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Rather than writing out the story of my crazy last week, I'm going to do it in listy form because hey, why not?
1. It sounded like such a great plan. Drive a few hours up to St Louis on Weds, check out the awesome River City Casino Hotel who was putting me up for the night, do a little sightseeing, hang out with a friend that would be in the area who I've been trying to meet up with for like 6 months, generally enjoy getting away from home for a little bit, and then drive back the next afternoon.
Spoiler alert: Things did not go according to plan.
2. I left home around 1 pm on Weds, because the weather said that St. Louis might get some light snow that night so I wanted to get all settled before dark. I wasn't that worried though - weather forecasts always seem to over-estimate, so I figured that "light snow, possible accumulation less than an inch" probably meant a few flurries, no big deal.
3. First half of trip was totally chill. It's basically 200 miles on the same interstate after I hit Springfield, so usually the trip is a good opportunity to rock out to embarrassing music, eat deliciously gross gas station food and generally get lost in thought. That's what happened until about the halfway point when freezy mist started sticking to my windshield, and then (even worse) my windshield wipers! My wipers got all coated in ice which totally interferes with the whole "wiping" thing and instead just makes them make a sort of awful scraping noise.
Yeeeah, that's ice on my windshield.
I had to pull over three times within about an hour to de-ice my wipers and windshield, but eventually I made it out of that ickyness and things were clear again. Mentally patted myself on the back for getting through the slightly worrisome conditions, celebrated what would surely be smooth sailing for the last 50-ish miles. Whew, right?
4. WRONG, obviously. On the outskirts of St. Louis, it started snowing. Traffic wasn't really affected, it was just that sort of fluffy dry snow that blows around. The only time it was a problem was when a big truck would pass me and kick a bunch of it up into the air, making a big snow cloud. Pretty, but akin to driving in heavy fog for a few seconds.
The thing about that delicate little layer of snow is that while it is no big deal on its own, it was coating the road and covered up spots where ice had formed. Don't worry, I found one anyway.
5. Have you ever paid much attention to those big concrete dividing walls that run between the lanes of some big highways and interstates? Me either. At least, not until my car was heading straight into one. The pic above isn't the exact place that my accident happened (I'm not even sure where it was other than the name of the city), but pretty close. Everything was fine, and then I noticed the car in front of me skid just a tiny bit, and before I even had time to finish the thought "Oh, it might be slick there..." my car was fishtailing to the left, then right, and then doing a fancy spinny thing and crashing into that wall. Then it spun around a bit more and hit the wall again, just for good measure. I was probably going about 50 mph by the time I hit.
6. So, there I was, just hanging out in the fast lane of the interstate, facing the wrong way into oncoming traffic. NBD. I instantly tried to pull my car over to the other side of the road before anyone could hit me, but it wouldn't move. Craaaaaap. I dialed 911 really fast and by the time I managed to shriek "I just wrecked my car on I-44 and omg I think this truck is about to hit me!" a police car was pulling up. And the giant pickup that I thought was about to hit me actually stopped a few feet away and blocked anyone *else* from hitting me. Thanks, truck dude.
7. I honestly don't remember that much from what happened next because lets be honest here you guys, I was freaking the you know what out. I know that when the police officer opened my passenger door to check on me, I was like "I hit the wall and I can't get my car to move!", and he kind of glanced at it and said "Yeeeah, it's not going to move." Oh.
8. An ambulance showed up within a couple of minutes to check me out, and I have no idea how, given that I just slammed into a giant concrete wall going 50-ish mph in a convertible, but I'm pretty okay. I was shaking like crazy and I told the (omg super cute) paramedic that I have panic attacks so I was basically just trying to keep breathing. I was actually weirdly happy that I couldn't stop shaking - trembling after a traumatic event is your body's way of releasing adrenaline. If it doesn't do that, you can have some not so awesome side effects later.
There was another accident just up the road involving two tractor trailers, so the ambulance dudes were pretty quick to let me go so they could move on to help out there, which I was totally fine with other than how very adorable that one EMT was. I made friends with the police officer's K9 partner in his car until the tow truck showed up.
9. At some point while I was in the ambulance or police car or something, I was smart enough to email the lady I'd been in contact with about blogging about the hotel, and she instantly went into superhero mode. She not only called to make sure I was okay, but first tried to send one of the hotel's shuttle buses to come get me, and when that wasn't available arranged for a taxi to pick me up at the McDonalds where the tow truck driver agreed to drop me off (near their garage), which was almost 20 miles from my hotel. Given that this was just supposed to be a quick overnight trip, I definitely hadn't budgeted for a $60+ taxi expense, so I can not even begin to tell you guys how grateful I am that the casino covered that for me, not to mention the fact that I was definitely not thinking super clearly at the time so it was priceless to have someone step in to take care of me and make sure I got there safely. (I'll be writing about my hotel stay soon!)
I finally made it to the hotel, still got to meet my friend for drinks later that night (he was awesome enough to come to the hotel bar since I clearly had no way to go anywhere else!), and then as I was pretty much expecting, woke up super sick the next day. You guys might remember that my body does this super charming thing where major stress = about 24 hrs of vomiting. Luckily I had one of the pills from my last ER trip with me, so that knocked out the worst of the stomach-y stuff and I spent most of the day sleeping with a wet washcloth on my head to keep cool. It was a miserable 12-ish hours, but I finally started feeling better around 8 or 9 that evening.
10. This is #10, so I should sort of sum up and bring us up to the present, huh? I think I'll do a separate post about my St Louis shenanigans, because I did actually get to have a little bit of fun while I was stuck there. I made it home on Saturday and just got a quote from my insurance today about how much $ they'll be sending me to buy a new car with. That police officer wasn't kidding when he said my car wasn't going to move - I had a totally broken back wheel (or wheel axle? Whatever, my wheel was at a freaky angle). I couldn't bear to look too closely at the damage to my car as I was leaving it, but I know that my driver's side door wouldn't open (had to crawl out the other side), the hood was dented in, and there were some various other bumps and scrapes. I'm guessing from the damage that the back passenger side wheel is what hit the wall first, which is freaking lucky since that's about as far away as you can get from where I was sitting. Anyway, as much as I love my car and am sad to see it go after all of the adventures we've survived together, it was a 2004 so the cost to repair it would have been more than it was worth, thus the insurance check and car shopping.
Want to end this post on a super freaky note? I did a search last night for 2004 Mustang convertibles within 200 miles of me to get an idea of the actual market value of my car. Only ONE showed up. It was silver with a black top just like mine, and even had the 40th anniversary special edition stuff like mine. Super freaky part? It was for sale in Pacific, MO, which is 196 miles from me and... the city where I had the accident. Is that nuts or what? I actually kind of want to look into buying it just because of the craziness of that.
So, let's all have a moment of silence for Apple, the car that has been with me for the past 10 years (almost exactly - I bought her in Feb 05) and hope that whichever car becomes my new adventure pal is able to fill her shoes (tires?).
Looking all shiny and pretty on the day I bought her a decade ago. She was a rental car in Vegas for a few months before she came to me, so I loved that she had a questionable past and had probably seen some things, man.
Oh, one last thing. Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows about my
all consuming love ginormous crush on Chris Hayes. So when I tweeted the reason why I wasn't tweeting about his show as usual after my accident and got this in reply, I was pretty darn happy.
Ummmm, I AM NOW. (imagine that I inserted glittery heart gifs here, 'cause I'm tired and too lazy to Google some up.)
Hope that your week was better than mine! Hopefully I'll have a new car to introduce you to by next week's 10 Things!


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September 12, 2002
A well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog.
September 12, 2002
This movie plays like an extended dialogue exercise in Retard 101.
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It's mighty tedious for the viewer who has to contend with unpleasant characters, hit-and-miss performances and awkwardly staged scenes.
August 25, 2006
Trying hard to be cute, The Dogwalker is instead as muddled as can be, tripping up the film as if its ankles were entwined in its own leash.
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This isn't a retooled genre piece, the tale of a guy and his gun, but an amiably idiosyncratic work.
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The Dogwalker starts off strong, but loses steam towards the end.
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September 13, 2002
A pleasingly unpredictable stroll across all of the boundaries that we believe separate us -- and that actually do.
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Munich, May 30: A Bengali and a Sardarji were studying at Cambridge. Both were in love with the same girl. Finally, she went away with the Sikh boy. The Bengali remarked wistfully: If only Netaji were here
Netaji was not in Munich (is he still lying forgotten in some prison in the boondocks of Vladivostok'), but his daughter Anita Pffaf was. She and her husband Martin Pffaf had been invited by the minister president of Bavaria for a reception in honour of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the historic Residenz museum.
Earlier in the evening, the Pffafs had called on the Prime Minister. Oh, it was just a courtesy call. And I also thanked him for paying a visit to Renkoji Temple in Tokyo where my fathers ashes are kept. It meant that he recognised them as Netajis ashes and accepted the chain of events that led to his death, she said.
Netajis legend is such that his followers are today deeply divided over the circumstances relating to his disappearance. Broadly, there are those who believe that Netaji actually died in the plane crash in 1945 in Taipei and the ashes in Japan are his. Then there are those who believe that the plane crash was a ploy used by the wily Netaji to make good his escape before Taipei fell so there is no question of any ashes anywhere.
But where did he go' The third category of his followers believes that from Taiwan, he went to Russia for help and was arrested in Vladivostok and since then has been languishing in some unknown prison there. The Mukherjee Commission is the latest inquiry into Netajis death or disappearance.
Such is the attachment of Bengalis to Netaji that a fiery woman MP from Bengal made an emotional plea for bringing his ashes back. What business do the Japanese have taking Netajis ash' His ash belongs to India and his ash must be brought back, she thundered till she was asked to shut up by fellow MPs from the state because of her embarrassingly miserable pronunciation. Or so the story goes.
Did her thanking the Prime Minister for visiting Renkoji Temple mean that Anita accepted the fact of his death' Yes, she replied. Anita is the child of Netajis German wife. He met her mother when he came to seek Hitlers help against the British and married her before leaving for Japan on Hitlers advice to start his armed movement from Asia. He left in a submarine, met Tojo, the Japanese dictator and then went to Singapore to organise the Azad Hind Fauj.
It may be in the interest of some people to keep up the legend of his being alive. But Anita clearly rejects all such theories. If he were alive, there would have been no reason for him not to return to India after it gained Independence. Some say he was in a Soviet prison. But even then, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the truth would have come out by now, she argued.
About the commission, Netajis daughter said: I know that the Mukherjee Commission is looking into the controversy of his death. I personally do not expect the commission to come out with anything startling or different.
She said the commission had not approached her. In any case I do not want to waste the commissions time and resources. I was a child then first in Austria and then here in Germany. So I would have nothing to add to what is already known.
She hopes that the commission would go to Taiwan to meet the sole survivor of the ill-fated crash. I wish they would talk to the Indian doctor who was in that plane and still lives, I believe, in Taiwan. No inquiry commission has gone and talked to him.
Anita felt that this was not the opportune time to demand that Netajis ashes be brought back to India. The Mukherjee Commission is yet to complete its work. And we should not hurt the sentiments of the Japanese either who have been keeping his remains with tremendous respect, she said.
Anita said she and her husband, both professors at the University of Augsburg, were active Social Democratic politicians. Martin was a MP for 12 years. Anita contested the last election to the Bundestag but lost. Perhaps it is my age. I am 60 now and people prefer younger MPs perhaps people who are in their thirties. But the Social Democratic Party also did not do too well in Bavaria, she explained.
Besides the Pffafs, Zubin Mehta also called on the Prime Minister. I gave him a bottle of olive oil from my farm in Tuscany (Italy) to congratulate him on his renewed effort at peace with Pakistan, he said.
Mehta is the music director of the Bavarian State Opera based in Munich.
What was his advice to Vajpayee' Oh, I told him I wish that his next state visit would be to Pakistan, he replied but then asked tentatively, Is that going to happen any time soon'
Then on a wistful note, he asked, Why have Parsis disappeared from the Indian cricket team' We always had an Umrigar or a Farookh Engineer on the team.
What was his explanation' Oh well, I suppose Parsis themselves are a disappearing breed now. There arent too many of them left, he replied.


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WASHINGTON, DC - "Adona", the young woman in Kosovo whose e-mail letters have been featured on NPR throughout the conflict in Yugoslavia, is safe with her family in Kosovo. Finnegan Hamill, the California teenager with whom 16-year-old Adona has corresponded since January, spoke with her by phone for the first time in weeks on Thursday. He reported on his conversation on Friday on NPR's Morning Edition with Bob Edwards. All of Hamill's reports are available at NPR Online - www.npr.org.
According to Hamill, Adona stayed hidden in her home for most of the war. "Although she made several attempts to leave," he said, "she heard stories of Serb police blocking roads at the border and decided to turn back every time." Now, Adona says, life in Kosovo is returning to normal. "I could tell she was happy," said Hamill. "Her voice was light. The hesitation and fear I heard so often during the war were gone."
This was the first time the two teenagers had spoken in nearly a month. The only news about Adona during this time came from a network of friends who e-mailed Hamill from internet cafes near the border in Macedonia. The friends reached Adona at her home in Kosovo through rigged telephone lines.
Adona still wants to come to the United States to finish school. In the meantime, she has started to work as a translator. "Her family has managed to stay together throughout the war," commented Hamill. "And although Adona may leave them to come to America, at least now she knows they will be waiting for her when she gets back."
The correspondence between the two teenagers began earlier this year when Hamill, a high school student in Berkeley, heard about Adona (a pseudonym) at a church youth group meeting. Hamill brought the e-mails to Youth Radio, an award-winning radio training and production group for teens based in Berkeley. where he worked with a team of producers and young people to bring this story to NPR's Morning Edition and NPR Online. Youth Radio will continue to update Adona's story on NPR's Morning Edition and at NPR Online. Tapes and transcripts are available upon request.
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Cricket- CPL 2016- Predictions- 11 Jul- Barbados vs Tallawahs- Who Will Win?
In the 12th match Barbados Tridents (BT) take on Jamaican Tallawahs at Barbados on 11 Jul 2016. Cricket is at its best in CPL 16.
One is now witnessing low scoring in all cricket matches.- an indication that bowlers are prevailing over batsmen. So far, No young talent has emerged. However, veterans are still dominating most of the matches. Only St Kitts and Nevis patriots has scored more than 200 runs. Few others have crossed 190 runs.
Only two players have score more than 100 runs in a match. Chris Gayle 108 not out against Trinidad Knight Riders and Collin Munroe 100 not out against Guyana Amazon warriors.
Team Standings in Points Table (with points)
- Guyana Amazon Warriors- 8
- Jamaica Tallawahs- 4
- Trinbago Knight Riders- 4
- Barbados- 2
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots- 2
- St Lucia Zouks- 2
Who will Win? Just wait and watch.
Barbados Tridents
- Played-2, Won- 1, Lost- 1
- Top three batsmen are- AB de Villiers, K Pollard, Shoab Malik.
- Weak middle order.
- Weak Spin power. Strong pace attack.
- Must play R Reifer and S Sprincer
- Shoab Malik- 20, S Taylor-40, AB de Villiers- 30,
- K Pollard- 40 ,N Pooran- 10, D Wiesse- 30.
- Wicket takers- A Hosein, A Rampaul, W Parnell, Imran Khan.
- Played- 3, Won- 2, Lost- 1.
- Bowling department is weak.
- Many all rounders in team- but lack experience.
- K Sangakkara- 30, C Gayle- 20 , C Walton- 30, R Powell- 25.
- Shakib Al Hasan- 25, A Russel- 35, A McCarthy-15.
- Wicket takers- G Mathurin, Imad Wasim, Shakib Al Hasan, K Williams.
- BT strengths is pace.
- JT bowling line up is weak.
- BT has better top order in form.
- JT has weak middle order.
- Overall, BT is a better team.
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Ring Lardner's structure is fairly complex, involving stories within stories. There are five people who contribute information about the mystery: the narrator, who begins and ends "Harmony"; Ryan, who gives the first account but who disagrees with the narrator's final version; Dick Hodges, the Jackson coach, who originally acquired Waldron and who is quoted by Ryan; Art Graham, who recruited Waldron but who is secretive about the details; and Bill Cole, whose story the narrator accepts as the truth.
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Chancellor Tootietooie tells Alex that a new rule has been made, the mortal you tell that your a wizard you have to marry ! But, wait that mean's. No, no that doesn't mean she would have to marry HARPER ! would it ? But she JUST told her.
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" Sir, where are we going." asked Harper as she followed Professor Crumb's.
" You'll see when we get there." said Professor Crumb's with a twinkle in his eye's.
" Will we be talking about this whole deal with Alex and I getting married. I really don't want to Marry my best friend " said Harper as she looked at the old Wizard.
" I'm going to let you speak to the whole Wizard council and tell them why you shouldn't marry Alex Russo." said Professor Crumb's as he smiled at Harper. Harper smiled Back and thought of what she should say.
" Ahh, here we are . Are you ready Miss. Finkle or will that Be Mrs. Russo" said Professor Crumb's. Harper glared at him and walked in to the dark purple room. See walked into a group of forty old people. Man and woman all wearing robe's and pointed hat's.
" Hi, I'm Harper" said Harper as she weakly waved to the group. They all eyed her like she was a freak of nature.
" Right, let's get the show on the road" said Professor Crumb's as he sat down on the biggest chair.
" What the hell is she doing here" asked One of the council women as she glared at Harper. Harper took a deep breath and smiled at her, showing that all the glaring and pointing didn't scare her.
"I'm here to fight the how thing about a Wizard teen having to marry the mortal that they told that there a Wizard" said Harper in a clear calm voice.
" This is outrageous! Why did you bring a mortal here Crumb's." said One of the old men.
" You better ask me, that's why I'm here. Now I want to see if we can come up with a way that I don't have to marry Alex Russo." said Harper as she glared back at them.
" Rules are meant to be followed not just to look pretty on a piece of Paper little girl" said Council Woman in orange. Harper smirked and looked at the Lady in Orange.
" As Alex always says Rule's are meant to be broken " said Harper as she looked at everyone.
" NOT HERE! YOU LITTLE SILLY GIRL " yelled the Lady in Orange.
" LIKE HELL OLD LADY SIT THE HELL DOWN. I WILL NOT LET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TELLING ME I HAVE TO MARRY MY BEST FRIEND FOR SOME STUPID RULE. WHEN I GET MARRIED I WANT IT TO BE OUT OF LOVE NOT JUST FOR SOME STUPID RULE" yelled Harper as she she glared at the lady in orange. Crumb's smiled as he looked at Harper yelling at his fellow council member's. He knew this was a good idea.
" You will marry her , if she felt that you were worthy to know about her being a Wizard then you must marry her. It is a rule and that is FINALLY" said The old guy in green.
" Look child you must understand we made theses rule's for a reason. I'm sorry if your upset about it." said The old guy in purple. Harper took a deep breath and closed her eye's . She had to think of another way out or how to make them listen to her.
" I like the fire you have Miss. Finkle. But it seems even with your fire, you can't fight this fight with just fire alone. Let's go and find Alex so you two ca get married." said Crumb's as he walked Harper out. Harper nodded her head. She really didn't want to marry Alex but it was a stupid rule making her.
" Will my parents know that I'm married. I mean how will I explain why I'm kissing Alex saying shes my wife" said Harper as she thought of mom and dad.
" Hmm, I'll let you know after the wedding " said Crumb's as he pointed to the Russo family.
" So,..." asked Alex as she ran up to Harper.
" They barely let me talk they said Rule's are rule's." said Harper as she frowned at Alex. Alex frowned.
" Let's start the wedding shall we" said Professor Crumb's as he took put his wand. He looked at Harper and frowned, her face was so sad and it hurt him.
" But first we are missing two people" said Professor Crumb's as he waved his wand. In a flash of orange light Harper's parent's were standing there.
" Mom, Daddy" said Harper as she looked at her parent's. Harper's parent's looked around and looked confused.
" Tiger were are we. How did we get here." asked Mr. Finkle as he looked at Harper.
" I can answer that, Alex Russo is a wizard. She told Harper that she is a wizard without knowing if a teen wizard tells a mortal that there wizard said mortal and wizard must marry. So in short your here for you little girl's wedding to her best friend." said Professor Crumb's as he smiled at the Finkle's.
" Wait a minute I couldn't tell my Family that I was marri
ng Jerry and he had to give up his power's to marry me. Why do Harper's parent's get to know." asked Theresa as she looked at the old Wizard. He smiled and in a flash of white everyone was dress for a wedding. The Men had black tux's with red bow's while the girl's had Black and red dresses on. Harper was dressed in a simple stapless white dress with a red bow around the middle. Her hair was in curl's, with white flower's in between some of the curl's. Alex had a white princess like dress with red flower's all over her.
" Now that everyone's dress shall we get theses two married." said Professor Crumb's and he smiled.
" No, we can't you can't let my little tiger get married now. She's way to young for that and what about kid's how will she be a mother if Alex doesn't have the right tool." said Mr. Finkle as he walked up to Harper .
" In the power invested in me I pronounce Harper Rose Finkle and Alexandria Margarita Russo wife and wife." said Professor Crumb's as he smirked and waved his wand again. In a flash of golden light's Alex and Harper had golden arm band's . The band's and a fox and a raven sleeping together and Celtic rune's on them.
" You tow may both Kiss the Wife" said Professor Crumb's as he had a sly smile on his face.
" Wait there married NOW" said Mrs. Finkle as she looked at the band's. Harper looked at her's and Alex looked at her's. She never read anything about Wizard Marriage but she could feel the powerful magic in the band's.
" Yes, Now I'll let Jerry tell you about Wizard marriage band's. But I am on a rush so I must finish this up soon. For the Family Wizard I choose Harper Russo to be the Family Wizard." said Professor Crumb's as he waved his wand once again. In flash of green, pink and red the magic left the three Russo sibling's and entered Harper.
" WHAT THE FUCKING HELL, I WANT TO BE THE FAMILY WIZARD" yelled Justin as he glared at the old crazy wizard.
" I know but I chose Harper because she has something all you Russo's lack. She has Fire and courage and I like that. I expect great thing's from you Mrs. Russo and hope you have a very nice honey moon with your wife. Oh and Jerry I'll send a letter for you sometime today about what you'll be teaching Harper on in Magic." said Professor Crumb's as he flash away.
" Alex" said Harper as she looked at her new Wife.
" Yeah, Harp's" said Alex as she was still in shook about Harper being the family Wizard.
" I'm going to faint now" said Harper as she pasted out. Alex looked at Harper's passed out body and frowned. This was going to be HARD.
" Dad, do something we all know that I am meant to be the family Wizard not some trashy red headed freak like Harper." said Justin as he glared at his father.
" She's the wizard now, let's go home and we can all sit down and talk." said Jerry as he went to go pick Harper up but was stopped by Harper's father.
" She's my little tiger I got her." said Marty Finkle as he picked Harper up.
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An Electric Blue maddy just came up on the JC web ...... hurry before is gone .....
Gris - When you order from the JC site, do you pay duties up front...or once it gets here? Do you apply to get your duties back?
When I order the Maddy & Ramona they apply the duties to my total.
Can we get the duties back? I remember something about that when I was in Canada awhile back...didn't know we could do it from the UK.
No, unfortunally they do not refund you for either shipping and/or duties....Taxes & duties fees are 156.47 plus the 2/3 day shipping of 35.40
Thanks for the info. I really love the electric blue and I do not have a Maddy. Got to think on that one.
Where's Hubba?
LOL I saw this and I have one sitting in my shopping cart. I really think I want a Mahala. I have seen comparison pics, and I think the bigger bag would more suit me. Thanks guys.
I agree I think he Mahala size is better..... I dont have a Maddy, YET, but from the pics Ive seen and after having the Mahala I will def prefer her


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This forum is primarily for all the ladies out there. of course i don't think this concerns me as i think i have a very good size....well...rather not say. however, some people will argue saying it's not the size that counts, but it's how you use it. lol. anyway, ladies is that true? Is the size of the guy's manhood not important to you, but it's more about how he....uses it?
Lol.. you have put up a nice question indeed. .. hahaha.. size does matter for women and I have seen many times women becoming conscious about their figure and talking about it!
I have both.
For me personally length isn't so important...an average length is fine. Girth is where it counts the most for me, not all women are the same and some my like a longer penis. The majority of the nerve endings in a woman's vagina are bundled in the first 2 inches of the vaginal opening so having a penis that will hit your cervix (which doesn't feel good by the way)..is just too much for me!
that's good to know. personally, i always thought it depended more on the skills of the guy rather than size. however, thanks for the input though.
It does help if the guy knows what he's doing no doubt about that, and he should be well rounded in all aspects of sex...including foreplay. Great foreplay is sometimes way better than the actual intercourse...
i agree. sure, sex is great. however, if you build it up with enough anticipation through foreplay, it only makes it that much more exciting.
I like your thinking.
Thank you...I think I like yours also??!!
I agree with you, so yeah you would like my thinking too.
I think this is why I generally find men a bit older than myself more attractive than younger guys??Nice, I'm replying to myself!
Hmmm......Cagsil is 41 years old...wonders how much older? It's okay, talking to yourself is allowed. It's the only way to get answers.
I have been with a man in his fourties before, so 41 is not too old as long as you stay young at heart and keep a light and playful mind!
Well, that's a good thing to know. Thank you for sharing.
Was he a sugar daddy?
No, he was actually just a regular guy...think he did concrete work or something like that??? Really nice guy...but I was far too wild for him!
I bet you were and he had a tough time keeping up. My cardio and strength gym training helps me maintain my endurance for a long period of time... However on occasions, I encountered someone that had my heart beating so fast, I had to pause for a few seconds to allow my heart to rest.
I can be the nice sweet girl at times. Sometimes I am pretty aggressive and it can intimidate some men. I try to find a balance of both... gauging the reactions to what I'm doing and seeing just how far I can push him, or her.
her? My kind of lady.
storm pretty much summed it up lol .. if the guy knows he aint working with much he needs to at least be good at the rest of it otherwise there is absolutely no point in doing anything at all. everyone involved deserves to get theirs and not just one or the other.
You're welcome, btw. How are you today?
I'm doing well...pretty tired but doing good.And you?
Right now? I'm doing awesome, just thinking about you and the possibilities. But, otherwise. I'm doing well.
Bad boy!! It's nice to be thought of
Hey, what can I say. I'm male, what did you expect? Come on, you're thought of in more ways than one. I enjoy your writing, even though you don't think you can write.
Thank you...and yes I still think I am not a real writer. But I am happy that you and some others have enjoyed what I have done so far. I have never been one of those "Yea Me" kind of girls and find it hard to receive complements let alone give myself any...Thats why I was so happy no one did one of those "Hey Stormy just got 100 fans!!" Or "Stormy Has 1000 page views".I'm happy to stay in the shadows and do my thing...As long as some like me and what I write I'm happy.WoW...I'm sorry, I really don't know where that all came from or what I was even trying to say.
Size is WAY overrated!
I was a bad boy during my early years and most women told me that size did not matter. Most stated that "too big" was painful and instead liked someone who had energy, knew what he was doing, and could make them go multiple times.
SYZE DUZ Matter
hey is that my great great great great great great great great grand daddy?
Pussyzilla was your great great great great great great great great grand daddy? I would hate to see your litter box!
Nice chatting with you all. I have to enjoy my few last days of sleeping in and waking up whenever I want to.I had to stay up late or until 2AM CST to see if my talk show was featured as a Today's Pick, which it was. Unfortunately, I had to stay up 1 extra hour advertising this show in all 48 of my LinkedIn groups. Until next time or until later today. Take care.
Thus ends my clever contract negotiation with Mr Kenrick Chatman. Oh well The drive probably would have slaughtered my car anyway, and it really wasn't a paying gig.
Okay so this was not the topic I was on, just a minute, size of what? OMG
If a woman has good healthy muscles size shouldn't matter...There are great exercises that can help..
size matters if the woman doesnt know how to do Kegel exercise, I agree with deborah about this subject!
okay, interesting topic for this morning. just what I wanted to see first thing anyway, I must have only been with men of an average size, as I don't have much of an opinion other than to say - Please don't hit the cervix! (it only happened to me once with my ex)But I will say, foreplay & a man who knows what he is doing is more important - especially if he needs to make accommodations for his size
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Peyton Manning can take his time to make a decision about retirement, while the Broncos will also try to lock up their quarterback of the near future.
"It's one that's going to change his life," Denver general manager and vice president John Elway said Monday night at Super Bowl media day. "Whether it be this year, next year or the year after."
When asked minutes into the Broncos' media day appearance if he would retire after Sunday's game against the Panthers, Manning was quite succinct.
"I haven't made my mind up and I don't see myself knowing that until after the season's over."
Manning also suggested he'd be fine with the Guyer Institute turning records over to the NFL, which is investigating allegations that Manning received HGH from the clinic in 2011.
"They can have whatever they want," Manning said.
As for the Broncos' future, Elway said the team doesn't want to lose backup Brock Osweiler to free agency no matter what Manning decides. "We're hoping to get something done with Brock this offseason," Elway said. "…We needed both quarterbacks. We wouldn't be here without both of them."
Cam's time: Panthers quarterback Cam Newton parried plenty of goofy questions — in true media day tradition — with some one-liners of his own.
One person asked if he would dress like a guy near his podium who was in a ski outfit, complete with skis.
"Would I dress like that?" Newton replied. "If I was going skiing."
Newton responded to another question by saying: "You want me to kiss your wife?"
Davis practices: Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis returned to practice on Monday with no limitations.
Davis broke his arm on Jan. 24 in the NFC Championship Game but says he expects to play in the Super Bowl.
Davis says "it feels great" and he's glad to be back on the field with his teammates.
Circus in town: Getting into media day is no easy task. Reporters lined up and had their equipment checked by bomb-sniffing dogs as a band played drums outside.
Both teams got extended introductions as they entered SAP Center, the home of the NHL's Sharks.
The event attracted Miss Universe, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines — yes, the winner whom Steve Harvey called a runnerup at first — who posed for photos and answered questions.
"Oh, I'm not thinking about that anymore," she said of Harvey's gaffe. "It's been over a month already, so we're here for the Super Bowl, and that's what we want to focus on right now."
For the first time, the NFL shifted media day from day to evening, calling the event "Super Bowl Opening Night." The basic format was the same, with the Panthers and Broncos media sessions lasting one hour each.
The event also had the usual assortment of unusual moments. One person asked Manning to look into the camera and wish a Happy Chinese New Year to all his friends in that part of the world.
The NFL moved the supersized news conference from its usual Tuesday daytime slot as NFL Network and ESPN2 offered live coverage.


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In today's New York Times there was an editorial piece called "Grief, Unedited" (February 15, 2011). In it Ruth Davis Konigsberg claims that recent scientific findings show that grief can be managed more efficiently, in less time, than was previously thought.
This is a common mistake people make with grief. In our convenience-driven American culture, grief has become something of an inconvenience, approached as a difficult period to get through, rather than an emotional one to go through. Sure, grief will put a hitch in a person's ability to function at the same level they are used to at first, and maybe for some time. A mother who loses a child may need to stay in bed for a year. On the other hand an elderly widow may take comfort in her routines and not slow down at all. Or the opposite could be true. The widow may need to spend a year in bed and the mother may need to stick to routines. Grief is not predictable. I have little use for scientific studies that try to quantify the grief process.
Yes there are models that can help the specialists identify a client's grief as normal. But the favored model (J. William Worden's as outlined in "Grief counseling and grief therapy: A handbook for the mental health practitioner" (4th edition) New York: Springer) in grief support has no timeline or prescribed outcome. It identifies stages (or Worden's preferred term, "tasks") but acknowledges they may occur in any order. And as those of us who study grief know, those stages can all occur inside of a day.
Some grief may last a lifetime. It may become integrated into the personality in a way that is comfortable. I enjoy Patti Smith's description, given in an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air in 2010:
I think that the idea that time heals all wounds is not really true. Our wounds aren't ever really healed, we just learn to walk with them. We learn that some days we're gonna feel intense pain all over again and we just have to say "Okay, I know you, ha. You can come along with me today."
Grief is the normal response when someone dies. It is really just the painful reaction to a loss. We grieve all kinds of losses in our lifetimes: A limb, a community, a marriage, a job, a friend…anything we have come to depend on will be difficult to let go of. Smith's take on it is a very healthy one. Grief is not just a painful period to rush past. It is what we carry with us.
The better we are at acknowledging these losses and giving ourselves time and space to honor them, the better we can learn to feel through them.
But why? Why not let feelings stay buried? Why dig up old stories? Pour salt on the wounds? Because grief is not just something to survive or get through. It is an opportunity to know ourselves better.
Working with grief creatively will almost guarantee a shift and change in the emotions that inspired the artwork/song/poem, whatever. When feelings are expressed they tend to expand and transform into positive feelings of love and connection. But when feelings associated with grief are repressed or ignored, they may transform into anger, anxiety, impatience or a lack of feelings.
Of course sadness has been a favored muse since the beginning of time.
There is also the possibility of gaining a new connection to the thing that was lost. The dead person's spirit is suddenly present. Clarity arrives. Love floods the heart. Grief can be isolating, but ironically, it can also be a great connecter. Through grief we often learn compassion for others. We have to reach out and ask for help. We try to be helpful and find we care on a deeper level than before.
But this kind of processing does not happen quickly or efficiently. In fact the only way it happens is if we are patient and allow ourselves to grieve fully and completely and for as long as it takes. For some that will be forever. The more we repress grief, or tell ourselves we need to be done by a certain point in time, the more it slows us down. When we really open to it, and relax into it, the more grief becomes this mysterious place to explore and find ourselves.


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Caribbean spiny lobster are found in the western north Atlantic from North Carolina to Texas, throughout the Caribbean, and south to Brazil. Larval spiny lobster swim to nearshore habitats and settle in dense vegetation and later crevices as they grow larger. When they reach two to three inches, they begin to travel from nursery habitat to coral reefs and other offshore habitats. Adult spiny lobster move along shore and offshore seasonally, migrating in single-file lines to deeper water to escape cold and murky waters.
Spiny lobster grow by molting—their hard shell restricts growth so they must shed it to increase in size. They can grow up to three feet in length and 15 pounds in weight. In the southeastern United States, females are able to reproduce when they're 2.75 to three inches carapace (shell) length, at about three to four years old. In the Florida Keys, spiny lobster spawn from April through September on offshore reefs. Males attach a sperm packet to the underside of the female's abdomen. The female uses one of her legs to rupture the packet; she releases her eggs and they're fertilized as they pass over the sperm. Females release between 500,000 to 1.7 million eggs each time they spawn. They carry the fertilized eggs beneath their tail until the eggs hatch. Spiny lobster can live to 15 years or more.
Spiny lobster larvae feed on plankton while juveniles and adults feed on snails, clams, and crabs. They are nocturnal, foraging for food at night. Fish, sea turtles, and octopi feed on spiny lobster.
Spiny lobsters get their name from the forward-pointing spines covering bodies to help protect them from predators. Caribbean spiny lobsters vary in color from light grey or tan to dark red-orange with occasional dark spots. They have two large, cream-colored spots on the top of the second segment of the tail. They have long, horn-like antennae over their eyes that they wave to scare off predators, and smaller antennae-like "antennules" that sense movement and detect chemicals in the water. Spiny lobsters lack the large front claws of the familiar American lobster.
Harvested for their tail meat, spiny lobster support important fisheries throughout most of their range, from Bermuda to Brazil. In the United States, fishermen primarily harvest spiny lobster off South Florida.
A longtime favorite seafood of Floridians, spiny lobster has been harvested commercially since the early 1800s. The commercial fishery expanded from the 1940s through the 1970s, and commercial harvests on Florida's Gulf coast have averaged more than 4.2 million pounds and nearly $25.3 million in the past decade. Florida provides nearly 100% of the Caribbean spiny lobster harvested in the United States. Most harvests come from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Keys.
The recreational fishery for spiny lobsters grew with the growing popularity of skin and scuba diving in the 1950s. Today, it is one of Florida's most intensive recreational fisheries and contributes millions of dollars annually to coastal communities and economies in south Florida and the Florida Keys.
Due to the popularity of and great demand for spiny lobster, managers have implemented a number of measures to protect this important resource from being overharvested. They continue to evaluate the fishery to ensure it's operating sustainably and conduct research to inform future management. For example, managers know that hurricanes pose a major risk to the spiny lobster fishery—they regularly pass during the peak of the fishing season and destroy lobster traps. In addition, the lobster fishery is currently overcapitalized—there are more traps active in the fishery than needed to maintain current catch levels. A primary goal of spiny lobster management is to reduce the number of traps in the fishery, which would reduce the cost to fishermen of losing traps during hurricanes (reducing the damage to corals caused when traps move during storms) and potentially improve harvest.
In Florida, commercial fishermen harvest spiny lobster primarily with traps, but also use hand nets while diving and bully nets in shallow water.
August 6th through March 31st; the season is closed from April 1st through August 5th to protect spiny lobsters during the peak of their spawning season. Harvest peaks in August.
Florida accounts for all Gulf and nearly all U.S. harvests of spiny lobster. Most of Florida's spiny lobster harvests come from the Gulf Coast, especially the Florida Keys. From 1976 to 2000, Gulf Coast commercial fishermen landed an average of 5 million pounds annually (of Florida's total annual average of 5.65 million pounds). Gulf landings dropped to an average of about 4.2 million pounds from 2000 to 2013. In 2013, Gulf fishermen harvested more than 5.6 million pounds with dockside revenue of more than $46.7 million.
Source: NOAA Fisheries Annual Commercial Landings Statistics
Scientists from state and federal agencies and research institutions conduct various studies to monitor the spiny lobster population in the southeastern United States. They sample the population with traps and through dives and study the different life stages of lobsters, including larval lobster settlement, lobster growth, and survival of young lobsters.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) monitors Florida's commercial fishery through its Marine Fisheries Trip Ticket Program, which requires all sales of seafood products from the waters of Florida to be reported on a trip ticket at the time of sale. Trip tickets include information about the harvester, the dealer purchasing the product, the date of the transaction, the county in which the species was landed, time fished, and pounds of each species landed for each trip. They monitor the recreational fishery through landings reports and a mail survey that targets lobster license holders. They find out where they fished, how much they harvested, general impressions of the season, etc. Observers also interview commercial and recreational fishermen to find out more about catch rates and the sizes of fishermen's lobster catch.
Working with managers and stakeholders, scientists use this information to assess the status of the spiny lobster stock in the southeastern United States through the Southeast Data and Review (SEDAR) process.
The latest SEDAR assessment (2005) and update (2010) indicated that spiny lobsters are abundant in the southeastern United States. However, scientists cannot accurately assess the health of the broader population without more information about the population in the Caribbean. They've found that lobsters spend a long time as larvae traveling with the currents, which distribute them far from their parent stock, so most young lobsters in the southeastern United States were born in other waters further to the south. In fact, recent genetic studies have shown almost all young lobsters in U.S. waters are from the Caribbean. As a result, the status of the U.S. stock depends more on the abundance of mature spiny lobsters in the Caribbean and the growth and survival of larvae from Caribbean lobster stocks than those in Florida.
Fishing rates are at appropriate levels. However, the lobster fishery is currently overcapitalized, meaning there are more traps active in the fishery than needed to maintain current harvest levels. Harvest levels remain stable largely because of the recruitment of larvae from the rest of the Caribbean population. The primary goal of spiny lobster management is to reduce the number of traps in the fishery, which would reduce the cost to fishermen of losing traps during hurricanes (also reducing the damage to corals caused when traps move during storms) and potentially improve harvest.
FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Spiny Lobster Program
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Spiny Lobster Research
University of Florida Spiny Lobster Aquaculture Research
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is responsible for managing the spiny lobster fishery in Florida state waters. NOAA Fisheries and the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils are in charge of managing the spiny lobster fishery in federal Gulf waters.
FWC, NOAA Fisheries, and U.S. Coast Guard enforcement agents and officers work together to ensure fishermen comply with state and federal rules and regulations.
To streamline management between state and federal waters, the Councils' joint Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic essentially extends the FWC's regulations for the state fishery to federal waters off Florida. Specific management measures include harvest and size limits, seasonal and area closures, gear restrictions, and licensing and permitting requirements. For more on state management, see below; for more on federal management, see FishWatch.gov.
Commercial and recreational harvest of spiny lobsters is prohibited in several federal and Florida marine protected areas, particularly in areas with sensitive coral reefs off the Florida Keys to prevent damage from fishing gear.
Uncertain—the biological characteristics of spiny lobster, environmental factors, and lack of data on the Caribbean-wide population make it difficult to determine the status of the spiny lobster stock. Adult spiny lobsters are abundant in Florida; however, they make up a small portion of the larger Caribbean population.
At appropriate levels (no overfishing)
Lobster traps have little impact on habitat when they're set on sand bottoms. However, some traps are set on coral habitat, which is more sensitive and can be damaged by traps. In addition, major storms and currents can move traps considerable distances, potentially causing habitat damage such as scraping or dislodging corals. Harvest of spiny lobsters is prohibited in several federal and Florida marine protected areas, particularly in areas with sensitive coral reefs off the Florida Keys to prevent damage from traps.
Lobster traps can catch non-target species. Fishermen are allowed to retain and/or sell bycatch species as long as they follow proper licensing and handling requirements. Managers monitor landings and sales of these species.
Lobster traps that have been discarded, lost, or abandoned are called "derelict traps" and can "ghost fish," continuing to capture lobsters and other species. Plastic lobster traps must have a degradable escape panel to reduce the impacts of ghost fishing. Florida also has two programs dedicated to removing lost and abandoned traps from state waters and has the authority to expand those programs into federal waters. The Spiny Lobster, Stone Crab, and Blue Crab Trap Retrieval Program contracts commercial fishermen to remove derelict traps from waters during closed seasons, and the Derelict Trap and Trap Debris Removal Program authorizes volunteer groups to collect derelict traps and trap debris during open or closed seasons. These programs recover about 10% of the traps lost each year.
Ocean currents can impact spiny lobster populations—spiny lobster larvae spend more than 6 months traveling with the currents, which broadly distribute them throughout the Caribbean. Recent genetic studies have shown almost all young spiny lobsters in southeastern U.S. waters were born in the Caribbean. Adult spiny lobsters are master navigators. They move inshore and offshore using internal magnetic compasses, often in single-file lines to escape cold and turbid waters.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Commercial Regulations for Spiny Lobster
FWC Recreational Regulations for Spiny Lobster
Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office—Spiny Lobster
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The exhibit, "Small Things Considered," which opened Saturday at Arts on Douglas with an artist's reception, featured a unique collection of two- and three-dimensional works created especially for this show.
The only restriction for the work included in this exhibition was size - all work submitted had to be 8-by-8 by-8 inches or smaller.
"The Small Things Considered Exhibition 2012 is one of the gallery's most popular and anticipated shows of the year," said Meghan Martin, gallery manager. "It has evolved over the years to become a great crowd-pleaser and a motivating challenge for our participating artists, many of whom do not normally work so small. The exhibition will certainly pique the interest of everyone who views the show."
Martin added, "I am always pleased with the finished works that an artist brings in. Working small is a challenge to some of the artists and it takes just as much time and effort to work on a small scale as it takes to create larger pieces. You can tell by the quality of the work that they put the same amount of time, energy and creativity into the miniatures that they do into their larger pieces." Artists participating in the exhibit are: Susan Bach, Donne Bitner, Tom Brewer, Jill Cannady, Marilyn Catlow, Giuseppe Corazzina, Judi Dold, Ren� Guerin, Ed Harris, Jane Jennings, Riitta Klint, Jane Manus, Kevin McNamara, Larry Moore, Carol E. Napoli, Gretchen Nass, Lee Nesler, Christine Peloquin, Don Reagan, Mary Schimpff Webb, Wendy Tatter, Trish Thompson, Anna Tomczak, Marylee Voegele and Barbara Wagner.
For this exhibition, Arts on Douglas invited four guest artists to be included in this exhibition: Kelly Berning, Trent Berning, Cheryl Mackey Smith, and Lynn Whipple.
"This is really an interesting body of work, the artists were able to capture complete scenes and downsize them to smaller paintings without losing either depth or composition," said Gail Meadows a New Smyrna Beach resident. "I know several of the artists who contributed work to this exhibit and they usually paint these massive oversize paintings, these smaller works are really a tribute to their talents. The ceramic piece, "The Politician" by Rene Guerin, is just hilarious."
The works will remain on exhibit through Dec. 22. Arts on Douglas is at 123 Douglas St. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment. For information about this show or other gallery works, call 386-428-1133.
'Small Things Considered' a popular exhibit at Arts on Douglas
NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The exhibit, "Small Things Considered," which opened Saturday at Arts on Douglas with an artist's reception, featured a unique collection of two- and three-dimensional works created especially for this show.


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Tastes Like Chocolate was just the beginning!
Next up, IRISH CREAM DREAMS.. another woman, another statue, the flavor has been chosen.. the dreams and wishes of Mary Elizabeth? She's still working on those.
February 17th will be Cover Reveal day for this story which will release on March 10th.
A Teaser:
"Hello." The timid sounding voice was almost unrecognizable as mine.
"Mary Elizabeth, this is Viviana with Candy Man Delivery. You've been chosen to receive a man of your choice. The flavor was chosen for you by Eros, I'll sculpt a perfect male form for you and he'll be delivered after your bar closes on St. Patrick's Day. Will that work for you?"
I wanted to shout yes.
"That would be fine." I think my voice squeaked.
Her laugh was genuine. "Being nervous is okay. Be sure to write down what you want to ask for. I deliver the form, you tell Eros what you want in your man and it will determine the personality infusing your statue. He picks an actual God to inhabit it who fits your needs."
"Okay." My fingers drummed on the desk. This was happening. I remembered to be polite, even when distressed, just like the nuns taught me. "Thank you, ma'am. I look forward to meeting you."
"Congratulations, Mary Elizabeth. You'll be very happy."
Happy? I was ecstatic.
While you wait to find out what Mary Elizabeth wants in her man, you can get Tastes Like Chocolate:
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- A 2-day conference for English teachers in Korea.
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- This year marks KOTESOL's 24th annual international conference.
- Approximately 1,000 teachers from Korea and east Asia are expected to participate.
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Mingling during cocktail hour is awkward enough as is—don't add to it with messy or complicated apps that could cause a spill for your guests. Passed nibbles are a great way to keep everyone happy before dinner is served, but if we can't eat it with one hand and balance our drink in the other, we're not interested.
Cutesy names like "Something Blue" don't exactly inspire tasty beverages, and honestly, your guests would much rather be downing beer and wine than some sugary concoction. If you decide to design your own drinks, offer a few other options, and definitely keep the champagne flowing.
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Here are some photos I've taken, or have been subjected to. I've arranged them into a few inconvenient categories.. Some of the links below may take a while to load, so please be patient while they do..
Pete's Surprise Birthday Party - Strangers break into his home and have a party in his honor. Meanwhile, others on the other side of the country have a party on his behalf.
Uh-oh, I'm gonna hurl!- Greg watches a little too much of the show Junkyard Wars, and gets an idea.
Fireworks on the Fourth of July, 2000 -Taken from an undisclosed location in Manhattan.
Kramer - my best buddy for about 15 years
Doug and Kathy's Wedding Photos - Just when Doug thought it was safe to have me be a groomsman. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Andrew and Michelle's Wedding - While I was The Best Man, she still married Andrew (sorry, not there yet!).
Dave and Louise's Wedding Photos - From their wedding Ceremony on a paddle wheel boat on the Hudson River.
My 1997 Trip to Lake Tahoe - boring, but amusing nonetheless
Sundance '98: A New Beginning - Take a gander at Page One images of my trip to Park City, Utah in January 1998.
Sundance '98, Page Two - The second batch of photos
Older Miscellaneous Photos - A random collection of pix I've taken over the years.
Sheri's Spoon HoDown for 1999 - Get a look at the shortest camping trip I ever took
My Car - Read up on my Z3 travels
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Glen Emery Arnold, 78, of Omaha died Wednesday, July 2 [2003] at the Veterans Medical Center in Fayetteville.
Mr. Arnold was born in Tyro, Kan., June 17, 1925, to Emma Gastil Arnold and Robert Arnold. He was a resident of Boone County for the last 27 years after moving here from Torrance, Calif.
Glen belonged to the Southern Baptist Church and was member of the Marine Corps Raider Association, Disabled American Veterans, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a longtime member of the Masonic orders including the Scottish and York Rite Bodies and the Shrine and was a member of the Ozark Shrine Club in Harrison. Glen was also a charter member of the Marine Corps Legacy Museum.
Glen was in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II as a member of the elite First Raider Battalion. He was in combat in the South Pacific including Guam where he was wounded during the assault on the island. After recovering from his wounds he was assigned to President Roosevelt's Security Guard. Once while on duty at Camp David, President Roosevelt noticed that Glen was wearing the Raider patch on his uniform and relieved him from his duties for a long personal chat, much to the consternation of Glen's senior officers. In retrospect, it probably wasn't that unusual a thing for the President to do as his son, James, was also a Marine Raider. In fact, at the time James Roosevelt was the executive officer of the Second Raider Battalion.
Shortly before the Korean War started, Glen enlisted in the Navy and was stationed aboard the command ship provided for General MacArthur's use when he directed the Inchon landing and other operations in Korea.
After his return to civilian life, Glen worked as a sales manager for several large automobile agencies before retiring to Arkansas where he operated a farm near Omaha. He had many interests including the collection and restoration of antiques; his specialty being the restoration of antique chests and weight scales.
Mr. Arnold is survived by his spouse, Bebe of the home; four sons, Guy Garner of California and Bruce Burnam, Brock Arnold and Gary Arnold, all of Colorado; three sisters, Ruth Hess of California, Dorothy Rositti and Lorena Allen, both of Kansas; two brothers, Jack Arnold of California and David Gastil of Kansas; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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I have to agree with you PJA,
The desire to name and shame is understandable, given the way some agents and developers behave, though clients have to bear their share of the blame for being so naïve. The hucksters are quite easy to spot when you get up close.
So far the rules have been you can't mention companies by name, be it in praise or damnation. The main reason being that when you allow name-calling it quickly degenerates into a farce, as you quite rightly point out. It undermines the value of the forum and dilutes the content. Also it seems that the most active participants in name-calling are the agents themselves, often pretending to be either satisfied or dissatisfied clients.
Then there is the fact that we don't want people publicly accusing companies of wrongdoing from a position of anonymity and without the facts being available to check. Reputations can be damaged and companies do have a right to a 'fair trial', at this website at least.
But on the other hand something has to be done about the impunity with which a bunch of hucksters go about mis-selling property in Spain. They flourish in this business of one-off sales where repeat business isn't important, and because geographically disperse buyers make life easier for them too.
The internet goes some way to putting buyers in touch with one another and we can see that forums are the perfect medium for 'client revenge'. This will help to expose the worst offenders. But it is open to abuse so we need a more elegant solution that enables clients to find the best companies and avoid the hucksters.
It needs to be fair to companies whilst protecting potential customers from the sharks. In the property business even the best companies have some miffed clients. The sale of property can be stressful, emotional and complicated, and clients themselves can be unreasonable from time to time, denouncing companies when the fault may lie with them. The trick is to identify the companies that habitually mis-sell or swindle and not clobber essentially good ones that have the odd problem with a client.


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Orange County's own Surf City, Huntington Beach, is the latest local municipality to embrace the en vogue trend of banning plastic grocery bags. It is not a done deal yet in HB but all signs point to its inevitability mostly because of one Republican council member's (Devin Dwyer) expected, ill-advised support of the ordinance.
But before Dwyer and his colleagues in HB (and those in other cities like Laguna Beach) move ahead with such regulation they ought to check out the recent analysis done by the Wall Street Journal on the environmental impact of reusable bags versus plastic bags. The analysis suggests that because of various factors, including the need to wash reusable bags, they may actually impact one's carbon footprint.
Here is an excerpt from the WSJ piece:
The plastic bags shoppers use to carry their goods home from the store have become an environmental battleground, and statistics are a key weapon in the fight.
Cities around the U.S. have banned or considered banning the bags because of their environmental impact. Manufacturers of the sacks have dueled with environmentalists and makers of reusable bags over carbon footprints. And last week, a maker of reusable bags settled a lawsuit filed by a plastic-bag manufacturer over competing numerical claims on bags' imprint on the environment.
Reusable-bag makers, which market sacks made of sturdy canvas or recycled plastic meant for years or a lifetime of use, claim disposable plastic bags impose a big burden on the environment and deplete fossil fuels. Plastic-bag makers counter that a large proportion of their bags are reused or recycled, and that reusable bags must be washed frequently, diminishing their green credentials.
A recent suit laid bare how much remains unknown about plastic and reusable bags' environmental impact.
The lawsuit laid bare how much remains unknown about bags' environmental impact. There is little information available on what proportion of plastic bags are reused or recycled, or on how many times a reusable bag must make the round trip to the store before it has earned the status of a net positive for the environment. And some frequently cited numbers in the debate are derived from studies funded by parties with a stake in the fight.
To support the contention that most store-provided plastic bags are reused, bag makers cite a 2007 survey funded by the American Chemistry Council, a trade group for chemical companies including plastic-bag makers. The survey found that 92% of respondents answered "yes" to the question, "Do you or does anyone in your household ever reuse plastic shopping bags?" But the survey didn't distinguish between people who reuse a plastic bag once a year and people who reuse all their bags.
The answer matters because bags that get a second or third use—for instance, as trash-can liners—aren't as big of a drag on the environment. Joseph Greene, a chemical engineer at California State University, Chico, figured that reusable bags must be used nine times before they begin to accrue environmental savings compared with plastic bags that aren't reused.


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Police have warned football fans not to take fireworks, flares or smoke bombs into a stadium today.
Officers in Cleveland issued the warning as Sheffield Wednesday play Middlesborough FC at the Riverside Stadium.
An Owls supporter was arrested after he threw a flare onto the pitch when Wednesday played Queens Park Rangers in the first game of the season.
And a smoke bomb was also set off last weekend in a game between Middlesborough and Wigan.
Superintendent Mark Thornton, Cleveland Police's match commander, said: "We have a close partnership with Middlesbrough and are taking a zero tolerance approach to anyone who attempts to take flares, fireworks or smoke bombs into the stadium.
"Fans need to consider the safety of themselves and others around them and not put people in danger by taking these items to the match.
"You have been warned - you will be dealt with robustly if you are found to be in possession of these items."
Fans caught with any of the items will have them confiscated.
They also risk prosecution and banning orders.
The 17-year-old Owls fan, from Kilnhurst, was given a youth reprimand and banned from all Owls matches.