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I try to be alert to academic papers on Guatemala (among other topics) from different perspectives. This paper caught my attention: "A Tale of Two Communities: Divergent Development and Embedded Brokerage in Post-war Guatemala" by sociologist Julie Stewart (Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, May 6, 2012). The abstract:
Sociologists of development are increasingly interested in better understanding the reasons for intracountry variation of development outcomes, often focusing on community-level studies. I draw on extensive fieldwork in two return-refugee communities in rural, postwar Guatemala to explain why some community development initiatives succeed while others fail. I attribute this divergence to the presence of embedded brokerage, a new form of brokerage that is particularly useful in the context of aid relationships, which frequently cross transnational cleavages of class, power, and privilege. In particular, I argue that when brokers who are embedded in both the sending and receiving communities facilitate aid relationships, the outcome is more successful. This study demonstrates how embedded brokers responded to community initiative, attracted specialized funding, and helped institutionalize key development values in one community. In contrast, the absence of brokers in the second community contributed to the absence of community initiative, the delivery of generic projects and the failure to institutionalize development values.
The author compares a community which she calls "Pueblo Alto" (PA) -- in western Guatemala -- with "Pueblo Bajo" (PB) -- in southern Guatemala. Pueblo Alto ended up being more economically successful.
Unfortunately the full paper is not online. Julie shared the paper with me and after reading it I sent her some questions that she kindly answered:
1) Why do you use the word "brokerage" and not "leadership"?
I use the term brokerage rather than leadership because in my mind, leadership connotes activities like command, demand, direct. A leader is the person on the top of a vertical hierarchy.""In contrast, brokerage fundamentally is the act of connecting people. It is much more horizontal. Brokers are people who facilitate transactions between unconnected actors, creating more productive or effective relationships. I see it as much more synergistic.
2) What are the policy implication of the main findings of your research regarding sociology of development in Guatemala? e.g what would be your advice for government authorities, NGOs, or other organizations that want to promote prosperity in rural Guatemala?
I think there are many policy implications that grow out of this study. Number one would be that a "one-size-fits-all" development solution will most certainly fail. Instead, my research suggests that community development depends on linking the local knowledge and capacities of local actors with the resources and organizational capacity of transnational actors. Policy makers should try to work through transnational brokers that can link local capacity with transnational funding. There are many organizations that do this. One example that comes to mind is the San Carlos Foundation, an NGO dedicated to placing North Americans in impoverished communities where they work with residents to develop projects and provide skill training in areas such as education, health, engineering and law. Since 1984, the San Carlos Foundation has placed more than 100 long-term volunteers in the global South, with a focus on Central America. Sometimes, parish-based sister-city relationships can serve the same function, or long-term student exchange programs. Another organization doing terrific work of this type is Rights Action <http://www.rightsaction.org/>. In the interests of full disclosure, I serve on the Board of Directors of this organization, primarily because I believe in its mission of education people in the global North about problems in the global South, providing legal/organizational expertise when requested/necessary, and providing funding for projects that are truly grass-roots.
3) Could the difference between the two pueblos be due to other variables, such as productivity, the structure of the economy, more demand for the products of Pueblo Alto, educational attainment before returning, or level of violence and crime?
This is a terrific question. In terms of the productivity/economic differences, I think what you are asking is, "Was Pueblo Alto in a context more conducive to development." My answer is that the empirical evidence argues the opposite. Although a rural village, Pueblo Bajo is only an hour and a half from Escuintla, Guatemala's third largest city. It is also in the area with the country's second highest level of infrastructural development. In contrast, Pueblo Alto is in the Quiché, one of the most isolated, poorest, and least populated parts in the country. So against these odds, PA is still succeeding where PB is not. The issue of demand for products gets at the heart of my argument. On the South Coast, the received wisdom was, "this region produces coffee, let's help this village produce coffee." What they overlooked was that the global economy for coffee had changed dramatically since the previous era. Further, as I argue in the paper, coffee production in Guatemala always enjoyed state support in a variety of ways. And so to re-start a coffee project without state involvement was definitely a poor decision, what I call a "generic development recipe" in the paper. Finally, upon returning, both communities had comparable levels of education, though because one prioritized education as a primary development project, after 10 years, there was considerable divergence in average educational levels.
4) It seems that at the core of the development failure in one of the communities is the lack of trust, reciprocity, and "social capital," (you also use the concept "community cohesion") do you agree? What is the best way to promote social capital in Guatemala? In other words how can we purposefully "institutionalize values such as reciprocity, trust, and transparency"?
This is the million-dollar question. My case study suggests that "doing & being" leads to the creation of values. So, for example, in PA, there was an initial high level of distrust, because refugees were re-merging their lives with people who lived during the terrible model village years. So they started to develop trust by identifying a series of projects from which all would benefit, and making everything - and every expenditure, down to the quetzal - transparent. This process developed organically, but certainly we have to give credit to the foreign priest and his experience working in christian base communities, the accountant living in the community who could help keep all the numbers straight and the professor who devoted years of his life to raising money and awareness around the plight of this village.
5) Did university students from the successful pueblo (Pueblo Alto) return? Or do they contribute in some way?
Again, a great question. Here are some current stats on the university students: From this small village, 250 of its young people have graduated from high school and more than 70 have continued to university studies. Its graduates and emerging professionals are moving into leadership roles at levels of society from a very progressive social change position. Many of them return to the village for a specific period of time to work with younger students, do an internship, etc. And, my understanding is that many of them pledge to re-pay part of their scholarship into a rolling fund for future students. It's not a formal Rotating Credit Association, but it uses some of the same principles. In this way, this community is helping shape a new generation of highly-educated and highly motivated young people who will have the skills to lead the county in a new direction.
6) If I understood correctly all of the embedded brokers are originally from abroad. Did you find any cases of this role performed by Guatemalans? In other words, can local leadership play the role of embedded brokerage?
This is my favorite question by far. And one which I would love to answer in the affirmative. One of the major differences when one thinks about the global North and the global South is that people in the global North have greater access to income and wealth (on average) and a higher probability of accessing institutions of higher education, where they can develop many important skills. Unfortunately, those same opportunities are not available for the average person in the global South. In Guatemala in particular, we know that it has an extremely polarized wealth/income distribution, so there simply is not a robust middle class that can provide the ordinary donations that together add up to significant funding for community projects. And whereas in the U.S. there is this term "noblesse oblige," a French terms that in the U.S. suggests a general obligation for the more fortunate to help the less fortunate, in Guatemala we see elites generally serving the opposite function.Thanks Julie for your answers!!!
For full disclosure I should say that I myself benefited from a full scholarship to go to College and then to study a Masters and a PhD., this came from some wealthy Guatemalans whom I do not know - I am thankful for this.


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The Peoria United Parent Council (PUPC) is a district-wide parent group organized to offer parents opportunities to be influential voices in the decisions that affect our children's education.
In addition to having a voice and representing schools on critical issues, parent members will gain greater access to district administrators, knowledge about state-level legislative and educational issues, and opportunities to be more involved at both levels.
The Purposes of the Peoria United Parent Council include the following:
- Engaging the influential voices of PUSD's parents
- Helping to inform parents on educational issues
- Bring together parents, parent groups, district administrators, and community leaders
Some highlights of the work accomplished by PUPC to date include the following:
- Facilitated School Board Candidate Forums (2016-present)
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- Land Development in Floodplains: Technology to Guide State and Local Decision Making
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- Law Firm: The Posey Law Firm P.C. - Austin Office
- Local governments are responsible for land use and development plans, including publishing building codes and issuing building permits and inspections. The state is responsible for providing technical assistance, monitoring community programs, and coordinating between local communities and the federal National Flood Insurance Program, a part of FEMA.
The National Flood Insurance Program is designed as an alternate to disaster relief and assistance in the event of a flood. The program is designed to offset some of the costs of clean up and repair of land and property damage in the event of a flood. Disaster relief and clean-up costs are shared between individuals, the local community, state organizations, and the federal government.
Land use planning is becoming more complicated as the effects of climate change bring increases in both drought and incidences of flooding. Historical data on flooding may no longer give community planners adequate information for land use planning. Several community organizations, such as the Cyprus Creek Flood Control Coalition, and research arms of the state universities, are working to help municipalities enact building codes and land use plans that reflect current science.
Another complication for land use planners is population predictions. The areas of greatest anticipated population growth in the next fifteen years are in the Texas floodplains. Residential development is usually associated with loss of wetlands, and wetlands act as a floodplain's emergency holding tank in the event of flooding. Wetlands are also crucial environments for some native species of nesting and migratory birds, and wetlands are crucial for a healthy fishing and shrimp industry.
Jake Posey noted that a researcher at Texas A&M Agrilife Research division, Professor Jaehak Jeong, has developed a tool called a Soil and Water Assessment Tool, or SWAT. This tool performs hydrological modeling, quantifying the effects of development on water, sediment, and contaminant flows in flood plains. Tools of this type can help local and state land and development planners analyze the effects on Texas floodplains of population growth and climate change and hopefully prevent the catastrophic effects of flooding.


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Huckabee's still yapping at McCain's heels
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Just as Sen. John McCain of Arizona appeared poised to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he was reminded over the weekend that many Republican voters still have not climbed aboard his bandwagon.
McCain, who won enough delegates in the coast-to-coast primaries and caucuses on Tuesday to place him mathematically beyond the reach of his Republican rivals, suffered embarrassing losses in the Louisiana primary and the Kansas caucus on Saturday to Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas.
Huckabee, who brags that in college "I didn't major in math, I majored in miracles," also wrestled McCain to a virtual draw on Saturday in the Washington state primary. Party officials declared McCain the winner by several hundred votes.
The Huckabee campaign announced Sunday on its Web site that it would challenge the results of the Washington primary. At issue are 1,500 votes that the Huckabee campaign says were not counted.
Results of the weekend contests do not affect McCain's solid lead, or change the likelihood of his winning his party's nomination. But they underline the thinness of support for him among religious and social conservatives, who make up the bulk of Huckabee's voters, and the dilemma that has dogged McCain's presidential aspirations since 2000: how to overcome the distrust he elicits from that core constituency within his own party while maintaining credibility as the unorthodox Republican whom moderates, independents and many Democrats like so much.
Before the elections on Saturday, McCain seemed ready to begin casting the net wide for those independent voters.
"We have to energize our base and yet continue to reach out because we know that the formula for success in most campaigns, as you know, is your base, independents and Reagan Democrats," McCain said on a flight from Wichita, Kan., to Seattle.
In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," President Bush proclaimed McCain a true conservative, but added that there is still fence-mending to do with the party's conservative base.
"I think that if John is the nominee, he has got some convincing to do to convince people that he is a solid conservative," Bush said. "And I'll be glad to help him if he is the nominee."
McCain's strong showing on Tuesday forced Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, from the contest and left Huckabee as the last major hurdle standing between McCain and the nomination.
In Huckabee, McCain has found an opponent who is in some ways the best of rivals, and, in other ways, the worst.
Huckabee, an ordained minister, has avoided negative campaigning as a general rule, and has been almost scrupulous in treating McCain with respect. At a point where public attention to the all-but-settled Republican presidential contest might have lagged, Huckabee's feisty competitiveness guarantees that that will not happen.
On the other hand, while it is unlikely that Huckabee will win, he can bloody McCain before the political bout is decided.
When Huckabee told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week that he favored a constitutional amendment banning abortion, and an amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and woman, the wall-shaking roar of the crowd was as much a rebuke of McCain, who has declined to support both proposals, as it was support for the speaker.
To the delight of his supporters, Huckabee has insisted that he intends to press on with his campaign, despite the delegate count weighing heavily against him.
"His supporters are true believers who don't care so much about pragmatic considerations," said Todd Harris, who served as communications director for the campaign of former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. "They believe he has a message and that that message should be heard. And as long as they keep sending him money, it will be."


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GALLIANO � On the night before Halloween, the tricks were outnumbering the treats for South Lafourche, as the Tarpons fell to Patterson 48-19 in a nondistrict game at Tarpon Memorial Stadium.
The first trick facing the Tarpons was stopping Patterson running back Kenny Hilliard. Hilliard, nephew of former Saints and LSU standout Dalton Hilliard, chewed up the South Lafourche defense for 232 yards and five touchdowns as the Lumberjacks took control early.
Hilliard accounted for 57 of Patterson�s first 65 yards, a six-play drive capped off by Hilliard�s 4-yard touchdown run run.
Following a South Lafourche (1-6) punt, Patterson showed it could score through the air, too, with a 64-yard bomb from Terrence Johnson to Josh Jones, putting the visitors up 12-0 to begin the second quarter.
South Lafourche came right back with a 13-play, 88-yard drive to make it 12-7.
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According to relatives and South Lafourche coaches, Callais� injury will require surgery and he is out for the season.
The Tarpons also lost defensive standout Simon Bruce and running back Gevin Gros for the game with injuries. When he went out in the third quarter, Gros had 145 yards on 20 carries.
�Injuries have been hurting us for the last three weeks,� South Lafourche coach Blyght Wunstell said. �We�re playing a bunch of young kids. We�ve basically got a bunch of J.V. football players out there who are playing their hearts out. They�re giving a great effort, but they�re just not ready for Friday night football yet. We lost Simon and we lost Brenner, one on each side of the ball, and those are huge losses. But the young kids have to step up.�
Callais� touchdown run was answered on the game�s next offensive play when Hilliard took a handoff up the middle, shifted and juked, and didn�t stop until the end zone 68 yards away, putting the Lumberjacks up 20-7.
Gros answered right back on the next series with a 61-yard scoring run, virtually untouched, making the score 20-13.
But the Tarpon defense ultimately had no answer for Hilliard.
The sophomore running back scored on runs of 4 and 8 yards late in the second quarter, adding a two-point conversion for good measure as the Lumberjacks (6-2, 3-0) took a 35-13 lead into halftime.
�(Hilliard) is a phenomenal athlete,� Patterson coach Tommy Minton said.
�To be a sophomore and to do the things he does is just phenomenal. And he�s a great kid. His work ethic is unbelievable, at practice, in the weight room. He�s got a lot of God-given ability, but he works really hard to develop it.�
South Lafourche�s defense held Hilliard in check for most of the third quarter, but he broke through on a 6-yard run for his fifth touchdown of the night.
He spent the fourth quarter on the bench. South Lafourche�s final score came late in the fourth quarter on a 40-yard Sly Cheramie run.
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The museum kicks off its coverage of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War a little early with distinguished historian and retired U.S. Naval Academy professor Dr. Craig L. Symonds. Dr. Symonds will be discussing his highly acclaimed work on President Abraham Lincoln's relationship with his flag officers during the American Civil War. Lunch to be served.
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Gambia: Female circumcision banned 2 December 2015. National Assembly passed the Women's (Amendment) Bill 2015 to prohibit female circumcision. See: "Banning female circumcision in The Gambia through legislative change: The next steps," by Satang Nabaneh, LL.M. (Pretoria), on AfricLaw Blog.
Peru agrees to compensate woman in KL v Peru (UN Human Rights Committee). Hospital denied legal abortion to teen with anencephalic fetus due to unclear laws. OHCHR press release. Background from CRR.
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I have to say, I really like the stock screener that Richard from Invest Openly has shared.
It isn't perfect for sure, I do see some inaccuracies, but most stock screeners have that issue of never always having the right information. However, they have enough basic ones for me, and I think that it is good for screening through "candidates" for deeper dives.
One of the candidates that I am currently looking at is M1.
In the past 5 years, M1 has pretty much been a rocket.
From being priced at $2.07 five years ago, it is trading at $3.33 today. In fact, it was trading as high as $3.99 just a few months ago! Either way, you are looking at annualized capital returns of 10% or 14%, depending which final number you are using.
To add icing to the cake, you would have collected $0.7579 worth of dividends per share over the past 5 years. That is 36.6% yield on cost, or 7% a year.
That jacks up total returns of M1 to between 17-21% annualized over the past 5 years.
Can this rocket continue shooting out returns like that, or is this time different?
M1 has been a trend follower's wet dream. In late 2005 until early 2007, it's MAs were flagging issues. The stock pretty much went no where those 2 years, before shaving off 40% due to the GFC.
Since then, just following the simple MAs would have kept you in and invested the entire time over the past 5 years. There still isn't a "sell" signal yet based on a crossover of the MAs, but... the price performance recently does look a bit suspicious, doesn't it?
Was $3.99 earlier this year the peak? Is another 40% decline in its future?
- Rates are set to rise (or so they say), making it a comparably less favourable option for income investing.
- OMGTel and SMRT are going to be coming in as a 4th telco player. No need for rocket science, all 3 telcos market share will drop.
- M1 has the weakest grip on its customers as opposed to the other telcos (or so they say), making the 4th telco affect them most negatively.
Have we as Singaporeans reached peaked connectivitiy? Everyone with a smartphone and a tablet who want to be connected, already are. Of course their need for connectivity is a luxury, though I don't think people are going to cut away one of the most prominent and tangible benefits they enjoy on a day to day basis if they need to tighten their belts. I don't think most people can or would cut back on their data plans. So in a sense, I don't think that telcos are that affected by market cycles.
Of course, fundamentals of a company can have absolutely nothing to do with share price. Market cycles can make all investors feel down and sour about the general market, depressing the multiples across the board, even though fundamentals has not changed.
I have used all 3 telcos in my life (PSST. ALL THE SAME LAH) and I currently use M1 now. I actually queued for M1 at $3.50 a while ago, but no luck (or on hindsight, good luck?). After looking into this stock's big picture, I have to say that I am pretty glad that I didn't buy into it at $3.50.
Given it's stellar performance in recent years, I really wonder just how much longer this can go.
It's weird, but I am skeptical of things that have been doing recently well, and I am always curious about things that have been doing recently bad.
I am watching this, and the other telcos, patiently from the sidelines. Mr Market, flush out all the weak hands, please?


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U.S. Visa Rules Deter Students From Abroad
A summer trip to the U.S. for a total-immersion dunk in the English language -- a rite that usually sends hundreds of thousands of foreign students chattering around the country -- has lost much of its cachet this year.
"My father told me to choose between two countries, the United Kingdom and Canada," says Firas Al-Hoshan. "When I asked him about the United States, he told me: 'Don't go.' "


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Friday, July 19, 2013
Dialog Concludes Oberg "Week"
John: How do you deal with omnivores' "extreme PETA" label that is so often applied to vegan advocates?
Matt: We aren't PETA. There isn't anything else we can do / say; there is no "magic answer" that will get everyone to consider the animals' plight.
Keep in mind that at this time, most people will make some excuse / rationalization to avoid facing / dealing with the cruelty behind their choices -- at least initially. If it wasn't their stereotype of PETA, it would be something else.
We know and accept that we can't "answer" everything / everyone. We need to remain focused on the animals, not other issues. We have limited time and resources, and need to reach those who are at least somewhat open minded.
J: I love that response. I'm not saying I'm against PETA, but being written off because of a person's perception of a SEPARATE organization is sometimes frustrating. I had never thought about the fact that they're simply trying to find a rationalization behind eating meat and not face the consequences of their eating habits.


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I quote the article regarding wards and the number of councillors, "Drop the number of councillors and not follow a wards system."
I attended the council meeting on August 3, 2016, and was handed the business agenda, et cetera, for that meeting. One page gave the total building approvals and the total value of approvals issued in the four towns.
Approvals: Kadina 98, Moonta 246, Wallaroo 170, Paskeville 68.
Value of approvals: Kadina $9,483.988, Moonta $19,851,052, Wallaroo $13,331,347, Paskeville $3,228,282.
In both cases: Moonta (1), Wallaroo (2), Kadina (3), Paskeville (4).
Is it any wonder ratepayers are so unhappy, and why council doesn't want the wards system?
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My PC completly freeze without any noticable moment and restart. When also a sound is played, it also get the "freezed" sound before my PC restart.
This behavior started when my PC downloaded Windows 10 TH2. I never had a problem with Windows 10 TH1, Windows 8.1 and before. I only noticed when always my PC crash, also Firefox was running. This could be always a unhappy coincidence, because Firefox is mostly always running.
There are only moments without Firefox running, when my PC is encoding some of my video stuff with x264 over night. It never crashed these hours (could be coincidence, too...)!
There is no noticable structure if I could force "that crash". It just happen. Maybe 2 times a day, maybe after 3 days again. I hoped, my PC will get over after the update from Firefox 42 to 43, but nope...
Things I did:
- the typical stuff like, latest driver updates (also some older drivers), latest Windows updates, sfc /scannow (there is always that annoying bad opencl.dll error since TH2)
- I unplugged my soundcard, my webcam, one of my HDD, still got crashes.
- set UEFI back to default
- Memtest+ with my RAM without an error, because of my video encodings, it should be cpu stresstest enough, I did graphical benchmarks without any crash, S.M.A.R.T. of my drives are fine..., did the 'Video Memory Stress Test' for a few minutes
Nothing helped! And I always got a useless bad dump. So I gave up. This PC was a ASRock Z77 Extreme 4, Intel Core i7 3770k, 16GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, Asus ROG Phoebus, Enermax Modu82+ 525W.
I thought, if Windows don't know whats the problem (and some other people in forums), it have to be the hardware (maybe the power suply. It's already about 7 years old...).
Now I replaced my Mainboard, CPU, RAM and power supply. So my new PC: ASRock Z170 Extreme 4, 16GB DDR4 3000MHz, Intel Core i7 6700K, bequiet Dark Power Pro 11 550W, Asus ROG Phoebus, EVGA GTX 980Ti, Samsung SSD 840 Pro 128GB, WDC WD1003FZEX
Windows 10 v1511 was installed completly new and clean (no upgrade) and guess what? It's still crashing the same behavior like before! All that hardware trouble for nothing!
Even worse, My third SSD drive in PC, a Corsair Force Series F80 was always shown in task manager many times as 100% busy without any reason. No writing, no reading task, just 100%. Not always, but in that moments completly unusable. Also here, I replaced SATA cable, replaced power cable, changed port, still 100% busy. It only works fine in my SATA2USB docking station (bus yes, it's another new story).
So, now I am here. Completly helpless. Hoping to get the 100% hint. I invested much money in the PC and really don't want pay more money and pation to fix mayybeeee an annyoing crash... (at least I know my replaced hardware is not the fault...)
Thanks to anyone who read my long message and have a good christmas time.
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Vaccinations included in the vaccination schedule to be updated
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1 injection two weeks before departure, booster 1 to 3 (5) years later
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The changing seasons can cause so much stress to the horse owner as many are confused to what blanket weight they should put on their horses. Do I leave that rain sheet on, or does my boy/girl need a heavier weight blanket? I know of many owners that change their horse's blankets throughout the day, but is that truly necessary.
Remember that poorly fitting blankets can severely chafe or cut a horse's skin. If winter blankets aren't made of breathable fabrics, the horse can sweat underneath and become uncomfortably wet.
If you often deal with wet weather, as we do in the Pacific Northwest, it might be handy to have two waterproof blankets. If one blanket becomes saturated, you'll have an extra for your horse while the other dries out. Remember, wearing a wet blanket is as bad as wearing no blanket at all.
You can, of course, clip the horse. This is essential if you plan to show through the winter or even if you plan to board at an indoor facility and keep riding. Once you clip, though, you have made a commitment to also blanket.
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|15 o F – 30 o F
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|Short Coat/Clipped
|Medium/Full Coat
|Extra Heavyweight
|Subzero – 20o F
|Subzero - 15 o F
|20 o F – 40 o F
|15 o F – 30o F
|40 o F – 60 o F
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Estoril Sedan Winter Refresh
I put the M away almost 2 years ago because small things were accumulating and I didn't have the time to spend. In the interim I've collected a few goodies and the time has come. Non-Op status has been updated and insurance is in full effect so the fun begins.
Calvin went through the entire rear suspension including a boxed subframe and RTA reinforcement plates. This was 4 years ago but only about 3000 miles, many of those driving back from Calvin's place in San Diego.
In keeping with my "theme" for the car I'm keeping everything as stock as possible, doing upgrades when necessary. Where possible I'll use OE or at least OEM.
I knew the car had some body issues on the left front but the panel and door are original. They were both repaired poorly as the pics will show. I'm replacing the trim and clips on this side after the areas are properly repaired.
Drivers door.
Front quarter. Yes, I still have the original side markers that will go back
Proper OEM kidneys are on the way
This weekend I'll finish removing the MM underpanel.
Yes, the wheelwell is missing. That's one of the reasons the car was parked. My goal is to take out everything, replace the old, broken and brittle parts, repaint the shiny bits and realign everything.
This was holding on the trim for the drivers door and front quarter.
On the list:
- x-brace
- cosmetic refresh on front end
- new mounting hardware for MM underpanel
- front end suspension refresh including most everything except struts. Those were replaced 8k ago.
- Tires. Michelin PS
- plugs
- oil change
- brake line flush
- new(ish) speakers for the interior. I have a good set of OE to go in
- compression and leak down test. I suspect a head gasket is in our future
- windshield. The one in now is the original and shot.
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I love these threads, I'll definitely keep a close eye on this one. Welcome back to the E36.
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Yessssssssssssssssssss. I'm looking forward to you enjoying this car again.
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Cool project, the front end of my car was pretty jacked up when I got it too. A new set of glass headlights will do wonders for the looks of the front end too.
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Nice, giving it the love it deserves. I have some glass projectors, but the shop couldn't find a way to get them to fit them with the supercharger in the way.
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If you get some glass headlights, do a proper retrofit and run HIDs. It does wonders in making the car confidence inspiring on late night drives. Mountain roads, wildlife and 20 year old headlights are not a perfect combo. I'm running FX-R projectors in DJ Autos and the light output rivals new cars. Anything I can help with, or any parts you need help finding let me know Chef.
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Good work keeping it until you were ready to work on it.
I've read lots of stories about people selling a car and regretting it because they didn't have the time or resources deal with it at the time.
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I want some OEM Bosch. I really avoid driving the car at night and rarely do. I've owned numerous modern cars and know what a nice headlight setup can do. I'll keep thinking but this one is still back burner.
Finished disassembling the front end and started cleaning.
I was inspired by the door handle trim thread and five8and10s DIY.
Original tag still on the front end and all of the grill clips are intact.
Cleaned up the door a bit. I'd love to slap whoever worked on this.
All cleaned up (mostly) and all clips and attachments removed except grill.
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Nice work Jim. Shame I wasn't still in the Bay Area otherwise I'd be over helping
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This superb luxury apartment is located in a charming district of Montreux. Its rural setting guarantees residents a peaceful, serene living environment. Just a few minutes' walk from the lake and the shops of Montreux and Clarens, this home benefits from an enviable location in a sought-after residential neighbourhood. - Former townhouse converted into an apartment building comprising just four units - High quality materials, luxury finishes - Stunning terrace of approximately 37.5 m² - South facing, plenty of sunshine - Two outdoor parking spaces, two cellars and loft space complete this property
Fecha del aviso: 05/09/2017


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Skip the stress of finding a taxi or sharing a shuttle at the start of your trip. Simply enter your details when you book, pay in advance and then show your voucher to your driver when you'll meet the driver. Travel in a private Mercedes for up to seven passengers. Sit back and enjoy the ride without worrying about taxi meters or getting lost. Its a private transfer service with option to stop in Pompeii for 2 hours, thats available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Price is per car and not per person. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 7 people, our drivers pay attention friendly and professional, our comfortable minivans, and reasonable rates take the hassle out of getting to and from Naples Airport. Your driver will meet you at the hotel lobby.
Tour Information
Key Details
- Mobile Voucher Accepted
- Hotel pickup Available
- Instant Confirmation
- Lowest Price Guaranteed
- Duration: 4 Hrs
Departure Details :
Sorrento, hotels.
Cancellation Policy : Cancel up to 2 days in advance for a full refund
Enjoy this private transfer service. With Positano Limo Service you can meet your driver at the Airport, train station or wherever you need your pick-up and relax on the journey to your accommodation in Positano. Along the way from Sorrento to Naples you can stop in Pompeii for 2 hours to enjoy the fascinating ruins of Pompeii. These private vehicles can accommodate up to sevej passengers. Transfer from Sorrento hotel with 2 hours stop in Pompeii Private vehicle up to 7 people Stress-free way to arrive in Naples airport, rail, down town.
Know More about this tour
- One-way private transfer
- Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
Additional Info
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Children must be accompanied by an adult


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My eyes were blurry red from reading, while the muscles in my arms and shoulders burned from working late. Time for lights out. As soon as I crawled between the cool sheets under my comforter, my eyelids dipped closed a couple of times in the relaxing darkness of the night.
Suddenly, my eyes popped open to the sound of a loud, buzzing noise from something that swirled past my face. I knew that sound. It was a pesky fly. Why tonight? I threw the covers off and scampered out of bed, making a straight path for the fly swatter. This was no ordinary fly swatter. It had faced combat so many times that the plastic edges were tattered from overuse.
I chased the fly around the bedroom, swinging and talking out loud to the black bomber. He dove and swooshed past me so fast, that I couldn't see him quickly enough to get in a good swat.
Then I had a brilliant idea. I would turn off the bedroom light and turn on the small bathroom light to draw him into a confined area. It worked! I slammed the doors behind me, and with a smirk on my face said out loud, "It's just you and me, my little friend."
The fly swatter did little good, because the fly kept landing on the ceiling molding, and I couldn't swat high enough.
Heavy Artillery
It was time to go in for the heavy weapon—my broom. I marched into the kitchen in my pink, fluffy combat slippers. Within a minute I had entered the fly prison bathroom. There he was perched on the ceiling molding, yawning at me as I shut the door.
With furled brows, my eyes squinted in determination as I cast a steely stare at him. The terminator had arrived. I swooped the straw end of the broom back and forth, but all that did was move him from one side of the room to the other.
Then, with slow moving precision, I twirled the broominator so the wooden end could poke at him. I poked until, oops, I chipped off the swirl of my freshly painted terra cotta wall.
There's time for that later, I thought. For the next thirty minutes, I swept, poked, chased, and craned my neck to get the fly.
Sweeping in for the Kill
I paused to catch my breath and noticed I didn't hear a noise. My eyes darted around as I thought, Where are you? In slow motion I turned my head to look over my left shoulder. There at eye level, mounted midway on the bathroom door was the beast. He was even bigger up close and personal. Without taking my eyes off him, I glided my hand over to the fly swatter that was resting on the counter, clutched it tightly into my sweating hand, positioned it like a baseball bat about to hit a home run, and yelled, "You're mine!"
My perfect aim knocked him to the floor. At last!
I did give him a proper burial, though. I flushed him down the toiled and went to bed.
The Morning After
When I awoke the next morning and went to the scene of the crime, there were chipped paint swirls in three places on the walls, flakes of ceiling paint on the counter, and swat marks all over the mirror. I haven't seen a fly in my house since then.
Overwhelming Interruptions in Your Life
Nothing overtakes your emotions quite as much as the news that you have breast cancer. It won't leave you alone. You swat at all of the annoyances of chemotherapy, radiation treatments, hospital visits, etc. But, the real enemy, even more than the cancer, is the fear it brings. You can use treatment for cancer, but you have to kill the fear. Fear of the unknown, for your future, fear for your life, fear that you are ruined for life—all of these things can overtake you. Remember that you can stand strong, look fear in the eye, and eliminate it from your mind. You cannot do it alone. God will help you if you ask for His help. Friends and family are there to help. You have an entire community at MyNBCF waiting to encourage you. Take control of your fears!
Thought for Today:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."~Eleanor Roosevelt
Live Life,


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Here's and oldie that is a goodie.
I couldn't help laughing at the ranting of this old man. He went on and on, claiming he couldn't read, he was broke and cursing out this poor trooper. He didn't want to accept that he was speeding. Dude, just take the speeding ticket!
This trooper has the patience of a saint. He never loses his cool. He speaks in the same calm tone and is on the receiving end of a verbal attack you wouldn't believe.
Watch the video and then send it to all your friend! Share the laughter...


text: I have been working on botanicals lately, 'tis true. BUT, I have lots of new minifig paintings I am shelling out, including this gem, "I'm not going in there.. YOU go in!" Where the TARDIS intimidates the strongest of men…er… Storm troopers. A 6 x 6″ watercolor on aquabord, painted exclusively for iCanvas. They will be available for purchase on stretched canvas via iCanvas SOON! The link will follow shortly! Stay tuned!