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Thursday, May 31, 2007
scattered to light blogging
addendum: skippy also promises to learn how to spell "intermittently" before he gets back.
Labels: blogtopia
skippy's thursday nite music club
loretta lynn - everybody's somebody's fool
the song was made famous by connie francis, but loretta makes it her own here in 1963.
Labels: skippy's music club
using slave labor to build the u.s. embassy
during a telephone interview last weekend, [a high-level project manager] said the laborers "had their backs to the wall," and had been living 20 to a trailer. protests over first kuwaiti's bad food, abusive treatment from managers and unsafe working conditions were routine among many of the 2,700 workers during much of 2005 and 2006.oh, and the state department freaked out that americans found out about $592 million, 104 acre (think 80 football fields) monstro-city they want to call the u.s. embassy in iraq and ordered the photos taken off the website of the architects. but think progress has some visuals captured.
...the most basic of medical needs missing and that clinics lacked hot water, disinfectant and hand washing stations. ...prescription pain killers were being handed out "like a candy store … and then people were sent back to work," to operate heavy equipment or climb scaffolding...- iraq slogger via think progress
ap is watching us
the associated press will intensify its efforts to protect its copyrights on the web and possibly uncover new sources of revenue by working with a silicon valley startup that's trying to help the media gain more control over digital content. - ap via seattle p.i.
ken doctor, an affiliate analyst with outsell research, thinks that anything ap is testing could pave the way for other newspapers. "i think it's part of a pattern on the front-end. content needs to be freely distributed, but that doesn't mean free. if that is to happen we need to know where it is." - editor & publisherjust wait...the important news that everyone should able to access will be behind pay to read walls while the fluffstuff (bald bimbo's barfing and spoiled brats passing out in passenger seats after, what, their second or third stint at a rehab center)
Labels: multi-millionaire media
the next plague
the head of the largest program tracking the health of world trade center site workers said several have developed rare blood cell cancers, raising fears that cancer will become a "third wave" of illnesses among those exposed to toxic dust after sept. 11ask him how he would cover the medically uninsured afflicted by cancer caused by the 9/11 particulates.
..."the kind of thing that worries us is that we know we have a handful of cases of multiple myeloma in very young individuals, and multiple myeloma is a condition that ... almost always presents later in life," she added. "that's the kind of odd, unusual and troubling finding that we're seeing already."- ap
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
i'm truly at a lose for words
u.s. soldiers with missing limbs are being allowed to return to active duty- international herald tribuneso...what are the romney boys up to? perhaps the bush twins want to vacation in iraq, poolside?
f.d.a. chief sentenced to death
sweating bullets tonight....
the former head of china's top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes, according to the state-controlled news media.
zheng xiaoyu, who served as director of china's food & drug ddministration from its founding in 1998 until mid-2005, was detained in february as part of a government investigation into the agency that is supposed to be the nation's food and drug watchdog. - ap via sfgate
Labels: china, death penalty, poisoning
a memorable memorial day
Labels: iraq war
order in the blog
bloggers across the spectrum did an incredible job covering and analyzing the libby trial. led by the groundbreaking work of firedoglake, with marcy wheeler and jane hamsher live blogging the trial in real time from the e. barrett prettyman courthouse, bloggers provided a level of coverage, opinion commentary and legal analysis that simply was not available anywhere else in the media, mainstream or otherwise.
bloggers clearly provided something the public craved as well, because the traffic at sites working the libby trial was off the charts during the trial. the efforts of bloggers were widely praised nearly everywhere, but are still clearly feared by the power brokers like libby and his enablers. it was important to fight back against the slurs of libby and his ilk, and we have.
bloggers are here to stay, and we here at watching those we chose are excited to be a part of this important effort.
always knew i would be a party to a federal case before i shuffled off this mortal coil – but i was thoroughly convinced i would be a defendant…
update: here is a link to the brief. sorry for the delay. (adobe difficulties...h/t to no quarter for posting that link as part of their post.)
skippy's wednesday nite music club
james taylor & carly simon - close your eyes
Labels: skippy's music club
verschärfte vernehmung
what a coinkydink...that's il duce due awol's newspeak for torture, too.
Labels: aWol, war on terror
down the penrose lane
indict dick
a lawyer for vice president dick cheney told the secret service in september to eliminate data on who visited cheney at his official residence, a newly disclosed letter states.more at think progress.
.."the latest filings make clear that the administration has been destroying documents and entering into secret agreements in violation of the law," said anne weismann, crew's chief counsel. - sandy eggo union tribune
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
hey virginia toensing
cov·ert (kvrt, kvrt, k-vûrt) adj.1. not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. see synonyms at secret.
Labels: plame
if cindy sheehan were the freeway blogger
Labels: freeway blogger, protest
hit 'em where it hurts...the pocketbook
now, why do i call it "free" money? it certainly isn't free to you or me. but it is "free" to those who receive our contributions because they come with "no strings attached." we aren't corporate lobbyists who can take possession of a congress person's ear hole anytime they want. we aren't "fat cat" donors or hollywood celebrities like barbara streisand, who can call up their favorite senator (or two, or three) whenever they feel like it and demand that their voice be heard on whatever is their pet issue of the moment.
no, we are the free money people. our emails receive automated replies, not personal ones. our phone calls get stuck in easily deleted voice mail caches, or if we're lucky, half listened to by some young staffer who probably thinks what we have to say is a big fat waste of his or her time. and the reason is because we can't contribute enough money in our pay to play political system to earn us any real access…
okay, that's fine. nobody said politics wasn't a dirty game. but no one said we have to keep paying for being mistreated and abused by the party that putatively represents our interests, either. so here's my recommendation to you:
i mean it. stop all contributions. and after you do, send them emails or call them on the phone and tell them you will no longer contribute to any democrat or democratic organization or political action committee, ad nauseam, until they stop funding the iraq war. that's what i am going to do with respect to the democratic national committee, the only democratic organization i contribute to on a regular (i.e., monthly basis). i send them a monthy amount via my credit card every month. but no more.
but funding the iraq war doesn't require passing legislation. all it requires is not passing a bill to fund the war in iraq. or keep sending the same bill back to bush which mandates a withdrawal of us troops and make him blink first. but they couldn't do that, despite the fact that 70% of americans disapprove of both bush and his handling of the iraq war.
Labels: democrats, iraq war, supporting our troops
skippy's tuesday nite music club
kanye west - jesus walks
Labels: skippy's music club
maybe we should just pay closer attention to the high-profile bloggers in our midst...
markos reminds me of a few of the union stewards i knew years ago when i worked for a paper bag manufacturer. these folks took their steward responsibilities seriously. most of my co-workers couldn't be bothered to attend any of the meetings (i'll admit, i skipped more than a few myself), but whenever the company porked them out of a little money that was rightly theirs, the first person they went complaining to was their union steward -- and most of the time, the porked employees were compensated in a timely manner. these stewards knew that the bag plant knew what its own rules were, and they knew the rules as well. they played sort of an enforcer role in that sense. and they played it very well.
however, when a lower-level management job opened up, the first person the company would usually tap was also a union steward. and not only would they accept the position, their personality would change dramatically. they were still enforcers, but now their focus was on getting the employees to toe the rulebook line. they began acting as if their time as stewards never happened, now that they were on their way to becoming part of the establishment. i ended up developing a distrust of unions based on that alone, one i still haven't quite shaken off: these stewards were just supervisors waiting to get the call. the rest of us served mainly as tools for their supervisory training.
now i see this same dynamic applies among political activists, too. markos is as much of an activist as he ever was, but more and more he engages in his activism on behalf of the democratic leadership, not the democratic voters. he was an insider waiting to get inside all along.
i don't blame him for being that way. to each his own. i blame myself for not picking up on this a lot sooner. maybe i could have rung a bell or something...
Labels: blogtopia
sheehan resigns
democratic "leaders" were afraid to turn down $100 billion to the man who couldn't get bottled water to new orleans. what makes them think any of it ends up with "the troops"?
Labels: aWol, congress, corruption, natural disasters
we like what you've done with the place
now, if they'd just add skippy to the blogroll, it would be perfect.
Labels: blogtopia
Monday, May 28, 2007
where's the wanking on the right
lehman brothers has nabbed george h. walker, the ceo of goldman sachs hedge fund strategies, to be the global head of its $188 billion investment management division, lehman brothers announced today. - the street
a first cousin of president bush is emerging as a peripheral player in the increasingly bizarre bayou management hedge fund scandal.you remember john p. ellis, don't you....he's the one that "called the election."
sources say john p. ellis, a former journalist turned investment banker, represented several companies in investment presentations to im partners, a side venture set up by samuel israel and daniel marino. israel and marino were the management team that ran bayou and who federal prosecutors allege defrauded investors out of $300 million. - the street
a fox news consultant involved in making judgments about presidential "calls" on election night admits he was in touch with george w. bush and florida gov. jeb bush by telephone several times during the evening, but denies having broken any rules.
fox is considering disciplinary action against the consultant, john ellis, who is a cousin to bush and a former boston globe columnist who stopped writing about the campaign for the paper, citing family "loyalty" to bush. - cbs
Labels: aWol, corruption
united databases of america
the screening system, called basic pilot, is run by the department of homeland security. so far, it's being used by only about 16,700 employers — 2,100 or so in california — out of 7 million nationwide.
but it's set to dramatically expand into a national electronic employment verification system under the senate proposal; within 18 months, it could be used to check every new hire in the country. as the legislation is written, all 150 million workers in the united states will have to submit to the checks within three years.
..."we're handing over the power to the federal government to tell us yes, we can work, or no, we can't work, and because the database isn't what it should be, there are people who are going to be told they can't work," said tyler moran, employment policy director for the national immigration law center, which advocates for immigrant rights. "this is going to affect every single worker in the country, and this is going to affect every business in the country." - latte times
Labels: databanks, immigration
no one to blaine
david blaine's street magic part 2
Labels: pop culture, snark
skippy's monday nite music club
george clinton - atomic dog
Labels: skippy's music club
skippy's monday nite music club - bonus trax
beatles vs. nine inch nails - come closer together mashup
one of the best mashups we've ever heard...it proves that a good mashup isn't only about rhythm, lyrics and timing, but about putting the very cores of two songs side by side and examining the similarities and differences.
and if you think about it, come together is probably a distant cousin to closer in spirit.
we suggest you sit back and close your eyes as you listen.
Labels: skippy's music club
a taste for rabbit
Labels: amnesty day
your honor, we rest our case
what made my jaw drop was the quote he referenced, apparently the very first words moulitsas ever posted on daily kos:
day 1
i am progressive. i am liberal. i make no apologies. i believe government has an obligation to create an even playing field for all of this country's citizens and immigrants alike. i am not a socialist. i do not seek enforced equality. however, there has to be equality of opportunity, and the private sector, left to its own devices, will never achieve this goal.
posted may 26, 2002 12:57 pm
well -- one true statement out of three ain't bad, i guess...
Labels: blogtopia, democrats, progressives
making this day memorable
evil dad is off buying a flag holder this morning. the one that came with our flag appears to have escaped into the garage's black hole, never to be heard from again. my theory is that it's keeping my granddad's safety glasses (from the mines) company - i've been searching for those buggers for three months now. when he gets back, we might go up to our local-ish military cemetery and talk with big girl about what this day represents.
why am i writing about this today? well, i am not the only mother who has lost a child. this is not normal, you know. parents are to go before the children... why is this? i think because it hurts so damn bad. i want to give you a shoe of which i have walked in for a few moments.
americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury u.s. troops killed in iraq since memorial day a year ago. the figure is telling -- and expected to rise in coming months.
in the period from memorial day 2006 through saturday, 980 soldiers and marines died in iraq, compared to 807 deaths in the previous year. and with the baghdad security operation now 3 1/2 months old, even president bush has predicted a difficult summer for u.s. forces.
"it could be a bloody _ it could be a very difficult august," he said last week.
u.s. commander gen. david petraeus on saturday acknowledged the increase in casualties as a result of the american surge in forces to regain control of baghdad.
Labels: supporting our troops
death gets a holiday
(cross-posted from my place)
Labels: aWol, iraq war, memorial, military, war profiteering
opening up today....
who knew that some folks thought that the flintstones was a documentary.
Labels: religion
warner brothers tries to save taz
warner bros. will donate money from the sale of dvd's featuring bugs bunny and daffy duck to help efforts to save the tasmanian devil from extinction, an australian official said.
the looney tunes character taz -- a whirling, growling rival to bugs bunny -- is based on the australian marsupial, which is being threatened by a contagious cancer in its homeland, the island state of tasmania. - ap
"tasmanians are faced with an enormous challenge to save one of our most precious icons, the tasmanian devil, and the tasmanian government will ensure we can do everything in our power to make this happen," ms wreidt said. - thewest.com.aulet's just hope the tasmanian devil's story doesn't end the usual looney tunes way..."that's all, folks!"
there was one benchmark in the funding bill
the legislation contains a particular provision that would lead to the privatization of iraq's oil, a provision that i'm quite concerned about, because i think that if we take that position, it will make it very difficult for us to ever be able to end the war.
so today i'm going to lay out the case as to why this provision that's in the bill would advance privatization and as to what the options are for this congress.
as many know, the administration has set forth several benchmarks for the iraqi government, including the passage of a hydrocarbon law by the iraqi parliament. the administration has emphasized only a small part of this law, what they call the "fair distribution," that's in quotes, of oil revenues.
i want this house to consider the fact that this iraqi hydrocarbon law contains a mere three sentences that generally discusses the so-called fair distribution of oil. except for three scant lines, the entire 33-page hydrocarbon law is about creating a complex legal structure to facilitate the privatization of iraqi oil. as such, it is imperative that members of congress read the iraqi parliament's bill, because passage of any legislation that includes insisting that the iraq government push the passage of a hydrocarbon act puts this congress on record to promote privatizing iraq's oil. - dennis kuchinich from the floor of the house, may 23, 2007
Labels: iraq war, kucinich, oil, war profiteering
Sunday, May 27, 2007
thanks for everything, kos; or, ralphie boy was right
tho we ourselves had high hopes that the dems had grown spines ( indeed, there had been some reports of such skeletal formations spotted in the last few months), we were not at all surprised when the very people that were elected to stop the war in iraq pulled down their pants, bent over and said "thank you sir, may i have another?"
the majority of americans think things are going badly in iraq; the majority of americans think we never should have gone into iraq; the majority of americans support a timetable for withdrawl from iraq.
and yet, the democrats that america voted into office last fall gave up their fight to acknowledge and appease such majority views.
thanks, democrats. oh, and thanks, markos, for convincing us to vote for those democrats.
the brooklyn rail, reviewing crashing the gates last year, pointed out markos' platform vis-a-vis progressives:
in his quest to become the "not leader" of liberal blogs, markos banned jews, palestinians, feminists, and everybody who posts at my left wing.
yes, mid-ameirca can now read the daily kos without see the "f" word in the titles of diaries. and the right-of-center can rest easy that nobody will raise the ugly spector of issues like abortion or what really happened on 9/11.
but as a wiser man than we once said, "those who stand for nothing, fall for anything." sure, there are numbers of great quantity in the middle, but the fire is along the edges of american politics.
bob fertik says today at democrats.com:
poputonian quoted david swanson's criticism of democratic house leaders for blocking a vote on the lee amendment, and swanson's criticism of moveon for aiding and abetting that vote denial through their dishonest member "poll"…
so apparently if you agree with any of these points, kos believes you are a "holier than thou" purity troll who is just as destructive to the progressive movement as [a] dlc troll.
it seems that those of us fought to the end for the lee amendment have touched a very sensitive nerve by objecting to the manner in which it was killed by house democratic leaders and their allies in the "progressive" movement, most conspicuously moveon.
if moveon, sirota, and kos were mere spectators in that effort, their lies and vicious attacks wouldn't make much sense.
could it be that some of our "progressive" allies were working with house democratic leaders in the runup to the supplemental to help them kill the lee amendment?
maybe poputonian unwittingly hit the nail on the head when (s)he wrote america: still an insider's game?
congratulations, markos. you've made it. the stephanie herseths, the jim webers, the john testers owe you a big, big debt of thanks for helping get them elected.
those are the guys who voted for the stripped down iraq funding bill, right?
now, we don't think markos is to blame for the dems' caving on the iraq funding bill (he is, however, obvioulsy responsible for the virginia tech massacre).
but we do think that his pointed efforts to "play to the middle" at the expense of actual convictions, plus his obvious work for getting anyone elected that claimed to be a democrat, is indicative of the core problems with the entire party.
the repubbblicans, for all their wrong-headedness, bigotry, selfishness and fantasy-world beliefs, at least have some beleifs. we often (and lately especially) have come to think that the only thing elected democrats believe in is getting elected.
and to those who say the democrats are acting just like repubbblicans, we ask: does the name ralph nader ring a bell?
skippy's sunday nite music club
the flaming lips - the yeah yeah yeah song
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happy anniversary!
for their celebration, the skippy's enjoyed brunch at the beautiful four seasons hotel in beverly hills, where among the dim sum, omlette bar, exotic cheeses and flan they spotted larry flynt and his party also enjoying the sumptuous spread.
then a romantic viewing of the intimate film shrek 3, and a quiet renewal of their vows in the mall parking lot, and the skippy's prepared to enjoy the next 23 years, which promise to be as exciting, fun-filled and sexy as the last.
Labels: anniversary
happy 70th birthday!
golden gate bridge!
it opened up for "business" at 6:00 a.m. 70 years ago today.
it is used by more than 100,000 commuters a day, visited by as many as a million tourists a month, and crossed by 40 million drivers a year. its bold beauty is staggering, its mystique legendary. - sfgate
Labels: birthday, golden gate bridge, san francisco
arnold's sneaky war on agriculture
...if owners of working farms and ranches are required to pay property taxes based on their land's residential or commercial valuation, they usually have no choice but to sell the land to developers. a 1965 california law known as the williamson act helps preserve farms and ranches by allowing those who enroll in the program to have their land taxed at a rate based on actual use, not potential use.call your representatives. now.
buried in gov. arnold schwarzenegger's budget plans for next year is a small but truly bad idea. he wants to save $40 million by canceling a farmland preservation program.
he thinks he can dump the costs on rural and suburban counties, a favorite gambit of sacramento budget balancers. in this case, however, he will unhinge a successful state plan that rewards agriculture and local government for staving off sprawl.
at issue is the williamson act, designed to give farmers and ranchers a break on property taxes. counties are reimbursed by sacramento when they lower property taxes for agricultural land. the idea is to remove a temptation to shut down operations and sell to the highest bidder, namely developers. for 40 years, the program has meant that marin county hills, sonoma county pastures and contra costa county vistas are dotted with crops or cows, not subdivisions. - sfgate
Labels: california
arlington west
why doesn't this surprise us?
scientists: epa chemical screening program flawed. scientists say the bush administration is developing a chemical testing program on endocrine disruption that favors the chemical industry when it comes to judging whether certain substances in the environment might cause cancer, infertility, or harm to babies in the womb.guess they don't want us to know about results like this...
..they say the environmental protection agency has:...failed to guarantee that tests will be conducted on prenatal exposure to chemicals. last week, a group of 200 scientists signed a declaration warning that exposure to chemicals in the womb may make babies more likely to develop diabetes, obesity, attention deficit disorder and infertility. the group urged action from governments around the world.- dallas morning news
scientists report that almost all babies measured in a large study in baltimore had been exposed to perfluorinated contaminants -- pfcs -- while in the womb. pfcs are widely used in consumer products like teflon and gore-tex. they are extremely persistent. the levels observed were well beneath those shown in most experiments to be necessary to cause developmental harm in animals. - acs publications
Saturday, May 26, 2007
hoppy blogiversary
Labels: blogiversary, blogtopia
mad about the iraq war
golden words for the golden state
Labels: free speech, protest
skippy's saturday night music club
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man, i almost forgot...
no one could have imagined...
our children are dying for this? reid and pelosi and all the cheney democrats should take cheney's advice and ...
Labels: aWol, bipartisanship, corruption, iraq war
speaker's email addy
Congressional courtesy prevents me from replying to emails if I cannot determine
that you are a constituent of mine.If you are not a resident of California's 8th
Congressional District and are contacting me in regard to my role as Speaker,
please email me at mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com.
Labels: aWol, bipartisanship, war profiteering
Friday, May 25, 2007
skippy's friday nite music club
the satintones - shake me wake me
Labels: skippy's music club
somebody please remind me why the greatest generation fought to take down the biggest anti-semitic regime in human history...
down the penrose lane
mo gitmo
Labels: guantanamo bay, talking dog, war on terror
Thursday, May 24, 2007
let the games begin...
rich white guys are the only ones fit to rule
latinos - hispanics represent over 14% of the u.s. population, while their congress representation is 3% in the senate and about 5% in the house.
african-americans - the senate is 1% african american and the house is roughly 9.2% african american compared to the 12.3 percent of american population that are of black or african-american descent.
that's not just hedging your bets, that's outright topiary
Labels: hillary, iraq war, obama, senate, supporting our troops
skippy's thursday nite music club
yehudi menuhin on violin (w/adolph baller on piano) - hungarian dance no. 5 in g minor by johannes brahams
Labels: skippy's music club
il duce due in the line of fire
as president bush took a question thursday in the white house rose garden about scandals involving his attorney general, he remarked, "i've got confidence in al gonzales doin' the job."blood on his hands. bird cr*p on his sleeve.
simultaneously, a sparrow flew overhead and left a splash on the president's sleeve, which bush tried several times to wipe off. - abc news
ferocious looking fugitive finally captured
reggie the alligator's two years of freedom ended this afternoon when the coldblooded fugitive left the chilly waters of lake machado and was taken into custody on the shore.and, yes, it did have an l.a. ending....cut to helicopter tracking a white vehicle on the freeway.
the 7-foot alligator was taken to the los angeles zoo, where he will be quarantined for up to 60 days to make sure he isn't carrying any diseases.
and in a scene reminiscent of a certain chase of a white bronco, channel 7 news broke into its broadcast this afternoon to show the white animal control truck carrying reggie up the harbor freeway. - lattetimes.wonder if he'll have enough time to get back to blogging...but he better change the title, though. "life in the lake" isn't going to be cutting it anymore.
Labels: animals
drive by posting
il duce due's power grab
so let me get this straight... el presidente can now have a little tissy fit freak out and take over all power levels of government under his sole discretion? let's see what webster has to say:
1 a : a person granted absolute emergency power; especially : one appointed by the senate of ancient rome b : one holding complete autocratic control c : one ruling absolutely and often oppressively
see: hitler, mussolini, caesar, stalin, tse-tung, kai-shek, lenin, pol pot, hideki, khan, tito, ceausescu and lots of other a*****s. hey george, your proctologist called, they found yer head.
Labels: aWol
save the troops... save the world!
contact your senators demanding that they don't give in to childish bully george gush. demand they vote against funding troops staying in iraq.
ask that they filibuster against giving more money to awol's folly.
i suggested that sen. obama lead the filibuster.
impeach the cheerleader...save the world
Labels: action alert, aWol, iraq war, occupation
15 landscape gardeners found shot dead
fifteen young goats, part of a herd of several hundred goats grazing for weed-control purposes near king estates recreation area in the oakland hills, were found shot to death tuesday morning.goats have been increasingly used to pare back the "fire food" in various areas of the state,
..."the concern we have is that it's probably a young person with a rifle that is out shooting squirrels, and then decides to move on to the goats. really senseless acts of violence against animals present a disturbing pattern — you don't want to see it escalate to harming more animals. so it's not a good sign, and we've notified park rangers to be on the lookout for someone like this."
the officer found the 15 juvenile goats in a corner of one of the 30-by-60-foot portable corrals set up by the herd's owner, about 200 feet from howard elementary school, police said. the goats were killed with a large weapon, possibly a .22-caliber rifle, cronin said. "there were entry and exit wounds. this was definitely not just a pellet gun," he said.
...."the goats are a very special and reassuring part of the community experience here in our peaceful and friendly little neighborhood," said resident tamara thompson. "they herald the coming of summer. this is my ninth summer of goats, and there is blood. i am heartbroken." - insidebayarea.
from the end of the rainy season until september, hundreds of goats are brought to the east bay hills from the carquinez strait to castro valley to munch on vegetation and overgrown weeds to increase fire safety. the goats are hired from private herders. - sfchronincluding around the getty museum
tom bristow of the county fire department said the goats are often more efficient than a hand crew or bulldozer. - knbc.and, because of california's extreme fire hazard conditions due to drought, and these goats were being used to aid in lessening the danger to firefighters and the community, who ever is found responsible for this heartbreakingly senseless act, should be charged with a crime against the state.
not just an excuse to take off from work
go to support the troops end the war to find out what actions are happening in your neighborhood this weekend.
Labels: action alert, edwards, iraq war, supporting our troops
escrow where ya wanna go
our good friend monkeyfister is quite aware of the skippy's adventures in trying to buy housing in the los angeles real estate market. monkeyfister himself has just closed on his own american dream down in tennessee, and for that, we congratulate him.
we are also, therefore, touched that he would give the skippys' search for affordable housing a shout out over at blah3, where monkeyfister gave us all the bad news: and that is, the nightly news isn't giving us the real news, which is, the bad news is much worse than we thought.
here are some highlights to get you started:
• mortgage bankers association [mba] data: mba seasonally adjusted purchase application index is down 18% from its peak in september 2005.
• builder data: d.r. horton (dhi) and lennar (len) have reported that orders have declined 27% to 37%, year-over-year -- even as they have dropped prices significantly. these are the nation's two largest homebuilders.
• realogy corporation data: in 2006, there was a year-over-year decline of 18% in brokerage related transactions at realogy owned firms (century 21, coldwell banker, and era)
• 2005-2006 national association of realtors state data: the nar is showing some very sharp year-over-year corrections: florida down 28%; california down 24%; arizona off 28%. however, the nar data may actually be understating the falloff. john's data shows the more likely actual sales decrease to be closer to 34%, 27% and 38%, respectively. prior to 2005, john's data tracked very closely with the nar, so this deviation is worth further investigation.
unfortunately, not low enough for the skippy's! but we still wish the monkeyfisters a sincere housewarming in their new digs!
Labels: blogtopia, economy, housing bubble
we like what you've done with the place
Labels: blogtopia, say hello, technology
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
legally blonde...
more than likely, reese's next flick is to play the "white house liaison" who never "liaisoned" with the white house.
monica might want to change her name to "bad"ling.
oh, poor baby....
the widow of enron corp. founder kenneth lay is asking a judge to let her keep nearly $13 million in assets -- particularly the family condominium -- that the federal government is trying seize.
...enron's collapse wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans. - juan lozano/ap
whaaaaaa whaaaaaa freakin' whaaaaaa.....they showed a callous disregard for human life. why does she believe she deserves special treatment?
skippy's wednesday nite music club
kelly clarkson - cryin by aerosmith
reuben studdard - ain't to proud to beg by the temptations
fantasia barrino - summertime by george gershwin
carrie underwood - san antonio rose - traditional, but made popular by our fav, bob wills and the texas playboys (whose fiddle player, johnny gimble, joins carrie, along w/asleep at the wheel's ray benson...after a very long introduction by reba)
good luck to whoever wins tonite!
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and now, a few nuggets of blue-collar wisdom (a slowly vanishing branch of philosophy)...
2) while the printing press is in "run-mode," take account of the many exterior elements of the machine. all of its elements (including the non-visible ones deeper within the machine's workings) can be classified into one of two categories: those that exhibit motion, and those that do not. the majority of those elements that do not exhibit motion are safe to touch, but if you are unsure of any element's nature, then do not touch it at all. unsafe stationary elements include (but are not limited to) those which radiate excessive heat and those which channel electrical currents. those elements that do exhibit motion are never to be touched while they remain in motion, without exception. your duties as conservator of the printing press include ensuring your own physical safety. if we have to replace machine parts because being told that running a printing press has nothing to do with playing "tag" didn't make an impression on you, then we will consider you a stupid @$$#*!&. you will be fortunate if we mourn the loss of your right arm more than the loss of our next annual profit-sharing check, you are so stupid.
3) never, ever, ever... mess with another operator's printing press without his or her consent. if you must refrain from hitting an emergency stop button while your machine is jamming up, shredding its drive belts, and stripping its gears, the rest of us will still embrace you -- after we're convinced that you've been completely humiliated. if you must play grab-ass with a rotating cylinder and end up becoming an amputee, it will be impossible for the rest of us to find it in our hearts to excuse you -- but we will still consider you one of ours. if you mess with someone else's printing press without permission, and you mess it up in the process, then you shall refrain from repenting, and the rest of us shall refrain from forgiving. you do not beg, and the rest of us do not offer mercy. you will not be spared the wrath of a higher authority, and the rest of us will not turn ourselves into pillars of salt on your behalf. you break this rule, m*&^%f$#k@*... the rest of us break you.
welcome to printing -- in a metaphorical way of speaking...
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welcome back, carter
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gore-ing aWol
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everybody loves hillary...except the voters
apparently, we're not looking in the right places. via vamonitcello at mydd, this poll from strategic vision political shows hillary third place among likely iowa caucus voters:
barack obama 24%
hillary clinton 16%
bill richardson 9%
joseph biden 3%
chris dodd 2%
dennis kucinich 1%
undecided 16%
Labels: democrats, edwards, hillary, obama, polls, prez campaign
separation of church and blog
b!b!im wants us to support the national day of securlarism on may 26th in australia. it sounds like a great idea, and there should be a comparable observation here in america.
the thinker's podium describes it well:
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
my tax money will be used to pay for this?
state sen. carole migden bounced her state-issued suv off the concrete median on interstate 80 and nearly ran other motorists off the freeway before slamming into the back of another vehicle last week, the california highway patrol and witnesses said tuesday.carole. yeah, they can talk to you like that. they're your employer. why don't you keep that in mind. pay the insurance out of your own pocket. pay the hospital bills for the mother and child you sent to the hospital.
more than half a dozen motorists made emergency calls about migden's erratic driving before the friday accident, the chp said. the rear-end collision in fairfield, midway between san francisco and sacramento, injured a woman and her 3-year-old daughter, who were sent to the emergency room.
...in a telephone interview tuesday with the ap, jordan said two drivers who followed migden off the interstate began berating her immediately after the accident.
"one of them said she'd run him off the road. they were pretty upset that she'd been driving so badly," jordan said.
"she kept saying, 'you can't talk to me like that, i'm a state senator,"' he said. - ktvu
(hat tip to calitics)
Labels: california
mad about the dems caving on the timetable withdrawl of troops from iraq
i wonder who's schlessinger now?
the myspace page, publicly available until friday when it disappeared from the internet, included cartoon depictions of rape, murder, torture and child molestation; photographs of soldiers with guns in their mouths; a photograph of a bound and blindfolded detainee captioned "my sweet little habib"; accounts of illicit drug use; and a blog entry headlined by a series of obscenities and racial epithets.
the site is credited to and includes many photographs of deryk schlessinger, the 21-year-old son of the talk radio personality known simply as dr. laura. broadcast locally on 570 knrs, "family values talk radio," the former family counselor spends three hours daily taking calls and offering advice on morals, ethics and values. she broadcast a show from fort douglas, in salt lake city, last week.
Labels: right hypocrisy
all the president's menus
if you believe the old adage that you are what you eat, it is not surprising america's current president seems artificial, bland, insipid and rather unsubstantial. the man who cooked president george w. bush's breakfasts, lunches and dinners for the first four years of his presidency reveals in a new book that the most powerful man in the world likes no more than a cheap processed cheese sandwich for lunch.
"kraft singles on white bread was one of this president's most requested lunch items," says walter scheib, who, from 1994 until he was sacked by laura bush in early 2005, was executive chef at the white house. - sunday herald
Labels: aWol, food, white house
#1 with a bullet
the new u.s. embassy in baghdad will be the world's largest and most expensive foreign mission, though it may not be large enough or secure enough to cope with the chaos in iraq.
...the $592 million embassy occupies a chunk of prime real estate two-thirds the size of washington's national mall, with desk space for about 1,000 people behind high, blast-resistant walls. the compound is a symbol both of how much the united states has invested in iraq and how the circumstances of its involvement are changing.
...the embassy also is a prime target- houston chron
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defeatocrats refuse to call it defeat
this money is not going to the troops - troops are not paid out of the war money but out of the pentagon budget - halliburton is getting the money from this latest cave in by defeatocrats to the bush junta.
Labels: aWol, bipartisanship, iraq war
skippy's tuesday nite music club
goldfrapp - strict machine
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solamente una palabra para describir gonzales
you can't torquemada anything*
but perhaps gingrich's most controversial remarks came in an interview after his speech, in which gingrich cited the opportunity "to convert all of america."
* history of the world, part i
Monday, May 21, 2007
don't you have to cover babies w/cellophane before you put them in the microwave?
may 20, 2007, 12:45pm
© 2007 the associated press
galveston, texas — a woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the 2-month-old was put in a microwave, a houston television station reported.
eva marie mauldin said satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, joshua royce mauldin, to microwave their daughter may 10 because the devil disapproved of joshua's efforts to become a preacher.
"satan saw my husband as a threat. satan attacked him because he saw (joshua) as a threat," eva mauldin told houston television station khou-tv.
a galveston county grand jury indicted joshua mauldin last week on child injury charges after hearing evidence that he placed his daughter in a motel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds. the infant, ana marie, remains hospitalized. she suffered burns on the left side of her face and to her left hand, police said.
eva marie mauldin, the girl's 20-year-old mother, told the television station that her husband is "not the monster people are making him out to be."
Labels: religion, right hypocrisy
file this under, "well...duh!"
(hat tip to silent patriot at c&l)
Labels: aWol, impeach, multi-millionaire media
they had better be dang good pancakes
now...going from "affluent" society...to "effluent"
vidiot speak's lawyerly friends (stalkers) have some "cra**y" cases.
another illegality for this administratio...stop the presses
increases in military salary are traditionally determined by increases in average civilian salary, according to a method of measurement called the employment cost index. regardless of the actual dollar increase in salary, the base pay for service-members must be at least 0.5% above the corresponding civilian pay because of a defense authorization act which congress passed in 1999.
but according to bureau of labor statistics numbers, the bush administration's proposed raise of only 3% for active-duty troops in iraq and afghanistan is actually less than the average increase in civilian wages from 2006 to 2007 (3.2%), instead of the required 0.5% more than the average civilian wage (which would be equal to 3.7%).
if congress passes the funding plan that the administration has proposed, they will, in effect, be illegally depriving the troops of the minimum pay raise guaranteed to them by the earlier law. the move would save the bush administration millions and could cost new us army recruits (who are the least effected by the proposed pay raise) a few hundred dollars annually.
Labels: aWol, blogtopia, supporting our troops
concert for nola
it will be a loose and fun show with each artist performing a few songs with many of them sitting in on each other¹s songs. the full billing will be released closer to the concert, which will take place at tipitina¹s uptown on sunday, may 27.
the concert is being presented by the future of music coalition and air traffic control.
proceeds will benefit sweet home new orleans, a coalition of non-profit organizations, including the renew our music fund, that helps find affordable housing in new orleans and provides rental assistance for katrina displaced musicians, mardi gras performers and other traditional new orleans artists. to find out more about what sweet home new orleans and renew our music fund do, please go to www.sweethomeneworleans.org and www.renewourmusic.com.
"the musicians of new orleans have given their rich musical heritage to this country and they deserve to be supported in this time of need. while our nation's response to the katrina tragedy was and continues to be sorely lacking, the work of grassroots activists has shown through. we are looking forward to spending a little time in new orleans to witness and support the work that has been done by these tireless and dedicated folks. we also are very excited to play a bit of music in such a beautiful community!" said amy ray of the indigo girls.
prior to the event, a group of musicians will tour new orleans on saturday to see the damage left by hurricane katrina and the rebuilding that still needs to be done. they include jim james from my morning jacket and sandy pearlman, the producer of the blue oyster cult. this part of the event is not open to the press.
"i'm very excited about the work that fmc is doing, bringing politically and socially active musicians together, and i'm especially glad that at this year's meeting we'll have the chance to help out in new orleans. it's a great place for musicians to focus on community, both because we owe so much to that city for a century of incredible music, and because the local musicians there need our help right now," said damian kulash of ok go.
ticket for the benefit concert are $20 before the show and $25 at the door. tickets can be purchased through ticket web (www.ticketweb.com). doors open at 8 p.m. and the music starts at 9 p.m.
about the future of music coalitionfuture of music coalition is a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization that identifies, examines, interprets and translates the challenging issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. fmc achieves this through continuous interaction with its primary constituency - musicians - and in collaboration with other creator/citizen groups.
what you need to know
what: musicians bringing home musicians ii
artists: indigo girls, ok go's damian kulash, my morning jacket's jim james, matt nathanson, bonearama, al "carnival time" johnson
location: tipitina's uptown, 501 napoleon avenue
show time: doors open at 8 p.m. music starts at 9 p.m.
tickets: $20 before the show and $25 at the door. tickets can be purchased at www.ticketweb.com.
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freeway blogging isn't free
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herb caen't dot dot dot
"this is one of the biggest one-time hits we've heard about anywhere in the country," said tom rosenstiel, director of the project for excellence in journalism, in washington.
eighty reporters, photographers, copy editors and others, as well as 20 employees in management positions are expected to be laid off by end of the summer. chronicle publisher frank vega said friday that voluntary buyouts are likely to be offered.
vega declined to say whether the paper is continuing to lose $1 million a week, as hearst attorney daniel wall stated in court in november during a hearing on an antitrust suit filed by san francisco businessman clint reilly.
"we're not getting into any specifics at this point," vega said. "it's fairly common knowledge that we have had a tough financial row here for several years. as we continue to evaluate our situation, unfortunately continued belt-tightening is necessary."
alas, so goes the way of the dead trees media in the 21st century.
Labels: corporations, multi-millionaire media
skippy's monday nite music club
tom t. hall - chatanooga dog
we confess an affection for tom t. hall, one of the seminal story tellers of 70's country music.
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skippy's monday nite music club bonus trax
margo guryan - 16 words
addendum: kudos to cannablog, who's been touting this same amazing piece since february.
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alien nation
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down the penrose lane
pick hillary's official theme song
we also asked our readers for their suggestions, offering a skippy tee shirt to the person who came up with the best answer.
we at skippy international were able to winnow the answers down to a mere 16...but now we need your help.
on our right hand side bar, directly under our cute 'roo logo, is a poll offering the 16 best suggestions for hillary's theme song. it's up to you, our readers, to vote for your favorite. and the winner will get a skippy tee shirt, size large, because that's what we've got left in the warehouse.
you can see videos of most of the songs on our sister site skippy junior.
Labels: hillary, music, prez campaign
Sunday, May 20, 2007
skippy's sunday nite music club
dean martin & jerry lewis - that's amore
from the caddy.
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key scary word...
the chinese government has agreed to acquire a $3 billion stake in u.s. private equity firm blackstone group lp in a deal that marks china's long-anticipated move to diversify how it invests its massive foreign exchange reserve.
..china's stake will mark the first time that country's government has sunk cash into a foreign private equity firm, which makes its money by acquiring ailing companies, turning them around, and then selling them at a profit.
"we hope this is an important first step in broadening the capital flows between china and the u.s.," blackstone's chairman and co-founder, stephen schwarzman, said in a statement. - ap
"they will use their money to gain influence, and this is a good example of this," said peter morici, a professor at the university of maryland's robert h. smith school of business. "blackstone isn't just a fund, it's a very influential group in the united states. basically, it's the chinese government making a significant stake in a highly influencial wall street firm. and, in turn, that firm has an influence on u.s. policy." - apand a little bit about blackstone....
- the blackstone group is handling the restructuring of global crossing.
- blackstone alternative asset management unit handles $1 billion in hedge funds for pension giant calpers
- the blackstone group was appointed as enron's principal financial advisor with regard to its financial restructuring
- the company also advised enron on "the sale of its north american power and gas trading business to ubs
Labels: china, government, wall street
full frontal jessica
celina interviews jessica upon the publication of jessica's book full frontal feminism over at feministing.
Labels: blogtopia, feminism, literature
dueling lawyers
foothill cities blog got a lawyer themselves, one who specializes in defamation suits, and he fired back a nasty letter, reminding pomona that slapp suits are rarely successful. you can read both letters here.
Labels: attorneys, blogtopia, california, corruption, freedom of the press


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PopDrops were specifically created for time-pressed videographers to make their DVD authoring and packaging quick and easy while maintaining a high degree of customization and professionalism to meet all their clients' demands, according to PixelPops. All designs come complete as layered Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) files so that layers can be moved, text changed, and designs altered in any way desired. PopDrops also includes added extras like colorization layers and video drop zones for even more flexibility.
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PopDrops DVD Menu Templates are available in both NTSC or PAL for $150. DVD Case Insert and Disc Labels are sold separately for $80. Bundle pricing is currently available at an introductory discount of $175 through April 30, 2005.

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Thuban – no you don't have a speech impediment
While the Phenom II architecture might not be the foil against the Nehalem family of chips from Intel, it does not mean that AMD has been standing still and waiting for Bulldozer to deliver them from financial doom. Instead, AMD has actively improved these chips, and their latest member of the Phenom II family brings 6 cores to the fight. The Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition is an unlocked new design based on the Thuban core, and it aims to bring fast and affordable 6 core performance to the marketplace.Testing by Ryan Shrout, written by Josh Walrath.
The original Phenom II redesign (Deneb) on 45 nm gave AMD the product which could match Intel in terms of overall performance with the older Core 2 Quad series of parts. Unfortunately for AMD, the Intel i7 series proved to be far too powerful of an opponent to overtake. The Phenom II has had a good run though, and it has kept AMD as a contender in the CPU field. Now that Intel has fleshed out the rest of its Nehalem family and is slowly phasing out the Core 2 products, AMD was left with a stagnating product landscape.
The Phenom II X4 series has topped out at 3.4 GHz and looks to potentially go no further. The Athlon II series of parts (X2, X3, and X4) have proven to be affordable and popular products that have carved out a solid marketplace in the budget sector. AMD certainly needed something to keep the company relevant in the face of Intel's ever expanding family of fast Nehalem based processors. AMD also needed something to compete with Intel's recently released i7-980 Extreme, which is a 3.33 GHz 6 core processor that has ruled the performance roost. But if there were one downside to the i7 980, it is the price. Originally released at $999, most retailers have raised that price fairly significantly.
On the server side AMD has kept pace with Intel, and in fact had released the first 6 core product in the Summer of 2009. The original "Istanbul" core powered the latest Operton processors with speeds up to 2.8 GHz for limited edition parts. The majority of these products were clocked below 2.6 GHz, but they proved to be popular for their low overall TDP and processor density. AMD knew it had the basic design to compete with Intel on the high performance desktop, but more work had to be done to get it ready for that platform.
The Thuban core and AMD's 6-core gamble
From Istanbul to Thuban. Even though these two places are light years away from each other, the design that AMD has produced for both of these chips is nearly identical. Internally they are the same, but of course externally they do have some differences. Thuban will reside in a 938 pin chip package with one HT 3.0 connection while Istanbul is in Socket F form with 1207 LGA pads.
AMD focused on power efficiency as well as potential clockspeed targets close to that of the previous Deneb/Shanghai processors. On the desktop Deneb was able to hit 3.4 GHz with a TDP of 140 watts, but that later shrunk to 125 watts with the Revision C3 parts. With Thuban being about 25% bigger in terms of die size and transistor count, it was initially thought that it would be unlikely that AMD would be able to make a 3 GHz+ part and reach the same TDPs as Deneb.
AMD had two advantages over Deneb and its TDP/clockspeed combination. Time and process enhancements. AMD was able to take the initial Shanghai/Deneb design, and really optimize the architecture to retain its clockspeed but also improve power properties. AMD implemented more aggressive power saving routines and work out some of the troublesome spots on the original design.
In the end we are faced with a product with a 25% larger die size, but is able to clock to the same speeds as the previous Deneb processors, all the while retaining a 125 watt TDP rating. The 3.2 GHz Phenom II X6 is officially named the Phenom II X6 1090T. At first glance one would think that this chip has little to offer people who will not utilize all six of those cores as compared to the much cheaper Phenom II X4 955. This is not correct.
Turbo Core
AMD let this little number slip earlier this month, and this can be viewed as a "poor man's Turbo Boost". Intel released Turbo Boost with their i7 processors, and it basically overclocks individual cores to higher clockspeeds, depending on the TDP properties of the chip as a whole. For example one core is clocked an extra 266 MHz while the rest of the cores go into a low power mode, or are stopped altogether. Two cores can be clocked up 133 MHz a piece if the processor detects if those cores are the ones being highly utilized. Intel's Turbo Boost is a very granular solution which really accentuates the performance of the i7 across a large number of workloads.
OverDrive Update
AMD is constantly updating its OverDrive software suite, which makes overclocking Black Edition processors a breeze. It supports the new 1090T processor, and it really is the only way to adequately check if Turbo Core works. This also controls the North Bridge speed of the Processor, as well as memory and HyperTransport speed.
Motherboards need to support AOD (AMD OverDrive) to get it to work. Certain memory manufacturers have also released "Black Edition Profiles" that maximize performance of their DIMMS when used with AOD and Phenom II processors.


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I relocated recently to Tucson after living on the West Coast for over 20 years and became spoiled by the availability of good quality fresh seafood. Happily I have found a reliable source of reasonably priced fresh seafood at Lee Lee.They do sell some species which are considered sustainable and so far I have been very satisfied with my purchases.
Time Market has entered into a serious period of decline. This Tucson Weekly review has become dated. Time no longer has a deli. They primarily serve pizza slices, beer, and wine. Although they close at 10pm, do not expect to be served if you arrive after 9pm (youll be told nothing is available except the last few leftover cheese slices). They turn off their coffee machine at 7pm because they want to start breaking down three hours before closing. Don't turn to management for any help, even the owner will attempt to insult you with smug remarks when given reasonable feedback.
Is this Market now open for business?
Love the place. They clearly care about the food they make. They search for good ingredients. I eat there a couple of times a week. Coffees really good. The salmon sandwich has a Meyer lemon condiment. Not sure staff knows how to use it. Most of the time, 2 out of 3, there is far too much of it, It's very salty, it overwhelms the sandwich.
went there with my girlfriend, service was pretty good and fast,clean place, the food was actually very good, had a cold european beer with my stuffed cabbage. the owners were pretty cool down to earth ppl, gave us free samples of european candy, it actually felt good supporting a small mom n pop local buisiness. would definately return for more stuffed cabbage.
Had the VN springrolls in the restaruant, outstanding+, super fresh, spotlessly clean, the whole place is a gem!
Good food, usuaully quick service, and a great price. I eat there at least once a week, sometimes more. Highly recommend the breakfast burritos, especially if you have never had one before. They are delicious.
I love this store; the prices are great and the selection amazing. It's also a very pleasant place, very clean with wide aisles and good lighting. Despite the name, it's not limited to Asian/South Asian goods; they have African, Mexican, and other kinds of foods. There's a section of cookware and the like, too, with everything from chopstick holders to gigantic stockpots.
Time Market (TM) is one of our (my husband and myself) favorite places in Tucson. It's so multi-purpose, that I don't know where to begin my review.
In a nutshell, TM is an awesome coffee house, pizzeria, sandwich shop, and corner marketplace all rolled into one. It has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The service rocks, rocks, rocks! The baristas are fabulous people and pull mean shots of espresso.
You can get a huge slice and a soda for less than $3; or a slice and a beer on tap for $6 from 7pm to 10pm. The serve a variety of gourmet coffee; they roast coffee beans on the premises, but also serve local beans from Bisbee. It's all very tasty brew. The sandwiches made in their deli (either custom or from the menu) are delicious. I highly recommend the *Guido Sarducci* and the *Grecian Erika*. There are baked goods from the B-Line (up the road on 4th Ave) featured in the case near the cash register with the coffee dispensers.
They serve breakfast starting at 7am: breakfast burritos, bagel sandwiches, eggs & toast, OJ, etc.
TM has community events like a pizza day for kids, where they can come and watch pizzas being made in their wood-burning stove-equipped pizza kitchen; and then actually make their own little pizzas. Too cute! My husband's grand-daughter attended one of these events and was over the moon about making her own pizza; her father was likewise impressed.
TM has a very nice, dedicated bicycle-parking corral in the front of their store.
Epic Cafe is actually just a block west of Time Market and I bypass Epic altogether, because I prefer Time Market one hundred times over.


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Maiden Doll On Horseback by Cindy McClure And Nene Thomas
Nene Thomas's renowned fantasy art inspires this beautiful maiden doll and her stallion, fully sculpted by Master Doll Artist Cindy McClure.
Measures approximately 15" H
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Behold the beauty of a mystic monarch: stunning in her majesty, she rides a magnificent stallion through her crystalline kingdom of ice. Now, acclaimed fantasy artist Nene Thomas' captivating vision inspires this collectible Ice Princess Fantasy Doll by Master Doll Artist Cindy McClure. Available exclusively from The Ashton-Drake Galleries, this beautiful maiden and her majestic steed will transport you to a world of mystical enchantment.
The Ice Princess Fantasy Doll is masterfully sculpted and handcrafted in artist's resin to bring every nuance of Nene Thomas' breathtaking artwork to life. With her silken hair and glittery wings, she is arrayed in the finest materials accented by simulated scarlet jewels. The miniature dragon in her hand and the splendid horse she rides upon are fully sculpted, removable works of art in themselves. This exclusive collectible princess fantasy doll is expected to prompt heavy demand. Don't wait, order now!
Fine adult collectible, not intended for children under 14.
- The incomparable talents of famed fantasy artist Nene Thomas and award-winning doll artist Cindy McClure combine to create this amazing Ice Princess Fantasy Doll, available only from The Ashton-Drake Galleries
- Inspired by Nene Thomas's imaginative maiden art and handcrafted of artist's resin to capture Cindy McClure's nuanced sculpting with incredible realism
- The maiden is lavishly costumed in luxurious fabrics, intricately tailored and embellished with sparkling simulated jewels
- The maiden's noble stallion looks truly splendid with its majestic pose, lacy bridle and reins, and flowing white mane and tail
- The fully sculpted horse and miniature dragon companion are both removable and adorned with glitter and faux gems
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Measures approximately 15" H; 38.1 cm H
©2012 The Ashton-Drake Galleries


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WASHINGTON — Conservative Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks is resigning from Congress, two GOP strategists said Thursday, the third lawmaker to announce his resignation this week.
Neither Republican operative said they knew why the eight-term Franks was leaving. His departure had not been expected, and one of the consultants said Franks was leaving on Thursday.
Franks was seen being comforted in the chamber by several other Republicans shortly before he left the House floor. They included Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, Alabama's Robert Aderholt and fellow Arizonan Andy Biggs.
Asked for comment as he left the floor, Franks said, "I'll let the statement speak for itself." But by early Thursday evening, it was not clear what statement he was referencing.
Franks has been a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus. He's a staunch social conservative who sponsored House-passed legislation to make it a crime for any person to perform an abortion if the age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more.
The Republicans spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a decision they'd been told privately.
Earlier Thursday, liberal Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., announced his resignation after facing allegations of sexual harassment by at least eight women. Franken said some of those accusations were false and said he remembered others differently than his accusers did. He said he'd depart in a few weeks.
On Tuesday, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., resigned effective immediately. He also faced accusations from women of improper sexual behaviour that he's contesting.
Franks drew a sharp response from Democrats during a 2013 House committee debate when he said "the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low." He sought to clarify the comment, saying later-term abortions linked to pregnancies caused by rape are infrequent.
He's a strong backer of President Donald Trump and has embraced some of his stances on social issues. Franks has harshly criticized some NFL players for not standing during the national anthem, calling them "arrogant and overpaid Lilliputians who dishonour America."
Franks represents a district encompassing suburbs north and west of Phoenix. He serves on the House Judiciary and Armed Services committees.
Before winning election to Congress, he served in the Arizona legislature and founded the Arizona Family Research Institute, an organization associated with Dr. James Dobson's "Focus on the Family." The institute advocates for policies designed to protect children and families.


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We're proud of our amazing teams here at Toby Carvery and we're always on the lookout for rising stars across our 167 restaurants. We began our Toby's Got Talent competition back in April, where we saw regional heats taking place across the country with one front of house star and one kitchen star winning their place to compete in the Toby's Got Talent final. The standards of the competition were high in every area and we're extremely proud of all the Toby staff who took part.
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The next time you get pulled over, don't worry. The American Civil Liberties Union has your back.
New Jersey's ACLU has created an app that lets you record cops during a police encounter, the Star-Ledger reported Tuesday.
The app can record video and audio, according to a video the ACLU made about the app. The app also includes a section called "Know Your Rights," which tells you what recourse you have if police arrest you or stop you in your car, on the street, or at home.
Once you start to record, the app will go into "stealth mode," which makes the screen go black, according to the Star-Ledger.
"Police often videotape civilians and civilians have a constitutionally protected right to videotape police," New Jersey's American Civil Liberties Union policy counsel Alexander Shalom, told the Ledger. "When people know they're being watched, they tend to behave well."
And just in case they don't behave so well, the app, which is currently only available for Android users, can upload the recordings straight to the ACLU.
So in case cops catch what's happening, they can't easily delete the files.
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copyright, Nadav Kander.
Nadav Kander is one of the most successful advertising and editorial photographers today. What makes his portraiture unique is that he doesn't have a single photo lighting "look," but many, actually. He's consistently trying different setups, pushing himself to remain fresh and relevant. This shot for a recent Time Magazine cover illustrates this point. It's a standard, tight headshot of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, but the lighting and subtle retouching make it anything but ordinary. Fitting for the "most important man in the Middle East," right? Nadav achieved this look with 4 lights.
Camera: Medium format, digital, with 100mm lens set on a tripod 6 feet back. Shot at 1/125, f8, ISO 50.
Lighting: The key lighting for this image is perfectly symmetrical. Nadav uses two, small softboxes (with the outer baffle removed to increase specularity) at f13 (+1 1/2 stops). They are placed 3 feet to either side of Morsi's head and slightly behind it. This placement creates the sharp highlights on his cheeks but also manages to fill the front of his face. It also keeps away any reflection from his glasses. Two white umbrellas at f5.6 (-1 stop) are aimed at the seamless from both the right and left sides to create a flat background. The shadow behind Morsi's head is added in post.
Comments: A big fan of Hank Williams Sr. (definitely not Jr.), Morsi played a medley of his songs on his oud between shots. His crooning and wailing were pretty spot on, too, with more than one crew member suggesting he tryout for next season's the Voice.


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The Sydney zoo keeper who was nearly crushed to death by an elephant says she sensed the young male was thinking of challenging her in the moments before he attacked.
Lucy Melo spent 12 days in a Sydney hospital last month after she suffered severe injuries when she was pinned to a bollard at Taronga Zoo's elephant enclosure by the two-year-old elephant calf Pathi Harn, formerly known as Mr Shuffles.
She was conscious when paramedics first arrived, but lapsed into unconsciousness and had a cardiac arrest for about five minutes.
In a letter posted on the Taronga Zoo website on Thursday, Ms Melo said she noticed a change in the usually timid Pathi Harn in the moments before the attack, after he failed to respond to one of her orders during a routine training session.
"When he did not respond, I sensed a behavioural change in him and realised he was thinking of challenging me," she wrote.
"I immediately tried to redirect his thoughts by asking him for a different behaviour, and at the same time I was making my way out of the stall.
"Unfortunately, just as I was almost out, he raised his trunk and pinned me against one of the metal bollards.
"His trunk on my chest took my breath away, which made it impossible for me to talk and tell him to stop."
It was fortunate that her co-workers were on hand to immediately move the elephant away, she said.
Pathi Harn experienced a dramatic and traumatic birth which meant he was hand-reared by zoo keepers, including Ms Melo.
This contributed to his low confidence levels, she said.
Despite her injuries, Ms Melo said being a part of raising Pathi Harn after such a traumatic start to life remained one of the biggest highlights of her career.
She said she was looking forward to reuniting with Pathi Harn once her fractured ribs had healed.


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well i wanted to write you that it should just work now. but then i read the datasheet you provided a third time :-)sending and receiving probably works right now. the problem is your receiver's output signal. it's 0 volts for LOW but only 0.8 volts for a HIGH. arduino expects 5V with a little (!) tolerance. you need to amplify the signal, which should be no hard task. but i don't think i'm the best person to help you here. i guess a single transistor could do the job. there should be plenty of infos on the internet.keep us updated!best, kuk
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Fellow atheists do you think that the majority of theists online tend to be quite predictable, when it comes to debating religion's effect on society and the lack of proof in their gods?
Have we heard all the arguments at this stage? Have all the scenes been played out like a soap opera with no originality and bad writing?
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Unfortunately, so many theist think that they have discovered a new and infutible argument (that's only been around for several hundred, if not thousands of years.)
Every now and then I hear something new. But that is rare.
you're just not old enough yet!
What about atheists Keith. Do you think they're getting predictable too?
You mean when we are answering predictable questions? What do you expect?
"You mean when we are answering predictable questions? What do you expect?"
Oh snap - Good answer
Ok - I think that atheists could move off the argument about whether God exists or not and move onto what the bible is really about.
The question of God's existance is crucial to any discussion of the bible. Until we know God exists, the bible is little more than a story book.
Why just the Bible? What about the Gita, the Vedas, The Upanishads? The Bard Thadol? What about Guru Granth Sahib? etc.... Theism includes beliefs and holy books other than Christianity and the bible. Atheists are equal opportunity non-believers. We don't accept ANY of the god definitions or histories. Which puts us just a bit ahead of the theist that disbelieves in all others except their own.
I feel that the comments, questions and assumptions made my theists are predictable partially because they use biblical quotations and doctrine as a basis. And since most atheists have also made some study of the bible as well (if for nothing else than bed time stories or nursery rhymes), its fairly easy for us (atheists) to counter all the arguments because we've already read or heard them before. So, if atheists are becoming predictable, its only because we've had to recited the same answers to the same questions for so long....
I find that they get upset if you put them in a corner, get rude if it is a woman that is putting them in the corner. They don't like when you point out and quote their own points where they contradict themselves. I love to ask them questions and then let them kick there own ass, today I got blocked by one on twiter after asking a question.
I do not follow any christians , but the number of christians following me grows by one a day. Wonder if they are just curious?
Sorry Keith I am off topic a bit but I always find new reasons to attack religion no matter how theists justify their arguments for it.
In Afghanistan 74 school girls are recovering from a gas attack at the hands of brave Taliban fighters who don't want women to be educated.
In Ohio a teacher is sacked for being gay. Catholics can get away with this because their religion gets special treatment by law.
Buddhists in Burma are now killing Islamists and are engaged in ethnic cleansing. This will only get worse as the EEC have lifted today lifted all remaining sanctions. Buddhists hacking Muslims to death is apparently the wrong way to look at the violence according to the Dalai Lama in England today as it is political rather than religious. Thanks god for that.


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"People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas." ~Author Unknown.
This month, many people are evaluating their eating habits and planning menus in order to eat healthier and possibly shed pounds—but hopefully not dollars. Fortunately, it is possible to make healthy choices that also fit your financial goals. This week on our blog we'll be sharing great tips on how you can incorporate healthy foods into your menu without a lot of fuss or expense.
Here's a list of budget-friendly (and diet-friendly) foods that make a whole lot of cents. (See what we did there?)
Popular weight-loss programs like Weight Watchers allow unlimited fruits and vegetables, so if you get a free pass on the calorie front, where can you get the most bang for your buck?
- A USDA analysis of 22 fresh fruits found 6 types with an average retail price of less than $1 per pound: watermelon ($0.26/lb), bananas ($0.45/lb), honeydew ($0.55/lb), navel oranges ($0.57/lb), grapefruit ($0.66/lb) and cantaloupe ($0.95/lb).
- While all fruit may be good for your waistline, that logic doesn't apply to your wallet. The most expensive fruits were raspberries ($7.29/lb), blackberries ($5.18/lb), blueberries ($3.91/lb), and cherries ($3.51/lb).
- A look at 35 fresh vegetables revealed 8 with an average retail price of less than $1 per pound: potatoes ($0.48), cauliflower heads ($0.55), cabbage ($0.62), onions ($0.67), whole carrots ($0.77), celery stalks ($0.90), sweet potatoes ($0.90), and iceberg lettuce ($0.99).
- The vegetables that could break the budget are sliced mushrooms ($4.02/lb), fresh-cut spinach ($3.92/lb), and red peppers ($3.44/lb).
Lean proteins are an important part of any well-balanced diet. They keep you satisfied and provide important nutrients like iron and zinc, so how can you quite literally get your fill for less than $1 per serving?
- Learning to break down a chicken will not only give you a wonderful sense of culinary accomplishment, it will save you a wad of cash. On average, fresh whole chickens cost $1.51/lb whereas boneless breasts cost around $3.41/lb. Even when you factor in bones, the whole chicken is still cheaper (and you can use bones to make a tasty soup). A broiler typically weighs 2–3 pounds and serves 3-5, amounting to less than $1 per serving.
Vegetarian Option:
- Beans and lentils are another fabulous source of lean protein. If you are at the store comparing unit prices, canned beans typically cost less per pound than dried but don't be fooled. When prepared, dried beans cost less per cup and they are better for your diet.
- All dried beans cost less than a dollar per edible cup, but the best prices were pinto beans ($0.13/cup) and lentils ($0.15/cup).
Whether you're trying to lose weight or not, at least half of your grain intake should be whole grains. They can bulk up a meal and a little goes a long way. Think outside of the box—brown rice, bulgur, buckwheat, oatmeal and even popcorn are all whole grains. While whole wheat bread can cost nearly $0.60 more per pound than white bread, there are still some whole grain deals to be had out there. We found a bag of Bulgur sold at gourmet grocery stores for $0.17 cents a serving.


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SUNSET PARK — The future home of the world's largest rooftop farm could also become one of Brooklyn's biggest retail spaces, home to Bed Bath & Beyond, Burlington Coat Factory, and other big-box stores offering hundreds of jobs to local residents.
The former Federal Building #2, located next-door to the federal Metropolitan Detention Center on Third Avenue in Sunset Park, is an eight-story warehouse space that measures 1.1-million-square-feet. Vacant since 2000, it is zoned for industrial and manufacturing, as well as retail stores smaller than 10,000 square feet.
On Wednesday night, however, Brooklyn Community Board 7 will decide whether to grant owner Salmar Properties LLC a variance that would waive the space restriction on retail and allow big-box stores at the building.
"People are interested in getting the building back into use, and are interested in the jobs that it might provide," district manager Jeremy Laufer said.
Salmar bought the building from the city's Economic Development Corporation for $10 million in August 2011. The deal included tax incentives for Salmar, the EDC said, in exchange for a $35 million investment by Salmar to repair the building's facade, roof and windows, install elevators, plumbing and electrical wiring, plus an expectation that Salmar and the building's tenants provide 1,300 permanent industrial jobs and 400 construction jobs.
Big-box retail, if approved by the community board Wednesday, could add an additional 500 jobs, Salmar co-owner Marvin Schein said.
"Transforming this vacant warehouse into a state-of-the-art industrial center is a major achievement, and a critical step in the Bloomberg Administration's efforts to strengthen New York City's industrial sector," EDC president Seth Pinsky said in a statement following an Oct. 20 groundbreaking ceremony.
"This building will soon be home to more than a thousand well-paying jobs, and is a perfect example of how we can creatively work together with our private and public sector partners to grow the City's economy."
About 15 percent — or 180,000 square feet — would be dedicated to retail, Laufer and an EDC spokesman said. Bed Bath & Beyond, Burlington Coat Factory and Micro Center, an electronics store, are among the major retailers that have expressed interest in the space, which is adjacent to planned parking lots next door, Schein stated.
The stores did not return calls for comment.
"Since it's one of the very few properties in Brooklyn that has parking, it's very, very desirable to have retail, such as a department store, open shop," he said. The building also fronts the Gowanus Expressway and several multi-lane surface roads, including Third Avenue.
The building is expected to open by the summer of 2013, Schein said, and retail space will rent for $30 to $35 a foot.
About 100,000 square feet of the roof, meanwhile, will be converted into a multi-acre farm by BrightFarms, a Midtown-based greenhouse development and maintenance company. By 2013, the farm is expected to begin producing more than one million pounds a year of tomatoes, lettuces and other vegetables and herbs.
"This whole area is being rejuvenated," Schein said. "It's coming down from Park Slope and it's heading south. In five or 10 years, a lot of change is going to come in this area. It's great for the community, and it will be a great anchor for investment in this building."
The community board's hearing on Wednesday starts at 6:30 p.m. at the board's offices at 4201 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn.


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Limit Break
Limit Break has everything you could possibly want in a guild! EVERY guild claims to have amazing players, be active and have active message boards but lets be real- Those things obviously can't be true for EVERY guild that claims them to be. Limit Break, however, is the real deal. Here are some verifiable facts toward the point-
-Our guild high scores and accomplishments are listed on our home page.
-We have maxed out on points EVERY SINGLE WEEK without missing a single time in the past 6 months AND we've always done so before the weekend has even started.
-We have over 15 very active subjects going on any given day on our message boards. Typically well over 50 new messages get posted in any given day, often more, and this is without any spam or counting threads. We have everything from games, to market threads, to strategy threads to chat about real life. We're social.
-We have players that excel in each game mode as well as market experts who have maximized their investments to make big money in this game- they can teach you how to do the same!
-In addition to being a level 23 guild at the time of this posting (level 24 before this weekend arrives) we're also a tight-knit, warm, welcoming community of friends. Everyone is a valuable contributor. Everyone receives respect. Everyone has a say.
So, JOIN US!
Our requirements are listed on our guild home page. Also, we love no-obligation visits! Join the team today!
I joined because I have been in flat and non active guilds. LB is great and is the most active guild I have been in! Market experts (myself) are always willing to share some tips about making BIG money (over 4m and I have a few current investments)! Admin saff is amazing and CC is THE MAN. Join
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New thread, wow. Join now! They're EXTREMELY active!
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It's a great group, I joined about a month ago and have had a fantastic time.
DeepEnd Guru Limit Break Monday 30/07/2012, 22:49
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.
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If you want to join one of the best guilds in UR just pm me or another admins to join, and click on the join limit break button
Reap-DvF Titan Harbingers of Ares Tuesday 31/07/2012, 04:32
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Political endorsements aren't just for newspapers anymore.
Facebook is letting you explain your picks for political office by publishing your own endorsements of political figures. And if the candidate likes your post, they can feature it on a new endorsements tab on their page.
To endorse a politician, go their page, select endorse and write your endorsement. See Facebook's full instructions here.
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein hadn't added any endorsements as of 2:45 p.m. ET Tuesday — so it's not clear who's winning the unofficial Facebook caucus just yet.


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Alaska Family History Research
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
History of Alaska
Vitus Bering, a Dane in the service of Russia, made the first European sighting of the Alaskan coast in 1741. It was not until the end of the eighteenth century, however, that the Russians gained control of the area.
The Russian-American Company was chartered in 1799 for twenty years, to monopolize Russian activities in America. The company did little more than develop the fur trading along the coast and among the island chains. Russians explored the Yukon and Kuskokwim region to a limited extent. Although Russian settlements had been founded, their populations were small and scattered. The Crimean War had depleted the Russian treasury, and their American colony's expenses were mounting. It was decided that the sale of Russian America would replenish the treasury and unload an indefensible and unprofitable colony, since the fur industry had collapsed. The Russians knew of the existence of gold in the colony, and they thought that the United States might eventually annex the area just as they did California. Russia preferred that the United States gain control of the region rather than Great Britain, Russia's principal foe. Thus, Alaska would provide a buffer between Russian Siberia and British North America.
Many Americans and Russians did not welcome the American purchase of Alaska from Russia, which, in 1867, was bought for $7.2 million, although the United States was not totally unaware of the economic potential of Alaska. American trading ships and whalers knew Alaskan waters well, and the Western Union Telegraph Company had made a survey from Canada to the Bering Strait. The Alaska Gold Rush was not a single strike; rather, it was a combination of strikes. Gold was mined at Stewart River, Forty Mile, Circle, Nome, Valdez, Fairbanks, and Dawson. Gold was found and mined in neighboring Yukon Territory, Canada, by Americans. The Alaskan Gold Rush of 1897/98 brought some 50,000 persons into the region before it began to subside in 1920. At that time, the population of Alaska dropped from 64,000 to 55,000.
Nome was founded in 1899 and Fairbanks in 1902 by gold miners. Anchorage was founded in 1915 as the headquarters of the Alaska Railroad, and Alaska became a U.S. territory in 1912. In 1943, 140,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in Alaska. Many remained after the close of the war. However, a substantial increase in the settlement of Alaska did not begin until after World War II. Alaska became a state on 3 January 1959. Although Alaska is America's largest state geographically, its permanent population is estimated at 640,000.
A summary of the governmental jurisdictions of Alaska is as follows: Russian American Company (1799'1861); Russian Imperial Administration (1861'67); U.S. War Department (1867'77); U.S. Treasury Department Administration for Customs (1868'77); U.S. Treasury Department Administration (1877'84); U.S. District status (1884'1912); U.S. Territorial status (1912'59); and statehood (1959-present).


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Find Bellevue, Iowa daycares and preschools. Daycares provide information on licensed infant and child care assistance, 24 hour and weekend day care centers, montessori, private, and public facilities.
St Josephs Blessed Begin 403 Park Street Bellevue, IA
St Nicholas Day Care 400 North 2nd Street Bellevue, IA
Bellevue Daycare is a service that supervises and cares for children too young to be left alone during periods when parents or guardians are unavailable, due to work or other commitments in Bellevue, IA. Daycare services are typically used for children too young to attend school or preschool, or for school-aged children that need supervision immediately before or after school hours.You may contact Daycares for questions about:
Daycare services in Bellevue, Iowa come in a variety of forms, including Daycare Centers operated by private businesses, non-profit and religious organizations, and government agencies, as well as Home Daycares run by individuals. While Daycare usually refers to the supervision and care of children, somewhat comparable services for elderly or disabled adults also exist, which are usually referred to as Bellevue Adult Daycares.Iowa Licensed Daycare
All Daycare services are regulated extensively by Iowa State agencies. The regulation and licensing of Daycare services usually falls within the Iowa Human Services Department or the Office of Early Childhood. Regulations concerning Bellevue Daycare services address staffing levels, the design and safety of physical spaces, accessibility, food, and programming. Bellevue background checks of all staff members are almost universally required.Bellevue Daycare Centers
Daycare Centers are operations that provide daycare in a setting other than a private home. They are typically larger and provide a classroom-style format that groups children by age. Most Bellevue Daycare Centers offer structured programming, and many are accredited as providers of early learning programs. Iowa State regulations determine how many adult staff members are required per child, based on the children's age. Infants typically require at least one adult for every three infants. The ratio of children to adults increases with the children's age to a maximum of approximately ten children per adult staff members, though this varies by state. Daycare Centers are usually owned and operated by Bellevue private businesses, non-profit organizations, or religious organizations. Government involvement in Daycare is usually limited to subsidizing Daycare costs for low-income families, though there are some examples of government owned and operated Daycare Centers in Bellevue.Bellevue Home Daycares
Home Daycares are run by an individual and provide childcare in a home in Bellevue, Iowa. The licensing requirements and regulations for Home Daycares differ somewhat from Daycare Centers. In addition to adult to children ratios, IA law imposes a total maximum number of children that can be cared for in a single home. Safety and design requirements also differ from Daycare Centers.