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I don't really do all that well with adult interaction.
I can do it on a superficial level (which is why I was, like, the world's best waitress) but I've got all of these issues and this anxiety and this mistrust and I just don't do grown-ups very well, that's all, SHUT UP.
I especially don't function at all when paying an adult to do something I am well-capable of doing myself, like keeping my house or mowing my lawn or changing my oil or watching my kids. It makes me feel like a dick.
All of this is why I always hire teenaged babysitters.
Everyone I know wants degrees and background checks and licenses but I just want someone young enough to really play with my kids, old enough to (safely) make them (an almost decent) dinner, and emo enough to think that having a conversation with really, really ridiculously old-looking me would be TORTURE.
Sixteen (11th grade) is usually my cut-off, and then it's Carousel time.* Seniors in high school are not people to be trifled with. I know, I used to be one. 14 was always the golden number for us - the best sitters we've ever had were 14 year olds with younger siblings. They like Johnny Depp but they still *get* Dora. They don't mind walking to work and they want nothing more than to stay up until two in the morning. Let them invite a friend over to help and you've got a trifecta of win.
And not one of them will ever make you compare parenting notes with them, insofar as your children relate to their livestock.
We hired Georgia** when she was in her junior year because she was my daughter's high school buddy in her preschool. And she had a truck. And she's just homely enough that I knew boys weren't going to be an issue. Shut up.
Then we kept her through her senior year because my daughter loves her. And then she graduated, but she's still just a kid, right? She's 18. Her bedroom is pink. She calls me Ms Shannon and will not directly address my husband no matter how many times I ask her to. A KID....
....who's lamb got its ear tag caught in a fence and then some other piece of not-yet-dinner bit the ear tag and did you know that lambs' chochas might be just like ours but their ears are like filo pastry and rip in a million layers?
And she's telling me this through text message while I'm out of town on business and she's supposed to be babysitting because she cannot talk to my husband, ever, and she's FREAKING out because her lamb, oh my god her lamb, and I'm like, HONEY, 2of3 AND 3of3 both had dogs rip parts of their faces wide open and it's so scary, I know, but it's over and some stitches and then you laugh about it later and CALM DOWN, this is what being a mother is al....
And now I'm not talking to a teenager who babysits for me, I am establishing common parenting ground with someone in my employ..in regards to LIVESTOCK...and that makes her my peerish and so now I cannot pay her to work for me because ISSUES, I HAVE THEM. And I'm just not ready to be able to compare raising livestock to raising children. I just don't want to be that person.
I just am never going to blend in Texas, I think.
*If you got that, yes, I will make out with you.
**Of course her name isn't Georgia, I'm not telling you her name unless you need a really good babysitter, duh.


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MTV:Sanzaru Games may be a relatively new developer, having only been around for the last five years or so, but Sony has bestowed upon them a huge vote of confidence, entrusting them with one of their first party franchises, Sly Cooper. Thieves In Time is Sly's first outing in almost eight years, as well as his debut on the PlayStation 3 and Vita (not counting his appearances in PlayStation Move Heroes and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale). While most of the game remains true to its PlayStation 2 predecessors, this caper is going to send Sly and his friends through time to help restore order to the Cooper clan. We had a chance to ask Sanzaru Games' President Glen Egan some questions about the release, and got some insight into the development process of Sly's latest, and highly-anticipated heist, Thieves in Time.
I have to give these guys mad props for holding true to the Sly Cooper play elements. Really glad they didnt water down what Sly Cooper was to make it mainstream like some of these reviewers wanted.
I have a feeling that this game will end up being overlooked or an underappreciated gem as this year goes on what a shame so in short I ask I did my part, did you??
Sony should add these guys to their first party repertoire and make them an exclusive psvita developers, they did an outstanding job with Sly Cooper Thieves in Time.
why wasn't it sucker punch developing this game?
at any rate, it's been purchased, and i've begun playing it.

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Andrew S necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 61 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
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We have a great chess program that uses chess as a vehicle to help students succeed in school. I would like a simple design, but memorable, and easy to recognize online, on video, on stationary, and possibly even on a t-shirt.
Elementary School Children and Educators
I want the full name in the logo. In fact, I prefer if the name itself "is" the logo, made in a memorable, easily recognized format.
I am leaning towards a logo that includes text only, not a symbol, icon or picture. However, I will consider some small graphic or icon, if it strikes me. Be creative!
We're looking to be a top-notch program, so our logo will need to present us as professional for adults, but also appealing to kids at the same time.
Again, I am open minded and will look at anything.
I prefer blues and gold, but AM open to ideas and suggestions.
The winner will most likely be a professional, easily read logo, where the words themselves make up the majority of the design, with minimum other graphics. Again, small changes will be looked at, but I do not want artwork or icons to be the majority of the logo, with the text/letters underneath or beside it. The key is to make it appealing for both adults and kids.
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5 reasons why The Last of Us is probably the best videogame of all time
I just finished The Last of Us.
I am not one to gush unnecessarily. I don't usually heap praise upon anything. And I don't usually write in the first person.
But that was goddamn incredible.
Top to bottom, I don't ever remember being immersed in a game like that – to be gripped so completely and unable to stop playing. The Last of Us is all parts infectious (ha!), poignant, brutal and beautiful.
Everyone deserves to play this game. And here's why.


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A-listers celebrate the H&M Conscious Exclusive collection in LA
Chrissy Teigen wore double-slit trousers to the exclusive dinner in Los Angeles.
Last night, supermodel Natalia Vodianova – the face of the upcoming H&M Conscious Exclusive 2017 campaign – and H&M Creative Advisor Ann-Sofie Johansson invited some of our favourite celebs and fashion people to an intimate evening to celebrate the collection launch. In line with the conscious theme, the event took place at SmogShoppe, one of the most sustainable urban spaces in the US. The guests where greeted by an art installation featuring the star piece of the H&M Conscious Exclusive collection; an ethereal Bionic® polyester gown made from recycled shoreline plastic.
"Conscious Exclusive is a chance to dream and create pieces that are both edgy and beautiful. It's great to be able to show just what is possible with sustainable materials like we have done with the delicate plissé dress made of Bionic®,"says Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's Creative Advisor.
To last night's dinner, Chrissy Teigen wore a pair of high-slit trousers and a kimono-style blazer, while Orlando Bloom looked dapper in a black suit from the collection. Ultra cool rising star Sasha Lane was dressed in a sheer tulle dress, while dad-to-be Lucky Blue Smith – who arrived with girlfriend Stormi Bree – opted for a patterned blazer and a simple white t-shirt. Dressed in the collection were also model Hailey Baldwin and actor Kate Mara.
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Younger Audience & Creators Tell Old Fogies To Wake The F Up!/
Guest post by Audrey Ewell Ted Hope invited me to do a guest column about attracting a younger audience to indie film, after I commented on a column by Robert McLellan at Globalshift.org. That column was a recap of the debate between Hope and Jeff Lipsky during a Cagematch at IFP Week. You can read it here: http://www.globalshift.org/2010/09/19/indie-film-can-art-house-theaters-attract-a-young-audience/.)
The column's final statement, attributed to Hope was this: "It all comes back to having a relevant and compelling story and telling it well." That is an oft-repeated statement, and I noted in the comments that what mattered more to this crowd was plot, subject and genre. So who am I, and why should my opinion matter?
I'm the director and producer (along with my partner, Aaron Aites) of the documentary film, Until The Light Takes Us. I am 34 years old, white, female, I love Antonioni, Fellini, Marker, and science fiction. I have Gizmodo, The Huffington Post and The Economist on my Twitter stream. I own three video games consoles and I'm currently on level 7 of Halo: Reach. I listen to indie rock, stoner/doom, experimental, dubstep; and I am often on my boyfriend's and friends' guest lists when their bands play shows. I am the audience you're (they're, we're) trying to reach, + four years. But I'm immature enough to let those four years slide.
My current movie, Until The Light Takes Us, is a doc about black metal, a music scene from Norway that involved as much crime (murder, church arson… etc) as music. We premiered at AFI 08, passed on a few so-so initial offers (including a too-vague offer from IFC, as it seemed possible that we might only be relegated to their crowded on-demand space). We knew we had a very passionate young audience that went beyond fans of the genre. One that could fuel (with both attendance and promotional help) a theatrical release, even when most distributors didn't agree. And we actually made a profit on our 22 week, 35 market, '09 -'10 theatrical run, grossing nearly 140K on a 25K P & A with Variance Films.
Until The Light went on to win international awards, was a NY Times and LA Weekly Critic's pick, got picked up for all-rights deals in German territory, Australia, Japan, we self-released in the UK, aired on the Sundance channel here, and is slated for an Oct 19th DVD/Blu-ray release via Factory 25. Yet no one in the American indie film world seems to know who we are. And here's the kicker: according to our data, our average viewer is 27 years old. Less than 10% of our audience is over the age of 38. 70% of our audience is male. We not only got a young audience, but it would seem that our type of film is so under the radar to the established indie film world, that no one noticed.
Despite making the sort of risk-taking, surprising, edgy film that would appeal to a young core audience and enough of a broader audience to really work (we used social networking and events based promotion and targeted cross-promotions), and despite the industry claiming to want films that do these things and that appeal to younger viewers, they did not take notice. Our type of film, our type of release, must be so far from the establishment's radar that it didn't even register. Ted didn't seem to know who I was before I commented on that Globalshift column.
And it's not just us. I don't have figures on which other recent indie films got a younger audience, but a couple come to mind, including Paranormal Activity and Anvil, music and horror films. I'm also going to guess at which films didn't draw a particularly young crowd: mumblecore and films about people learning things through some process of self-discovery. If you want to know about the kinds of films the industry supported and didn't support: invert the above two film types.
So this makes me wonder if the established indie film world is serious about wanting to attract a younger audience. If you ignore films and filmmakers who appeal to a younger audience, are you not in fact maintaining the status quo? If you ignore films like ours, will they go away? Will the people making them become discouraged, and will the fight to make the next movie be too hard, too brutal, too futile, knowing that there is no support on the other end? Do we even have a chance of getting financing, when we're not noticed, let alone supported?
This is the first of many issues, but it's a big one, because it's the easiest to fix. John Stanwyk, who said he had never read Truly Free Film, commented in Ted's column (here http://trulyfreefilm.hopeforfilm.com/2010/09/how-can-indie-film-appeal-to-alternative-youth-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-5444) that there IS indie film made for alternative youth but that it's ignored by the established film world, so the makers move over to genre, where they're supported. He cited Matt Pizzollo and his films Threat (arthouse) and Godkiller (genre) as examples. That's a really great point. My next film (if I can get it made)? A sci-fi/horror. I happen to love sci-fi and horror, so it's not exactly a sacrifice. But as someone who can (and has) made films for a younger audience, my options are limited – not by the audience, but by the established film world. The taste of the gatekeepers is a problem in this regard. And I need to look Matt up and give him my support.
*Note: after writing this but before sending it in, I was contacted by two well-known genre-specific publications that would like to do a piece on The Egg, our in-development sci-fi/horror. I have not heard from Indiewire, Filmmaker, or anyone from the establishment. It's already been written up on Brutal As Hell. Michael's point about genre being more supported is proving to be valid in this case.
Here's what the establishment (and some of you reading this are now the establishment… weird, right?) doesn't like to hear: the films you like aren't going to do it. Your taste may be hurting Amerindie cinema, which I have no doubt you love. Here's what you might not understand: so do we (we being the filmmakers making movies you don't like, for a younger audience). A quick peek into my top ten shows Contempt, 8 ½, Naked, and Blow-Up brushing shoulders with Carpenter's The Thing, Blade Runner, and Battle Royale. Now here are the two films that I saw in the last two weeks: Enter The Void and Resident Evil Afterlife (3D, Imax). ETV fed my soul and broke cinematic ground. RE was fun (and its audience is young). I don't believe these have to be mutually exclusive.
We will not kill film: we will merely bring it into the current postmodern, hyperreal era, a now that is shrinking from the future and afraid to look at its recent past. We are squeezed into a breathless space of unreality and diminished possibility, and we are trying desperately to find films that reflect our experience. We're not finding them in the American indie film world, that's for sure. My current film for instance, is about a violent music scene, but its themes revolve around simulation and simulacra of identity in a overwhelmingly mediated, postcapitalist, globalized world. I'm not seeing that sort of thing in the films championed by the "indie" establishment. Maybe there are actually two independent film worlds.
It was put forth in the Cagematch at IFP Week http://www.globalshift.org/2010/09/19/indie-film-can-art-house-theaters-attract-a-young-audience/ that the only films kids are going to see are big budget sci-fi and horror/thrillers. And then the conversation went back to, so how do we get this audience to come see movies that are obviously only going to appeal to middle aged or older white women and us? (I went ahead and paraphrased that.) Clearly, films that might be considered genre need to be part of the solution. And the word "genre" simply has to stop being a four-letter word.
I'm not saying that every gore splatter-fest out there should be appreciated or supported. I hate B movies, I really do. I'm not even a little bit amused by movies that wink at the audience in order to cover up their own ineptitude. My point is that there is and there can be "genre" films that are also smart and relevant … and fun/intense. It's what I love, it's what I make. It's Blade Runner. It's Alien. It's Alphaville. These types of indies are being made in other countries, by the way, then re-made here for huge sums. Maybe we should consider doing this at home.
So ok, point number 1 - stop ignoring those of us who are already reaching the younger audience with relevant and edgy films, even if the films we're making aren't to your personal taste - as it's such a personal point, it took up a whole lot of room. If Ted is willing to let me stretch this over two columns, I'll have other points next time. I really want to address several other issues raised, including working with an audience ignorant of film history. And I'd like to thank Ted for reaching out.
Audrey Ewell is a filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY with her partner Aaron Aites and their three rescue animals. More info on her current film can be found at http://www.blackmetalmovie.com.


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Following is complete profile of late Syrian Hafez Assad, who died Saturday after ruling the Arab country for about 30 years.
Born in Kurdaha near Lattakia, on the 6th of October 1930.
Obtained his High School degree in Lattakia in early forties.
Showed interest in public issues during that period which witnessed the Second World War. He participated in demonstrations against the French Occupation as well as in political activities to attain independence which was achieved on April 17th, 1946.
He was elected to the Students Committee in Lattakia and chaired the first Students Conference in Syria. At that time, as Chairman of the Committee, he led the student's movement under the banner of Al Baath Arab Socialist Party . Liberation from colonialism, Palestinian cause and other national issues were the prominent issues of his concern in late forties and early fifties.
He enrolled in the Baath Arab Socialist Party in 1946, and struggled under its banner against the old political forces.
He joined the Military Academy in 1952 where he chose the Air force Academy from which he graduated Air force Lieutenant Pilot in early 1955. On graduating he was champion in Aerobatics.
He attended many military courses; the most important was in the former Soviet Union, as Fighter Pilot and Night & Day Fighting Pilot. He passed a course of Squadron Leader with Excellent degree in 1959. He also had Excellent degree in a course of Air force Staff Officer in 1964.
In 1958, he served in a Night Fighting Squadron in Cairo, during the years of unity with Egypt.
He was excluded from the Armed Forces on the 2nd of December 1961 and transferred to a civil job after cessation from Egypt on September 28th 1961, due to his national stand against that separation.
He was a main leader of the underground military committee (five members) that led the 8th of March revolution in 1963, initiating major contacts, both civil and military, that made the revolution a great success.
He occupied leading posts in both the Regional and National Command of the Baath Arab Socialist Party until he became General Secretary of the party.
He played a major role in the success of the 23rd February Movement 1966, which put an end to the conflicts within the party.
He became Prime Minister, Minister of Defense on November 21st 1970 after leading the Correction Movement which widely opened the party's doors to the Arab Masses.
He was elected President of the Syrian Arab Republic in a referendum held on March 12th 1971.
On the May 14th 1971 the new Regional Command of the Baath Arab Socialist Party held its first meeting and elected President Hafez Al-Assad Regional Secretary of the Party.
In the second half of August 1971 he was elected Secretary General of the Party during its Eleventh National Conference.
After the success of the Correction Movement he invited the following political parties: Arab Socialist Union, Socialist Unionists, Arab Socialists and the Communist Party to form the Progressive National Front under the leadership of Al Baath Arab Socialist Party. After extensive discussions with the above mentioned parties, President Assad managed to solve the severe contradictions between them and found mutual grounds among them which led to establishing the Progressive National Front for the first time in Syria, the Arab Nation, the non-allied countries.
The front, later on expanded to contain the United Syrian Communist Party, the Unionist Democratic Socialist Party, and representatives from the workers, peasants and youth Organizations. This Front highly enhanced the national unity.
He led the Liberation War of October 1973 in which our Armed Forces and people achieved great victories and emancipated the will of the Arabs and destroyed the enemy's arrogance and the myth of his military superiority.
He participated in many Arab and international summit conferences, such as the Non Allied Countries, the Islamic and Arab Summits where he had a remarkable say in the service of our national issues – Albawaba.com
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Spa City brewmeisters shouldn't frost their glasses just yet. The Martell Brothers Brew Pub proposed on Broadway was not approved by the Planning Board Wednesday night, but the site plan is expected to be back in front of the board for a vote in two weeks. The proposal is for a 60- foot-by-48-foot structure located 100 feet back from Broadway in an alcove between the Saratoga Shoe Depot and the mixed-use building with the new Swedish Hill Winery on the ground floor. Beer will be made on-site weekly and sold in its bar/restaurant. Chris Martell, one of the developers of the project, said the pub will host acoustic, classical guitar and jazz music, and has in the past said, "We want a place where people can relax; a place where people can talk back-and-forth without shouting." One of the major hold-ups was approval from the State Historic Preservation Office, which has until Nov. 11 to offer comments on the proposal because it lies in a national historic district. In addition, the city engineer and Department of Public Works have requested more detailed technical information on the proposed brew pub's stormwater management systems. Overall, though, the Planning Board seemed pleased by the presentation, particularly with the developers' "responsiveness to the neighbors." "Not every applicant will go to the extent you have gone -- which is redesigning your whole project," said Clifford Van Wagner, chairman of the board. "It's nice to see an applicant working with everyone in the city." An attorney for Sheila Parkert, owner of the Adelphi Hotel that abuts the proposed pub, voiced some concerns about the kitchen and brewery odors, the garbage cans and noise from the music and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Ahead of the meeting, though, the developers consolidated what was once proposed as a separate building for brewing into the second-story of the main building, moving the brewing process farther away from the Adelphi. They also moved the kitchen from the Adelphi-side of the property to the opposite, located the HVAC unit in a parapet with noise-dampening materials built into it and agreed to stop outdoor entertainment at 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. Martell said he hopes to have approval by the next meeting and construction started by mid-December, "hopefully."
Planning Board makes no decision on Broadway brewery yet
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Five residents of Greater Golden Hill stood outside the clubhouse at the Balboa Park Golf Course on July 21. Some held green mailers with handwritten notes scribbled on both sides of the page. Resident Jim St. Laurent was one of them. He fussed about the abandoned house and fallen fence next door to his house on A Street. A few weeks earlier, he called Alia Kanani, program manager of MAD (maintenance assessment district), to inform her about the eyesore. He's had no response, no action. St. Laurent decided he would raise the issue at MAD's July meeting. Along with four others, he stood outside the clubhouse on the third Monday of the month and discussed the disaster that has become Greater Golden Hill's MAD.
For the MAD committee, having just five people discuss the program's inefficacy at one of their meetings would have been an improvement -- at the last meeting, infighting and fist-pounding took up most of the scheduled time.
There was one small problem last Monday: no meeting. No one from the MAD committee, or the Greater Golden Hill CDC, showed. The meeting was apparently canceled with no notification sent to the community or posted on the corkboard at the clubhouse. So the five residents held their own "mad" meeting in the parking lot of the Balboa Park Golf Course.
"I just want to know how much of our money was budgeted for this meeting," said South Park resident Rosemary Kelly. "I wonder where they are having dinner, on our dime. I was against this from the start because I didn't know where my tax dollars would go, and I guess I was right."
The disgruntled denizens called program manager Kanani, but there was no answer.
This reporter also left a message for Kanani, though didn't receive an answer until the next day.
The website for Greater Golden Hill's CDC and MAD (goldenhillcdc.org/CGSMAD) included no mention of rescheduling the meeting.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Dorian Hargrove
- Bypassing Bylaws in Golden Hill — Sept. 18, 2009
- MAD Help Wanted — Sept. 17, 2008
- Two-for-One Special on Mediators — Aug. 19, 2008
- Phone Call From the MAD Chair — July 30, 2008
- MAD: Advisory or Oversight Committee? — June 17, 2008
Well raise your hand who's surprised.
Dear San Diego Reader Editor, My name is Alia Kanani and I am the Greater Golden Hill Clean, Green, and Safe MAD Program Manager. I would like to bring to your attention several inaccuracies in the article "MADs a No-Show" written by Dorian Hargrove and published in the San Diego Reader online on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The MAD Oversight Committee meeting was not cancelled on July 21st, rather the Oversight Committee decided to move their meeting up a week earlier on July 14,2008 to precede the CDC Board Meeting on July, 17, 2008. It was considered an "emergency meeting" so the Oversight Committee could have a chance to review any items that were to be approved by the CDC Board later in the week. To be very clear, it was not my decision to move the meeting, it was the decision of the Oversight Committee. The Oversight Committee Chair, David Skillman, noticed the meeting and posted the agenda on Friday, July 11, 2008. The agenda was also posted on the CDC's website and at the office on Friday, July 11, 2008. I agree that the meeting could have been better noticed to avoid any confusion and my apologizes to those that did not know about the change of the meeting date. In an email sent to me from the Oversight Committee Chair on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in which he responded to my concerns over calls that I received due to the "cancelled meeting," the chair admits that "several of us talked about posting [a notice] on the golf club door, and decided that we wouldn't, so tell complainers to blame me. It was a properly noticed meeting…" Had Mr. Hargrove or the others that called me on Monday night at 6:30pm, returned my phone messages that I left on Tuesday for them, I would have explained this to them. Also, the statement made by Jim St. Laurent is also inaccurate, in which the MAD has not addressed his concerns. I in fact spoke to Mr. St. Laurent when he called the office and told him that the dilapidated house and fence were code compliance issues and not under the purview of the MAD. However, I also told him that since one of our interns was working with a code compliance officer on another abandoned house, that I would have our intern notify the code compliance officer of the one brought forth by Mr. St. Laurent. Again, I believe that had Mr. Hargrove returned my call, I could have clarified this point. Lastly, I was unable to return the calls from Mr. Hargrove and the other residents till the next day because I was not in the office until Tuesday morning, July 22nd.
The CDC, including myself, is diligently working towards building a more positive image of the MAD since it has been such a contentious issue in the Greater Golden Hill area. We are actively finalizing the contract for the cleaning and trash removal services so that these services can start as soon as possible. However, articles like Mr. Hargrove's, which are blatantly bias against the CDC and me, the MAD Program Manager, and are not thoroughly researched, only create more controversy. I ask that the next time Mr. Hargrove decides to write and article about me or references my name that he please contact me so that I can have an opportunity to present my side. Sincerely, Alia Kanani GGHMAD Program Manager
Well, the Greater Golden Hill MAD committee should have fixed dates and stick to them. Advertised as a management committee, then an oversight committee, and currently an advisory committee, it may soon disappear completely.
Because this MAD program is funded directly by property owners, it has generated extensive community interest. The City Council, when it recently approved the budget of almost a million dollars mandated mediation for all parties. How much money stays in the CDC office and how much is spent outdoors? How much goes to special interests? The committee meeting is the only forum for the community to make their issues known. Please try again. Next time: Monday, August 18 at 6:30. Or did I get it wrong?
Ms. Kanani,
I'm glad you had a chance to clear things up! Though, I'm having a hard time finding the clarity, or the "inaccuracies" and "poor research" you are referring to. I reported on what transpired at the regularly scheduled meeting time. It is not my fault you do not like the opinions of some of those in which you were hired to serve -those that were apparently just as unaware as I, about any schedule changes.
In regard to your feeling, that the write-up was blatantly biased, I would also like to set the record straight. I am not in opposition to, or a proponent of the GGHMAD or CDC. I have only reported on the meetings, or "canceled" ones, that I have attended. If you go back and reread the article, you will see that I only stated the feelings of those frustrated residents and I did try and get your point of view, thus the reason for my phone call to you. I am sorry that my timing was not the best, most convenient time to reach you. I will be sure to keep your schedule fresh in my mind in case there is a similar misunderstanding. If you would like, please contact me and we can set up a good time and discuss some of the issues you feel the residents of the Golden Hill area should be made aware of.
See you at the next meeting!
Dorian 619-519-2227
I read the article with interest because as a resident of GGH and an opponent of the MAD, I see that my fears about its implementation continue. The original purpose of the MAD was inaccurately promoted by the GGH-CDC last year and after it passed, narrowly in July '07, there was another election to create an Oversight Board whose purpose, as advertised on that ballot in November '07, was to implement all the extra services our increased taxes were to pay for. As I understand it, this Board has NO oversight power. It was by-passed when the the paid administrator was hired and it has been relagated to the back seat when important decisions regarding budget priorities are discussed. The residents who went to the scheduled July 21 meeting have legitimate concerns. Noticing the meetings, especially changing the expected date, is the least we property owners deserve, even though OUR elected members come in second place, after the GGH-CDC gets its way. Mr. Hargrove, thanks for your article.


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News from around the web in the world of dogs and cats!
Ellen & Halo Pets to promote a stamp campaign for shelter pets.
Ellen DeGeneres is working with the U.S. Postal Service and Halo, Purely for Pets, her holistic pet care company, to promote a stamp campaign for shelter pets.
"This is a subject that I am extremely passionate about. By working together, we can find good homes for millions of adoptable, homeless and abandoned pets," said DeGeneres.
Comments : Which is your favorite?
EPA to Increase Restrictions on Spot-On Flea and Tick Products; Cautions consumers to use extra care
"The EPA is committed to better protecting the health and safety of pets and families in all communities across our nation," said Steve Owens, assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. "New restrictions will be placed on these products, and pet owners need to carefully read and follow all labeling before exposing your pet to a pesticide."
From the ASPCA on this issue;
"The ASPCA supports the EPA's focus on clear labeling to distinguish dog products from cat products," says Dr. Steven Hansen, ASPCA veterinary toxicologist and Senior Vice President Animal Health Services. "This alone could save cats' lives. Improving the precision of the amount applied will also increase the margin of safety for very small pets."
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Dogs can tell the difference between growls
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Comments :No surprise to dog lovers; we've always known our dogs had an extensive vocabulary. One thing though, the article makes reference to a "freshly cooked, meaty and juicy large calf bone in a bowl." We would not suggest using cooked bones with your dogs, as they can splinter. Raw meaty bones are a great treat because they do not splinter and they are great for cleaning the teeth and providing extra nutrients, but they should not be cooked.
AT&T sees big cash in small gizmos like dog collars
A wireless dog collar set to hit the market this year is just one of a plethora of new devices the telephone company hopes will catch on with U.S. consumers.
The collar could send text messages or emails to the owner of a pet when it strays outside a certain area, or the device could allow continuous tracking of the pet.
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Instead of driving straight home after my visit to Cheshire Cemetery (more on that in a later post), I decided to swing over to Oller Cemetery again. I've been kicking myself all week for not photographing the probable grave marker for Effa Hamilton (b. 1805, d. 1852), the wife of Isaac Butt (d. 1876).
Yes, most of it was as difficult to read as I remembered—except the first name. EFFA is clear as can be. Don't know why I thought I couldn't read it when I wrote my earlier post. See? Should have taken the photo the first time.
Today, unlike my last visit, the sky was overcast and thunderstorms were on the way, and so I didn't stay long. I'm sure I'll return soon to Oller Cemetery, but for now, I'm feeling satisfied that I have finished my business with Effa.


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Friday, 23 November 2007
Anyway, it was a beautiful cold Thanksgiving night. SR was still at work, so I ran out to the deserted trails with music and felt myself becoming part of the dark, empty night, when, basically, my hip just started hurting more and more. It's now to the point that I am having trouble walking. The only way I made it home was it was sooo cold that I think the pain was somewhat numbed.
I'm pretty sure it's the piriformis muscle.
So no running today. I'll stick to the bike, the elliptical and swimming. Hopefully I will avoid a big setback and I'll be running again tomorrow. We are again planning to go out of town for the weekend, which hopefully will involve running in a state park, but we'll see.
And now I'm asking for advice: does anyone know anything about pregnancy belts? From what I've been reading, they might make the runs more comfortable. But I don't want to end up with a hideous running accessory that does nothing more than cause chafing.
And for those of you who can run...
Running Song of the Day: I Love Ya by Nik og Jay (my favorite Danish band)
4 comments:
- Lisa said...
Oh no! I heard that during pregnancy your joints and tendons are more flexible and prone to injury? Perhaps this contributed? Hope your hip comes around soon. You are in such a good groove lately.
- 24 November 2007 at 20:20
- Run Forrest said...
Your joints and everything do loosen up a lot during the last trimester. It's your body getting ready for labor and delivery. It may be a good idea now to cut out the impact exercise to avoid any further injury.
- 25 November 2007 at 14:36
- olga said...
I wore pregnancy belt with my first child (btw, it was quite ugly, but then again, it was in Russia). I didn't run with it (I wasn't running back then), but walking in it did help to hold belly in place. I never saw one here, and would assume they are more comfortable. Can you ask you ObGyn for a sample?
Sorry it happened. Since I tore piriformis (along with hammie) back a year and half ago, it's never been the same. Try and get a belt or some other device to hold it tight.
- 25 November 2007 at 16:13
Sea Legs,
Sorry to read about your injury. Take it easy and heal up before pushing yourself too soon. I hated that feeling of ballooning up (swelling) I had it with two of my pregnancies it feels awful.
Not much longer to go :)
- 26 November 2007 at 03:16


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Photo of Steven Keith courtesy of Gil Talbot.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. –Three Harvard wrestlers
will compete for a top six finish at the 106th EIWA Championships
tomorrow. Seniors Louis Caputo and J.P. O'Connor advanced to
the finals at their respective weight classes and are guaranteed
bids to the NCAA Championships, while freshman Steven Keith needs
to win one more match to earn a spot in national tournament.
Keith avenged an earlier season loss to Kyle Gilchrist of Columbia in his first match of the day, earning and8-2 win at 125 pounds. After falling to the nation's No. 1 grappler in Troy Nickerson of Cornell, Keith defeated Lance Penhale in the consolation round, 5-3. He will meet the third seed Jason Borschoff of American for a chance to go for third.
O'Connor advanced to his fourth straight EIWA final with two bonus point wins and another decision. The nation's No. 1 wrestler at 157 pounds started the tournament off with a 12-1 win over Army's Daniel Young and then earned a 16-0 technical fall over Princeton's Danny Scotton. O'Connor will meet American's Steve Fittery in the final. The Oxford, N.Y., native is 29-0 on the season and has 126 career wins.
Caputo used two major decisions and a sudden victory win to make his way into his second EIWA final. Caputo, the 2008 champion at 184 pounds defeated the 2009 title holder David Craig, 3-1, in sudden victory to earn his spot in the final against No. 1 seed and fourth-ranked Mike Cannon of American. Caputo us 22-2 on the season and has 125 career wins.
The consolation finals begin at 10 a.m. Sunday morning followed by the championship finals at 3 p.m.
125 - Steven Keith
def. No. 8 seed Kyle Gilchrist (Columbia), D, 8-2
fell to No. 2/No. 1 seed Troy Nickerson (Cornell), F, 2:46
def. Lance Penhale (Army), D, 5-3
133 – Fermin Mendez
fell to No. 14/No. 2 seed Matt Fisk (Lehigh) F, 1:16
fell to Cortlandt Choate (Brown), TF, 19-3 (3:00)
157 – No. 1/No. 1 seed J.P. O'Connor
def. Daniel Young (Army), Md, 12-1
def. No. 8 seed Danny Scotton (Princeton), TF, 16-0 (3:41)
def. No. 4 seed Daryl Cocozzo (Rutgers) D, 6-3
165- Adam Hogue
fell to No. 5 seed Stephen Burak (Penn), F, 5:29
fell to Robby Neill (Navy), Md, 9-1
174- Paul Lalo
fell to No. 14/No. 2 seed Scott Griffin (Penn), F, 5:22
fell to Michael Billings (Navy), D, 8-7
184- No. 4/No. 2 seed Louis Caputo
def. Kurt Brendel (Princeton), D, 8-0
def. Bran Crudden () Md, 10-2
def. No. 14/No. 3 seed David Craig (Lehigh), D, 3-1 sv
197- Sean Murphy
fell to No. 5/No. 1 seed Cam Simaz (Cornell) F, 2:54
fell to Lamar Brown (Rutgers), Md, 15-6
285- Spencer DeSena
fell to No. 8 seed Tyler Blakely (Penn), D, 7-0
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Cuisine Scene: Nine Dragons Review
by Debra Martin Koma
AllEars® Senior Editor
Feature Article
This article appeared in the September 16, 2004 Issue #260 of ALL EARS® (ISSN: 1533-0753)
There are so many good restaurants at Walt Disney World, it's surprising when you hear a lot of complaints about one in particular. But over the years, that's how it's been with the Nine Dragons Restaurant, located in the China pavilion of Epcot's World Showcase.
Maybe "complaints" is too strong a word, although we have heard from many disappointed diners on the quality of the food. More often, though, the disgruntled will say something along the lines of, "The food wasn't bad, it just wasn't any better than the Chinese food I can get from <insert local Asian restaurant name> down the street. Plus, it's a heckuva lot more expensive!"
With comments like that in mind, I've always shied away from Nine Dragons during my visits to the World. But since my ongoing goal is to reduce the number of Walt Disney World restaurants at which I've not dined, I decided it was time to finally venture into Nine Dragons to find out what everyone else was talking about.
A few weeks ago, our party of four arrived about 15 minutes early for our 7:30 p.m. Priority Seating. We were shown to our table immediately, and as it was a very busy Saturday night, I took this as a good sign. Our server came promptly to take our drink orders, so we could sip while we perused the beautiful 250-seat restaurant and its lengthy menu.
The atmosphere was lively, but not overly loud, and I enjoyed looking at the intricately carved and painted Oriental wooden screen lining one wall and partially shielding the kitchen entrance. Dark wood tables and ornate matching chairs were placed a little too close for comfort to one another around the open, brightly lit dining area, but the oversized windows featured a gorgeous view overlooking World Showcase.
Our meal began with a variety of starters. The Appetizer Tri-Star ($11.95) was a combination of three popular dim sums: tender sauteed dumplings filled with pork and vegetables known as pot stickers, two Shanghai-style shrimp and pork spring rolls, and two Chicken Shao Mai (sometimes spelled Shu Mai), a traditional dim sum made with chicken, shrimp, and water chestnuts with a subtle trace of ginger. The crispy spring rolls were only just average, but the pot stickers were savory and the Shao Mai bursting with flavor. The platter was garnished with steamed asparagus spears and carrots coated with sesame seeds, an unusual, not to mention colorful, touch — I think we enjoyed them as much as the "real" appetizers. We also sampled the Fried Almond Shrimp ($8.95). The large butterflied shrimp, coated generously with crushed almonds then deep-fried, were inviting, yet upon biting into one, one thought emerged: "Where's the taste?" They weren't salty, they weren't fishy, they had no distinctive cherry-almond flavor whatsoever — they were, in a word, bland. Much more worth the effort of chewing were the lightly spiced taro root sticks that were served with the shrimp — with the same texture and consistency of an unsalted French fry, these little accompaniments were "some-morish." The appetizers came with three dipping sauces, including a spicy hot mustard that would clear even the stuffiest sinuses. Wow!
The official info for this restaurant says that it serves cuisine from five Chinese provinces, so we scoured the menu hoping to taste a sampling from a variety of regions. The Beef with Spicy Sha Cha Sauce ($18.50) represented the Hunan/Szechuan region, enlivened as it was with hot peppers and a slightly tangy soy-based sauce. Accented with generous slices of Buddha's hand squash, the marinated, stir-fried beef strips were tender and juicy — a clear winner.
The two chicken dishes we chose, however, were a disappointment, not because of their quality, but because of their similarity to one another. General Tso's Chicken ($16.75) is a popular item on most Chinese restaurant menus, and Nine Dragons' version was appropriately sweet with just a slight zing. The crispy batter-dipped and fried chicken chunks were dressed in a light brown sauce and accented with lots of onions, an uncommon, but not unpleasant, touch. The Honey Sesame Chicken ($17.95) was tasty, but the breaded and fried chicken pieces were virtually the same as those used in the General Tso's dish — the only difference was that they were coated with a cloyingly sweet, thick honey glaze and sesame seeds. Of the two, I preferred the General Tso's, both because of its added peppery zip, and its less sweet aftertaste.
Finally, we chose Mu Shu Pork ($15.45) to represent the northern, or Peking, region of China. The lean, shredded pork is sautéed with scallions, mushrooms and other vegetables, then mixed with a scrambled egg, and served with four thin "Mandarin pancakes" and rich, slightly sweet hoisin sauce. (Note: the menu says the dish is "hand rolled in Mandarin pancakes at your table." Well, yeah, it was… by me.) Mu Shu Pork is one of my favorite Chinese dishes — in fact, I had had it from the Chinese take-out place back at home just a few days before my visit to Orlando. Nine Dragons' rendition of the dish was perfectly acceptable — not outstanding, by any stretch, but probably on a par with the Mu Shu I'd had earlier in the week. The main difference is that at home I'd only paid $6.50 for the dish.
I understand from one of our dining companions, a longtime and frequent Walt Disney World visitor, that Nine Dragons has evolved over the years, and not necessarily for the better. As someone who has spent time in the Orient and is familiar with "real" Chinese food, my friend noted that to some degree it was inevitable that the Disney restaurant would "Americanize" the dishes to suit most patrons' tastes. Still, he waxed nostalgic for the earlier incarnation of Nine Dragons, which originally featured cuisine more authentic to that found in the region.
After such a lackluster meal, we weren't at all tempted to stay for dessert (can you believe that I said that? I can't!), especially since my very favorite fireworks show, IllumiNations, beckoned us outside. Instead, we munched on our unusual two-tone fortune cookies — chocolate and vanilla, that was a surprise! — and headed out to catch the evening's show.
I would have to say that given our experience at Nine Dragons, the criticism leveled at it by disappointed diners is fair. While the service was friendly and efficient (we had plenty of steamed rice, our water glasses were frequently refilled), it wasn't overly attentive. And even though I certainly wouldn't call our meal here bad, it was just not exceptional in any way. Well, unless you count the prices, which were more than twice what you would pay for an almost identical meal at any other Chinese restaurant outside of Epcot. If I were craving Asian-inspired food, I'd return to Teppanyaki in the Japan pavilion next time.
Related Links:
Nine Dragons Dinner Menu: http://allears.net/dining/menu/nine-dragons/dinner
Lunch Menu: http://allears.net/dining/menu/nine-dragons/lunch
Children's Menu: http://allears.net/dining/menu/nine-dragons/child-lunch-dinner
(Note: Probably not the best place for a very picky child — the Nine Dragons children's menu is very limited.)
Recipe for Nine Dragons' Honey Sesame Chicken: http://allears.net/din/recipes/rec_hsc.htm
Editor's Note: This story/information was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all current rates, information and other details before planning your trip.


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Ms. Harayda said that she had opened the annual awards to children's books to in the interests of diversity. She said the change would allow the Delete Key Awards to represent better the full range of literary bottom-feeders.
"It isn't fair to suggest that adult-book publishers are the only ones shoveling junk at us," she said. "Not when we have everything from cheesy knock-offs of The Velveteen Rabbit, which was inadvertently allowed to go out of copyright, to Steve Martin making fun of people with disabilities in an alphabet book for 2-to-4-year-olds."
Ms. Harayda said she hoped that the decision to include children's books would make the prizes fairer and also encourage Martin to stick to making movies "unless they were like Sgt. Bilko." She noted that some people might see the change as a technicality given that the 2007 first runner-up, Mitch Albom's For One More Day, is written at a third-grade reading level, according to the Flesch-Kincaid readability statistics that are part of the spell-checker on Microsoft Word.
The finalists for the Delete Key Awards will be announced beginning at noon on Friday, Feb. 29, and the winners on March 15. Anybody may nominate a candidate for one of the awards by leaving a comment on the site or sending an e-mail message to the address on the contact form.
Ms. Harayda reminded people that she does not accept free books from publishers even if they would send them to her "which, let's face it, no same publisher would." She is an award-winning journalist who has been the book columnist for Glamour and book editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Museum buzzing with Science in the City 2011
The Museum has become a hive of activity with students swarming to Science the City 2011.
The Museum is abuzz with primary school students hypothesising, researching, thinking, testing and recording at this year's Science in the City. It's bigger and better than ever. Students are interacting with scientists in the Science in the City Expo, being held for the first time in our brand new exhibition space.
For three days this week primary students are being motivated by science in workshops, educational talks and interactive whiz bang shows. Imaginations are being stung with thoughts of a possible future career in science. Expert scientists and presenters from the University of Sydney, 3M, Fizzics, CSIRO, Questacon, SOPA are engaging students in all things scientific.
Next week secondary school students will have their opportunity for fun and inspiration about science.
If your students missed out this year ensure you book early for 2012.


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Patients Turn to GoFundMe When Money and Hope Run Out
Tammy Fox wanted to help after a friend took ill with a rare and difficult-to-diagnose autoimmune disorder that required many trips to the Mayo Clinic.
Although Fox couldn't do anything medically, she knew there was a way to ease some of the burden of medical bills and costs associated with doctor visits. She turned to the website GoFundMe and set up a site for her friend.
"You've got meals; you've got hotel stays," she said. "And gas. So that all needed to be covered."
Contributions came in from strangers, noted Fox, who lives in suburban Minneapolis. "It's crazy cool how awesome people are and what they're willing to give. People, when they come together, can just move mountains — and I think that's awesome to see."
GoFundMe, the largest online, crowdsourced fundraising platform, says contributors have raised more than $5 billion, all told, from 50 million donations in the eight years it has been in business.
Setting up a GoFundMe page has also become a go-to way for people in need of help to pay their doctors and other health providers. Medical fundraisers now account for 1 in 3 of the website's campaigns, and they bring in more money than any other GoFundMe category, said GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon.
"In the old paradigm you would give $20 to somebody who needed help," Solomon said. "In the new paradigm, you'll give $20, you'll share that and that could turn into 10, 20, 50 or 100 people doing that. So, the $20 could turn into hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars."
Stories of tragic illness and financial hardship — all of them with pictures of those suffering — are easy to find in GoFundMe's medical section.
One such case is musician Carolyn Deal, from Marshall, N.C., who lost nearly all her hearing after a traumatic brain injury. Deal has raised nearly $25,000 for alternative treatments and procedures she would like to try that her health insurance won't cover.
Americans' confidence that they can afford health care is slipping, said Sara Collins, an economist at the Commonwealth Fund who studies American health care concerns. Even for conventional treatments covered under most health plans, the copays and high deductibles have left many people with health insurance they can't afford to use.
Her organization recently surveyed working-age Americans, asking whether they felt they had the ability to pay an unexpected medical bill of $1,000 in 30 days. Nearly half said no.
"We find that underinsured people are nearly as likely to report problems paying their medical bills as people who don't have any insurance," she said. "And they also report not getting needed health care at rates that are nearly as high as those who are uninsured."
So it shouldn't be surprising that people are raising funds through crowdsourcing, Collins said. "But it really should be a deep concern for policymakers and providers."
Solomon acknowledges that the challenges in understanding how health insurance works and the wide-ranging coverage landscape are driving interest in the site.
"There's just a lot of cost associated with the medical space, and it has become a very important category on GoFundMe," he said.
Until about a year ago, GoFundMe kept 5 percent of fundraising proceeds in addition to collecting a nearly 3 percent credit card processing fee. It still charges the credit card fee but no longer collects the 5 percent surcharge.
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Ross excited to rejoin Padres' rotation
MILWAUKEE -- The question made Padres pitcher Tyson Ross laugh on Monday.
Did he ever think he'd be peppered with so many questions about his hitting?View Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- The question made Padres pitcher Tyson Ross laugh on Monday.
Did he ever think he'd be peppered with so many questions about his hitting?View Full Game Coverage
"Never," he said, smiling.
A strained left shoulder injury that he sustained in April -- while getting a hit off the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, no less -- essentially sidetracked Ross' early season, though he's finally set to jump back into the team's starting rotation.
Ross will be added to the team's 25-man roster before making a start on Tuesday against the Brewers at Miller Park. It will be his first start since April 17.
"It was unfortunate I had an injury early in the season, but I'm excited about getting back in the rotation and starting every fifth day," Ross said.
Ross, who began the season as the team's fifth starter, suffered a subluxation to his left (non-throwing) shoulder swinging a bat against the Dodgers. He missed 14 games while recovering and then rejoined the team as a reliever.
The Padres optioned Ross to Triple-A Tucson on July 9 to build his endurance and pitch count with the intent of sticking him back in the rotation. That opportunity will come Tuesday.
Ross threw 62 and 70 pitches in his two games in Tucson and manager Bud Black feels he can throw in the 90-pitch range at this point.
Ross went as far to retool his swing with hitting coach Phil Plantier to take stress off his shoulder so he doesn't suffer a similar injury.
"His arm is strong ... he feels good," Black said. "The two starts [in Tucson] set him up for this start."
Ross didn't just build his endurance in Tucson; he worked on his changeup to give him a third pitch to add to his fastball and slider. Ross used it a lot, he said, and intends on doing so Tuesday and moving forward.
"I wasn't able to use it much coming out of the bullpen because you don't want to get beat with your third pitch," Ross said. "The first couple I threw in a game [in Tucson] were not that great. But if I threw a bad one, I'd come back and throw another one."
Ross went 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in three starts before he was injured. As a reliever, he went 0-3 with a 3.48 ERA over 19 appearances.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter.


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OK? You sure it does that well?
OK? You sure it does that well?
Want to race? We'll start with a full tank of fuel and see who can move more bees. A blueberry grove during a thunderstorm should be a good course.
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
Besides my 98 dodge 3500 12 valve with almost 300K and two transmissions, I also have a freightliner tandem that can gross 54,000. 22 ft flatbed with 4 ft sleeper....my home away from home. But there are places i cant get the freightliner.....so I use my dodge....at 19 mpg or 15 pulling a swinger. As far as Ford goes....like I said a great truck but a powerjoke for a engine. Had a 2001...spent more time getting worked on than being driven and yes I have put two transmissions in my dodge but I have made many trips to florida grossing 21,000 to 27 or 28,000 so I cant complain!
How many tires do you put on that dodge a year? Is that 28,000 pulling your big trailer?
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
bought my dodge with 320k miles on it now i have 370k still going strong getting it ready to make the winter trip now, have to get new tires on her in the next week or two any suggestions? the more aggressive the better, (its only two wheel drive). regards Nick
Have your welder add about a foot to the frame,and you can put a 12 foot bed on a f-350 or dodge 3500.
I have an f 350 that has a 12 foot bed now (never will have another) and had a dodge 3500 the same way.
I'm going back to the Cummins next time,I don't care what frame it's in!
Where there are fruits and nuts there are beekeepers!!!
One thing I also like about my truck is that I can pull honey on a few hundred hive without having to go home in the middle of the day to unload . My father loves his 10 wheeler but its way to much truck for me to drive. I got sick of cutting down trees and putting mail boxes back up.
Here's a pic of a load of orange honey:
and one after I won the "you need a 4X4 bet"
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
Lets go! I can haul 144 triple deep hives in one load. But you already knew that.
P.S. Gonna be at the meeting?
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
If you guys are going to race I wanna watch. haha.
Gulf Shores, AL
We need the little popcorn man for this one.Lol
who going to tape this event?
Thats true Keith it is an almond thread but if they wait for the berries its a closer ticket price for me though. haha.
Gulf Shores, AL
Since your da best, DBEST, had to comment on your pic. If you went to six way pallets you wouldn't have had to double stack your pallets, less forklifting, faster, and a safer load. Unless your forklift can't pick up that much. Also I hope the smoker bungeed to your step was temporary and not going down the highway like that. Can you say "sidebox."
My smoker is always there. I hate having a lit smoker inside a tool box, I've never had one fall off if you notice it stayed on while being drug thought the mud. I've tried 6 way pallets, I didn't like them. I move the hives around on the pallets before almonds and right before blueberries to make sure the weak ones stay behind and middle one was a pain in the neck. Also when I was attempting to convert it was cluster trying to load 4 ways and 6 ways onto the same truck, to switch all 2500 in one year would be a nightmare.
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
I still win dbest. When your bobcat is stuck all nite long. Maybe Greenbeekeeping will come up and pull you out with his swinger just to make it fair.
P.S. I'll be at the meeting Friday . I'll buy lunch
The problem with the swinger is its only 2 wheel drive , 1 front and 1 rear. If you have locker then its 3 wheel drive. I still win...its ok.
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless


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Paul Moore
Paul Moore
Paul is a massive asset to Norfolk CTC and the wider cycling community. Just over four years ago, Paul absolutely single‑handedly set up the already award winning Diss Section, providing a family style cycle touring club which caters for all abilities serving the extremely rural South Norfolk community. Every year he volunteers for more positions within the section and "DA' and has become a valuable assistant to a fledgling young President trying to steer the member group through the current times of change.
He is currently the Diss Secretary, Rides Leader and Rides Secretary, Social Secretary, DA Vice‑Chairperson, our events Risk‑Assessor, representative on Norfolk Cycling Forums and a very active member of the Steering Group. Also this year he was unanimously voted to be the next Norfolk CTC President serving the next 3 years as Vice‑President beforehand and until recently he was the editor of Norfolk DAs very successful and popular magazine "Cyclone", which remains at the very hub of what Norfolk CTC do!
Unfortunately late last year Paul found that he was unable to continue his passion of cycling himself due to the pain of a degenerating hip problem. Despite this he has continued to run the Diss Section and is ever‑more involved in DA and wider WC affairs, assisting in the formation and interpretation of the new constitution and DA handbook amongst assisting in and orqanising many other rides and events.


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Surrounded by her loving family, a young 23 year old took her last breath on September 3, 2011. Her parents lost their child, a brother lost his sister that he looked up to and her sister lost not only a sister, but also her soul mate. More then three months have past and while most people sat and ate their Thanksgiving dinner with their family and opened presents on Christmas day, the Jacaruso family dealt with their first holidays without Briannas warm smile and addictive laughter.
Brianna lived a "live life to the fullest" kind of life. She loved her friends, adored her family and had a passion for animals. Even through many people lit up a room, Briannas light blinded everyone. Her sweet heart, addictive laughter and loyalty to the people she loved touched so many people. When she left this earth, it not only affected her family and friends but also friends of friends, people she only met once and some people she have never even met. Briannas family decided to raise some money to plant a tree in her memory. Not only did they raise enough money to plant a tree, but they also had enough to buy a plack, a bench, and gave $2,000 to the animal shelter in Blooming Grove where she adopted her animals all in her name. I am so honored to have known Brianna for ten years, I am blessed to have had her in my life, and I am so deeply touched from all the people who had helped the Jacaruso family. So let us all go into the new year living our lives like Brianna lived hers; Live life to the fullest". Many thank yous and have a wonderful new year!
Jennifer Schutz
American Hero's
Sunday evening, while dinning at Longhorns in Newburgh, my wife and I were seated across from a young serviceman and his family. The young daughter who was sitting with them keep saying Daddy, Daddy. he would respond yes honey. It reminds me of the serviceman who are now starting to arrive home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The time they have missed watching their children grow up. I asked the waitress to please add their tab to mine. Upon the family asking for their bill, the waitress had mention that we had taken care of it. The young service came over and said, Sir, you did not have to do that. I asked him his name and he said, my name Sir is Milton Calderon (hope the last name is spelled correctly). I explained, all I wanted to do was thank him, for his serivce to this country and welcome home.
Bob Gotz
New Windsor
Last week I called the police station to ask them to send an officer to my house to verify that my husband had died.
Officers Tobin and Valentin arrived with two EMTs in a matter of minutes. Officers Tobin and Valentin stayed with my two daughters and myself supporting us with calmness and dignity during a very difficult time.
Thank you, Officer Tobin and Valentin.
Ruth Rosen
On behald of the New Paltz Ballet Theatre Board of Directors, in gratitude for ensuring a lovely and very successful run of The Nutcracker at the Bardavon Theater, I wish to thank the many individuals and businesses that supported this enormous endeavor.
Many thanks to our corporate and business sponsors, especially the Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, the Rocking Horse Ranch, the Colonial Flower Shop, Morgan's Florist, Pilates of New Paltz, IBM, Dutchess Community College and Mix 97.7.
Thank you also to the individual donors, parent volunteers, student volunteers, the Principal dancers from the New York City Ballet, and the beautiful dancers of the New Paltz Ballet School.
We appreciate all of your contributions that made our Nutcracker production a hit for six sold-out performances.
The New Paltz Ballet Theatre looks toward the future, and strives to continue to provide opportunities to local young rising performers while presenting our community with high quality ballet performances. We hope for the community's continued support in our next venture: the Theatre's Spring Gala production of the ballet Coppelia, great fun for both children and adults alike, at the Bardavon on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 3 p.m,
Jill Berger, President
NPBT Board of Directors
New Paltz
As the wife of an Orange County Legislator, Mike Anagnostakis, I would like to take a moment to praise the Goshen Village officials for voting to start immediately paying 20 percent of the cost of their health insurance premiums that they and any elected official in the village of Goshen receive.
In particular, kudos go to Mayor Kyle Roddey's proposal and to Trustees Peter Smith, Malcom Stewart, Edward Char, and Marcia Mattheus for unanimously voting this in. They understand the meaning of Public Service and Leadership!
For those that do not, the people see and understand what is going on with this issue. In order to keep their elected positions, I predict that one day soon, ALL elected officials will change their stance and do the right thing. That will be a victory for the people.
Colleen Anagnostakis


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According to an AMD-funded research project performed by Dr. Michael Williams of the ERS group, Intel's monopoly in the CPU industry is responsible for $60 billion in profits from 1996-2006. This conclusion is ostensibly based on a number of factors, including:
- Recent findings of the European Commission and the Japan Fair Trade Commission in 2005.
- The rarity of firms that consistently return a 16%+ rate of economic return
- Negative average economic returns earned by other semiconductor companies.
According to the same study, consumers would save approximately 60 billion dollars over the next ten years if the microprocessor market was fairly competitive, while manufacturers would save an additional 20 billion dollars. On the one hand, the fact that AMD backed this particular study casts doubt on its conclusions—but there's no denying that two separate trade organizations have raised significant concerns over Intel's business practices. In March of 2005, the Japanese FTC issued a decision that found IJKK (Intel's Japanese branch) had engaged in activities that forced OEM manufacturers to stop offering competitive products from other CPU manufacturers. From that report:
Based on the facts mentioned above, the ratio of the sales volume by AMD Japan and Transmeta USA among Total
Domestic CPU Sales Volume decreased from approximately 24% in 2002 to approximately 11% in 2003.
By means of such conducts, IJKK has substantially restrained the competition in
the market of CPUs sold to the Japanese OEMs…
Intel, for its part, stated at the time that it accepted the recommendations and remedies prescribed by the JFTC, but did not agree with the organization's findings. More recently, the European Commission has chosen to send Intel a Statement of Objections (SO) in which the Commission outlines its preliminary view that "Intel has infringed the EC Treaty rules on abuse of a dominant position (Article 82) with the aim of excluding its main rival, AMD, from the x86 Computer Processing Units (CPU) market."
According to the summary provided on the EC's web site, the organization believes Intel has engaged in three types of abuse. First, Intel provided substantial rebates to OEM customers if and only if those customers were willing to purchase a majority of their processors from Intel. Second, Intel stands accused of paying off OEMs to delay or scrap plans to produce AMD-based products. Third, when bidding against competitive bids from AMD, Intel has offered server parts at below market cost in order to entice OEMs. Intel has 10 weeks to file a legal reply to the SO. Intel's PR department responded to the news by stating that Intel's conduct has been "lawful, pro-competitive, and beneficial to consumers." The CPU giant also implied that because the EC's case was based on complaints from a competitor, rather than a consumer agency, no consumer harm has actually taken place.
It's important to remember that the findings of the EC do not constitute a legal decision or a final, binding judgment against Intel. AMD won the right to include information on Intel's foreign operations in its US-based anti-trust case, but the right to conduct discovery on foreign operations does not automatically mean that the information obtained can be entered into the court record as evidence. Obviously, when the time comes, AMD will want to enter the findings of the JFTC (and potentially the EC) as evidence against Intel, but it's not clear yet whether or not they'll be able to do so.
Given this history of governmental actions, it becomes less clear whether or not the fact that AMD funded a study automatically condemns its information as hopelessly biased, but the company is definitely trying to drum up support for its interpretation of the scenario. AMD has launched a new website, entitled "AMD Break Free" to tell its side of the story and educate consumers regarding Intel's alleged past activities. As a tool for understanding AMD's arguments and position, the site is fairly handy, but there are always two sides to every story. Past decisions from the JFTC and the EC obviously indicate that both institutions have had significant questions about practices that Intel defends as being in the best interest of consumers, but nothing has been decided yet, and no court verdict has been obtained. Until that occurs, Intel remains presumed innocent—and the burden of proof lies on AMD.


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Marvel Comics god Stan Lee gave his thumbs a vigorous workout yesterday trumpeting all sorts of tidbits about movies in the pipeline
"To make up for my previous grievous error, here's a little item that may have escaped you. Marvel is prepping a movie starring-- Ant Man!," read one tweet, which was quickly followed by two more bits of news.
"I had lunch with the cool, young director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and, as you'd imagine, we had fun discussing the tiny hero," and "Ant Man is just one of the many wild treats Marvel has planned for you, such as Iron Fist, Dr. Strange, Black Panther and more, more, more!"
"Sometimes you shouldn't meet your heroes in case they disappoint. @smilinstanlee does not disappoint," read a tweet on Wright's feed at around the same time.
Wright is great choice to write and direct "Ant-Man" -- which could easily devolve into "Honey I Shrunk the Super Hero." He has already been working on a script when his attention was diverted to "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," the hotly anticipated comic book adaptation starring Michael Cera which is due Aug. 13.
Wright's work with Simon Pegg on "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz" and the British series "Spaced" has shown a talent for action and a gift for the absurd that a miniature hero would require.
In other Marvel news, it's been announced that Lee's Pow Entertainment and A Squared Entertainment will develop "Super Seven," a print comic and TV sereis about a group of alien superheroes who are befriend by Lee.
"Although I've briefly appeared in other comics, 'Super Seven' is the first time that I'll actually be a continuing character in a far-out, original superhero series," Lee told Variety.
Not all that long ago, Lee was feeling burned by the whole Marvel-to-movies money machine, feelings as though a bunch of nerds-come-lately had been enjoying massive paydays on his hard work. Now the guy can't get enough of Hollywood.


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SAWADI, Oman, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Marine environmentalists in northern Oman have managed to guide four beached false killer whales back to sea, officials said.
About 12 false killer whales, which belong to the dolphin family, but look similar to killer whales, were found beached near the town of Sawadi on Wednesday, Gulf News reported.
"So far we estimate about a dozen animals were stranded," said marine scientist Andrew Wilson, a member of the Renaissance Whale and Dolphin Research Team at the Environment Society of Oman. "We found that four of the beached dolphins had already died."
A rescue team escorted four of the animals back to sea Wednesday.
Wilson said necropsies have been performed on the four dead animals, and that very little food remains were found in their stomachs.
"There were some very old remains of fish," he said.
"We have taken samples of liver and kidney to investigate the reasons behind the dolphins becoming stranded," Wilson said.
The rescue operation continued Thursday.


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I want a full color logo that fits in the location in the header of the current website design (zip file). I also need a black and white version and a favicon version. These can be delivered after the logo design is finalized.
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