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Butte County Supervisor Districts 2 & 3 Candidates: Larry Wahl, Debra Lucero, Bob Evans, Norm Rosene, Tami Ritter
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Tami Ritter
- Protection of the North State's water interests and...
- Increased collaboration between county and city governments...
- Countywide emergency preparedness for protection from...
Bob Evans
- Public Safety it the top responsibility of governments...
- Protecting your tax dollars by ensuring County services...
- Creating streamlined processes that will foster business...
Norm Rosene
- Public Safety and Fire Safety
- Agriculture, Water, and the Environment
- Economic Development and Jobs
Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Protection of the North State's water interests and enforcement of prudent water policy.
- Increased collaboration between county and city governments to address the jurisdiction's housing crisis and mental health service gaps.
- Countywide emergency preparedness for protection from fire, flood, and natural disasters. Increased communication systems to aid in evacuation and sheltering.
Actividades comunitarias
Tami is a former Board Member of the League of Women Voters, where she served as co-chair of the Social Justice Committee. Tami has served as an Associate Board member for Community Housing Improvement Program for the past 17 years. She is an avid supporter of the Butte Environmental Council, AquAlliance, Crisis Care Advocacy & Triage, Chico Peace and Justice Center, NSPR, Friends of the Library, and the Chico Housing Action Team. In her spare time, Tami also volunteers for the nonprofit she co-founded, Circles of Justice, teaching Restorative Practices to educators, administrators, teachers, and parents.
Tami's experience as a Chico City Councilor from 2012-2016 strengthened her commitment to serve our community. She is invested in seeing Butte County develop in a thoughtful and strategic manner where we protect our natural environment, provide opportunity for citizens and businesses to flourish, and ensure the well-being of future Butte County residents.
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- California Nurses Association
- United Food and Commercial Workers 8, Golden State
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- Maureen Kirk, Butte County Supervisor District 3
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Filosofía política
I chose Butte County as my home over twenty years ago. During that time I have lived in Butte Valley, Oroville, Brush Creek, and Chico. I understand that Butte County is not homogenous but encompasses diverse communities with diverse needs. As your Butte County Supervisor I will work with all citizens of the county to ensure that their specific needs are being heard and addressed by the Board. I truly believe there is no better place to live than the North State. From our rich agricultural heritage to our vast options for outdoor recreation, we have an obligation to preserve and protect this beautiful place we are lucky enough to call home.
In 2012 I ran for city council, promising voters that I would exercise fiscal conservatism, that I would work diligently with constituents of all political persuasions, and that I would always make myself accessible to citizens to hear their concerns and ideas. During my term on council I consistently voted for sound fiscal policy eliminating an over 8 million dollar deficit and setting the City on the correct course.
As a County Supervisor, I promise to continue to embrace the same fiscally prudent values, to work diligently to protect the North State's water interests, protect our valuable agricultural land, increase collaboration between County and City governments to address our housing crisis, mental health service gaps, and emergency preparedness. Not only will I be a champion for responsible and sustainable development, I will work to ensure that our community has adequate fire coverage across the diverse regions.
To find our more about my values, education/training and relevant experience, please visit https://ritterforsupervisor.com/
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Public Safety/Emergency Preparedness
Public Safety/Emergency Preparedness is a very broad topic which requires a great deal of collaboration between governments and non-governmental agencies and programs.
Public Safety/Emergency preparedness is at the top of my priority list and includes both police and firefighters, as well as other emergency responders, outreach workers, public works, and a variety of other community partners, working together. When we look at a comprehensive plan for what our community will need in the event of a natural or human-caused crisis, we must include countywide communications, evacuation planning, emergency shelter/supplies, as well as transportation, accommodations for individuals with disabilities, and battery backup for those dependent upon medical interventions which require power sources.
Because of the varied terrain and remote communities in our County, we must have plans in place to reach residents in rural and mountain communities that lack adequate cell coverage. Grassroots networking will be the best way to ensure that everyone is accounted for in the event of an emergency. Our local community of Cohasset currently has only one road in and out of the foothill community. This makes maintenance and up- keep of that one road even more critical. Alternate routes for evacuation must also be explored and included in the community planning process.
Emergency planning includes road maintenance and road crews to ensure that roads are passable from downed trees, power lines, and other obstructions. Additionally, prioritizing tree care and the services of an arborist is an important part of keeping our roads safe and passable. Our tree crews, who maintain the health of our urban forest, assess trees that may be diseased or dying and remove hazardous trees which helps to keep citizens safe.
Emergency planning also means making sure we have sanitation measures in place prior to a catastrophic event. The City of San Diego recently found themselves in the heart of a preventable emergency public health crisis. By providing adequate restrooms and sanitation the City of San Diego could have circumvented a Hepatitis A outbreak that spread to over 580 people and hospitalized over 400. I feel very strongly that Butte County needs to have a sanitation plan in place right now while our county is experiencing a housing crisis. Addressing the needs of the community prior to a Hepatitis outbreak ensures that our hospitals do not become overburdened with infection cases, that public health does not need to hold emergency immunization clinics, and that our public workers do not need to spend time decontaminating streets and sidewalks. Butte County needs to prioritize the provision of bathrooms and wash stations in their urban cores. Additionally, in collaboration with non-governmental agencies, the public health department should work with the Cities of Chico and Oroville to coordinate immunization clinics for at-risk populations.
Public Safety/Emergency Preparedness is a very broad topic and will require a great deal of collaboration between governments and non-governmental agencies and programs. The only way to effectively deal with these various issues is through effective collaboration. Using my skills as a professional Mediator as well as knowledge gained from serving four years as an elected Chico City Councilmember, I will effectively facilitate collaborative efforts and partnerships to provide the best possible services to our County's constituents.
Housing/Homelessness/Behavioral Health
To effectively administer services throughout the county we must coordinate between all the cities and prioritize together where the county-wide resources should be allocated.
If you live in Butte County you have undoubtedly heard of or seen the effects of our current housing crisis. As an example, the city of Chico has less than a 1% vacancy rate for rental units. My experiences as the Executive Director of The Torres Community Shelter and of Butte County Habitat for Humanity have informed my position that Chico needs to build up and infill to provide more housing stock.
When housing stock is unavailable, especially for lower income individuals and individuals with behavioral health issues, the issue of homelessness becomes more pronounced. There are many reasons why individuals may find themselves without stable housing. Currently there is a narrative that suggests being homeless is related to a moral failing, however, statistics don't support this concept. Poverty is without a doubt the single most significant factor. Loss of a job, physical health issues, behavioral health issues, legal issues, loss of a loved one, all of these can lead one to homelessness. Without effective social safety nets, we see more and more people literally on the streets.
Butte County's Continuum of Care (COC) is a group comprised of area service providers and local governments. COC is the entity that receives the funding from the State to support homeless prevention services, outreach, and direct client services. As your County Supervisor, I would like the see the COC receive ALL the funding that is available for our County. Currently, the COC is being penalized $50,000 annually due to the City of Chico's Sit/Lie & 'Protection of Waterways' ordinances. The Department of Housing and Community Development withholds funds from any jurisdiction that passes ordinances that they deem as criminalizing homelessness. I would like to see that rectified by promoting ordinances that are proven effective and that don't cause the County to lose funds.
Professionals in the housing field know that such criminalizing ordinances are ineffective and costly to the jurisdictions that implement them. To effectively administer services throughout the county we must coordinate between all the cities and prioritize together where the county-wide resources should be allocated. One city within the Continuum of Care should not be permitted to negatively affect the funding available to the county as a whole.
We must also begin to look at the intersection between our housing crisis and public safety. When an individual doesn't have a fixed address, they are much more likely to have contact with law enforcement and emergency services. As the Founding Executive Director of the Torres Community Shelter, I demonstrated how providing housing and social services is effective in moving individuals from a state of homelessness to being housed. Housing First and other harm-reduction services are effective ways to reduce homelessness as well as to reduce costly and ineffective interventions by law enforcement and those are the types of ordinances and projects I will support. There is a significant cost to our community when our focus is on penalizing rather than housing homeless individuals. We will save not just lives but considerable resources when we shift our focus from criminalization to housing.
As the Founding Director of Circles of Justice, a local Restorative Justice non-profit, I am well versed in approaches such as Restorative Policing, Community Circles and Family-Centered Decision Making. These approaches alleviate the burden placed on law enforcement and our judicial system for low-level offenses. By transferring the responsibility for addressing these harms back to social service entities which are better suited to deal with such issues, public safety personnel are freed up to deal with significant crime.
Protection of the North State's Water Interests
Water is and will continue to be the single greatest issue in Butte County. It is critically important that Butte County protect itself against State and Federal agencies that would like to export both ground and surface water from our region.
Water is and will continue to be the single greatest issue in Butte County. It is critically important that Butte County protect itself against State and Federal agencies that would like to export both ground and surface water from our region. As environmental protections are being systematically dismantled by our current administrations, it becomes even more important that we have the political will on the local level to take a stand for the North State's water.
As Butte County enters relicensing discussions regarding the Oroville Dam, we must be represented to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. I support the actions of the previous Board of Supervisors which filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) lawsuit regarding the analysis of the Environmental Impact Report against the Department of Water Resources. The suit is still pending in the Court of Appeals.
The urban and rural tree canopies that we treasure in our region have shallow root systems. The native trees and urban canopy that we depend upon to filter our air and water, conserve energy, provide habitat and shade, and control storm water are extremely vulnerable to groundwater loss.
Working with agricultural interests (both large scale and small farmers), private well users, and all of those with an interest in our region's water (all of us who use water have an interest, not the least of which includes our environment) is critical to planning for our future. We currently do not have shallow aquifer monitoring anywhere in our region. DWR and the large water districts have stated (Sacramento Valley Water Resource Monitoring, Data Collection and Evaluation Framework, 9/07) that there should be monitoring of shallow aquifer levels including a regional shallow well monitoring network. Without baseline measurements of shallow wells, we do not have a good way to track or demonstrate decreasing levels of ground water, over pumping, or other conditions related to seasonal changes. Our region includes Butte, Glenn, Tehama, and a small section of Colusa County.
As a Chico City Councilor, I co-facilitated multiple Groundwater Forums bringing together city, county, agricultural, and public interests. The citizens of Butte County deserve to have access to ALL the information that is available regarding our groundwater, specifically to the available scientific data, to what issues are still unknown, and to the threats that exist to our water systems. As your Supervisor, I will continue to stay at the forefront of this issue and to include the public in decisions that are made on the local, state, and federal level.
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Public Safety it the top responsibility of governments at all levels, It is also my top priority Both sheriff and fire coverage must be prioritized.
- Protecting your tax dollars by ensuring County services are being provided effectively and efficiently.
- Creating streamlined processes that will foster business growth and good paying jobs for our citizens.
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- Butte County Farm Bureau
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Public Safety and Fire Safety
- Agriculture, Water, and the Environment
- Economic Development and Jobs
Actividades comunitarias
Norm was raised in Chico, attending both Bidwell Junior High and Pleasant Valley Senior High School. He grew up hiking and fishing the local wilderness areas with his Boy Scout troop, and participated in all of the local sports programs. Norm worked while in high school for Mr. Pavis at La Comida, and later at the "new" Holiday Inn. At Bidwell and Pleasant Valley, he played football, basketball, and golf. Following high school graduation, Norm attended UC Davis, graduating with Honors. He worked while going to college, and played Lacrosse for the Aggies, twice being selected All-League. Norm continued his education in the graduate program at UC Davis, doing research in the Zoology Department and teaching the Upper Division Embryology Laboratory course. While at Davis, he met his future wife, Janice. They were married following completion of Norm's Master's Degree in Physiology, and that same year moved to San Francisco to begin four years of dental school at UC San Francisco.
Norm and Janice enjoyed their four years in San Francisco. Norm attended dental school, and worked as a tutor, and research assistant in the Biomaterial Laboratory. Janice obtained her Master's Degree in Special Education Assessment from Cal State Hayward. Following dental school graduation, and State Board Dental Exams, Norm and Janice moved back to Chico to begin their dental practice.
Norm started a dental practice from scratch, first renting space in an office downtown, next remodeling an office at Village Lane, and finally building an office on Lupin Avenue. During that time, he served as an advisor to the local Dental Assisting ROP program, and also advised the state committee that created the RDA Licensure examination. For twenty years he has served on the Northern California Dental Society Peer Review Committee. Norm's current dental practice is focused on complex dental and implant prosthetics. This practice allows Norm to work with teams of practitioners to treat difficult and unusual cases.
While going to school at UC Davis, both Norm and Janice became interested in grape growing and winemaking. They took classes in viticulture and enology with the future goal of owning a winery. After moving back to Chico and starting the dental practice, they began looking for land upon which to plant a vineyard and build a winery. They located and purchased an old abandoned lumber mill property north of Chico, and in 1991 planted the vineyard and began construction. Doing much of the work themselves, with hands-on help from family and friends, the winery was completed in early 2002. Since then, Odyssey Winery has operated as one of the premier wineries in the region. Odyssey wines have won over 30 medals in national and international wine competitions.
Always active in aviation, and a licensed pilot, Norm was appointed to the Butte County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), where he served two terms. While Chairman during his last term, the Butte County ALUC created and adopted the current Airport Compatibility Plan. That experience of working with County Staff, holding public hearings, hiring specialized consultants, and creating a functional county document, served as invaluable training for the County Supervisor position he currently seeks. Following his terms on the Butte County Airport Land Use Commission, Norm and five others founded the Chico Air Museum in 2005. That museum has grown by leaps and bounds, and now is a major attraction for local residents, school field trips, and out-of-town visitors. Norm served as President of the museum during its major expansion, and continues to serve on the board to this day.
When United Express left Chico in 2014, Butte County was left without airline service. Seeing this as a huge economic development problem, and a major obstacle to future job growth, Norm and local entreprenuer, John Strisower founded a grassroots effort called JetChico. JetChico was created to bring modern and reliable commercial air service to Chico Municpal Airport. Working with the airport manager, and engaging local residents, the business community, local government, and Chico State, JetChico has made substantial progress in its quest to attract airline service back to the region.
Both Norm and Janice are volunteers for local emergency services response teams. Janice responds with Butte County Search and Rescue (BCSAR), and serves as the handler for a specially-trained area search dog. Both Norm and Janice respond with the North Valley Animal Disaster Group (NVADG) which is deployed during local fires, floods, or other disasters. Additonally, both Norm and Janice have responded nationally and internationally for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). They have taught animal technical rescue workshops to disaster first responders in the United States, India, Indonesia, Bulgaria, and the Philippines. Both Norm and Janice responded with the IFAW disaster response team following the horrific earthquake in Nepal (2015), and in the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricaine Irma (2017).
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- Mr. Tod Kimmelshue, Past President of the Butte County Farm Bureau
- Peace Officer's Research Association of California (North Valley Chapter)
- Butte County Deputy Sheriff's Association
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I am not a politician, I am a leader. I enjoy getting things done, and work hard to do so. I believe that government exists to serve the people, and that taxpayer money is hard-earned and needs to be respected. I believe in common sense, and practical approaches to solving challenges.


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Queens of the Stone Age (album)
Queens of the Stone Age is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released by Loosegroove Records on October 6, 1998. It was primarily written and recorded in April 1998 by founding member Josh Homme and his former Kyuss bandmate Alfredo Hernández, with Hernández playing drums and Homme singing and playing the rest of the instruments. Homme also produced the album alongside Joe Barresi. Bassist Nick Oliveri, also a former member of Kyuss, would join the band by the time of the album's release. Queens of the Stone Age received generally positive reviews from critics, who placed it in the stoner rock genre and drew comparisons to krautrock bands such as Neu! and Can, as well as to Kyuss and other metal bands.
|Queens of the Stone Age
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|October 6, 1998
|April 3–21, 1998
|Queens of the Stone Age chronology
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In 2011, Homme reissued Queens of the Stone Age through his Rekords Rekords label, having it remastered and adding three additional tracks–two from the album's recording sessions and one from two years earlier. The reissue received a positive critical response and was accompanied by a supporting concert tour. Working on the reissue and subsequent tour also inspired part of the band's approach to recording its sixth album, ...Like Clockwork, released in 2013.
Background and recordingEdit
Following the breakup of Kyuss in 1995, guitarist Josh Homme recorded new material in Seattle with producer Chris Goss, bassist Van Conner, and drummer Victor Indrizzo under the name Gamma Ray. The results, including the song "If Only Everything", were released as the Gamma Ray EP in 1996. Homme subsequently toured as a guitarist with Screaming Trees and started The Desert Sessions, a series of jam sessions involving many musicians including former Kyuss drummer Alfredo Hernández. The song "Avon" originated from the Desert Sessions, appearing on Volume 3 in 1998. After receiving a cease and desist order because the name Gamma Ray was already in use by a German band, Homme changed the name to Queens of the Stone Age. The Gamma Ray material was re-released in 1997 on the Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age split EP, along with the additional track "Spiders and Vinegaroons" from the Gamma Ray sessions; the release featured some of the final studio recordings by Kyuss while debuting the "Queens of the Stone Age" moniker for Homme's new project.
Reflecting on this period in 2011, Homme remarked:
I just remember thinking I hadn't played for about a year and I started writing songs. The first song I wrote was "Regular John", which is the first song on the album, and I remember thinking "no-one's playing this trance rock music that you can dance to", but that's primarily because I hadn't heard bands like Can. I thought I could try to do this thing that hadn't really been done, and then I found out it had kind of been done but not very much. You just kind of try to carve your own space. I just wanted to start a band that within three seconds of listening, people knew what band it was.[7]
The first ten tracks on Queens of the Stone Age were recorded in April 1998 at Monkey Studios in Homme's hometown of Palm Desert, California.[8] Hernández played drums on the tracks and Goss performed on "You Would Know" and "Give the Mule What He Wants", playing bass guitar and singing backing vocals.[8] Homme sang lead vocals and played the rest of the instruments on the recordings, crediting himself under the pseudonym "Carlo" for his bass guitar, keyboard, and piano work.[8] He also served as a producer on the album, alongside Joe Barresi.[8] The Gamma Ray song "If Only Everything" was re-recorded during these sessions and its title shortened to "If Only", and the Desert Sessions song "Avon" was also re-recorded. "I Was a Teenage Hand Model" was recorded separately at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California, with the studio's personnel contributing as performers: studio owner Fred Drake sang and played drums, co-owner Dave Catching played percussion, and sound engineer Patrick "Hutch" Hutchinson played piano.[8] Former Dinosaur Jr. bassist Mike Johnson is credited with "sofa" on the track.[8] Hutch, who served as live sound engineer for both Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, is credited as a member of the group on the album, with the roles "FOH" (front of house), "guru", "HardWalls", and "back of door".[8]
The album's recordings were mixed by Barresi and mastered by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep in Hollywood.[9] The image for the album cover was taken from the 1972 book The Pin-Up: A Modest History by Mark Gabor.[9] Photographs for the liner notes were taken by Tony Tornay, while the back cover photograph was taken by rock photographer Lisa Johnson; it shows Hernández, Homme, and former Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri, the latter of whom joined Queens of the Stone Age just prior to the album's release and would remain with the band until 2004.[9] Oliveri also appears in the album's closing moments, in a recorded answering machine message to Homme in which he agrees to join the band.[10] Homme created the layout for the album's packaging with graphic artist Frank Kozik.[9]
Critical receptionEdit
|Review scores
|Entertainment Weekly
|Rolling Stone
|The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|The Village Voice
Queens of the Stone Age received generally positive reviews from critics. Writing for NME, reviewer Kitty Empire scored it 8 out of 10, comparing it to Kyuss and saying that "for all its indisputable primitive charms, Queens of the Stone Age is actually a step forward in stoner evolution. The guitars are still flint-hard, the tunes still load-bearing. But the sound roaring out of the speakers is far sleeker and more hypnotic than the dumb chug that stoner rock has periodically devolved into in Homme's absence. The excellent 'Regular John' sounds almost motorik, as though Neu! had level billing with [Black] Sabbath one strange night. There are keyboards and maracas on the very un-stone age 'I Was a Teenage Hand Model'. And Homme — who didn't sing in Kyuss — frequently swaps his bone-dry metallic tones for something a little more soulful on songs like 'You Can't Quit Me Baby'."[12] Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- rating, remarking that the band "delivers a workmanlike collection of heavy music that's just a bit too cerebral to fall under the stoner rock rubric (Fu Manchu). Queens of the Stone Age is intermittently potent, but when you hear the ripped-off 'If Only' (a.k.a. the Stooges' 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'), you can't help but think QOTSA might be a great band — if only they could write a song that good on their own."[11]
James Hunter of Rolling Stone gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and commented that the band had "found a vital place between art-metal seriousness and pop pleasure. It begins right away with the trancelike 'Regular John', a track that layers Homme's yelping guitar accents over a fuzzy groove. While other metalheads play around with sequencers, Queens of the Stone Age have something a little more heated and classical in mind. The rest of the album charges on with its compelling contrasts between Homme's papery vocals and the surrounding rampage. Sometimes the songs explore pure heaviness, as on the wall-rattling 'Walkin' on the Sidewalks'. But more often they thrillingly toy with elements like vocal hooks ('You Would Know') and metal frenzy ('How to Handle a Rope') without giving in to either."[6] Writing in Spin, Joe Gross scored Queens of the Stone Age 7 out of 10, saying "While there's really nothing in this collection worth trading in those Melvins albums for, it's strangely compelling to hear how Homme and his cohorts killed many an afternoon in a thick THC haze with Can's Tago Mago, then worked it into their patented pedal abuse."[15]
Reviewing the album after Queens of the Stone Age had gained mainstream success with 2000's Rated R and 2002's Songs for the Deaf, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the debut album four stars out of five, remarking that "Hearing Queens of the Stone Age's long out of print debut many years after its initial 1998 release does pack the shock of revelation: Josh Homme's tightly wound blueprint for QOTSA was in place from the very beginning. [...] There is sex and swagger to Queens of the Stone Age, there's a swing to the rhythms, there's a darkly enveloping carnal menace buttressed by muscle and lust that keeps the album from being an insular stoner headpiece. Certainly, there's enough sinewy force to suggest the mighty brawn of Rated R and Songs for the Deaf; Homme retained enough of the desert spaciness of Kyuss to give Queens of the Stone Age an otherworldly shimmer, a hazy quality he later abandoned for aggressive precision, so this winds up as a unique record in his catalog, a place where you can hear Homme's past and future intertwining."[4] Critic Robert Christgau viewed the album negatively, however, rating it a "dud" in his Consumer's Guide column for The Village Voice.[16]
Queens of the Stone Age was eventually certified silver in the United Kingdom in February 2006, for sales exceeding 60,000 copies.[17] It was listed in the 2010 reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, the only Queens of the Stone Age album to be included.[18]
Following a "deluxe edition" reissue of Rated R in 2010, Homme announced that the band would reissue Queens of the Stone Age as well, stating that the album had become "impossible to get, it'd been outta print for so long. I'm not very nostalgic by nature, so it wasn't like 'guys, remember the days', it was more like in the internet age this record should be able to get got, you know? I really like this band Cheap Trick, and they were doing shows where they were playing their first three records three nights in a row, and so we started talking about 'wow, OK, we'll never get a chance to re-release this thing, and what if we just focused on the first record? I dunno if that means we're going to play it exactly start to finish. We haven't really decided. It's kind of a cool idea. [...] I'm just glad that it's not like some bad haircut when I listen to it. I've listened to it, and I love that record, and it's been really fun to try to put myself back in that headspace where I was just obsessed with trying to trance out on guitar."[7][19]
The album was remastered by Brian Gardner for the reissue.[8] The title of the song "How to Handle a Rope" was extended to "How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)", and three additional tracks were added in between the album's existing tracks: "The Bronze" and "These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For", which were from the album's recording sessions and had originally been released in 1998 on The Split CD (a split release with Dutch band Beaver), and "Spiders and Vinegaroons" from the Gamma Ray sessions, which had been released on the Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age split EP in 1997.[8][10] The reissue was released through Homme's label, Rekords Rekords, with distribution through Domino Recording Company.[8] The band, which by then consisted of Homme, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, bassist Michael Shuman, drummer Joey Castillo, and keyboardist Dean Fertita, scheduled a tour in support of the album's reissue.
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|The A.V. Club
|Consequence of Sound
|Drowned in Sound
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The re-release prompted a new round of critical reception for Queens of the Stone Age. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the reissue received an average score of 78% based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20] Greg Moffitt of BBC Music remarked that "Although less varied and dynamic than Rated R, Queens of the Stone Age simply crackles with energy. At its best, it's just as electrifying, even if it doesn't maintain the dizzying momentum which rolled its follow-up to instant glory. Musically, it draws deeply from diverse pools, echoes of '70s hard rock reverberating alongside alternative, grunge, and stoner rock sounds, the latter of which mainman Josh Homme pioneered with his former band Kyuss."[27] Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone rated it 4 stars out of 5, saying that "When the debut by Queens of the Stone Age sneaked out in 1998, it seemed like a lark: Josh Homme and Alfredo Hernández from Kyuss, tired of frying sludge metal in the desert sun, were now subjecting reborn acid rock to mechanical repetition. Soon, QOTSA would become a real band, with real hits. But they'd never again groove like this, with gurgling Teutonic drones swallowing Stooges chords and intercepted radio cross talk."[25] For Consequence of Sound, reviewer Karina Halle gave it a B grade and complimented the "very slight hand" of the remastering job: "Comparing the two albums side-by-side, you can hear a nice tonality in the re-release, a sharper, crisper quality that just wasn't holding up in the 1998 version. However, part of QOTSA's vital sound is the thickness of Josh Homme's guitar, the fuzz and grain that permeates from each riff and solo. That is still present, it's just a more precise distortion."[22] She also praised the added tracks, saying "All three of the bonus tracks slink in perfectly with the rest of the album, adding to the overall feel instead of subtracting from it."[22]
For Drowned in Sound, Noel Gardner scored the reissue 8 out of 10, saying that the remastering "has actually made a palpable difference to the plumpness of the bass in songs like 'Hispanic Impressions'", but that the extra tracks "haven't ruined it or anything daft, but also aren't cooking at the level of most of the actual album, and would have been better placed on one of Homme's jam-heavy and 'zany' Desert Sessions releases from the time."[23] Stuart Berman of Pitchfork also scored it 8 out of 10, but praised the added tracks, opining that "It's not often that padding out an already hefty album actually improves it, but in the Queens' case, the revised tracklist provides a more accurate portrait of how the band molded its mercurial Desert Sessions experiments into chiseled hard-rock monoliths. At the same time, the expanded edition makes the Queens' debut feel a little less like a time capsule, and closer in spirit to the playful sprawl of their subsequent best-sellers."[5] In PopMatters, Stuart Branson gave the release 7 stars out of 10, remarking that the added tracks "are worked into the original album sequencing as if they were always there. They provide no revelation, though they do alter somewhat the feel of the album" and concluding that "The best songs are really good; and the other songs sound sort of like their best songs, just slightly less good. And everything remains in this meaty swath of goodness. This rerelease proves that it was always really Homme's personal vision (he even plays bass on this album); it was always sure, and not much has changed."[10] For The A.V. Club, Austin L. Ray graded the reissue a B- and opined that "It's interesting to revisit the band's debut after four more albums and a dozen years, only to find it downright primitive by comparison. [...] It's a kind-of-quaint look at a band that knew what it wanted to do, but hadn't quite figured out how to do it yet. Some songs hint at the tightness the Queens rhythm section would one day embody ('Regular John'), while directionless noodling and farting synths weigh down the otherwise-taut songwriting that would one day manifest itself in pop gems like "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" and "No One Knows". All the elements are here, though they're on the darker end of the coal/diamond spectrum, and the mostly unremarkable bonus tracks don't do the set any favors. But when it's good, it's damn good, and through the murk, there's the sound of a band that would one day be truly great."[21]
Track listingEdit
All tracks are written by Josh Homme and Alfredo Hernández,[8] except where noted.
|"Regular John"
|Homme, Hernandez, John McBain
|"If Only"
|"Walkin' on the Sidewalks"
|"You Would Know"
|"How to Handle a Rope"
|"Hispanic Impressions"
|"You Can't Quit Me Baby"
|"Give the Mule What He Wants"
|"I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
|Total length:
|"Regular John" (Homme, Hernandez, McBain)
|"Avon" (Homme)
|"If Only" (Homme)
|"Walkin' on the Sidewalks"
|"You Would Know"
|"The Bronze" (Homme; from The Split CD, 1998)
|"How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)"
|"Mexicola" (Homme)
|"Hispanic Impressions"
|"You Can't Quit Me Baby"
|"These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For" (Homme; from The Split CD, 1998)
|"Give the Mule What He Wants"
|"Spiders and Vinegaroons" (Homme; from Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age, 1997)
|"I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
|Total length:
Queens of the Stone Age[9]
Additional performers[9]
2011 reissue[8]
|United Kingdom
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- ^ a b c Hunter, James (December 10, 1998). "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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- ^ a b c d Branson, Scott (January 11, 2011). "Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age". popmatters.com. PopMatters. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Sinclair, Tom (November 13, 1998). "Queens of the Stone Age". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ a b Empire, Kitty (October 2, 1998). "Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age". nme.com. NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age". Q (159): 126–127. December 1999.
- ^ Gross, Joe (2004). "Queens of the Stone Age". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 669. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ a b Gross, Joe (January 1999). "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". Spin. 15 (1): 119. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (December 15, 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Queens of the Stone Age, Queens of the Stone Age, Silver, Fri Feb 3 2006". British Phonographic Industry. February 3, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (March 23, 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ "Interview with Them Crooked Vultures (part 2 of 2)". YouTube. February 3, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "Queens of the Stone Age (Reissue) by Queens of the Stone Age". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ a b Ray, Austin L. (January 11, 2011). "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". avclub.com. The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c Halle, Karina (March 14, 2011). "Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age (Reissue)". consequenceofsound.net. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ a b Gardner, Noel (March 9, 2011). "Album Review: Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age (Reissue)". drownedinsound.com. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". Mojo (209): 112. April 2011.
- ^ a b Eddy, Chuck (March 29, 2011). "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ "Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age". Uncut (167): 94. April 2011.
- ^ Moffitt, Greg (2011). "Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age Review". bbc.co.uk. BBC Music. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "Queens of the Stone Age", select "Search by Artist" and check the "Exact match" checkbox.). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 15, 2013.


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Australia Talks: are we more self-centred than we used to be?
Are we more self-centred than we used to be?
The majority of Australians think we are — 72 per cent, to be exact.
Of all the findings from the Australia Talks National Survey, I'm sure to many, this seemed obvious.
Of course Australians are more self-centred than they used to be — look no further than social media: a narcissistic parade of puffy-lipped peacocks and popinjays, would-be-gourmands uploading their every mouthful, happy families with curated lifestyles and associated merchandise, popularisers of every pea-brained health theory, travellers travelling only to present themselves travelling.
That's today's world and there's plenty of Australians joining in.
Others might say, look how rude and self-focused everyone seems to be. We rage on the roads at other drivers who dare occupy the road at the same time as us — it's our journey that matters, not theirs!
It's our child who must get the best and all the special attention it might require.
We are so busy working and earning to make sure we acquire the latest of everything we don't have a moment to create communities and neighbourhoods like we used to do.
We walk glued to screen and ignore all in our path. We sit on trains and buses, ears plugged up, oblivious to our fellow commuters.
But there's a caveat
But here's the interesting thing.
While 42 per cent "somewhat agree" that Australians are more self-centred than we used to be, only 28 per cent "strongly agree".
While we may encounter many a jerked-up finger in traffic, or selfie-stick-clad tourist, we only "somewhat agree" that we've become a bunch of rabid self-promoters.
Why the qualification? Why don't more of us strongly agree with the statement?
Perhaps it comes down to the question of how self-centred the generations of Australians past were.
I can only attempt to answer for the past Australians I know well: my own British forebears — convicts and colonisers, settlers and dispossessors all.
They bequeathed to me a set of emotional rules and social conventions that put self-containment and a denial of self as a hallmark of the civilised being.
Outward and overt expression of feeling was discouraged; communication followed tight, formal rules; respect was granted to pillars of Church and civic establishment — and these pillars were largely men who followed rigid codes required of any man who would be a pillar.
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Yet, society was self-centred
But although individual self-centeredness would have been met with widespread tut-tutting, the society itself was entirely self-centred.
Colonisation is only possible when driven by unwavering self-belief. We have arrived, our way is better, we will make this place and people bend and conform to us.
Those people and places that don't will need to change or be removed.
We will lose nothing in that transaction. We would gain nothing through compromise or consideration of the other's position or needs.
They were in no doubt that their God was the right God — our Church of England at that time had a sensible God who bothered us only at 10 on a Sunday morning.
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It's quite self-centred, really.
It's a self-centredness that required eternal vigilance and it allowed for a selflessness that only went so far as those who subscribed to the same code.
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Toyota 2000GT | 1:10 Model | Full Kit
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Length: 417mm (16.4") | Height: 120mm (4.7") | Width: 160mm (6.3") | Scale: 1:10 | Weight: 3.5kg
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Through your building experience, you will have help from our experts with the easy-to-follow step-by-step assembly guide. You can take a look also at our exclusive Forum and discuss with fellow modelers.
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2017-01-26 12:15:05This was a lovely kit to build with very nice quality components and excellent detail inside and out. There is even a tyre change tool kit which is not even visible on the finished build :-) Could only have been improved if it was in the larger 1/8 scale to match the other Deagostini kits.
2016-06-26 17:17:53I built this car with ease thanks to great instructions. Its a wonderful car to have in the bookcase.It has alot of things that open. The only thing is the chrome list around the front window is so sharp i cut an inch in my thumb doing what the instructions said.It is highly recomended from me. I got it built in 4 days-a wonderful time. Jan K
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Phone: 609-660-7510 X7115
Degrees and Certifications:
B.A. Spanish B.A. Secondary Education ESL Endorsement M.A. Curriculum & Instruction
Mrs. Katie Torres
Hola soy...
Señora Katie Torres
Twitter: @sratorres205 Instagram: sratorres205
Hola BENGAL fam!!!
I am always happy to communicate with students and parents, so please don't hesitate to contact me! In particular, I always try to encourage open communication between myself and both students and parents. For anyone that needs to communicate with me, e-mailing me will produce the quickest response. However, I am certainly willing to return a phone call or set up a meeting as well.
My Teaching Philosophy:
I love to make Spanish classes a fun and exciting experience for my students with interactive and hands-on lessons and plenty of communicative activities and cooperative learning. Our goals in the department are to improve reading, speaking and writing comprehension levels throughout the course of the year and to be able to demonstrate growth. Procifiency level is key to improving in the language! While it is important that the students learn the language, it is equally as important to learn about the Hispanic culture to gain awareness and insight into a culture that may be different from their own. My goal is for students to
My expectations for students reflect skills and characteristics required to succeed in the real world such as punctuality, responsibility, organization, respect, fairness, working with others, etc. Therefore, I firmly believe that it is not only my job to teach the subject matter at hand, but also to enforce and apply to students the daily values and standards in accordance with the BHS Mission Statement to prepare them for future pathways and to be productive members of society.
Each class level page will have their respective course materials posted (and Links to Google Classroom Pages)
Please reference my Google Classroom Web Pages for updated assignments, announcements and course materials
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Kicking Bards - Bards Tale IV Exposed
inXile, the Team behind the hugely successful Kickstarters, Wasteland 2, and Torment: Tides of Numenera, have announced their latest project The Bards Tale IV.
Already, less than two days after beginning their Kickstarter, inXile have managed to raise nearly $1million dollars of their $1.25 million goal. Of course the success of Wasteland 2 hasn't hurt their chances, and has shown people that backing a good project on Kickstarter from a good team can have great results.
But what is Bards Tale IV? The original Bards Tale series were all Dungeon Crawler style games. these typically involve a good deal of party and item management, as well as exploration and puzzle solving.
The whole game takes place from a first person perspective with movement taking place over fixed "tiles" and each movement taking one turn. Combat is also turn based, but it proceeds rapidly with each party member taking one action before the turn ends automatically, this "Phase style" of turn based game, allows the action to unfold just as quickly as the player responds.
The Bard's Tale series has a deep history and is rife with pirates & monsters as well as dungeons and puzzles. Various types of hero will be available for your party, but the Bard is a unique take on the support class, able to boost your whole team in, by judicious use of songs.
The Bard's Tale series was originally released in 1985, by Brian Fargo and his team at Interplay Entertainment. As well as Bard's Tale there were a few other Dungeon Crawl games that gained a lot of renown at the time, namely Dungeon Master, and Eye of the Beholder, both built with a similar formula and both were very successful too, Dungeon Master receiving the most acclaim for this style of game. Since the mid nineties however Dungeon Crawlers have become very rare.
Legend of Grimrock is a recent game from developers Almost Human that has begun to revive the Dungeon Crawler style, with enough success that the developers are opting for a sequel. So Bard's Tale IV has some competition, but with their recent wave of success inXile look like a strong contender for putting the Dungeon Crawler back on the map. Here are some further details from the Kickstarter plan:
A single-player, party-based dungeon crawl, rich in exploration and combat
Dungeons filled not just with dangerous fights but with challenging puzzles and devious riddles
Dynamic phase-based combat, where the pace of battle is animated and fluid, but still gives you time to think and respond to your enemies
A game set to beautiful Gaelic music, where the Bard's songs and melodies affect gameplay
Co-funded by fans and inXile: if this game hits its $1.25 million goal, inXile will put in at least $1.25 million of its own money to double the initial budget!
Built using Unreal Engine 4, for PC, Mac and Linux. Available from Steam or DRM-Free from GOG.com
Built for and with the help of our fans. Your feedback and input directly impact the design and features of the game during alpha and beta stages


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photo courtesy of Vogue Runway This post is about celebrating all of the melaninated models of the fashion week season. I scoured endless couture and ready-to-wear collection pictures and videos on the Vogue Runway app from the spring/summer 2019 season to create this montage of melanin models. These beauties fight for the right to slay…
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Business | Fashionable Project Management
This presentation lists tips on how to project manage your daily work flow in a fashionable way! Project management is a set of processes that can easily transfer into everyday life by means of organization, planning, delegation, and executing. I take the basic style of PM and give you inspiration and motivation to develop into a fashion icon in PM.


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Samoa Tribunal To Investigate Feud Between Country's Prosecutions Office And The AG
Acting director of prosecutions office clashing with AG over who will prosecute suspended director of prosecutions
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, October 10, 2016) – Samoa's cabinet has appointed a tribunal to investigate a feud between the country's prosecutions office and the attorney general.
The development comes amid a stand-off between the two offices over the suspension of the director of prosecutions.
Mauga Precious Chang was suspended in April after she was charged with driving offences.
The acting director, Muriel Liu, had clashed with the attorney general over who was able to prosecute the case against Ms Chang.
Ms Liu was suspended by cabinet on Thursday, and on Friday, the government announced that the attorney general had assumed the duties of the director of public prosecutions.
Our correspondent in Samoa, Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, said the tribunal will look into the conduct of Ms Chang and Ms Liu.
"The cabinet, in their statement, [said] the performance of their duties was in breach of the legislation in which that national prosecutions office was based on, and I think that's why cabinet is now appointing a three-member tribunal," he said.
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Why designers love garden stools.Collect
Excellent question, why DO interior designers love garden stools?
Because, what's not to love about these purposeful yet delightful ceramic morsels?
You would be hard pressed to find an interior designer that hasn't used these stylish features in many rooms. In fact, they are often tucked away in almost any space imaginable.
Do you need a spot to set a drink next to a fireside chair? A garden stool is the perfect companion. Next to a reading nook for a book or two? These stools fit the need at a moment's notice. Garden stools work just as handy in a bathroom to hold a stack of towels. Or even in the shower. These ceramic, glazed beauties can be an excellent perch for scrub brushes, sponges or a place to sit and shave your legs. And of course! Don't forget your outdoor spaces too! These all-weather stools look great outside to hold a plant…or a cocktail or two. Wherever you need a place to sit a rest a glass of wine or a cup of tea, garden stools are the designer's most trusted furniture piece.
And since we love them so much , we shopped a few favorites from One King's Lane for you. Many are on sale right now!
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Download Book 101 Amazing Knock Knock Jokes : Told by Master Funnyman Kent Harris - Audiobook
Authors Jack Goldstein , Jimmy Russell
Year 2017
Publication Andrews UK
Edition Unabridged
Series The World's Greatest Jokes (Series)
Size 8576 KB
Language English
Format MP3
Price 4 $ 0.8 $ Ben discount
<p>This side-splitting collection of 101 of the funniest knock knock jokes you have ever heard is dangerously funny! All of the jokes have been organised into categories so that budding comedians can make their friends laugh at any occasion. Knock Knock. Who's there? Kent Harris. Kent Harris who? No, that's actually the narrator's name! Never mind, on with the jokes...


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Outlook Express
The computer has died, but access to the hard drive is put it into a USB hard drive enclosure. We need to retrieve email account settings and Emails.
The account settings are buried deep in the registry.
You can load the old user hive from the USB disk, export the account settings keys and then import them into your live registry.
1. Open registry editor: click start, click Run, type regedit, click OK
2. Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, select File, Load hive and open D:\Documents and Settings\Jules\ntuser.dat, depending on the drive letter and path to your user profile on the USB disk.
3. You should then be able to highlight and export the key Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager using File and Export from the loaded hive and highlight and import them back into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager using File and Import.
should be stored in the following folder
Simply copy this folder across to your C: drive. You may want to rename the existing folder just to be on the safe side.
on point 2, its asking me 'Load Hive' for a 'Key Name:' ?
It's just asking what name you would like the mounted hive to appear as in registry editor. Call it OLD_COMPUTER. You'll then be able to open this new key and navigate to the Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager key in step 3.
support.microsoft.com/kb/188093 also suggests this should work. You may need to delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts before you do the import, in case it is corrupted after the import.
Method 2
1. Create account in Outlook Express (just put "test" in every field)
Find that account in the registry under
Edit the .reg file that you exported which
contains the real account info from the backup and modify the key names to
Change AssociatedID to the value that you copied
from the "test" account (e.g.
Retrieve old Outlook Express address book
Scan the old disk for *.wab and import it into the new Outlook Express.
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Will You Promise?
Will You Promise?
I feel so empty
without him here,
so all alone
with all my fears.
How will I survive
without my dreams fulfilled?
To see him running and playing
like his brother, who can't be still.
How do I get through this?
All this emotional stress and strain?
How do I smile and laugh
when everything is tear stained?
I am just so hesitant and scared
to try and dream again,
to keep up the hope,
to leave it in God's hands.
I need some sort of assurance.
Please Lord, send me some sign,
that if I'm ever blessed again
You will let this baby remain mine.
I still don't know the answers,
I just don't understand,
but I just can't give up the dream
of holding another tiny hand.
Terri Stanifer
December 23, 2004
I found this poem today, that I had written a few months after Franklin died. At the time, all I wanted was to know why this had happened. I questioned God a lot. I didn't really allow myself to get angry with him though. I was so scared that I would lose more of the blessings that He had given me. Even though I was terrified, I never lost the yearning for another baby. I never lost the hope. I feel now that was God's way of telling me to try again. He allowed that hope to remain and He fulfilled it with a wonderful & healthy daughter.


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|The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche
The Quest for Identity, 1844-1869
By Daniel Blue
Review by Bob Lane on Tue, Sep 20th 2016.
|Please imagine this conversation between Plato and Nietzsche. Plato has just finished reading Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil. He paces the room. Herr Nietzsche is sitting ceremoniously on the brown couch, stroking his mustache. Plato closes the book and smirks… — A free spirit is… Plato says. — No Plato. Nietzsche interrupts. They are not like those philosophers in the cave. Free spirits do not believe in all that otherworldly Scheiße. — For Zeus sake Herr Nietzsche. Relax now. A free spirit is… at the top of the hierarchy. . . .
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OKEECHOBEE — The cost of preparing for and cleaning up after Hurricane Irma will cost Okeechobee County government more than $4.9 million, and that estimate is expected to increase, according to information provided at the Sept. 26 meeting of the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners.
Emergency management director Mitch Smeykal said the FEMA team was in Okeechobee on Monday to review the damages and estimate the costs.
He said they estimate debris clean up will cost about $2.5 million, based on their estimate of 50,000 cubic yards of debris that will be picked up along county rights of way. Other expected costs include: $172,000 for protective action measures; $150,000 for damages to the road system; and, $1.294 to repair damages to public buildings and equipment.
"That $4.9 million will not be the final number," said Mr. Smeykal.
He said they expect those numbers to go up.
"We will go through again with a FEMA team," he said.
Commissioner Bryant Culpepper said while the newspaper provided the information about how debris should be placed on the right of way for pickup, some people were not able to cut the tree limbs to the specified 4- to 6-feet in length.
"They are not going to get a tape measure out and measure a 6 feet in length," said Mr. Smeykal.
He said the published debris removal rules were designed by FEMA in regard to debris pickup.
For debris removal, homeowners need to separate the various types of debris into different piles. For example, vegetative debris such as tree limbs should be separate from construction debris. Bagged material should be separate, as should items such as appliances.
The property owners have to get debris to the roadway. The debris pick up contractors cannot go on private property, he said.
Debris should be on the right of way, not on the road, and it should not block sidewalks.
Mr. Smeykal said Project Blue Roof has representatives at the Agri-Civic Center. Anyone who needs their roof tarped can go out there and sign the form, he said. The Army Corps of Engineers cannot do the work unless the form is signed. The program is available on rental housing, but the property owner must sign the form.
Mr. Smeykal said the county is still waiting for a disaster recovery center.
Mosquito control will be handled by the state, he continued.
"The state contractor will be spraying soon," he added.
Commissioner Kelly Owens said some people who have applied for individual assistance were rejected because more information is needed.
"That is where the disaster recovery center will help," said Mr. Smeykal, as personnel there will be able to help individuals with their applications. "The problem is, there just aren't enough of them right now."
He said when FEMA personnel are available, they will probably use the agri-civic center, unless they get a mobile unit.
"If we get a mobile, will move it around to different locations," he offered.


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As I haven't done a great deal of creating lately, I thought I'd share my ramblings on some recent thought processes.
I have been pondering opening a second Etsy shop for some time now but couldn't settle on what to sell. Jewellery is such a saturated market on Etsy with many hundreds of lovely shops that it's very difficult to be seen amongst the masses, unless you have a unique product, or your prices are extremely competitively priced i.e very low.
I have yet to discover and develop that elusive niche, and I refuse to be drawn into a pricing competition of drastically reducing my prices to compete with many who sell very cheaply with the main intention of amassing high sales figures. I know some people sell cheaply because it's just a hobby, indeed it's mainly a hobby for me too, in the respect that I don't rely on it as a source of income. But I'd rather sell less often at a price which I feel reflects the care and attention to detail that goes into my creations, and it is important to me to feel my work is valued and appreciated.
Having said that, sales are slow despite working very hard on promoting my shop. I did briefly consider selling supplies as a means of increasing sales and income, but very quickly decided against it because there would be very little creativity involved, and that too is very important to me.
So where is all this leading? Well nowhere really.... just yet. Oh I'm such a tease! ;)
It is true, I have come up with an idea, though by no means unique, and it may yet still reside under the umbrella of jewellery... I'm not decided on that yet. I will have to see where my creative muse leads me. It's something I became interested in many years ago and have rekindled my passion for. So I've ordered supplies and will be spending time with my new hobby, which may or may not be the focus of a new shop. It will keep my creative juices flowing if nothing else.
But back to my jewellery... here are my latest pieces:
Rosebud Earrings:
These beautiful earrings were made with faceted Vintage lucite beads, topped with antiqued brass petal caps with an olive green Swarovski crystal nestled in the petals of the uppermost leaf cap.
Apricot Blossom Earrings:
I used faceted crystals of warm honeyed topaz for these little beauties. I have layered them with antiqued brass caps and topped them with dainty topaz Swarovski crystals.
Either pair would be lovely to wear this spring, and are suitable for either day or evening wear.


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Bloom Baja Retreat – Create, Relax, Renew
Yoga, Pottery and Art Journaling, March 22-28, 2020, BCS, Mexico
Enjoy a 6 night stay at the vibrant boutique hotel Hotelito in Todos Santos. All meals included, 48' saltwater swimming pool and beautiful surroundings. 10 min walk to the beach in the shade of the old Mango trees.
Daily yoga classes with Emelie Eldridge. Explore the practice of traditional Hatha Yoga, grow through yoga asanas, meditation, breath work and yogic philosophy. 4 morning classes and 1 afternoon Restorative Yoga class to ground down and integrate our experiences.
Daily Pottery instruction with Stephanie Friedman, who seeks to inspire her students in finding their own voice through clay and sparking creativity.
Focusing on handbuilding, using both pinch and slab techniques, surface decoration and glazing techniques. You will be able to make multiple pieces, which could be every day functional items or ceremonial objects. Participants will also have the opportunity to construct a small clay altar. You will have the chance to do some creative experimentation in clay. These pots will be fired either to glaze or bisque, so you can bring them home with you. All levels are welcome.
Art Journal classes guided by Zoë Dearborn. Zoë's Art Journal classes strive to help us create meaning, awaken creativity and develop a compassionate and curios approach to life.
Massage, Reiki, and Personal Coaching sessions will also be offered.
*Airfare not included. (You will fly to SJD airport in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.) We can help you to arrange transportation to and from the airport
Welcome to visit bloompotterysf.com for bookings and more information.


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Whose Parts?? (CZ TS)I've ended up with a couple CZ TS's that are stock.. Being new to the whole CZ thing whose parts are the bee's knees for these bad boys? Cagun? I think that's about all I know.. I mean of course CZC, are there others out there? I guess it then begs the question.. But way to further optimize the guns? There are both in 40. Thanks!
Practical Pistol Reloaded, by Ben Stoeger
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Practical Pistol Reloaded is a straightforward, no-nonsense instructional book on pistol shooting, specifically – practical pistol competition shooting. Its take-no prisoners style holds nothing back, and eliminates any guess-work related to which techniques work and which ones are outdated.
The best way to shoot is using the Isosceles Stance, fact or myth? What about the press-out technique?
According to Professor Roger H. Lincoln, there are two rules for success in life: 1. Never tell everything you know. 2. Never tell everything all at once. In this book, Ben Stoeger laughs in the face of this great entrepreneur. Top shooters share a common knowledge which they have collected over the years from a plethora of sources. A knowledge that, in its whole, is far from common to the average shooter in that it is scattered.
In this book, top shooters such as Bob Vogel, Dave Sevigny, and Matt Mink collaborate with the author, Ben Stoeger, to compile the so-called "Grand Master secrets" into one location. The knowledge spans from marksmanship fundamentals to shooting on the move, and competition skills such as stage breakdown and managing match pressure. Finally, this book contains many tips, drills, and exercises to help you improve your shooting.
This book answers the "how to" questions about shooting technique. How do you hold the gun? How do you shoot fast? These questions and many more are answered inside. This material is geared for the USPSA, IPSC, or IDPA action shooting competitor.
This is the revision to Ben Stoeger's book "Practical Pistol". This new edition is revised to reflect technique changes that have taken place over the last few years. The sport of Practical Shooting is changing quickly and becoming more competitive every day. This updated version of "Practical Pistol" is a must have for any serious USPSA or IDPA shooter.
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Available (?) TSOIf you are interested buying a NIB TSO in 9mm for $2K then check out this site : http://www.armslist.com/posts/5947782/winston-salem-handguns-for-sale--cz-75-tactical-sport-orange---9mm It was first listed on that site on 4 Oct and may still be available.
CZ75 SP01 Shadow - Which Rear Sight Is This?
RaylanGivens posted a topic in CZI have a CZ75 SP-01 Shadow from Automatic Accuracy and I like the rear sight that came with it. I like how the bevel on the top edge of the sight directs your eyes to the slot. Here's a picture of it on my CZ: I also have a CZ75 SP01 (Not Shadow) that I would like to get the same rear sight for. I realize the Shadow and the SP-01 have different rear sight notch locations and take different sights, but I like the bevel on the Shadow sight shown above. Here's a picture of my SP-01 with the CZ Custom rear sight. It is very similar except for not having the bevel along the top edge of the sight. Does anyone know what rear sight is on my Shadow (top pictures? Does anyone know if the same rear sight is available for a CZ75 SP01?
CZ 75 Compact ShadowAnyone heard anything regarding potential availability of the CZ 75 Compact Shadow in the US?
KWA/KSC GBB "KZ-75" CZ 75 Replica First ImpressionsI just got back from overseas and have decided I want to get into doing some competitive shooting. I've got a CZ 85B that I've put some new sights on and I thought I'd give airsoft a try for training and practice. This guy was just delivered yesterday and I know very little about airsoft itself. It's a KWA KZ-75, not quite a CZ 85 but that's what I get for not shooting a Glock/HK/M9 or other more "tactically acceptable" pieces. First off, here's my CZ85 on the scale. It comes in at 942 grams empty. Here's a fully loaded magazine, 16 rounds of 115gr steel cased Tulammo. 275 grams, total weight of pistol+mag+16 rounds is 1217g, or about 2.7 pounds/2lb 11.2oz. Here is the airsoft gun itself. You can see that it's about 2/3 the weight of the unloaded CZ85 at 673 grams. The (totally empty) magazine for the gun is pretty close the loaded weight of the real magazine at 272 grams. Small enough that it doesn't matter. Total loaded weight of the airsoft gun, then, comes in at 945 grams, a little over 75% of the weight of the real thing. Handling it, it handles just like the CZ85. Excepting the weight it feels like the real thing and without the orange tip looks dead on to it. The manufacturers even have a dummy roll pin for the firing pin stop put in to complete the looks. Stripping the gun is just like stripping a regular CZ. The trigger is the same DA/SA that is on all CZ75/85bs. It is softer and lighter than the real thing however and posseses a nice, solid reset. I have a Blade-Tech Drop and Offset holster for the CZ85 that the airsoft replica fits into quite well. The fit isn't perfect as the holster is molded for the ambidextrous controls of the CZ85, requiring me to tighten the screws considerably to achieve the same tension. The ride of the airsoft gun in the holster is identical however. I get the feeling that if I had a CZ75 specific holster the airsoft gun would fit perfectly. The airsoft magazines fit quite well into the blade tech double mag pouch that I use with no adjustment needed. In all, not having shot it just yet, I feel that this is a good facsimile of the real thing and would be a good training tool for handling and basic marksmanship. There are three things I would change; the aforementioned weight - the gun should be heavier, the trigger needs to be stiffened to be closer to the stock trigger that I have on my gun and the sights int the slide are cast as part of the slide. I shoot the CZ custom tactical sights and while the sights on the airsoft version are pretty close to the real thing it would still be nice to at least have the option of replacing them. Dumping rain outside so it's going to be a little bit before I can get a range report with the airsoft. Got a propane adapter instead of green gas and I don't want the house to stink.


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are a community of believers gathered in the name of Jesus Christ. We
believe that he is the only begotten Son of God the Father, and he was
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, and he came that we
might have life and have it more abundantly.2As Jesus' disciples, we believe that the Bible is God's holy and inspired word, infallible in truth. God doesn't make mistakes.3For us, and for people of like faith, the Church is the body of Jesus Christ, and the visible Church is the assembly of people who have confessed faith in Jesus Christ, and who gather for the faithful preaching of God's word and for the faithful observance of the ordinances of baptism and Holy Communion.4Our purpose is to carry out the Great Commission: To make Christian disciples of all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and on the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey the word of God.5As Christ's loving disciples, we show his love through educational programs and financial assistance wherever deemed necessary to lift our neighbor. As a progressive ministry, we are committed to political and social activism in our community.
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Today I'm on the move to St, Johns, AZ, the county seat for Apache County. I have a vandweller friend who's mother owns 2 adjacent 36 acre plots up there and has never seen them and I offered to check them out.
Since it's going to be a long drive I'm on the move early, deciding on Google's suggestion to head east into New Mexico and then north. Finally, heading west back into AZ and north to St Johns.
This will be about 3 hours without stops.
Above I'm driving over the mountains that separate both states.
After coming out of the mountain forest into NM I come to grass lined hills and very few other vehicles.
Past rains have left this road crossing wash wet and a slow pass by.
After traveling in New Mexico for a long time through very small towns, I'm crossing the mountains back into AZ.
Small towns like this were common on the ride with special signage for the local post office.
My second stop is the county Assessor's Office in St. Johns. My first stop was McDonalds.
The office gave me their copy of the plot plan showing the two parcels, side by side. I then asked for the street directions and there are none. They did give me the closest streets with caution about one being dirt but maintained.
I drove 50 miles north to get to the first side road that was tar. Then I turned on the main county dirt road all the way to the end.
Above is the picture of one of the cart roads that were built for the development between plots so many years ago.
I walked until I came upon this barbed wire cattle fence. The farmer up the road has put 3 parcels together and fenced it. I chose not to go further, knowing that I could as a dreaded right of way can be enforced. The vandweller mother's property is the width of one parcel to the other side of the fenced property.
In the plot plan above you can see the right of way by the separation of solid and dotted lines. This area of the grazing section has a wash going through it
There are two ways to cross the fenced parcels to access the parcels in question,with one being flatter than the other. Power is close by with the last pole one parcel away.
I documented my findings and sent the information and then discussed with the vandweller.
The property is only 5 miles from the US highway and 8 miles from I40, which makes it a nice accessible location.
A random car at the end of the road brought one neighbor out to find out what I was doing. He was pleasant having bought his property 30 years ago.
Two dogs paid no mind to me at the south side of their property line.
Since I was headed to northern AZ I put this extra step on the way. It was interesting to do the research.


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Sip, Shop, and Stroll
Sip a little wine and shop as you stroll through the stores in Historic Downtown Elgin. Find diverse merchandise, eclectic decor, artwork by local artists, and live music in many of the venues. Enjoy wine and beer tasstings, samples, and refreshments throughout the evening.
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Downtown Historic Elgin ELGIN, Texas
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