talk to the man again before calling in the police. He might be legitimate. If so, he would sue me for bringing the police down on him.
Eventually the man answered his phone. He would come and get me in about half an hour. My other daughter phoned me and warned me against getting into a car with the man. I got a friend to drive me to the location. I phoned him again and told him I didn't need his transportation and was bringing a friend. I also asked him where the car was.
He said the car was at an address on Ventura Boulevard. He implied it was in a shop and begged me not to come into the shop lest the boss find out what he was doing and fire him.
My friend arrived and we proceeded to the address. The "shop" was a large building that had nothing to do with auto repairs. We parked just beyond the building. The man came from the parking area behind the building and led us to the car. He said that he had already made the needed repairs. I told him I had not authorized him to work on the car, but just provide an estimate. He didn't tell me how much the "repairs" cost. Instead he opened the trunk of my car and showed me several dirty pieces of hardware that might have come from some auto or truck. There were two long tubular structures that might have been shock absorbers. I knew that none of them had come from my car. None of them had the remotest connection to a hydraulic fluid leak. He wouldn't have had time to replace such parts during the two hours that he'd had the car, especially without a lift so that he could get under it to do the work. I told him I had no interest in the parts and told him to remove them from the car.
The woman was with him. She said she was his sister. She said I ought to pay something because her brother had saved my life by warm\ning me of the brake problem. I said that since I hadn't authorized any repairs I wasn't obligated to pay them. By now I had the car keys. He kept talking about his children, that he was just trying to make a living, etc. I finally told him about a woman who had accosted me a week or two earlier in another parking lot with a story about losing her credit card and having no money and would I give her something to buy groceries, or perhaps buy groceries for her? I had given her twenty dollars and I offered the same to him.
He refused my twenty dollars and showed me a big wad of bills to prove that he had some money. He became angry and threatened to have a lien placed on the car. I told him I would take my chances and my friend and I drove off in our two cars. We drove to my regular auto mechanic with no problem. The brakes worked as good as ever. I left the car with my mechanic for its scheduled servicing and told him the whole story. I told him to inspect the care\to make sure that there was nothing new that had been installed.
It's a long story that I'm not proud of. I tell it to warn others not to be taken in by an auto repair scam.
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Several things were tried in 1929 to 1939. At first the federal government did nothing. President Hoover took the advice of his Treasury Secretary to let all the poison in the stock market burn itself out. That is, let the last buyers of inflated stock shares eat their losses. Doing nothing didn't work. The big losers simply shared their losses with everyone else and millions of workers were without jobs and without income. The next President took the advice of an economist and spent government money to create jobs. Enough of the unemployed workers found temporary work and were able to buy things so that the economy began to recover. The government had to go into debt to raise the money to provide the jobs. After a while the economy recovered and there was enough revenue to begin paying down the debt.
We are again in a recession or depression caused by the ability of the Wall Street gamblers to make us all share their losses. You would think that, having gone through the Great Depression of 1929-1939 our leaders and our more responsible politicians would draw on the experience of those years to frame policies for the present. For some reason nearly all of them choose to ignore or to forget the failures and successes of that time seventy-five years ago. Instead of using borrowed money to create temporary jobs, our leaders talk about reducing the deficit. We seem doomed to follow the path of Herbert Hoover rather than that of Franklin Roosevelt.
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FITCHBURG -- Longsjo Middle School will reopen Wednesday following a two-day closure after a burst sprinkler head sprayed water in the school's library, principal's office and more than one special education room.
A firm contracted by the district returned test results late Monday night and indicated the ceiling tiles affected by the leak were asbestos-free, according to school administrators who spoke to the School Committee Resource Subcommittee Tuesday afternoon.
"A piece of equipment that holds up an HVAC duct gave way, flew directly on a sprinkler head and ... it set off the sprinkler Saturday night around 5 p.m," said Robert Jokela, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations.
The city's insurance agency, the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association, is expected to bring in a contractor to replace the carpet this coming week, he said.
The update comes as the district performs repairs on several buildings following days of single-digit weather.
As elementary students settled into their second day in new, temporary locations, Superintendent Andre Ravenelle said tests continue at Crocker Elementary School.
According to air tests, only the northeast wing of the building was affected by the ceiling tiles, which contained asbestos, Jokela said.
"There was a hose on a steam pipe that burst, caused flooding around Christmas Day," he said during the Tuesday meeting.
The workers, who Mayor Stephen DiNatale described only as a "third party," did not "follow protocol," according to Jokela.
City Solicitor Vincent Pusateri said there is currently no active litigation, before declining to speak further on Monday. He added the city's insurance agency is expected to pay for the entire remediation process and "likely" secondary costs.
These secondary costs could include the leases for Saint Anthony School and the Thomas C. Passiois School, which were both closed before the district moved Fitchburg students into the buildings this Monday.
The district is expected to pay $1,250 plus utilities for the Saint Anthony School and $2,589 a week including utilities for Passiois. The base term is four weeks with renewable one-week extensions until students and staff return to Crocker, according to Jokela.
The heating unit vents and sprinkler system were also impacted, he said.
Administrators initially believed the school would be closed for four weeks but say they do not want to release a firm timeline until they "hear anything more definitive from the consultants."
The third issue that caused a school closure this month -- frozen pipes which led to the closure of Reingold Elementary School on Jan.2 -- has since been resolved, administrators say.
The three closures are unrelated, according to Ravenelle.
"Those three incidents are totally different incidents," he said. "One is a frozen pipe, a steam pipe, which caused damage, one is a frozen water pipe to the building and the third one was a heat element that actually ended up on a sprinkler head and reached the temperature that fired off the sprinkler head."
City Building Commissioner Mark Barbadoro said this most recent bout of cold temperatures puts a strain on the structures especially since Fitchburg school buildings, like most in Worcester County, are designed to withstand no lower than 4 degree temperatures.
Heating systems designed for colder temperatures are only useful during one percent of a typical year in this climate, he said.
Work also continues at Fitchburg High School, which experienced its first freeze up in six years, closing three classrooms after a sprinkler head burst, according to Jokela.
The sprinkler system will be turned off until the end of the week. In lieu, someone is posted at school at all times for a "24 hour fire watch."
Follow Elizabeth Dobbins on Twitter @DobbinsSentinel


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Bateman's team 'Walk the Weald'
During the summer of 2016, a small team of staff and volunteers walked over 120 miles to raise money for Bateman's Park Mill Restoration Fund.
Walking the Weald - how it all began.
The idea to walk 120 miles to raise money for the restoration of Park Mill at Bateman's came from Steph Poynton, one of our Conservation and Engagement Assistants.
General Manager, Pauline Wall, had set Steph a target to raise some funding for the Mill ans she wanted to do something different. With the cost of repairing the Mill Wheel, pond and leat at £150,000, a high level of support was needed.
We started the year with a Duck Race down the River Dudwell, which runs through the garden and this captured everyone's imagination.
Let's walk
From a flying start, came the idea of the walk. The core team of three walked everyday - 120 miles in total over seven days. Each day they were joined by staff, volunteers, Costwold Outdoors staff and even the odd pet dog. A total of twenty people walked some of all of the route.
" This was great for us as it always gave us someone new to talk to, and when you're chatting away the miles seem to disappear - even if the blisters don't!"
The team climbed 111 stiles in all weathers, encountering cows, bulls, horses, eels and unexpected pheasants in the long grass. Personal highlights included the sight of Rye church on the hill, three glorious miles in the distance through the late evening mist and rain.
Support all the way
Our challenge was helped in so many ways. Business continued as usual back at Bateman's during the busy summer period with other staff and volunteers covering our roles back at base.
We had advertising sponsorship from Cotswold Outdoors as well as boots, socks and walking clothing.
David, Liz and Jake bought sweets for us to share on the Sissinghurst to Smallhythe leg and, thanks to Steph, we dined well on the donated food and beverages from local businesses that we passed along the way. We even enjoyed a 2-course dinner one evening.
Thanks all round
To date the 'Walk the Weald' fund raising has generated £5,500 towards the restoration project and we were delighted to see that the work to remove the damaged part of the tree axle had started on the very day that we ended our walk back at Bateman's.
The whole project has so far raised an incredible £73,250. Thank you to everyone who has supported us.


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In fact and when you think about it, it is imperative that you have an air conditioning unit installed in your home or apartment. And if you are a business or property owner, it is your moral duty to install such units within your premises in order to look after the health and hygiene of your clients (as tenants) and their clients in turn. Today's air conditioning units allow you to do just that. Not only cool you off on a hot summer's day.
But take good care of your health and hygiene. That is the state of (the art?) of today's air conditioning units. So, now that you also know that you have the qualified professional services of networks like air conditioning repair service Corpus Christi TX you can unhesitatingly and unreservedly order your new or next air conditioning unit. You are already seeing cost savings here, because with a consummate repair service always available, you know that you can now keep your air conditioning units operating in good condition much longer.
Those of you who have been using air conditioning units for a while now also have this opportunity to start afresh. It does not appear to be a good idea to hold on to those old units for much longer now that you have the new technologies available that do so much more than just cool you off on a hot day in summer. Of course, it is true that your air conditioning technician will still be able to find replacement parts for the old unit, but even he will advise against this.
He too will want to save you costs for the long term.


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Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible
At Dharmachakra Buddhist Center in northern New Jersey, we offer instruction in meditation and Buddhist spiritual practice.
Everyone is welcome - whether you're brand new to meditation or if you've been practicing meditation for a long time and are looking for a spiritual community.
Watch this video where some of our members share their experience of coming to the Center.
We hope you'll join us soon.
current Classes
in Coba Yoga
Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9 pm
Click here to register
with Chris Gharbi
We are all searching for ways to make our mind more peaceful. Meditation is a great tool to accomplish this, but we may be unsure how to do it, or how to direct our thoughts. In this series we will learn what it means to meditate, and the beneficial objects upon which to focus our mind. Through gaining a deep understanding of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's book Joyful Path of Good Fortune, we will learn to develop an enjoyable meditation practice that will bring us inner peace.
Confidence to change
Offered in April in Millburn Mall and Ridgewood
We all want to be more confident, courageous and happy. However, we find it difficult to create the changes we seek. Instead, we get stuck in unhealthy and self-sabotaging habits of mind. Buddha's meditations and teachings on the practice of joyful effort give us the confidence and skill to change. Appropriate for beginners and those with prior experience of meditation.
See the Calendar for class schedule
Sundays, 2 – 3 pm in Millburn Mall.
This class is designed for beginners. Each class begins with a simple meditation. During the teaching that follows, the instructor explains what meditation is. The last meditation demonstrates how contemplation works. You will be given a meditation that will help you get started at home. Meditations are guided by the instructor and are suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.
Check the Calendar for class schedule
Friday, 9:15 – 10:15 am in Millburn Mall.
Meditation can provide a break in our busy lives. Its purpose is to make our mind calm and peaceful. With a sense of inner peace and well-being we can learn to cope with life's challenges and create new opportunities for growth. Come and enjoy these guided meditation classes. No prior experience is needed.
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text: Imagine being invited to an award banquet only to find out later the main course is . . . you. That's exactly what happened to Wall Street analysts at the annual ceremony for Institutional Investor magazine's "All-Star Research Team" awards earlier this week. Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general who is also on the short list of candidates to replace former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt, accused Wall Street firms of improperly publicizing the awards as a measure of stock-picking prowess in a speech at the ceremony. It was the latest move in his campaign to expose conflicts of interest in Wall Street research and analysts. Spitzer cited a study conducted by Investars, an independent research group that monitors the performance of analyst stock ratings, that analyzed recommendations made by over 400 analysts ranked highly by Institutional Investor magazine. The study found that only two of over 150 analysts selected by the magazine ranked first in their industry sector in terms of performance of stock recommendations. Also, about 40% of "first team" analysts performed worse than the average analyst in his or her sector. Curiously, a significant portion of the "first team" analysts underperformed their peers who were rated below them by Institutional Investor. Spitzer's beef is not with the awards themselves, but rather with the fact that investment banks use the awards to tout their analysts as superior when marketing to individual investors. According to Spitzer, the deception is compounded by the fact that analyst performance is not made available to the public. "Banks use the Institutional Investor All-Star designations to improperly convey to individual investors that their stock picking has garnered awards," said Spitzer in his address. Institutional Investor countered Spitzer's remarks by pointing out that stock selection is only one of several criteria used to judge top analysts, and that it can't control how the awards are used by recipients - in this case as sales tools. To prevent potential individual investor confusion, Spitzer suggested that analyst recommendations should be made public after 90 days. Furthermore, he said historical recommendations should be available so investors can track analyst performance. Step 1InvestorStockActiveBanks Previous Article Next Article All Articles About Index Fund Advisors Index Fund Advisors, Inc. (IFA) is a fee-only advisory and wealth management firm that provides risk-appropriate, returns-optimized, globally-diversified and tax-managed investment strategies with a fiduciary standard of care. Founded in 1999, IFA is a Registered Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that provides investment advice to individuals, trusts, corporations, non-profits, and public and private institutions. Based in Irvine, California, IFA manages individual and institutional accounts, including IRA, 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, pensions, endowments and all other investment accounts. IFA also facilitates IRA rollovers from 401(k)s and 403(b)s. To find out more about the value of IFA click here. To determine your risk capacity, take the Risk Capacity Survey.


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Benny's Bistro serves lunch, and dinner in Historic downtown Helena. We specialize in regional American bistro cuisine. Meticulously hand made food using all natural ingredients and locally grown meats poultry, and produce whenever possible.Benny's is located in a newly renovated turn of the century building just off Last Chance Gulch. Step into our urban bistro and watch the chefs in the open kitchen. Enjoy live jazz on Friday evenings and at lunch most Saturdays.
Mailing Address
Not AvailableStreet Address108 East 6th AvenueHelena,
Phone: 406-443-0105
Benny's Bistro is located in historic downtown Helena on 6th Avenue, one block east of Last Chance Gulch. Parking is available in the rear off Jackson Street. Come in Benny's back door.
All YearHoursMonday - Saturday: 11:00am - 3:00pmDinner: Wednesday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 9:00pm
American Express, Cash, Discover, Master Card, Personal Check (In State), Personal Check (Out Of State), Travelers Checks, VisaReservationsReservations Accepted, Walk-Ins Welcome
Air Conditioning, Banquet Room, Bar/Lounge, Beer/Wine, Catering Service, Delivery, Dinner, Handicapped Accessible, Internet Access Wireless, Lunch, Meeting Room, Non-Smoking, Parking, Phone Orders, Take-Out
History, Local Cuisine, Music, Seafood, Vegetarian Food
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!read more
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!read more
STARSHIPTROOPERSFANS.NET is the first in the world to inform every "citizen" and "non-citizen" that a new Starship Troopers movie has just been given the green light. The new chapter in the ST saga will be a full length CG feature using the most advanced computer graphic imagery to epically tell the next chapter in the story of humankind fighting against The Bug. .read more
Today we have something very cool for you. These are the reproductions of the "Starship Troopers portraits" of Jolene Blalock and Cecile Breccia. Originally they were B-Day gifts for the ladies and now you can see them too...See larger version of those beautiful pics in our FAN-ART -> DRAWINGS section. PS. Jolene would look lovely in the classic MI helmet, wouldn't she? (and Cecile is the best looking soldier ever!).read more
Today we added some clips from Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation. You can find them in the section devoted to the second part in ST series. Here you've got the first official trailer for the movie.read more
We have a new poll for you: Would you like to see new types of arachnids in the next Starship Troopers film? Vote in our Poll (it's WHAT DO YOU THINK? placed bottom right on the page).read more
Almost 1000 people have participated in our. It turned out that the return of J. Rico is more important than 3D.read more
And we thought we had seen it all. Here is a fanmade STARSHIP TROOPERS CLOCK...Thanks to Jim Morton for the pic.read more
Would you like Starship Troopers 4 to be filmed in 3D or in 2D? Or maybe "all is well" as long as Johnny will be back to kill'em all? Vote in our Poll (it's WHAT DO YOU THINK? placed bottom right on the page).read more
Here is a very funny (and old), yet another Starship Troopers song. Good for laughs.read more
We don't think so ;-) .It's summer time so why don't take a break and daydream about Lola Back (aka Jolene Blalock)! The measurements of perfection are 34-23-33/5 feet and 5 inches tall…read more


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Michigan Residents Attempt to Pronounce Spanish Words with Hilarious Results
Everyone knows different parts of the country have different accents, but could the language be that different? We found out that yes, yes it is.
The best example of someone butchering a word would be the street "Guadalupe" in Austin. For people in El Paso, we know that name and how to pronounce it, and most likely know someone with that name. For the poor Austinites, the ending always comes out "loop."
KLAQ decided to send up some common terms to our friends at WGRD in Grand Rapids, Michigan to see how bad it could be. The answer? Really, really, hilariously bad. In their defense, they sent us some common words for Midwesterners and we butchered them. But I'm pretty sure I've heard poutine salad somewhere.
Check out our video of their words below.