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Yesterday I shared just a few good things that happened then I asked what good had happened in my friend's day? I'm so glad I asked because their good stories added to my good day. And I think I want to do more of that. Focus on the good things and listen to other good stories.
Remember that wall that came crashing down last week? Like literally a wall, a block wall. California really needs rain and it has been coming in buckets and even though it took down our wall I still love the rain. The very day the wall came down I was baking cookies and filming the pretty rain scenes. Just maybe 10 minutes before we hear a HUGE CRACKING THUNDER SOUND, I had filmed out the back window into our yard and a little of the once standing fence is in that clip. I was going to make a sweet little rainy day video. Then the wall came crashing down and yeah, we were a little in shock to say the least. Rich looked like he was standing on another planet for a few minutes. It was like "is this a dream?" "um, did that just really happen?" So weird. He began going into immediate action…moving motorcycles, draining our pool, putting tarps over the sliding mud. Rich's dad and brother came out to help lift the fallen wood fence. I called the city and insurance within minutes of it all happening. We just started doing what had to be done. At one point I looked at Rich and said "I know there will be good that comes of this, blessings will happen" He looked at me like I was a little bit crazy, he even questioned me "what good is going to come of this?" I said "you'll see"
Turns out insurance doesn't cover the damages, the cost. Nothing. That's OK though because like I mentioned yesterday in a post, we have endured far greater.
May I share just a few blessings that have already occurred? Brotherly hugs. A neighbor stopping by with donuts for Rich and his dad. Lots of offers of physical help more than I ever could have imagined. Yesterday when I got home Papa had transplanted Abbie's tree into a bucket. It was hanging on the edge with its roots exposed. I don't think it would have made it too much longer in that condition. We are hoping it makes the transplant. That gesture alone had me filled with such gratitude.
But the thing that got me the most yesterday was the neighbor who lives about 7 houses down who knocked on our door. You see this man almost lost his life recently. He was hospitalized for a very long time and everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. I don't know all the details but I know he was very close to not making it. He has two very young daughters and a wife and they had not been in their house for very long before this happened. New neighbors. He is still in major rehabilitation and he walks every morning and every night. He even has been working on speaking again. He lost a lot. He stopped by to let us know he would help us with the fence. He is fighting his very own battles each and every day and he knocked on our door to offer help. These are the blessings I'm talking about. Yes my dear friends and family have also said they will help but when a stranger knocks on your door, that's impactful beyond words. These are the blessings.
Today when I got home from work, guess who was shoveling dirt behind our house? Papa and Vincent our neighbor 7 doors down. All I could think to do was pour two tall glasses of really cold water and tell them my heart was full. These are the blessings. In lots of ways it feels very hard to accept. We want to just conquer this on our own. "we got this" "thank you but no thank you" I keep reminding myself things like, "you know how good it feels to help others....let them help you" "accept help, say yes" It's a little bit easier for me, much harder for Rich. But if we don't open our hearts and accept help we will be missing out on the blessings.
We all have battles. Some are much more difficult than others. We are not supposed to compare our battles and think maybe mine is less, yes, it might be less but as a wise friend once told me….it's all relative. I'm finding that if we focus on the good in our tough times that it makes it much more bearable to endure. When we do for others in the midst of our own struggles it makes our heart glad. When we accept the help of others it goes beyond glad...it becomes a big blessing so big it's hard to explain and it may even bring tears of joy.


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I am officially homeless
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
If you had asked me 5 years ago, where I thought I would be in 5 years, you definitely would not have gotten this answer! Due to my recent issues, I have finally decided to give up my house. I obviously can't continue to pay rent there as well as the bills that I have been maintaining even though we aren't staying there, since I am not working.
I've been looking for a job, only on the internet for now. I've applied for Unemployment Insurance; I just hope that the company I worked for doesn't fight it. I contacted Child Support but I forgot they don't have my new phone number so I have to contact them again. I pay Child Support and I receive it so of course I'm going to have to have mine suspended and his raised. I'm sure these both will involve a court date.
I have to get the things out of my house by the end of this weekend. Yup, you read that right. I obviously haven't even begun to pack since there's no electric over there and it's quite difficult to see everywhere in the house, but did you also know that our weather just broke and the TONS of snow that we got back in February finally melted? You can probably still see some mounds, but definitely not like they were before.
Another problem and a reason why I have to move out this weekend? Since the electric's off, the Sub-pump won't kick on, and all of that snow melting added with the rain we've gotten, is currently in my basement. Soaking my stuff.
So for the next few days I'll be securing a storage unit, trying to figure out what needs to come with me and what can go to storage, if I can unload anything to any of my ex-neighbors, etc. I also have to secure manpower and vehicles because I obviously can't afford a moving truck or van.
Luckily there's a local storage unit that the first month is free. I'm sure I can scrape up the money to pay that next month.
I'm trying to be optimistic - it's just hard. I worked so hard to turn my life around and here I am. It's alot to deal with and digest. But I'm making it, and I'm praying all the time.


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The Rock was a pageant play with words by T. S. Eliot and music by Martin Shaw, first performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London on 28 May 1934.
In a prefatory note Eliot disclaimed full responsibility for the text, saying "I cannot consider myself the author of the "play", but only of the words which are printed here."[1] By Eliot's account, the text was written in collaboration with director E. Martin Browne and R. Webb-Odell.
"Choruses from The Rock" are published as part of T.S. Eliot Collected Poems, 1909–1962.
Further reading[edit]
Browne, E. Martin (1969), The Making of TS Eliot's Plays, Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Eliot 1934, p. 5.
- Eliot, T. S. (1934), The Rock, London: Faber & Faber
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Since I have last posted and I know I have yet to post about the rest of my trip away.
I have not been in the best of moods recently and to be honest, I have been struggling to get back into any sort of routine.
I have itchy feet and want to be travelling again so being home has gotten a bit dull and a bit boring. I haven't been in the mood to post on my blog or reply to my emails or do my uni work and now it is all beginning to mount up.
You might not hear from me for a while as Im going to have a bit of time out from blogging and facebooking and the likes to focus on my last few uni deadlines.
If I get some time and some inspiration I will post away though :)
Oh and a quick note, I will be attending a party at The r3tro Club in Walsall on Saturday 5th June for some promo and meet and greet so I hope to see you there!
Wish me luck with my exams!


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No justice? No peace in trashing Trader Joe's
The outrage that many Americans feel over the unpunished police killing of Eric Garner is understandable and genuinely felt.
Like the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and 12-year-old Tamir Rice, gunned down by police while playing with a pellet gun in a park in Cleveland, the videotaped death of the unarmed black man at the hands of white police officers on Staten Island was a tragedy and a sign that something in our law enforcement culture is profoundly broken.
This is why demonstrations have gone on since Thanksgiving from New York to Sacramento. It's also why, in general, protesters have had no trouble peacefully getting their point across.
So what were Berkeley demonstrators thinking this weekend, as they let yet another Bay Area protest degenerate into yet another round of vandalism and looting?
As downtown merchants swept broken glass from the college town's sidewalk on Monday, at least two officers and one protester were nursing minor injuries from the ruckus, and five people had been arrested. To what end?
Exactly what message did it send to throw a skateboard through a Trader Joe's window? Or to break into the Telegraph Avenue Whole Foods and start passing around champagne bottles?
One protester was beaten with a hammer when he tried to stop hooded comrades from ransacking a Radio Shack. Others scrawled anti-police slogans on, of all places, a wheelchair-supply store and a nursing home.
As with similar rampages in San Francisco and Oakland, the Berkeley mayhem did nothing but damage property and shore up stupid clichés about Bay Area leftists. Certainly it said nothing useful about police brutality or race or any other salient issue.
Contrast that with New York, where a "die-in" last week at Grand Central Terminal was so quietly moving that scores of bystanders fell to the ground with the protesters in wordless solidarity.
Maybe it's distance, maybe it's outside agitators, maybe it's the lack (for the moment) of a more local excessive-force outrage, but the Bay Area demonstrations have felt vaguely phony, as if the players were following a script or overcompensating or forgetting why they were out there.
In this respect, they're not so different from the police, who, in an era of record-low crime rates, worked themselves up to the point that they responded like occupying armies to situations in which their lives weren't being threatened.
Just a note: When a situation genuinely calls for extreme behavior, that behavior usually doesn't feel extreme to the rest of us.
What's unfortunate is that these violent demonstrations are distracting from the real issue: We have a problem in this country at the intersection of law enforcement and poverty and race.
We need to address it. And when fools trivialize that by imagining the answer can be reduced to a Guy Fawkes mask, a couple of bricks and a fire in a trash can, well, that, too, is a kind of outrage.


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Pharmacy Owner Takes Fifth in Meningitis Hearing
(WASHINGTON) -- The owner and co-founder of the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the center of a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak, declined to testify before a congressional hearing Wednesday.
When pressed by members of Congress on his role in ensuring safe and sterile products, Barry Cadden invoked his Fifth Amendment right.
"On advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer on the basis of my constitutional rights and privileges including the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States," he said at the hearing in Washington, D.C.
The House of Representatives had subpoenaed Cadden to the hearing to address the outbreak that has sickened 461 people in 19 states and killed 32. The outbreak has been traced to contaminated vials of methylprednisolone acetate, an injectable steroid used to treat back and joint pain made by Cadden's pharmacy.
But the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations panel became clearly frustrated with the testimony of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg.
Republican lawmakers noted inspections of NECC going back to 2002 that found sterility issues at the facility, and asked why the FDA had not taken action against the pharmacy.
"You are in charge of the FDA. You are the chief honcho. You're the great Pooh-Bah of the FDA and I'm asking you, basically, could you have prevented this tragedy? And you are saying you can't because you didn't have jurisdiction?" said Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.
"I think it is very hard to know if any one action that we might have taken could have stopped this terrible tragedy," Hamburg replied, adding that in her opinion, the FDA did nothing wrong.
The commissioner told the panel that her agency needed stronger authority over "compounding" pharmacies.
"The challenge we have today is that there is a patchwork of legal authorities that oversee the action we can take," said Hamburg. She said there were "gaps" and "ambiguity" in the FDA's authority, and described a "crazy quilt" of laws.
Compounding pharmacies traditionally fill special orders placed by doctors for individual patients, turning out a small number of customized formulas each week. NECC, however, acted more like a manufacturer by filling thousands of prescriptions and shipping across state lines causing confusion in the FDA's jurisdiction.
Republicans were visibly irritated at Hamburg's lengthy responses to their yes or no questions, at certain points even chastising the FDA commissioner for her responses.
"Can you ever give straight answer to a question?" Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, asked, while Stearns reminded Hamburg that she was under oath.
Joyce Lovelace spoke about her husband Eddie, who died from fungal meningitis in September after receiving a tainted steroid injection, saying she wanted "people to know what kind of person has perished because of their lack of concern."
"My family is bitter. We are angry. We are heartbroken. We're devastated and I just come here begging you to do something about the matter," Lovelace said. "It was a nightmare to see this man who was perfectly healthy one moment and then just so quickly going downhill and everything the doctors were doing for him was to no avail. The medicine, whatever they did, it was not helping him in the least."
Lovelace begged the committee to "legislate this."
"Whoever is responsible, I want them to know their lack of attention to their duties cost my husband his life, cost my family…It may not appear to be anything to you, but you are affecting valuable human lives," she said. "I cannot beg you enough. Bi-partisan. I don't care what party, work together and please legislate this so no family has to go through what we have."
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"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes, at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope." ~Vincent van Gogh
I think that this is why I teach small children–because they give me hope.
Artist Focus: Vincent van Gogh
This month the artist that we are spotlighting is Vincent van Gogh. During our circle time I read to the children the book van Gogh And The Sunflowers by Laurence Arnholt. This is a book in Arnholt's Artists Books For Children series. The book is written for children in the 6-9 age range and so it is a bit over the head of, and beyond the attention span of my littles. So, I simplified and summarized the story for them as we looked at Arnholt's illustrations and that worked out quite nicely. I then showed them four renditions of van Gogh's Sunflower paintings and we talked about their differences. I introduced them to the term "impasto," which is a technique that is used in painting where the paint is laid on very thickly. We talked about how the paint is so thick on the sunflower paintings that you can see the brush strokes and the paint creates a thick, rough texture on the canvas. Finally, I taught them a wonderful, rollicking song called "The Sunflower Song" by C. C. Warner. The littles just loved this song–it is right up there with Grey Squirrel!
Our invitation to play this week also carried on the sunflower theme. I put popcorn kernels and sunflower seeds into a wooden box and added miniature clay pots and silk sunflowers. The littles really liked scooping up the seeds and kernels and "planting" the flowers. I wish that I had a picture of this sensory bin, but even though I had it out for four days of exploring, I completely forgot to get a picture!
Art Projects:
- Impasto painting. I got this idea from MaryAnn Kohl's book, Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Style of the Great Masters, To 1/2 cup of tempera paint you add about 1 Tbsp of flour to thicken the paint. I put the four van Gogh pictures of the sunflowers next to the art tables so that the children could look at them. Then I gave them each a piece of drawing paper; a paper plate with a dollop of yellow, orange, brown and green paint; a small popsicle stick that they could use to scoop up the paint and a paint brush. Then I let them loose! It is the process of artistic exploration not the product that is important. As van Gogh said, "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." When my littles paint, all negative voices are silenced. So their end result may not have resembled van Gogh's sunflowers at all, but I think that they created some beautiful art.
2. Coffee Filter Sunflowers. This idea came from the imagination tree website. I gave each child two coffee filters. I put some slightly diluted yellow liquid water color paint into containers and some slightly diluted orange liquid water color paint into containers. Next I had the children paint the coffee filters. I put the wet coffee filters onto paper towels to dry. If you look in the pictures above you can see them drying as we are painting our impasto sunflowers. Once dry, I showed the children how to glue the yellow coffee filter onto the orange one. Then I gave them gold and black sequins, fall confetti and gold glitter to glue into the center of the sunflowers. For the stems I cut a piece of green cardstock in half lengthwise. Then I rolled the cardstock into a tube and taped it closed with a green leaf patterned washi tape. I also stapled closed the top and bottom of the rolled cardstock. Finally, I glued the sunflowers onto the green cardstock stems.
3. Sunflower Seed Mosaics. I keep the plastic lids from cans because they make great paint palettes! To make the sunflower Seed Mosaics, I squirted a puddle of glue onto the plastic lid and then tilted the lid so that the glue evened out on the lid. I gave the children a pile of sunflower seeds and let them arrange the seeds into a pattern on the lid. Then I gave them red, blue and purple tempera paint to paint the seeds with or to swirl through the glue. We let the glue dry for five days and then popped the discs out of the lid. They dried fairly clear. I punched a hole in each one and tied a string of yarn through them so that the children could hang them up. The inspiration for this art project came from Deborah at Teach Preschool
4. Sunflower paintings. I drew a circle on the top third of a piece of white drawing paper. Each child covered the circle with glue and glued on sunflower seeds. I also gave each child a toilet paper tube that I had flattened into an ellipse shape. They pressed the toilet paper tubes into paint and stamped petals onto their sunflower. The idea was to stamp around the circle, but the littles stamped those petals wherever they wanted! I loved those sunny yellow petals, in many cases, stamped willy-nilly all over their papers. They also painted green stems and leaves. Their painting were charming.
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Toronto is no stranger to the hipster coffee scene, and it holds some of the coolest and coziest coffee shops to get your caffeine fix. During my recent trip to Toronto, I tasted some of the most expertly roasted beans and brewed coffee that this city has to offer. What's more, you'll find so much character from the floors to the ceilings of these top notch cafes. Remember how much I gushed over Dineen Coffee? Well, there is so much more where that came from in the Greater Toronto Area.
At Dundas and Brock, a bold greeting awaits as you enter Safehouse Coffee. The highly Instagrammable floor tiles make for the perfect backdrop against your fancy shoes or your morning latte. A simple menu of well-prepared espresso drinks and baked goods plus a great music selection are what you'll find. I tasted my first chai tea latte here and I was not disappointed!
With one of the smoothest house-made vanilla lattes I've ever had, Dineen not only takes the cake for its flawless pours, but has an interior that will floor you. From the vintage ceiling lights to the pretty little tiles, you'll find the design and ambiance is a bit (read: a whole lot) nicer than your average coffee shop.
Known to be a coffee legend in the city of Toronto, I had to give Sam James a try. The verdict? I am so glad I did. Carefully crafted espresso drinks are their specialty and for good reason -- a perfectly pulled shot and an even more perfect pour is what I received. This isn't the ideal place to park yourself, given the limited seating. But with five locations to choose from, you can certainly stop in anytime you wish!
Catering to those who fancy the bright and minimalist design, Reunion Island lured me in with their famous floor tiles that spell 'COFFEE' at the establishment's doorstep. Reunion Island offers up a solid cup of coffee with which to start your day. From sourcing the beans to brewing the coffee, they carefully control each variable that goes into curating their product. To maintain the subtle flavors in the single origin coffee beans, Reunion Island serves up light roasts only.
Typewriters fill the shelves of this cafe slash cocktail bar that serves a little something for everyone. Come for the coffee and stay for the cocktails. Should you decide to stick around and turn pages in this cozy cafe, get comfortable and order something delicious to nibble on from their food menu.
A name that boasts nostalgia from your childhood days will not disappoint. Offering a huge selection of board games and snacks to accompany your latte, this lively coffee shop is sure to entertain into the wee hours of the night. Open until midnight on weekdays and until 2am on the weekends, Snakes & Lattes is the perfect spot to cozy up with your friends on a chilly Toronto night.
Although the Instagram-famous soft serve ice cream cones are all the hype at Sweet Jesus, the establishment also holds a killer espresso bar! Serving an espresso blend roasted by de Mello, you must give their decadent lattes a try. After consuming my entire daily caloric intake via the Cookies Cookies Cookies & Cream soft serve cone, I was too far into a sugar coma to try anything else, but I'll definitely be back again to order their famous Burnt Marshmallow Latte!


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Police are hunting for a man, armed with a knife, who threatened staff at a business in Lurgan.
The masked man threatened staff at the Union St premises sometime between midnight and 1am on Thursday morning.
The PSNI said: "Were you in the area of Union Street, Lurgan between midnight - 1am on Thursday 18th January?
"A local business came under threat of a male armed with a knife.
"The male was described to be wearing a black coat, a blue scarf over his face, and possibly a white wooly hat.
"This male made off in the direction of Trasna Way.
"If you live in the local area and you have CCTV please check it for a male matching this decription. The reference number is 22 of 18/01/18."


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My work here is the single copy of my unique and original handiwork. It is made on special, high-quality paper designed for watercolor from the world's best manufacturers and has a density of 300 grams/meter. Watercolor paints.
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Prague (2019)
Watercolor by Igor Dubovoy
- Watercolor on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22 x 14.9 x 0.1 in (unframed) / 22 x 14.9 in (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
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Welcome to my web site dedicated to the image of our beloved equine friend as he has been portrayed throughout the ages in art. For centuries the horse has survived as our faithful companion as well as our transportation and vehicle of war. The horse has been revered and worshiped as a god and spiritual guide as well as a beast of burden. This web sight will show you how the horse has been viewed by humans in history from the 1700's to our present day.
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Toyota Sequoia Lease Questions
edited January 16 in Toyota
Hi everyone. Please use the following discussion to post any questions that you have about leasing a Toyota Sequoia. Thanks.
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I was looking at a Honda Pilot and found the leasing thread for that car very helpfull so I hope that this one takes off. For anyone currently looking at the Sequoia this is what I was recently offered on leasing, it is a incentive program running through 12/05/05 and is for CBR>730.
Acquistion Fee $400.00
Doc Fee $250.00
Title $150.00
License $39.50
Money Factor .00064 which is 1.536%
Residual 62% of MSRP for 36 month /15000 year
One thing of on the residual, not all options are included in the residual but the packages are.
Hope this helps someone, and gets more people to give a little feedback.
Good Thread Car_man0
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and share the details of the lease that you were offered with everyone, kraftj.
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I am searching for an '06 Sequoia SR5, with a few options the MSRP is $41,560, with an inv of $37,090. When I do the math on $37,090 (which is what the dealer said he'd sell it to me for), I get $363/mo including 5% sales tax.
But the dealer runs the numbers and comes up with $449/mo for 36 months.
All I'd like to put down up front is $500 towards the fees you mentioned.
Whose numbers are closer to the real thing? I'd be willing to lease an SR5 with a $37K invoice for $410/mo, am I being unrealistic?0
With the same fees that I was charged, ($839.00) you will be raising you net cap since the lease usually requires a payment in advance, plus maybe a security deposit depending on your credit score which will eat up almost all of your $500. So lets say you are buying the truck for $37,090 on the low lease here is how it would have to break down to get to a payment of $390.00 without tax.
Fees $840
Total $37,930
Money Factor .00064
Desired Payment $390
Residual required to get to that payment $25,340
Have the dealership tell you what the residual is and we can work off of that, also remember I have been told that the current cash rebate is in lieu of the low lease charge so make sure you are not taking this and the low money factor. Also the dealer may be including GAP insurance in his number.0
I believe the residual the dealer showed me was $24,200, which is closer to a 58% residual than the 62% you mentioned in another post. How much of a charge does the GAP insurance come to each month? Thanks.0
At a lease price of $37,930 and a residual of $24,200 with a money factor of .00064 your payment would be $420.95 plus tax or $442 with 5% tax.0
I was wondering what the current residuals and money factors are for a 36 month/12K mile lease in Colorado on an SR5 4WD. Is there some place we can go to find them ourselves? Thanks in advance!0
Greetings dad23. I haven't seen Toyota's specific lease program for your area, but in most of the country Toyota Financial Services current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month, 12,000 mile per year lease of a 2006 Sequoia SR5 4WD should be .00100 and 63%, respectively.
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I am in the market for a new Lease and i cannot seem to find a dealer who wants to deal with me on a Sequoia Lease. My company insists on qualifying at 36 months, 15,000 miles and zero down (except first month and tag). The latest incentive from Toyota provides for a 39 month lease. Can i get them to work the deal on 36 months? The best I have been able to get so far is a dealer who is willing to pay the last three months.... But obviously he is rolling the cost into the lease! I am also having difficulty getting disclosure on the deal! I can get the sales price and residual, but it is hard getting full disclosure... any suggestions? The last dealer I tried working with got me so mad with the salesman bouncing back an forth between the "manager" only to bring back different information than I was asking for, that I finally ended up demanding to see the manager direct or else I was walking out. Got so much song and dance from the salesman, I walked! He has called four times since and I refuse to answer the phone!0
seekup2 Posts: 4Does anyone have the numbers? I'm looking at 15,000 miles per year for 3 years. Also do you have to pay a security deposit or acquistion fee?
Hi soccerdad2. You definitely should be able to lease a Toyota Sequoia for 36 months. In fact, in most of its regions Toyota is pushing 36 month leases of this truck right now. Toyota's exact lease program for this truck varies depending upon which one of its twelve regions you are in. If you let me know what state you are in, I'd be happy to give you an idea of what its current lease program is like. For now, I can tell you that Toyota's buy rate special lease money factor for tier 1+ customers is currently .00100 in most of its regions. I can give you an idea of what the residual value is for the truck that you want if you provide me with a detailed description of it. Whatever you do, make sure to get the dealer that you are working with to provide you with the full MSRP and selling price of the truck that you want. The selling prices of leased vehicles are negotiable, just as if you were paying cash for them. Without knowing these numbers you won't know how much of a discount you are being given and will not be able to estimate what your truck's lease payment should be.
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Hello seekup2. Toyota's lease program for this truck varies depending upon which one of its twelve regions one is in. In most areas though, if you were to lease a 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD through Toyota Financial Services right now for 36 months with 15,000 miles per year, its buy rate lease money factor and residual value should be .00100 and 54%, respectively. I believe that TFS charges an acquisition fee of $400 on every vehicle that it leases. It charges a security deposit equivalent to your vehicle's monthly payment rounded up to the nearest $25 increment as well, but it often waives its deposit requirement on special leases.
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seekup Posts: 3Thanks for the info Car_man!0
Thanks for the reply. I am in Florida. The truck i am looking at is an SR5. The MSRP is $38,022. The followint info is off the WEB site of the Dealer:
Base $32,820
Options $4,552
Manuf. Delv, Proc & Hndlg $650
Subtotal $38,022
Documentation Fee $500
Total $38,522
Options Installed
Fuel Surcharge $20
Rear Aerodynamic Spoiler-CX90 $438
50 State Emissions-FEAT $0
Front fog & driving lamps-LFAT $110
Rear Side Passenger Door Privacy Glass-PGAT $80
Roof Rack w/Rails-DRAT $220
Convenience Package-CQAT $255
Sequoia Keyless Entry-KE10 $245
JBL AM/FM/Cass/6 CD Changer w/10 Speakers-EJAT $750
Daytime Running Lights-RLAT $40
4-18" BBS Alloy Wheels/Tire Upgrade-WP20 $1,735
Toyoguard Plus Protection Group-XY70 $699
Once I get your feedback I will approach the dealer again and nail down the residual, and selling price!
I appreciate your help!0
Hey Car_man,
Can you tell me the MF and residuals for 36 months and 12,000 miles? Just curious, I called a local dealer and was told they don't do percentages any longer, each vehicle has it's own LEV, but it's obviously a percentage of the MSRP, do they just not want to give that info out? Thanks0
I am being told by dealers(in Florida) that the residual on a 2WD SR5 is 63% of MSRP. However, so far I am being led to believe that the money rate is 0.00249 instead of the 0.001 you have indicated. This will be a lease picked up by my company therefore credit rating is exceptional! Are they just trying to work the deal to squeeze a little more out of it?0
stilly Posts: 7I am receiving the same money factor (they like to say 2.49, however is .00249) and the dealers are advising they have a special residual "enhancement" that brings the residual from 58% to 63% (or more). I would like to know how to get the .001 money factor indicated in other posts.0
txgirl17 Posts: 1I am talking to a national leasing company about leasing a SR5 with most options. He is recommending a 48-51 month lease. I noticed everyone else is getting quotes for 36 months. What are pros and cons of this longer lease?
I am a leasing virgin so don't want to be taken advantage of and I don't know all the right questions to ask. Any advise would be very helpful.
Thanks for your assistance!0
You're very welcome, seekup.
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No problem, soccerdad2. Ahhh, I see that you fall in Toyota's dreaded Southeast region. As you may or may not be aware, because of agreements that were struck many moons ago, the Southeast is one of the few areas that Toyota does not distribute vehicles directly to consumers. In your area it does so through a distributorship. This distributorship acts as a middle man, adding a little extra profit to deals like including options on vehicles that most consumers wouldn't want and even using its own bank, SE Toyota Finance, rather than Toyota Financial Services. If you were to lease a 2006 Toyota Sequoia SR5 2WD through SE Toyota Finance right now for 48 months, its buy rate lease money factor should be .00249. I am not sure what SE Toyota Finance's residual value for this truck is right now though. When negotiating your deal on this truck, make sure to take the $2,000 lease cash that is available on it in your area into account. It will help you to negotiate an attractive capitalized cost.
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Hi dad23. I've heard that Toyota does not provide dealers with lists of residual value percentages for vehicles any longer as well. If one looks hard enough, they can find the list though. Most dealers just don't bother to keep it because they have their own computer program that tells them the actual dollar residual value for units that they have in stock. These dollar values are much more accurate than the percentages because of the strange way that Toyota Financial Services calculates residual values. It places limits on which options can be residualized and places caps on the amount of money that can be residualized for them.
Toyota's lease program varies depending upon which one of its twelve regions one is in. If I remember correctly, you mentioned in another post that you are in Toyota's Denver region. If you were to lease a 2006 Sequoia SR5 4WD through TFS in that region right now for 36 months with 12,000 miles per year, its buy rate lease money factor and residual value should be .00100 and 63%, respectively, assuming that you qualify for its Tier 1+ credit tier.
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Hi txgirl17. The problem with leasing this truck for four years is that it only comes with a 3 year / 36,000 mile basic warranty (though its powertrain coverage is 5 years / 60,000 miles). This means that if you lease for longer than 36 months, you will have to pay out of your own pocket to fix anything that breaks on your truck (other than a powertrain component). Furthermore, a lot cam happen during the course of four years and leases are very expensive to get out of early. For instance, you could move or get a new job causing you to have a longer commute and go way over your mileage allowance. Or gas prices could soar over $3.00 a gallon again and you would have to pay an arm and a leg to fuel your Sequoia. Or you might just get plain sick of driving the same vehicle for so long and want something new. I personally tell consumers not to lease for more than 36 to 39 months, unless the difference in payment for a longer lease is huge.
I usually find that consumers are able to negotiate better leases on their own by dealing directly with dealers than by going through brokers. Shop around with a few dealers and get lowest selling price that you can on the Sequoia that you want and then have them calculate its lease payment using its buy rate lease money factor.
Since you are new to the world of leasing, you definitely should check out the following informative articles that are available here at Edmunds.com prior to visiting any dealers: 10 Steps to Leasing a New Car and Calculate Your Own Lease Payment.
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Car_man, you seem to have lots of insight with regard to leasing issues and terms but I've found a couple of disconnects as I've tried to execute a lease on a new 2006 Sequoia - SR5 or Limited - in recent days. Please clarify a couple of things from this last post.
Specifically, I've not been able to get any Dallas-area dealer to confirm that they will offer the terms of the widely advertised Toyota "Special Lease" to me as the potential lessor of a new Sequioia. Secondly, I was told by a dealer just today, that the $1800 cash back only applies to purchases and not to leases. You indicate that there is 2K Lease Cash available. Do both the Lease cash and the special money factor+residual subsidy apply?
BTW, I've been pretty disappointed, as a consumer in Texas, that this region is dominated by Gulf States Toyota and its policies, both with regard to options/configurations and selection. :mad:
I am hoping to execute a lease by this weekend at the latest, so I appreciate your quick reply.0
i am new to leasing and just got a 2006 sequoia sr5 4 x 4 for 359.63 a month. for 3 year 36,000 mile lease. the mspr was 41118 and the residual was 22,921.05 i negotiated a price of 36,700 and put 5000 down which includes the sales tax of 8 percent, my money factor was .001 and there was a 400 acquistion fee. i now toyota has a lease special of 359 for 3 yr 36000 mile, 2999 down and excludes tax, title , reg and acquistion fee. and security deposit is waived. not sure how my deal compares
dealer also said i wasn't eligible for $1800 rebate0
Djones, in what city is that dealership located?0
albany ny0
cartime1 Posts: 2I am still trying to negotiate a lease and have decided to look for a Sequoia rather than a Highlander to enjoy a little more room. Can you help me with suggested lease payment for SR5 4dr 4WD (4.7L 8cyl 5a) with following options: PT, AH, GY, KE would like the bluestell mica. MSRP is $41,430, invoice $36,571. The current money factor in MA seems to be .00075. Can you help me walk into the residual value and resulting 36 mos. lease payment with $1000 down? Much appreciated!0
sequoiahunter Posts: 11Hi, I'm in Northern California (Bay area) and I'm looking into leasing a SR5 with the following options.
Alloy Wheel Package #2 ( AG)
Convenience Package (CQ)
Driver & Front Passenger Side Airbags (GY)
Integrated Fog Lamps/Driving Lamps( LF)
JBL AM/FM/Cassette/CD w/10 Speakers (DJ)
Keyless Entry( KE)
Roof Rack( DR)
Looks like its runs about $35170.00 from a web site a dealer quoted me $35440.00
What should the Money Factor and Residual be. Also does any one know if Toyota is going be be offering incentives Leasing or others during the Memorial Holiday.
I Also heard that it is possible to get a better deal in Southern California if so does that effect how and if a lease occurs. Thanks for any input.0
I went into a Los Angeles area Toyota dealer today thinking I was going to lease a 4x4 Limited with NAV, DVD , Luxury package and other typical options. MSRP was 51984, with a selling price of 46500 (they were going to go down to 45900) the residual was a jaw dropping 47% on a 36 month/15k lease, money factor was .00100 and a $400 acquisition fee.
Monthly payment was 757 with 8.25% tax. They would not budge on the amount.
I was thinking I was going to get a lease payment around $628/mo and thought residual was supposed to be 54% which still is not all that great.
Any thoughts on how to find a lower payment? If I purchase, pay tax and license, my payment for 60 months with 3.9% incentive financing is only $845, why lease.
They tried to quote $1015 for a 24 month lease tried to say I couldn't use the 2000 off incentive and I said that lease rate for 24 months has no incentive, it should apply.0
Went to another LA dealer after getting the $757 lease quote. This one makes no sense.
I got them to a price of 46599 on a 51984 MSRP 4x4 limited, they said they were going to give me the $2000 incentive and the .00100 lease factor incentive, which are not supposed to be able to combine. So purchase price is 44599. Residual was 54% (28071) instead of the 47% quoted at the other dealer.
Somehow with a 36month/15k miles they came to 686/mo. I used leaseguide's lease calculator and found it should be $584.
They could not tell me why the difference.
Car_Man a little help here. What is the current residual money factor etc for 24 and 36 month leases for a 4x4 Limited Sequoia. Also, do you know the residuals for the 4x4 SR5?0


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There are three elements within each space that need lighting: art, architecture and people. Think about lighting the people first – you must humanize the light. A layer of ambient light softens the shadows on people's faces, as well as softening the otherwise hard edges of the architecture. The addition of accent light can add drama, but should remain subliminal, only attracting attention to objects, artifacts and artwork or other dramatic design details in the room.
The well-integrated layering of decorative, task and accent lighting within each space created a unified and inviting design. For this project, an additional, inviting layer of ambient light created just the right balance. In the living room, indirect dimmable LED lighting is mounted on top of the beams to help bring the gabled ceiling details to life.
There was also an extensive use of adjustable low-voltage LED lighting on this project, to accentuate the artwork throughout. CFL sconces and hidden, linear indirect LED and fluorescent sources were implemented for general illumination. The window coverings were minimized to allow a generous amount of natural light into all areas, while also allowing the subtle, shielded exterior landscape lighting to draw guests outside at night.
Effective lighting is an integral design element and needs to be planned along with all the other design components at the beginning. Well-done lighting design has to accommodate all the practical and aesthetic needs of the homeowners. Exciting new technological advances in luminaires (light fixtures), lamp sources (bulbs), and controls can make lighting versatile enough to meet any need. In other words, effective lighting is critical to creating the desired in any home, especially at night.
Ultimately though, I see the role of the interior designer as primary. Without an experienced and inventive interior designer there may be little worth lighting. The result of a collaboration between interior designer, lighting designer and contractor is a home, which, when combined with the latest in lighting technology, creates a unique and dramatic kind of understated glamour.
Photographer- Dennis Anderson www.bluewaterpictures.com
Interior Designer- Nancy Satterberg, Satterberg Desonier Dumo www.satterbergdesign.com
Contractor-Forde Mazzola Inc. www.fmabuilders.com
Lighting Designer- Randall Whitehead, Randall Whitehead Lighting Solutions
To learn more about Title 24 lighting requirements, go to: www.energy.ca.gov/title24
To learn more about Dark Sky Compliance, go to: www.darksky.org
Lighting Resources noted in captions:
Exterior and Breakfast Nook: www.litetronics.com
Living Room: www.lightspann.com, www.maxlite.com; www.colorkinetics.com
Dining Room: www.jhlighting.com
Kitchen: www.trescointernational.com
Bath: www.creelighting.com: www.metrolighting.com
Master Bedroom: www.lightspann.com; www.colorkinetics.com


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Outnorth will give a 15% discount to registred walkers of C2C for purchases during April. Nice, eh? The way it works is that you will all be e-mailed a special code that you use on their webpage. The code should arrive within the next 24 hours or so. You have to enter the code before you start picking stuff on the start page. Left hand column, at the bottom, it says: Kampanjkod. That is where you enter your code. You can choose language if you prefer something other than Swedish. There is Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and German for our members. Sorry, no Dutch :-) If this is not enough (when is it ever...) they are also right now putting together some special offers on some pieces of gear they think will be particularly relevant for hikers on C2C. Just you wait...
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"You'll meet the man of your dreams in these earrings," she said, opening the little black velvetted jewelry box to show me. Deep purple gemstones, cut square, set in metal. Classy and tasteful, never gaudy. She had a fashion sense to rival the editors at Vogue; a polished artist herself, after all.
"These are for nights out on the town," she laughed, handing me the box. "For being young and living it up!" We stood at the vanity in her bathroom, well-lit mirrors broad and unforgiving.
I imagined her wearing them, dazzling on younger ears, paired perfectly with a long evening gown and a fancy cigarette; her hair a voluminous brunette bob, not parched, white-and-grey like her wig was today.
"Topaz, with white gold, I think." She fumbled veiny fingers over time-worn documents, perfectly manicured blood-red fingernails flipping through the pages, shaky in her hands. She was always gifting us granddaughters pretty little things like that.
"Why do I have to wait until I'm dead to give you these?" Her clever sense of humor never lacked for irony, a little dark sometimes. She handed me a half-piece of paper, instructing me to read the fine print. She'd need her glasses to see it, she said, and even then who knows, now.
They were insured to the tune of $800 for the pair. But that was back then.
"Who knows what they could be worth now," she smiled, perhaps reminiscing herself.
I didn't want her to catch me looking at our reflections in the mirror, but I dared anyway. I wanted to remember this moment. I wasn't sure how many more we'd get.
Grandma to the four of us. Great-grandmother Gigi to the two littlest ones. Mother of two sons you definitely won't meet anywhere else on earth, quite grown now themselves. Mother-in-law, formidable and quick to judge. Wife, widowed. Sister. Cousin. Aunt. Friend. And once upon a time, daughter. Woman, in as many people's stories as there were films to see at the movies, or boxes to fill in her favorite crossword puzzles.
"They're beautiful, Grandma," I hugged her frail shoulders gently, as if she might snap like a twig in the crisp winter outside her first-floor apartment window. North Shore Chicago in February was absolutely no joke. We flew south and stayed away, mostly because of that. Yet, cold-weathered for nearly a century of seasons, within those slowing, slender bones, she held the strength to stand even the warmest of my affections, however intermittent they came to be over the years.
"They can't kill me!" she'd say - on more occasions than we'd like to count, still making us laugh despite it all. I pulled my gaze away from the mirror and back to the earrings at hand.
"They remind me of you," I said loudly, so she could hear. "It will be an honor to wear them."
I thought about how much they'd be worth today at a jewelry trader. As if it mattered.
I wondered how people do that, trade the invaluable gifts of their ancestors for something as spiritless as money. But then again, that's life, too, I guess.
I was excited to put them on, to carry pieces of her life and soul's journey with me on my own.
I never brought myself to tell her I lost one in the airport in Portugal later that year. That I went back twice to scour the well-swept floor, that I checked lost-and-found and security, and cried when I had to accept it was gone, forever. Somehow, I find solace believing that just maybe, that little piece of her soul wanted to stay. That just maybe, it wanted to be young and wild and free, like me, to live a journey she couldn't anymore; limbs frail, mind weary.
That, I'll never know.
That moment in the mirror was the last time we'd be together.
Until today.
From my balcony overlooking the valley, I watched the red-headed vulture swoop hard and low between the trees, deliberate in his message, as you died peacefully in your bed.
The man of my dreams held me close as I wept bittersweet for you, for all of us who love you and dare believe you're flying young and wild and free, somewhere here and there and wherever you may be.
I wasn't wearing your earrings when I met him, but I have a little feeling they might have helped.


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February 2015
Many of you know that we recently closed the CARE for AIDS center in the Banana Hill community. This morning, we will hear the story of how our work in this community has impacted the church.
I used to attend the church in Banana Hill and we would often do door to door evangelism in the community. In the beginning, it was very hard to breakthrough with the community. Using this same method of evangelism was not working. As soon as the CFA program started, though, everything changed. Clients started coming to the church and they gained trust with the church and with the leadership. Having the program even helped the church gain credibility in the community.
Over the years, CARE for AIDS has helped shape the leadership of Banana Hill and has helped the church to serve not only HIV+ people, but others within and outside of the church walls.
When we started CARE for AIDS at Banana Hill in 2009, there were about 80 people regularly attending the church. Now, as we end the program five years later, Sunday attendance is averaging around 250. They are even now in the midst of a campaign to expand the church so it can hold all of the new members.
The CARE for AIDS model has drastically changed the way Banana Hill does ministry. Instead of just evangelism, the church wants to meet felt needs in the community. This approach has been so successful.
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Kenna is a 24-year-old nurse and she's still a virgin. On a night out with her best friend she met Luke. He's in the military and they've been writing to each other for the past two years. Luke has been stationed in Germany and Kenna will be going over to there get to know him better in person. However, at the airport she meets Decklan. The second Kenna sees him he makes her feel things she's never felt before. Kenna does believe in fairytales, will she settle for the things life has given her or will she go after her prince charming?
After his father died Decklan worked hard, so he could provide for his family. He did his best to climb the ranks as fast as he could and he's now a Captain. He hides his true self behind a mask, but the moment he looks at Kenna he knows that the time to play games is over. Decklan is a man of honor and he lives for the military. Will he open his heart to possibly find his one true love?
Kenna is such a sweetheart. She always worked hard at school and is a practicing nurse now. She'd never met a man who made her feel flustered just by looking at her, until Decklan. From the very first moment sparks fly and I loved it that she could hold her own against this big and stunning man. Decklan is all muscle. He's such a badass, but so sweet to Kenna at the same time. I fell in love with him immediately and the fact that he's not afraid to show his feelings made me like him even more.
Cocky Captain is a short story about finding true love. I flew through the pages and read it in one sitting. Kelly Moore is a brilliant and skillful writer and every time she releases a story I can't wait to read it. The beautiful way she uses her words to tell a story has me hooked every single time. I have a soft spot for men in a uniform, so Cocky Captain was right up my alley. Kelly Moore is one of my favorite authors and I highly recommend any of her books.
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Review: Jason Reitman's Live Read of RESERVOIR DOGS
Film Independent curator Elvis Mitchell greeted a sold out crowd at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last night with an earnest, "Happy Black History Month, everybody!" Film Independent - an organization that has hosted a bunch of awesome events over the past few months we've featured on the site, including a Live Read of The Princess Bride and events for Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt - again hosted director Jason Reitman's Live Read series, a unique event that recasts current actors in roles from much-loved scripts and, for one night only, has them read it aloud on stage for those in attendance. Mitchell's greeting held a special significance for this particular event - a reading of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs with a 99% black cast. (Live Read stalwart Patton Oswalt was the only white member of the cast, playing the voice of the radio DJ announcing the sounds of the 70s throughout the movie.)
The cast was spectacular. Cuba Gooding, Jr. played Mr. Orange (Tim Roth in the film), Anthony Mackie played Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), Terrence Howard played Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Anthony Anderson played Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn), Chi McBride played Joe (Laurence Tierney), and as last-minute surprise guests, Common played Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino) and Laurence Fishburne played Mr. White (Harvey Keitel).
(Just to give you a heads up, the following contains spoilers for Reservoir Dogs.)
From the outstanding opening scene to the climactic Mexican standoff, the cast flew through the script with passion and enthusiasm. Tarantino would have been proud. Reitman chose QT's debut not only because it's a dense, dialogue-heavy screenplay, but because he wanted to reverse the races of the cast and see if that changed the dynamic. Surprisingly, not much changed - quality actors reading a fantastic script seems to be a universal formula for success, and race has almost nothing to do with it. There were some interesting race-related moments, to be sure: for those of you who know the script, there are certain racial slurs peppered throughout the story that were made even stranger by the color of the men's skin reading them last night. Cuba Gooding, Jr. seemed to be the audience barometer, glancing at us with a raised eyebrow when these moments came along as if to say, "ironic, huh?"
Laurence Fishburne was the best performer of the evening, taking on Harvey Keitel's role with the perfect amount of gravitas. He certainly wasn't afraid to raise his voice; in fact, most of the cast went into full-on shouting mode at various points during the read, adding to the electrifying tension of Tarantino's story. Anthony Mackie held his own with a large role, spending most of his time opposite Fishburne and providing a lot of laughs with his neurotic performance. Anthony Anderson was bombastic and funny, bringing the same swagger he had during his appearances on FX's The Shield.
The cast had a blast going through this script, one they all clearly respected and of which they're all big fans. They would laugh at each other's readings of certain lines, like a group of friends who had been hanging out together for years. Terrence Howard's mood changed from goofy to psychopathic when Mr. Blonde is reintroduced to the story; the actor went out of his way to memorize certain lines so he could deliver them creepily staring into the eyes of Common next to him during the torture sequence. (Common voiced the tortured cop, Marvin Nash, after his Mr. Brown character was killed.) During this iconic scene, the Stealers Wheel hit "Stuck in the Middle With You" played over the speakers in the auditorium, adding a funny and eerie reminder of how Tarantino completely rewrote a song's place in pop culture. Howard paused the action and had everybody cracking up when Reitman, who always reads the stage directions, announced his character's death; Howard grabbed his microphone and said, "I wasn't ready to die yet!"
This was the second to last of Reitman's series, and he hasn't announced what his final script read will be yet. I'm excited to attend and report back, so keep your eyes peeled at the end of March for a review of his final entry into one of the coolest events Los Angeles has to offer.
[Photos: Jesse Grant, WireImage, courtesy of Film Independent]


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Yesterday I had these ArcGIS queries from users:
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- "I want to do random spatially stratified sampling and to delineate my strata I want to put a regular grid over the study area. How can I do that?"
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We prefer undertaking walks of four to six weeks duration, but we appreciate that many people are interested in much shorter walks. Therefore, as we post Jenny's diaries on this site, we extract from them the best short sections of about a week or less.
One criterion that we use, apart from beauty and interest, is that these short walks must have easy access to public transport at both ends.
The individual maps of these short walks show accommodation icons for each night. By zooming in on a particular icon you can see the precise location of the establishment where we stayed.
To identify a walk, click a red line on the map below to get a very brief description.
Baronnies (4 days)
Burgundy (5 days)
Causse de Gramat (4 days)
Causse du Larzac (3 days)
Corbières (5 days)
Gorges of the Aveyron (3 days)
Gorges of the Loire (4 days)
Gorges of the Tarn (4 days)
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Loire and Cher Rivers (6 days)
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Mountains of Beaujolais (5 days)
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Celebrating Adoption: "BORN FROM THE HEART"
Throughout the month of November we're publishing adoption success stories. Interested in sharing yours? Email it to us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Born From The Heart
By Tanis Miller
Tanis Miller is an award-winner blogger, advocate for foster care adoption and, we're proud to say, friend of the Wendy's Family. We encourage you to read the blog she wrote in support of adoption and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
You ever have one of those moments in life, stuck at a traffic light, or sitting at your desk while listening to horrible elevator music because you're on hold with a service provider and suddenly you have a moment of shame creep in while thinking back on some small decision you regret having made in your life? Like that time when you were 13 and stole a lipstick from a local drug store only to be caught by your momma and forced to return it and face the humiliation of your actions? Or that time you kissed that drunk person in the back of the bar because you were lonely and had no better options, only to sober up the next day and realize you kissed a toad and please don't ever let your family find out because they'll never let you hear the end of it?
Well, now that y'all know I'm a reprobate, this post is NOT about those type of small moments.
Not that we don't all have those type of moments, whatever they may be. We all make choices and do things we wish we hadn't. But like those moments we cringe over, we also have moments that have changed our lives for the better. Small leaps of faith that are life altering. I often think of the one choice I made which turned my family upside down, inside out and almost whole once again.
The decision to adopt.
I don't remember the moment we decided to adopt a child. One day I was talking at my husband about adopting and the next day he was conversing with me about going forward and proceeding. I like to think it's proof that brick walls have ears but he likes to say he just played his cards right to make me think it was my idea.
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-to. We are two sides to the same coin, him and I.
I won't tell you the pieces all magically fell into place and adopting Knox was the easiest thing in the world, because I've an archive filled with posts telling you otherwise. No sense lying now.